Rejoice! Rejoice!

Much of the material included in this book, as will be apparent from the references, is drawn from the newspapers and magazines of the time.

Note: Where a paperback or revised edition is shown, it indicates that any page references in the text are to that edition.

Andrew Adonis & Stephen Pollard, A Class Act: The Myth of Britain’s Classless Society (Hamish Hamilton, London, 1997 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 1998)

Manuel Alvarado & John Stewart, Made For Television: Euston Films Limited (BFI, London, 1985)

Kingsley Amis (ed. Zachary Leader), The Letters of Kingsley Amis (HarperCollins, London, 2000)

Paddy Ashdown, The Ashdown Diaries, Volume 1: 1988–1997 (Allen, London, 2000 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 2000)

Joe Ashton, Red Rose Blues: The Story of a Good Labour Man (Macmillan, London, 2000)

Joan Baez, And a Voice to Sing With (Century Hutchinson, London, 1988)

Martin Barker (ed.), The Video Nasties: Freedom and Censorship in the Media (Pluto, London, 1984)

Robert Beckman, The Downwave: Surviving the Second Great Depression (Milestone, Portsmouth, 1983)

Tony Benn, ed. Ruth Winstone, Out of the Wilderness: Diaries 1963–67 (Hutchinson, London, 1987 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1988)

Tony Benn, ed. Ruth Winstone, Conflicts of Interest: Diaries 1977–80 (Hutchinson, London, 1990 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1991)

Tony Benn, ed. Ruth Winstone, The End of an Era: Diaries 1980–90 (Hutchinson, London, 1992 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1994)

Alan Bennett, Writing Home (Faber & Faber, London, 1994 – pbk edn: 1995)

The Best of Sunday Sport (Sphere, London, 1989)

Huw Beynon (ed.), Digging Deeper: Issues in the Miners’ Strike (Verso, London, 1985)

Christopher Booker, The Neophiliacs: A Study of the Revolution in English Life in the Fifties and Sixties (Collins, London, 1969 – pbk edn: Fontana, London, 1970)

Betty Boothroyd, The Autobiography (Century, London, 2001)

Bill Borrows, The Hurricane: The Turbulent Life and Times of Alex Higgins (Atlantic, London, 2002 – rev pbk edn: 2003)

Ian Bradley, Breaking the Mould? The Birth and Prospects of the Social Democratic Party (Martin Robertson, Oxford, 1981)

Gyles Brandreth, Breaking the Code: Westminster Diaries (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1999 – pbk edn: Phoenix, London, 2000)

Richard Branson, Losing My Virginity: The Autobiography (Virgin, London, 1998 – rev pbk edn: 2002)

David Britton & Michael Butterworth (ed.), Savoy Dreams (Savoy, Manchester, 1984)

Colin Brown, Fighting Talk: The Biography of John Prescott (Simon & Schuster, London, 1997)

Julie Burchill, Love It or Shove It (Century, London, 1985)

Gordon Burn, Pocket Money: Bad-Boys, Business-Heads and Boom-Time Snooker (Heinemann, London, 1986)

Peter Burton, Parallel Lives (GMP, London, 1985)

James Callaghan, Time and Chance (William Collins, London, 1987)

Andrew Cameron, Express Newspapers: The Inside Story of a Turbulent Decade (London House, London, 2000)

Beatrix Campbell, Wigan Pier Revisited: Poverty and Politics in the 80s (Virago, London, 1984)

John Campbell, Roy Jenkins: A Biography (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1983)

Humphrey Carpenter, Robert Runcie: The Reluctant Archbishop (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1996 – pbk edn: Sceptre, London, 1997)

Humphrey Carpenter, That Was Satire that Was: Beyond the Fringe, the Establishment Club, Private Eye and That Was the Week That Was (Victor Gollancz, London, 2000)

John Carvel, Citizen Ken (Chatto & Windus, London, 1984)

Frank Chapple, Sparks Fly! A Trade Union Life (Michael Joseph, London, 1984)

Peter Chippindale & Chris Horrie, Stick It Up Your Punter! The Rise and Fall of the Sun (William Heinemann, London, 1990 – pbk edn: Mandarin, London, 1992)

Alan Clark, Diaries (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1993 – pbk edn: Orion, London, 1994)

Alan Clark, The Tories: Conservatives and the Nation State 1922–1997 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1998 – pbk edn: Phoenix, London, 1999)

Alan Clark, Diaries: Into Politics 1972–1982 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 2000 – pbk edn: Orion, London, 2001)

John Cole, As It Seemed to Me: Political Memoirs (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1995 – revised pbk edn: Phoenix, London, 1996)

Andrew Collins, Still Suitable for Miners – Billy Bragg: The Official Biography (Virgin, London, 1998 – pbk edn: 2002)

