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Pete Waterman: The Prat Who Calls Himself The Hitman

Simon Witter, Sky, April 1989

The prat who calls himself the Hitman is how Stock Aitken Waterman's Pete Waterman describes himself. It's an admission that a 42-year-old who throws himself around manically shouting, "Go on kid, give it some of that" shouldn't be taken seriously. But his high-tack dance programme The Hitman And Her has become a kitsch Saturday night institution. Simon Witter reports.

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