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Cry Freedom (1987)

> *"The true story of the friendship that shook South Africa and awakened the world"*
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***Cry Freedom*** is a South African epic drama film directed by Richard Attenborough, set in late-1970s apartheid era South Africa. The screenplay was based on a pair of books by journalist Donald Woods. The film centres on the real-life events involving black activist Steve Biko and his friend Donald Woods, who initially finds him destructive, and attempts to understand his way of life. Denzel Washington stars as Biko, while actor Kevin Kline portrays Woods. Cry Freedom delves into the ideas of discrimination, political corruption, and the repercussions of violence.

The film was primarily shot on location in Zimbabwe and in Kenya due to political turmoil in South Africa at the time of production. As a film showing mostly in limited cinematic release, it was nominated for multiple awards, including Academy Award nominations for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song. It also won a number of awards including those from the Berlin International Film Festival and the British Academy Film Awards.

Cry Freedom opened in US cinemas November 6, 1987 and November 26, 1987 in the UK. The film was at its widest release showing in 479 cinemas nationwide. It was generally met with positive critical reviews before its initial screening in cinemas.

#### Plot Summary

Donald Woods (Kline) is chief editor of the liberal newspaper Daily Dispatch in South Africa. He has written several editorials critical of the views of Steve Biko (Washington). But after having met him for the first time, he changes his opinion. They meet several times, and this means that Woods and his family get attention from the security police. When Steve Biko dies in police custody, he writes a book about Biko. The only way to get it published is for Woods himself to illegally escape the country.

#### Notable Cast

* Denzel Washington – Steve Biko
* Kevin Kline – Donald Woods
* Penelope Wilton – Wendy Woods
* Alec McCowen – British Acting High Commissioner
* Kevin McNally – Ken, photographer at Daily Dispatch
* Ian Richardson – State Prosecutor
* John Thaw – Jimmy Kruger, Minister of Justice
* Timothy West – Capt. de Wet
* Josette Simon – Dr. Mamphela Ramphele

Also in the cast are W Morgan Sheppard, Hilary Minster, Nick Tate and Kate Hardie.
Barbara Dickson

***Barbara Dickson***, OBE (born September 27, 1947) is a Scottish singer whose hits include "I Know Him So Well", "Answer Me" and "January February". Dickson has placed fifteen albums in the UK Albums Chart from 1977 to date, and had a number of hit singles, including four which reached the Top 20 in the UK Singles Chart. The Scotsman newspaper has described her as Scotland's best-selling female singer in terms of the numbers of hit chart singles and albums she has achieved in the UK since 1976.

She is also a two-time Olivier Award-winning actress, with roles including Viv Nicholson in the musical Spend Spend Spend, and she was the original Mrs. Johnston in Willy Russell's long-running musical Blood Brothers. On TV she starred as Anita Braithwaite in Band of Gold.

Find out more at barbaradickson.net. Follow Barbara on Twitter.
20th Century Birthdays: January 17

#### 1959: Susanna Hoffs

An American vocalist, guitarist and actress, best known as a co-founder of The Bangles.

Find out more at susannahoffs.com and on Wikipedia.

Follow Susanna on Twitter and Facebook.

**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

The Allnighter (1987)

American comedy film directed by Tamar Simon Hoffs, starring her daughter Susanna, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack and Pam Grier.

* Released May 1, 1987 (US); straight to video April 1, 1988 (UK)
* Watch the trailer on YouTube.

*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
Alien Resurrection (1997)

> *"It's been more than 200 years...The beginning has just started."*
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***Alien Resurrection*** is an American science-fiction action horror film directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and written by Joss Whedon. It is the fourth instalment in the Alien film series, and the final instalment in the original series.

The film stars Sigourney Weaver reprising her role as Ellen Ripley. Set 200 years after the preceding instalment Alien3 (1992), Ripley is cloned and an Alien queen is surgically removed from her body. The United Systems Military hopes to breed Aliens to study and research on the spaceship USM Auriga, using human hosts kidnapped and delivered to them by a group of mercenaries. The Aliens escape their enclosures, while Ripley and the mercenaries attempt to escape and destroy the Auriga before it reaches its destination: Earth. Tom Woodruff, Jr. plays the Alien Queen, and the Newborn. Additional roles are played by Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J. E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, and Michael Wincott.

Alien Resurrection was released on November 26, 1997 (US) and November 28, 1997 (UK), and received mixed reviews from film critics. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times felt "there is not a single shot in the movie to fill one with wonder", later naming it one of the worst films of 1997, while Desson Thomson of The Washington Post said the film "satisfactorily recycles the great surprises that made the first movie so powerful". It was well received internationally. The film was nominated for six Saturn Awards (including Best Science Fiction Film, Best Actress for Weaver, Best Supporting Actress for Ryder, and Best Direction for Jeunet).

A sequel to Resurrection was planned as Joss Whedon had written an earth-set script for Alien 5, though Sigourney Weaver was not interested in this setting, but has remained open to reprise her role as Ellen Ripley for a fifth instalment on the condition that she likes the story. Although more sequels were planned to follow Resurrection, the series became a prequel series with the 2012 film Prometheus directed by Ridley Scott, who stated that the film precedes the story of Alien, but is not directly connected to the original film's franchise, and that Prometheus explores its own mythology and ideas.
Full Circle (Doctor Who story)

***Full Circle*** was the third story of Season 18 and the first story of the E-Space trilogy. It introduced Matthew Waterhouse as companion Adric.

