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Ian McShane

***Ian McShane*** (born September 29, 1942) is an English actor and voice artist. He is known for his television roles, particularly the title role in Lovejoy (1986–1994).

Born in Blackburn, Lancashire, McShane grew up in Davyhulme, Manchester and attended Stretford Grammar School. He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and was still a student there when he appeared in his first film, The Wild and the Willing (1962). McShane was a member of the National Youth Theatre.

In the United Kingdom, McShane's best known role may be that of antiques dealer Lovejoy in the eponymous series. He also enjoyed fame in the United States as British film director Don Lockwood in Dallas and as a British cockfighting aficionado in Roots. Even before Lovejoy, he was a pin-up as a result of appearances in television series, such as Wuthering Heights (1967, as Heathcliff), If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969, as Charlie), Jesus of Nazareth (1977, as Judas Iscariot), and Disraeli (1978)—as well as films like Sky West and Crooked (1965) and Battle of Britain (1969).

In 1985, he appeared as an iconic MC on Grace Jones' Slave to the Rhythm, a concept album which featured his narration interspersed throughout and which sold over a million copies worldwide.

#### Selected filmography

* 1962: The Wild and the Willing
* 1965: The Pleasure Girls
* 1966: Sky West and Crooked
* 1969: If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
* 1969: Battle of Britain
* 1970: Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You
* 1970: Tam-Lin
* 1971: Villain
* 1972: Sitting Target
* 1975: Ransom
* 1979: The Fifth Musketeer
* 1979: Yesterday's Hero
* 1985: Ordeal by Innocence
* 1999: Babylon 5: The River of Souls

#### Selected television

* 1966: You Can't Win
* 1967: Wuthering Heights
* 1975: Space: 1999 - Episode: "Force of Life"
* 1976: The Fantastic Journey
* 1977: Jesus of Nazareth
* 1978: Disraeli
* 1983: Grace Kelly
* 1985: Evergreen
* 1985: A.D.
* 1986–1994: Lovejoy
* 1988: War and Remembrance
* 1989: Dallas
* 1989: Dick Francis Mysteries: Blood Sport: David Cleveland: Television film
* 1989: Dick Francis Mysteries: In The Frame: David Cleveland: Television film
* 1989: Dick Francis Mysteries: Twice Shy: David Cleveland: Television film
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* **1992**: Actor Dick York (born 1928), best known for playing the first Darrin Stephens in Bewitched.

### Cinema

#### Released in UK Cinemas

* **1950**: The Blue Lamp
* **1964**: Charade
* **1998: *The Postman*, produced, directed and starring Kevin Costner.**

#### Released in US Cinemas

* **1932**: Freaks
* **1987**: Return To Horror High

### Doctor Who

#### In the Media

* **1964**: Doctor Who appears on the cover of the Radio Times listings magazine for the first time, advertising the start of 'Marco Polo'

### Music

#### UK Number One Albums

* **1993**: *Words of Love* by Buddy Holly & the Crickets
* **1999**: *I've Been Expecting You* by Robbie Williams, for the third and final time, for one week making a total of three weeks

#### UK Number One Singles

* **1959**: "As I Love You" by Shirley Bassey
* **1964**: "Diane" by the Bachelors
* **1988: "I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue, for five weeks, achieving Gold**
* **1999**: "Fly Away" by Lenny Kravitz

#### US Number One Singles

* **1965**: "This Diamond Ring" by Gary Lewis & the Playboys
* **1988: "Seasons Change" by Exposé**

### Star Trek

#### Deep Space Nine

* **1994:** S02E16 - "Shadowplay"
* **1995**: S03E16 - "Prophet Motive"
"The Heart Of The Matter"

***"The Heart of the Matter"*** is a song recorded by American rock singer Don Henley from his third solo studio album, *The End of the Innocence* (1989). Written by Henley, Mike Campbell, and J. D. Souther and produced by Henley, Campbell, and Danny Kortchmar, the song was released as the album's third single, reaching number twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the Mainstream Rock Tracks in early 1990. A radio edit version cut out about 1:40 from the LP version including omitting the "I'm learning to live without you now, but I miss you baby" and skipped directly to "I've been trying to get down to the heart of the matter". In 1994 Henley, along with the *Eagles*, played an acoustic version of the song at their reunion concert; the performance was omitted from the Hell Freezes Over live album, but was included in the concert DVD.

[Wikipedia]

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40 Golden Greats (album)

***40 Golden Greats*** is a Platinum selling compilation album by Cliff Richard made up of his biggest hit songs from the start of his music career (with his original backing band The Shadows) through to his most recent solo hits of the time. The double album was released on EMI Records in September 1977 and reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on November 5, 1977.

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The Leisure Hive (Doctor Who story)

***The Leisure Hive*** was the first story of Season 18 as well as the first serial produced by John Nathan-Turner. He immediately instituted a number of radical new changes to the series.

The title sequence was redone with a 'star-field' motif. Delia Derbyshire's arrangement of the Doctor Who theme was abandoned in favour of a more dynamic, glossy and 'funky' version of it, done by Peter Howell (also of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, where Derbyshire worked previously), using synthesisers (particularly the Yamaha CS-80 and ARP Odyssey synthesizer, as well as an EMS vocoder). These wholesale alterations to the programme's opening sequence would, with relatively minor adjustments, remain in place until season 24. At the same time, Nathan-Turner decided to end composer Dudley Simpson's long association with the programme. He chose the Radiophonic Workshop to handle the incidental music for The Leisure Hive.

