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**20th Century Highlights**

* 1980-87: Radio Active (Radio), ensemble cast member
* The Hee Bee Gee Bees (as "Norris Cribb", alongside Angus Deayton, "Garry Cribb", and Philip Pope,"Dobbin Cribb"). Originating on Radio Active, the group also parodied other artists and bands such as the PeeCees (the Police), Status Quid (Status Quo) and Ponce (Prince), under which guises they released four singles and two albums between 1980 and 1985
* 1986: "The Chicken Song" by Spitting Image, lead vocalist
* 1989-93: KYTV (TV), ensemble cast member
* 1995: Look at the State We're In (TV), Dr Jones
* 1995-2012: Old Harry's Game (Radio), various roles
* 1996: The Legacy of Reginald Perrin (TV), Hank
An Audience with...

***An Audience with...*** is a British entertainment television show originally produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.

The show's title began as An Audience with Jasper Carrott, a normal six-part television series for the comedian, his first television show, broadcast in 1978, produced by London Weekend Television (LWT). From 1980 onwards, the show then changed into An Audience with...(name of host), with one-off special guest hosts performing in front of celebrity audiences.

The show has traditionally been broadcast on ITV on Saturday nights, while some shows in the 1980s were broadcast on Channel 4

Some hosts have appeared multiple times. Dame Edna Everage has been host three times, while Freddie Starr, Ken Dodd, Joan Rivers, Shirley Bassey, Al Murray and Donny Osmond have all been asked to return once. One show, for Jeremy Beadle, was hosted posthumously.

### An Audience with...

#### January 20, 1978: Jasper Carrott

Comedian Jasper Carrott's big break came in 1978 when Michael Grade asked for a pilot for LWT. Grade liked it and five further shows were recorded, which became his first TV series.
Hercules

Telephus, Tlepolemus, Hippolytus, Everes, Antiphus, Echephron, Promachus and Hyllus (Heroic Sons)
 Alexiares and Anicetus (Demigods Sons)

### Birth Date

**First Life:** 388 Olympian Calendar
**First Death:** 465 Olympian Calendar
**Date of Rebirth:** 1515 New Olympian Calendar

### Birth Place

**Date of Rebirth:** Lacedaemon, Empire of Sparta

### Weight

250 Libras

*In the annals of history, one hero stands out more than any other. The famed Hercules was a mighty hero and demigod known to slay monsters, perform feats considered to be impossible, and possess a wit so cunning of which few others could dream to achieve. Yet, his long and sordid tale is no stranger to tragedy and shame.*

## Abilities

* **Boon: Divine Heritage:** In his first life, the child Alcides was born to Alcmene, who was seduced by Zeus. On the same night, Alcmene also conceived another child, Iphicles, with her mortal husband. Thus, Alcides and Iphicles were born as twin brothers, but only Alcides had divine parentage. Having mortal flesh and divine ichor, Alcides had the heightened prowess and capabilities of a hero at birth.
* **Boon: Heroic Strength:** Shortly after birth, Alcides was given to the local temple due to his failing health. Priests prayed to the gods to give them wisdom to remedy the child's sickness. Athena responded, saw the divine spark within the child, and took him to the Haven to receive Ambrosia. While suckling on Hera who had recently given birth to Hebe and had Ambrosia to spare, Alcides' thirst grew so great that he drained Hera so much as to be endowed with a boon of heroic strength.
* **Curse: Wrath** Alcides had always possessed an unholy anger. When hurt or upset, Alcides could not control his wrath and would lash out violently. Seeking atonement from Hera for the murders of his wife and children, Alcides changed his name to Herakles and performed his legendary Great Labors.

## Trivia

* He is currently on his eighth reincarnation.
* **Note from Roy:** *This comes up every time I post anything about this guy, so here goes. Yes, I know Heracles/Herakles is the Greek spelling of his name. Hercules was his Roman name. However, most casual readers are familiar with "Hercules" and considering his troubled past with Hera, it seems more fitting that the guy would go on to take the name that doesn't directly show his connection to her. Interestingly, those sorts that are quick to tell me his "original" name was Heracles/Herakles always seem to forget that his birth name was actually Alcides. Anyway, with that out of the way, let's get to the file!*

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How I Won the War (1967)

> *"There have been far too many unwounded prisoners taken in this war!"*
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***How I Won the War*** is a black comedy film directed and produced by Richard Lester, released on October 18, 1967 (UK) and October 23, 1967 (US), based on a novel of the same name by Patrick Ryan. The film stars Michael Crawford as bungling British Army Officer Lieutenant Earnest Goodbody, with John Lennon (in his only non-musical role, as Musketeer Gripweed), Jack MacGowran (Musketeer Juniper), Roy Kinnear (Musketeer Clapper) and Lee Montague (Sergeant Transom) as soldiers under his command. The film uses an inconsistent variety of styles—vignette, straight-to-camera, and, extensively, parody of the war film genre, docu-drama, and popular war literature—to tell the story of 3rd Troop, the 4th Musketeers (a fictional regiment reminiscent of the Royal Fusiliers) and their misadventures in the Second World War. This is told in the comic/absurdist vein throughout, a central plot being the setting-up of an "Advanced Area Cricket Pitch" behind enemy lines in North Africa, but it is all broadly based on the Western Desert Campaign in mid-late 1942 and the crossing of the last intact bridge on the Rhine at Remagen in early 1945. The film was not critically well received.

