Book
English

Their finest hour and a half

Lissa Evans (author)
Title
Their finest hour and a half
Author
Lissa Evans
Language
English
Publisher
London: Doubleday, 2009
414 p.
ISBN
9780385614238 (hardback) 9780385614245 (trade paperback)

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About Lissa Evans

Felicity Kenvyn (known as Lissa Evans) is a British television director, producer, novelist and children's author.

After qualifying as a doctor in 1983, Evans worked in medicine in Newcastle for four years before a brief period in stand-up, beginning with an ensemble review called "Wire Less Wireless" which played in some of the pubs in Newcastle. Evans joined BBC Radio where she was a producer of comedy programmes before migrating to television. She has produced and/or directed such shows as Father Ted (for which she won a BAFTA for best comedy), Room 101, The Kumars at No. 42, TV Heaven, Telly Hell, Crossing the Floor (for which she won an Emmy for best drama) and Have I Got News For You and also served as voice director for the British-Canadian children's television series Don't Eat the Neighbours.

Evans has written six novels for adults: Spencer's List, Odd One Out…Read more on Wikipedia