Christopher Eccleston
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Hot Legs by Rod Stewart: I’m going to be cremated.
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Les Fleurs by Minnie Riperton.
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Rylan Clark-Neal
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Pure Shores by All Saints.
Robert Peston
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Maybe I’m Amazed, by Paul McCartney.
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The End by the Beatles.
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My car, a dilapidated old Jag.
A home on the shores of Lake Como.
When I am up in the air and about to hit the water, literally and metaphorically.
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