Still Standing: The Savage Years

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Last year he signed off from his final BBC Radio 2 show, having hosted the Sunday afternoon programme for nearly 14 years. Last year he was joined by the Queen Consort in a special one-off episode of For The Love Of Dogs to mark 160 years of the home. O’Grady has also penned two other books, including Paul O’Grady’s Country Life, about his love of rural living. The Queen Consort on a walk with Battersea ambassador Paul O’Grady and a rescue dog during her visit to the centre. Credit: Stuart Wilson/PA PDF / EPUB File Name: Still_Standing_The_Savage_Years_-_OGrady_Paul.pdf, Still_Standing_The_Savage_Years_-_OGrady_Paul.epub

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O’Grady’s career as Savage took off with TV and radio appearances in character and he was eventually asked to take over from Paula Yates as The Big Breakfast presenter as Savage from 1995 to 1996. Lilian Maeve Veronica Savage, international sex kitten, was born on the steps of The Legs of Man public house, Lime Street, Liverpool on a policeman’s overcoat. Her mother, the lady wrestler Hell Cat Savage, had no such luxuries as gas and air. She just bit down on the policeman’s torch and recovered afterwards at the bar with a large pale ale... O’Grady’s other on-air appearances included as host of ITV celebrity game show, Paul O’Grady’s Saturday Night Line Up. Paul O’Grady with rescue dogs Razor a German Shepherd, Moose a Rottweiler and Dodger a Terrier at London’s Battersea Park. Credit: PAStill Standing will make you laugh and make you cry. Some of the stories might even make your hair curl. But it stands as a glorious tribute to absent friends and to a world which has now all but vanished. The series is divided into four titles; At My Mother’s Knee…And Other Low Joints, The Devil Rides Out, Still Standing: The Savage Years, and Open The Cage, Murphy. The name is believed to have inspired his famous drag alter ego Lily Savage, who helped propel him to mainstream success.

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He was made an MBE in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to entertainment and last year was appointed as a deputy lieutenant of Kent. Following the success of the latter, which was filmed at Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, he became an ambassador for the organisation. Paul O'Grady's life has already filled two excellent volumes... Still Standing is another enjoyable and colourful read." (Roland White The Sunday Times)The comedian and TV personality first rose to prominence as his drag queen persona Lily Savage in the 1980s and 1990s before going on to host a string of television programmes.