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San Diego Comic-Con
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San Diego Comic-Con International is a multi-genre entertainment and comic convention held annually in San Diego, California. The name, as given on its website, is Comic-Con International, San Diego and it is a four-day event held during the summer at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego. On the Wednesday evening prior to the opening of the event, there is a preview for professionals, exhibitors. Comic-Con International also produces two other conventions, WonderCon, held in Los Angeles, and the Alternative Press Expo and it is also the home of the Will Eisner Awards. In 2010, it filled the San Diego Convention Center to capacity with more than 130,000 attendees, the convention was founded in 1970 by Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, Bob Sourk, and Greg Bear. Detroit, Michigan-born, comics fan Shel Dorf, had, in the mid-1960s, mounted the Detroit Triple-Fan Fairs, one of the first commercial comics-fan conventions. When he moved to San Diego, California, in 1970, he organized a convention on March 21,1970. Dorf went on to be associated with the convention as president or manager, variously, Alf co-chaired the first convention with Krueger and became chairman in 1971. Following the initial gathering, Dorfs first three-day San Diego comics convention, other locations in the conventions early years included the El Cortez Hotel, the University of California, San Diego, and Golden Hall, before being moved to the San Diego Convention Center in 1991. I was quietly walking the floor stunned and in awe of just how much bigger it really was, the convention is organized by a panel of 13 board members,16 to 20 full-time and part-time workers, and 80 volunteers who assist via committees. Comic Con International is an organization, and proceeds of the event go to funding it, as well as the Alternative Press Expo. The convention logo was designed by Richard Bruning and Josh Beatman in 1995, in September 2010, the convention announced that it would stay in San Diego through 2015. In 2015, working with Lionsgate, a channel was created to host Comic-Con related content. According to the San Diego Convention and Visitors Bureau, the convention has a regional economic impact of $162.8 million. Along with panels, seminars, and workshops with comic book professionals, there are previews of upcoming feature films, like most comic-book conventions, Comic-Con features a large floorspace for exhibitors. These include media companies such as studios and TV networks, as well as comic-book dealers. And like most comics conventions, Comic-Con includes an area, as well as the Artists Alley where comics artists can sign autographs. Despite the name, artists alleys can include writers and even models, academics and comic industry professionals annually hold the Comics Arts Conference at Comic-Con, presenting scholarly studies on comics as a medium
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Signs outside Hall H
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Comic-Con International: San Diego: Creator
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Comic Con crowds in 2011 as seen from a helicopter – Panorama.
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Comic-Con crowd inside the second floor of the convention center in 2011 awaiting the exhibition hall to open.
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Glasgow
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Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland, and third largest in the United Kingdom. Historically part of Lanarkshire, it is now one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and it is situated on the River Clyde in the countrys West Central Lowlands. Inhabitants of the city are referred to as Glaswegians, Glasgow grew from a small rural settlement on the River Clyde to become the largest seaport in Britain. From the 18th century the city grew as one of Great Britains main hubs of transatlantic trade with North America. Glasgow was the Second City of the British Empire for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Glasgow grew in population, reaching a peak of 1,128,473 in 1939. The entire region surrounding the conurbation covers about 2.3 million people, at the 2011 census, Glasgow had a population density of 8, 790/sq mi, the highest of any Scottish city. Glasgow hosted the 2014 Commonwealth Games and is well known in the sporting world for the football rivalry of the Old Firm between Celtic and Rangers. Glasgow is also known for Glasgow patter, a dialect that is noted for being difficult to understand by those from outside the city. Glasgow is the form of the ancient Cumbric name Glas Cau. Possibly referring to the area of Molendinar Burn where Glasgow Cathedral now stands, the later Gaelic name Baile Glas Chu, town of the grey dog, is purely a folk-etymology. The present site of Glasgow has been settled since prehistoric times, it is for settlement, being the furthest downstream fording point of the River Clyde, the origins of Glasgow as an established city derive ultimately from its medieval position as Scotlands second largest bishopric. Glasgow increased in importance during the 10th and 11th centuries as the site of this bishopric, reorganised by King David I of Scotland and John, there had been an earlier religious site established by Saint Mungo in the 6th century. The bishopric became one of the largest and wealthiest in the Kingdom of Scotland, bringing wealth, sometime between 1189 and 1195 this status was supplemented by an annual fair, which survives as the Glasgow Fair. Glasgow grew over the following centuries, the first bridge over the River Clyde at Glasgow was recorded from around 1285, giving its name to the Briggait area of the city, forming the main North-South route over the river via Glasgow Cross. The founding of the University of Glasgow in 1451 and elevation of the bishopric to become the Archdiocese of Glasgow in 1492 increased the towns religious and educational status and landed wealth. Its early trade was in agriculture, brewing and fishing, with cured salmon and herring being exported to Europe, Glasgow was subsequently raised to the status of Royal Burgh in 1611. The citys Tobacco Lords created a water port at Port Glasgow on the Firth of Clyde. By the late 18th century more than half of the British tobacco trade was concentrated on Glasgows River Clyde, at the time, Glasgow held a commercial importance as the city participated in the trade of sugar, tobacco and later cotton
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Clockwise from top-left: View of
Glasgow Science Centre, Duke of Wellington statue outside
Gallery of Modern Art,
Royal Exchange Square, cityscape view from
The Lighthouse, Gilbert Scott Building of
University of Glasgow,
Finnieston Crane,
Glasgow City Chambers
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The
seal or signet of
Jocelin,
Bishop of Glasgow, founder of the burgh of Glasgow.
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Shipping on the Clyde,
Atkinson Grimshaw, 1881.
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Glasgow University in the 1890s
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Twelfth Doctor
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The Twelfth Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television programme Doctor Who. He is portrayed by Scottish actor Peter Capaldi, within the series narrative, the Doctor is a time travelling, humanoid alien from a race known as the Time Lords. Capaldis portrayal of the Doctor is a spiky, brusque, contemplative, Capaldis first full appearance as the Doctor was at the end of the 2013 Christmas special The Time of the Doctor. He is accompanied in the eighth and ninth series by companion Clara Oswald, in the tenth series, he will be accompanied by two new companions, Nardole and Bill Potts. On 30 January 2017, Capaldi announced he would be leaving the programme and he also appeared in an episode of Class, marking the third time the Doctor appeared in a spin-off. Matt Smith, who played the Eleventh Doctor, publicly announced his departure from Doctor Who on 1 June 2013, on 3 August 2013, bookmakers William Hill suspended betting when Capaldi became the five to six favourite to be cast. Capaldis casting was revealed on 4 August during a live broadcast on BBC One, titled Doctor Who Live, the live show was watched by an average of 6.27 million in the UK, and was also simulcast in the United States, Canada and Australia. While Capaldi was the first choice for the role, other actors were approached in case Capaldi should turn the offer down. Ben Stephenson, the BBCs drama commissioner, said that Capaldi was suggested months before the August revelation, Capaldi prepared for the audition by downloading old Doctor Who scripts from the Internet and practising in front of a mirror. He discovered he had given the part during filming for Adrian Hodges The Musketeers in Prague, after missing a call from his agent, Capaldi rang back to be greeted with Hello. Moffat felt that an actor would work best following the youngest actor. He commented, I can absolutely believe that the strange old-young Matt Smith will turn into the strange young-old Peter Capaldi, Capaldi has previously appeared playing other roles in the Doctor Who franchise. He portrayed Lobus Caecilius in the 2008 episode The Fires of Pompeii and John Frobisher in Children of Earth and this situation was alluded to in Deep Breath, when a confused Doctor is reminded of Caecilius when he examines his face in a mirror. In The Girl Who Died, it is explained that the Doctor chose Caecilius face to himself that he is the Doctor. Capaldis casting marks the time an actor has previously appeared in the series and then been cast as an incarnation of the Doctor. Capaldi briefly appears in the 50th anniversary special, Moffat stated that it was his plan from the start that all the Doctors would fly in to save Gallifrey, and he knew there would be a new one at that time. He wrote it before knowing who would be cast, Capaldi filmed his appearance on 3 October 2013, long after principal photography for the special had ended, and the same day he filmed his debut scene for The Time of the Doctor. Capaldi kept his native Scottish accent for the role, speaking on his decision, he said he did it so he could feel closer to the character
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Peter Capaldi portrays the Twelfth Doctor
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The Doctor
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Doctor Who
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Doctor Who is a British science-fiction television programme produced by the BBC since 1963. The programme depicts the adventures of a Time Lord called The Doctor and he explores the universe in a time-travelling space ship called the TARDIS. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Accompanied by a number of companions, the Doctor combats a variety of foes, while working to save civilisations, the show is a significant part of British popular culture, and elsewhere it has gained a cult following. It has influenced generations of British television professionals, many of whom grew up watching the series, the programme originally ran from 1963 to 1989. There was an attempt to revive regular production in 1996 with a backdoor pilot. The programme was relaunched in 2005, and since then has been produced in-house by BBC Wales in Cardiff, twelve actors have headlined the series as the Doctor. The conceit is that this is a Time Lord trait through which the character of the Doctor takes on a new body, each actors portrayal differs, but all represent stages in the life of the same character and form a single narrative. The time-travelling feature of the means that different incarnations of the Doctor occasionally meet. The current lead, Peter Capaldi, took on the role after Matt Smiths exit in the 2013 Christmas special The Time of the Doctor, in 2017, Capaldi confirmed he would be leaving at the end of the tenth series. Doctor Who follows the adventures of the character, a rogue Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. He fled from Gallifrey in a stolen TARDIS – Time and Relative Dimension in Space – a machine which allows him to travel across time, the TARDIS has a chameleon circuit which normally allows the machine to take on the appearance of local objects as a disguise. However, the Doctors TARDIS remains fixed as a blue British police box due to a malfunction in the chameleon circuit, the Doctor rarely travels alone and often brings one or more companions to share these adventures. His companions are usually humans, as he has found a fascination with planet Earth, as a Time Lord, the Doctor has the ability to regenerate when his body is mortally damaged, taking on a new appearance and personality. The Doctor has gained numerous reoccurring enemies during his travels, including the Daleks, the Cybermen, and the Master, another renegade Time Lord. Doctor Who first appeared on BBC TV at 17,16,20 GMT, eighty seconds after the programme time,5,15 pm. It was to be a weekly programme, each episode 25 minutes of transmission length. Discussions and plans for the programme had been in progress for a year, writer Anthony Coburn, story editor David Whitaker and initial producer Verity Lambert also heavily contributed to the development of the series
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The Present
TARDIS prop used from 2010 till the present day.
