Connections

Can you answer the following general knowledge questions and then find the connection between the answers?


1Which pop star played Adrian Mole's mother on TV?
2Which 1995 film featuring talking animals is based on a book by Dick King-Smith?
3In which Formula One team did Damon Hill replace Nigel Mansell?
4Which pop act are also the only writers in history to achieve number ones in five different decades?
5Which footballer was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1998?
6What is the normal colour of the "Black Box" in a plane which can be used to gather important information in the event of a crash?
7Which "P" can go before "piece" and "line" and after "garden"?
8Which character does Bill Roache play in "Coronation Street"?
9Actress Emma Thompson won an Oscar for which 1992 film?
10What is the connection?