Lieutenant Goodbody, is an inept, idealistic, naïve, and almost relentlessly jingoistic wartime-commissioned (not regular) officer. One of the main subversive themes in the film is the platoon's repeated attempts or temptations to kill or otherwise rid themselves of their complete liability of a commander. While Goodbody's ineptitude and attempts at derring-do lead to the gradual demise of the unit, he himself survives, together with the unit's persistent deserter and another of his charges who ends up confined to psychiatric care. Every time a character is killed he is replaced by an actor in bright red, blue, or green-coloured World War II uniform, whose face is also coloured and obscured so that he appears to be a living toy soldier. This reinforces Goodbody's repeated comparisons of war to playing a game.

Michael Hordern appears as Grapple, Ronald Lacey as Spool, and they are joined by James Cossins, Robert Hardy, Sheila Hancock, Dandy Nichols, Gretchen Franklin, and John Junkin.
Hysteria (album)

***Hysteria*** is the fourth studio album by English hard rock band Def Leppard, released on August 3, 1987 through Mercury Records. It is Def Leppard's best-selling album to date, selling over 25 million copies worldwide, including 12 million in the US, and spawning seven hit singles. The album charted at #1 on both the Billboard 200 and the UK Albums Chart for one week, achieving 2x Platinum certification.

Hysteria was produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The title of the album was thought up by drummer Rick Allen, referring to his 1984 auto accident and the ensuing worldwide media coverage surrounding it. It is also the last album to feature guitarist Steve Clark before his death, although songs co-written by him would appear on the band's next album, Adrenalize.

The album is the follow-up to the band's 1983 breakthrough Pyromania. Hysteria's creation took over three years and was plagued by delays, including the aftermath of the December 31, 1984 car accident that cost drummer Rick Allen his left arm. Subsequent to the album's release, Def Leppard published a book entitled Animal Instinct: The Def Leppard Story, written by Rolling Stone magazine Senior Editor David Fricke, on the three-year recording process of Hysteria and the tough times the band endured through the mid-1980s.

Lasting 62 and a half minutes, the album was, at the time, one of the longest albums ever issued on a single vinyl record.

**Track listing**

All tracks written by Joe Elliott, Rick Savage, Phil Collen, Steve Clark and Mutt Lange.

1. "Women"

2. "Rocket" (UK single release date January, 1989)

3. "Animal" (UK single release July 20, 1987)

4. "Love Bites" (UK single release date July, 1988)

5. "Pour Some Sugar on Me" (UK single release date September 8, 1987)

6. "Armageddon It" (UK single release date April, 1988)

7. "Gods of War"

8. "Don't Shoot Shotgun"

9. "Run Riot"

10. "Hysteria" (UK single release date November, 1987)

11. "Excitable"

12. "Love and Affection"

**Personnel**

Joe Elliott - lead vocals

Phil Collen - guitars, backing vocals (backing vocals credited as part of 'The Bankrupt Brothers)

Steve Clark - guitars, backing vocals (backing vocals credited as part of 'The Bankrupt Brothers)

Rick Savage - bass, bass synthesiser, backing vocals (backing vocals credited as part of 'The Bankrupt Brothers)

Rick Allen - drums

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"We Are The Champions"

***"We Are the Champions"*** is a song by the British rock band *Queen*, first released on their 1977 album *News of the World*. Written by lead singer *Freddie Mercury*, it is one of Queen's most popular songs, and one of rock's most recognisable anthems. The song was a worldwide success, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart, and number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.

On *October 7*, 1977, "We Are the Champions" was issued with *"We Will Rock You"*. Soon after the album was released, many radio stations began playing the songs consecutively and without interruption.

**Personnel**

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano

*Brian May* - electric guitar, backing vocals

*Roger Taylor* - drums, backing vocals

*John Deacon* - bass guitar
Image of the Fendahl (Doctor Who story)

#### Synopsis

The present day: just as the Fourth Doctor and Leela arrive in Fetchborough, England, Professor Fendelman prepares to experiment on a fossilized skull which science says should not exist. The skull is actually an artefact of the Fendahl, a god-like being who feeds on the life force of others. It has begun to awaken and kill. Worse yet, others seek to exploit the Fendahl's dreadful power.

#### Original Airdates

* October 29, 1977: "Part One"
* November 5, 1977: "Part Two"
* November 12, 1977: "Part Three"
* November 19, 1977: "Part Four"

#### Notable Cast

* Doctor Who - Tom Baker
* Leela - Louise Jameson
* Thea Ransome - Wanda Ventham
* Dr. Fendelman - Denis Lill
* Maximillian Stael - Scott Fredericks
* David Mitchell - Derek Martin
* Martha Tyler - Daphne Heard
* Jack Tyler - Geoffrey Hinsliff

### Novelisation

***Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl*** was a novelisation based on the 1977 television serial Image of the Fendahl, published July 26, 1979. The book's cover (painted by John Geary) was once voted as the worst in the series by readers of DWB magazine.

#### Summary

`The Fendahl is death,' said the the Doctor. `How do you kill death itself?'

The ultra-modern technology of the Time Scanner combines with the ancient evil of Fetch Wood, and brings to life a terror that has lain hidden for twelve million years.

The Doctor and Leela fight to destroy the Fendahl, a recreated menace that threatens to devour all life in the galaxy.
David Holliday

***David Holliday*** (born August 4, 1937 in Illinois, USA – March 26, 1999) was an American Broadway actor and television voice actor. He is best known as the voice of Virgil Tracy, pilot of Thunderbird 2, in the first series (26 episodes) of Thunderbirds (1965–66). Primarily a stage performer, appearing in such shows as West Side Story and Annie Get Your Gun, Holliday left Thunderbirds after its first season to return to the United States and perform on Broadway. He died from throat cancer on March 26, 1999.

