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Dale: My Story (Hardcover)

by Dale Winton (Author)
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Century (26 Sep 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 071262368X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0712623681
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 388,981 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Dale Winton, his story, sun-tanned warts and all. There is more to his career than seven series of Supermarket Sweep, groundbreaking though that programme was in its time (weekdays 10.00 am). He started out as a DJ in 1974, breaking into television in 1989. The supermarket show was one of the great popular hits of the Nineties. Since then he has gone on to present, among many other shows, The National Lottery and Pets Win Prizes. But there's another story, a personal, private story not untouched by tragedy. Perhaps his fans don't want the truth but would rather stick with the myth and legend that is the Dale Winton phenomenon. Anyway, his publishers estimate this 'will make compelling reading for millions'. We'll see.


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Dale Winton is one of the most popular stars on television today, enjoying the support of fans of all ages. In this autobiography, Dale talks openly about his difficult family life, including the death of his father on the day of his bar mitzvah (a man with whom he had a very difficult relationship) and the devastating suicide of his mother, whom he adored. He also speaks frankly about love and relationships, his weight problems, and his dreams of becoming a star. Dale's professional life began as a DJ on the London club circuit, a move that led to work on radio and then television. But his rise to stardom really took off with "Supermarket Sweep", from where he moved on to prime-time television with such shows as "The National Lottery", "The Other Half" and his own Christmas specials and celebrity guest shows. But life in the spotlight is not, and has not always been easy, and Dale talks candidly about the highs and lows of media success and life in the precarious world of entertainment.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Thanks Dale For An Enjoyable Read!, 25 Mar 2003
Thanks Dale for an excellent book. I felt it very heartwarming and very emmotional to read. I spent most of the time reading a chapter and then having alittle cry. I wish authors could write a book which was so moving. But also there was alot of humour in the book. I also felt that as you were reading it, Dale was telling you the story as if he was in the same room as you. I recommend this book to anyone, young or old. I have been a fan of Dale's for a few years now and I was so glad to have read a facinating book.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars insightful, honest and fun - an excellent buy, 28 Oct 2002
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This is a great story. Dale is an excellent TV entertainer who always seems so full of life and happy. I was therfore surprised to read about the tragedies in his life, but full of admiration for the way that he has risen above them all and worked hard to get where he is today.

In this book you really get to see the real Dale. He comes across as a very honest and genuine man, but it's all written in a way that lets you know that he has still kept his sense of fun and humour. The book reads as if Dale was telling you his story himself - you can really hear his voice - which makes the funny stories all the more hilarious!

The pictures in the book are worth the money themselves - lovely pictures of Dale as a young boy, with the mother he adored (a beautiful woman who committed suicide when he was 21, the story of how he found her is a part of the book that is so sensitively written it brought tears to my eyes), and pictures of him when he was overweight and you can't tell it's him.

This would make a lovely present, but is also a brilliant book to buy yourself - perfect to curl up with on the sofa on a cold winters day. It's one of the best showbusiness autobiographies I've read in ages. Thank you Dale.

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7 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Dale shows his private side (sort of), 10 Oct 2002
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As a great reader of biography, I thought that any book written by Dale Winton would be larger-than-life and deeply camp, much like the man himself. However that wasn't really the case.

While this book gives the reader an insight into his difficult early years (parents' divorce, mother's illness and death), it quickly turned into a luvvie-fest where everyone Dale met became a 'dear friend'. While I can imagine this being the case, as Dale comes across as a friendly sort of guy, after a while in the book it gets a bit gushing and insincere. He glosses over the negative bits of his career, for example when he switched agents who were also 'great friends' when he hit the big time. Very little space is devoted to this - instead he prefers to tell us how wonderful his new agent is.

Of course, many of us want the answer to the 'is he gay' question, which Dale gives us in the very last chapter. Without letting on what he tells us, there are few surprises in store.

All in all this is the sort of lightweight book that will while away a few hours on a plane or on the beach, but it's not an in-depth autobiography and there are no big surprises. Dale comes across as a rather shallow, insecure, camp 'luvvie' - nothing more and nothing less than we expected based on his tv persona.

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