Pru & Me: A Love Story
By Timothy West
Michael Joseph £22
Until relatively recently, Timothy West and Prunella Scales were middle-ranking mimes. They had to put up with members of the public saying things like (to Pru) ‘I've seen you in that comedy with that awful tall fellow. I've never liked him, a shame as you're quite good’; or (to Tim) ‘What was that show you were in back in the 1980s?’ – ‘I was in quite a few. Did I play a northern gentleman? Could it be Brass?’ – ‘No, it wasn't that. I wasn't keen on that.’
Then, in 2014,, and the husband-and-wife team were propelled to National Treasure status. Like cookery for the Two Fat Ladies, narrow-boating was an excuse for viewers to spend time with agreeable, interesting people. There was a relaxed pace, nice scenery – the waterways of England and the Continent.
