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A Cessna Golden Eagle eight-seater aircraft. I flew it across the Atlantic both ways and did two US tours and two European tours in it. I finally sold it and got a job as an airline pilot in which I was paid to fly, rather than the other way round.
Fireworks. I was given a pyrotechnics course by my son for my 40th birthday, so I do displays. I can average five to 10 grand on one display.
A 28ft motorboat, which sat in the water for two years because I was so busy working.
It's bad taste to brag about money.
Feeling as though I had to leave Radio 2 to get my life back on track. I had every intention of being David Jacobs or Brian Matthew and going on until I was 127, but it didn’t turn out like that.
The friend behind the microphone.
I was the subject of a Celeb cartoon in Private Eye. I’ve a copy hanging in the downstairs toilet.
Kindness, security, being at home.
Adam Clayton, Adeel Akhtar, Alex Jones, Alex Lawther, Alison Moyet, Alison Steadman
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