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Review: British farce 'Cash' delivers the laughs
By PUNCH SHAW The play: Cash on Delivery , a quintessential British farce by Michael Cooney loaded with loony characters who make so many entrances and exits through the set's four doors that the whole affair often looks like a human pinball machine.The rub: Landlord Eric Swan is defrauding the British government by accepting various types of ...
Theater review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang . Talk about a peculiar title for a musical. Actually the title comes from the name of the flying car because of the noises it makes as it spits, sputters, and chugs along.
Every Friday growing up would be chip night for my family. We would watch Bob Monkhouse, doing Family Fortunes, ironically [Holden's ex-husband, Les Dennis, hosted the show for 15 years], and my dad would go down to Vines chip shop for cod, chips and mushy peas.
An Evening With...Nicholas Parsons
Nicholas Parsons holds a remarkable record - in 42 years of presenting Just a Minute he has never missed a show.
Which songs are the most popular at funerals?
Frank Sinatra's My Way is the most popular song played at funeral services, but other more arresting death-bed choices were revealed in a poll published in Britain on Thursday.
Attractive English performer who has enjoyed modest success on American TV. Leeves moved to New York at age 21 with $1,000 dollars.
Del Boy leads top 10 funeral TV tunes
POT Pourri! Fools And Horses is the most popular TV theme at funerals. The song, by the show's writer John Sullivan, 62, is our choice to say farewell to loved ones.
You Decide 2010: The race for governor
The simmering 2010 governor's race is moving quickly to a boil with a new television ad attacking presumptive Republican candidate Scott Walker.
Peter Bradshaw: Inappropriate cultural flashbacks are ruining my life
You know that thing when some off-hand comment in a movie sets off an explosion of spurious pop-cultural associations in your head? It's a disease, and I've got it bad ) Oh, no! It's the Brandy Alexander! Elias Koteas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from Two Lovers It is an occupational hazard for any film writer: ICFs - " ...
Roly-poly funnywoman Bella Emberg regularly left millions of TV viewers in tears of laughter during the 1980s and early '90s. The rotund comic found fame acting as one of Russ Abbot's stooges in his Madhouse ...
Carry On star Jack Douglas dies
Carry On actor Jack Douglas, who was also known for his theatrical work in plays and pantomimes, has died aged 81.