About That Night

About That Night
Elaine Bedell

Sometimes it only takes one night to change everything…Elizabeth Place might have been jilted by her fiancé on her wedding day one year ago, but at least she’s still got her brilliant job producing one of the biggest shows on TV!But when larger-than-life TV host, Ricky Clough, dies live on air, her life is sent spinning out of control. And with foul play suspected, the spotlight is turned firmly on his colleagues – especially Hutch, the man desperate for Ricky’s job, and who Elizabeth is secretly dating.As her world comes crashing down around her, Elizabeth realises that perhaps the only person she can really trust, is herself…

ELAINE BEDELL was a BAFTA award-winning TV producer before becoming Controller of Entertainment at the BBC and Director of Entertainment & Comedy at ITV. She has commissioned and produced some of the UK’s most popular entertainment shows, including The X Factor, Strictly Come Dancing, Take Me Out, Britain’s Got Talent, The One Show, Top Gear and Saturday Night Takeaway. She lives in Hackney and has two children. She is currently Chief Executive of the Southbank Centre. About That Night is her first novel.

About That Night

Elaine Bedell

ONE PLACE MANY STORIES

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In memory of my dear dad Bert who should have lived to see it all.

Contents

Cover (#u8231a068-403e-5bb9-b8da-247f6430285b)

About the Author (#ub126f344-4d5c-5a96-b423-3f3989ab93fa)

Title Page (#u0cbe75fd-5a06-501d-917a-a2f952b59cc4)

Copyright (#ulink_12506fb6-5075-56ef-a4e6-da24ad9eaf45)

Note to Readers (#ulink_eb1579f1-ebb7-5026-aa6e-695fe5851201)

Dedication (#ufa95b40e-1b88-507a-894c-e0eb2d823afa)

Prologue (#ulink_f51b0b31-6397-50e9-b2ff-cdfcefc840d5)

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