Benedict Cumberbatch signing Candle In The Wind in the style of Alan Rickman

Sometimes the (beautifully voiced) stars align to create something so perfect that no one could ever have begun to predict it.

Occasionally, these moments pop up in the ‘recommended’ section of YouTube’s homepage and the discovery of them just utterly makes our midweek morning.

And when that happens, we feel it’s our duty to share them with you.

Thank you, YouTube. Thank you, Radio 2. Thank you, French and Saunders, Alan Rickman, and of course, Cumberbatch himself.

Here is the thing that you’d be waiting to find without even realising it: Benedict Cumberbatch signing Candle In The Wind in the style of Alan Rickman.

Originally published on The National Student