The Graham Norton Show- December 2024-
Actor James Corden tells an anecdote.
McCartney- A Life in Lyrics (s2 ep 12)- Watch on YouTube
Had his musical career not taken off (=if his musical career had not taken off…)
Parkinson at 50- open in new tab
What Lennon and McCartney would have achieved, had Lennon and McCartney not fallen out (=if Lennon and McCartney had not fallen out)
Wham! - watch on YouTube
The late singer George Michael explains how he met his best friend, Andrew Ridgeley, at school, with whom he would go on to form the group Wham!
Had Beckham not been sent off, we could have probably snatched a win (we could have probably won)
Diana: A Celebration of Her Life- open in new tab
Diana could have adapted, had she been a stronger personality (=if she had been…)
Friends-The Reunion (2021)
The cast of TV sitcom Friends reminisce about the show.
Had we known all those years ago! [=If we had known (about this) all those years ago…]
Baby Reindeer s1 ep 1
I sometimes wonder what would have happened had I not followed her home (=if I hadn't followed her home)
Harry and Meghan s1 ep06 (open in new tab)
I wonder what would have happened to us had we not got out (=if we hadn't got out) when we did.
had he not offered those places… (=if he hadn't offered those places…)
Last Tango in Halifax s30 ep 1- Had he not been over the limit (=if he hadn't been over the limit)- open in new tab
This family are talking about the young girl's grandfather, who's been fined a hefty amount of money for sailing a barge at a very high speed and causing damage to public property and other boats.
(*contains some strong language)
Gavin and Stacey s1 ep3- open in new tab
[Stacey is about to get married. She and her family and friend are waiting to meet Stacey's parents in law-to be, who happen to be wealthier than Stacey's family. While they are waiting, they compare Stacey's current fiancé's family to her former boyfriends' families. (and wealth).]
Mare of Easttown s01 ep01
I think what I wanted to say, had I got up the nerve [=if I had got (up) the nerve/the courage], is that you are a very beautiful woman.
Zoe Ball, BBC Radio 2
(The contestant didn't know he was going to meet his favourite singer that morning at the BBC).
He wished he'd had a shower, had he known what was going to happen this morning…
Audrey (2020)- open in new tab
Had we known (=If we had known) the first six months of the war that we were going to be occupied for five years, we might have all shot ourselves.
State of the Union s01 ep07
I wouldn’t have, had I known (=if I had known) that complaining about the wet paper…
Actor David Tennant, Desert Island Discs - watch on YouTube
(Talking about his father)…had the world he grew up in been slightly different, he would have quite enjoyed getting into acting himself.
Elizabeth Taylor- Rebel Superstar
She would've never been an actress, had it not been (if it hadn't been) for her mother.
The Chelsea Detective (season 3, ep. 3)- open in new tab
Severance s2 ep08- open in new tab
The Pursuit of Love s01 ep01
Had the Radletts been poor (=if the Radletts had been poor), he (no doubt) would have been sent to prison for beating and refusing to educate (their children).
Happy Valley s3 ep 4- open in new tab
Rip Off Britain- open in new tab
The Crown s4 ep 08
Among the signals she agreed to are actually some of the sanctions she would never have contemplated had they been called 'sanctions' (=if they had been called 'sanctions').
Open in new tab (article about buying tickets for the Oasis gigs)
Radio Times (discussing the TV show Litvinenko, and how its star, actor David Tennant, contributed to it)
Wikipedia- Amy Winehouse (source)
(Coleen Rooney is married to Wayne Rooney, an English professional football manager and former player)
Scientists (…) were prepared to cool the brains, should they show (=in case they showed) any signs of consciousness. Had they done (=if they had done), it would have been hugely significant.
(On Theresa May standing down as Prime Minister) Perhaps, had she sought compromise much, much earlier (=if she had sought/ looked for compromise…), then Mrs. May’s time in Downing Street need not have ended in such disarray and failure.
Had it (the device) exploded [If it had exploded], the likely outcome would have been the murder of a (police) officer.
Mary P. says she was forced into poverty when she became a full-time carer for her 30-year-old son. She used to work to help people with autism before her son was diagnosed with the condition.
Nobody is going to employ me because at a moment’s notice I would have to go and deal with Adriano. And besides which, I’m exhausted. Had I been able to work to my qualifications (=if I had been able to work… ), I would have been doing very well, thank you. I have more than enough qualifications to head a school, to be a headteacher in special education. But I will never be able to use my skills, I have to give them for free.
Dr. Talati believes the Government’s scientific advisors knew coronavirus transmission was happening, but Public Health England didn’t tell the public. Had it done so (=if it had done so), he says he would never have visited his parents.
(On the first horse race after lockdown with no spectators in the audience) Fans would have loved it, had they been there (=if they had been there) to see it.
Had they acted sooner (=if they had acted sooner), they could have done more to make the system fairer.