The One Where We Lost A Great Friend

OH NO! Not Matthew Perry. Not our wry, vulnerable, lovable, witty Chandler Bing from Friends. Not the chap who's been so searingly honest about his battle with addiction to drugs and alcohol that we believed he must have navigated a route to survival.

- Vanessa Feltz

Millions of viewers in almost every country tune into reruns of Friends for comfort. When we are beset by broken hearts, fractured friendships and family frustrations we can find succour in the convivial navel-gazing in the show's Central Perk cafe.

Familiarity is infinitely reassuring. We know the punchlines in The One With The Holiday Armadillo (all Friends' episodes had titles like that) and chortle all the louder for it. We watch Friends in the wee small hours for its perennial heart-warming ingredients that confirm, despite our personal blips, that all is right with the world.