Shane MacGowan: I Dreaded Getting My Teeth Fixed

Shane MacGowan has said he "dreaded" getting his teeth fixed despite having lost almost all of them, making it hard to sing and even eat.

The 57-year-old singer appears in a Sky Arts documentary which follows a massive operation to restore his mouth.

The documentary features MacGowan's mother, sister and friend Johnny Depp.

Speaking about his childhood, he says: "Everybody was scared of the dentist in those days.

"When I was very small I had teeth taken out by a string round the tooth and then put on the door handle there.

"They wouldn't tell you what they were going to do, they would just bang the door and out came the tooth."

Long famed for having terrible teeth, the singer adds in the documentary: "I am dreading it, but it's got to be done."

:: Watch the Sky Arts documentary Shane MacGowan: A Wreck Reborn at 10pm today