 Horrocks became interested in writing , and submitted articles about military matters to newspapers and magazines including the Picture Post and The Sunday Times . This led to a short but successful career as the presenter of a series of television programmes , British Castles ( 1962 ) , Men in Battle and Epic Battle , produced by Huw Wheldon . In these , Horrocks lectured on great historical battles , " highlighting excitement and interest " to allow the programmes to appeal to the widest possible audience . He was interviewed extensively for the Thames Television series , The World at War , and , to his embarrassment , appeared on the cover of the BBC 's Radio Times magazine . After his television career ended , he served on the board of the housebuilding company Bovis , and continued writing , contributing a column to The Sunday Times and editing a series of British Army regimental histories . In 1968 Horrocks collaborated with J & L Randall as editor of the ' Merit ' board game ' Combat ' . His portrait and signature appear on the box and in his introduction to the game he states " In war no two battles are ever the same because the terrain is always different and it is this , more than anything else , which influences the composition of the different armies and the tactics employed by the rival Commanders " . His autobiography , A Full Life , was published in 1960 , and he co @-@ authored Corps Commander , an account of his battles in north @-@ west Europe , published in 1977 . 