*The TARDIS falls through a CVE* (Charged Vacuum Emboitment, a violent pathway between universes providing a transit point between N-Space and E-Space) *into E-Space and arrives on the planet Alzarius. There the inhabitants of a crashed starliner and a group of young rebels called the Outlers, led by a boy named Varsh and including his brother Adric, are terrorised by a race of Marshmen who emerge from the marshes at a time known as Mistfall.*

*The Doctor discovers that the starliner's inhabitants are not the descendants of its original crew, as claimed by their leaders, the Deciders, but evolved Marshmen. With the Time Lord's help and encouragement, the starliner is repaired and able to leave the planet.*

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**Episodes**

October 25, 1980 18.111.01: Full Circle - Part One

November 1, 1980 18.111.02: Full Circle - Part Two

November 8, 1980 18.111.01: Full Circle - Part Three

November 15, 1980 18.111.02: Full Circle - Part Four

The novelisation of this story by Andrew Smith was published by Target Books on September 16, 1982.

*Romana has been recalled to Gallifrey by the Time Lords – a summons that cannot be ignored, despite her extreme reluctance to give up the freedom and excitement life as the Fourth Doctor's companion has brought.*

*The time traveller's course is set, the flight path is clear, estimated time of arrival on Gallifrey is in thirty-two minutes – then the unexpected happens ...*

*The full significance of their temporary loss of control over the TARDIS is only gradually brought home to the Doctor. For it is not on Gallifrey that they land but on the terror planet Alzarius, and at a time when the legendary Mistfall comes again – when the giant scaly creatures that inhabit the planet's swamps leave the marshes and go on the rampage, leaving a trail of death and destruction in their wake...*
James Bond in the 1910s

Return to James Bond in the 1900s

March 1, 1910: David Niven ("Sir James Bond", Casino Royale (1967)) is born

February 25, 1913: Gert Fröbe ("Auric Goldfinger", Goldfinger (1964)) is born

July 18, 1913: Eric Pohlmann ("Ernst Stavro Blofeld", voice, From Russia With Love (1963), Thunderball (1965)) is born

September 12, 1914: Desmond Llewellyn ("Q") is born

May 6, 1915: Orson Welles ("Le Chiffre", Casino Royale (1967)) is born

June 20, 1915: Terence Young (director of three Bond films) is born

October 27, 1915: Harry Saltzman (co-producer of nine Bond films) is born

* Dr No (1962), with Albert R Broccoli
* From Russia With Love (1963), with Albert R Broccoli
* Goldfinger (1964), with Albert R Broccoli
* Thunderball (1965), Executive producer, with Albert R Broccoli
* You Only Live Twice (1967), with Albert R Broccoli
* On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969), with Albert R Broccoli
* Diamonds Are Forever (1971), with Albert R Broccoli
* Live And Let Die (1973), with Albert R Broccoli
* The Man With The Golden Gun (1974), with Albert R Broccoli

December 13, 1915: Curd Jürgens ("Karl Stromberg", The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)) is born

August 21, 1916: Geoffrey Keen ("Frederick Gray") is born (died November 3, 2005)

* The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
* Moonraker (1979)
* For Your Eyes Only (1981)
* Octopussy (1983)
* A View to a Kill (1985)
* The Living Daylights (1987)

September 13, 1916: Roald Dahl (screenwriter, 'You Only Live Twice (1967)') is born

October 18, 1916: Anthony Dawson ("Ernst Stavro Blofeld", body) is born

April 17, 1918: William Holden ("Ransome") is born

May 15, 1918: Joseph Wiseman ("Dr No") is born (died October 19, 2009)

October 5, 1919: Donald Pleasance ("Ernst Stavro Blofeld") is born

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A League Of Their Own (1992)

***A League of Their Own*** is a 1992 American sports comedy-drama film that tells a fictionalized account of the real-life All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Directed by Penny Marshall, the film stars Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Madonna, and Lori Petty. The screenplay was written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel from a story by Kelly Candaele and Kim Wilson.

Two sisters join the first female professional baseball league and struggle to help it succeed amidst their own growing rivalry. [IMDb.com]

The movie was released in US cinemas on July 1, 1992, and, in the UK on September 18, 1992.

In 2012, A League of Their Own was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
"Hold Me Close"

***"Hold Me Close"*** was a UK Singles Chart Number One hit single from October 4, 1975 for three weeks by English singer David Essex.

"Hold Me Close" is a love song written by Essex and produced by *Jeff Wayne*. It was Essex's second and final UK chart-topper. The B-side was titled "Good Ol' Rock and Roll" (live version). The song appears on the album All The Fun Of The Fair, and is featured in the musical of that name.

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Doctor Who Annuals (1990s)

Take the TARDIS back to Doctor Who Annuals (1980s)

There were five Yearbooks from the publishers of Doctor Who Magazine, Marvel Comics UK. Apart from the first, they were all published in the September prior to the date on the cover.

The ***Doctor Who Yearbook*** for 1992 was the first of Marvel UK's Doctor Who annuals, published October 1, 1991, and the first annual by any publisher to focus on more than one incarnation of the Doctor since the 1982 annual. Some fans, such as those in charge of the Doctor Who Reference Guide, erroneously refer to this as the 1991 Yearbook, since it was published in 1991 and has no clear cover markings as to its date.

The "Annual" title was dropped in favour of "Yearbook" in an attempt to clearly distinguish this publication from earlier published titles. Like the Annuals, the Yearbooks offered a mix of articles, new fiction, and comic strip material, but of a significantly higher quality, and relevance to the parent television series.

