Tim Heald – Brian Johnston : The Authorised Biography – (2 cassettes, approx. running time 3 hours)

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When Brian Johnston died in 1994, millions of radio listeners felt they had lost a friend. The most distinctive and best loved voice in British broadcasting, he was best known as the jovial, chocolate-cake-eating Johnners of Test Match Special and Down Your Way.

The recordings of An Evening With Johnners and Johnners at the Beeb are No.1 bestsellers. Now Tim Heald’s fully authorised biography tells the whole story of the man behind the jokes and anecdotes. It reveals the childhood tragedy that changed Brian’s life, how he won the Military Cross during World War II, his love of practical jokes, his family and friends and the sadness of his final days.