Kelsey Grammer
American actor
I would borrow from Peter Sellers: Glenn Miller’s In The Mood.
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Tchaikovsky's 1812, sung by Barry Manilow.
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Suggs
Singer
Is That All There Is? by Peggy Lee. I find it uplifting, because we all suffer these things in life. Will my funeral be happy or sad? Depends who you’re talking to. Some people will be happy. A couple will be sad. But I’d like a jolly affair.
Richard Osman
English TV presenter and writer
The Man Comes Around by Johnny Cash, or the theme tune to Pointless.
Cerys Matthews
Welsh singer-songwriter
Dylan’s I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight.
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Self-criticism.
The demise of the London Daily Mail.
Lack of self-criticism.
There are different kinds of happiness, but the simplest was when I was 13 because what one had to do was so obvious.
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