Playing Under the Piano: 'Comedy gold' Sunday Times

Hugh Bonneville is one of Britain's most accomplished actors, familiar to audiences worldwide for his roles in Notting Hill, the Paddington films and Downton Abbey. What is it like working with Judi Dench and Julia Roberts, or playing Robert de Niro's right leg, or not being Gary Oldman, twice? A wickedly funny storyteller, Hugh also writes with poignancy about his father's dementia and of his mother, whose life in the secret service only emerged after her death. Whether telling stories of working with divas, Dames or a bear with a penchant for marmalade, this is a richly entertaining account of his life as an actor.'As a memoirist, Bonneville passes the audition with flying colours' Mail on Sunday'I don't remember when I last read a book that gave me so many laughs... A riveting account of what it takes to be an actor' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times 'A great read' Graham Norton'A writer of considerable urbanity and wit' Lynn Barber, Daily Telegraph