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    In the Nick of Time: The Autobiography of John Altman, EastEnders' Nick Cotton

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    From the moment he exploded onto our screens in 1985 as "Nasty" Nick Cotton, uttering the infamous phrase "Alright, Ma?" John Altman changed the face of TV villains for good. As one of the show's original cast members, he is much admired for his role as the leather-jacket-wearing, chain-smoking son of Dot Cotton in the long-running BBC soap, EastEnders, a role that spanned 30 years. Since appearing in the very first episode, he has been at the heart of the show, his character central to many famous storylines, to the extent that he was also given his own spin-off episode, "The Return of Nick Cotton," in 2000. But there is far more to John's story than Nick Cotton. This searingly honest autobiography traces the colorful childhood of a desperately shy and art-loving boy growing up in a loving household where he was encouraged to follow his dreams. But there was always something pulling him to test the boundaries—as a teenager he managed to get himself arrested for drug possession on the way back from a gap year in India, and the experimentation didn't stop there.Yet for all the tales of acting in film, theater, and television, and the people he has known and worked with, there was once a darker side to John's story. For it was the descent into alcoholism that was to test him the most. It cost him his marriage and almost his sanity, even while his own battle with his demons allowed him to shape Nick Cotton into one of the most memorable soap characters of our times. Now, for the first time, John tells it as it is, in his own inspiring words: the highs and the desperate lows and how, finally, he conquered his addiction for good.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Blake
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781786061959
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    John Altman

    John Altman is the author of thrillers including A Gathering of Spies, A Game of Spies, Deception, The Watchmen, The Art of the Devil, and Disposable Asset, forthcoming in 2015. A graduate of Harvard University, Altman has traveled to every continent, including Antarctica, and has worked as a teacher, musician, and freelance writer. Born in White Plains, New York, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey, with his family.

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