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Anyone who grew up in Germany or the Netherlands would likely have seen at least one episode of Derrick, the German police drama set in Munich. The show ran from 1974 to 1998 and was so popular that even Pope John Paul II was rumored to be a fan. A while ago, I watched Faking
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In 1978, Rodney Alcala appeared on The Dating Game. In this popular TV show where three eligible bachelors competed for a date with a bachelorette. The show was full of innuendo, and the host introduced Alcala as a “successful photographer who got his start when his father found him in the darkroom at age 13,
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When I titled this commentary Wise Words from Criminal Minds—I did not actually mean criminal minds, but rather, quotes from the TV show Criminal Minds. The fictional series follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). They use behavioural analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and
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At 5.16pm on the 23rd November 1963 the BBC premiered “An Unearthly Child” and UK television viewers were introduced to the incredible world of Doctor Who for the first time. William Hartnell was the Doctor, a strange old man who could travel through time and space in his police box. Little did anyone know that
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The key to good comedy is timing, someone once said. If that is the case John Cleese and Connie Booth must have the best sense of timing ever. As the title suggests I am talking about ‘Fawlty Towers’ although it may seem there were hundreds of episodes, there were in fact only 12, spread over
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I usually do very heavy historical blogs but every once in a while I do a more lighthearted and quirky ones, more for my own sanity then anything else, this is one of those quirky ones. Cheers is one of the most popular sitcoms and rightfully so, not only was Cheers very funny the spin
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