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The worlds of ‘Not Going Out’ & ‘Beyond Paradise’ collide for Red Nose Day 2025!
Once again, Red Nose Day has distinguished itself as the single most brilliant example known to man and/or woman of how an entire country can demonstrate the ability to create brilliant content and rally around a charitable cause. Comic Relief was launched on Christmas Day in 1985 by comedian Sir Lenny Henry and writer/director Richard Curtis (Blackadder, […]
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As police clean up the city, post-CSI, it’s time for….’The Cleaner’!
It’s the cops’ job to clean up the city, but it’s Wicky’s job to clean up the crime scenes...after CSI finishes, of course. When the detectives are done, he moves in, armed with his bleach, pristine-white rags, biohazard buckets, scrubbing brushes and an endless supply of protective clothing.
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Another year, another raising of a ‘virtual jar’ to Frank McCourt this St. Patrick’s Day!
Given it's officially still St. Patrick's Day 2025, I thought it was worth repeating another year as not only is it hard to let St. Paddy's Day pass without thinking of Frank McCourt. As you read this, raise a virtual 'jar' or two of Guinness to Frank McCourt.
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Happy National Pi(e) Day, America, as we look back on British Pie Week 2025!
While it, technically, is the day set aside to celebrate the mathematical constant knows as "Pi", one can never have enough pie be it American or British so, no matter where you are and whether you are a fan of the traditional American ‘pie’ or British ‘pie’, today is National Pi(e) Day here in the U.S.
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Benedict Cumberbatch as ‘Jack the Ripper’
There are a handful of actors that I would be content to just sit and let them read the phone book. We're talking the likes of Nicola Walker, Suranne Jones, Bill Nighy and, obviously, Benedict Cumberbatch.