 Bernard Wrigley (qv) provides the opening narration of the film,  as well as starring as Larry Webb, and he also performs the acoustic  song Stryder which is heard on Tanners car radio. The DJ is  called Eric Meredith, which is made up of the names of two  characters Wrigley has played before, Dodgy Eric in  _"Phoenix Nights" (2001)_ (qv) and Rex Meredith in  _"Crown Court" (1972)_ (qv). Wrigleys popular nickname The Bolton  Bullfrog is used to introduced the songs performer. Stryder is a  song that featured on Wrigleys 1988 album The Instrumental Album.