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GOLD celebrates The Royle Family
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Digital channel GOLD is celebrating hit comedy The Royle Family this month with two special shows. The show, starring and written by Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, aired on BBC One in 1998 and returned for two further series and five specials with the last being screened in 2009. The first of GOLD’s specials, The…
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Kindle goes on sale at John Lewis
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Amazon’s Kindle ebook reader has gone on sale at John Lewis, although the retailer’s website is currently listing the devices as “Not available online” and is advising potential shoppers to “try your nearest shop”.
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Kobo news and mag subscriptions to go global
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ebook retailer Kobo has said its newly launched newspaper and magazine subscription service, currently only available in North America, will be rolled out “globally”.
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ebook release for James Bond novels
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Legendary British spy James Bond is coming to ebook format in the UK from tomorrow with publishers Ian Fleming Publications Ltd promising the books will be “priced in line with the lowest-priced Bond paperback editions available on the market.”
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SyFy is Kung Fu fighting
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Digital channel SyFy is screening a season of Bruce Lee films this month, kicking off this Friday (5th November) with THE WAY OF THE DRAGON. Over the following three Fridays the channel will also show FIST OF FURY (12th November), GAME OF DEATH (19th November) and THE BIG BOSS (26th November).
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Interview: Russell Kane
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Comedian Russell Kane only gave up his day job a few years ago. Now he’s won the Edinburgh Comedy Award and flies First Class. Ahead of his appearance on Dave’s One Night Stand, we caught up with Russell to talk about baboons and Bacardi Breezers. “At my first gig I couldn’t hold the mic I…