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Matthew Perry’s greatest work wasn’t Friends. It was a Newsnight appearance

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The IndependentMatthew Perry’s greatest work wasn’t Friends. It was a Newsnight appearance
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It’s only shown briefly during Netflix’s new, three-part documentary series about the late sitcom superstar, but Perry’s live TV encounter with the author and commentator Peter Hitchens best exemplified his intelligence, his humour and his deep compassion…

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