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Doctor Who title card since 2014
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The Doctor portrayed by series leads in chronological order. Left to right from top row;
William Hartnell,
Patrick Troughton,
Jon Pertwee,
Tom Baker,
Peter Davison,
Colin Baker,
Sylvester McCoy,
Paul McGann,
Christopher Eccleston,
David Tennant,
Matt Smith and
Peter Capaldi.
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1963–67 (
First Doctor and
Second Doctor)
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Malcolm Tucker
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Malcolm Tucker is the protagonist/antihero of the BBC political satire, The Thick of It, and is portrayed by Peter Capaldi. His role is Director of Communications for the Government of the United Kingdom and he is one of four characters from the series to appear in the film In the Loop. Other than the obvious fact that he is Scottish and the character traits he exhibits during the series. His character profile on The British Comedy Guide says that he has split up from his partner, before the start of the series he forced his predecessor Steve Fleming to resign by announcing to the press that he was resigning before even informing him, thereby leaving him no choice. No mention is made of his background before taking the position as Director of Communications for Number 10. It is Tuckers personality that causes him to be infamous and feared along the halls of Westminster, the series is rife with scenes denoting a rather complex personality. His short temper means he is likely to verbally abuse anyone who has caused him or the government embarrassment, stress or irritancy with his hallmark of foul language. He acts as the Prime Ministers enforcer to ensure the cabinet ministers all follow the party line and he regularly uses rumours, smears, or threats of extreme violence to achieve his ends, which he terms Violent Sexual Imagery. His fierce reputation for verbally abusing people became what Deputy minister of DoSaC Fergus Williams referred to as, the only exception to this behaviour shown is Douglas Tickel, a nurse with mental health problems who becomes a pawn of Tuckers schemes to oust Nicola Murray. The best explanation for this is that the publicity Tickel generated to oppose policies made him fair game in Tuckers eyes and he does on only two occasions show remorse and regret for his actions, notably when he hits Glenn, he expresses what appears to be genuine remorse. He even feels sorry for Glenn when he has a mental breakdown. His film portrayal, on the hand, is arguably less sympathetic. His reputation precedes him in his own party, the media, while no on-screen relationship between him and Tucker is ever shown, The Missing DoSAC Files shows them to be very cordial with one another, partaking in weekly games of tennis every Sunday. While not as feared as Malcolm, Steve Fleming is nonetheless infamous throughout the party for his oily and he is shown to frequently breakdown when faced with opposition from his co-workers, implying he is mentally unbalanced. Tucker and Fleming harbour a mutual hatred, which goes back to when the former forced the latter to resign in 2003, possibly even before then. Fleming exacts revenge on Tucker by forcing him to resign by informing the press before telling Malcolm, more often than not, his petulant, passive-aggressive disposition, his feigned indifference for colleagues and subordinates opinions and his entirely unjustified arrogance simply irritate people. Tucker has very little patience for the incompetence of ministers and other servants in Whitehall to the point where he describes himself in series four as having no real friends. He considered Hugh Abbott to be bumbling, incompetent and out of touch with the public and his treatment of Hughs successor, Nicola Murray, was considerably more sympathetic, with Tucker deeming her a nice lady, and even helping to move forward her policy ideas
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The character was inspired by Tony Blair's spin doctor Alastair Campbell's reputation.
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The Thick of It
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The Thick of It is a British comedy television series that satirises the inner workings of modern British government. It was first broadcast for two series on BBC Four in 2005, initially with a small cast focusing on a government minister, his advisers. These characters continued when the show switched channels to BBC Two for its series in 2009. A fourth series about a government was broadcast in 2012. In a 2012 interview, series creator Armando Iannucci said the series of the programme would probably be its last. The series has been described as the 21st centurys answer to Yes Minister, highlighting the struggles, as with Yes Minister, the political parties involved are never mentioned by name, although the context makes clear which is which. Iannucci describes it as Yes Minister meets Larry Sanders, the journalist and former civil servant Martin Sixsmith is an adviser to the writing team, giving some of the storylines an element of realism. The series became known for its profanity and for featuring storylines which have mirrored, or in some cases predicted real-life policies. A feature film spin-off, In the Loop, was released in the UK on 17 April 2009. A pilot for a U. S. Armando Iannucci originally conceived of a political satire after arguing the case for Yes Minister in a 2004 Best British Sitcom poll for BBC Two. His idea was commissioned by Roly Keating, the controller of BBC Four, Iannucci created the first series of three episodes, which aired in May–June 2005, and a second series, also of three episodes, which followed in October. The series is written by a team of writers led by Armando Iannucci, some of the dialogue is improvised rather than scripted, and includes some very strong language. Peter Capaldi said Fundamentally 80% of the cut is the script that we started with. The improvisation just makes it more real and not written. Prior to rehearsals, the scripts are sent to a consultant in Lancaster called Ian Martin. The programmes producer is Adam Tandy, who has produced all of Iannuccis television projects since 2000, the programme is shot with hand-held cameras to give it a sense of vérité or fly-on-the-wall documentary. The documentary style is furthered by the absence of any music or laughter track. The action centres on the fictional Department of Social Affairs and Citizenship, thus it acts as a super department overseeing many others, with some similarities to the Cabinet Office
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The Thick of It
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British Academy Television Award
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The British Academy Television Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. They have been awarded annually since 1955 and it is the British equivalent to the Emmy Awards in the United States. The first ever Awards, given in 1955, consisted of six categories, until 1958, they were awarded by the Guild of Television Producers and Directors. From 1958 onwards, after the Guild had merged with the British Film Academy, in 1976, this became the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. The Television Awards are usually presented in April, with a ceremony for the Television Craft Awards on a different date. The Craft Awards are presented for more technical areas of the industry, such as effects, production design. Individual performances, such as actors, can either be entered by the performers themselves or by the broadcasters. The programmes being entered must have been broadcast on or between March and February of the year to be eligible for the years awards. Entry is free, and entry forms are available between November and January each year. After all the entries have been received, they are voted for online by all members of the Academy. The programmes and performances attracting the most votes, usually four in each category, are shortlisted as the nominees for each award. The winner is chosen from the four nominees by a jury of nine academy members for each award. These Awards are suggested by the Television Committee and awarded by the Academys Council and they are not necessarily always given every year, but as and when appropriate. The Awards ceremony is broadcast on British television, usually the day after it has taken place, between 1998 and 2006, it was alternated between ITV and BBC One. But since 2007, it has been broadcast by BBC One, in 1991, a controversial selection was made in the Best Drama Serial category, when Prime Suspect beat G. B. H. to win the award. Following the ceremony, four of the seven voting members of the signed a public statement declaring that they had voted for G. B. H. to win. B. H. Price claimed that the papers could not be recounted as they had subsequently been destroyed. No blame was attached to Shubik by the four judges
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Richard Armitage attending the British Academy Television Awards in 2007.
