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Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West).
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Tears Of Laughter by Cheese and Crackers. We wrote it for an episode of Inside No 9 and it ends “Laughter is my memory of you...”
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 May 2019 source ↗
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Nicola Walker
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Funerals are for the people left behind, so I don’t mind.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 7 January 2017 source ↗
Dan Stevens
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Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2017 source ↗
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I Gotta Feeling.
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Nothing – haven’t you heard of the butterfly effect? I could find myself still collecting glasses in Charnock Richard while Donald Sutherland would be enjoying my life.
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What I am now, but with a better singing voice.
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