When One Door Closes
Nonfiction, Entertainment, Television, Performing Arts, Biography & Memoir, Entertainment & Performing Arts
| Author: | Peter Sissons | ISBN: | 9781849541114 |
| Publisher: | Biteback Publishing | Publication: | February 9, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Biteback Publishing | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Sissons |
| ISBN: | 9781849541114 |
| Publisher: | Biteback Publishing |
| Publication: | February 9, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Biteback Publishing |
| Language: | English |
A Liverpool boy from the same cohort as John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, Peter Sissons was destined for great things. Then he was caught on the wrong side of rebel lines during the Nigerian Civil War and shot through both legs his blossoming career as a war reporter came abruptly to an end. But another door was about to open, and Sissons went on to guide a generation through every momentous event of the last forty-five years. Surprisingly funny, dramatic and often poignant, When One Door Closes is the bestselling story of Britain's most distinguished newsreader and reveals what he really thinks about the state of the British media, global affairs, Climategate and the workings of the BBC.
A Liverpool boy from the same cohort as John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, Peter Sissons was destined for great things. Then he was caught on the wrong side of rebel lines during the Nigerian Civil War and shot through both legs his blossoming career as a war reporter came abruptly to an end. But another door was about to open, and Sissons went on to guide a generation through every momentous event of the last forty-five years. Surprisingly funny, dramatic and often poignant, When One Door Closes is the bestselling story of Britain's most distinguished newsreader and reveals what he really thinks about the state of the British media, global affairs, Climategate and the workings of the BBC.
