In Praise of Celebrity?
A few years ago on BBC Radio 2 there was a programme about legendary singer songwriter Nick Drake (for more on Nick Drake click HERE) called In Search of Nick Drake. For reasons best known to themselves the BBC got Brad Pitt to present it. It seems to open up a whole host of possibilities for personality led shows.
The Carpenters – Harrison Ford.
Elvis (Presley) – Elvis (Costello)
Level 42 – Douglas Adams
The Mamas & Papas – Posh & Becks
Savage Garden– Diarmuid Gavin
Queen – HRH the Duke of Edinburgh
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – Nancy Sinatra
Moby – Dick Dale (King of the Surf Guitars)
The Real Thing – Jordan
Deacon Blue – The Archbishop of Canterbury
The Byrds – Bill Oddie
Simply Red – Arthur Scargill
Barry White – Cilla Black
Belinda Carlisle – Melvyn Bragg
The Charlatans – Any politician of your choosing
The Sex Pistols – Gordon Ramsey
Inspiral Carpets – Rob Wilton
Wizard – J.K. Rowling
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