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5 unusual facts about Jasper Carrott


1976 FA Cup Final

Jasper Carrott immortalised the match in his song Cup Final 1976.

Grant Naylor

The collaboration began in the mid-1980s when the duo co-wrote BBC Radio 4 programmes such as Cliché and its sequel Son Of Cliché, and television programmes such as Spitting Image, The 10 Percenters, and various Jasper Carrott projects.

More Love Songs

Wainwright also enjoyed a period of popularity as a regular on The Jasper Carrott Show in the UK, and many of the songs from his following album were written during this time as well as some (still) unreleased ones.

Pepsodent

British comedian Jasper Carrott referred to the slogan in one of his stand-up routines, saying “On your tongue - that's where the yellow went!”

Rob Grant

In the mid-1980s, Grant collaborated with co-writer Doug Naylor on radio programmes such as Cliché and its sequel Son Of Cliché, Wrinkles for Radio 4 and television programmes such as Spitting Image, The 10 Percenters, and various projects for Jasper Carrott.


Hattie Hayridge

with Lenny Henry, and Alter Ego. She has also written for two shows, Rory Bremner and Carrott-U-Like, and has made numerous guest appearances on other shows including the German-Canadian sci-fi series Lexx where she played Sub-Warden Heidi in the third episode of the fourth season called "P4X".


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