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Event Horizon (1997)

#### ***"INFINITE SPACE. INFINITE TERROR."***

***Event Horizon*** is a 1997 British-American science fiction horror film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson. Released in US cinemas August 15, 1997 and in the UK on August 22, 1997, the film stars Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill.

Set in 2047, the film follows a crew of astronauts sent on a rescue mission after a missing space ship, the Event Horizon, spontaneously appears in orbit around Neptune. Searching the ship for signs of life, the rescue crew learns that the Event Horizon was responsible for testing an experimental engine that opened a rift in the space time continuum, allowing a hostile entity on board the ship.

The film had a troubled production history, with filming and editing rushed by Paramount when it became clear that Titanic would not meet its projected release date. The original 130-minute cut of the film was heavily edited by demand of the studio, to the consternation of director Paul W.S. Anderson. Upon release, the film was a commercial and critical failure, grossing $26.7 million against a $60 million production budget; critics compared the film unfavorably to Alien, Hellraiser, The Black Hole, Solaris, Stargate, Fantastic Voyage, The Andromeda Strain, The Shining, and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Despite its failure at the box office, the film began to sell well on home video; its initial DVD release sold so well that Paramount contacted Anderson shortly after its release to begin working on a restoration of the deleted footage. However, it turned out that the footage had either been lost or destroyed. In the years since, the film has slowly built a dedicated cult following and is often referenced and parodied in other works of pop culture.
Exorcist II: The Heretic

### ***"It's four years later...what does she remember?"***

***Exorcist II: The Heretic*** is a 1977 American supernatural horror film, directed by John Boorman and written by William Goodhart. It stars Linda Blair, Richard Burton, Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Paul Henreid (in his last film) and James Earl Jones. It is a sequel to William Friedkin's 1973 film The Exorcist based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty, and the second installment of The Exorcist franchise. The film is set four years after the original film, and centres on a now 16-year-old Regan MacNeil who is still recovering from her previous demonic possession.

Father Philip Lamont (Burton), who is struggling with his faith, is assigned by the Cardinal (Henreid) to investigate the death of Father Lankester Merrin (von Sydow). Merrin was killed in the first film during the exorcism of Regan MacNeil (Blair). The Cardinal informs Lamont (who has had some experience at exorcism, and has been exposed to Merrin's teachings) that Merrin is being investigated posthumously for heresy. Despite approval of the McNeil exorcism by a bishop, the Church is no longer convinced that McNeil was truly possessed, and the controversial nature of Merrin's books on the subject are being reconsidered as politically and theologically suspect.

The film was a critical failure at the time of its release on June 17, 1977 (US); September 15, 1977 (UK). Exorcist II is often considered not just the worst film in the series, but one of the worst films of all time.

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Fireman Sam

***Fireman Sam*** (Sam Tân in it's original Welsh) is a Welsh children's television series. It is based around the inhabitants of Welsh town Pontypandy (a portmanteau of two real-life towns, Pontypridd and Tonypandy), especially firefighter Sam Jones.

The series original run was from December 26, 1985 to June 20, 1994 in Wales, on the children's block of Bumper Films and S4C, and from November 17, 1987 to November 16, 1994 in the rest of United Kingdom, broadcasting on BBC 1. The idea for the series was coined by two former ex-firemen from Kent, Dave Gingell and Dave Jones, and written by Rob Lee.

Fireman Sam has also been dubbed in Gaelic in Scotland. Fireman Sam has been aired over 40 countries around the world and has been translated more than 25 languages including Mandarin language.

The original show was finished in 1994, but the series did not stop yet. The whole original Fireman Sam series finished in 1996 that features Fireman Sam In Action and some of the merchandise like books.

The English-language series, from series 1 to 4, was made up of 32 ten-minute episodes, plus a twenty-minute Christmas special.  The narration, and all the character voices, were done by English actor John Alderton. The original run of these first four series was produced by Bumper Films for ITV, and aired on CITV in the UK since 1986/7.
February 23

### Celebrities

#### Birthdays

* **1932**: Majel Barrett (died 2008)
* **1940**: Peter Fonda
* **1944**: Bernard Cornwell
* **1948: Steve Priest**
* **1952**: Brad Whitford
* **1955**: Howard Jones
* **1958: David Sylvian**
* **1959**: Linda Nolan

#### Deaths

* **1965**: Stan Laurel (born 1890)
* **1995**: Alf Wight (born 1916)
* **1997**: Frank Launder (born 1906)

### Cinema

#### Disney

* **1940**: Pinocchio
* **1990**: Where the Heart Is (Touchstone Pictures)

#### In UK Cinemas

* **1974**: From Beyond the Grave
* **1990**: Driving Miss Daisy

#### In US Cinemas

* **1990**: Cinema Paradiso
* **1990**: Rockula
* **1990**: Spontaneous Combustion

### Music

#### Queen

* **1974**: "Seven Seas of Rhye" released
* **1987**: "The Great Pretender", by Freddie Mercury, released

#### UK Number One Albums

* **1985**: *Meat is Murder* by the Smiths

#### UK Number One Singles

* **1961**: "Sailor" by Petula Clark
* **1974**: "Devil Gate Drive" by Suzi Quatro

#### US Number One Singles

* **1980**: "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" by Queen
* **1991**: "All the Man That I Need" by Whitney Houston

