An award-winning Bolton celebrity gave a shout out to a famous town chippy which she would choose to have her last meal at.
Sophie Willan, who is best known for her BAFTA-winning sitcom Alma's Not Normal, appeared on comedian Kathy Burke's death-themed podcast, Where There's A Will, There's A Wake.
Kathy chats to various celebrities and takes them through how they would plan their death, asking them things such as 'how would you like to die', 'where are you going next' and 'who gets your prized possessions'.
One of the questions is the 'last supper' - what meal would her guests choose as their last one.
Appearing on the podcast, Sophie gave what Kathy described as a "stereotypically northern" answer and even chose a famous Bolton chippy, Olympus, as the venue for her final meal.
Sophie chose a "steak pudding, chips, peas and gravy", to which Kathy replied: "Well I'm so glad you're not being stereotypically northern!"
Prompted by Kathy, she then explained the difference between a steak pudding and a steak pie.
She said: "A steak pudding is suet pastry that's been steamed, so the gravy and the steak chunks in the middle are in a steamed suet casing.
"And then you put gravy on top - I mean who could deny that, it's fabulous."
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Sophie opted for mushy peas rather than garden peas, which Londoner Kathy said "surprised" her.
Sophie said they are "always" mushy. She added: "And then obviously your lovely chips and your good gravy."
Most importantly, Kathy asked: "And where would you get this, where is the best place to get this? Homemade or?"
Sophie said: "I would go to Bolton... I would go to Olympus chippy.
"Olympus chippy is brilliant, it's got a restaurant, and it's full of old people and it has a pianist, and he is about 80 as well.
"It's like something out of Cocoon, but they serve steak pudding, chips and gravy so that would be a great place to go because it's a little bit like, before death, really.
"This is the great thing about Olympus chippy: you can order beer as well, or prosecco or anything you want."
Kathy replied: "You wouldn't have a nice cup of tea with that, no?"
But Sophie saw more cause for celebration, saying: "You could do, yeah, but maybe as you're on your way out, I'd have a glass of champagne.
"Champagne and a chippy!"
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