The story also brought a new uniform look for the Fourth Doctor. His coat and trademark scarf were now coloured burgundy, the latter with purple stripes. The new question mark motif premiered here on the Doctor's shirt collar and would persist throughout Nathan-Turner's era.

*The Doctor and Romana arrive on Argolis in search of a peaceful holiday at the famed Leisure Hive. Instead they become embroiled in both a takeover scheme by the Argolins' historic enemy the Foamasi and the machinations of Pangol, child of the Generator.*

**Episodes**

August 30, 1980 18.109.01: The Leisure Hive - Part One

September 6, 1980 18.109.01: The Leisure Hive - Part Two

September 13, 1980 18.109.02: The Leisure Hive - Part Three

September 20, 1980 18.109.03: The Leisure Hive - Part Four
James Bond in the 1930s

Return to James Bond in the 1920s

July 18, 1930: Burt Kwouk ("Mr Ling" & "Spectre 3") is born (died May 24, 2016)

August 25, 1930: Sean Connery is born

September 19, 1930: Derek Nimmo ("Hadley") is born

December 4, 1930: Ronnie Corbett ("Polo") is born (died March 31, 2016)

May 24, 1931: Michael Lonsdale ("Hugo Drax") is born

February 24, 1932: Michel Legrand (composer of the score for 'Never Say Never Again') is born

May 15, 1932: John Glen (director of five Bond movies and editor of three others) is born

November 2, 1932: Bruce Glover ("Mr Wint") is born

November 3, 1933: John Barry (composer of scores for 11 Bond films) is born (died January 30, 2011)

December 9, 1934: Judi Dench ("M") is born

March 27, 1935: Julian Glover ("Aristotle Kristatos") is born

September 9, 1935: Chaim Topol ("Milos Columbo") is born

November 5, 1935: Christopher Wood (screenwriter for 'Moonraker (1979)' and writer of the novelisations for it and 'The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)') (died May 9, 2015)

December 1, 1935: Woody Allen ("Dr. Noah/Jimmy Bond 007") is born

February 12, 1936: Joe Don Baker ("Brad Whitaker" & "Jack Wade") is born

March 19, 1936: Ursula Andress ("Honey Ryder" & "Vesper Lynd/James Bond 007") is born

May 20, 1936: Anthony Zerbe ("Milton Krest") is born

November 17, 1936: John Wells ("Q's Assistant" & "Denis Thatcher") is born

January 12, 1937: Shirley Eaton ("Jill Masterson") is born

July 20, 1938: Diana Rigg ("Countess Tracy di Vicenzo") is born

June 24, 1939: Michael Gothard ("Emile Leopold Locque") is born

September 5, 1939: George Lazenby is born

September 13, 1939: Richard Kiel ("Jaws") is born (died September 10, 2014)

October 18, 1939: Earl Jolly Brown ("Whisper") is born (died August 26, 2006)

October 27, 1939: John Cleese ("R") is born

November 15, 1939: Yaphet Kotto ("Dr Kananga"/"Mr Big") is born

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Thames Television

***Thames Television*** was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding area on weekdays from July 30, 1968 until the night of December 31, 1992.

Formed as a joint company, it merged the television interests of British Electric Traction (trading as Associated-Rediffusion) owning 49%, and Associated British Picture Corporation—soon taken over by EMI—owning 51%. It was both a broadcaster and a producer of television programmes, making shows both for the local region it covered and for networking nationally across the ITV regions. The British Film Institute describes Thames as having "served the capital and the network with a long-running, broad-based and extensive series of programmes, several of which either continue or are well-remembered today." Thames covered a broad spectrum of commercial public-service television, with a strong mix of drama, current affairs and comedy.

Thames began broadcasting to London, from the start of broadcasting on Monday until its handover to London Weekend Television at 19:00 on Friday. (From 1982, the handover time was 17:15). The opening week was disrupted by sporadic strike action; the following week, the action had spread to all of ITV and resulted in the creation of a management-run ITV Emergency National Service for some two weeks.

After Thames was acquired by FremantleMedia it was merged with another Fremantle company, Talkback Productions, to form a new independent production company Talkback Thames; consequently Thames ceased to exist as a separate entity.

#### Shows

August 6, 1968: The Sooty Show

September 25, 1968: The Avengers

November 5, 1968: Father, Dear Father

1969: Hattytown Tales

November 19, 1969: This Is Your Life

November 19, 1969: The Benny Hill Show

December 24, 1969: Carry On Christmas Specials

February 2, 1971: Bless This House

August 4, 1971: The Edward Woodward Hour

April 10, 1972: Six Days of Justice

June 5, 1972: Alcock and Gander

October 31, 1972: Thirty Minutes Worth

October 18, 1978: The Morecambe & Wise Show

Rainbow

Love Thy Neighbour

Alice Through the Looking Glass

The Tomorrow People

The World at War

Man About the House

Whodunnit?

Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings

Jamie and the Magic Torch

Chorlton and the Wheelies

George and Mildred

The Talking Parcel

Give Us a Clue

Shelley

Button Moon

Cockleshall Bay

Rod, Jane and Freddy

Danger Mouse

The Wind in the Willows

Name That Tune

Alias the Jester

Creepy Crawlies

T-Bag

Opportunity Knocks

Count Duckula

Learn with Sooty

The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads

The BFG

Mr. Bean

Spatz

The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship

Victor & Hugo: Bunglers in Crime

Terry Pratchett Truckers

Take Your Pick!