Andrew Collins, Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now: My Difficult 80s (Ebury Press, London, 2004 – pbk edn: 2005)

Michael Crick, Militant (Faber & Faber, London, 1984)

Roger Crimlis & Alwyn W. Turner, Cult Rock Posters 1972–1982: From Boys in Drag to Buffalo Gals (Aurum, London, 2006)

Julian Critchley, Westminster Blues (Elm Tree, London, 1985 – pbk edn: Futura, London, 1986)

David Croft, You Have Been Watching . . . The Autobiography (BBC Books, London, 2004)

Barry Cryer, You Won’t Believe This But: An Autobiography of Sorts (Virgin, London, 1996)

Edwina Currie, Life Lines: Politics and Health 1986–1988 (Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1989)

Edwina Currie, Diaries 1987–1992 (Little Brown, London, 2002 – pbk edn: Time Warner, London, 2003)

Iain Dale, The Unofficial Book of Political Lists (Robson Books, London, 1997)

Jim Davidson with Alec Lom, Close to the Edge: My Autobiography (Ebury, London, 2001)

A.J. Davies, To Build a New Jerusalem: The Labour Movement from the 1880s to the 1990s (Michael Joseph, London 1992)

Les Dawson, No Tears for the Clown: An Autobiography (Robson, London, 1992)

W.F. Deedes, Dear Bill: WF Deedes Reports (Macmillan, London, 1997)

A Different Reality: An Account of Black People’s Experiences and Their Grievances Before and After the Handsworth Rebellion of September 1985 (West Midlands County Council, Birmingham, 1986)

Alan Doig, Westminster Babylon: Sex, Money and Scandal in British Politics (Allison & Busby, London, 1990)

G.M.F. Drower, Neil Kinnock: The Path to Leadership (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1984)

Christina Dunhill (ed.), The Boys in Blue: Women’s Challenge to the Police (Virago, London, 1989)

Paul Eddy & Magnus Linklater (ed.), The Falklands War: The Full Story by the Sunday Times Insight Team (Sphere, London, 1982)

Niall Edworthy, The Second Most Important Job in the Country (Virgin, London, 1999 – pbk edn: 2000)

Larry Elliott & Dan Atkinson, The Age of Insecurity (Verso, London, 1998)

Larry Elliott & Dan Atkinson, The Gods that Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets Has Cost Us Our Future (Bodley Head, London, 2008)

Matthew Engel & Ian Morrison, The Sportspages Almanac 1991: The Complete Sporting Factbook (Simon & Schuster, London, 1990)

Peter Everett, You’ll Never Be 16 Again: An Illustrated History of the British Teenager (BBC, London, 1986)

Nicholas Faith, A Very Different Country: A Typically English Revolution (Sinclair-Stevenson, London, 2002)

Ivan Fallon, The Brothers: The Rise and Rise of Saatchi & Saatchi (Hutchinson, London, 1988)

Paul Ferris, Sir Huge: The Life of Huw Wheldon (Michael Joseph, London, 1990)

Paul Ferris, Sex and the British: A Twentieth Century History (Michael Joseph, London, 1993)

Paul Gambaccini & Rod Taylor, Television’s Greatest Hits: Every Hit Television Programme since 1960 (Network, London, 1993)

Simon Garfield, The End of Innocence: Britain in the Time of AIDS (Faber & Faber, London, 1994)

Jon Gaunt, Undaunted (Virgin Books, London, 2007 – pbk edn: 2008)

Bob Geldof, Is That It? (Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1986 – pbk edn: Penguin, London 1986)

Boy George with Spencer Bright, Take It Like a Man: The Autobiography of Boy George (Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1995 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 1995)

Denis Gifford, The Golden Age of Radio (BT Batsford, London, 1985)

Ian Gilmour, Dancing with Dogma: Britain under Thatcherism (Simon & Schuster, London, 1992 – pbk edn: Pocket Books, London, 1993)

Ian Gittins, Top of the Pops: Mishaps, Miming and Music – True Adventures of TV’s No. 1 Pop Show (BBC, London, 2007)

John Godfrey (ed.), A Decade of i-Deas: the Encyclopaedia of the ’80s (Penguin, London, 1990)

Geoffrey Goodman, From Bevan To Blair: Fifty Years’ Reporting from the Political Front Line (Pluto, London, 2003)

Teresa Gorman, No, Prime Minister! (John Blake, London, 2001)

Bryan Gould, Goodbye to All That (Macmillan, London, 1995)

Jonathon Green, New Words: A Dictionary of Neologisms since 1960 (Bloomsbury, London, 1992 as Neologisms – pbk edn: 1992)

Jonathon Green, Days in the Life: Voices from the English Underground 1961–1971 (William Heinemann, London, 1988 – pbk edn: Pimlico, London, 1998)

Peter Hain, Political Strikes: The State and Trade Unionism in Britain (Viking, London, 1986 – pbk edn: Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1986)

