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808 State, 10CC, Badly Drawn Boy, The Bee Gees, Elkie Brooks, Buzzcocks, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, Joy Division, Gracie Fields, David Gray, Hermans Hermits, The Hollies, Mick Hucknall and Simply Red, Jay Kay, New Order, Oasis, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Mark E Smith and The Fall, Lisa Stansfield, The Verve, Sarah Cox, Dave Haslam, Mr Scruff...to name but a few...........
The City of Manchester has starred in films including...A Taste of Honey, Hobson's Choice, Charlie Bubbles, Reds, Empire of the Sun, Yanks, Damage, In the name of the Father, East is East, Alfie, 24 Hour Party People - and we could go on...
Coronation Street, Sherlock Holmes, Cracker, Prime Suspect, Brideshead Revisited, Gold, Cold Feet, Queer As Folk, Pride and Prejudice, The Royle Family, Clocking Off, Bob and Rose, Linda Green, Cutting It, The Second Coming, Shameless
Friedrich Engels, Elizabeth Gaskell, Val McDermid, Cath Staincliffe, Mandause Heller, Gwendoline Riley, Joe Pemberton, Andrea Ashworth, Carol Birch, Howard Jacobson, Anthony Burgess, Adele Geras, Sophie Hannah, John Cooper Clarke, Lemn Sissay, Dodie Smith