Michael Whitehall

Backing into the Spotlight is a hilarious and unashamedly non-PC memoir. Now in his eighth decade, Whitehall is a fine raconteur, gloriously unreconstructed and still deeply suspicious of modernity. Daily Mail Standing in front of a full-length mirror in my dressing room at ITV studios, waiting to go on to the set of Backchat, I had a brief conversation with...

Theatrical agent, Michael Whitehall, has been involved with the careers of many eminent actors, including Kenneth More, Tom Courtenay, Colin Firth, Dorothy Tutin, Edward Fox, Jack Davenport, Judi Dench, Ian Charleson, Peter Bowles, Elaine Stritch, Richard E Grant, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Hemmings, and Richard Griffiths, amongst others. In Shark-Infested Waters, Michael Whitehall contrasts the glamorous image of theatrical life with...

'Screamingly funny...a splendidly effervescent and enjoyable book' Daily Mail One part Lonely Planet, one part tell-all family memoir, this is the definitive and hilarious guide on how to survive family holidays. No one has more experience of travelling together than the Whitehalls. They've given us a window into their escapades in the hit Netflix show, Travels With My Father, and...