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The ***Doctor Who Yearbook*** ***1993*** was the second of Marvel UK's Doctor Who annuals.

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The ***Doctor Who Yearbook 1994*** was the third of Marvel UK's Doctor Who annuals.

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The ***Doctor Who Yearbook 1995*** was the fourth of Marvel UK's Doctor Who annuals.

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The ***Doctor Who Yearbook 1996*** was the fifth and final of Marvel UK's Doctor Who annuals.

This yearbook broke with the usual mix and included a two-page per season guide to the Doctor Who television series 1-26 along with spin-offs including K9 and Company.

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Happiness? (Roger Taylor album)

***Happiness?*** is the third solo album by the English musician Roger Taylor, and was released on September 9, 1994 [UltimateQueen]. It was his first album since Queen's 1991 album Innuendo, and his first solo album since 1984's Strange Frontier. It entered the UK Albums Chart on September 17, 1994 at a peak of No 22, for two weeks.

Writing of Roger Taylor's material spanned way before initial recording in 1993. Taylor, like his other band mates, were mourning the death of lead singer, Freddie Mercury. Recording mostly took place in his home studio over the final months of 1993 to the beginning of 1994. Halfway through recording, Taylor had collaborated with Japanese musician, Yoshiki. The result of the collaboration was the track "Foreign Sand".

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### **Singles**

*Nazis 1994*: Released as a single on May 3, 1994, the lyrics of the track were deemed so controversial that it was banned by UK commercial radio stations. Additionally, it was banned from being advertised and many record stores refused to stock the single. Ironically, the publicity aided in the album's success.

It entered the UK Singles Chart on May 14, 1994, at a peak of No 22 and remained on the chart for three weeks.

*Foreign Sand*: Featuring Japanese musician Yoshiki, this track was released as a single on September 19, 1994 and it entered the UK Singles Chart on October 10, 1994, at a peak of No 26 and remained on the chart for two weeks.

*Happiness?*: The third and final single from the album was the title track. Released on November 14, 1994, it entered the UK Singles Chart at a peak of No 32 on November 26, 1994, and remained on the chart for two weeks.
July 19

**Celebrity birthdays this day in**:

* 1947: Brian May, musician
* 1962: Anthony Edwards, actor
* 1965: Evelyn Glennie, musician
* 1976: Angela Griffin, actress
* 1976: Benedict Cumberbatch, actor

**TV shows first airing in the UK this day in:**

* 1970: Hawaii Five-O, starring Jack Lord and James MacArthur
* 1988: Wheel Of Fortune, presented by Nicky Campbell
Billboard Hot 100

***The Billboard Hot 100*** is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for singles, published weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online streaming.

The weekly sales period was originally Monday to Sunday, when Nielsen started tracking sales in 1991, but was changed to Friday to Thursday in July 2015. Radio airplay, which, unlike sales figures and streaming data, is readily available on a real-time basis, and is tracked on a Monday to Sunday cycle (previously Wednesday to Tuesday). A new chart is compiled and officially released to the public by Billboard on Tuesdays.

The first number one song of the Hot 100 was "Poor Little Fool" by Ricky Nelson, on August 4, 1958.

### Billboard Hot 100 No1s in the 1980s

#### October 1987

* October 17, 1987: ***"Lost in Emotion"*** - Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam
* US Gold
* UK #58
Jane Curtin

***Jane Curtin*** (born September 6, 1947) is an American actress and comedian. She is sometimes referred to as "Queen of the Deadpan"; The Philadelphia Inquirer once called her a "refreshing drop of acid." She was included on a 1986 list of the "Top Prime Time Actors and Actresses of All Time."

First coming to prominence as an original cast member on the hit TV comedy series Saturday Night Live in 1975, she went on to win back-to-back Emmy Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series on the 1980s sitcom Kate & Allie portraying the role of Allison "Allie" Lowell. Curtin later starred in the hit series 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996–2001), playing the role of Dr. Mary Albright.

Curtin reprised one of her Saturday Night Live characters, Prymaat (Clorhone) Conehead, in the 1993 film Coneheads.

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Follow That Camel (1967)

### ***"'Bilko' joins the 'Carry On' legion!"***

***Follow That Camel*** is the fourteenth in the series of Carry On films to be made, released on September 22, 1967. Like its predecessor Don't Lose Your Head, it does not have the words "Carry On" in its original title (although for screenings outside the United Kingdom it was known as Carry On In The Legion, and is alternatively titled Carry On ... Follow That Camel). It parodies the much-filmed 1924 book Beau Geste, by PC Wren, and other French Foreign Legion films. This film was producer Peter Rogers's attempt to break into the American market; Phil Silvers (in his only Carry On) is heavily featured in a Sergeant Bilko-esque role. He appears alongside Carry On regulars Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth and Bernard Bresslaw. Angela Douglas makes the third of her four Carry On appearances. Anita Harris makes the first of her two Carry On appearances.

Location work was shot during the early months of 1967 when scenes set in the Sahara were filmed at Camber Sands near Rye, East Sussex, England. Shooting had to be halted several times because there was snow on the sands.

Some of the elaborate town sets were reused the year after in the production of Carry On... Up the Khyber.

His reputation brought into disrepute, a competitor for the affections of Lady Jane Ponsonby (Douglas), Bertram Oliphant West AKA "Bo" (Dale) decides to leave England and join the French Foreign Legion, followed by his faithful manservant Simpson (Butterworth). The pair enlist and are helped in surviving Legion life by Sergeant Knocker (Silvers), although only after they discover that when he is "on patrol" he is actually enjoying himself at the local cafe with the female owner, ZigZig (Sims).

