Gary Barlow
British singer
The cancan. It’s celebratory and it would demonstrate the ridiculousness of this life.
What song would you like played at your funeral?
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Eric Idle’s Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. That’s me, really.
The Guardian, Honest playlist, The Guardian, 12 December 2022 source ↗
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Steve Pemberton
British actor and comedian
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...”
Robert Carlyle
Scottish actor
Something by Nick Drake.
Jenna Coleman
English actress
Something tongue-in-cheek: Rescue Me.
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