Luke Haines, Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall (William Heinemann, London, 2009)

Morrison Halcrow, Keith Joseph: A Single Mind (Macmillan, London, 1989)

Diane Hamer & Belinda Budge (ed.), The Good, the Bad and the Gorgeous: Popular Culture’s Romance with Lesbianism (Pandora, London, 1994)

Brian Hanrahan & Robert Fox, ‘I Counted Them All Out and I Counted Them All Back’: The Battle for the Falklands (BBC, London, 1982)

Dave Haslam, Manchester, England: The Story of the Pop Cult City (Fourth Estate, London, 1999)

Roy Hattersley, Who Goes Home? Scenes from a Political Life (Little Brown, London, 1995)

Derek Hatton, Inside Left: The Story So Far . . . (Bloomsbury, London, 1988)

Denis Healey, The Time Of My Life (Michael Joseph, London, 1989 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 1990)

Edna Healey, Part of the Pattern: Memoirs of a Wife at Westminster (Headline Review, London, 2006 – pbk edn: 2007)

Eric Heffer, Labour’s Future: Socialist or SDP Mark 2? (Verso, London, 1986)

Eric Heffer, Never a Yes Man: The Life and Politics of an Adopted Liverpudlian (Verso, London, 1991)

Michael Heseltine, Life in the Jungle: My Autobiography (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2000)

Robert Hewison, Culture and Consensus: England, Art and Politics since 1940 (Methuen, London, 1995 – rev pbk edn: 1997)

Tom Hibbert, Best of Q Who the Hell . . . ? (Virgin, London, 1994)

Bevis Hillier, The Style of the Century (Herbert Press, London, 1983 – rev. edn with new chapter by Kate McIntyre: 1998)

Simon Hoggart (ed.), House of Cards: A Selection of Modern Political Humour (Elm Tree, London, 1988)

Anthony Holden, Of Presidents, Prime Ministers and Princes: A Decade in Fleet Street (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1984)

Mark Hollingsworth, The Press and Political Dissent (Pluto, London, 1986)

Nick Hornby, Fever Pitch (Victor Gollancz, London, 1992 – pbk edn: 1993)

David J. Howe, Mark Stammers & Stephen James Walker, Doctor Who: The Eighties (Doctor Who Books, London, 1996)

Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New: Art and the Century of Change (updated & enlarged edn: Thames & Hudson, London, 1991 – orig. pub. 1980)

Seb Hunter, Hell Bent for Leather: Confessions of a Heavy Metal Addict (Fourth Estate, London, 2004 – pbk edn: Harper Perennial, London, 2005)

Douglas Hurd, Memoirs (Little, Brown, London, 2003)

Greg Hurst, Charles Kennedy: A Tragic Flaw (Politico’s, London, 2006)

Bernard Ingham, Kill the Messenger (HarperCollins, London, 1991 – pbk ed: Fontana, London, 1991)

Richard Ingrams, You Might As Well Be Dead (Quartet, London, 1988)

Jeremy Isaacs, Storm Over 4: A Personal Account (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1989)

Eric Jacobs and Robert Worcester, We British: Britain under the MORIscope (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1990)

Derek Jameson, Last of the Hot Metal Men: From Fleet Street to Showbiz (Ebury Press, London, 1990)

Paul Jennings, The Paul Jennings Reader: Collected Pieces 1943–89 (Bloomsbury, London, 1990)

Kevin Jefferys, Anthony Crosland (Richard Cohen, London, 1999)

William Kay, Tycoons: Where They Came from and How They Made It (Judy Piatkus, London, 1985 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 1986)

William Keegan, Mr Lawson’s Gamble (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1989)

Bruce Kent, Undiscovered Ends: An Autobiography (HarperCollins, London, 1992)

Martin Kettle & Lucy Hodges, Uprising! The Police, the People and the Riots in Britain’s Cities (Pan, London, 1982)

David Keys, Thatcher’s Britain: A Guide to the Ruins (Pluto Press/New Socialist, London, 1983)

Oona King, House Music: The Oona King Diaries (Bloomsbury, London, 2007)

Hilary Kingsley, Soap Box: The Papermac Guide to Soap Opera (Papermac, London, 1988)

Hilary Kingsley & Geoff Tibballs, Box of Delights: The Golden Years of Television (MacMillan, London, 1989)

Greg Knight (ed.), Parliamentary Sauce: More Helpings of Political Invective (Robson, London, 1993 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1994)

Nicholas Kochan, Ann Widdecombe: Right from the Beginning (Politico’s, London, 2000)

David Kogan & Maurice Kogan, The Battle for the Labour Party (Kogan Page, London, 1982 – pbk edn: Fontana, London, 1983)

Hanif Kureishi & Jon Savage (ed.), The Faber Book of Pop (Faber & Faber, London, 1995)