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British Academy Television Awards logo
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In the Loop (film)
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In the Loop is a 2009 British satirical black comedy film directed by Armando Iannucci. The film is a spin-off from the BBC Television series The Thick of It and satirizes Anglo-American politics in the 21st century and it was nominated for the 2009 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film stars Peter Capaldi, Tom Hollander, Gina McKee, Chris Addison, David Rasche, with the help of his girlfriend Suzy, Simons new aide Toby Wright manages to get him into the Foreign Office meeting that day. The report heavily opposes intervention, noting the lack of intelligence except that which is coming from a source known as Iceman. Also during the committee it is hinted at that the US Assistant Secretary of State for Policy, Linton Barwick, after the meeting, Simon is ambushed by reporters and contradicts his previous statements by saying the government has to be prepared to climb the mountain of conflict. Again he is subjected to chastisement from Tucker, returning to the US, Karen and Liza conclude that Linton has created a war committee under the guise of Future Planning. At a party Karen teams up with General George Miller who opposes the war believing that the US does not have enough troops to succeed and she tells him that they could use Simon on the committee as he would internationalise the dissent. While on a mission in Washington, Simon and Toby are invited by Karen to the Future Planning committee. Toby accidentally leaks the details of the meeting to a friend at CNN before meeting up with Liza at a bar, due to Tobys leak the Future Planning committee is swamped, but Karen and George fail to find out anything about the war. Both Karen and Linton turn to Simon to back their respective causes, Tucker, who is in the US, is diverted by Linton to the White House for a fake briefing. He confronts Linton, who tells him that he has to supply the US with the British intelligence on the situation in the Middle East, news of this reaches the papers, who criticise Simon for not acting on the issue. Suzy finds out about Tobys one-night-stand with Liza and they break up, when leaving their apartment he gives her a copy of PWPPIP to leak if she chooses, but she calls him a coward for not doing it himself. The President rushes forward the security council vote on intervention by vetoing tariffs on Chinese imports. Simon tells his Director of Communications Judy Molloy, to leak to the press that he would if the committee votes in favour. Once at the UN Headquarters Tucker gets word that PWPPIP has been leaked and it is later revealed that Michael Rodgers of the Foreign Office accidentally leaked it, not realising its importance. Miller and Tucker convince Jonathan Tutt, the UK Ambassador, to push the meeting forward so that the leak will not have time to spread in the US. However, Linton asserts his dominance over Tucker by telling him that the British intelligence has to be handed over before a vote can be taken, subsequently the committee votes in favour of intervention. After the vote, Miller informs Karen that he not resign now that the war is happening
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Theatrical release poster
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Paddington Bear
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Paddington Bear is a fictional character in childrens literature. He first appeared on 13 October 1958 and has featured in more than twenty books written by Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum. The friendly bear from deepest, darkest Peru—with his old hat, battered suitcase, duffel coat, Paddington books have been translated into 30 languages across 70 titles and sold more than 30 million copies worldwide. Paddington is a spectacled bear. He is always polite – addressing people as Mr, Mrs and Miss, rarely by first names – and kindhearted and he has an endless capacity for innocently getting into trouble, but he is known to try so hard to get things right. He was discovered in Paddington Station, London, by the Brown family who adopted him, as of June 2016, Paddington Bear and its copyright and trademark across the world are now owned by Vivendis StudioCanal. Bond, however, still owns the rights to his series. Michael Bond based Paddington Bear on a teddy bear he noticed on a shelf in a London store near Paddington Station on Christmas Eve 1956. The bear inspired Bond to write a story, and, in ten days, the book was given to his agent, Harvey Unna. A Bear Called Paddington was first published on 13 October 1958 by William Collins & Sons, shirley Clarkson dressed the stuffed bear in Wellington boots to help it stand upright. The earliest bears wore small childrens boots manufactured by Dunlop Rubber until production could not meet demand, gabrielle Designs then produced their own boots with paw prints moulded into the soles. Shirley Clarksons book describes the evolution of the toy Paddington from Christmas gift to subject of litigation and ultimately commercial success. In the first story, Paddington is found at Paddington railway station in London by the Brown family, Paddington arrives as a stowaway coming from Darkest Peru, sent by his Aunt Lucy who has gone to live in the Home for Retired Bears in Lima. He claims, I came all the way in a lifeboat and he tells them that no-one can understand his Peruvian name, so the Browns decide to call him Paddington after the railway station in which he was found. Paddingtons Peruvian name is revealed to be Pastuso. They take him home to 32 Windsor Gardens, off Harrow Road between Notting Hill and Maida Vale, Paddington frequents the nearby Portobello Road market, where he is respected by the shopkeepers for driving a hard bargain. When he gets annoyed with someone, he gives them one of his special hard stares. Paddingtons adventures usually arise from him misunderstanding something and trying to right unfair or unjust situations and this typically ends with him messing things up in some way
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Paddington Station: Bronze statue of Paddington Bear, by
Marcus Cornish
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Paddington Station – Paddington Bear stuffed toys at sale
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Paddington meeting Mr and Mrs Brown for the first time, showing the characteristic mix of 2D and 3D animation.
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Bear manufacturers
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Paddington (film)
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Paddington is a 2014 British-French family comedy film directed by Paul King, written by King and Hamish McColl and produced by David Heyman. The film was co-produced by the French company StudioCanal and the British company Heyday Films and it was released in the United Kingdom on 28 November 2014 and grossed $265.3 million worldwide on a €38.5 million budget. Among several honours, King was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, a sequel, Paddington 2, is scheduled to be released in 2017. In the deep jungles of darkest Peru, British geographer Montgomery Clyde happens upon an unknown species of bear. He is about to shoot it to back a specimen to England when another bear playfully takes his gun away. He learns that family of bears is intelligent and can learn English. He names them Lucy and Pastuzo, as he departs, he throws his hat to Pastuzo and tells the bears that they are always welcome should they wish to go to London. Several years later, the two bears are living in harmony with their nephew when an earthquake strikes their home, forcing them to shelter underground. Distracted and upset at the loss of his home, Pastuzo is unable to reach the shelter in time and he is presumed dead, with his hat being found the next day by his nephew. Aunt Lucy encourages her nephew to go and find solace in London, the young bear reaches London, but fails to find a home. He is taken in briefly by the Brown family, mary Brown, the mother and a story illustrator, names him Paddington, after the station where they found him. Henry Brown, the father and a risk analyst, who doesnt believe a word of why hes here, is adamant that Paddington stay only one night while they find a place for him to live permanently. Paddington causes a series of accidents across the house, further isolating himself from the Browns, Paddington thinks he can find a home with the explorer who found his aunt and uncle, but does not know his name. With the help of Mr. Brown, who refuses to let the family help him, Paddington infiltrates the Geographers Guild archives and he uses the citys phone books to track the addresses of all the M Clydes in London. Meanwhile, the sadistic museum taxidermist Director Millicent Clyde captures, kills, when she becomes aware of Paddington, she immediately sets out to hunt him down. The Brown family departs for the day, leaving Paddington home alone, disbelieving Paddingtons statement of Millicents capture attempt, the Browns, mainly Henry, state that he must move into a new home as soon as possible. Feeling unwanted at the Browns, Paddington leaves and attempts to track down Montgomery Clyde himself, Millicent is determined to succeed where her father failed and capture a Peruvian bear so she can become rich and famous herself. She tranquilizes Paddington and prepares to him, but when Mr. Curry discovers her true intentions, he informs the Brown family
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UK theatrical release poster
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Strictly Sinatra
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Strictly Sinatra is a 2001 British drama film written and directed by Peter Capaldi. The film was released in the UK in 2001 by Focus Features and stars Ian Hart, Kelly Macdonald, the film is about a young Glaswegian-Italian lounge singer, Toni Cocozza, with a passion for Frank Sinatra and the dream of becoming a famous musician. He grows weary of playing to crowds in third-rate bars and decides to accept career help from mob enforcer Chisholm. In exchange for assisting the organization with their activities, Chisholm pays for new clothes for Toni. Meanwhile, he tries to keep his ties with the mob secret from his friend and accompanist Bill, the trio form a modern-day Rat Pack with Irene as Shirley MacLaine. While he is helping to rob a store, Toni misses a date with Irene and she and they beg him not to compete in the talent show as he will be forever indebted to Chisholm, but he goes anyway. He only places fifth and continues his singing in lounges. One day while making a drug drop the drugs he is carrying are stolen by a street kid, Toni refuses to harm the street kid, thus making him a target for the mob hitmen. He performs one last time at a birthday bash for Connollys wife, Bill rescues him by creating a distraction, which gives him a chance to get away with Irene. Using assumed names, the two manage to evade the mobsters and escape to New York City, the cast and crew issued the following statement, We are devastated to hear of the death of Ian Bannen earlier today. Ian was a talented actor, a consummate professional and a much loved colleague. The film received less than stellar reviews from critics upon its release, filmcritic. coms Christopher Null wrote, Aside from good singin and the always engaging Kelly Macdonald, theres just not much movie here. The BBCs Jamie Russell shared similar sentiments, Lacking the scope or ambition that a feature film deserves, this could have made a passable TV drama, but on the big screen its simply pointless. Not even the talented cast, which includes Ian Hart in the lead and the ever-reliable Brian Cox as one of the main gangsters, can enliven proceedings
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Strictly Sinatra
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Getting On (UK TV series)