### Television

* **1950**: First televised report of general election results in the UK

#### Doctor Who

* **1974**: "Death to the Daleks"
* **1984**: "Planet of Fire"

#### Gerry Anderson

* **1960**: Torchy the Battery Boy debuts on UK TV screens

#### Star Trek

* **Original Series, 1967**: "A Taste of Armageddon"
* **Original Series, 1968: "By Any Other Name"**
1988 in Music

* "Heaven Is A Place On Earth" by Belinda Carlisle at No 1 in the UK Singles Chart
* "Got My Mind Set on You" by George Harrison at No 1 in the US Billboard Hot 100

#### January 23

* 'Turn Back The Clock' by Johnny Hates Jazz at No 1 in the UK Albums Chart
* "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson at No 1 in the US Billboard Hot 100

#### January 26

* Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera opens on Broadway

#### January 30

* 'Introducing The Hardline According To Terence Trent D'Arby' by Terence Trent D'Arby at No 1 in the UK Albums Chart
* "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany at No 1 in the US Billboard Hot 100
Jon Snow (journalist)

Jonathan George ***"Jon" Snow*** (born September 28, 1947) is an English journalist and television presenter, currently employed by ITN. He is best known as the longest running presenter of Channel 4 News, which he has presented since 1989.

The son of George D'Oyly Snow, fifth Bishop of Whitby, and Joan, a pianist who studied at the Royal College of Music, he is the cousin of retired BBC television news presenter Peter Snow.

After mixed success in his first attempt to pass his A-level qualifications, he moved to the Yorkshire Coast College, Scarborough, where he later obtained the necessary qualifications to gain a place reading Law at the University of Liverpool. However, he did not complete his undergraduate studies, being rusticated for his part in a 1970 anti-apartheid socialist student protest, which he later described as "an absolute watershed in my life".

After leaving Liverpool, Snow was hired by Lord Longford to direct a new day centre for homeless young people in central London, an organisation with which he has remained involved and of which he subsequently became chairman.

In 1979 Snow was briefly engaged to fellow ITN journalist Anna Ford, ITN's first female newsreader on News at Ten. For 35 years his partner was human rights lawyer, by whom he has two daughters.

He served as ITN's Washington correspondent (1983–1986) and as diplomatic editor (1986–1989) before becoming the main presenter of Channel 4 News in 1989. In 1992 he was the main anchor for ITN's election night programme, broadcast on ITV; he presented the programme alongside Robin Day, Alastair Stewart and Julia Somerville. He has won several RTS Awards – two for reports from El Salvador, one for his reporting of the Kegworth air disaster as well as the 1995 Award for Best Male Presenter and the 1980 Award for TV Journalist of the Year for his coverage of Afghanistan, Iran and the Middle East.

Read Jon's blog on channel4.com and follow him on Twitter.
Class Of 1984 (1982)

### ***"We are the future! ...And nothing can stop us."***

***Class of 1984*** is a 1982 Canadian-American action crime thriller film directed by Mark Lester and co-written by Tom Holland and John Saxton based on a story by Holland. The film was released in the US on August 20, 1982 and stars Perry King, Merrie Lynn Ross, Timothy Van Patten, Stefan Arngrim, Michael J. Fox (credited as Michael Fox in an early role shortly before his breakthrough on the TV series Family Ties), and Roddy McDowall.

The film utilized the punk look and image that was becoming part of popular culture in the early 1980s. The theme song, "I Am the Future"(Deezer), was performed by Alice Cooper. The film also features a performance by Canadian punk band Teenage Head.

Upon original release, the film was banned in several countries due to its lewd content. When originally released in the United Kingdom, the theatrical version received four minutes and fourteen seconds of cuts from the British Board of Film Classification, and was refused a video certificate four years later. It was finally passed fully uncut in 2005.

The film spawned two sci-fi-themed sequels that were loosely based on the original: Class of 1999 (1990) and the direct-to-video follow-up Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994), the first of which was also directed by Lester. Wikipedia
Elaan of Troyius (Star Trek TOS)

*"Captain's log, stardate 4372.5. On a top secret diplomatic mission, the Enterprise has entered the Tellun star system. Maintaining communications blackout, we have taken aboard Petri, Ambassador from Troyius, the outer planet, and are now approaching the inner planet, Elas."*

***"Elaan of Troyius"*** is a third season episode of the American science fiction television series, Star Trek, and was broadcast December 20, 1968 in the US and September 22, 1971 in the UK. It is episode #68, production #57, and was written and directed by John Meredyth Lucas, the only person in Star Trek production history ever to both write and direct a filmed Star Trek television episode, whether animated or live-action.

In the episode, the USS Enterprise ferries a spoiled Elasian princess whose betrothal to a Troyian royal is hoped will bring peace to a star system at war. The episode's title character pays tribute to Helen of Troy from Homer's Iliad, and its plot borrows from William Shakespeare's comedy, The Taming of the Shrew.

This episode features the first appearance of the classic D-7 class Klingon battle cruiser designed and built by Star Trek art director Walter M. Jefferies. The footage of the Klingon battle cruiser was re-used in subsequent episodes of the third season. France Nuyen (Elaan) is believed to be the first actress of Vietnamese extraction to appear on American television. This episode is also the final appearance in the original series of Eddie Paskey as Lt. Leslie. This episode has the distinction of having all seven principal characters in the final shot, on the Enterprise bridge - Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Uhura, Sulu and Chekov - along with an unidentified female Ensign, handing Kirk a computer report.