Meanwhile Lady Jane, having learnt that Bo was really innocent, heads out to the Sahara where she meets Sheikh Abdul Abulbul (Bresslaw) and ends up becoming a part of his harem and planned 13th wife. Knocker and Bo are kidnapped by Abulbul after being lured to the home of Cork Tip (Harris), a belly dancer at the Café ZigZig. Simpson follows them to the Oasis El Nooki but is also captured. After entering Abulbul’s harem and discovering Lady Jane, Bo and Simpson give themselves up while Knocker escapes (or rather is allowed to by Abulbul) back to Sidi Bel Abbes to warn Commandant Burger (Williams) of Abulbul’s plans to attack Fort Zuassantneuf.

The attack is ultimately successful and after learning that Abulbul's celebration includes marrying Lady Jane, Bo, Burger, Knocker and Simpson rescue her. Abulbul chases Simpson back to the fort where the group holds off Abulbul’s army until a relief force arrives. However, Commandant Burger ends up as a casualty among the protagonists.

Back in England the group reunites for a game of cricket. Bo is batting, but when he hits the ball, it explodes. The bowler is then shown to be Abulbul having gained his revenge, to which Bo, with a broken bat and burnt clothes, good-naturedly responds "Not out!"
Doctor Who - 1930s-1940s

***Take the TARDIS back to*** Doctor Who - 1900s-1920s

October 24, 1930: Brian Peck ('The Space Pirates')

November 10, 1931: Don Henderson ('Delta and the Bannermen)

November 13, 1931: Adrienne Corri ('The Leisure Hive')

November 16, 1931: Kenneth Watson (Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD, 'The Wheel In Space')

August 20, 1932: Anthony Ainley

November 12, 1932: Carmen Munroe ('The Enemy of the World')

December 1, 1932: Dennis Spooner (script editor & writer)

January 20, 1934: Tom Baker

July 1, 1934: Jean Marsh

October 20, 1934: Mary Peach ('The Enemy of the World')

May 19, 1935: Michael Wisher

October 29, 1935: Michael Jayston ('Trial of a Timelord')

November 27, 1935: Verity Lambert

January 15, 1936: Richard Franklin

July 22 , 1937: Adrienne Hill ('Katarina' from Ep 4 of "The Myth Makers" to Ep 4 of "The Daleks' Master Plan" , and the "Children In Need 1985" special)

October 29, 1937: Hugh Futcher ('The Sea Devils')

February 26, 1938: Tony Selby

October 22, 1938: Derek Jacobi ('Utopia')

November 27, 1938: Rodney Bewes ('Resurrection of the Daleks')

February 10, 1939: Peter Purves

August 10, 1939: Kate O'Mara

October 20, 1939: Ian Cullen ('The Aztecs')

October 27, 1939: John Cleese ('City of Death')

December 8, 1939: Jennie Linden (Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150AD)

December 9, 1939: Waris Hussein (Director of 'An Unearthly Child')

June 16, 1940: Carole Ann Ford

September 19, 1940: Caroline John

October 29, 1940: Angela Douglas ('Battlefield')

November 17, 1940: William Simons ('The Sun Makers')

November 24, 1940: Alan Lake ('Underworld'; Diana Dors' 3rd husband)

February 24, 1941: David Gooderson

October 16, 1941: David Ashford ('The Greatest Show In The Galaxy')

October 20, 1941: Anneke Wills

October 28, 1941: John Hallam ('Ghost Light')

December 24, 1941: John Woods (aka John Levene)

November 29, 1942: Michael Craze

June 8, 1943: Colin Baker

June 29, 1943: Maureen O'Brien

August 20, 1943: Percy Kent-Smith (aka Sylvester McCoy)

September 22, 1944: Frazer Hines

October 28, 1944: Ian Marter

November 6, 1944: Timothy Block ('Black Orchid')

October 27, 1945: John Kane ('Planet of the Spiders')

February 1, 1946: Elisabeth Sladen

October 14, 1946: Katy Manning

October 16, 1946: Tariq Yunus ('The Robots of Death')

November 25, 1946: Brian Hibbard ('Delta and the Bannermen')

July 10, 1947: Jackie Lane

August 12, 1947: John Nathan-Turner

October 16, 1947: Guy Siner ('Genesis of the Daleks')

November 13, 1947: Michael Osborne ('The Horns of Nimon')

November 17, 1947: James Warwick ('Earthshock')

December 7, 1947: Wendy Padbury

January 2, 1948: Deborah Watling

May 31, 1948: Lynda Bellingham

***Take the TARDIS forward to*** Doctor Who - 1950s-1963
20th Century Birthdays: January 2

#### 1938: David Bailey

An English fashion and portrait photographer who worked for British Vogue magazine and and has undertaken a large amount of freelance work.

**Career Highlights**

* Box of Pin-Ups (1964): a box of poster-prints of 1960s celebrities including Terence Stamp, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Jean Shrimpton, PJ Proby, Cecil Beaton, Rudolf Nureyev, Andy Warhol and notorious East End gangsters, the Kray twins.
* *Billion Dollar Babies* (1973) by Alice Cooper
* *Goats Head Soup* (1973) by The Rolling Stones
* Live Aid (1985)

Find out more at visualartists.com and Wikipedia.

Follow David on Twitter and Facebook.

### Film & TV

#### 1968: Cuba Gooding Jr

An Oscar winning American actor.