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Getting On is a satirical British sitcom based on a geriatric ward in an NHS hospital. It is written by its core cast, Jo Brand, Vicki Pepperdine, Series 1 and 2 were directed by Peter Capaldi. It first aired in July 2009, for three episodes, the second series of six episodes aired in 2010, with the third series airing in late 2012. Despite strong critical acclaim, the show was not recommissioned for a fourth series and it was shot in the closed Plaistow Hospital. A U. S. version of Getting On began airing on HBO in November 2013, a three-part spin-off series, Going Forward, was announced in March 2016 and began airing in May 2016 on BBC Four. Kim Wilde, played by Jo Brand, is a nurse who must adapt to the difficulties the modern NHS throws at her, with C. diff, form-filling. She is the member most empathetic to the concerns of patients and their families, which often brings her into conflict with her colleagues. She appears to be married, with several children, though her life outside the ward is rarely touched upon. Dr Pippa Moore, played by Vicki Pepperdine, is the tough and she is uptight, self-centred, and lacking in people skills, often being discourteous to her colleagues, her medical students, and even the patients. She, however, remains oblivious to the offence she causes, at the start of the series, she is married to a pilot called Philip but the marriage is not happy. She has something of a crush on her psychiatrist colleague, Dr Healy, denise Den Flixter, played by Joanna Scanlan, is the ward sister and Wildes immediate superior. She is legally separated from her husband, hilary Loftus, played by Ricky Grover, is the male matron. He has a relationship with Den, which is complicated by the fact that he is inexperienced in romantic relationships. The show has received high praise from television critics across the board in the UK, with praise for the actors performances. The Telegraph listed it as the best British television show of the year, Brand, Scanlan, and Pepperdine won the 2010 Royal Television Society Award for Best Writing in Comedy. and in 2010 the three also won the Writers Guild Award for Best Comedy. Both Jo Brand and Joanna Scanlan were nominated for the 2010 BAFTA Television Award for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Role, Jo Brand won the BAFTA for her performance. For the third series, Brand, Scanlan and Pepperdine were nominated for the 2012 Royal Television Society Award, all three series of Getting On have been released on DVD via 2entertain distribution. Series One was released on 7 September 2009, while Series Two was released 6 December 2010, following this, a box set containing both Series One and Series Two was released on 6 December 2010
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Getting On
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Possilpark
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Possilpark is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow, situated north of the River Clyde. The districts hub is Saracen Street, the area developed around Saracen Foundry of Walter MacFarlane & Co. which was the main employer. In the wake of the Saracen Foundrys closure in 1967, this section of Glasgow has become one of the poorest in the United Kingdom, a variety of diverse community organisations operate in the area, providing arts, sports, health and gardening provision and community regeneration. These organisations include YPF, The Concrete Garden, Possobilities and Friends of Possilpark Greenspace, in 1242, Alexander II of Scotland granted certain lands to the Bishop of Glasgow. These included the lands in the referred to as Possele, divided in the sixteenth century into Over or Upper Possil. The region known as Nether Possil was acquired in 1595 by Robert Crawford, in 1644 James Gilhagie of Kenniehill bought the estate, part of an old and rich Glasgow family with interests in coal, the Caribbean, Madeira and the Canary Islands. However, by 1698 Gilhagie had fallen on hard times, and after burning his properties in 1677 in Saltmarket and adjoining streets, after passing through various creditors hands, the lands were acquired in 1697 by Edinburgh writer John Forbes, who built a house. In 1808, the estate was acquired by Colonel Alexander Campbell, son of Glasgow merchant John Campbell senior, founder of the West Indian trading house of John Campbell sen. & Co. Colonel Campbell had served during the battles in South Africa, being present at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope in 1806, having bought the adjoining estate of Keppoch in 1838, the family seat had transferred there. Campbell rented Possil house and a park to Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, the house and park lands as laid out then, were described then as, On the death of Colonel Campbell in 1849, the estate passed to his son. When Walter MacFarlane wished to expand his Saracen Foundry company, Campbell agreed to sell MacFarlane 100 acres of the estate including the house. MacFarlane renamed the estate Possilpark, which grew from a population of 10 people in 1872, after Alisons death in 1867, the main house was also demolished as the foundry works expanded. The grid layout of Possilpark was described by the then Glasgow Town Council as. Ne of the finest and best conducted in Glasgow, and the new suburb of Possil Park, laid out by them with skill, the Saracen foundry made a series of decorative iron works, from railings and water fountains to park bandstands. These were exported all over the British Empire, and can still be found in abundance in many parts of North Glasgow, the MacFarlane company moved into standard foundry work, including being one of five foundries casting Sir Giles Gilbert Scotts classic K6 telephone box for Post Office Telephones. After a take over of the company in 1965, the works closed, the foundry site is now occupied by a number of commercial firms, including Allied Motors. Within fifteen years of the closing of the Saracen foundry, Possil had become the hub of the Glasgow heroin trade include and was to remain so during the 1980s. Large portions of the Possil have been destroyed, many of the old tenements being flattened, Saracen Street remains the main shopping area, but the whole area has been undergoing mass redevelopment since the late 1990s, which has seen many new houses being built
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The house on the Possil Estate
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Map showing Possilpark in 1923.
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Bishopbriggs
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Bishopbriggs is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately 4 miles from the City Centre. Historically in Lanarkshire, the area was part of the historic parish of Cadder - originally lands granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow. It was later part of the county of Lanarkshire, and then an independent burgh from 1964 to 1975, today, Bishopbriggs close geographic proximity to Glasgow now effectively makes it a suburb and commuter town of the city. The towns Gaelic name Coille Dobhair reflects the name of the old parish of Cadder and it was ranked the 2nd most desirable postcode in Scotland to live in following a study by the Centre for Economic and Business Research in 2015 and 2016. It has a population of approximately 23,500 people, in July 2016, Google Maps entry for Bishopbriggs was hacked, causing the main picture for it to appear as a resort in Mauritius. As early as 1568, reference is made to a path northwards from Glasgow as the passage to Bischopis Briggis. Bishopbriggs was first documented in the Cadder Parish records of 1655, even more than a century later, after substantial growth, the village was still being referred to in the terms of the larger settlement of Cadder. By 1793, the introduction of new farming techniques had improved yields, by 1836 there were almost no cotters with the largest farms employing no more than ten people, and some of those only as maid servants. Land reclamation changed the landscape so that crops could grow, where there was only marshland. Dairy farming was relied upon to cover ground rents, with the completion of the Forth and Clyde Canal in 1790, the area began to attract ironstone and coal mining industry. The Carron Company, became the main employer, building the mining villages of Mavis Valley. From there, the Forth and Clyde Canal formed a convenient, there were also freestone quarries established at Coltpark, Crowhill, Huntershill and Kenmure. Development during the 19th century was slow compared to the expansion of other nearby areas. In 1836 Bishopbriggs population stood at 175, compared to neighbouring Auchinairn Villages 284, the population of Bishopbriggs was recorded as 658 in 1861 and 782 in 1871. At the time, the village had also known as Bishopbridges and was so described in published maps up to the mid-1850s. The arrival of the railway heralded a change, although the first printed tickets called the station Bishopbridges, platform signage showed Bishopbriggs, the blonde coloured Bishopbriggs Sandstone is from the Upper Limestone Formation of the Lower Carboniferous age. It was one of the most important Glasgow building stones, and was a supplier of stone for Victorian Glasgow along with stone from quarries in other local areas such as Giffnock
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Bishopbriggs' Burgh Coat of Arms as issued by the
Lord Lyon King of Arms
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Map of Bishopbriggs and adjacent villages, circa 1923
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Sister Lauras Food Supplement
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Glasgow School of Art
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The Glasgow School of Art is Scotlands only public self-governing art school offering university-level programmes and research in architecture, fine art and design. The school is housed in one of Glasgows most famous buildings, often considered the masterpiece of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, severely damaged by a fire in May 2014, the building is now undergoing a careful restoration. Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design, it changed its name to The Glasgow School of Art in 1853 and it was first located at 12 Ingram Street and moved to the McLellan Galleries in 1869. In 1897, work started on a new building to house the school on Renfrew Street, the building was designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, chosen for the commission by the schools director, Francis Newbery, who oversaw a period of expansion and fast-growing reputation. The first half of the building was completed in 1899 and the half in 1909. The competition was won by New York-based Steven Holl Architects working with Glasgow-based JM Architects, the Reid Building was completed in 2014 and sits opposite the Mackintosh Building on a site previously occupied by the Foulis, Assembly and Newbery Tower Buildings. The School of Architecture is highly rated by the architecture profession, the School is organised into four academic schools, the Mackintosh School of Architecture, the School of Design and the School of Fine Art, each with its own academic programmes and research centres. A fourth school, School of Simulation and Visualisation, specialising in digital and virtual technologies was introduced in October 2016, the GSA also has a long-established portfolio of non-degree provision, including leisure classes. The original Mackintosh building was damaged by fire on 23 May 2014. The extent of the damage and the future of the building have still to be determined, an initial fire service estimate was that 90% of the building and 70% of its contents had been saved. The fire, which began in the basement, quickly spread upwards and, although it was brought under control quite quickly, significant damage was done to the historic studios and stairways. The renowned Mackintosh library was destroyed, the archive was water damaged, the fire broke out as students were preparing for their Degree Show. Eyewitnesses said that the fire appeared to have started when a projector exploded in the basement of the Charles Rennie Mackintosh building just before 12, 30pm. Investigators later determined that the cause was not a faulty projector, according to The Scotsman newspaper, the use of aerosol cans is against school policy. ”In addition, an intended fire suppression system for the building had not been completed. A school staff member was on hand when the blaze first ignited, a careful restoration process began soon after the fire, work on restoring and recreating the Macintosh design, including the famous library interior, started in 2016. The restoration is taking pains to perform the work with historical accuracy, including through the use of original wood species such as longleaf pine. The school currently has two campuses, the School of Fine Art, Digital Culture, and MFA programmes are in the vicinity of the fire damaged Mackintosh building. The Institute of Design Innovation, a centre of the School of Design is based in Forres
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The Glasgow School of Art
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Western facade of GSA's Mackintosh building
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Architectural model of the Glasgow School of Art.
