I Got You Babe

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Whatever became of the nice girl? In this rollicking novel, a nice girl named Babe lets her fantasies get the best of her. She breaks away from an office career to take up the bohemian life of an artist in a garret. Having neither the courage nor the money to move to the Left Bank in Paris, she does the best that she can in her hometown of York. Once she has found the right place, she looks for the right man to be her live-in model, and falls in with a motley band of local rebels. Set in the 1960's, this FREE e-Book shows the problems that a nice girl can have while trying to be an individualist. Download it today!

Last updated: October 13, 2026

Derrick Goodwin

Derrick John Goodwin. BA Music (Hons) FRSA. Born London. Married. Derrick Goodwin has worked extensively as a director, producer and writer in both theatre and television. After three years at the Royal Academy of Music, he completed his National Service with the RAF. Derrick went into theatre in 1958, working in stage management, then assistant director, at the Royal Court Theatre. He was founder/director of the Living Theatre Company (Leicester) with Jill Gascoine and Ken Loach (Yes, that Ken Loach). Artistic Director at the Dundee Repertory Theatre, Associate Director of Glasgow Citizens Theatre, Artistic director of The Ipswich Arts Theatre, and Resident Director at Newcastle Playhouse. He joined the BBC's drama department in 1968. Freelance director from 1969. Head of Drama and Entertainment for the Canadian Broadcasting Company in Winnipeg in 1976. For theatre, Derrick has written plays including FIVE AND A BIT (Leicester), CALL OF THE DRUM (Dundee Rep), BRECHT (Glasgow Citizens) and ABIDING PASSIONS (adapted from E. Zola’s “Therese Raquin”) for Scarborough, which was directed by Alan Ayckbourn. For the Canadian Broadcasting Company, wrote and directed two short films MELDA AND THE DUCKS and THE GAMBLER.