During the War and Other Encounters - The Autobiography of Buster Merryfield

Buster Merryfield became a household name as Uncle Albert from the long running BBC television series 'Only Fools and Horses'. Uncle Albert’s famous catchphrase 'During The War...' is relevant to Buster’s own life, as he served as an officer in Africa during the second world war. His reminiscences are amusing, touching and tell of a life quite distant from that as bank manager, director of amateur dramatic productions, father and husband. Buster broke into the notoriously difficult world of professional acting at a relatively late stage in his life. He offers us his advice on how to succeed in show business and tells us how he made it. A heady mix of luck opportunity, talent, experience, experiment, fearlessness, originality, faith and belief created this much loved figure of British television comedy.