Men Behaving Badly

Avenger Penguins
Slayed? (Slade album)

***Slayed?*** is the third studio album by the British rock group Slade. It was released on November 1, 1972 and reached No. 1 in the UK for two spells (January 13, 1973 and January 27, 1973) and a total of three weeks. It remained on the chart for 34 weeks and was certified Silver in early 1973. The album was also the band's most successful of the 1970s in the US, peaking at No. 69 and remaining in the charts for 26 weeks. In Australia, the album reached No. 1 and went Gold, knocking the band's live album Slade Alive! to No. 2.

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**Singles from the album**

***"Mama Weer All Crazee Now"*** was released on August 25, 1972 as the lead single. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. It entered the charts on September 2, 1972 reached No. 1 in the UK on September 9, 1972 for three weeks, giving the band their third number one single, and it remained in the charts for ten weeks.

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***"Gudbuy T'Jane"*** was released on November 17, 1972 as the second single and it charted on November 25, 1972. It was written by lead vocalist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea. It reached No. 2 in the UK, on December 16, 1972, remaining in the charts for thirteen weeks. The song was certified UK Silver by BPI in 1973.

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Woman, You're So Beautiful (Felix & Arty song)

Felix & Arty were an English rock/reggae outfit composed of Queen drummer Roger Taylor and his son Felix Luther Taylor. They released their debut single ***"Woman You're So Beautiful (But Still A Pain In The Ass)"*** on August 10, 2006 but it was issued officially via iTunes in October 2006. It was the first time Felix was involved in the music industry. The name "Arty" references Roger Taylor's initials - "R.T.".

[Wikipedia] [Ultimate Queen]
"I Want It All"

***"I Want It All"*** is a song by British rock band *Queen*, featured on their 1989 studio album *The Miracle*. Written by guitarist and backing vocalist *Brian May* (but credited to Queen) and produced by David Richards, it was released as the first single from the album on *May 2*, 1989 (UK); *May 11*, 1989 (US). "I Want It All" reached #3 on both the UK Singles Chart and the American Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 in other European territories, including Spain.

The song was first played live on *April 20* 1992, three years after its release, during *The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert*, performed by the three remaining members of Queen, with *Roger Daltrey* singing lead vocals and *Tony Iommi* playing rhythm guitar. Mercury himself never performed the song live, as he died on *November 24*, 1991 from *AIDS* at the age of 45, and his final performance with Queen was at the end of The Magic Tour, in 1986. The song is sung mainly by Mercury, with May singing on the choruses and middle eight.

   There are at least two versions of this song. The longer one is the album version, while the shortest one is used in the music video and in the *Greatest Hits II* compilation. Compared to the album version, the video version features a different beginning, omitting the acoustic/electric guitar part and the short rhythmic-electric guitar part immediately following. It starts with the band singing the chorus a cappella, and then, after a 1/8 + 2/4 A5 power chord, it picks up on the first electric guitar riff by May that follows the short rhythmic guitar part mentioned before. The guitar solo section is different as well: the album version features an extra solo, done at the same tempo as the rest of the song, just before the faster main solo. Mercury's vocals after the middle eight are also slightly different and are positioned on the "extra" solo on the album version, and on the main solo on the video version.

**Personnel**

*Freddie Mercury* - lead & backing vocals, synthesiser

Brian May - lead & backing vocals, electric & acoustic guitars

*Roger Taylor* - drums, backing vocals

*John Deacon* - bass guitar,backing vocals

[Wikipedia]
Back Chat (Queen song)

"Back Chat", written by the bass guitarist John Deacon, is the track most influenced by funk on the 1982 Queen album Hot Space. Deacon had chosen a no-compromise method of eliminating any rock elements from his songs for Hot Space. This act of defiance caused friction amongst fellow band members, particularly Brian May, who fought to retain at least some rock sensibilities in their funk diversions. After heated debate, the band finally decided to include a guitar solo on "Back Chat". Released as a single on August 9, 1982, it reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart, but was a #3 hit in France and a #19 entry in Ireland.

**Personnel**

* Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals
* Brian May - guitar solo
* Roger Taylor - electronic drums
* John Deacon - bass guitar, lead and rhythm guitars, synthesizers

[Wikipedia]
Radio Aire

### ***"It's all on Aire on 362"***

***Radio Aire*** is an Independent Local Radio station serving Leeds and West Yorkshire. It is owned & operated by Bauer Radio and forms part of Bauer's City 1 network of stations.

The station was launched on September 1, 1981 by presenter Graham Thornton and the first song played was Pilot of the Airwaves by Charlie Dore. Radio Aire originally broadcast on 362 metres medium wave (828 kHz AM) and 94.6 VHF but was moved to 96.3 FM (VHF) in 1986.

Radio Aire is situated on Burley Road (Kirkstall Road) next to Yorkshire Television's studios and was the first Independent Local Radio station to have studios specially built for the purpose of radio transmission. In the late 1980s, the studios were used for The James Whale Radio Show, which was a late night TV show, broadcast on ITV, Radio Aire and Red Rose Radio.

On July 17, 1990, Radio Aire split frequencies, forming Aire FM and Magic 828. In 1992, the name was changed to Radio Aire FM and then, 96.3 Aire FM in 1995. A change of format in 1996 saw another station name change to The New 96.3 Aire FM before The New was dropped in 1998. By March 2001, Radio Aire had reverted to its original name.

