So You Think You Know It All?: A compendium of extremely interesting and slightly strange true stories

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'Full of fun facts and trivia nuggets, perfect for lovers of all things quintessentially British' My Weekly A compendium of extremely interesting and slightly strange true stories Did you know that Hitler wanted to change the rules of cricket? Or that a 61-year-old retiree once stole a million-pound portrait from the National Gallery in protest at his TV licence? Have you heard about the baron framed for a bank robbery by the South African secret police who was spared jail because of a truanting schoolboy? Or that the world's first cash machine had a small man hidden inside on its launch day in case of a breakdown? All this, and much, much more in this entertaining must-have collection of amazing facts and strange-but-true stories that will fascinate the whole family. Based on true stories featured on The One Show.

The One Show is a BBC Television magazine and chat show programme and has been running since 2006.

"The One Show is arguably the most important show on television. undeniably watchable, refreshingly uncynical and does its job extremely well, day in and day out. Altogether now: "One! One! Oooooone!"- Daily Telegraph 'full of fun facts and trivia nuggets, perfect for lovers of all things quintessentially British'- My Weekly 'Great segue, we're in the hands of pros here.' Russell Crowe on The One Show sofa.