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Pru and Me

The Amazing Marriage of Prunella Scales and Timothy West

Timothy West author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Publishing:9th Oct '25

£10.99

This title is due to be published on 9th October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

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Pre-order the paperback now and discover the heartwarming, first-hand account of one of the most celebrated partnerships in the history of British entertainment, the 60-year marriage of Timothy West and Prunella Scales
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Timothy West and Prunella Scales are - first and foremost - actors. Over seventy years they have delighted millions, portraying a host of larger-than-life characters that the nation has taken to our hearts.

But their finest roles, it turns out, have always been as husband and wife - in the extraordinary and enduring double act that is Tim and Pru.

In Pru and Me, Timothy West charts the course of their lives, from the years before they met - treading the boards in the 50s - to their secret courting, marriage and settling in Wandsworth. And then together as they established themselves at the heart of British theatre, television and film over the next seventy years, in some of the nation's favourite shows, such as Fawlty Towers and Brass.

Crammed full of stories which are funny, poignant, jaw-dropping and occasionally painful, Pru and Me also vividly recounts the late blaze of glory that introduced the world to the real Tim and Pru, via Great Canal Journeys. Here, the couple charmed the nation while at the same time charting Pru's gentle struggle with dementia.

A cosy, witty and above all uplifting story of two souls who found one another and have clung together through thick and thin, Pru and Me is a joyous portrait of an amazing marriage.
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Heartening and heartfelt. Exudes West's characteristic warmth * The Times, Books of the Year *
A joyous portrait of a unique partnership — uplifting, highly moving and packed with stories of the highs and lows of showbusiness, from what happened when Fawlty’s Sybil appeared nude to how he saw off his love rival Peter Sellers. A love story like few others. Riveting * Daily Mail *
A beautiful, witty, moving and joyful portrait of marriage * Red *
A memoir laden with laughter and love * Daily Mail *
A deeply moving, poignant and enthralling memoir * Mail on Sunday *
Charming. An act of loving reclamation, a gentle tribute to a woman of every importance. * Sunday Telegraph *
Shows most movingly that what will survive of them is love * Oldie *

ISBN: 9781405955935

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm

Weight: 500g

320 pages