"Lyttelton's Britain" (ISIHAC tie-in book) to be published in October
29/05/2008 00:00 GMT

Posted by lisa

Thanks to wackywales for spotting this.

A book entitled "Lyttelton's Britain: Humphrey Lyttelton's Gazetter of the British Isles" is scheduled to be published in the UK on 2 Oct 2008.  Here's a description, from Amazon.co.uk:

For 35 years Humphrey Lyttelton and the team of Barry Cryer, Tim Brooke-Taylor and Graeme Garden have toured this great country in search of the perfect audience. In the next 30 or 40 years, they hope to brush with at least one. At every venue a short history is presented both to the audience and their delightful scorer Samantha (who it seems is always happy to rub along with the local gentlemen). This is a collection, a Baedeker, an AA guide if you will, of things little-known about our great island, seen through their eyes, travelling from the celebrated Judi Dench Cottage in the Lakes to the 'Venice of the South' also known as Camden's Hawley Arms. 'Britain, Britain, Britain,' as was once said by lesser mortals. Well, now here it is...