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Harry William Thompson (6 February 1960 – 7 November 2005) was an English radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and biographer. He was the creator of the dark humour television series Monkey Dust, screened between 2003 and 2005. Thompson's book does roam wider. When Berkmann left to start a splinter club, Thompson carried on captaining Captain Scott, so he has several more years of club memories to milk. And the world tour carries him away from the village greens of England to take in Singapore, Buenos Aires and Antarctica. Sketching each stop with deft relish, Thompson almost launches another genre - the picaresque comic memoir of sporting incompetence.

I thought Glen McCready did a wonderful job of reading the book, giving us a range of accents for the great diversity of people we met. a b Bennun, David (5 September 2008). "Censorship? How I mourn for Monkey Dust". The Guardian . Retrieved 18 September 2012. This is one of the funniest books that I have ever read; but it also has some parts that raise other emotions.This book was thus a race against the ultimate deadline. Thompson opted to say very little about his predicament, showing admirable stoicism - Captain Scott with a hint of Captain Oates - but questionable literary judgment. It made it harder for his tale to shake off Berkmann's shadow. blow for deathbed widow of Have I Got News For You writer". The Evening Standard. 23 September 2006 . Retrieved 14 August 2020. It is part sports commentary, part humour and part travelogue as you slowly warm up to the rag-tag team, then get angry with them and then cheer them on with a fair degree of exasperation. At its heart, it is the true story of someone who epitomised a certain sort of person that this country produced in the 19th century. There was a fantasy of chivalric empire, run by Britons who were gentlemen and played the game. Of course the reality was that our empire was no better than any other. We were busy conniving in the extermination of tribes, robbing natives of their land and we sent droves of brilliant young men, brought up with the chivalric fantasy, to enforce what was in many cases a visibly corrupt system [...] But Fitzroy's morality was iron. He said no. And it destroyed him. [11] Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth

A must read or listen...... Funny, true, reflective, appreciative, humbling, and realisation that life is no rehearsal. Live life! Thompson, Harry (1991). Tintin: Hergé and his Creation. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-0-340-52393-3.

If you're not sure if you'll enjoy this book, consider the following extract from the opening chapter: In a 2005 episode of Have I Got News For You, featuring Alexander Armstrong as host and Fi Glover and Ian McMillan as guest panellists, a message stating "In Memory of Harry Thompson, the first producer of Have I Got News For You (1960–2005)" was displayed. Harry Thompson also produced non-comedy documentaries for BBC Radio. He made several programmes with writer/presenter Terence Pettigrew, starting with anniversary tributes to Hollywood icons James Dean ( You're Tearing Me Apart) and Montgomery Clift ( I Had The Misery Thursday). Pettigrew and Thompson subsequently worked together on a second series of documentaries, including on national service ( Caught in the Draft), and also about the evacuation of children from major British cities during the Second World War ( Nobody Cried When The Trains Pulled Out). Both programmes were presented by Michael Aspel. [ citation needed]