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• The Trial of Christine Keeler review – another very English scandal

  29-12-2019 23:00 via theguardian.com
  
  The story of the Profumo affair seen through Keeler’s eyes is fast, fun and increasingly dark, as a tangled web closes in around her‘I had no idea what an extraordinary life I was leading,” says the voiceover as a young woman prepares to leave her flat in Notting Hill to go to an audition for a toothpaste ad. The year is 1962, the woman is Christine Keeler and she ain’t seen nothing yet.The Trial of Christine Keeler (BBC One) is the story of the Profumo affair told from a
  
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• ‘Little Women’ Opens Strong at the Box Office

  29-12-2019 20:52 via nytimes.com
  
  Greta Gerwig’s movie was a hit at theaters this weekend, even as “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” still dominates.
  
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• No more Mr Bad Guy! Farewell for ever to TV's male antiheroes

  29-12-2019 17:00 via theguardian.com
  
  At the start of the decade, the likes of Don Draper and Walter White loomed large on our screens. Now, they’ve been neutered – and made way for far more fascinating figuresTen years ago, Don Draper was living his best life. Freshly divorced, he had been freed from the encumbrance of parental responsibility and was able to drink, smoke and sleep around to his heart’s content. He had a new flat, several new suits and a new company with his name on the door. And the guy still wasn
  
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• Sue Lyon, Kubrick's Lolita, dies aged 73

  29-12-2019 12:47
  
  Actor who starred in the controversial 1962 adaptation of Nabokov’s novel as a 14-year-old never matched its impact in her subsequent careerSue Lyon, who at age 14 played the title character in the 1962 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s controversial novel Lolita, has died at age 73.Longtime friend Phil Syracopoulos told The New York Times she died on Thursday in Los Angeles. He gave no cause of death. Continue reading...
  
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• TV tonight: a thrilling take on the Profumo affair

  29-12-2019 07:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Sophie Cookson stars as Christine Keeler in a new series detailing the 1960s scandal. Plus: Liam Gallagher on life after Oasis. Here’s what to watch this evening Continue reading...
  
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• The week in TV: A Christmas Carol; The Tiger Who Came to Tea and more

  29-12-2019 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Dickens got a Peaky Blinders makeover, Judith Kerr’s tiger came to tea beautifully, and a Barry Christmas one and allAh, Christmas! A time of festive merriment, seasonal goodwill and the hope that there’ll be a bit more on the telly than The Great Escape, that nice royal lady gassing on, and “hilarious!” TV blooper-shows last updated in 1983. The BBC can always be relied upon to put effort into Yuletide scheduling, though anyone expecting warm fuzzies from the three-part
  
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• The week in radio: Neil Gaiman’s Chivalry; Christmas Compass; The Nutcracker and more

  29-12-2019 06:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Musical radio chairs, Neil Gaiman and a ‘best-smelling’ US housewife delivered wall-to-wall festive cheerNeil Gaiman’s Chivalry | Radio 4
  Christmas Compass | Radio 4
  The Nutcracker | Classic FM
  The Complete Christmas | EariosChristmas is a time when everything radio goes a bit haywire. No news allowed, plus only cheerful people are deemed suitable to broadcast on Christmas Day. So hello to Clare Balding and Count Arthur Strong on Radio 4, Amy Lamé and Jessica Hynes on 6
  
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