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Posted September 1, 2014 - No Comment

It's 'Countdown to Downton' – Sept 21 in the UK

Next to the Thrilla in Manilla in 1975 which featured the third and final meeting between Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier for the Heavyweight Championship of the World, Planet Earth has not had a day like this that they have been waiting for for almost 40 years. While America, unfortunately, still needs to tap the […]

Posted December 8, 2012 - No Comment

Potential Midwife vs. Downton smackdown on Christmas Day averted in UK

Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier….Call the Midwife, Downton Abbey? First, there was the Rumble in the Jungle in 1974. Then came the Thrilla in Manilla in 1975. Now, some 37 years later, the new ‘Fight of the Century’ will occur on Christmas Day and feature the Call the Midwife Holiday Special in one corner […]