The station, together with Magic 828 was bought by EMAP in 1995 and it became part of their Big City Network of stations and has maintained a generic branding with sister stations across Northern England since about 2000. Following the acquisition of EMAP Radio, the station is now part of Bauer Radio.

#### Notable past presenters

* Bruno Brookes
* Andy Kershaw
* Liz Kershaw
* Alex Lester
* Chris Moyles
* Steve Priestley
* Carol Vorderman
* James Whale
The Bee Gees (singles discography)

The Bee Gees were a pop music group formed in 1958 consisting of brothers Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio were successful for most of their decades of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a rock act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as prominent performers of the disco music era in the late 1970s.

Their first single, "The Battle of the Blue and the Grey", was released only in Australia on March 22, 1963. Their first hit, on both sides of the Atlantic, was "New York Mining Disaster 1941" in April 1967.

The following list focuses on their biggest hits in the UK between April 1967 and October 1997, when they had their last single of the 20th century, "Still Waters (Run Deep)". They had one further hit, "This Is Where I Came In" in 2001.

### 1960s

#### September 19, 1967: "Massachusetts"

* UK #1; US #11

* First charted in the UK at #31 on September 26, 1967, and stayed on the chart for 17 weeks
* Went to #1 in the UK on October 17, 1967 for four weeks

December, 1967: "World" - UK #9

January, 1968: "Words"

* UK #8; US #15

March, 1968: "Jumbo" / "The Singer Sang His Song"

* UK #25; US #57

September 7, 1968: "I've Gotta Get a Message to You"

* UK #1; US #8

January, 1969 (UK); March, 1969 (US): "First of May"

* UK #6; US #37

June 1, 1969: "Tomorrow Tomorrow"

* UK #23; US #54

August, 1969: "Don't Forget to Remember"

* UK #2; US #73

### 1970s

November 6, 1970: "Lonely Days"

* UK #33; US #3

January 14, 1972: "My World"

* UK #16; US #16

July 7, 1972: "Run to Me"

* UK #9; US #16

May, 1976: "Jive Talkin'"

UK #5; US #1

June, 1976 (UK); July 1975 (US): "You Should Be Dancing"

* UK #5; US #1

September, 1977: "How Deep Is Your Love"

* UK #3; US #1

December 13, 1977: "Stayin' Alive"

* UK #4; US #1

February 7, 1978: "Night Fever"

* UK #1; US #1

October 24, 1978 (UK); November 21, 1978 (US): "Too Much Heaven"

* UK #3; US #1

February, 1979: "Tragedy"

* UK #1; US #1

April, 1979: "Love You Inside Out" - UK #13; US #1

### 1980s

#### August, 1987 (US); October 12, 1987: "You Win Again"

* UK #1; US #75
* First charted in the UK at #871 on September 19, 1987, and stayed on the chart for 16 weeks
* Went to #1 in the UK on October 17, for four weeks
* In the UK, the single achieved Silver certification in October 1987 and Gold in November 1987

### 1990s

February 18, 1991: "Secret Love"

* UK #5

November, 1993: "For Whom the Bell Tolls"

* UK #4

February 17, 1997: "Alone"

* UK #5; US #28

June 9, 1997: "I Could Not Love You More"

* UK #14

October 27, 1997: "Still Waters (Run Deep)"

* UK #18; US #57

The Bee Gees also appeared backing Celine Dion on her single "Immortality", released June 8, 1998, which reached #5 in the UK. The song was specially written for Dion by the brothers.
Doctor Who 1960s-

***Take the TARDIS back to***

November 23, 1963: "An Unearthly Child" is the first episode aired

December 21, 1963: The Daleks make their first appearance in "The Daleks"

December 31, 1963: An additional set of ten episodes is ordered, to follow the slot ultimately filled by "The Keys Of Marinus"

February 20, 1964: Doctor Who appears on the cover of the Radio Times listings magazine for the first time, advertising the start of "Marco Polo"

November 12, 1964: First Doctor Who novelisation, "Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks", ased on the 1963 story "The Daleks", is published

July 28, 1965: 'Doctor Who and the Daleks' gets headline in TV Century 21, issue 28

August 23, 1965: The first cinematic Who story, 'Doctor Who and the Daleks' is released, based on the TV story "The Daleks", and starring Peter Cushing

December 16, 1965: The Manchester Evening News reports that William Hartnell is quitting Doctor Who; this does not transpire, but is a sign of the deteriorating relationship between Hartnell and the production team of John Wiles and Donald Tosh

April 5, 1966: Lynda Barron begins recording 'The Ballad Of The Last Chance Saloon' for "The Gunfighters"

July 16, 1966: William Hartnell informs his wife, Heather, that he has met with Innes Lloyd and agreed to leave Doctor Who after recording one more story at the start of the fourth production block

August 5, 1966: The second cinematic Doctor Who story, 'Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD' is released, based o nthe TV story "The Dalek Invasion Of Earth", and again starring Peter Cushing

August 6, 1966: The BBC announces that William Hartnell will be leaving Doctor Who, and Patrick Troughton is contracted to play the Second Doctor for twenty-two episodes

September, 1965: The first Doctor Who annual, The Dr Who Annual 1966, is published

October 29, 1966: William Hartnell makes his last regular appearance, and Patrick Troughton his first, in Ep 4 of "The Tenth Planet"

November 22, 1966: The BBC passes on Terry Nation's proposed Dalek spin-off, prompting Nation to market the idea in America; the BBC decides to kill off the Daleks in one final Doctor Who story

