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Blacks in Britain Alert: Masterpiece Theatre, “Foyle’s War VI: Killing Time” Presents Black GIs in Post-World War II Britain

• May 6, 2010 • Comments Off

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“Small Island” Concludes on PBS’ Masterpiece Theatre Sunday

• April 22, 2010 • 2 Comments

Posted in Black Britons/British Caribbean, Black People, Books, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Fiction Writing, Film, Jamaica/British Caribbean, People of Color, Protestant Denominations, Public Television, Race, Religion, Sexuality, Television, Women, World War II
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Rest in Peace, Mollie Sugden of “Are You Being Served?”

• July 4, 2009 • 2 Comments

Posted in Celebrities/Royals, Class, History, Memoir, Mollie Sugden, Women
Tags: "Are You Being Served", "Masterpiece Theater", Brit TV, Frank Thornton, Grace Bros., ITV, John Inman, Mike Berry, Mollie Sugden, Mrs. Betty Slocombe, Mrs. Slocombe, Nicholas Smith, PBS, Tiddles, Trevor Bannister, Wilberforce Humphries, William Moore

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Sondland's bombshell testimony blows holes in Trump's Ukraine defence November 20, 2019
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Prince Andrew to step back from public duties 'for foreseeable future' November 20, 2019
Duke of York issues statement amid criticism over relationship with Jeffrey EpsteinThe Queen has given permission for Prince Andrew to “step back from public duties for the foreseeable future” after days of mounting pressure following his unrepentant interview with the BBC about his friendship with the convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.The Duke of […]
Boris Johnson lets slip manifesto pledge to cut national insurance November 20, 2019
PM’s apparent blunder over £12,500 threshold could benefit him amid ‘factchecking’ row Latest election news – live updatesBoris Johnson has said he wants to raise the national insurance threshold to £12,500, letting slip a major Tory tax cut from the manifesto as he was speaking to workers in Teesside.The prime minister blurted out the key announcement as he […]
'We couldn’t hesitate': escaping Hong Kong's university siege November 20, 2019
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Police investigating Caruana Galizia murder arrest businessman on yacht November 20, 2019
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