**Career Highlights**

* Boyz n the Hood (1991)
* A Few Good Men (1992)
* Jerry Maguire (1996)
* As Good as It Gets (1997).

Find out more on Wikipedia.

Follow Cuba on Twitter and Facebook.
Dick Clement

***Dick Clement***, born September 5, 1937 is an English writer known for his writing partnership with Ian La Frenais. They are most famous for television series including The Likely Lads, Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, Porridge, Lovejoy and Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.

**Selected writing credits** (with Ian La Frenais)

* The Likely Lads (TV, 1964–66)
* Hannibal Brooks (1968)
* To Catch a Spy (1972)
* The Two Ronnies (TV, 1972)
* 7 of 1 (TV, 1973)
* Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (TV, 1973–74)
* Porridge (TV series) (1974–77)
* Going Straight (TV, 1978)
* Porridge (film) (US: Doing Time, 1979)
* Never Say Never Again (with Lorenzo Semple Jr., 1983, uncredited)
* Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (TV, 1983-2004)
* Water (with Bill Persky, 1985)
* Vice Versa (1988)
* The Commitments (with Roddy Doyle, 1991)
* Lovejoy (TV, 1991-94)
* Still Crazy (1998)

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February 25

* **1989**: *A New Flame* by Simply Red, four weeks (seven weeks total), 7x Platinum

#### UK Number One Singles

* **1965**: "I'll Never Find Another You" by the Seekers, two weeks
* **1989**: "Belfast Child" by Simple Minds, two weeks, Silver

#### US Number One Singles

* **1984**: "Jump" by Van Halen, five weeks, Gold
* **1995**: "Take a Bow" by Madonna, seven weeks, Gold

### Radio

* **1971**: BBC Radio Humberside begins broadcasting

### Television

#### On UK TV

* **1971**: Mr Benn
* **1979**: Worzel Gummidge
* **1980**: Yes, Minister

#### Doctor Who

* **1985**: BBC Head of Series and Serials Jonathan Powell informs John Nathan-Turner that the start of production on Season Twenty-Three has been deferred from Spring 1985 to Spring 1986

#### Star Trek

* **Voyager, 1998: "Retrospect"; Trailer**
Doctor Who in 1968

***Take the TARDIS back to*** Doctor Who in 1967

### Second Doctor (cont'd)

January 6, 1968 05.040.03: The Enemy of the World - Episode Three

January 13, 1968 05.040.04: The Enemy of the World - Episode Four

January 20, 1968 05.040.05: The Enemy of the World - Episode Five

January 27, 1968 05.040.06: The Enemy of the World - Episode Six

February 3, 1968 05.041.01: The Web of Fear - Episode One

February 10, 1968 05.041.02: The Web of Fear - Episode Two

February 17, 1968 05.041.03: The Web of Fear - Episode Three

February 24, 1968 05.041.04: The Web of Fear - Episode Four

March 2, 1968 05.041.05: The Web of Fear - Episode Five

March 9, 1968 05.041.06: The Web of Fear - Episode Six

March 16, 1968 05.042.01: Fury from the Deep - Episode One

March 23, 1968 05.042.02: Fury from the Deep - Episode Two

March 30, 1968 05.042.03: Fury from the Deep - Episode Three

April 6, 1968 05.042.04: Fury from the Deep - Episode Four

April 13, 1968 05.042.05: Fury from the Deep - Episode Five

April 20, 1968 05.042.06: Fury from the Deep - Episode Six

April 27, 1968 05.043.01: The Wheel In Space - Episode One

May 4, 1968 05.043.02: The Wheel In Space - Episode Two

May 11, 1968 05.043.03: The Wheel In Space - Episode Three

May 18, 1968 05.043.04: The Wheel In Space - Episode Four

May 25, 1968 05.043.05: The Wheel In Space - Episode Five

June 1, 1968 05.043.06: The Wheel In Space - Episode Six

August 10, 1968 06.044.01: The Dominators - Episode One

August 17, 1968 06.044.02: The Dominators - Episode Two

August 24, 1968 06.044.03: The Dominators - Episode Three

August 31, 1968 06.044.04: The Dominators - Episode Four

September, 1968: The Dr Who Annual 1969 is published.

September 7, 1968 06.044.01: The Dominators - Episode Five

September 14, 1968 06.045.01: The Mind Robber - Episode One

September 21, 1968 06.045.02: The Mind Robber - Episode Two

September 28, 1968 06.045.03: The Mind Robber - Episode Three

October 5, 1968 06.045.04: The Mind Robber - Episode Four

October 12, 1968 06.045.05: The Mind Robber - Episode Five

November 2, 1968 06.046.01: The Invasion - Episode One

November 9, 1968 06.046.02: The Invasion - Episode Two

November 16, 1968 06.046.03: The Invasion - Episode Three

November 23, 1968 06.046.04: The Invasion - Episode Four

November 30, 1968 06.046.05: The Invasion - Episode Five

December 7, 1968 06.046.06: The Invasion - Episode Six

December 14, 1968 06.046.07: The Invasion - Episode Seven

December 21, 1968 06.046.08: The Invasion - Episode Eight

December 28, 1968 06.047.01: The Krotons - Episode One

***Take the TARDIS forward to*** Doctor Who in 1969
February 19

### Celebrity

#### Birthdays

* **1915**: *Dick Emery* born (died 1983)
* **1924**: *Lee Marvin* born (died 1987)
* **1946**: *Karen Silkwood* born (died 1974)
* **1948: *Tony Iommi* born**
* **1955**: *Jeff Daniels* born
* **1957**: *Ray Winstone* born
* **1957**: *Falco born* (died 1998)
* **1960**: *Leslie Ash* born
* **1961**: *Justin Fashanu* born (died 1998)
* **1963**: *Seal* born
* **1967**: *Benicio del Toro* born

