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Robert Ross

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Robert Ross is the leading authority on British Comedy. Beginning with The Carry On Companion, in 1996, he has written a library of books including in depth celebrations; The Monty Python Encyclopedia, The Goodies Rule OK, Forgotten Heroes of Comedy, Official BBC tributes to Fawlty Towers, Last of the Summer Wine and Steptoe & Son, and acclaimed biographies dedicated to Marty Feldman and Sid James. Most recently, Robert was the co-author of The Carry On Girls which was named as Book of the Week in the Daily Mail in January 2024. He is a frequent face on television, appearing on such diverse programmes as the BBC News, Blue Peter, Ronnie Corbett: His 30 Funniest Moments, Sir Bruce Forsyth: Mr. Entertainment, Richard & Judy, When Classic Come ...more

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Average rating: 4.21 · 128 ratings · 17 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Seriously Silly: The Life of Terry Jones by Robert Ross (Goodreads Author), Michael Palin (Foreword) 4.01 avg rating — 70 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Steptoe and Son by Robert Ross (Goodreads Author), Ray Galton, Alan Simpson 4.29 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Forgotten Heroes of Comedy 4.52 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Great Northern Books Ltd Best Sellers Peter Sellers - A Life in Comedy. 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Benny Hill - Merry Master of Mirth it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Carry On Companion it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Screaming Queens!: Behind the Scenes of Carry on Screaming by Robert Ross (Goodreads Author) (Narrator), Peter Cook (Contributor), Wink Taylor (Contributor)(Narrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Island

by Aldous Huxley

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Works Of Thomas Hardy Volume 19 - Wessex Poems (The Works of Thomas Hardy)

by Thomas Hardy

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Dancing in the Moonlight - Ronnie Barker an Autobiography

by Ronnie Barker

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Robert Ross rated a book it was amazing Our Willie & The Broons Giftbook 2026: Long May Yer Lum Reek! by D.C. Thomson & Company Limited	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
An utterly joy of a collection. My Dad’s favourite Scots… and a passion handed down to me. There is absolutely no historical context or structured timeline here: one page Wullie could be struggling with 1940s rationing, the next he is rapping out Hog ...more
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A meta delight and, I’m ashamed to say, my first Hawthorne thriller. I’ve loved Horowitz - both on the page and the screen - for years… but a dip into the Penguin paperbacks of the 1st 5 Hawthornes is called. By the way, I was convinced I had worked ...more
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An utterly joy of a collection. My Dad’s favourite Scots… and a passion handed down to me. There is absolutely no historical context or structured timeline here: one page Wullie could be struggling with 1940s rationing, the next he is rapping out Hog ...more
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A meta delight and, I’m ashamed to say, my first Hawthorne thriller. I’ve loved Horowitz - both on the page and the screen - for years… but a dip into the Penguin paperbacks of the 1st 5 Hawthornes is called. By the way, I was convinced I had worked ...more
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Robert Ross is starting Our Willie & The Broons Giftbook 2026: Utterly wonderful collection of my Dad’s favourite Scots… a passion he handed down to me. Absolutely no historical context or timeline here: Wullie can be facing 1940s rationing one page and the next he’s rapping out Hogmanay tunes. But… Sheer joy, straight from the heart of the Sunday Post. ❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Our Willie & The Broons Giftbook 2026: Long May Yer Lum Reek! by D.C. Thomson & Company Limited progress:	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Utterly gorgeous collection of one of our finest performers snapped by one of our finest photographers. I recommend doing what I did: start a play through, from the beginning, of Elton’s studio albums while you browse these extraordinary images. If y ...more
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