A. It was an important decade which shaped the television we watch today. Time diffferences meant for the first time television could bring pictures of earthquakes in South America before the rest of
01:00 Mon 11th Feb 2002 A. British film producers plundered TV comedy in the 1960s and 1970s. The result was a glut of fairly dire films which performed well at the domestic box office, but since television at this time
01:00 Mon 11th Feb 2002A. There was a 1996 movie version of Bilko, which was directed by Jonathan Lynn with Steve Martin as the eponymous conman, but it was never a critical success. Q. What happened to Phil Silvers
01:00 Mon 04th Feb 2002A. The first Ripper films were silent German flicks. Earth Sprint (1923), later remade as Pandora's Box (1929), and Waxworks (1924). Alfred Hitchock's The Lodger: A Story of The London Fog (1926) is
01:00 Mon 28th Jan 2002A. The industry accepts that the Golden Globes are a pre-curser for the bigger and grander Oscars, which will be announced at a glittering ceremony in Los Angeles in March. Almost from the start of
01:00 Mon 28th Jan 2002A. The actor Hassan Tantai's role in the hit film Kandahar has caused a sensation, not for his performance, but because US prosecutors say he is an American fugitive wanted for killing an Iranian
01:00 Mon 28th Jan 2002A. LA executives admit they are all searching for the next Steven Spielberg - many would be happy to find the next Steven Soderbergh, who has notched up recent hits, including Traffic, Erin
01:00 Thu 21st Feb 2002A. The Watergate political scandal, which brought down US President Richard M Nixon, will be 30 years old this year. On 17 June, 1972, five people were arrested inside the Washington's Watergate
01:00 Mon 21st Jan 2002A. The first tea-party advertisement for PG Tips tea was introduced by Peter Sellers in 1956. The ad showed an immaculately dressed 'boy' and 'girl' - the famous chimps - sitting at a Regency table
01:00 Mon 21st Jan 2002A. It's a well-known fact that films which have had disappointing takings or a less-than-positive critical reaction undergo some kind of transformation crossing the Atlantic. In some cases, films
01:00 Mon 14th Jan 2002A. Director Ridley Scott became a household name when his company dreamed up the Hovis commercial, where a bike was pushed up a cobbled street, in 1975. The ad - along with Mr Kipling's 'exceedingly
01:00 Mon 14th Jan 2002A. There are a host of much-anticipated blockbusters due out over the next 12 months - including a British film which looks set to match the success of Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary
01:00 Mon 14th Jan 2002A. Director David Lynch has invented his own genre in film-making with productions such as Twin Peaks, Lost Highway, Eraserhead and Blue Velvet. His latest offering Mulholland Drive has been hailed
01:00 Mon 07th Jan 2002A. Some of the world's biggest names in music and rock have revealed all on the big screen. Traditionally the on-the-road documnetary marks the point at which super celebrities deel the need to
01:00 Mon 07th Jan 2002A. Unofficial figures show that BBC1 was ahead of ITV for the first time in 46 years. BBC1 drew a 26.8 per cent share of the viewing audience, compared with ITV's 26.7 per cent. During 2000 ITV was
01:00 Mon 07th Jan 2002A. The first publicly televised play in Britain was broadcast from John Logie Baird's studio in London's Long Acre. It was called 'The Man With a Flower in His Mouth' and was organised by the BBC. it
01:00 Mon 31st Dec 2001A. A release date has been locked in for November 29 2002, which conveniently marks the 40th anniversary of the series, and Bond producers Eon have struck a deal with Uk actors' union Equity, to
01:00 Mon 31st Dec 2001A. A team of craftsmen, writers and actors began work on producing Spitting Image in 1984. The men who made the controversial puppets were Peter Fluck and Roger Law, produced by John Lloyd, who with
01:00 Mon 31st Dec 2001A. Oxo's love affair with the family image started as long ago as 1958. The initial storyline - about a couple whose main interests semed to be casserole and gravy -captivated an audience for 18
01:00 Mon 24th Dec 2001A. More than 20,000 extras were cast in the epic Lord of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. The movie, out now, cost over 264 million to make and took 274 days of filming. In all, 1,2000 suits of
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