Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru

Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru

2022 • 384 pages

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Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's best-loved actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, W1A and the Paddington films. In this book, Hugh creates a brilliantly vivid picture of a career on stage and screen. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert de Niro's right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice? A naturally gifted writer and wickedly funny storyteller, Hugh also writes with poignancy about his father's dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service only emerged after her death.


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The best autobiography I've read this year. Hugh Bonneville shares memories from his childhood and charts his progress from the National Youth Theatre to our TV screens and the big screen. A must read for fans of Downton Abbey and Paddington.

December 31, 2022

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