David and Caroline Stafford have collaborated on scores of dramas,
documentaries, and comedy series for radio and TV over the years,
as well as writing biographies of Randy Newman, Adam Faith, and
Kenny Everett. Their first book together, Fings Aint Wot They Used
T'Be, about the composer Lionel Bart was chosen as BBC Radio 4's
Book of The Week, nominated for a Sheridan Morley Award, and
adapted for the BBC4 television documentary Reviewing The
Situation.
David Stafford is a writer, broadcaster, and occasional musician
born in Birmingham, England. David began his career in fringe and
community theatre in the 1970s. For ten years he wrote a weekly
column for the Saturday Guardian, eventually called Staffordshire
Bull. During the 1990s, he presented Tracks for BBC2, Going Places
for BBC Radio 4, and was a regular panellist on Radio 4's literary
parody game Booked. David frequently stood in for John Peel as the
presenter of Home Truths (BBC Radio 4). David has written numerous
plays and series for Radio 4.
'Full of stories, full of events, full of being in a band like The Police. A cracking read.' HiFi World
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