#### Deaths

* **1980**: *Bon Scott* (born 1946) died
* **1994**: *Derek Jarman* (born 1942) died

### Cinema

#### Carry On...

* **1971**: Carry On Henry was released in UK cinemas

#### Released in US cinemas

* **1944**: The Uninvited
* **1960**: The Last Voyage
* **1964**: Dead Ringer
* **1982**: Swamp Thing

### Doctor Who

#### Novelisations

* **1976**: Doctor Who and the Dinosaur Invasion
* **1976**: Doctor Who and the Tenth Planet
* **1987**: Black Orchid

### Music

#### UK Number One Albums

* **1966**: *The Sound Of Music* (Original Soundtrack)
* **1972**: *Neil Reid* by Neil Reid
* **1977**: *20 Golden Greats* by The Shadows
* **1994**: *The Cross Of Changes* by Enigma

#### UK Number Singles

* **1972**: "Son Of My Father" by Chicory Tip
* **1977**: "When I Need You" by Leo Sayer
* **1983**: "Too Shy" by Kajagoogoo
* **1994**: "Without You" by Mariah Carey

#### US Number One Singles

* **1966**: "Lightnin' Strikes" by Lou Christie
* **1972**: "Without You" by Nilsson
* **1977**: "Blinded by the Light" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
* **1983**: "Baby, Come to Me" by Patti Austin & James Ingram

### Star Trek

#### The Next Generation

* **1990**: S03E15-"Yesterday's Enterprise"

#### Voyager

* **1996**: S02E18-"Death Wish"
* **1997**: S03E18-"Darkling"
February 14

#### In UK Cinemas

**1968**: ***Inspector Clouseau***, the first of the Pink Panther series of films not to feature Peter Sellers in the main role. Here he is replaced by Alan Arkin.

### Music

#### UK No 1 Albums

**1998**: ***Titanic: Music from the Motion Picture***, composed and conducted by the late James Horner for the smash movie from James Cameron hit the top spot for the first of a total of three weeks.

### Radio

#### UK Local Radio

**1968**: ***BBC Radio Brighton*** begins broadcasting. It would widen its transmission area and become BBC Radio Sussex in 1983.

### Television

**1998**: ***Red Dwarf Night***. BBC2 devotes the night before the 10th anniversary of its first broadcast to Red Dwarf, featuring special programming introduced by Patrick Stewart.
Doctor Who Magazine (February)

The 61st issue of Doctor Who Magazine was published in February 1982. It is notable for its re-branding as "Doctor Who Monthly" and for misspelling Peter Davison's name on the cover, where it appears as "Peter Davidson". DWM #389 would later reverse this error and humorously issue a formal apology to the actor.

Beneath the surface, it was highly significant as being the first issue of the magazine to give John Nathan-Turner formal credit as "advisor" For some fans, Turner's involvement in the magazine meant a loss of editorial autonomy that made it difficult to know whether the staff was fairly critiquing or accurately reporting about the "JNT era". He would remain on staff with the magazine for another eleven years — until issue 194.

The issue featured an article on graphic design, three comic strips, and a look back at City of Death.

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British Television in the 20th Century

#### September 7, 1927: Formation of The Royal Television Society

***The Royal Television Society***, or RTS, is a British-based educational charity for the discussion, and analysis of television in all its forms, past, present and future. It is the oldest television society in the world.

### 1950s

#### September 24, 1957: First broadcast of an educational service on Independent Television

***ITV Schools*** (full name: Independent Television for Schools and Colleges) was the educational television service from the Independent Television Authority, broadcasting learning programmes for children ages 5 to 18 across ITV-affiliated stations. It was an example of public service broadcasting on a commercial television network (as opposed to the public BBC and their service BBC Schools).

### 1960s

#### September 14, 1962: Wales (West and North) Television/Teledu Cymru begin Welsh-language programming

Wales (West and North) Television, known on screen as Teledu Cymru and often abbreviated to WWN, was the Welsh commercial television contractor awarded the franchise area serving 'North and West Wales', from 1962-68 (franchise awarded June 6 1961).

#### January 26, 1964: Wales (West and North) Television/Teledu Cymru closes down after financial failure

Wales (West and North) Television, known on screen as Teledu Cymru and often abbreviated to WWN, was the Welsh commercial television contractor awarded the franchise area serving 'North and West Wales', from 1962-68 (franchise awarded June 6 1961).
"The Show Must Go On"

***"The Show Must Go On"*** is a song by the British rock band *Queen*, featured as the twelfth and final track on their 1991 album *Innuendo*. It is credited to Queen, but written mainly by *Brian May*. The song chronicles the effort of *Freddie Mercury* continuing to perform despite approaching the end of his life; he was dying from complications due to HIV/*AIDS*, although his illness had not yet been made public in spite of ongoing media speculation claiming that he was seriously ill. Mercury was so ill when the band recorded the song in 1990, that May had concerns as to whether he was physically capable of singing it. Recalling Mercury's performance, May states; "I said, 'Fred, I don't know if this is going to be possible to sing.' And he went, 'I'll fucking do it, darling' — vodka down — and went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal."

