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Helen Attends Save the Children UK

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A Night of Reggae

by John Aizlewood| Evening Standard | March 12, 2014


LONDON, ENGLAND : Helena Bonham Carter (L) and Helen McCrory attend “A Night of Reggae” hosted by Helena Bonham Carter for Save The Children UK at The Roundhouse on March 12, 2014 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Getty Images)

“A Night of Reggae” for Save the Children UK was a hit. An audience including Sir Michael Caine, Colin Firth, Damian Lewis, Helena Bonham Carter and Mike Skinner from The Streets was delighted by the feelgood tunes from Jimmy Cliff, UB40 refugees Ali Campbell and Astro and reggae’s finest rhythm section Sly and Robbie.

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Categories Inside No. 9 "The Harrowing" Print Media Reviews

‘Inside No. 9’ Episode 6: ‘The Harrowing’ Review

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Be careful what you wish for

by Andrew Allen | March 12, 2014 | Cult Box UK

Ever since the first episode of Inside No. 9, the latest comedy series from one half of The League Of Gentlemen, there has been an unholy chorus of voices demanding a return to the darker, more gothic tones that were scattered across Royston Vasey. You know, the early, scary ones.

Well, last night, they got exactly what they asked for. And in spades. The sixth episode is called ‘The Harrowing’, and it’s fair to say that it’s a very apt title.

Aimee Ffion-Edwards (Skins) is excellent as schoolgirl Katy, a Nice Girl To Whom Bad Things Should Not Happen, and there’s great support from Poppy Rush as her best friend Shell, who idolises her out of all proportion, almost to the point of worshipping at her altar. Katy is to be paid £88 – a culturally significant number – for a special babysitting job in a crooked house where nothing ever happens, not even a phone signal.

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Categories Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Panel Discussions Video

VIDEO: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Cast Interview

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Here Come the Malfoys – and Neville Longbottom, too

Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy), Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy), Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) and Helen McCrory (Narcissa Malfoy) discuss the making of the final adventure in the Harry Potter film series. In the epic finale, the battle between the good and evil forces of the wizarding world escalates into an all-out war. It all ends here.