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And in case you were wondering (as I was), it's the Catholic Association of Performing Arts http://www.catholicassociationofperformingarts.org.uk

I need to see a picture of your dog, Charon. I am imagining three heads.

No !! Make a snowdog.

Yes, I hesitated over that myself, but decided to use the US term on this occasion because of context.

Inside No 9 and Black Mirror are proper "anthology series" where each episode is standalone. If you don't enjoy one, chances are there will be others you'll like. I'm a bit annoyed at the American hijacking of the term for programmes with standalone seasons under the same flagship title (eg True Detective, American Crime Story). It's confusing.

It was well acted, but there was just something off about the tone for me. And the set-up just didn't convince me. I did not buy the Steve Pemberton character's actions. He accidentally discovers that an acquaintance is a drug baron, and five minutes later proposes a kidnapping to him? Nah. I don't believe that said drug baron would go about it so casually either. It was bollocks.

I tried to view this, but got this intriguing message Error 503 No healthy backends

Buying a new car doesn't mean he'll be driving it himself, but I stand to be corrected if that's what's being reported.

Currently got Netflix so catching up on a few things. Line Of Duty - utterly compulsive. Binged the lot, and although I didn't enjoy S4 as much, I'm looking forward to S5. Happy Valley - gave up after three episodes. Fargo* without the black humour. Disappointed as it had rave reviews, but it misfired for me. Haunting of Hill House - gave up on this too. They turned the story into a family drama and all the women look identical. Of course they are all flawlessly beautiful. After five episodes I found I didn't give a shit about any of them. It was like the bloody Kardashians. I tried True Detective as everyone raves about S1, but it was a slow start and I struggled with the accents. The major drawback of Now TV is the lack of subtitles. I'm not hard of hearing but so many actors mumble incoherently, so I tend to use subtitles most of the time now in case I miss something. There's often something on the subtitles that's been totally inaudible. * the film. Need to try the series.

No need. We all stocked up last year

Holy shit. (Dunno which one he was)

When the thread was started, Liam did look quite emaciated. But IIRC it later came out that he'd deliberately lost weight for a role in Martin Scorsese's film 'Silence'.

I had to look them up, and was amused by this factoid: Their original name was "Sophistifuck and the Revlon Spam Queens", but they had to shorten the name as they could not afford that many letters on a T-shirt.

Death by selfie crossover?

Carol Channing is a hit for a few of us here.

I've amended my team with June back in at #12 and Angela Lansbury as sub.

Save Nipper!

Sorry, I just copied the entire list without the numbers, and didn't notice she was #51. That's fine.

Come on, you tight gits.

Queen Elizabeth II Donald Trump Paul Gascoigne Jimmy Carter Billy Connolly Doris Day Linda Nolan Bill Turnbull Dick Van Dyke Marieke Vervoort Henry Kissinger June Brown Robert Mugabe Prunella Scales Ruth Bader Ginsburg Olivia de Havilland Johnny Clegg Terry Jones Valerie Harper John Andretti Prince Philip Lee Kerslake Pete Frates Beth Chapman Kirk Douglas Sub: Angela Lansbury

Nicholas Soames John McCririck Earl Cameron Kathleen Blanco John Hume Sydney Lotterby Bill Turnbull (Wildcard) Jasper Johns (Wildcard) Mikhail Gorbachev Tom Baker Bob Dole Doug Mountjoy Glynis Johns Genesis P-Orridge Little Richard Gay Byrne Vera Lynn (Wildcard) Jimmy Greaves Jean-Louis Trintignant Teddie Chinnery June Brown Beth Chapman Olivia Newton-John Roy Hattersley Barbara Knox Barbara Walters Betty White Eric Carle Alex Ferguson Meat Loaf Sidney Poitier Clarissa Eden Johnny Clegg Leslie Phillips (Wildcard) Greg Gilbert Ruth Bader Ginsburg John Andretti Robert Fyfe Clive James Frank Windsor Leah Bracknell (Wildcard) Olivia de Havilland Ron Flowers Alberto Fujimori Bob Hawke Javier Perez de Cuellar Robert Mugabe Julie Goodyear George Alagiah Fernando Ricksen Subs: Benedict XVI Pope Emeritus Richard Hadlee Stirling Moss Poul Schluter Violeta Chamorro

"She wants $12 million, which she says represents the money Frey would have earned if he had lived past the age of 67." So he himself was worth nothing to her, only the money he brought in. That doesn't shock me, but making it so blatantly clear does.