Shirley MacLaine
American actress and author
The Nutcracker Suite pas de deux.
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The Weird Weekends theme music: Mini Skirt by Esquivel.
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Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
Dylan’s I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 2 July 2016 source ↗
Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
Something by Nick Drake.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 February 2008 source ↗
Simon Bird
English actor and comedian
Candle In The Wind.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 19 July 2014 source ↗
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View profile →To have made a career in TV while being nervous by nature and incapable of doing a piece to camera.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 November 2018 source ↗
You suddenly get what people are talking about when they talk about being in love.
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To everyone who has been out with me and had to deal with my lack of emotional maturity.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 November 2018 source ↗
I don’t think I’ve ever been close to death but I am a nervous flyer, especially during turbulence, so there have been many times where I’ve felt that I was.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 November 2018 source ↗
There was a period in the early 2000s when I had been doing celebrity profiles and thought I’d lost my way creatively.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 November 2018 source ↗
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