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Do They Know It's Christmas Yet?

They Took a Trip Back to 1984 and Broke It.

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Do They Know It's Christmas Yet?

By: James Crookes
Narrated by: James Crookes
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About this listen

Immerse yourself in the '80s, where Thursday meant Top of the Pops, Sunday meant taping The Top 40, and photos took two weeks to develop....

Thirty-somethings Tash and her brother Jamie didn’t mean to time travel back to October 1984, but bizarrely, they did, on the very day that Bob Geldof watched the BBC news report which moved him to form Band Aid and record “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” Except their arrival caused him to miss it. So because of them, there’ll be no Band Aid, no "USA for Africa", and no "Live Aid".

Jamie wants to find Bob and put things right. Tash wants to go straight back to the 21st century - she has a 5-month-old baby waiting for her.

What would YOU do? Go to your baby or feed a million others?

James Crookes has been writing comedy for TV and radio for over 20 years. He has contributed to shows on BBC One, CBBC, and CBeebies, along with producing and co-presenting the Bauer Radio breakfast show, Big John @ Breakfast, since 2004.

NOTE: Tash is a lovely lady, but like many adults, does sometimes rely on the "F-word" when she's flustered. Please consider this if easily offended or listening in the car.

©2020 James Crookes (P)2021 James Crookes Fiction Genre Fiction Holidays Literature & Fiction Science Fiction Time Travel Celebration Funny Comedy Feel-Good Thought-Provoking Witty Christmas

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A brilliant light hearted listen, a typically English comedy that works really well. The characters are interesting and mold together perfectly, just take it for what it is a all round family listen.

Great listem

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i loved every minute of this book, takes you back to great memories, very funny, can't wait for his second book.

Amazing book

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This is one of the best books I have listened to, in the past few years. It grabbed my attention in the first chapter and I couldn’t stop listening to it! It is well written, and for anyone from the eighties it will have you laughing out loud at the many humorous parts. This is a very funny book for all (bar the swearing *wink*), and will have you laughing along and smiling from ear to eat and start to finish. I actually spoke out loud as I sat and realised the book had finished “nooooo!”. I am really looking forward to the next book, in fact I cannot wait!
Loved it!

Brilliant book a must read!

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I really enjoyed this book. Well read, engaging story and a good splash of nostalgia and humour to boot. Definitely recommend.

Enjoyable listen

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Absolutely loved it, funny and nostalgic, highly recommended.
From start to finish it kept me hooked, well observed and hit the spot for a man who lived through 1984!

Brilliant

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I loved this book from start to finish, with its easy but entertaining flow to the story, expertly read by the author.

I would happily recommend this book if you enjoy humour with son]me, well quite a lot, of expletives.

Excellent!

Entertainingly funny!

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Took me right back to the 80’s and made me laugh out loud.
Loved that James reads this himself - no one can do that better than the author.

Fantastically hilarious

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I loved listening to this book, being a child of the seventies I recollect so many of the references, I loved listening as the character evolved, my favourite listens are always the ones read buy the author, it’s read exactly as it was written. I look forward to more James Crookes

Fantastic!!

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I have listened to both this and “ have they stole a million yet?” And I have never laughed so much at books in my life!! The story, narration and the whole reminiscence of the 80’ s is superb!! I can’t recommend this Author highly enough. Waiting for book 3!!

Absolutely brilliant!!

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Absolutely love this book and half way through the second! Bring on the third! So many things from the 80s which I had temporarily forgotten. The ‘Ah yes’ moment. The Sinclair C5 which I so badly wanted as a child. I watched in awe out of my bedroom window as our neighbour did his newspaper round on his C5! The 80s + time travel + comedy + some swearing = all my favourite subjects!

Such nostalgia!

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