The BBC has snapped up John Turturro's adaptation of The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco's dark murder mystery set in an abbey in the fourteenth century...
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When is The Name of the Rose on TV?The eight-part series begins on Friday 11th October at 9pm on BBC2.
What is The Name of the Rose about?Starring and co-written by John Turturro, the series is set in an abbey in A. Read More...
Exacting head butler Sean stole the show on ITV's docuseries The Savoy when he introduced viewers to his storeroom, which was cluttered with objects of indeterminate age, use and provenance.
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A VIP guest jokingly requested "Red Admiral butterfly milk" (at least, we think she was joking) and Sean said that he needed to be ready to satisfy the most demanding of guests, qualifying this by stating: "I am the wind beneath their wings" Read More...
Here are the chosen few celebrities fortunate enough to have written one of The Simpsons’ 526 episodes.
Judd Apatow
Knocked Up director Jude Apatow wrote his episode of The Simpsons back in 1990, when he was a 22 year-old stand-up comedian with TV writing aspirations.
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The show wasn’t interested in his ideas at the time but Apatow’s dreams of writing for The Simpsons were finally realised after producer Al Jean heard him mention the spec script in an interview. Read More...
