Scrooged! Because Bill Murray. Because it is funny and dark but also sweet and redemptive. It is a take on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens but set in 1980s NYC. It also has great performances by Alfre Woodard, Carole Kane, Karen Allen, Bobcat Goldthwait, John Forsythe, Robert Mitchum and many more. Favourite xmas film and favourite Bill Murray performance. It used to be on TV every year when I was a kid and now I always watch it on DVD at least once a year...

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Best live band / gig you've ever seen and what made it special

I think it was at V Festival back in the late 90s. I avoided the toilets as much as possible but my friend needed to go, so I was waiting for her by the lines of stinking portaloos. There were always queues so I was waiting for a while. A kindof hippie-looking older guy came over and offered me a drag of his 'cigarette'. I was trying to be friendly and open to stuff so I accepted. When my (beautiful) friend came back, the guy was very keen for us to join him somewhere else but my friend was way more sensible (thank god) and never smoked or did anything bad so she whisked me away. As we were walking towards the stages I started stumbling and had to hold onto my friend. I felt completely blind and told her I could only see black with lights shining (it was daytime), so she had to drag me to a patch of grass where I lay on the ground for ages. In the background I could hear the one and only James Brown literally shouting "James Brown!" over and over. Luckily after lying on the grass for a while I felt normal again but I have been told that the cigarette was probably laced with some kind of acid... I learnt my lesson. It was the weirdest experience. But James Brown was amazing!

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'Go for the doctor'

Boyfriend suggested it