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Ancient (pre-1600)
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Puppet
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A puppet is an object, often resembling a human, animal or mythical figure, that is animated or manipulated by a person called a puppeteer. The puppeteer uses movements of her hands, arms, or control devices such as rods or strings to move the body, head, limbs, and in some cases the mouth and eyes of the puppet. The puppeteer often speaks in the voice of the character of the puppet, the actions, gestures and spoken parts acted out by the puppeteer with the puppet are typically used in storytelling. Puppetry is an ancient form of theatre which dates back to the 5th century BC in Ancient Greece. There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made from a range of materials, depending on their form. They range from very simple in construction and operation to very complex, the sock puppet is a type of hand puppet, which is controlled using one hand that occupies the interior of the puppet and moves the puppet around. A live-hand puppet is similar to a puppet but is larger. A rod puppet is constructed around a central rod secured to the head, a shadow puppet is a cut-out figure held between a source of light and a translucent screen. Bunraku puppets are a type of Japanese wood-carved puppet, carnival puppets are large puppets, typically bigger than a human, designed to be part of a large spectacle or parade. Puppetry was practiced in Ancient Greece and the oldest written records of puppetry can be found in the works of Herodotus and Xenophon, aristotle discusses puppets in his work On the Motion of Animals. In India, puppetry was practiced from ancient times and is known by different names in different parts of the country, excavation of clay dolls from Indus valley sites serve as an indication. The art of puppetry called Bommalattam is mentioned in Tamil literature Silappadikaram, puppetry by its nature is a flexible and inventive medium and many puppet companies work with combinations of puppet forms and incorporate real objects into their performances. They might, for example, incorporate performing objects such as paper for snow. The puppeteers perform dressed in black against a background, with the background. The puppeteers manipulate the puppets under the light, while they position themselves unseen against the black unlit background, Puppets of many sizes and types may be used. The original concept of form of puppetry can be traced to Bunraku puppetry. Bunraku puppets are a type of wood-carved puppet originally made to stand out through torch illumination, Bunraku traditionally uses three puppeteers to operate a puppet that varies from 1/3 to 1/2 life size. Carnival puppets are designed to be part of a large spectacle
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Traditional hand puppets
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A
Kathputli show in
Mandawa,
Rajasthan,
India
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Ancient Greek terracotta puppet dolls, 5th/4th century BC,
National Archaeological Museum, Athens
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A black light puppet
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Punk rock
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Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed in the early to mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as proto-punk music, Punk bands typically produced short or fast-paced songs, with hard-edged melodies and singing styles, stripped-down instrumentation, and often political, anti-establishment lyrics. Punk embraces a DIY ethic, many bands self-produce recordings and distribute them through informal channels, the term punk was first used in relation to rock music by some American critics in the early 1970s, to describe garage bands and their devotees. The following year saw punk rock spreading around the world, for the most part, punk took root in local scenes that tended to reject association with the mainstream. An associated punk subculture emerged, expressing youthful rebellion and characterized by distinctive styles of clothing and adornment, by the beginning of the 1980s, faster, more aggressive styles such as hardcore and street punk had become the predominant mode of punk rock. Musicians identifying with or inspired by punk also pursued a range of other variations, giving rise to post-punk. At the end of the 20th century, punk rock had been adopted by the mainstream, as pop punk and punk bands such as Green Day. The first wave of rock was aggressively modern, distancing itself from the bombast. According to Ramones drummer Tommy Ramone, In its initial form, unfortunately, what happens is that people who could not hold a candle to the likes of Hendrix started noodling away. Soon you had endless solos that went nowhere, by 1973, I knew that what was needed was some pure, stripped down, no bullshit rock n roll. In critic Robert Christgaus description, It was also a subculture that rejected the political idealism. Technical accessibility and a DIY spirit are prized in punk rock, in the early days of punk rock, this ethic stood in marked contrast to what those in the scene regarded as the ostentatious musical effects and technological demands of many mainstream rock bands. Musical virtuosity was often looked on with suspicion, according to Holmstrom, punk rock was rock and roll by people who didnt have very many skills as musicians but still felt the need to express themselves through music. In December 1976, the English fanzine Sideburns published an illustration of three chords, captioned This is a chord, this is another, this is a third. The title of a 1980 single by the New York punk band Stimulators, inscribed a catchphrase for punks basic musical approach. The previous year, when the rock revolution began in Great Britain, was to be both a musical and a cultural Year Zero. As a Clash associate describes singer Joe Strummers outlook, Punk rock is meant to be our freedom, were meant to be able to do what we want to do. Scholar Daniel S. Traber argues that attaining authenticity in the identity can be difficult, as the punk scene matured, he observes
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The
Ramones ' 1976
debut album laid down the musical "blueprint for punk", while its cover image had a similarly formative influence on punk visual style.
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Johnny Rotten and Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols
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The Clash, performing in 1980
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British punks, circa 1986
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Craig Ferguson
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Craig Ferguson is a Scottish-American television host, comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is the host of both the game show Celebrity Name Game, for which he has won two Daytime Emmy Awards, and of Join or Die with Craig Ferguson on History. He was also the host of the CBS late-night talk show The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. After starting his career in Britain with music, comedy and theatre and he has written and starred in three films, directing one of them, and has appeared in several others, including several voice-over roles for animations. Ferguson has also two books, Between the Bridge and the River, a novel, and American on Purpose. He was naturalised as a United States citizen in 2008, Ferguson was born in Stobhill Hospital, in the Springburn district of Glasgow, to Robert and Janet Ferguson, on 17 May 1962, and raised in nearby Cumbernauld, growing up chubby and bullied. When he was six months old, he and his family moved from their Springburn flat to a house in Cumbernauld. They lived there as Glasgow was re-housing many people following damage to the city from World War II, Ferguson attended Muirfield Primary School and Cumbernauld High School. At age sixteen, Ferguson left Cumbernauld High School and began an apprenticeship to be a technician at a local factory of American company Burroughs Corporation. His first visit to the United States was in 1975 when he was 13 to visit an uncle who lived on Long Island, when he moved to New York City in 1983, he worked in construction in Harlem. Ferguson later became a bouncer at the nightclub Save the Robots, Fergusons experience in entertainment began as a drummer in a rock band called Exposure. He then joined a band called The Bastards from Hell. The band, later renamed Dreamboys, and fronted by vocalist Peter Capaldi, Ferguson credits Capaldi for inspiring him to try comedy. After a nerve-wracking first appearance, he decided to create a character that was a parody of all the native folk singers who seemed to infect every public performance in Scotland. The character, Bing Hitler, premiered in Glasgow, and subsequently became a hit at the 1986 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. A recording of his act as Bing Hitler was made at Glasgows Tron Theatre and released in the 1980s. After enjoying success at the Edinburgh Festival, Ferguson appeared on television in Red Dwarf, STVs Hogmanay Show, in 1990 a pilot was broadcast The Craig Ferguson Show, a one-off comedy pilot for Granada Television, which co-starred Paul Whitehouse and Helen Atkinson-Wood. This was followed by Fergusons own 1992 show 2000 Not Out, in 1993, Ferguson presented a series on Scottish archaeology for Scottish Television entitled Dirt Detective
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Ferguson at
Comic-Con in July 2013
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Performing stand-up in New York City, 2007.