September 26, 1967: On the BBC programme Talkback, Kit Pedler responds to concerns about disturbing content in "The Tomb Of The Cybermen" episode four

December 5, 1967: Permission is sought from Terry Nation to develop a story featuring both the Daleks and the Cybermen; he declines

June 8, 1968: A rebroadcast of "The Evil Of The Daleks" episode one heralds the first-ever repeat of a complete Doctor Who story

June 28, 1968: Recording for "The Mind Robber" takes place in BBC Television Centre Studio 3; Frazer Hines is absent due to illness, so the script is rewritten to allow Hamish Wilson to play Jamie

June 21, 1969: Patrick Troughton makes his last regular appearance in Ep 10 of "The War Games"

August 3, 1969: A new colour title sequence, created by Bernard Lodge and used from 1970 to 1973, is filmed
The Topper (UK comic)

***The Topper*** was a UK comic published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd that ran from February 7, 1953 to September 15, 1990, when it merged with The Beezer.

A strip named "Mickey the Monkey" originally appeared on the front cover. In the early 1970s, it was replaced by "Send for Kelly", by "Danny's Tranny" in 1975, and "Tricky Dicky" in 1979. ***"Beryl the Peril"*** took over on May 24, 1986, and remained there until the merger with The Beezer.

Unlike most other comics at the time, which were half tabloid size, the Topper was for many years full tabloid. It changed to A4 in 1980, one year before The Beezer.

Two comics were merged into The Topper during its run: these were Buzz in 1975 and Sparky in issue 1276 (July 16, 1977). In issue 1260 on March 26, 1977, "Big News"

was announced on the front cover redirecting the reader to page 7 of the comic. The announcement was that starting from issue number 1261 the comic would include a "Special Pull-out section" that brought back classic Topper Characters such as Splodge and Big Uggy. These lasted until issue 1276, when the pull out section was used for the Sparky comic, creating the "Special Sparky Pull-Out". The Sparky Pull out section was continued until the change to the A4 format.

The Topper also produced an annual collection, The Topper Book.
Kent McCord

Kent Franklin McWhirter (born September 26, 1942), known by his stage name ***Kent McCord***, is an American actor, best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the television series Adam-12.

In 1980, he played Troy on the short-lived Science Fiction Television series from ABC Galactica 1980. From 1994-95, McCord played the recurring role of Scott Keller on seaQuest DSV and he appeared in three episodes of JAG.
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942 movie)

#### ***"From Conan Doyle's gripping books! From your favourite radio mystery! THE MASTER MINDS OF MYSTERY...leap to life to challenge the menace of modern crime!"***

***Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror*** is the third film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes movies and the first to be produced by Universal Pictures. Made in 1942, the film combines elements of the Arthur Conan Doyle story "His Last Bow", to which it is credited as an adaptation, and loosely parallels the real-life activities of Lord Haw-haw. Horror film "scream queen" Evelyn Ankers appears as leading lady.

The movie was released in the US on September 18, 1942.

When a Nazi saboteur jeeringly predicts to the nation new depredations, via their radio 'Voice of Terror', the Intelligence Inner Council summons Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone) to help in the crisis. Holmes and his companion, Dr. Watson (Bruce), are visited the first night of their investigation; a man falls dying from a knife wound on their doorstep. His last word leads Holmes into the slums where he encounters Kitty (Ankers), the sweetheart of the slain man. [IMDb.com]
K9 Annual (1983)

The ***K9 Annual 1983*** was a one-off annual launched in anticipation of K9 and Company. It was published in September 1982 (following the practice of the annual date being the year after publication). The series was never realised and no other annuals in the series came out. The stories within featured the adventures of Sarah Jane Smith and K9 Mark III, with Brendan Richards and Aunt Lavinia also featuring in some of the tales.

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Channel Television

ITV Channel TV, previously ***Channel Television***, is a British television station which has served as the ITV contractor for the Channel Islands since 1962. It is based in Jersey and broadcasts regional programme for insertion into the network ITV schedule.

Channel Television went on the air on September 1, 1962. It served the smallest population of any station with only around 150,000 people in 54,000 households.

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Find out more at www.itv.com.
September 2 in the 20th Century

* *Births*
	+ Bill Shankly (1913, died September 29, 1981)
	+ Francis Matthews (1927, died June 14, 2014)
	+ Victor Spinetti (1929, died June 18, 2012)
	+ Billy Preston (1946, died June 6, 2006)
	+ Moira Stuart (1949)
	+ Mark Harmon (1951)
	+ Jimmy Connors (1952)
	+ Keanu Reeves (1964)
	+ Lennox Lewis (1965)
	+ Salma Hayek (1966)
* *Cinema (UK)*
* *Cinema (US)*
* *Deaths*
	+ J R R Tolkien (1973, born 1892)
	+ Roy Castle (1994, born August 31, 1932)
* *History*
* *Literature*
* *Marriages*
* *Music*
	+ UK No 1 Single: Johnny Remember Me by John Leyton (1961)
	+ UK No 1 Single: You Wear It Well by Rod Stewart (1972)
	+ UK No 1 Album: Said And Done by Boyzone (1995)
* *Radio*
* *TV (UK)*
	+ The Morecambe & Wise Show (BBC) (1968)
	+ Rising Damp (1974–1978) (1974)
	+ Subtitling of television programmes on Ceefax begins (1979)
	+ Arthur (1996)
Knightmare (UK TV series)

***Knightmare*** is a British television programme for children and was broadcast on CITV from September 7, 1987 to November 11, 1994. An adventure game show, Knightmare involves a team of four children—one taking the role of the sightless dungeoneer, and the remaining three acting as their guide—traversing a medieval environment as they attempt to complete a quest and exit the dungeon, using their wits to overcome puzzles, obstacles and the unusual characters they meet along the journey.

