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Parents of young children are often spooked by the risks of last-minute Halloween costume shopping: wait too long and the costumes-of-the-moment may be all snapped up.

There is currently a six-month wait period for tests in the Thames Valley and each batch of new appointments is snapped up within minutes.

Even during her ill-fated "indie years", fans snapped up experimental and wayward songs like Confide In Me and the Nick Cave duet Where The Wild Roses Grow.

Now, it's just kicked off a national tour in Queeley-Dennis's home city - which looms large in the story - and has been snapped up by a TV production company headed by Peaky Blinders mastermind Steven Knight.

They snap up the cleverest and most devious communicators to craft their messages, offering salaries no one else can afford.