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Arena

on BBC Two England

Climb Every Mountain or Nothing Succeeds Like Failure
"Failure can be fun' is the motto of self-confessed failures David McGillivray and Stephen Pile (above-if RADIO TIMES had only been able to take a picture of him).
McGillivray was commissioned to write a book about failure but failed to write it; Pile's Book of Heroic Failures has got into the best-sellers list. This unlucky break has resulted in Pile being thrown out of the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain, which he founded.
Among others they meet-GEOFF O'NEILL, author of 519 unpublished songs; MIRIAM HARGRAVE , veteran of 39 driving tests; LT-CDR BILL BOAKS , who has lost his deposit at 21 by-elections, and JAN TAIGEN , who scored no points whatsoever in the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest.
Reginald Bosanquet will be reading from the Book of Heroic Failures.
Research ANTHONY wall Producer ALAN YENTOB Director NIGEL FINCH (An Arena failure)

Contributors

Unknown:
David McGillivray
Unknown:
Stephen Pile
Songs:
Miriam Hargrave
Unknown:
Lt-Cdr Bill Boaks
Unknown:
Jan Taigen
Unknown:
Reginald Bosanquet
Producer:
Alan Yentob
Director:
Nigel Finch

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