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1978 in Film & TV

#### January 14

* The South Bank Show (1978–2010, 2012–present), presented by Melvyn Bragg, debuts on ITV

#### January 16

* Hazell, co-created by Terry Venables, debuts on ITV

#### January 20

* The first of ITV's occasional An Audience With programmes is aired, with Jasper Carrott performing to an audience of celebrities

#### January 27

* In an interview for Granada Television's World in Action programme, Leader of the Opposition Margaret Thatcher remarks, "people are really rather afraid that this country might be rather swamped by people with a different culture". Critics regard the comment as a veiled reference to people of colour, thus pandering to xenophobia and reactionary sentiment. However, Thatcher receives 10,000 letters thanking her for raising the subject and the Conservatives gain a lead against Labour in the opinion polls.
James Bond in print

April 13, 1953: James Bond's first mission, "Casino Royale"

April 5, 1954: "Live And Let Die"

April 5, 1955: "Moonraker"/"Too Hot To Handle"

March 26, 1956: "Diamonds Are Forever"

April 8, 1957: "From Russia, With Love"

March 31, 1958: "Dr No"

July 7, 1958: Bond in comic strip: "Casino Royale"

March 23, 1959: "Goldfinger"

September 3, 1959: "Some Are Born Great" by J M Harwood

April 11, 1960: "For Your Eyes Only"

March 27, 1961: "Thunderball"

1962: The Harvard Lampoon's "Alligator"

April 16, 1962: "The Spy Who Loved Me"

April 1, 1963: "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"

April, 1963: "Bond Strikes Camp" by Cyril Connolly

March 26, 1964: "You Only Live Twice"

August, 1964: 'Double O Seven, James Bond, A Report' by O F Snelling

November 29, 1964: "Holmes Meets 007" by Donald Stanley

1965: 'The James Bond Dossier' and 'The Book Of Bond Or Every Man His Own 007', both by Kingsley Amis

April 1, 1965: "The Man With The Golden Gun"

June 23, 1966: "Octopussy and The Living Daylights"

1967: "The Adventures Of James Bond Junior, 003½" by R D Mascott

March 28, 1968: "Colonel Sun" by Kingsley Amis

1973: 'James Bond: The Authorized Biography' by John Pearson

1977: "James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me" by Christopher Wood

1979: "James Bond And Moonraker" by Christopher Wood

1981: "Licence Renewed" by John Gardner

1981: 'The James Bond Films: A Behind The Scenes History' by Steven Jay Rubin

September, 1982: "For Special Services" by John Gardner

July 7, 1983: "Icebreaker" by John Gardner

1984: "Role Of Honour" by John Gardner

1984: 'The James Bond Bedside Companion' by Raymond Benson

1985: 'The James Bond Films: A Behind The Scenes History' by Steven Jay Rubin (2nd Edition)

June 26, 1986: "Nobody Lives Forever" by John Gardner

May 21, 1987: "No Deals, Mr Bond" by John Gardner

June 1, 1988: "Scorpius" by John Gardner

1989: " Win, Lose Or Die" by John Gardner

1989: "Licence To Kill" by John Gardner

July, 1990: "Brokenclaw" by John Gardner

1991: "The Man From Barbarossa" by John Gardner

1992: "Death Is Forever" by John Gardner

July 15, 1993: "Never Send Flowers" by John Gardner

August, 1994: "SeaFire" by John Gardner

1995: "Goldeneye" by John Gardner

November, 1995: "Licence To Hug" by Will Self

May 2, 1996: "Cold"/"Cold Fall" by John Gardner

January, 1997: Bond in Playboy, "Blast From The Past" by Raymond Benson

1997: "Zero Minus Ten" by Raymond Benson

1997: "Your Deal, Mr Bond" by Phillip & Robert King

1997: "Tomorrow Never Dies" by Raymond Benson

May 7, 1998: "The Facts Of Death" by Raymond Benson

January, 1999: Bond in Playboy, "Midsummer Night's Doom" by Raymond Benson

May 6, 1999: "High Time To Kill" by Raymond Benson

1999: "The World Is Not Enough" by Raymond Benson

November 13, 1999: "Live At Five" by Raymond Benson
Elvis' 40 Greatest (Elvis Presley album)

***Elvis' 40 Greatest*** is a compilation album by American singer and musician Elvis Presley. It was released in January 1974 and was the UK's biggest-selling album over the Christmas period of that year, but along with all albums on K-tel, Ronco and Arcade, it was ineligible for the UK Albums Chart until 1975 because it was felt that heavy TV advertising and low pricing distorted the charts. It entered the UK chart on July 5, 1975 and finally reached number one on the UK Albums Chart on September 10, 1977, for just one week, but it became a best-selling album of the 1970s in the UK where it went Platinum.

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Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (UK TV series)

***Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons***, often referred to as Captain Scarlet, is a 1960s British science-fiction television series produced by the Century 21 Productions company of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, John Read and Reg Hill. First broadcast on ATV Midlands from September 29, 1967 to May 14, 1968, it has since been transmitted in more than 40 other countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. Characters are presented as marionette puppets alongside scale model sets and special effects in a filming technique that the Andersons termed "Supermarionation". This technology incorporated solenoid motors as a means of synchronising the puppet's lip movements with pre-recorded dialogue.

Set in 2068, Captain Scarlet presents the hostilities between Earth and a race of Martians known as the Mysterons. After human astronauts attack their city on Mars, the vengeful Mysterons declare war on Earth, initiating a series of reprisals that are countered by Spectrum, a worldwide security organisation. Spectrum boasts the extraordinary abilities of its primary agent, Captain Scarlet. During the events of the pilot episode, Scarlet acquires the Mysteron healing factor of "retro-metabolism" and is thereafter considered to be virtually "indestructible", being able to recover fully from injuries that would normally be fatal.

