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What disappointment has stayed with you longest?Originally asked
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Sue Townsend
English writer and humorist
Losing my independence.
Ashley Jensen
Scottish actress and narrator
Hollywood Boulevard, it’s grubby, sticky and somehow terribly sad.
Ardal O'Hanlon
Irish comedian and actor
The day I had to stop playing football five years ago. I realised I couldn’t hack it any more.
The years I lost trying to fix my second marriage.
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I used to be an ear-piercing specialist when I was 16, and had to pierce babies’ ears. It was horrendous. I had to practise on my friends – several have misplaced piercings.
On BBC Breakfast, I accidentally said “fuck” on air. My microphone had been turned on when I wasn’t in the room. It went out across the telly and they had to apologise.
Falling off what we in Middlesbrough call a “tarzy”, a bungee rope. I was swinging on it, fell and broke my arm.
A poster for The Godfather, my favourite film, signed by Marlon Brando, Al Pacino and everyone. I got drunk at a children’s charity auction and started buying everything!
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