# An Actor’s Life for Me: The complete series 1-3

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- Book: [An Actor’s Life for Me: The complete series 1-3](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-mayhew-archer/an-actors-life-for-me-the-complete-series-1-3) ([An Actor’s Life for Me: The complete series 1-3.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-mayhew-archer/an-actors-life-for-me-the-complete-series-1-3.md))
- Authors: [Paul Mayhew-Archer](https://www.bookquiver.com/paul-mayhew-archer)
- Publisher: bbc_digital_audio
- Medium: audio
- Length: 8 h 48 min
- Narrated by: Sir John Gordon Sinclair, 8th Baronet, Caroline Jones, Gina McKee
- ISBN: 978-15-2912-800-0
- Published: 2020-08-20
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook · 8 h 48 min

## Description

All 19 episodes of the BBC radio comedy about an aspiring actor with dreams of stardom Young actor Robert Wilson is desperately seeking work – and he’s prepared to do almost anything for his big break. He’s convinced that he’s only one audition away from fame and fortune: but while he builds castles in the air, his agent Desmond and girlfriend Sue try their best to bring him back down to earth. In these three series, Robert gets a part as a chauffeur (except he can’t drive), gets carried away in a romantic leading role and gets his party politicals in a bit of a pickle. Plus, his role in a seedy sex farce leads to a sticky situation with Sue’s parents; his job performing in a prison means he finally has a captive audience; and his appearance on children’s TV causes his flat to be surrounded by press – but is that an actor’s dream, or an actor’s nightmare? Written by Paul Mayhew-Archer, who went on to co-write The Vicar of Dibley and Mrs Brown’s Boys , this lively comedy was a huge success on radio, and transferred to TV in 1991 for one series. John Gordon Sinclair plays Robert, with Caroline Quentin and Gina McKee as Sue.