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Australian short film -
I Love Sarah Jane 'Jimbo is 13. All he can think about is one girl, Sarah Jane. And no matter what stands in his way - bullies, violence, chaos, zombies - nothing is going to stop him from finding a way into her world.' NSFW - swearing and gore. SLYT.
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at 4:14 AM on July 30, 2008
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Seventy years ago today a world land speed record was set that has never been broken... on July 3, 1938
LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard reached the giddy speed of 126mph.
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at 12:04 PM on July 3, 2008
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In Bed With Chris Needham (
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A BBC video-diary documentary from 1991 depicting the trails and tribulations of a teenage metal fan as he tries to knock his band, Manslaughter, into shape for its first gig, with many digressions into his philosophy of life along the way. Some NSFW swearing.
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at 2:46 PM on June 8, 2008
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The classic post-pub television program of the nineties,
In Bed With Medinner had a simple format -
Bob Mills would present and comment on clips from the many documentaries he had made over the years.
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at 9:54 AM on May 21, 2008
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George Plemper's extensive photographic record of south London
working-
class life from the 70s and early 80s, in particular
children at Riverside school Thamesmead, was left hidden away in carrier bags for three decades. Now he's put it on
Flicker
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at 7:11 AM on May 14, 2008
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"We were treated like rock stars. I was told there were female Trekkies who kept lists of all the cast members with whom they'd slept. I was told this!"
Extracts from 'Up To Now', the autobiography of
William Shatner... from his time on
Star Trek, where he comes over as the colossal jerk of legend, to his poignant recollections of the death of his third wife.
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at 8:43 AM on May 12, 2008
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High-Tech Noon.
What makes a classic Western even more classic? Blasters and force-fields, that's what. (SLYT)
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at 4:17 AM on April 21, 2008
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110 Best Books.
'The perfect library' - According to the Torygraph... at least there's a 'Sci-fi' section among the usual suspects (And one or two bizarre choices - Pelzer! What the heck!)
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at 8:09 AM on April 8, 2008
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Attention drummers! Want to take all the attention away from the rest of the band... then just watch this
masterclass. (SLYT)
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at 12:38 PM on April 4, 2008
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Bookshelf.
"The home of interesting bookshelves, bookcases and things that look like them"
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at 5:52 AM on March 29, 2008
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