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Local Hero
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Local Hero is a 1983 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Bill Forsyth and starring Peter Riegert, Denis Lawson, Fulton Mackay, and Burt Lancaster. For his work on the film, Forsyth won the 1984 BAFTA Award for Best Direction, Mac MacIntyre is a typical 1980s hot-shot executive working for Knox Oil and Gas in Houston, Texas. The eccentric chief of the company, Felix Happer, chooses to send him to Scotland to acquire the village of Ferness to make way for a refinery. Mac is a little apprehensive about his assignment, complaining to a co-worker that he would rather take care of business over the phone. Happer, an avid astronomy buff, tells Mac to watch the sky, especially around the constellation Virgo, upon arriving in Scotland, Mac teams up with local Knox representative Danny Oldsen. During a visit to a Knox research facility in Aberdeen, Dr Geddes and his assistant Watt inform them about the scope of the companys plans and they also meet marine researcher Marina. As time passes, Mac becomes more and more conflicted as he presses to close the deal that will spell the end of the quaint little village he has come to love. Ironically, the villagers are tired of the life they lead and are more than eager to sell. Mac receives encouragement from a source, Victor, a capitalistic Soviet fishing boat captain who periodically visits his friends in Ferness. Meanwhile, Danny befriends Marina, who is under the impression the company is planning to build a centre at Ferness. During a date, he discovers that Marina, who seems more at home in the water than on land, has webbed toes, while watching some grey seals, Danny mentions that sailors used to believe they were mermaids, and Marina tells him the sailors were wrong. MacIntyre tries everything to entice Ben to sell, even offering enough money to buy any other beach in the world, Ben picks up some sand and offers to sell for the same number of pound notes as he has grains of sand in his hand. A suspicious MacIntyre declines, only to be there could not have been more than ten thousand grains. Happer finally arrives on site, just in time to forestall a potentially nasty confrontation between some of the villagers and Ben, Happer mistakes the mob for a welcoming committee. When Mac informs him of the snag in the proceedings, he decides to negotiate personally with Ben and in the process, Happer opts to locate the refinery offshore and set up an astronomical observatory instead. He instructs MacIntyre to go home to implement the changes, Danny brings up Marinas dream of an oceanographic research facility and suggests combining the two into the Happer Institute, an idea that Happer likes. Later, Danny finds Marina swimming offshore and tells her the good news, a sombre MacIntyre returns to Houston. The final shot is of the phone box ringing and Mark Knopflers Going Home swelling as the phone rings
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Theatrical release poster
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Pennan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, which featured as the fictional village of Ferness
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Camusdarach, Morar, Mallaig, Highland, Scotland as the beach at Ferness
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George Harrison
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George Harrison, MBE was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Although most of the Beatles songs were written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and his songs for the group included Taxman, Within You Without You, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Here Comes the Sun and Something, the last of which became the Beatles second-most covered song. Harrisons earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt, Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry were subsequent influences. By 1965 he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk rock through his interest in the Byrds and Bob Dylan, having initiated the bands embracing of Transcendental Meditation in 1967, he subsequently developed an association with the Hare Krishna movement. He also organised the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh with Indian musician Ravi Shankar, in his role as a music and film producer, Harrison produced acts signed to the Beatles Apple record label before founding Dark Horse Records in 1974 and co-founding HandMade Films in 1978. Harrison released several best-selling singles and albums as a solo performer, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 11 in their list of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. He is a two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee – as a member of the Beatles in 1988, Harrisons first marriage, to model Pattie Boyd in 1966, ended in divorce in 1977. The following year he married Olivia Harrison, with whom he had one son, Harrison died in 2001, aged 58, from lung cancer. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in India and he left an estate of almost £100 million. Born in Liverpool, United Kingdom, on 25 February 1943, Harrison was the youngest of four children of Harold Hargreaves Harrison and he had one sister, Louise, and two brothers, Harry and Peter. His mother was an assistant from a Catholic family with Irish roots. His future wife, the model Pattie Boyd, described Harrisons parents as quite short, an enthusiastic music fan, she was known among friends for her loud singing voice, which at times startled visitors by rattling the Harrisons windows. While pregnant with George, she listened to the weekly broadcast Radio India. Harrisons biographer Joshua Greene wrote, Every Sunday she tuned in to mystical sounds evoked by sitars and tablas, hoping that the music would bring peace. Harrison was born and lived the first six years of his life at 12 Arnold Grove, Wavertree, Liverpool, the home had an outdoor toilet and its only heat came from a single coal fire. In 1949 the family were offered a house and moved to 25 Upton Green. In 1948, at the age of five, Harrison enrolled at Dovedale Primary School and he passed the eleven-plus exam and attended Liverpool Institute High School for Boys from 1954 to 1959. Though the institute did offer a course, Harrison was disappointed with the absence of guitars
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Harrison at the
White House in 1974
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Harrison's first home and place of birth –
12 Arnold Grove
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Harrison at a press conference in the Netherlands in 1964
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Harrison (third from left) with the other Beatles in New York City in 1964
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The Lair of the White Worm (film)
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The Lair of the White Worm is a 1988 British horror film based loosely on the Bram Stoker novel of the same name and drawing upon the English legend of the Lambton Worm. The film was written and directed by Ken Russell and stars Amanda Donohoe, lady Sylvia steals the skull and abducts Eve Trent, intending to offer her as the latest in a long line of sacrifices to her god. Before she can follow through with her actions, Angus, with the help of James, manages to rescue Eve. Angus however is bitten in the process by Sylvia, and finds himself cursed to carry on the vampiric, snake-like condition. 1986s Gothic had been a big success on video, and Vestron told Ireland that if Russell could come up with a movie, they would finance his planned prequel to Women in Love. Ireland says that Russell originally wanted to cast Tilda Swinton, but she turned down the role, Ireland also claims that Russell made the film partly as a tribute to Oscar Wilde. The film has received a critical response. On movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an rating of 59%, based on 22 reviews. Roger Ebert gave it two out of four and called it a respectable B-grade monster movie. Variety called it a rollicking, terrifying, post-psychedelic headtrip, vampire film The Lair of the White Worm at the Internet Movie Database
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Theatrical release poster
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Dangerous Liaisons
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The film was directed by Stephen Frears. Swoosie Kurtz, Mildred Natwick and Peter Capaldi appeared in supporting roles, as did the young, the film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, it won those for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and Best Art Direction. In 1781 pre-Revolution Paris, the Marquise de Merteuil plots revenge against her ex-lover, the Comte de Gercourt, Merteuil calls on the similarly unprincipled Vicomte de Valmont to do the deed, offering him her own sexual favors as a reward. Merteuil is amused and incredulous, how can Valmont ever hope to bed the virtuous Madame Tourvel, never one to refuse a challenge, Valmont modifies the proposal, If he succeeds in sleeping with Tourvel, Merteuil must sleep with him as well. Merteuil accepts, on the condition that he furnish written proof of the liaison, Tourvel rebuffs all of Valmonts advances. Searching for leverage, he instructs his page Azolan to seduce Tourvels maid Julie to gain access to Tourvels private correspondence, one of the letters he intercepts is from Madame de Volanges, Céciles mother and Merteuils cousin, warning Tourvel that Valmont is a nefarious and untrustworthy individual. On reading this, Valmont resolves to seduce Cécile after all, meanwhile in Paris, Cécile meets the charming Chevalier Raphael Danceny. Danceny becomes Céciles music teacher and slowly, with a little coaxing from Merteuil, after gaining access to Céciles bedchamber on a false pretense, Valmont forces himself upon her as she pleads with him to leave. On the pretext of illness Cécile remains locked in her chambers, a concerned Madame de Volanges calls upon Merteuil to speak to her. Cécile, naively assuming that Merteuil has her best interests at heart, Merteuil advises Cécile to welcome Valmonts advances, young women should take advantage of all the lovers they can acquire, she says, in a society so repressive and contemptuous of women. The result is a perverse relationship, by day, Cécile is courted by Danceny. In the meantime, Merteuil begins an affair with Danceny, meanwhile, Valmont somehow manages to win Tourvels heart — but at a cost, the lifelong bachelor playboy falls in love. In a fit of jealousy, Merteuil mocks Valmont and threatens to trash his reputation as a carefree gigolo and she also refuses to honor her end of their agreement, since Valmont has no written proof that the relationship has been consummated. Valmont abruptly dismisses Tourvel with an excuse, It is beyond my control. Cécile, meanwhile, after a rough night in Valmonts bed. Tourvel, overwhelmed with grief and shame, retreats to a monastery where her health deteriorates rapidly, Valmont warns Danceny of Merteuil’s ulterior motives in seducing him, Merteuil retaliates by informing Danceny that Valmont has been sleeping with Cécile. Danceny challenges Valmont to a duel with swords, and mortally wounds him, with his dying breath, Valmont asks Danceny to communicate to Tourvel—by now at deaths door—his genuine love for her. He then gives Danceny his collection of letters from Merteuil, all of Paris learns the entire, grisly range of her schemes
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Theatrical release poster
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Minder (TV series)
