Bøger af Ben Baker

When the CITV Channel closed in September 2023, it had become a shadow of its former self. Back in the eighties and nineties, however, British kids in their millions tuned into hundreds of weird, wacky and wonderful shows put out under the heading of "Children's ITV". From "Art Attack" to "ZZZap!" - and other programmes that didn't feature Neil Buchanan - read about forty of CITV's greatest programmes, handpicked by Ben Baker, author of "Christmas Was Better In The Eighties". "The Dreams We Had As Children" might not be the ultimate guide to old kids' TV, but its a bloody fun one, with potty puppets, quirky quizzes and animated absurdities, plus lots of bonus articles, eyebrow-raising trivia and very silly jokes.

A look at the Biblical power Christians are supposed to possess, how to get it, how to use it and why we can't access the power

A walk on the funny side of Ben Baker's blog. Sit down, take a load off and have a laugh or hundred.

Christmas invariably means excess - be it through food, drink or television. Whether it's Morecambe and Wise recreating Singin' In The Rain, the Trotters dressed as the Dynamic Duo or EastEnders running over a baby for light relief, TV is our very pal throughout the entire turkey and tinsel period. This book pays tribute to forty years of festive programmes with over 250 viewed and reviewed in mini-essays by Ben Baker.Alongside the classics there's the likes of Kid Creole's strange post-watershed musical about racism, Roland Rat going to Switzerland, Skeletor learning the true meaning of Christmas, Doctor Who's original spin-off, The Bee Gees teaming up with Frankie Howerd for a medieval comedy and Feargal Sharkey having a nightmare on a Concorde whilst the Krankies watch on in helpless bemusement high above the Telecom Tower. Plus much much more."Ben Baker's Festive Double Issue takes us back to the simpler times before the boom of multi-channel TV, covering the forty year period from 1955 to 1995 when Christmas TV was truly a shared national experience....Baker writes wittily but informatively throughout. This is a subject that he obviously knows a great deal about but what shines through is a love for the subject. Although at times he's slightly irreverent about the programmes he's covering, there's still a deep love for the subject matter." - Simon Hart, We Are Cult

A comprehensive look at the gun control debate with plenty of qualified references. Using logic, rational thought and poorly enforced existing laws, Ben Baker cuts down the gun control argument.

REVIEW: The conversations shared in this book are extremely well thought out and useful for expanding thoughts related to leadership during trying times. It was a page turner that kept me reading from cover to cover in 2 days.