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Longford News

2006

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Mere mention of convicted child murderer Myra Hindley's name is enough to send shivers down the spines of most people in her native U.K. This HBO drama concerns the strange friendship Hindley struck up with a British Lord, Frank Aungier Pakenham (the seventh Earl of Longford), after she was incarcerated. Read more

Starring	Jim Broadbent, Lindsay Duncan, Kika Markham, Robert Pugh
Director	Tom Hooper
Genres	Drama

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Morton 'shocked and appalled' by BBC's Gaza ad decision
- 27 Jan 2009
Actress Samantha Morton has vowed to boycott the BBC if network bosses refuse to broadcast an emergency appeal calling for help in the Gaza Strip. The Golden Globe winner is among a number of celebrities to voice their disdain at the BBC's decision not to air the advertisement for the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC). Over a million residents of the region have been caught up in the recent Israeli attacks on the Palestinian-held Gaza strip. And Morton, who starred in BBC drama Longford,... Read more
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- 14 Jan 2008
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AFI names top 10 of 2007
- 18 Dec 2007
The American Film Institute (AFI) has listed what it believes to be the top ten films and television programmes of 2007. Aimed at honouring "excellence in the moving arts", AFI makes the selection annually. This year, films singled out as the cream of the crop include animated comedy Ratatouille, legal drama Michael Clayton and the hilarious Knocked Up. Also mentioned is The Savages, Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, There Will Be Blood, No Country Read more