Este escritor, actor y director británico se hizo famoso por su talento cómico, que abarcó más de cincuenta años. Su estilo se caracteriza por llevar una única idea cómica hasta sus últimas consecuencias. Colaboró frecuentemente con otros destacados comediantes y guionistas de su época. Su obra, surgida de sus inicios en la radio hasta alcanzar la fama televisiva, es celebrada hoy por su originalidad y su gusto por lo absurdo.
Eric Sykes’s comedy has always sported an essential core of warm humanity. This, along with his genuine creative genius, continues to prove an unforgettably winning combination. In his much anticipated autobiography, Eric Sykes reveals his extraordinary life working alongside a generation of legendary comedians and entertainers, despite being dogged by deafness and eventually virtual blindness.
HUMOUR-GRAPPLEWICK IS A SMALL NORTHERN TOWN SPLOTCHED ACROSS THE MOORS.THERE EVERYBODY KNOWS WHATS GOING ON-AND THE MAYOR IS ALSO CHIEF OF THE FIRE BRIGADE,WHICH DOUBLES UP AS THE TOWN'S BRASS BAND.INTO THIS TIMELESS SCENE COMES TERENCE,A CROOK JUST OUT OF JAIL AND DESPERATELY SEACHING FOR HIS OLD ACCOMPLICE,HELLIWELL-A DIFFICULT QUEST AS HALF THE POPULATION GOES BY THE NAME HELLIWELL.SUCKED INTO THE DRAMA OF LOCAL POLITICS,TERENCE SOON WEAVES HIS OWN DEVIOUS WEB OF INTRIGUE,WITH HILARIOUS EXPLOSIVE RESULTS.