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Cheeky chappie. Cuddly moptop. Comedy grump. Characterful and inventive drummer. In-demand screen actor. Peace and love advocate. Devoted transcendental meditation practitioner. Touring musician long after retirement age. Ringo Starr is, and has been, all of these things.

Often overshadowed by his Beatles bandmates, Ringo's story is one that is ripe for detailed telling. Starr's bluff and down-to-earth persona has obscured his incredible journey: from formative poverty and illness, through fortune and head-spinning fame, careers in film and TV, debilitating problems with booze and cocaine, to his eventual recovery and a third act career touring with his All-Starr band as one of the best-known musicians on the planet.

But Ringo: A Fab Life doesn't limit itself to the Beatles. Ringo's life, pre-, post- and away from the group during the '60s is where much of the action lies, relating the vivid tales of Ringo's '60s flat in London's Montagu Square flat (sublet to first Jimi Hendrix, and then John and Yoko) and his wide and varied film career, starring opposite the likes of Peter Sellers in The Magic Christian and Mae West in Sextette.

Via adventures and misadventures with his close friends Harry Nilsson, the Who's Keith Moon and Bee Gee Maurice Gibb, often fuelled by drugs and alcohol, high life in Monte Carlo and Los Angeles, marriage to Bond girl Barbara Bach, crises of confidence, health scares and rehab, Starr has wound his way to, in the 21st century, becoming a pillar of recovery and an elder statesman of rock with decades of hard-won experience.

Ringo: A Fab Life reveals the often hilarious, moving and jaw-dropping stories of one of our greatest living musicians.