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Speaker 1: Exactly?

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Speaker 3: Okay, big one for your Friday morning guys.

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Speaker 2: Why are we talking to you?

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Speaker 3: It's a segment where you, guys will meet someone who

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Speaker 2: But first you have to guess who.

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Speaker 2: Okay, I say who is.

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Speaker 3: Coming in because today's one has a twist. The celebrity

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Speaker 2: Wow. Okay, do you want to start your guess?

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Speaker 1: Is you've told me it's a big one on a

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Speaker 3: Well, actually I don't know, but that's not what's Are they?

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Speaker 4: Are they British?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 4: Are they female?

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Speaker 2: No?

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Speaker 5: Are they in the sport industry?

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Speaker 3: They are not in the sport industry.

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Speaker 4: About music, they are in.

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Speaker 2: The music industry. It's not Prince Andrew.

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Speaker 4: What he might sing, you don't know what he doesn't?

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Speaker 1: Is it?

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Speaker 5: Did they have? They have? They got a hit song, Tommy,

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Speaker 2: Of interesting viral. They have many hit songs. I know

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Speaker 3: They are not cheesy, but they are massive.

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Speaker 2: Ronan Keating, it's not grown.

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Speaker 4: Is it Robbie Williams.

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Speaker 2: It's not Robbie Robbie Williams.

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Speaker 1: It's not Robbie Williams.

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Speaker 5: Is Blobby Williams?

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Speaker 2: Is it's not Bobby? British?

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Speaker 3: Yes, British music, big in music for many years and

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Speaker 4: What his songs used in films?

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Speaker 1: I can't lie along anymore. I know who it is.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe it, do it? I can't believe it.

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Speaker 2: Are you ready for me to well? Maybe you say it.

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Speaker 1: See if he appears, Ladies and gentlemen, Andrew Lloyd Webber,

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Speaker 1: you are correct, the man himself. Musical Theater Royalty. We

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Speaker 1: welcome you, Thank you. It is an absolute honor to

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Speaker 1: a magical moment. Can you just for clarity, can you

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Speaker 6: Well, if you really want the ludicrous title that when

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Speaker 6: I just put down composer, right, you know, I do

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Speaker 1: But when we look at you know, your music. Over

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Speaker 1: It just it's part of everyone's life. That must mean

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Speaker 6: It's fantastic. I mean, but I like to keep going. Yeah,

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Speaker 6: And so it keeps going. The next thing is getting

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Speaker 5: So you still have drive Andrew like used to creatively,

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Speaker 6: Absolutely, yeah, I mean at the moment, I'm just literally

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Speaker 6: And the thing about musicals is that the really successful

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Speaker 5: Andrew. Can I ask you what's the one musical that

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Speaker 6: There are loads of them, actually, I mean, but west

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Speaker 6: have done. Is Hamilton fabulous musical? But that's a completely

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Speaker 6: And then there's My fair Lady. You know, there are

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Speaker 2: Andrew.

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Speaker 1: When you look at all the music that you have

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Speaker 6: Not really, I discovered when I was sort of going

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Speaker 6: He was a composer, yes, did he edited this which

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Speaker 1: What would be what I'd love to know when you

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Speaker 7: When your musicals are made into films. How involved are

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Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, Andrew, when you watch Fandom of the Opera now,

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Speaker 6: You know, one of the great joys I have is

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Speaker 1: We've had some so many great family moments with your musicals.

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Speaker 1: But I'd love to get your feedback, if that's okay.

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Speaker 6: I'm a dog.

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Speaker 4: It's as polite as you can.

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Speaker 1: Well, that's right. It's not about cats. It's about dogs.

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Speaker 1: I tell, we'll tell you.

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Speaker 8: We're fun happy today. Tell We'll tell you if I

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Speaker 2: My nose will sniff that all.

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Speaker 8: Is I am a dog just like a god?

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Speaker 8: I left a surprise on the rugby because you went

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Speaker 6: Well, you know Leslie Bricus, who is one of the

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Speaker 6: And all that beautiful music. He did a musical called Dogs.

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Speaker 6: Sandy never got on it.

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Speaker 6: Maybe the musical sounds very very saying I didn't know

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Speaker 1: Know they do as cats can. Is that guy what

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Speaker 2: Is He still around?

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Speaker 6: Sadly dinasty?

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Speaker 2: But he was absolutely extraordinary.

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Speaker 1: So it looks like it's left to me then it does.

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Speaker 6: It looks like the mantle has fallen on you, okay.

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Speaker 6: Well, it has that sort of quality of an opening number,

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Speaker 6: A little bit to you people, and then you're away

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Speaker 5: You might have to put that song down like like

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Speaker 1: Yeah, thank you so much, Andrew, We thank you for

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Speaker 2: We can't thank you enough for finding the time to

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Speaker 6: Thank you, and I'm going to see I Am a

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Speaker 8: What not up?

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Speaker 2: I am a dog. I'm an absolute dog. Thank you.