Larry Lamb, Sunrise: The Remarkable Rise and Rise of the Best-Selling Soaraway Sun (Papermac, London, 1989)

Michael Leapman, Kinnock (Unwin Hyman, London, 1987)

Bernard Levin, Speaking Up: More of the Best of His Journalism (Jonathan Cape, London, 1982)

Mark Lewisohn, Radio Times Guide to TV Comedy (BBC Worldwide, London, 1998)

Ken Livingstone, If Voting Changed Anything, They’d Abolish It (William Collins, London, 1987 – pbk edn: Fontana, London, 1988)

Ken Livingstone, Livingstone’s Labour: A Programme for the Nineties (Unwin Hyman, London, 1989)

Lord Longford, Diary of a Year (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1982)

Melanie McFadyean & Margaret Renn, Thatcher’s Reign: A Bad Case of the Blues (Chatto & Windus, London, 1984)

Ian MacGregor, The Enemies Within: The Story of the Miners’ Strike 1984–5 (William Collins, London, 1986)

John McIlroy, ‘Trade Unions and the Closed Shop’ (Workers’ Educational Association, London, 1981)

Donald Macintyre, Mandelson: The Biography (HarperCollins, London, 1999)

Andy McSmith, Faces of Labour: The Inside Story (Verso, London, 1996)

Jonathan Margolis, Bernard Manning: A Biography (Orion, London, 1996)

David Martin & Peter Mullen (ed.), No Alternative: The Prayer Book Controversy (Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1981)

George Melly, Revolt Into Style: The Pop Arts in Britain (Allen Lane, London, 1970)

Nicholas Meyer, The View from the Bridge: Memories of Star Trek and a Life in Hollywood (Viking, New York, 2009)

Austin Mitchell, Four Years in the Death of the Labour Party (Methuen, London, 1983)

Bob Monkhouse, Crying With Laughter: My Life Story (Random House, London, 1993)

Kenneth O. Morgan, Michael Foot: A Life (HarperCollins, London, 2007)

Andrew Neil, Full Disclosure (Macmillan, London, 1996 – rev pbk edn: Pan, London, 1997)

Emma Nicholson, Secret Society: Inside – and Outside – the Conservative Party (Indigo, London, 1996)

Brendan O’Brien, A Pocket History of the IRA (O’Brien Press, Dublin, 1997)

Lucy O’Brien, Annie Lennox: Sweet Dreams Are Made of This (Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1991 – pbk edn: St Martin’s Press, New York, 1993)

John O’Farrell, Things Can Only Get Better: Eighteen Miserable Years in the Life of a Labour Supporter (Doubleday, London, 1998 – pbk edn: Black Swan, London, 1999)

George Orwell, Decline of the English Murder and Other Essays (Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1965)

John Osborne, Damn You, England (Faber & Faber, London, 1994 – pbk edn: 1999)

John Osmond, The Divided Kingdom (Constable, London, 1988)

David Owen, Time to Declare (Michael Joseph, London, 1991 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 1992)

Matthew Parris, Chance Witness: An Outsider’s Life in Politics (Viking, London, 2002 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 2003)

Tony Parsons, Dispatches from the Front Line of Popular Culture (Virgin, London, 1994 – pbk edn: 1995)

Edward Pearce, The Senate of Lilliput (Faber & Faber, London, 1983)

Edward Pearce, Denis Healey: A Life in Our Times (Little, Brown, London, 2002)

Peter Gerard Pearse & Nigel Matheson, Ken Livingstone, or The End of Civilization as We Know It: A Selection of Quotes, Quips and Quirks (Proteus Books, London, 1982)

Henry Porter, Lies, Damned Lies and Some Exclusives: Fleet Street Exposed (Chatto & Windus, London, 1984)

Enoch Powell, No Easy Answers (Sheldon, London, 1973)

William Prendergast, Z-Car Detective (John Long, 1964 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1966)

John Prescott, Prezza: My Story (Headline Review, London, 2008 – pbk edn: Docks to Downing Street: My Story, 2009)

Private Eye, The Book of Wimmin: An Anthology of Contemporary Feminism (Private Eye, London, 1986)

Giles Radice, Friends & Rivals: Crosland, Jenkins and Healey (Little Brown, London, 2002 – pbk edn Abacus, London, 2003)

Steve Redhead, Sing When You’re Winning: The Last Football Book (Pluto, London, 1987)

Dave Renton, When We Touched the Sky: The Anti-Nazi League 1977–1981 (New Clarion Press, Cheltenham, 2006)

Nicholas Ridley, ‘My Style of Government’: The Thatcher Years (Hutchinson, London, 1991 – pbk edn: Fontana, London, 1992)

Penny Rimbaud (aka JJ Ratter), Shibboleth: My Revolting Life (AK Press, Edinburgh, 1998)