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Minder is a British comedy-drama about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, the series is principally set in inner West London, and was largely responsible for putting the word minder, meaning personal bodyguard, into the UK popular lexicon. The characters often drank at the local members-only Winchester Club, where owner and barman Dave acted, often unwillingly, as a machine for Arthur. The series was notable for using a range of leading British actors, as well as many up-and-coming performers before they hit the big time, at its peak it was one of ITVs biggest ratings winners. In 2008, it was announced that Minder would go into production for broadcast in 2009 for a new version, the new show focused on Arthurs nephew Archie, played by Shane Richie. The series began broadcast on 4 February 2009, in 2010, it was announced that no further episodes would be made following lukewarm reception to the first series. Minder was devised by writer Leon Griffiths as a vehicle for Dennis Waterman after his success in The Sweeney, George Coles wheeler-dealer character is almost secondary, with Arthur assigning Terry a new minding job in each episode. A number of early focus on Terry in such assignments. Despite its eventual success, Minder was a burner, not helped by being delayed by a nine-week technicians strike which effectively blacked out the ITV network. Both attracted much larger audiences and by series 3, the show had become a major hit, Terry is a former professional boxer who has served time in prison, having served a substantial term because he would not become an informant against his co-accused. In the title sequence, Arthur is shown meeting Terry at the prison following his release. Terry enjoys a drink but usually responsibly, does not smoke and has an eye for the ladies, despite his incarceration, he is honest, trustworthy and loyal, particularly to Arthur, although the scrapes that Arthur lands him in make him wonder why. Arthur is a professional criminal of rather mature years, a minor con man eternally involved in dodgy dealings. In the series 3 episode In, we discover from a German police officer reading Arthurs file that Arthur served 18 months in prison during the 1950s and it is revealed in the episode The Balance of Power that Arthurs middle name is Edward. Arthur typically drives a car, beginning with a silver Jaguar XJ64.2 Series II. In the latter part of Series 3, Arthur has changed over to a silver Mercedes 280E, Series 7 again sees Arthur driving a silver Jaguar XJ6. As a used-car salesman, it is not surprising that Arthur occasionally makes use of other cars, in the Series 3 episode Broken Arrow, he uses a Ford Granada Mk. II. However, due to an accident, this car has to go in for repair, also in Series 3, Arthur uses a brown Jaguar XJR in the episodes Dead Men Do Tell Tales and Looking for Micky
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Final
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BBC Radio
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BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation. The service provides national radio stations covering the majority of genres, as well as local radio stations covering local news, affairs. It also oversees online audio content, of the national radio stations, BBC Radio 1,2,3,4 and 5 Live are all available through analogue radio as well as on DAB Digital Radio and internet services through RealMedia, WMA and BBC iPlayer. The remaining stations, BBC Radio 1Xtra,4 Extra,5 Live Sports Extra and 6 Music, all of the BBCs national radio stations broadcast from bases in London, usually in or near to Broadcasting House in Marylebone. However, the BBCs network production units located in Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, the BBCs radio services began in 1922. Today radio broadcasting still makes up a part of the corporations output - the title of the BBCs listings magazine, Radio Times. On 1 January 1927 the British Broadcasting Company was succeeded in control of the airwaves by the British Broadcasting Corporation. John Reith, who had been the managing director of the commercial company. He expounded firm principles of centralised, all-encompassing radio broadcasting, stressing programming standards and these he set out in his autobiography, Broadcast Over Britain, influencing modern ideas of public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom. To this day, the BBC aims to follow the Reithian directive to inform, educate, although no other broadcasting organisation was licensed in the UK until 1973, commercial competition soon opened up from overseas. The English language service of Radio Luxembourg began in 1933 as one of the earliest commercial radio broadcasting to Britain. The IBC began leasing time on transmitters in continental Europe and then reselling it as sponsored English-language programming aimed at audiences in Britain and it was an important forerunner of pirate radio and modern commercial radio in the United Kingdom. The onset of World War II silenced all but one of the original IBC stations, at the start of the Second World War it was renamed The Overseas Service but is now known as the BBC World Service. Beginning in 1964 the first in what became a fleet of 10 offshore pirate radio stations began to ring the British coastline, by 1967 millions were tuning into these commercial operations and the BBC was rapidly losing its radio listening audience. The British government reacted by passing the Marine Offences Act, which all, One of the stations called Radio London was so successful that the BBC was told to copy it as best they could. This led to an overhaul by Frank Gillard the BBCs Director of Radio of the BBC output creating the four analogue channels that still form the basis of its broadcasting today. The creator of BBC Radio One told the press that his family had been fans of Radio London, the BBC hired many out-of-work broadcasting staff who had come from the former offshore stations. Tony Blackburn who presented the very first BBC Radio One morning show had previously presented the morning show on Radio Caroline
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Much of BBC radio comes from Broadcasting House, Portland Place at the head of Regent Street, London
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Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)
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The Ministry of Defence is the British government department responsible for implementing the defence policy set by Her Majestys Government and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces. The MoD states that its objectives are to defend the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and its interests and to strengthen international peace. The MoD also manages day-to-day running of the forces, contingency planning. As rearmament became a concern during the 1930s, Stanley Baldwin created the position of Minister for Coordination of Defence. Winston Churchill, on forming his government in 1940, created the office of Minister of Defence to exercise control over the Chiefs of Staff Committee. The post was held by the Prime Minister of the day until Clement Attlees government introduced the Ministry of Defence Act of 1946, the new ministry was headed by a Minister of Defence who possessed a seat in the Cabinet. These departments merged in 1964, the functions of the Ministry of Aviation Supply merged into the Ministry of Defence in 1971. The Ministers in the Ministry of Defence are as follows, The Ministers and Chiefs of the Defence Staff are supported by a number of civilian, scientific, the Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence is the senior civil servant at the MoD. His or her role is to ensure the MoD operates effectively as a department of the government, Permanent Under-Secretary of State, Stephen Lovegrove—commencing April 2016 Defence Equipment & Support CEO - Tony Douglas — commencing 2016 Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Vernon C. He is supported by the Vice Chief of the Defence Staff, vice-Chief of the Defence Staff, General Sir Gordon Messenger, Royal Marines. First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Sir Philip Jones, Royal Navy Chief of the General Staff, General Sir Nick Carter, the Surgeon General, represents the Defence Medical Services on the Defence Staff, and is the clinical head of that service. These forces must be capable of representing Britain as lead nation in any coalition operations, the ability, at longer notice, to deploy forces in a large-scale operation while running a concurrent small-scale operation. The MoD has since been regarded as a leader in elaborating the post-Cold War organising concept of defence diplomacy, the UK is establishing air and naval bases in the Persian Gulf, located in the UAE and Bahrain. A presence in Oman is also being considered, the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015 included £178 billion investment in new equipment and capabilities. The review set a policy with four primary missions for the Armed Forces, Defend and contribute to the security and resilience of the UK. Contribute to improved understanding of the world through strategic intelligence and the defence network. Reinforce international security and the capacity of our allies, partners. Conduct operations to restore peace and stability, conduct major combat operations if required, including under NATO Article 5
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Jon Thompson, Permanent Under-Secretary of State
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The plaque outside the South Door of the MoD's Main Building.
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A British armed forces careers office in
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BBC
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The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. The total number of staff is 35,402 when part-time, flexible, the BBC is established under a Royal Charter and operates under its Agreement with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The fee is set by the British Government, agreed by Parliament, and used to fund the BBCs radio, TV, britains first live public broadcast from the Marconi factory in Chelmsford took place in June 1920. It was sponsored by the Daily Mails Lord Northcliffe and featured the famous Australian Soprano Dame Nellie Melba, the Melba broadcast caught the peoples imagination and marked a turning point in the British publics attitude to radio. However, this public enthusiasm was not shared in official circles where such broadcasts were held to interfere with important military and civil communications. By late 1920, pressure from these quarters and uneasiness among the staff of the licensing authority, the General Post Office, was sufficient to lead to a ban on further Chelmsford broadcasts. But by 1922, the GPO had received nearly 100 broadcast licence requests, John Reith, a Scottish Calvinist, was appointed its General Manager in December 1922 a few weeks after the company made its first official broadcast. The company was to be financed by a royalty on the sale of BBC wireless receiving sets from approved manufacturers, to this day, the BBC aims to follow the Reithian directive to inform, educate and entertain. The financial arrangements soon proved inadequate, set sales were disappointing as amateurs made their own receivers and listeners bought rival unlicensed sets. By mid-1923, discussions between the GPO and the BBC had become deadlocked and the Postmaster-General commissioned a review of broadcasting by the Sykes Committee and this was to be followed by a simple 10 shillings licence fee with no royalty once the wireless manufactures protection expired. The BBCs broadcasting monopoly was made explicit for the duration of its current broadcast licence, the BBC was also banned from presenting news bulletins before 19.00, and required to source all news from external wire services. Mid-1925 found the future of broadcasting under further consideration, this time by the Crawford committee, by now the BBC under Reiths leadership had forged a consensus favouring a continuation of the unified broadcasting service, but more money was still required to finance rapid expansion. Wireless manufacturers were anxious to exit the loss making consortium with Reith keen that the BBC be seen as a service rather than a commercial enterprise. The recommendations of the Crawford Committee were published in March the following year and were still under consideration by the GPO when the 1926 general strike broke out in May. The strike temporarily interrupted newspaper production and with restrictions on news bulletins waived the BBC suddenly became the source of news for the duration of the crisis. The crisis placed the BBC in a delicate position, the Government was divided on how to handle the BBC but ended up trusting Reith, whose opposition to the strike mirrored the PMs own. Thus the BBC was granted sufficient leeway to pursue the Governments objectives largely in a manner of its own choosing, supporters of the strike nicknamed the BBC the BFC for British Falsehood Company. Reith personally announced the end of the strike which he marked by reciting from Blakes Jerusalem signifying that England had been saved, Reith argued that trust gained by authentic impartial news could then be used
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BBC Television Centre at
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BBC Pacific Quay in
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BBC New Broadcasting House, London which came into use during 2012–13.
