Mad About the Boys

Fame, fitness and teaching London's toughest kids

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

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In her funny, poignant and absorbing memoir, 'Mad Lizzie' Webb charts her phenomenal rise from a drama and dance teacher to being crowned the beloved fitness queen of breakfast television. Throughout the late eighties and nineties, Lizzie Webb inspired the nation to get up and move as TV-am's fitness guru. The music featured in her routines shot to the top of the charts, resulting in hits for the likes of Take That, Sonia and George Harrison. She also collaborated with Simon Cowell for several years. Meanwhile, outside her television work Lizzie has been committed to working with young people, creating life-changing opportunities with exercise, dance and drama that have helped transform the lives of vulnerable children, juvenile offenders and former prisoners. Filled with heartfelt stories of the wonderful people she has helped along the way, as well as fond reminiscences and hilarious stories from her time on breakfast TV, Mad About the Boys reveals the fascinating two sides to Lizzie's extraordinary and inspiring life.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-05-04
Mått156 x 234 x 35 mm
Vikt564 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieWhitefox Publishing Ltd
Antal sidor320
FörlagWhitefox Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781915036612

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LIZZIE WEBB was the resident fitness guru on ITV's TV-am for ten years, presenting daily follow-along exercise routines, often with celebrity guests. She is TV's longest-running fitness instructor, has released several bestselling exercise videos and won awards for the work with the children's character she created, Joggy Bear. Lizzie founded the charity Creativity in Sport and co-directed it for 17 years with Olympic rowing medallist Debbie Flood. Lizzie was formerly a drama and dance teacher and has worked with juvenile offenders and ex-prisoners.

'Lizzie is a trailblazer and her kindness, warmth and enthusiasm shine out from every page. If only we could bottle her sense of fun and optimism. A really lovely and heart warming read.' LORRAINE KELLY; 'A wonderful story, wonderfully told. Funny, touching, inspiring' GYLES BRANDRETH; 'Mad Lizzie was a fixture on our screens for many years but few of her millions of followers knew about her life as a teacher in some of the most challenging schools in the country. "Mad About the Boys" is a page turner and those pages positively crackle with Lizzie Webb's inspiring personality.' ALAN JOHNSON; 'Lizzie's brilliant book is the perfect life lesson for anyone - like me! - who believes that staying fit and focused are the keys to mental and physical wellbeing.' SIR STEVE REDGRAVE