It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on *October 14*, 1991 in promotion for the *Greatest Hits II* album, just six weeks before Mercury died. Following Mercury's death on *November 24*, 1991, the song re-entered the British charts and spent as many weeks in the top 75 (five) as it did upon its original release, initially reaching a peak of 16. A live version with *Elton John* on vocals appeared on *Queen's Greatest Hits III* album.

The song was first played live on *April 20*, 1992, during *The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert*, performed by the three remaining members of Queen, with Elton John singing lead vocals and *Black Sabbath* guitarist *Tony Iommi* playing rhythm guitar.

Due to Mercury having contracted HIV/AIDS, his health started to rapidly deteriorate, as a result, no new footage of the lead singer was shot. The music video instead consisted of a montage of clips spanning Queen's music videos from 1981 to 1991 (but does not include the ones from before 1981) as a precursor to the imminent release of the band's Greatest Hits II album spanning that period. Footage from promo videos from the 1980s are shown in the montage, apart from *"Under Pressure"* and *"Hammer to Fall"*, including *"I Want to Break Free"*, *"Friends Will Be Friends"*, *"I'm Going Slightly Mad"*, *"Radio Ga Ga"*, *"The Miracle"*, *"The Invisible Man"*, *"Headlong"*, *"Calling All Girls"*, *"Innuendo"*, *"Back Chat"*, *"Who Wants to Live Forever"* and *"One Vision"*.

**Personnel**

Freddie Mercury - lead vocals

Brian May - electric guitar, keyboards, programming, backing vocals

*Roger Taylor* - drums, backing vocals

*John Deacon* - bass guitar
James Bond in the 1990s

1990: Bond on BBC Radio 4: "You Only Live Twice"

July, 1990: "Brokenclaw" by John Gardner

November 23, 1990: Roald Dahl (screenwriter, 'You Only Live Twice') dies

January 4, 1991: Richard Maibaum (screenwriter of 12 Bond films) dies

1991: "The Man From Barbarossa" by John Gardner

January 8, 1992: Anthony Dawson ("Ernst Stavro Blofeld", body) dies

1992: "Death Is Forever" by John Gardner

April 10, 1992: Cec Linder ("Felix Leiter") dies

December 2, 1992: Michael Gothard ("Emile Leopold Locque") dies

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

September 4, 1993: Hervé Villechaize ("Nick Nack") dies

September 7, 1994: Terence Young (director of three Bond films) dies

January 22, 1994: Telly Savalas ("Ernst Stavro Blofeld") dies

August, 1994: "SeaFire" by John Gardner

September 29, 1994: Harry Saltzman (co-producer of nine Bond films) dies

February 2, 1995: Donald Pleasance ("Ernst Stavro Blofeld") dies

1995: "Goldeneye" by John Gardner

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

November 13/24, 1995: Bond on film, 'GoldenEye'

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

June 27, 1996: Albert R Broccoli (producer of 17 Bond films) dies

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

1997: "Zero Minus Ten" by Raymond Benson

May 5, 1997: Walter Gotell ("Morzeny" & "General Gogol") dies

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

1997: "Tomorrow Never Dies" by Raymond Benson

December 9/12, 1997: Bond on film, 'Tomorrow Never Dies'

January 11, 1998: John Wells ("Denis Thatcher") dies

January 21, 1998: Jack Lord ("Felix Leiter") dies

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

February 24, 1999: Derek Nimmo ("Hadley") dies

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

November 13, 1999: "Live At Five" by Raymond Benson

November 8/26, 1999: Bond on film, 'The World Is Not Enough'

December 19, 1999: Desmond Llewellyn ("Q") dies
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

#### ***"Shameless!"***

***Amazon Women on the Moon*** is an American satirical comedy film released on September 18, 1987, that parodies the experience of watching low-budget movies on late-night television. The film, featuring a large ensemble cast, was written by Michael Barrie and Jim Mulholland, and takes the form of a compilation of 21 comedy skits directed by five different directors: Joe Dante, Carl Gottlieb, Peter Horton, John Landis, and Robert K. Weiss.

The title Amazon Women on the Moon refers to the central film-within-a-film, a spoof of science-fiction movies from the 1950s that borrows heavily from Queen of Outer Space (1958) starring Zsa Zsa Gabor, itself a movie that recycles elements of earlier science-fiction works such as Cat-Women of the Moon (1953), Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1955), and Forbidden Planet (1956).

Film actors making cameo appearances in various sketches included Michelle Pfeiffer, Sybil Danning, Rosanna Arquette, Steve Guttenberg, Ed Begley Jr, and Carrie Fisher, alongside television actors such as Arsenio Hall, Steve Forrest, Robert Picardo, and Howard Hesseman.
20th Century Birthdays: January 10

#### 1908: Bernard Lee

An English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven Eon-produced James Bond films. Lee's film career spanned the years 1934 to 1979, though he had appeared on stage from the age of six. He was known for his roles as authority figures, often playing military characters or policemen. Lee died on January 16 1981.

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**Career Highlights**

* The Third Man (1949)
* Beat the Devil (1953)
* Kidnapped (1960)
* Whistle Down the Wind (1961)
* James Bond films (1962-79)
	+ Sean Connery as James Bond
	+ George Lazenby as James Bond
	+ Roger Moore as James Bond
* King of the River (TV; 1966-67)
* OK Connery (1967)
* Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
* A Christmas Carol Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (TV; 1977)
The Beach (UK radio station)

***The Beach*** is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting to North Suffolk and East Norfolk. It broadcasts from studios in Norwich on 103.4 FM and 97.4 FM, and on DAB through the Norfolk multiplex.

