From lowly Extra standing around in the freezing cold and pouring rain to Speaking Part with the coveted honour of someone to hold an umbrella over her: Carol Reeve has experienced it all, and she recalls it evocatively and with gentle humour in this charming memoir of her "Extra"-ordinary career on television.

Carol Reeve studied acting at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and began her television career in the 1970s. After living in Poynton, Cheshire, for thirty years, Carol and her husband Brian retired to Porthmadog in North Wales in 2001, where Carol has joined the Cricieth Starlight Players.