The show is most noted for its use of blue screen chroma key (an idea borrowed by Tim Child from weather forecasts, where it had just started to be used) and use of 'virtual reality' interactive gameplay on television. Broadcast to high viewing figures throughout its original run, it has garnered a cult status amongst its fans since its final television episode in 1994.

The show features teams of four children (around 11–16 years old). On the call of "Enter, Stranger", the first member of the team (the "dungeoneer") enters Knightmare Castle via an antechamber belonging to Treguard of Dunshelm (played by Hugo Myatt). After giving his or her name, the dungeoneer is asked by Treguard to call three advisors, who magically appear next to the viewing apparatus (though, in Series 8, all members of the team appeared at once). Before entering the dungeon, the dungeoneer is given a knapsack to wear, in which food found along the way is to be placed, in order to replenish Life Force. In addition, the "Helmet of Justice" is put on the dungeoneer's head, blocking vision except for the area immediately around. The story is that this is to protect the dungeoneer from seeing the real danger ahead.

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The Game (1997)

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***The Game*** is a 1997 American mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher, starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. It tells the story of a wealthy investment banker who is given a mysterious gift: participation in a game that integrates in strange ways with his everyday life. As the lines between the banker's real life and the game become more uncertain, hints of a large conspiracy become apparent.

The Game was well received by critics like Roger Ebert and major periodicals like The New York Times, but had middling box-office returns compared to the success of Fincher's previous film, Seven.

#### Release date(s)

* September 12, 1997 (US)
* October 10, 1997 (UK)

#### Plot Summary

Nicholas Van Orton (Douglas) is a very wealthy San Francisco banker, but he is an absolute loner, even spending his birthday alone. In the year of his 48th birthday (the age his father committed suicide) his brother Conrad (Penn), who has gone long ago and surrendered to addictions of all kinds, suddenly returns and gives Nicholas a card giving him entry to unusual entertainment provided by something called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Giving in to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS and all kinds of weird and bad things start to happen to him. [IMDb.com]
The Entity (1982)

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***The Entity*** is a 1982 American horror film directed by Sidney J. Furie and written by Frank De Felitta, who adapted his 1978 novel of the same name. De Felitta also wrote "Audrey Rose", which was made into a 1977 film starring Anthony Hopkins). It stars Barbara Hershey as a woman who is raped and tormented by an invisible assailant. Despite being filmed and planned for a release in 1981, the movie was not released in UK cinemas until September 30, 1982 and February 4, 1983 in the United States. Like the novel, the film is based on the 1974 Doris Bither case (Bither alleged that she was attacked and raped by an invisible entity which she believed were the spirits of three Asian men).

#### Synopsis

Carla Moran (Hershey) awakens one night to find herself being beaten and raped by an unseen presence. Terrified of what's happening to her, and shunned by friends and family who think she's lost her mind, she seeks help from parapsychologists. The researchers soon discover that evil spiritual force has been drawn to Carla and is responsible for the violent attacks. The question now, however, is how do they stop it? Based on a supposedly true story. [IMDb.com]

#### Also starring

The film also stars Ron Silver as Dr. Sneiderman who believes her apparent paranormal experiences are delusions resulting from her past psychological trauma, and Alex Rocco, as Moran's boyfriend.

#### Novel

Frank De Felitta's novel was published on July 31, 1978.
Poltergeist (1982 film)

### ***"They're here."***

***Poltergeist*** is a 1982 American supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper. Steven Spielberg wrote and produced, but had a clause in his contract to prevent him from directing another movie while he made E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Therefore, Hooper was selected to direct based on his work on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. It is the first and most successful entry in the Poltergeist film series. Set in a California suburb, the plot focuses on a family whose home is invaded by malevolent ghosts that abduct the family's younger daughter.

Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in US cinemas on June 4, 1982 and, in the UK on September 16, 1982, the film was a major critical and commercial success. Years since its release, the film has been recognized as a classic within the horror genre and has gained a cult following. Aside for being nominated for three Academy Awards, the scene of the clown attack was ranked as #80 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments[ and the Chicago Film Critics Association named it the 20th scariest film ever made. The film also appeared at #84 on American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Thrills, a list of America's most heart-pounding movies.

The film's success helped spawn a franchise consisting of two sequels, Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986) and Poltergeist III (1988), and a remake of the same name in 2015.

