I’m watching a very sad true crime programme but ...

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the lead detective sounds exactly like Les Dawson. It’s very distracting!

And it’s reminded me of a boss I once had who was clever and successful and lovely - but he looked exactly like the man who plays Rene in Allo Allo, and I kept getting sidetracked when he was delivering presentations or taking meetings.

Back in the old old days of newpaper 'lonely hearts' ads, I started writing to a man, we struck up a great friendship and were talking out way towards a relationship. Until he telephoned me one day, by appointment.

He sounded exactly like Jimmy Savile.

We managed a brief liaison, but I could never lose that first impression.

Of there's the detective who looks like Leonard Nimoy