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I remember watching 'Being Human' on BBC3 ages ago and they had a character who looked like he should be a member of Morrissey's backing band, not only did he have the quiff (and the whole 'look'), a cigarette stuck behind his ear- though he didn't smoke once- but he also kept coming out with lines like '...love is just a miserable lie', amongst others, and when he finally goes off to heaven (his character is a ghost) he says 'there is a light that never goes out' and walks off through a doorway into a bright white light. They've also slipped a few Smiths lyrics into dialogue in other episodes, but nothing as obvious as the Morrissey character.
Also, Reeves & Mortimer's comedy "Catterick" has one character who's a psychotic murderer, played by Reece Shearsmith from the league of gentlmen, and at one point he pulls up to a hotel, with an evil look on his face, as 'satan rejected my soul' plays really loudly in the background. He mouths the words to it as he walks along looking bonkers and also does a few actions e.g. for 'call me in, haul me in, pull me in' he was miming tugging on a rope.
All Moz references make me smile I love it when they turn up.
Also, sorry if these have been listed before now.
Oh and also, Jeremy Vine sometimes mentions The Smiths on eggheads on BBC2, the other day a woman called Sheila got an answer right and he said 'Well done...Sheila take a bow!" and nobody seemed to get it! Oh well, I did.
I think Reece Shearsmith is a big Moz/Smiths fan as the league used headmaster ritual on their radio show before it was made for t.v
Also another old one i remeber is when i went to see the History Boys stage play a few years back, Headmaster Ritual was used for the Videos that played whilst the set was being changed