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The headquarters of the BBC at
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Songs of Praise
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Songs of Praise is a BBC Television religious programme that presents Christian hymns which first aired in October 1961. Since 2016 it has been presented by former BBC Breakfast frontman Bill Turnbull, the first edition was broadcast from the Tabernacle Baptist Church in Cardiff, and the series is one of the longest running of its kind on television anywhere in the world. Guest presenters have included Sir Cliff Richard, Gavin Peacock, Pete Waterman, Ann Widdecombe, the current main presenters are Aled Jones, David Grant, Bill Turnbull, Pam Rhodes, Sally Magnusson, Diane-Louise Jordan, Claire McCollum, Connie Fisher, Josie dArby and Dan Walker. From November 2014 the programme format changed, adopting more of a magazine format, the stated intention was to evolve the series to reflect the wider Christian audience across the country. The series continues to be usually broadcast between 4 and 5pm on Sundays and this new format replaced the previous version which included congregations from churches and cathedrals singing hymns whilst the presenter explores that weeks theme, all from the same location. The more recent Gospel Choir of the Year began recording in Birmingham Town Hall in 2013, the show has included interviews with Tony Blair, Frances Shand Kydd, Alan Ayckbourn and members of the British Royal Family. At its inception in October 1961, the programme was broadcast at 18,15, from September 1962, it moved to 18,50, and then to 18,40 from April 1977. Religious programming was also broadcast on ITV in the same timeslot, from January 1993, the programmes scheduled broadcast time was changed to 18,25 and then 18,10 from January 1996. Since then, the time of broadcast has tended to shift slightly earlier, for many years, the series was replaced during the summer months by other Christian-themed programming. Other summer replacements included Home on Sunday and Sweet Inspiration, events have included a 3 October 1982 broadcast from Strangeways Prison, a 2 January 1983 broadcast from the Falkland Islands, and a broadcast from St. Patricks Cathedral in New York. A competition was held in honor of the 20th anniversary in which people submitted newly written hymns, fifteen winners were published in a book New Songs of Praise I. The programme staged its largest event at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on the first Sunday of 2000, the programme was produced by John Forrest. In response, the Bishop of Leeds Nick Baines and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby defended the BBCs decision as reflecting the Churchs teachings on poverty, in my view, however, tackling this complex humanitarian issue is exactly what Songs of Praise should be doing. Back in the 90s I was a presenter for Songs of Praise, in the early 1990s, the weekly viewership of the show was about twenty-five per cent of the British population. In 1998, the viewership was between 5 and 6 million. Because of the time airing of Songs of Praise following the Sunday evening news. The show featured in episodes of the BBC comedy television series The Vicar of Dibley, the show is also broadcast in Australia on the ABC at 11, 30am on Sundays. A Question of Sport was the first programme to go through this process with BBC Studios winning the commission, choral Evensong Religion in the United Kingdom The Sunday Hour Songs of Praise at BBC Programmes Songs of Praise at the Internet Movie Database 50th anniversary in October 2011
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Recording Songs of Praise in 1988
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The Vicar of Dibley
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The village of Turville is the filming location for the village of Dibley. The Vicar of Dibley is a BBC television sitcom which ran from 10 November 1994 to 22 January 1998. It is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, the Vicar of Dibley received multiple British Comedy Awards, two International Emmys, and was a multiple British Academy Television Awards nominee. In 2004, it placed third in a BBC poll of Britains Best Sitcom, the series has also done six charity special shorts, for Comic Relief, the most recent in 2015. Dawn French, Trevor Peacock and James Fleet are the actors to appear in all 20 episodes. The series was created by Richard Curtis and written for actress Dawn French by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, the Vicar of Dibley has had 20 episodes, spanning two series between 1994 and 1998, and ten specials between 1996 and 2007. In addition there have been six short charity specials, between 1997 and 2015, the first series was broadcast on BBC One from 10 November to 15 December 1994, consisting of six episodes. Following the first series, an Easter special and a Christmas special were broadcast in 1996, a four-episode second series was ordered and screened between the 26 December 1997 and 22 January 1998. The final 2006-2007 episode, in which Geraldine marries, was publicised as the last-ever episode, on 15 March 2013, French reprised her role as the Geraldine Granger as part of her French and Saunders marathon on BBC Radio 2. She was interviewed by Chris Evans on his Pause for Thought section, following the opening credits of each episode there is usually a humorous scene, e. g. a woman knitting straight off the sheep, or a man falling off a roof. At the end of episode, after the closing credits, Geraldine tells a joke to Alice, her verger. Alice usually either fails to understand the humour and tries to interpret the joke literally, in the episode Love and Marriage David is the recipient of the joke and understands it straight away, but Geraldine begins to explain it to him out of habit. In the 2005 episode Happy New Year the joke was told at the beginning,3 In May 2007, Richard Curtis received a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award for his humanitarian pursuits as well as his creative work including The Vicar of Dibley. Other television programmes and films, such as Midsomer Murders, Goodnight Mister Tom, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, marple, and Foyles War have also been filmed in the village. The exterior location for David Hortons manor was not located in Turville, the opening titles show aerial shots of the M40 motorways Stokenchurch Gap, the Chiltern Hills of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, and the village of Turville. Only two episodes plus the 2013 Comic relief sketch have scenes set outside the village, the theme music was a setting of Psalm 23 composed by Howard Goodall and was performed by the choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, with George Humphreys singing the solo. Goodall originally wrote it as a piece of church choral music. It has been released as a charity single with proceeds to Comic Relief and it also appears on Goodalls CD Choral Works, which also includes his theme for another popular comedy, Mr. Bean
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Transvestite
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Transvestism is the practice of dressing and acting in a style or manner traditionally associated with the opposite sex. Though coined as late as the 1910s, the phenomenon is not new and it was referred to in the Hebrew Bible. The word has several changes of meaning since it was first coined and is still used in a variety of senses. Today, the term transvestite is commonly considered outdated and derogatory, Magnus Hirschfeld coined the word transvestite in 1910 to refer to the sexual interest in cross-dressing. He used it to persons who habitually and voluntarily wore clothes of the opposite sex. Hirschfelds group of transvestites consisted of males and females, with heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, and asexual orientations. Hirschfeld himself was not happy with the term, He believed that clothing was only a symbol chosen on the basis of various internal psychological situations. In fact, Hirschfeld helped people to achieve the very first name changes, hirschfelds transvestites therefore were, in todays terms, not only transvestites, but a variety of people from the transgender spectrum. Hirschfeld also noticed that sexual arousal was often associated with transvestism, in more recent terminology, this is sometimes called transvestic fetishism. Hirschfeld also clearly distinguished between transvestism as an expression of a persons contra-sexual feelings and fetishistic behavior, even if the latter involved wearing clothes of the other sex. After all the changes took place during the 1970s, a large group was left without a word to describe themselves. This group was not particularly happy with the term transvestism, in some cultures, transvestism is practiced for religious, traditional or ceremonial reasons. For example, in India some male devotees of the Hindu god Krishna, especially in Mathura and Vrindavan, dress in attire to pose as his consort. In Italy, the Neapolitan femminielli wear wedding dresses, called the matrimonio dei femminielli, a procession takes place through the streets, cogender Drag I Am My Own Wife List of transgender-related topics Transgender Transsexualism Travesti Dual-role transvestism Ackroyd, Peter. Dressing up, transvestism and drag, the history of an obsession, a Brighter Shade of Pink, Magnus Hirschfeld. Transvestism, Transsexualism in the Psychoanalytic Dimension, cherry Single, A Transvestite Comes of Age Alchemist/Light Publishing,1997, ISBN 0-9600650-5-9 Thanem Torkild, Wallenberg Louise. Transvestism and the power of underdoing gender in everyday life and work, the dictionary definition of transvestite at Wiktionary Transvestism at Britannica Online Encyclopædia
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A Sicilian boy cross-dressing as a Spanish woman, photographed by
Wilhelm von Gloeden in the late 19th century.
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Yakkun Sakurazuka cross-dressing as a schoolgirl
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Priest/priestess
Archigallus of ancient Rome.
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A 1927 photograph of Álvaro Echavarría ("El excluido") of
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ITV Studios
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ITV Studios is a television production company owned by the British television broadcaster ITV plc. It is primarily based in Greater Manchester and London in the United Kingdom and it was formerly ITV Productions, and originally Granada Productions. ITV Studios not only makes programmes primarily for its parent company ITV plc, the division is also responsible for ITVs production facilities The London Studios, 3SixtyMedia, and location hire company ProVision. ITV Studios Global Entertainment is responsible for sales of finished programmes, formats, programmes on non-ITV channels retained the Granada brand until 2009. Many of the programmes shown on ITV network show the end-board featuring the ITV Studios logo after the credits as of 2009, ITV Studios is a major commercial TV producer in the UK, creating over 3,500 hours of original programming each year across all genres except news. Its network programmes include Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Heartbeat, Marple and Agatha Christies Poirot, Brainiac, Science Abuse, parkinson, Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeaway, Tonight, The Jeremy Kyle Show and This Morning. ITV Studios also produces programmes for other UK broadcasters outside of its own network and these include the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5 and BSkyB. ITV Studios is based in London and Manchester, with the centre in Leeds now only home to Emmerdale, the production centres in Bristol and Norwich closed in 2006 and 2012 respectively. ITV Studios also owns So Television after acquiring Graham Nortons production company in 2012, on 22 April 2013, ITV announced they had acquired production company The Garden for £18 million, which is best known for producing Channel 4 series 24 Hours in A&E. In 2013, ITV launched a new company named Potato. 2016 sees ITV Studios secure a four-year British horse racing deal which will see the Cheltenham Festival, since 14 January 2013, the ITV logo has been added to the opening credits of the majority of ITV Studios-produced shows airing on ITVs channels, similar to the BBC. In 2004, a duopoly had formed, and Granada owned six franchises, Granada bought a 64% controlling stake and took over Carlton in 2004 with the amalgamation of ITV. Consequently, programmes produced by all divisions were referred to as A Granada Manchester Production, A Granada London Production, in 2006, Granada, in association with FremantleMedia North America, produced Gameshow Marathon, an American version of Ant & Decs Gameshow Marathon for CBS. The company was formerly Granada America but was re-branded in May 2009, ITV announced on 7 May 2014, the acquisition of Leftfield Entertainment Group, which produces shows such as Pawn Stars, Counting Cars and American Restoration. The company has its origins in production company Artist Services, a company formed in 1989 by a group of investors including Steve Vizard, producing many classic shows. Half of the company was sold to John Fairfax Holdings in 1995 for A$9 million, in 1998, the entire company was acquired by Granada for A$25 million. The company rebranded as ITV Studios Australia in January 2013, with the first program carrying the new branding being the season of ABC comedy program Shaun Micallefs Mad as Hell. ITV Studios Germany programmes include Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus, Star Duell and Deutschlands Beste Doppelgänger for RTL, and East-West German comedy Ei Verbibbsch for Sat.1
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