Captain Scarlet, the eighth of ten puppet series that the Andersons produced during the 1950s and 1960s, was preceded by Thunderbirds and followed by Joe 90 and The Secret Service. In terms of visual aesthetic, the series represented a departure from Thunderbirds on account of its use of non-caricatured puppets sculpted in realistic proportions. Re-run a number of times in the UK and purchased by the BBC in 1993, the 32-episode series has entailed tie-in merchandise since its first appearance, from dolls to original novels and comic strips in the Century 21 Publications children's magazine, TV Century 21.

In comparisons to Thunderbirds and other earlier series, Captain Scarlet is generally considered "darker" in tone and less suited to child audiences due to stronger on-screen violence and themes of extraterrestrial aggression and interplanetary war. The transition in the puppets' design has polarised critical opinion and drawn a mixed response from former production staff, while the concept of an indestructible protagonist has also been called into question. However, the series has been praised for its inclusion of a multinational, multiethnic puppet cast and its depiction of a utopian future Earth. Having decided to revive the series in the late 1990s, Gerry Anderson supervised the production of a computer-animated reboot, Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet, which was broadcast in the UK in 2005.
James Farentino

***James Farentino*** (February 24, 1938 – January 24, 2012) was an American actor. He appeared in nearly 100 television, film, and stage roles, among them The Final Countdown, Jesus of Nazareth, and Dynasty.

### Career Highlights

#### 1969: Me, Natalie (film)

**Released** July 13, 1969 (US)

***Me, Natalie*** is an American comedy-drama film about a homely young woman from Brooklyn who moves to Greenwich Village and finds romance with an aspiring painter (Farentino). The screenplay is based on an original story by Stanley Shapiro. Patty Duke, who starred in the title role, won a Golden Globe Award for her performance. Al Pacino made his film debut with a bit part.

#### 1969 - 1972: The Bold Ones: The Lawyers (TV series)

**Broadcast** September 21, 1969 - February 13, 1972 (US)

The Bold Ones is the umbrella title for several television series produced by Universal Television between 1969 and 1973. ***The Bold Ones: The Lawyers*** (1969–72) starred Burl Ives, Joseph Campanella, and James Farentino. This series was based on the TV movies The Sound of Anger and The Whole World Is Watching. During the production of the first series of eight episodes, James Farentino complained vociferously to the producers about the scripts and was suspended for three weeks, missing two shows. Later, near the end of the third series, he announced he was leaving of his own volition, but the series was not renewed for a fourth year.

#### 1977: Jesus of Nazareth (TV mini-series)

**Broadcast** April 3 - 10, 1977

In 1978, Farentino was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Special for his portrayal of Simon Peter in the miniseries ***Jesus of Nazareth***.

#### 1980: The Final Countdown (film)

**Released** May 21, 1980 (UK); August 1, 1980 (US)

Farentino starred with Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen in ***The Final Countdown***, an alternate history science fiction film about a modern aircraft carrier that travels through time to the day before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour.

#### 1981: Evita Perón (TV movie)

**Broadcast** February 23, 1981 (US)

Farentino played Juan Perón opposite Faye Dunaway's Eva Perón in Evita Perón.

#### 1981 - 1982: Dynasty

**Broadcast** January 15 - June 18, 1983 (UK); November 25, 1981 - May 5, 1982 (US)

Farentino starred as Dr. Nick Toscanni in 20 episodes of the second season of ***Dynasty***.

#### 1984: Blue Thunder (TV series)

**Broadcast from** February 6, 1984 (UK); January 6, 1984 (US)

Farentino appeared as Frank Chaney in the short-lived 1984 ABC series ***Blue Thunder***, based on the 1983 film of the same name, starring Roy Scheider.
Dwight Schultz

William ***Dwight Schultz*** (born November 24, 1947) is an American actor.

Schultz's breakthrough role was the character of Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on The A-Team. Schultz has also starred in Fat Man and Little Boy (1989), as J. Robert Oppenheimer. In the early 1990s, he had a recurring role as Lieutenant Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation, reprising the role in Star Trek: Voyager and the film Star Trek: First Contact. Schultz played a dramatic change of pace role in the 1992 television film Child of Rage, starring opposite Mel Harris as a compassionate couple who adopt a troubled girl who has been sexually abused.

Schultz married actress Wendy Fulton (Bare Essence, 1982-83; North and South Book 1, 1985) in 1983. They have one daughter, Ava (born 1987), who serves in the Marines.

Find out more at www.dwightschultzfansite.nl.

### Selected Filmography

#### November 12, 1982: Alone in the Dark

> *"They're out... for blood! Don't let them find you!"*
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A quartet of murderous psychopaths (Jack Palance, Martin Landau, Erland van Lidth, and Phillip Clark) break out of a mental hospital during a power blackout and lay siege to the house of Dr Dan Potter (Dwight Schultz). IMDb.com

#### October 20, 1989 (US); March 9, 1990 (UK): Fat Man and Little Boy/Shadow Makers

> *"The story of the extraordinary people who changed our world."*
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In real life, J Robert Oppenheimer (portrayed by Dwight Schultz) was the scientific head of the Manhattan Project, the secret wartime project in New Mexico where the first atomic bombs were designed and built. General Leslie Groves (portrayed by Paul Newman) was in overall command of it. This film reenacts the project with an emphasis on their relationship. IMDb.com

Also in the cast are Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, Fred Dalton Thompson, and Natasha Richardson.

