T'rific - Hardcover

Mike Reid

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ISBN 10: 1852252774 ISBN 13: 9781852252779

Publisher: Partridge Press, 1999

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Since his overnight success over thirty-five years ago, after appearing on national TV in The Comedians, Mike Reid has remained one of Britain's most popular and best-loved comics. His popularity soared to new heights when he was asked to appear as pub landlord Frank Butcher in the BBC TV soap EastEnders. Born in Hackney, East London in 1940, Mike began a life of 'ducking of diving' to earn money almost as soon as he could walk. He learned to earn his living by his own wit and street-wise cunning, avoiding a police record until, aged sixteen, he was caught red-handed ram raiding a jewellers shop. The result was two years correction in an approved school in Wales. At seventeen he fled a disastrous teenage marriage and joined the Merchant Navy, where he got his first taste of showbiz, becoming director of entertainment. Back home Mike became involved in the London drinking club scene. His acquaintances included the notorious Krays, Ronnie Knight and the Nash family. It was then too he met his present wife, Shirley. In an effort to support her, Mike turned his back on the criminal world. After some string-pulling he landed a job as a stunt driver, and featured in many major films a

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Mike Reid is best known as Frank Butcher in EastEnders but he is also a stand up comedian. He lives in London.

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