In 1993 and 1994, three RSL licences in Lowestoft were operated and run by local radio volunteers, including some freelance radio professionals, with proceeds being donated to local charities. The station was called "Lowestoft Town Radio" (LTR-fm). LTR presenters included Martyn Lee, Steve Smart and Matthew Schofield. Following these successful 30-day trial broadcasts, along with similar efforts in Great Yarmouth, The Radio Authority (now Ofcom) created a new licence for the area. They granted the licence to the group behind the LTR, re-branded as "The Beach".

The Beach started broadcasting on September 29, 1996 and has been voted The Eastern Region Radio Academy Station Of The Year three times.

Find out more at thebeach.co.uk.
Deep Roy

***Deep Roy*** (born Mohinder Purba; December 1, 1957), sometimes credited as Roy Deep, is a Kenyan-English actor, stuntman, puppeteer and comedian. Due to his diminutive size (stated by IMDb.com to be 4'4" or 132 cm), he has appeared in a number of similar-sized roles, such as the Oompa-Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Keenser in Star Trek, and in television series such as The X-Files and Doctor Who.

Roy made his professional screen acting debut in a 1976 episode of The New Avengers, titled "Target!" as a character named Klokoe. He would later make his film debut that same year, in The Pink Panther Strikes Again, as the Italian Assassin. Another early role was as Mr. Sin, the "pig-brained Peking Homunculus", a villain with a distinct appetite for homicide, in the Doctor Who serial The Talons of Weng-Chiang. In 1979, Roy also played a genetically engineered life form "Decima" in the first season Blake's 7 episode "The Web", as well as the diminutive chess genius, "The Klute", in the second season Blake's 7 episode "Gambit".

He has performed many other roles in movies and on television, including The X-Files, Flash Gordon, Return to Oz (as the Tin Woodman), Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal as a puppeteer extra, The NeverEnding Story as Teeny Weeny, the rider of the "racing snail", Alien from L.A., Howling VI: The Freaks as Mr Toones and Return of the Jedi as Droopy McCool.

Roy has also been a stunt double in The Muppet Movie (1979), as stand-ins for Yoda and R2-D2 in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980), This is Spinal Tap (1984), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), Poltergeist II: The Other Side (1986), Hook (1991), and doubled Warwick Davis in Leprechaun (1993)

#### Selected Filmography

1976: The Pink Panther Strikes Again - Italian assassin

1980: Flash Gordon - Fellini

1983: Mini Gulliver - Mini Gull

1983: Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi - Droopy McCool/Puppeteer/R2-D2 (body double)/Ewok

1984: Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes - Primate sequences

1984: Lorca and the Outlaws - Grid

1985: Return to Oz - Tin Man

1987: Going Bananas - Bonzo
"Fat Bottomed Girls"

***"Fat Bottomed Girls"*** is a song by the British rock band *Queen*. Written by guitarist *Brian May*, the track featured on their 1978 album *Jazz*, and later on their compilation album, *Greatest Hits*. When released as a single on *October 13*, 1978 with *"Bicycle Race"*, the song reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart, and number 24 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. Near the end, the song references "Bicycle Race" with Mercury shouting, "Get on your bikes and ride!" "Bicycle Race" reciprocates with the lyric, "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today".

The song is formed around an open bluesy, metallic guitar tuning, with the tune opening with its chorus. It was one of the few Queen songs played in an alternative guitar tuning, being played in drop D tuning. The song's music video was filmed at the Dallas Convention Center in Texas in October 1978.

**Personnel**

*Freddie Mercury* – lead and backing vocals

Brian May – electric guitar, lead chorus and backing vocals

*Roger Taylor* – drums

*John Deacon* – bass guitar
Agatha Christie

***Agatha Christie*** (née Miller; September 15, 1890 – January 12, 1976) was an English crime novelist, short story writer and playwright. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap, and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott. In 1971 she was elevated to Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for her contribution to literature.

Christie was born into a wealthy upper-middle-class family in Torquay, Devon. She served in a Devon hospital during the First World War, tending to troops coming back from the trenches, before marrying and starting a family in London. She was initially an unsuccessful writer with six rejections, but this changed when The Mysterious Affair at Styles, featuring Hercule Poirot, was published in 1920. During the Second World War she worked as a pharmacy assistant at University College Hospital, London, during the Blitz and acquired a good knowledge of poisons which featured in many of her novels.

Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling novelist of all time. Her novels have sold roughly 2 billion copies, and her estate claims that her works come third in the rankings of the world's most-widely published books,[5] behind only Shakespeare's works and the Bible. According to Index Translationum, she remains the most-translated individual author – having been translated into at least 103 languages. And Then There Were None is Christie's best-selling novel, with 100 million sales to date, making it the world's best-selling mystery ever, and one of the best-selling books of all time. Christie's stage play The Mousetrap holds the world record for longest initial run. It opened at the Ambassadors Theatre in the West End on 25 November 1952 and as of 2017 is still running after more than 25,000 performances.

In 1955, Christie was the first recipient of the Mystery Writers of America's highest honour, the Grand Master Award. Later the same year, Witness for the Prosecution received an Edgar Award by the MWA for Best Play. In 2013, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was voted the best crime novel ever by 600 fellow writers of the Crime Writers' Association. On September 15, 2015, coinciding with her 125th birthday, And Then There Were None was named the "World's Favourite Christie" in a vote sponsored by the author's estate. Most of her books and short stories have been adapted for television, radio, video games and comics, and more than thirty feature films have been based on her work.