Richard Branson once said: 'Tony's very good at selling bands and he's very good at making television programmes. But he'll never be great at either, until he decides which one he wants to do.' I entirely accept that. That doesn't matter to me very much. I like the irony of the two lives.

He died a few months before its release. Now I find you can get tummy tucks and cosmetic surgery on the NHS but not the drugs I need to stay alive.

Anthony Howard Wilson known as Tony Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was an English record label owner radio presenter TV show host nightclub manager impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. Wilson was the music mogul behind some of Manchester's most successful bands.