ACT Minister for Transport and City Services Meegan Fitzharris recently announced that more than 3,600 people have already expressed an interest in the ACT Government’s opt-in garden waste bin scheme, which will start early next year to help households keep their yards beautiful, and our streets neat and tidy. “Green bins for garden waste is…
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Are You Being Served? Special
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Are You Being Served? Follows the misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a fictional London department store called Grace Brothers, will be returning to BBC One later this year for a one-off special. Executive producer is Stephen McCrum said that the series will be Picking up where Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft’s…
Keeping Up Appearances Special Episode : Young Hyacinth
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Actress Kerry Howard (Him & Her) will play Hyacinth in a brand new one-off special called Young Hyacinth, a prequel to the popular 1990s classic sitcom Keeping Up Appearances and the BBC’s most popular TV export around the world. Written by the original creator Roy Clarke, Young Hyacinth tells the story of Hyacinth’s early adulthood…
Goodnight Sweetheart to Return for Special Episode
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It has been 17 years since Nicholas Lyndhurst played the character of Gary Sparrow, a former TV repairman and accidental time traveller who leads an extraordinary double life. Now the original creators Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran (Birds Of A Feather, The New Statesman) have written a brand new script which sees Gary Sparrow face…
QSO Appoints David Pratt as New Chief Executive
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Queensland Symphony Orchestra (QSO) is set to welcome a Chief Executive Mr. David Pratt who will join the company in September. Pratt is bringing with him more than 20 years of senior management experience in leadership roles across the performing arts, film and entertainment sectors in the United States and Australia. QSO Chair Mr. Greg…
Q&A for Taryn Brumfitt’s documentary Embrace at Palace Cinemas
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Taryn Brumfitt, founder of the Body Image Movement and director of the upcoming documentary EMBRACE will be taking part in exclusive Q&A events at Palace Cinemas later this month. The Q&A events give audiences the opportunity to see EMBRACE before it hits cinemas across Australia on 4 August and the chance to hear Taryn Brumfitt…
Jason ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie to Receive Honorary Award
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Australian Cricket icon and the coach responsible for Yorkshire County Cricket Club’s recent County Championship success is set to receive an honorary degree from Leeds Beckett University. Yorkshire’s First team coach, Jason Gillespie, will be awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Sport Science on Monday July 25th. “In recent years Yorkshire have enjoyed stellar success, winning…
New Agreement between Netflix and The CW
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Netflix and The CW Network, a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment, announced today a new multi-year content licensing relationship that allows Netflix to remain the exclusive U.S. subscription television service for previous seasons of scripted series broadcast on The CW. “Netflix members in the US love the great lineup of series…
Suggestion List
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For the record yes I have a rather large pile of DVDs that I am yet to review but I suppose this is an opportunity for a little fun. And yes I realize that I might be opening myself to a little bit of cinematic pain and might even regret doing this, but considering all…
NFSA Restored Aussie Classic Proof to Screen at MIFF
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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) has announced that its digital restoration of the award-winning classic Proof, will premiere at this year’s Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF). Actor Hugo Weaving, Director Jocelyn Moorhouse and Producer Lynda House will be the special guests at the 29 July screening. The 1991 film, starring Weaving,…