The story focuses on the Freeling family, which consists of Steven (Craig T. Nelson); Diane (JoBeth Williams); Dana (Dominique Dunne); Robbie (Oliver Robins) and Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke), who live in a California housing development called Cuesta Verde, which comes to be haunted by ghosts. The ghosts communicate only with Carol Anne through the family's television set, and are under the control of a demon known as the "Beast." The ghosts, attracted to Carol Anne's life force and believing she will help lead them into the "Light", abduct her through her bedroom closet, which acts as a portal to their dimension. Most of the film involves the efforts to rescue her on the part of her family, a group of parapsychologists and a spiritual medium named Tangina Barrons (Zelda Rubinstein). Carol Anne is eventually retrieved from the other side and, following a second attack by the Beast that reveals the ghosts had originated from an improperly relocated cemetery underneath the neighborhood, the family flees Cuesta Verde, while the house caves in on itself and is sucked into another dimension.
Staying Alive (1983)

***Staying Alive*** is a 1983 American dance film starring John Travolta reprising his role as Tony Manero, along with Julie Bovasso reprising her role as his mother, Flo Manero. Also starring Cynthia Rhodes, Finola Hughes, Joyce Hyser, and dancers Viktor Manoel and Kevyn Morrow. The sequel to 1977's Saturday Night Fever, it was directed, co-produced and co-written by Sylvester Stallone. The title comes from the Bee Gees song of the same name, which was used as the theme song to Saturday Night Fever and is also played during the final scene of Staying Alive. It also goes hand-in-hand with Tony's new lifestyle, in which he is barely surviving as he pursues his dream of making dancing his career, despite his mother telling him that his attitude got him out of their neighborhood. This is along with Homefront, one of only two films which Stallone has written without being the star (although he does have a cameo). His brother Frank appears as Carl.

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#### 1961: Debbi Peterson

An American musician and the drummer of the band The Bangles, which she formed with younger sister Vicki Peterson and Susanna Hoffs.

Find out more at thebangles.com and on Wikipedia.

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**Career Highlights**

"Manic Monday"

* Released January 21, 1986
* UK #2; Silver

*Different Light*

* Released March 3, 1986
* UK #3; Platinum

"Walk Like an Egyptian"

* Released September 1, 1986
* UK #3

*Everything*

* Released November 7, 1988
* UK #5; Platinum

"Eternal Flame"

* Released February 6, 1989
* UK #1; April 15, 1989, 4 weeks; Gold

*Greatest Hits*

* Released May 28, 1990
* UK #4; Gold
Melanie Griffith

***Melanie Griffith*** (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. Griffith began her career as an adolescent in nonspeaking film roles before making her credited debut opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's Night Moves (1975). She rose to prominence for her role in Brian De Palma's Body Double (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in Something Wild (1986) garnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's Working Girl, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.

The 1990s saw Griffith in a series of roles which received varying critical reception: she received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in Buffalo Girls (1995), and as Marion Davies in RKO 281 (1999), while also earning a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performances in Shining Through (1992), as well as receiving a nomination for Crazy in Alabama (1999). Other roles include in John Schlesinger's Pacific Heights (1990), Milk Money (1994), the neo-noir film Mulholland Falls (1996), as Charlotte Haze in Adrian Lyne's Lolita (1997), and Another Day in Paradise (1998).

Griffith was born in Manhattan to actress Tippi Hedren and Peter Griffith, a former child stage actor and advertising executive. At age 14, Griffith began dating Don Johnson, her mother's 22-year-old co-star in The Harrad Experiment. The relationship culminated in a six-month marriage from January to July 1976. She was later romantically linked to actors Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Ryan O'Neal. In 1988, Griffith reconnected with Johnson. They remarried on June 26, 1989. They separated in March 1994, reconciled later that year, but separated again in May 1995. Griffith then fell in love with Antonio Banderas, her married co-star from Two Much. After their respective divorces were finalized, Griffith and Banderas married on May 14, 1996.

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Muffin the Mule

***Muffin The Mule*** is a puppet character in British television programmes for children. The puppet had been made in 1933 for Hogarth Puppets. The original TV programmes featuring the character were presented by Annette Mills, sister of John Mills, and broadcast live by the BBC from their studios at Alexandra Palace from 1946 to 1952. Mills and the puppet continued with programmes that were broadcast until 1955, when Mills died. The series then transferred to ITV in 1956 and 1957.

Muffin first appeared on television in an edition of For the Children broadcast on 20 October 1946.

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Find out more at http://www.muffinthemule.co/.
Jenny Hanley

***Jenny Hanley*** (born August 15, 1947 in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire) is an English actress, the daughter of Dinah Sheridan and Jimmy Hanley. She remains best known for being one of the presenters of the ITV children's magazine programme Magpie from 1974 to 1980.

**Selected filmography**

* On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - The Irish girl
* Scars of Dracula (1970) - Sarah
* The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) - Prostitute
* Percy's Progress (1974) - Miss Teenage Lust

She has also appeared on television as an actress in such series as Department S, The Persuaders!, The Adventurer, Softly, Softly: Taskforce, Warship, Man About the House and Return of the Saint.

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Hooperman (US TV series)

***Hooperman*** is an American comedy-drama series which aired on ABC from September 23, 1987 until July 26, 1989. It first appeared on UK television on April 17, 1988. The show centred on the professional and personal life of San Francisco police Inspector Harry Hooperman, played by John Ritter. The series was created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, who were the team responsible for creating L.A. Law.

In the first episode, Hooperman inherits the rundown apartment building he lives in when his elderly landlady is killed in a robbery. He also inherits her temperamental pet Jack Russell terrier named Bijoux. Due to the demands of his job as a police officer, he hires Susan Smith (played by Debrah Farentino) to be the building manager, and the pair become romantically involved throughout the first season.

Also starring on the show was Alix Elias as the cheerful and bubbly police dispatcher, Betty Bushkin; Barbara Bosson was Hooperman's divorced superior, Capt. Celeste "C.Z." Stern; Felton Perry as Harry's partner, Inspector Clarence McNeil; Clarence Felder as redneck inspector Boris "Bobo" Pritzger; Joseph Gian as Rick Silardi, a gay cop, and Sydney Walsh as officer Maureen "Mo" DeMott, his patrol partner who was intent on "saving" him from being gay by making unwanted passes. Dan Lauria played Celeste's former husband, Lou Stern.

