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I love music, crime and good comedy. And
Top Ten lists ...
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Albums
- Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy -
Elton John
- Aces and Kings - Go West
- River Of Dreams - Barclay James Harvest
- London Calling - The Clash
- London Conversations - Saint Etienne
- The Fame - Lady Gaga
- Eyes Open - Snow Patrol
- Parallel Lines - Blondie
- Savage Garden - Savage Garden
- The Broadcast - Cutting Crew
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TV Crime
- Inspector Morse (John Thaw and Kevin Whatley)
- Columbo (Peter Falk)
- Miss Marple (Joan Hickson)
- Waking The Dead (Trevor Eve and Sue Johnston)
- The Sweeney (John Thaw and Denis Waterman)
- The Professionals (Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw and Lewis Collins)
- Dempsey and Makepeace (Michael Brandon and Glynis Barber)
- Inspector Frost (David Jason)
- Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)
- Lewis (Kevin Whatley and Laurence Fox)
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TV Comedy
- Only Fools and Horses (David Jason, Nicholas
Lyndhurst)
- Brush Strokes (Karl Howman)
- Have I Got News For You (Paul Merton, Ian Hislop)
- Police Squad (Leslie Neilson)
- Frasier (Kelsey Grammar)
- Gavin and Stacey (Ruth Jones, James Corden)
- Seinfeld (Gerry Seinfeld)
- Just Good Friends (Paul Nicholas)
- Lead Balloon (Jack Dee)
- Porridge (Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale)
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Books
- To Kill A Mocking Bird - Harper Lee
- Wilt - Tom Sharpe
- My Uncle Oswald - Roald Dahl
- 'Alphabet' Murders - Sue Grafton
- How To Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie
- Make Every Word Count - Gary Provost
- The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
- Relentless - Simon Kernick
- Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
- The Frost books - R D Wingfield
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Films
- Dances With Wolves (Kevin Costner)
- Sliding Doors (Gwyneth Paltrow)
- Naked Gun (Leslie Neilson)
- Notting Hill (Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant)
- Die Hard (Bruce Willis)
- Raiders Of The Lost Ark (Harrison Ford)
- Dirty Harry (Clint Eastwood)
- Saturday Night Fever (John Travolta)
- Star Wars (Mark Hammill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford)
- Harry Potter series (Daniel Radcliff)
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Guitar Solos
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Goodbye To Love - Carpenters
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More Than A Feeling - Boston
- Guitar Blues - Barclay James Harvest
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Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits
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Layla - Derek And The Dominoes
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Funeral For A Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John
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Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
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Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
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Lady Fantasy - Camel
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Rock n Roll Widow - Wishbone Ash
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Saddest Songs
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Goodbye To Love - Carpenters
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Without You - Nillson
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Alone - Heart
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Ordinary World - Duran Duran
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The Winner Takes It All - Abba
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Unbreak My Heart - Toni Braxton
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Miss You Like Crazy - Natalie Cole
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Alone Again Naturally - Gilbert O'Sullivan
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Have You Ever Been In Love? - Leo Sayer
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Seventeen - Janis Ian
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Uplifting Songs
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Road Runner - Jonathon Richmond
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Dreaming - Blondie
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Call Me - Go West
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Come Back Jonee - Devo
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Somewhere In My Heart - Aztec Camera
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Reward - Teardrop Explodes
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Electricity - Suede
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Wishful Thinking - China Crisis
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It's Getting Better (Man) - Oasis
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Groove Jet - Spiller
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enjoy the observations of fictional environmental health officer,
Kent Fisher, at my blog,
Fisher's Fables |
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