By turns sad, worrying (Bob's heart ops), moving, fascinating and funny I played this audiobook whenever I had the chance (largely on dog walks) and found Bob to be honest, humble, warm and relatable, and his stories were fascinating, funny and hugely enjoyable. Nikau moved to the Bay with his family in 2020 and chose to stick around even after his mum Gemma moved back to New Zealand permanently. Ava’s response was to vandalise her house and destroy her notebook but went back to the city not long afterwards. I have been transported, in an instant, to a world of entertainment far, far away from anything I have ever witnessed before. In 2018, show bosses brought in Dean as part of a revival for the River Boys, the surfer gang who'd previously shaken up life in the Bay.

Nikau, who was thrown from the wreckage when Dean's vehicle swerved off the road and down an embankment, is the first of the three to regain consciousness. He trained as a solicitor before a chance encounter with Vic Reeves in the 1980s led to a successful career in comedy as half of duo Reeves and Mortimer. When Remi became suspicious of them, she got Theo to chat to a girl in Salt and tried to get him to kiss her, leaving Theo wondering if she was serious about them. and chives (boooooo…), and taking the trips to novelty island - we all adopted the phrases as though they were completely normal vocabulary (vicabulary? Christian plans to woo Tori with a lavish meal and then propose, but the afternoon doesn't go as he's expecting.At the end of the book, he tells the reader that if there's a shy person at their office or school or social gathering, they should try to include that person in conversations, outings, and so on. I’d listened to their audiobook last year and discovered he’d had a heart bypass and also that he’d been a solicitor before he became a comedian. Not wanting all of their efforts to go to waste, Leah and Justin enjoy the romantic meal on the jetty in Christian and Tori's place.

Though he was doing pretty well (the South London Press once crowned him ‘The Cockroach King’ after a successful verdict), a chance encounter in a pub in the 1980s with a young comedian going by the name Vic Reeves set his life on a different track. No wonder fans were so shocked to see her revealed as Witness X, the mystery person who betrayed Colby over his murder secret. And now, six years on, the heart condition that once threatened his career has instead led to new success on BBC2's Gone Fishing.

This review probably doesn't make sense and may not be very polished but the take home is: Go and get a copy and read it and enjoy. Normally when I read biographies I am not so interested in the childhood memories but for me in this book it was the highlight. Next week on Home and Away, there's a life-or-death drama for Nikau, Mia and Dean after their involvement in a huge car accident. Bob Mortimer is pretty much established as a national treasure…So it's great to hear his story of how he got there first-hand…In the end he has become loved for being himself. Ziggy stays by Dean's side at the hospital and decides that she finally forgives him for his role in the Ross Nixon murder cover-up.

Warm, profound, and irrepressibly funny, And Away… is Bob’s full life story (with a few lies thrown in for good measure. Mac suggests that no amount of empty hook-ups will ease Tane's hurt, so he should focus on what's important instead. If Gone Fishing, as he says, “changed [public] perception of me as a performer”, revealing a Mortimer that is a long way from the madcap “Bob” persona he inhabited as professional sidekick to Vic Reeves for most of his career, the memoir confirms this more thoughtful, reflective side. It immediately dives into his triple bypass, the loss of his father when he was a boy, and his plummet into deep depression.Felicity asked them to play at the reopening of Salt, which she had just bought into, but Bob was against the idea. In the fallout, Mia warns Ari that she doesn't want to try for a baby again after all of the losses they've suffered. BUT I am a huge fan of Taskmaster and Bob did make me laugh when he appeared in series 5, so I thought I'd give it a go.

It became the bestselling memoir of the year, was named Times and Sunday Times Humour Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for Non-fiction Book of the Year at the National Book Awards.Joke after joke because that is clearly what their audience like and it is the reason they have an audience for a book, but 'And Away. Some have focused on minute details which have bored me, or they've been too polished and a marketing tool rather than a genuine biography.