#### December 21, 1990: The Long Walk Home

> *"Their forbidden friendship changed a nation."*
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Dramatises the events in 1955-1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, when blacks boycotted public transport because they were forced to sit at the back. Odessa (Whoopi Goldberg) works as a maid for the Thompsons (Dwight Schultz and Sissy Spacek). As well as she is treated, she feels it is her duty to walk to work, even if it means she is exhausted and gets to work late.

November 22, 1996 (US); December 13, 1996 (UK): Star Trek: First Contact

### Selected Television

Schultz has made guest appearances in several American TV shows, including Hill Street Blues, CHiPs, Perry Mason, Babylon 5, Weird Science, The Outer Limits, Flipper, Diagnosis: Murder, Touched By An Angel, Stargate SG-1, and Walker, Texas Ranger. His starring roles include:

* The A-Team (1983-87)
* Child of Rage (1989 TV movie)
* Star Trek: The Next Generation (five episodes, 1990-94)
* Star Trek: Voyager (six episodes, 1995-2001)
"Save Me"

***"Save Me"*** is a song by the British rock band *Queen* from their 1980 album *The Game*. Written by guitarist *Brian May*, it was recorded in 1979, and released in the UK on *January 25*, 1980, nearly six months prior to the release of the album. "Save Me" spent six weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number eleven.

The song was played live from 1979 to 1982 and was recorded for their live albums, *Queen Rock Montreal* at the Montreal Forum, Quebec, Canada in November 1981 and *Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl* at the Milton Keynes Bowl, Buckinghamshire, England in June 1982. The song is also included on Queen's *Greatest Hits* album.

The video for the song was filmed at Alexandra Palace on *December 22*, 1979 and directed by Keith "Keef" MacMillan and features animation of a woman and a dove. The video would be the last to feature Freddie without a mustache as he would sport it starting with *Play the Game*, the next single, until 1987 when he shaved it for good for *The Great Pretender* music video.

**Personnel**

*Freddie Mercury* - lead and backing vocals

Brian May - acoustic and electric guitars, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals

*Roger Taylor* - drums, backing vocals

*John Deacon* - bass guitar
Aliens (1986)

### *"THIS TIME IT'S WAR"*

***Aliens*** is a 1986 American science-fiction action horror film written and directed by James Cameron, produced by Gale Anne Hurd and starring Sigourney Weaver,Kevin Dillon me. Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, William Hope, and Bill Paxton. It is the sequel to the 1979 film Alien and the second installment in the Alien franchise. The film follows Weaver's character Ellen Ripley as she returns to the moon where her crew encountered the hostile Alien creature, this time accompanied by a unit of space marines.

Aliens was released on July 18, 1986 in the US, and August 29, 1986 in the UK, and grossed $180 million worldwide. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including a Best Actress nomination for Sigourney Weaver, winning both Sound Effects Editing and Visual Effects. It won eight Saturn Awards (Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actress for Weaver, Best Supporting Actor for Paxton, Best Supporting Actress for Goldstein, and Best Direction and Best Writing for Cameron), and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation.

A sequel, Alien3, was released in 1992, with Weaver's reprising her role as Ellen Ripley and Henriksen as Bishop in the film. Wikipedia
February 24

* **1948: Tim Staffell - lead singer of the band Smile, with Brian May and Roger Taylor, who went on to form Queen**
* **1950**: Musician George Thorogood
* **1951**: Actress Helen Shaver
* **1955**: Motor racing champion Alain Prost
* **1955**: Entrepreneur Steve Jobs (died 2011)
* **1962**: Singer Michelle Shocked
* **1964**: Broadcaster Andy Crane
* **1966**: Actor Ben Miller
* **1966**: Actor Billy Zane

#### Deaths

* **1990**: Singer Johnnie Ray (born 1927)
* **1993**: Footballer Bobby Moore (born 1941)
* **1994**: Singer Dinah Shore (born 1916)
* **1999**: Actor Derek Nimmo (born 1944)

### Music

#### UK Number One Albums

* **1962**: *Blue Hawaii* (Original Soundtrack)
* **1996**: *Expecting To Fly* by the Bluetones

#### US Number One Singles

* **1973**: "Killing Me Softly With His Song" by Roberta Flack

### Television

* **1956**: The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

#### Doctor Who

* **1941**: David Gooderson, who portrayed Davros in "Destiny of the Daleks" born
* **1973**: "Frontier In Space"

#### Star Trek

* **Next Generation, 1992**: "Power Play"
* **Deep Space Nine, 1997**: "Doctor Bashir, I Presume?"
* **Deep Space Nine, 1999**: "Badda-Bing Badda-Bang"
* **Voyager, 1999**: "The Disease"
Doctor Who in 1969