Dave Rimmer, Like Punk Never Happened: Culture Club and the New Pop (Faber & Faber, London, 1985)

Anita Roddick, Business as Unusual (Thorsons, London, 2000)

Bill Rodgers, Fourth Among Equals (Politico’s, London, 2000)

Paul Routledge, Gordon Brown: The Biography (Simon & Schuster, London, 1998)

Anthony Sampson, The Changing Anatomy of Britain (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1982)

Jon Savage, Time Travel – From the Sex Pistols to Nirvana: Pop, Media and Sexuality, 1977–96 (Chatto & Windus, London, 1996 – pbk edn: Vintage, London, 1997)

Lord Scarman, The Scarman Report: The Brixton Disorders 10–12 April 1981 (HMSO, London, 1981 – pbk edn: Pelican, Harmondsworth, 1982)

Phil Scraton, The State of the Police (Pluto, London, 1985)

Chris Searle, Your Daily Dose: Racism and the Sun (Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, London, 1989)

David Selbourne, Left Behind: Journeys into British Politics (Jonathan Cape, London, 1987)

Anthony Seldon (ed.), How Tory Governments Fall: The Tory Party in Power since 1783 (Fontana, London, 1996)

John Sergeant, Maggie: Her Fatal Legacy (Macmillan, London, 2005 – rev pbk edn: Pan, London, 2005)

Patrick Seyd, The Rise and Fall of the Labour Left (Macmillan Education, Basingstoke, 1987)

Peter Shore, Leading the Left (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1993)

Frank Skinner, Frank Skinner (Century, London, 2001)

Giles Smith, Lost in Music: A Pop Odyssey (Picador, London, 1995)

Neville Staple with Tony McMahon, Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to the Specials – A Life of Crime and Music (Aurum, London, 2009)

David Steel, Against Goliath: David Steel’s Story (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1989)

Mark Steel, It’s Not a Runner Bean: Dispatches from a Slightly Successful Comedian (Do-Not Press, London, 1996)

Mark Steel, Reasons to be Cheerful: From Punk to New Labour through the Eyes of a Dedicated Troublemaker (Scribner, London, 2001 – pbk edn: 2002)

Philip Stephens, Tony Blair: The Price of Leadership (Penguin, USA, 2004 – pbk edn: Politico’s, London, 2004)

Graham Stewart, The History of The Times, Volume VII 1981–2002: The Murdoch Years (HarperCollins, London, 2005)

Margaret Stewart, Protest or Power? A Study of the Labour Party (George Allen & Unwin, London, 1974)

Roy Strong, The Roy Strong Diaries 1967–1987 (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1997)

Mark Stuart, Douglas Hurd: The Public Servant (Mainstream, Edinburgh, 1998)

Eric Sykes, If I Don’t Write It, Nobody Else Will (Fourth Estate, London, 2005 – pbk edn: Harper Perennial, London, 2006)

Julian Symons, Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel – a History (Faber & Faber, London, 1972 – rev pbk edn: Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1974)

Norman Tebbit, Upwardly Mobile (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1988)

Margaret Thatcher, The Downing Street Years (HarperCollins, London, 1993)

Margaret Thatcher, The Path to Power (HarperCollins, London, 1995)

Harry Thompson, Peter Cook: A Biography (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1997 – pbk edn: 1998)

Ian and Janette Tough, The Krankies – Fan Dabi Dozi: Our Amazing True Story (John Blake, London, 2004)

Martyn Turner & Brian O’Connell, The Whole World’s Watching: Decarbonizing the Economy and Saving the World (John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 2001)

Midge Ure, If I Was . . . The Autobiography (Virgin, London, 2004)

Phil Vasili, Colouring Over the White Line: The History of Black Footballers in Britain (Mainstream, Edinburgh, 2000)

Alexander Walker, Icons in the Fire: The Rise and Fall of Practically Everyone in the British Film Industry 1984–2000 (Orion, London, 2004 – pbk edn: 2005)

Johnnie Walker, The Autobiography (Michael Joseph, London, 2007 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 2008)

Alan Watkins, A Conservative Coup: The Fall of Margaret Thatcher (Gerald Duckworth, London, 1991 – rev pbk edn: 1992)

Colin Watson, Snobbery with Violence: English Crime Stories and Their Audience (Eyre & Spottiswoode, London, 1971 – rev edn: Eyre Methuen, London, 1979)

Auberon Waugh, Another Voice: An Alternative Anatomy of Britain (Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1986 – pbk edn: Fontana, London,1986)

Richard Weight, Patriots: National Identity in Britain 1940–2000 (Macmillan, London, 2002 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 2003)

Michael Wharton, The Best of Peter Simple 1980–1984 (Telegraph Publications, London, 1984)

