The programme centres on life in Birch Avenue, Putney, London, where stationery salesman Sid Abbott (Sidney James) and his wife Jean (Diana Coupland) live with their teenage children. Mike, the son, played by Robin Stewart, is fresh from art college and is more pre-occupied with protests than finding a job. The daughter, Sally, played by Sally Geeson, who is younger than Mike, is trendy and her parents are continually worried about her relationships with 'boys'. Sid and Jean constantly battle to comprehend the new generation's permissive ways and are usually out-of-touch. Their neighbours and best friends are Trevor (Anthony Jackson) and his wife Betty (Patsy Rowlands).
Filaret (Denysenko)
Patriarch Filaret (secular name "Mykhailo Antonovych Denysenko", born 23 January 1929) is the primate and Patriarch of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church – Kiev Patriarchate. He has been the patriarch since 2019. Before, he was the patriarch between 1995 to 2018.
He was the honorary Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine from 2018 to 2019, and the former Metropolitan of Kiev of the Russian Orthodox Church between 1966 to 1992. He was defrocked and in 1997 excommunicated by the ROC.
In March 2020, during a television interview, Filaret called the coronavirus pandemic a "divine punishment" for same-sex marriage.
On 8 September 2020, Filaret tested positive for COVID-19 and pneumonia.
Ralph Gants
Ralph D. Gants (1954 – September 14, 2020) was an American Democratic politician and lawyer. He was the Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. He was nominated by Governor Deval Patrick and sworn in on July 28, 2014. He became a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Court in 2009. He was born in New Rochelle, New York.
On September 4, 2020 Gants was hospitalized after having a heart attack. He died on September 14 at the age of 66.
Chuck Woolery
Charles Herbert Woolery (born March 16, 1941) is an American game show host, talk show host, and musician. He was born in Ashland, Kentucky.
Woolery was the original host of "Wheel of Fortune" (1975–1981), the original version of "Love Connection" (1983–1994), "Scrabble" (1984–1990, and during a brief revival in 1993), "Greed" on Fox from 1999 to 2000, and "Lingo" on Game Show Network from 2002 to 2007.
Thomas L. Steffen
Thomas L. Steffen (9 July 1930 – 1 September 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the Chief Supreme Court Justice in the state of Nevada from 1982 to 1997. He was nominated by Governor Robert List.
He studied at George Washington University where he graduated from in 1964. He began working in Bureau of Naval Weapons.
Steffen died on 1 September 2020 at the age of 90.
Abdul Qadir Bajamal
Abdul Qadir Bajamal (; February 18, 1946 – September 7, 2020) was a Yemeni politician. He was the Prime Minister of Yemen from 31 March 2001 to 7 April 2007. He was a member of the General People's Congress party. He also was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Yemen from 1998 to 2001.
Bajamal died on September 7, 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from problems caused by multiple strokes, aged 74.
Benedict To Varpin
Benedict To Varpin (24 July 1936 – 8 September 2020) was a New Papua Guinean Roman Catholic prelate. He became a priest in 1971. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bereina, Papua New Guinea from 1979 to 1987. He later became archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madang, Papua New Guinea in 1987.
To Varpin died on 8 September 2020, aged 84.
George Bizos
George Bizos (15 November 1927 – 9 September 2020) was a Greek-born South African human rights lawyer. He campaigned against apartheid in South Africa, most notably during the Rivonia Trial. He was Nelson Mandela's lawyer.
Bizos died in Johannesburg on 9 September 2020, aged 92.
Cini Boeri
Cini Boeri (June 19, 1924 – September 9, 2020) was an Italian architect and designer. She was born in Milan. In the 1970s, Boeri began designing showrooms for Knoll in Europe and America.
She worked for many other design companies, including lighting company Artemide, furniture company Arflex, and the housewares company Rosenthal.
Boeri died at her home in Milan on September 9, 2020 at the age of 96.
Amos Luzzatto
Amos Luzzatto (3 June 1928 – 9 September 2020) was an Italian-Jewish writer and essayist. He was one of the most important representatives of Jewish Italian culture in the 20th century. He was teaching at the Rabbinical College in Padua and was an Italian representative of the "Wissenschaft des Judentums". He was born in Rome.
From June 1998 to February 2006, he was the President of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities.
Luzzatto died on 9 September 2020 in Venice, Italy at the age of 92.
Gerald Neal
Gerald Anthony Neal (born September 22, 1945) is a Democratic Party politician and lawyer. He is a member of the Kentucky Senate, representing District 33 since 1988. He is the first African-American man elected to the Kentucky Senate. He was born in Louisville, Kentucky.
Neal was hospitalized in Louisville with COVID-19 on September 7, 2020.
Dainty green tree frog
The dainty green tree frog, dainty frog or graceful tree frog ("Ranoidea gracilenta") is a tree frog from Australia. It lives in Queensland and New South Wales.
This frog lives in forests. It sits on reeds and floating plants in bodies of water, but it also lives in places where people grow fruit. In the winter, it climbs up to the tops of trees and stays away from water. In warmer weather, the female frog lays eggs on stems of grass in the water. The tadpoles take 14 days to become frogs.
The adult frog is 4.5 cm long. The dainty green tree frog is bright green with orange eyes, yellow feet, and yellow color on its sides. It is related to "Ranoidea chloris".
Al Ahed FC
Al Ahed FC is a football club that plays in the Lebanese Premier League. They are based in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon.
The club has won 1 AFC Cup title, 7 league titles, 6 Lebanese FA Cup titles, 7 Lebanese Super Cup titles, 5 Lebanese Elite Cup titles, and 1 Lebanese Federation Cup title. In 2019 they became the first club from Lebanon to win the AFC Cup.
Person of Interest (TV series)
Person of Interest is an American television series that aired on CBS from 2011 to 2016.
Lebanese Premier League
The Lebanese Premier League is the top league competition for Lebanese football. It is above the Lebanese Second Division. The competition started in 1934.
Numb3rs
Numbers is a television series that was broadcast on CBS from 2005 to 2010.
Lebanon women's national football team
The Lebanon women's national football team are a team who play women's association football for Lebanon. They have never qualified for the World Cup or the Asian Cup. They came third 2 times in the WAFF Championship.
Olive, New York
Olive is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The town is west of Kingston, New York and is inside the Catskill Park. The population was 4,419 at the 2010 census.
The hamlet of Olivebridge is located in the town of Olive.
Ronald Bell (musician)
Ronald Nathan Bell a.k.a. Khalis Bayyan, (November 1, 1951 – September 9, 2020) was an American composer, singer-songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was the co-founding member of Kool & the Gang. He was born in Youngstown, Ohio but was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. His career began in 1968.
Bell composed, arranged, produced and performed some of the most popular music. He wrote the songs "Ladies' Night" (1979) and "Celebration" (1980).
Bell died at his home in the United States Virgin Islands on September 9, 2020, at age 68.
2020 California wildfires
The 2020 California wildfire season was a series of wildfires that are burning across the state of California in the United States.
As of September 9, 2020, a total of 7,606 fires have burned , making 2020 the largest wildfire season recorded in California history.
Climate change has increased the risk of wildfires in California.
Killing of Daniel Prude