Confessions were saucy comedies starring the ebullient Robin Askwith as chirpy Timmy Lea.

What you want's a taste of whisky-you'llbe as chirpy as a cricket.'

And yet I suppose Amelia's just as chirpy as possible?

Only Emmet remains as chirpy as ever.

Are the children, all looking as chirpy as flies;

But he really couldn't be angry with anyone so cheerful as Chirpy Cricket.

Rebecca Shannon, also known as Chirpy, is the latest member to have a go at her own solo career on her eponymous solo album.