***Take the TARDIS back to*** Doctor Who in 1968

### Second Doctor (cont'd)

January 4, 1969 06.047.02: The Krotons - Episode Two

January 11, 1969 06.047.03: The Krotons - Episode Three

January 18, 1969 06.047.04: The Krotons - Episode Four

January 25, 1969 06.048.01: The Seeds of Death - Episode One

February 1, 1969 06.048.02: The Seeds of Death - Episode Two

February 8, 1969 06.048.03: The Seeds of Death - Episode Three

February 15, 1969 06.048.04: The Seeds of Death - Episode Four

February 22, 1969 06.048.05: The Seeds of Death - Episode Five

March 1, 1969 06.048.06: The Seeds of Death - Episode Six

March 8, 1969 06.049.01: The Space Pirates - Episode One

March 15, 1969 06.049.02: The Space Pirates - Episode Two

March 22, 1969 06.049.03: The Space Pirates - Episode Three

March 29, 1969 06.049.04: The Space Pirates - Episode Four

April 5, 1969 06.049.05: The Space Pirates - Episode Five

April 12, 1969 06.049.06: The Space Pirates - Episode Six

April 19, 1969 06.050.01: The War Games - Episode One

April 26, 1969 06.050.02: The War Games - Episode Two

May 3, 1969 06.050.03: The War Games - Episode Three

May 10, 1969 06.050.04: The War Games - Episode Four

May 17, 1969 06.050.05: The War Games - Episode Five

May 24, 1969 06.050.06: The War Games - Episode Six

May 31, 1969 06.050.07: The War Games - Episode Seven

June 7, 1969 06.050.08: The War Games - Episode Eight

June 14, 1969 06.050.09: The War Games - Episode Nine

June 21, 1969 06.050.10: The War Games - Episode Ten

***Take the TARDIS forward to*** Doctor Who in 1970
Dad's Army

***Dad's Army*** is a BBC television sitcom about the British Home Guard during the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft and broadcast on the BBC from July 31, 1968 to November 13, 1977. The sitcom ran for 9 series and 80 episodes in total, plus a radio version based on the television scripts (first broadcast January 28, 1973), a feature film (released in UK cinemas March 12, 1971) and a stage show (first performance September 4, 1975, and October 2, 1975 in the West End). The series regularly gained audiences of 18 million viewers and is still repeated worldwide.

The Home Guard consisted of local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, either because of age (hence the nickname "Dad's Army") or by being in professions exempt from conscription. Dad's Army deals almost exclusively with over age men and featured older British actors, including (L-R) Ian Lavender (Private Pike), John Laurie (Private Frazer), Bill Pertwee (ARP Warden Hodges), Arnold Ridley (Private Godfrey), Arthur Lowe (Captain Mainwaring), James Beck (Private Walker; who died suddenly during production of the programme's sixth series in 1973), Clive Dunn (who played the oldest guardsman, Lance Corporal Jones, despite Dunn being one of the youngest cast members), and John Le Mesurier (Sergeant Wilson).

[Wikipedia]

Find out more at www.bbc.co.uk.
Anna Karenina (UK TV series)

***Anna Karenina*** is a 1977 BBC television adaptation of Tolstoy's novel. It stars Nicola Pagett as Anna, Eric Porter as Karenin, and Stuart Wilson as Vronsky.

Also appearing were Sheila Gish, Anna Wing, Frank Middlemass, and Hilary Minster.

Anna is the young wife of an older husband. She has an affair with the handsome Count Vronsky. By following her desires, Anna complicates her life.

It consisted of 10 50-minute episodes, broadcast between September 25, 1977 and November 27, 1977. The number of episodes allowed it to include more of the original plot than some adaptations.
Beauty and the Beast (US TV series)

***Beauty and the Beast*** is an American fantasy-drama series which first aired on CBS on September 5, 1987. Creator Ron Koslow's updated version of the fairy tale has a double focus: the relationship between Vincent (Ron Perlman), a mythic, noble man-beast, and Catherine (Linda Hamilton), a savvy Assistant District Attorney in New York; and a secret Utopian community of social outcasts living in a subterranean sanctuary. Through an empathetic bond, Vincent senses Catherine's emotions, and becomes her guardian.

George R.R. Martin, who would later write the A Song of Ice and Fire book series ("Game of Thrones"), was a writer and producer on the show.

Wikipedia
Enigma (1982)

> *"He was a spy without a country. A face they couldn't trace. A man without a chance. An enigma."*
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***Enigma*** is an Anglo-American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey, and Kevin McNally. Based on Michael Barak's novel Enigma Sacrifice, the film centers on a CIA agent that tries to infiltrate Soviet intelligence in order to stop a murderous plot.

The film was released on October 15, 1982 in the UK and January 28, 1983 in the US.

#### Plot

Alex Holbeck (Sheen) is recruited as a CIA agent. He is sent to East Berlin on a mission to steal an Enigma code scrambler. This is part of an attempt to stop the Russian assassination of five Soviet dissidents which is planned for Christmas Day. What Alex doesn't know is that the CIA already has a code scrambler. By stealing the scrambler in Berlin, they are trying to convince the Russians that they don't have it.

On arrival in Berlin, Alex finds that the KGB knows he is there. Alex must use numerous disguises and escape from a number of capture attempts. He seeks shelter with his former lover, Karen (Fossey) before moving on as this is too dangerous for her. Karen and a number of Alex's other old friends are arrested and tortured by the police in an attempt to gain information about Alex's whereabouts. As he gets more desperate, Alex enlists Karen's help again: she seduces Dimitri Vasilikov (Neill), the KGB man in charge of the hunt for Alex, in order to obtain information. In the end Dimitri catches Alex and Karen and finds the scrambler hidden in an exhibition artefact. As he is in love with Karen, he lets them go, however, keeping the scrambler which was in fact not needed. On Christmas Day the assassination attempt is successfully thwarted.

#### Selected Cast

* Martin Sheen - Alex Holbeck
* Brigitte Fossey - Karen Reinhardt
* Sam Neill - Dimitri Vasilikov
* Derek Jacobi - Kurt Limmer
* Michael Lonsdale - Bodley
* Frank Finlay - Canarsky
* Warren Clarke - Konstantin
* Michael Williams - Hirsch
* Kevin McNally - Bruno, CIA