Brian Whitaker, News Limited: Why You Can’t Read All About It (Minority Press Group, London, 1981)

William Whitelaw, The Whitelaw Memoirs (Aurum, London, 1989)

Nicholas Whittaker, Blue Period: Notes from a Life in the Titillation Trade (Victor Gollancz, London, 1997)

David Widgery, Beating Time: Riot ’n’ Race ’n’ Rock ’n’ Roll (Chatto & Windus, London, 1986)

Kenneth Williams, ed. Russell Davies, The Kenneth Williams Diaries (HarperCollins, London, 1993)

Charles Wintour, The Rise and Fall of Fleet Street (Hutchinson, London, 1989)

Cecil Woolf & Jean Moorcroft Wilson (ed.), Authors Take Sides on the Falklands (Cecil Woolf, London, 1982)

Woodrow Wyatt, ed. Sarah Curtis, The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt Volume One (Macmillan, London, 1998 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 1999)

Woodrow Wyatt, ed. Sarah Curtis, The Journals of Woodrow Wyatt Volume Two (Macmillan, London, 1999)

Hugo Young, One of Us: A Biography of Margaret Thatcher (Macmillan, London, 1989 – rev pbk edn: Pan, London, 1990)

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Martin Amis, Money (Jonathan Cape, London, 1984 – pbk edn: Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1985)

Iain Banks, The Wasp Factory (Macmillan, London, 1984 – pbk edn: Abacus, London 1990)

Iain Banks, Espedair Street (Macmillan, London, 1987 – pbk edn: Futura, London, 1988)

Robert Barnard, Political Suicide (William Collins, London, 1986 – pbk edn: Corgi, London, 1988)

Robert Barnard, A City of Strangers (Bantam, London, 1990 – pbk edn: Corgi, London, 1991)

Guy Bellamy, The Secret Lemonade Drinker (Martin Secker & Warburg, London, 1977 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 1988)

Terence Blacker, Fixx (Bloomsbury, London, 1989 – pbk edn: Corgi, London, 1990)

Howard Brenton & David Hare, Pravda (Methuen, London, 1995)

Jasper Carrott, Carrott Roots and Other Myths (Arrow, London, 1986)

Justin Cartwright, Look at It this Way (Macmillan, London, 1990 – pbk edn: Picador, London, 1991)

Julian Critchley, Hung Parliament: An Entertainment (Hutchinson, London, 1991 – pbk edn: 1992)

Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton & John Lloyd, Blackadder: The Whole Damn Dynasty 1485–1917 (Michael Joseph, London, 1998 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 1999)

Denise Danks, The Pizza House Crash (Futura, London, 1989 – pbk edn: Orion, London, 2001)

Denise Danks, Better Off Dead (Macdonald & Co, London, 1991 – pbk edn: Futura, London, 1992)

Andrew Davies, A Very Peculiar Practice: The New Frontier (Methuen, London, 1988)

Pete Davies, The Last Election (André Deutsch, London 1986 – pbk edn: Pengin, Harmondsworth, 1987)

Colin Dexter, The Secret of Annexe 3 (Macmillan, London, 1986 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 1987)

Colin Dexter, The Wench is Dead (Macmillan, London, 1989 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 1990)

Michael Dobbs, House of Cards (Collins, London, 1989 – pbk edn: HarperCollins, London, 1993)

Chris Donald (ed.), Viz Comic: The Big Hard Number Two (John Brown, London, 1986)

Margaret Drabble, The Radiant Way (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1987 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 1988)

Peter Dunant, Exterminating Angels (André Deutsch, London, 1983 – pbk edn: Pluto, London, 1986)

Jack Osborne Easton, Defence of the Realm (Futura, London, 1985)

Ben Elton, Stark (Sphere, London, 1989)

Edward Fenton, Scorched Earth (Star, London, 1985)

Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, A Bit of Fry and Laurie (Mandarin, London, 1990)

Frances Fyfield, Shadows on the Mirror (William Heinemann, London, 1989 – pbk edn: Mandarin, London, 1990)

Paula Gosling, The Woman in Red (Macmillan, London, 1983 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 1984)

Sean Hardie & John Lloyd (ed.), Not! The Nine O’Clock News (BBC, London, 1980)

Martyn Harris, The Mother-in-Law Joke (Viking, London, 1992 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 1992)

Reginald Hill, Ruling Passion (William Collins, London, 1973 – pbk edn: Grafton, London, 1987)

Reginald Hill, Exit Lines (William Collins, London, 1984 – pbk edn: Grafton, London, 1987)

Reginald Hill, Child’s Play (William Collins, London, 1987 – pbk edn: Grafton, London, 1988)

Reginald Hill, Under World (HarperCollins, London, 1988 – pbk edn: Grafton, London, 1989)

Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library (Chatto & Windus, London, 1988 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 1989)

