Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow?: The Life and Laughs of a Comedy Legend

Barry Cryer, a legendary comedian, died in January 2022. His son, Bob, has written a book about his life and career, revealing the story of the man behind the jokes. The book is filled with exclusive material, including family photos, memorabilia, oral recordings, interviews with friends and colleagues, and Bob's own personal reflections on living and working with a comedy icon. It is a witty and affectionate biography of a father by a son, and a heartwarming insight into a vanishing era of comedy.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 26 October 2023
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Foreword by Sandy Toksvig





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Miriam Margolyes



This is a joyous, uplifting book



Observer



He was so funny and such fun, and here he is again in all his rib-tickling glory



Gyles Brandreth



‘I don’t know how long I’ve got left … I don’t even buy green bananas anymore



When the legendary comedian Barry Cryer died in January 2022, there was a vast outpouring of grief, appreciation, and anecdotes – from the general public and fellow comics alike. Now, his son, Bob, is doing what Barry’s humility did not allow: revealing the story of the man behind the jokes.



This book is an ode both to Barry’s incredible life and to the lessons he so generously imparted on the art of comedy during his sixty-year career. Stretching from the music halls of the fifties, via working alongside everyone from Morecambe and Wise to Kenny Everett and David Frost, and into more recent times as a stalwart of Radio 4’s long-running Im Sorry I Havent a Clue, where he worked with Rob Brydon and David Mitchell, among many others, this book is a hugely entertaining insight into the life of a true comedy legend. Bob also shares a range of exclusive material unique to the Cryer family – including family photos, memorabilia, oral recordings, interviews with friends and colleagues (among them Michael Palin and Eric Idle) – as well as Bobs own personal reflections on living and working with a comedy icon. Laced with candour, warmth, and filled with his trademark humour, Barry Cryer: Same Time Tomorrow? is not just a wonderfully witty and affectionate biography of a father by a son, but a heartwarming insight into a vanishing era of comedy.

Weight: 508g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781526665317