Non-Hindus who take the trouble to go Madonna and Pierce Brosnan (James Bond) are expected will be awed less by the spectacle than by the fervour that animates it.

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The pop legend - whose baby daughter was born last month - beat off stiff competition from James Bond star Pierce Brosnan and Oscar nominee Jude Law.

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Earlier, former James Bond star Pierce Brosnan, who is heard singing hits including Waterloo in the film, said he "kind of rather enjoyed" wearing tight costumes for his role.

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The long-running TV series has been narrated by the likes of former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan -- not bad for an unassuming kid's show whose setting is based on the windy and remote Isle of Man, which floats between Scotland and Northern Ireland in the middle of the Irish Sea.

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