Fred & Geoffrey Hoyle, The Westminster Disaster (William Heinemann, London, 1978 – pbk edn: Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1980)

P.D. James, Innocent Blood (Faber & Faber, London, 1980 – pbk edn: Sphere, London 1981)

P.D. James, A Taste for Death (Faber & Faber, London, 1986 – pbk edn: Penguin, London 1989)

P.D. James, Devices and Desires (Faber & Faber, London, 1989 – pbk edn: Penguin, London 1990)

Dan Kavanagh, Going to the Dogs (Viking, London, 1987 – pbk edn: Penguin, London, 1988)

Mark Lawson, Bloody Margaret: Three Political Fantasies (Pan Macmillan, London, 1991 – pbk edn: Picador, London, 1992)

David Lodge, Nice Work (Secker & Warburg, London, 1988 – Penguin, London, 1989)

Gavin Lyall, The Secret Servant (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1980 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 1982)

A.G. Macdonell, The Autobiography of a Cad (Macmillan, London, 1938 – new edn: Prion, London, 2001)

Martin Millar, Milk, Sulphate & Alby Starvation (Fourth Estate, London, 1987)

Anna Morgan, The New Statesman (Javelin, London, 1987)

John Mortimer, Paradise Postponed (Viking, London, 1985 – pbk edn: Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1986)

John Mortimer, Rumpole’s Last Case (Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1987)

John Mortimer, Summer’s Lease (Penguin, London, 1988)

John Mortimer, Titmuss Regained (Penguin, London, 1990)

Chris Mullin, A Very British Coup (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1982 – pbk edn: Coronet, London, 1983)

Iris Murdoch, The Book and the Brotherhood (Chatto & Windus, London, 1987 – pbk edn: Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1989)

David Pinner, There’ll Always Be an England (Anthony Blond, London, 1984)

Anthony Price, The Memory Trap (Victor Gollancz, London, 1989 – Grafton, London, 1990)

Sheila Radley, A Talent for Destruction (Constable, London, 1982 – pbk edn: Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1984)

Sheila Radley, Blood on the Happy Highway (Constable, London, 1983 – pbk edn: Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1984)

Ian Rankin, The Flood (Polygon, Edinburgh, 1986 – pbk edn: Orion, London, 2006)

Ian Rankin, Knots & Crosses (Bodley Head, London, 1987 – new edn: BCA, London, 2007)

Derek Raymond, He Died with His Eyes Open (Martin Secker & Warburg, London, 1984 – pbk edn: Serpents Tail, London, 2007)

Derek Raymond, The Devil’s Home on Leave (Martin Secker & Warburg, London, 1985 – pbk edn: Abacus, London, 1985)

Ruth Rendell, Put on by Cunning (Hutchinson, London, 1981 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1982)

Ruth Rendell, An Unkindness of Ravens (Hutchinson, London, 1985 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1994)

Ruth Rendell, Live Flesh (Century Hutchinson, London, 1986 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1986)

Ruth Rendell, The Veiled One (Hutchinson, London, 1988 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1989)

Peter Robinson, Gallows View (Viking, Toronto, 1987 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 2002)

Peter Robinson, A Dedicated Man (Viking, Toronto, 1988 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 2002)

Peter Robinson, A Necessary End (Viking, Toronto, 1988 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 2002)

Peter Robinson, The Hanging Valley (Viking, Toronto, 1989 – pbk edn: Pan, London, 2007)

Fay Sampson, Sus (Dobson Books, Durham, 1982)

Joan Smith, Don’t Leave Me This Way (Faber & Faber, London, 1990 – pbk edn: 1991)

Peter Tilbury & Colin Bostock-Smith, Shelley (NEL, London, 1980)

Sue Townsend, Adrian Mole From Minor to Major – The Mole Diaries: The First Ten Years (Methuen, London, 1991 – pbk edn: Mandarin, London, 1992)

Fay Weldon, The Cloning of Joanna May (Collins, London, 1989 – pbk edn: Flamingo, London, 1993)

Margaret Yorke, Find Me a Villain (Hutchinson, London, 1983 – pbk edn: Arrow, London, 1984)

Note: Films are listed by director. TV programmes are credited to their creators, though other writers may also have been involved in the series.

