Simon Farnaby

Published: Oct. 21, 2023, 10:49 a.m.

Simon Farnaby is famed for his parts in Ghosts, Horrible Histories and Detectorists, but it's his starring role in that iconic sketch from the Diamond Jubilee, seen over 30 million times on YouTube, in which he served the late Queen tea with Paddington Bear.

Indeed, he was one of the writers of Paddington 2 \u2013 and his latest screenplay, Wonka, is actually a musical origin story of Roald Dahl\u2019s eccentric chocolatier.

But Simon's Inheritance Tracks are not necessarily the golden ticket he'd have hoped for.

Inherited: Little Town by Cliff Richard\nPassed on: Rattlesnakes by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions

Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan