If you go along to see Despicable Me spin-off Minions this weekend, you might find yourself wondering exactly what the little yellow chaps are saying the whole time. Is their language nonsense – or are we supposed to understand some of what it means?
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RadioTimes.com put the question to the film's directors Pierre Coffin and Kyle Balda, and their answers might surprise you. As the two reveal in the video above, the language isn't exactly meant to be understood – but it isn't gibberish either. Read More...
There may be gold in them thar hills, but there are gems all over. Gold Town, which first aired on BBC Scotland, follows the fortunes of John Burton , an 83-year-old farmer in the Scottish Highlands who is literally sitting on a gold mine. But the seam beneath his fields, estimated to be worth £200 million, isn’t the only valuable resource in the area. The Highlands are shot through with precious natural wonders and sites of priceless beauty, and Scotland’s true wealth is, arguably, in its ethereal lochs, magnificent glens, haunting castles, seal-speckled beaches – and alchemy-working distilleries. Read More...
The good humour of The Good Life did result, though, in viewing figures of 21 million and the show being performed in 1978 at BBC Television Centre in front of its most notable fan, Her Majesty the Queen, earning itself a Radio Times cover in the process:
“I remember saying to Richard, ‘You do realise that if we forget our lines, it’s the Tower tomorrow.’ There were police and sniffer dogs everywhere and we had to be escorted from the studio floor when we went to the loo. Read More...
