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The writer and presenter does a mean Elvis impression and secretly loves Guns N’ Roses, but why does Joni Mitchell make him cry?

Music was a big part of family life, and they would subject us to Elaine Paige, Matt Monro, the Carpenters and When a Child Is Born by Johnny Mathis, which became the soundtrack to our youth. The first single I bought I remember feeling very grownup buying Uptown Girl by Billy Joel on a seven-inch from a record shop called Ainsley’s in Leicester. The song I can no longer listen to Even if you’re in a happy relationship, Both Sides Now by Joni Mitchell – the bit that makes Emma Thompson cry in Love Actually – brings back the heartbreak of a breakup.

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