Book description
To everything there is a season. A time to be born, a time to die ...
and a time to have a bloody good moan. Following the huge success of
Grumpy Old Men, Stuart Prebble, writer of the highly
acclaimed TV series, gives us a more in-depth look at what it's really
like to be a pissed-off man of a certain age.
In painstaking detail, he takes us through a year in the constantly
irritated life of a Grumpy Old Man, recounting the manifold vexations
and absurdities he has to put up with in the perpetual torment that we
call modern living. Drinks parties, holidays, hospital visits, his
children's misdemeanours, buying presents for the wife, watching
television, attempts to visit the gym, trips to the shops, the trials
and tribulations of everyday life - each event has something to tip
him over the edge. Stuart's diary proves that grumpiness is not just
an occasional mood or a temporary feeling, but a way of looking at the
world, and will strike a chord with all those who are proud to call
themselves Grumpy Old Men.
Stuart Prebble started his career as a TV news reporter with BBC
Newcastle. He went on to become a producer in Manchester and an editor
on the World In Action series, before returning to London as
Controller of ITV's Factual Programmes. He then put on a suit and was
eventually promoted to CEO of ITV. He resigned in 2002 to return to
programme-making and is now Managing Director of Liberty Bell
Productions. Stuart is executive producer and writer of the Grumpy
Old Men series for BBC2.
He is a very Grumpy Old Man.
