How I Swapped My Rock Dreams for Village Greens. Alex Marsh wanted to be a rock star - but it didn't work out. Instead he toiled away in the big city only to give up his career, move to rural Norfolk, and become a 'not very good' househusband. Whilst his pride won't let him admit it, he struggles with the cooking, the cleaning and the isolation. He hires a cleaner without telling his wife, his cooking repertoire is exhausted, and he becomes addicted to daytime TV and computer solitaire. He is in danger of becoming weird. So he takes up bowls and joins the village team - putting this unfashionable pastime in a whole new light, and very funny it is, too.