Hi,

I twied to get Jonathan Woss for the man next door's a burglar, but his agent said he gets inundated with requests like this and can't honour all of them, and hoped the project would do well, but... I can certainly imagine Paul Daniels doing Cosmo the fairly accurate knife thrower. Actually, there'd be almost no need for John Major to do captain indecisive, as Les wrote 'I demand to go on an assertiveness course' in similar mood but with J M in mind. How agreeable, as Rory Bremner would say.

Of course, there are several Ackroyd band compilations of serious material, most recently 'Some Love' and 'Airs of the Dog'. You'll find all the details on www.mrsackroyd.com...and Richard Ellin is thinking of doing his own compilation of Barker's serious love poems.

Best,
Clive