The Works contains 120 of Pam's best-known poems from the seventies and eighties, including 'The Battery Hen, ' 'Please Will You Take Your Children Home Before I Do Them In, ' 'Sling Another Chair Leg on the Fire, ' 'Mother, ' and 'Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth.'

Pam Ayres has been a regular on television and radio since winning the talent show Opportunity Knocks in 1975 - on Just a Minute, The Comedy Quiz, Countdown and her own series, Ayres on the Air. She performs her solo stage show throughout Britain and around the world and has a huge fan base in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Pam is one of Britain's best-loved personalities and was awarded the MBE in 2004. For details of Pam's theatre engagements please see