Bernard Who?: 75 Years of Doing Just About Everything by Bernard CribbinsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
The words "national treasure" are banded about a lot these days but Cribbins is certainly deserving of the label - the book's tagline is certainly accurate; he really has done everything (from being paratrooper, playing a serious role a Hitchcock film, to narrating the Wombles).
Most of all, he seems to be a genuinely nice man. He rarely has a bad word to say about any of the seemingly countless number of "names" he has worked with. Despite acknowledging Peter Sellars became "a prick" after becoming famous in Hollywood, Cribbins highlights that Sellars was good to him and was "a genius".
The book loses its way a little bit towards the end. Wasn't that interested in Cribbins' charity golf or cricket matches with his famous chums to be honest (to be fair, Cribbins does make a point of keeping it brief because he knows that people won't be that interested).
All in all an interesting read of man who is quite happy to take on whatever work came his way.
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