Burnley
About Burnley
Burnley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is 21 miles (34 km) north of Manchester and 20 miles (32 km) east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River Brun.
On the show — 6 mentions total
Salman Rushdie wrote a theme tune titled 'The Best Things Begin With B' for the Burnley Building Society. He wrote the lyrics to it: 'You can dream a little, you can dream a lot, but the best dreams of all are the ones you've got building in the Burnley.'
from 29: No Such Thing As Terrestrial Sweetcorn, 2014-10-03 at 00:31:11 · read transcript
Other times Burnley came up
One of the people who was there sort of like with a notepad going yep they got better they got better they got better and also Charles Wait what did he definitely did that and also Charles I first sent him to Burnley in Lancashire because there was a report of some witches there and he had to go to Burnley and count their nipples now was that was he volunteering for this job or was he just send the king asked him to do.
No Such Thing As Pudsey's Passport, 2026-01-01 · listen
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Coordinates: 53.7890, -2.2480