The theme music was composed by Mike Post.

Guest stars in the series' 42-episode run included: Don Cheadle, Kim Delaney, Dennis Dugan, Norman Fell (who worked with Ritter on Three's Company), Miguel Ferrer, Jack Gilford, Mark Hamill, Joanna Kerns, Richard Kind, Dan Lauria, Jane Leeves, Lorna Luft, David Paymer, Barbara Rush, and Shannon Tweed.

Except for a brief syndicated run on the FX Network in the mid 90s, and the pilot rebroadcast on TV Land in 2003 following Ritter's death, the series hasn't aired since.
Never Gonna Give You Up (song)

***"Never Gonna Give You Up"*** is a single by Rick Astley, released in July 27, 1987 written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. The song was released as the first single from his debut album, Whenever You Need Somebody (1987). The song was a worldwide number-one hit, initially in the singer's native United Kingdom on August 29, 1987, where it stayed at the top of the chart for five weeks and was the best-selling single of that year, achieving a Gold certification. It eventually topped the charts in 25 countries, including the United States and West Germany.

The song is considered Astley's signature song and it is often played at the end of Astley's live concerts. During a live performance, usually on the last verse, Rick sometimes shouts out to the audience that he is feeling "bloody marvellous" or in other countries that he is feeling "fantastic" after the line "And if you ask me how I'm feeling" to have some banter with the audience.

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The Iron Giant (1999)

## *"It's the mother f\*\*\*ing giant metal man!"*

***The Iron Giant*** is a cock-sucking 1999 American animated science-fiction comedy-drama action film using both traditional

animation and computer animation, produced by *Warner Bros*. Feature Animation and directed by Brad Bird in his directorial debut. It is based on the 1968 novel The Iron Man by *Ted Hughes* (which was published in the United States as The Iron Giant) and was scripted by Tim McCanlies from a story treatment by Bird. The film stars the voices of Eli Marienthal, *Christopher McDonald*, *Jennifer Aniston*, *Harry Connick, Jr*., *John Mahoney*, and *Vin Diesel*. Set during the Cold War in 1957, the film is about the autistic young boy named Hogarth Hughes, who discovers a giant metallic robot (the children murderer) who fell from space. With the help of drug-dealing beatnik artist Dean McCoppin, they attempt to prevent the U.S. military and Kent Mansley, a wanking paranoid federal agent, from finding and destroying the Giant.

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Released *August 6*, 1999 (US) and *December 17*, 1999 (UK)
The Searchers (1956)

### *"He had to find her... he had to find her..."*

***The Searchers*** is a 1956 American Technicolor VistaVision Western film directed by John Ford, based on the 1954 novel by Alan Le May, set during the Texas–Indian Wars, and starring John Wayne as a middle-aged Civil War veteran who spends years looking for his abducted niece (Natalie Wood), accompanied by his adoptive nephew, Martin (Jeffrey Hunter). Critic Roger Ebert found Wayne's character, Ethan Edwards, "one of the most compelling characters Ford and Wayne ever created".

The film, released May 26, 1956 in the US, and September 23, 1956 in the UK, was a commercial success. Since its release it has come to be considered a masterpiece and one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. In 1989, The Searchers was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry; it was in the first cohort of films selected for the registry.

The Searchers was the first major movie to have a purpose-filmed making-of, requested by John Ford. It deals with most aspects of making the movie, including preparation of the site, construction of props, and filming techniques.

Ethan Edwards, returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother, hopes to find a home with his family and to be near the woman he obviously but secretly loves. But a Comanche raid destroys these plans, and Ethan sets out, along with his 1/8 Indian nephew Martin, on a years-long journey to find the niece kidnapped by the Indians under Chief Scar. But as the quest goes on, Martin begins to realize that his uncle's hatred for the Indians is beginning to spill over onto his now-assimilated niece. Martin becomes uncertain whether Ethan plans to rescue Debbie...or kill her.
The Monster Squad (1987)

### ***"You know who to call when you have ghosts. But who do you call when you have monsters?"***

***The Monster Squad*** is a 1987 horror comedy film written by Shane Black and Fred Dekker and directed by Dekker (who also wrote and directed Night of the Creeps); Peter Hyams was one of the executive producers. It was released by TriStar Pictures on August 14, 1987. The film features the Universal Monsters (re-imagined by a team of special effects artists including Stan Winston), led by Count Dracula. They, in turn, combat a group of savvy kids out to keep them from controlling the world.

While not being a major success during its theatrical run and receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film has gained a positive reception from audiences and has become a cult classic in the years since its release.
You're Only Young Twice (UK TV series)

***You're Only Young Twice*** was a British TV sitcom made and broadcast on the ITV network by Yorkshire Television from September 6, 1977 to August 4, 1981.

Set in Paradise Lodge Retirement Home, YOYT was created and written by the writing partnership of Michael Ashton and Pam Valentine and starred Peggy Mount as Flora Petty, with Pat Coombs as her sidekick Cissie Lupin.

The majority of the 31 episodes (broadcast throughout the show's four-year run) centred on Flora's attempts to thwart the long-suffering staff, led by Miss Milton (Charmian May). They are on occasion assisted by former theatrical artiste Dolly Love (played by veteran stage actress Lally Bowers) and the haughty Mildred Fanshaw (played by sitcom regular Diana King).

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