Chris Bernard, Letter to Brezhnev (Channel 4 Films, 1985)

Les Blair, Number One (Stageforum, 1985)

Alan Bleasdale, The Black Stuff (BBC TV, 1980)

Alan Bleasdale, Boys from the Blackstuff (BBC TV, 1982)

Jeremy Brock & Paul Unwin, Casualty (BBC TV, 1986– )

Tom Bussmann, Whoops Apocalypse (ITC, 1986)

Glenn Chandler, Taggart (STV, 1983– )

John Cleese & Connie Booth, Fawlty Towers (BBC TV, 1979)

Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais & Franc Roddam, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (Witzend/Central TV, 1983–86)

Ian Curteis, The Falklands Play (BBC TV, 2002)

Richard Curtis, Rowan Atkinson & Ben Elton, Blackadder (BBC TV, 1983–89)

Harry Bromley Davenport, Xtro (New Line Cinema, 1982)

Angus Deayton & Geoffrey Perkins, KYTV (BBC TV, 1989–93)

David Drury, Defence of the Realm (Rank Organization, 1985)

Brian Eastman, Porterhouse Blue (Channel 4, 1987)

Ben Elton, Filthy, Rich and Catflap (BBC TV, 1987)

Bill Forsyth, Gregory’s Girl (Lake Films, 1981)

Bill Forsyth, Local Hero (Goldcrest Films, 1983)

Stephen Frears, My Beautiful Laundrette (Channel 4 Films, 1985)

Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie, A Bit of Fry & Laurie (BBC TV, 1986–95)

Andy Hamilton & Guy Jenkin, Drop the Dead Donkey (Channel 4, 1990–98)

Ken Hannam, The Day of the Triffids (BBC TV, 1981)

Ron Hutchinson, Bird of Prey (BBC TV, 1982–84)

Mick Jackson, Threads (BBC TV/9 Network, 1984)

Paul Jackson, Saturday Live/Friday Night Live (Channel 4, 1985–88)

Derek Jarman, The Last of England (Anglo International Films/Channel 4 Films, 1987)

Terry Jones, Monty Python’s Life of Brian (Handmade Films, 1979)

Neil Jordan, Mona Lisa (Handmade Films, 1986)

Ian La Frenais & John Grant, Lovejoy (BBC TV, 1986–94)

Carla Lane, Bread (BBC TV, 1986–91)

John le Carré, Smiley’s People (BBC TV, 1982)

Mike Leigh, Meantime (Central TV, 1984)

Mike Leigh, High Hopes (Channel 4 Films, 1988)

David Leland, Tales Out of School (Central TV, 1982)

Douglas Livingstone, We’ll Support You Evermore (BBC TV, 1985)

John Lloyd & Sean Hardie, Not the Nine O’Clock News (BBC TV, 1979–82)

Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay, Yes, Minister (BBC TV, 1980–84)

Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay, Yes, Prime Minister (BBC TV, 1986–88)

Geoff McQueen, Big Deal (BBC TV, 1984–86)

Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran, The New Statesman (Alomo Productions, 1987–94)

Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran, Birds of a Feather (BBC TV, 1990–98)

Ian Kennedy Martin, Juliet Bravo (BBC TV, 1980–85)

Ian Kennedy Martin, The Chinese Detective (BBC TV, 1981–82)

Troy Kennedy Martin, Edge of Darkness (BBC TV, 1985)

Rik Mayall, Lise Mayer and Ben Elton, The Young Ones (BBC TV, 1982–84)

Nicholas Meyer, The Day After (ABC, 1983)

Chris Mullin, A Very British Coup (Skreba Films/Parallax Pictures/Channel 4, 1988)

Jimmy T. Murakami, When the Wind Blows (Meltdown Productions, 1986)

Sydney Newman, Doctor Who (BBC TV, 1963–89)

David Nobbs, A Bit of a Do (Yorkshire TV, 1989)

Richard Ommanney, Three Up, Two Down (BBC TV, 1985–89)

Jimmy Perry & David Croft, Hi-de-Hi! (BBC, 1980–87)

Michael Radford, Nineteen Eighty-Four (Virgin Films, 1984)

Phil Redmond, Grange Hill (BBC TV, 1978–2008)

Ken Riddington, House of Cards (BBC TV, 1990)

Vic Reeves & Bob Mortimer, Vic Reeves Big Night Out (Channel X, Channel 4, 1990–91)

Franco Rosso, Babylon (Chrysalis Group, 1980)

Philip Saville, The Life and Loves of a She-Devil (BBC TV, 1986)

Alexei Sayle, Alexei Sayle’s Stuff (BBC TV, 1988–91)

Ian Sharp, Who Dares Wins (MGM, 1982)

Johnny Speight, In Sickness and in Health (BBC TV, 1985–92)

Peter Spence, To the Manor Born (BBC TV, 1979–81)

John Stevenson & Julian Roach, Brass (Granada TV, 1983–84)

Robert Banks Stewart, Bergerac (BBC/The Seven Network, 1981–91)

John Sullivan, Only Fools and Horses (BBC TV, 1981–2003)

Peter Tilbury, Shelley (Thames TV, 1979–83)

Kathryn Willgress, Stand Down Margaret (Somethin’ Else Productions for BBC Radio 2, 2008)

Charles Wood, Tumbledown (BBC TV, 1988)

Victoria Wood, Victoria Wood – As Seen On TV (BBC TV, 1985–86)

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