{"product_id":"lifes-what-you-make-it-the-sunday-times-bestseller-2020","title":"Life's What You Make It: The Sunday Times Bestseller 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the funny, uplifting, occasionally heartbreaking and always honest life story of Phillip Schofield\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'[A] fantastic read on such an interesting life' \u003c\/b\u003eLorraine Kelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A really smashing book' \u003c\/b\u003eMichael Ball\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor forty years we've watched Phillip on our tellies, from children's TV to \u003ci\u003eThis Morning\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDancing on Ice\u003c\/i\u003e, but \u003cb\u003ewhat is it like on set\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ewho is he when the camera's off?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eLife's What You Make It\u003c\/i\u003e Philip \u003cb\u003efor the first time\u003c\/b\u003e takes us \u003cb\u003ebehind the scenes\u003c\/b\u003e of his remarkable career. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom his idyllic childhood in Cornwall, where for years he pestered the BBC for a job, eventually landing a prize position in \u003cb\u003ethe Broom Cupboard\u003c\/b\u003e with mischievous sidekick Gordon the Gopher, through hosting \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoing Live!,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e starring in \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e and finally finding his on-screen home and presenting-partner \u003cb\u003eHolly Willoughby\u003c\/b\u003e on \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Morning\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Phillip takes us on the \u003cb\u003ehighs and lows\u003c\/b\u003e of his extraordinary life. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e____\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For a long time, I felt that I couldn't write this book. At first, I didn't think I'd lived enough, then life got busy and filled with distractions. In more recent years, there was always a very painful consideration - I knew where it would eventually have to go. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I have recently decided that the truth is the only thing that can set me free. The truth has taken a long time to make itself clear to me, but now is the right time to share it, all of it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Television and broadcasting has been a part of my DNA for as long as I can remember. As a young boy I would make model TV sets out of cardboard boxes, while spending long summers at home, barefoot on Cornwall's golden beaches. Landing a job at the ice-cream kiosk, I would enviously look on as my presenting heroes took to the stage of Radio 1's Roadshow, an unforgettable event when it came to town.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'In \u003ci\u003eLife's What You Make It\u003c\/i\u003e I look back with nostalgic delight on my life, from being a young boy endlessly writing letters to the BBC in pursuit of a job in broadcasting, to making it on to the Broom Cupboard, with my infamous sidekick Gordon the Gopher, to being on Going Live and starring as the lead in Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat. It has taken four decades to get here but I feel lucky to have called the sets of Talking Telephone Numbers, The Cube, Dancing on Ice and of course, This Morning, home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I'm going to take you behind the scenes of my television home at ITV, into my career and my dangerously funny relationship with Holly Willoughby. I'm going to introduce you to my loving and remarkable family, and I hope most of all to tell you that life, it seems, is what you make it. Take it from someone who has sat on the very edge and looked over, it's all about the people that love you, and after that anything is possible. So, finally, here we go, this is the real me.'\u003cbr\u003e____\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e'A beautiful book. There are amazing stories in there about meeting Princess Diana, the Red Arrows and all of our favourite telly shows. It's a delight' \u003c\/b\u003eZoe Ball, \u003ci\u003eBBC Radio 2\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e'We have loved your book - you've been so honest, open, everything that anyone will have hoped to get from this book . . . you get it. A stroll through your incredible career and you also tackle, head on, in a really beautiful way what happened earlier this year' \u003c\/b\u003eAndrea McLean, \u003ci\u003eLoose Women\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of our favourite things is the many hilarious anecdotes he has to share about his good friend Holly Willoughby'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eHello!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The book we've all been waiting for . . . we haven't been able to put it down' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A bona fide national treasure . . . He tells his story in his way, with great honesty' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrima\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fantastic read!' \u003c\/b\u003eSteve Wright, \u003ci\u003eBBC Radio 2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 400 pages | Published October 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64957678747997,"sku":"9780241501177","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780241501177.jpg?v=1781201192","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/lifes-what-you-make-it-the-sunday-times-bestseller-2020","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}