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<\/p>\nDes Lynam has become a "real life Dr Dolittle" – giving animals a voice in his transition from presenter to author.<\/p>\n
Before being succeeded by Gary Lineker, the 80-year-old became a football TV legend hosting Match of the Day as well as Sportsnight and Grandstand, to name just a few of his many gigs. He's not been seen on our TV screens for well over a decade.<\/p>\n
But he's still keeping busy in retirement – writing several animal-themed books where the characters can speak English. Parts one and two of Now Who's Talking? <\/i>hit the shelves in July.<\/p>\n
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The membership gives access to all the perks of Amazon Prime (including free Premium and Same- Day Delivery in selected residential postcodes, and other benefits) plus the full library of content available through Prime Video. <\/span><\/p>\n Prime also offers a discounted membership, <\/span>Prime Student for higher education students.<\/span><\/p>\n You can also sign-up for Prime Video on its own for \u00a35.99 per month, however, you won\u2019t get the other benefits that come with Prime \u2014 like free One-Day Delivery and Same-Day Delivery on eligible orders and fast grocery delivery and pickup.<\/p>\n \u00a35.99 per month for Prime Video only, or \u00a38.99 per month for Amazon Prime membership<\/p>\n Speaking about how it all came about, Lynam told Sussex World: \u201cIt never occurred to me about writing about animals. I was looking out of the window one day.<\/p>\n "The two magpies who usually stood together were at opposite ends of the garden. I wondered if they\u2019d had a row. Obviously, we don\u2019t know how they communicate, so I made it up from there.<\/p>\n Did you prefer Lynam or Lineker as MOTD host? Let us know in the comments section below<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n \u201cI made them speak English obviously, and created some dialogue, that was the first one and it grew from there, doing other animals. I thought it was quite funny and hoped somebody else would."<\/p>\n The former MOTD frontman has also written a farmyard version, Now Moo\u2019s Talking?<\/i>, a wildlife park edition, Now Zoo\u2019s Talking, <\/i>and a baby animal book, Now Coochie Coo\u2019s Talking<\/i>.<\/p>\n After someone suggested he get them published, Lynam sent them to the Beeb, who pointed him in the right direction.<\/p>\n "Jonathan Martin, who was my Head of Sport at the BBC, asked me where I got that imagination from," he added. "And Dick Knight (ex-Brighton and Hove Albion chairman) joked \u2018If you\u2019re not careful you\u2019ll be rich again!\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cSince I stopped doing television, people often ask me, what do you do all day now? \u2018I say stare out of the window into space\u2019, and this is what that\u2019s produced."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31019012.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/0_Doctor-Dolittle.jpg\")
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