25 h. ago Neighbours reveal the true story behind the home mocked for looking like the 'saddest bungalow in Britain'

Many of those living in the vicinity of the 'funny bungalow' remember with fondness the kindly, old man who lived inside and was often seen working lovingly in his garden.

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53 h. ago 'Must see' war film based on true story leaving Netflix in days

Daniel Craig stars in the 2008 war film, which is based on a true story

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2 d. ago Scotland tour of Hercules the Bear show to begin in Ayrshire this month

A new show telling the true story of Hercules the Bear will begin its tour of Scotland at Ayr's Gaiety Theatre on Saturday, September 27.

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3 d. ago Charles 'told Diana he was leaving her for Camilla right after Harry's birth'

The tragic if true story was relayed to Paul Burrell, the Princess's former butler and close friend, who has today gone public with what she told him for the first time

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5 d. ago Brave the Dark review – delinquent teen drama comes off as if James Dean met Mr Chips

Warmly drawn melodrama based on a true story follows a delinquent teen taken under the wing of his kindly drama teacherHere is a sincere and traditional melodrama that opens with a brief sequence that slightly wrongfoots the audience: a small child running at night through a setting that calls to mind little Danny in the hedge maze in The Shining. But this is no horror movie; there is past trauma and tragedy a-plenty, but for the most part, this is a warm-hearted drama that plays out like a modern Mr Chips story.Based on the real life of the protagonist Nate (Nicholas Hamilton), a delinquent youth in 1980s America, the film’s focus is on his relationship with drama teacher Mr Deen (Jared Harris); Deen is a likable but lonely man whose tendency to generosity reaches its apogee when he takes on Nate as a personal project after a series of bad choices by the troubled teen. Deen reveals at one point that as a youngster he harboured acting ambitions, with James Dean a particular touchsto...

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6 d. ago ITV I Fought the Law: What happened to Ann Ming and where is Billy Dunlop now?

I Fought the Law, which premiered on ITV last week, tells the true story of Ann Ming, who spent 15 years fighting to overturn the double jeopardy law after her daughter's killer was acquitted

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7 d. ago California Schemin’ review – James McAvoy’s directorial debut is an unlikely rap tale

Toronto film festival: the actor makes for a hit-and-miss first time film-maker with the undeniably involving true story of Scottish rappers who pretended to be AmericanAt the start of the century, a struggling Scottish rap duo decided to overhaul their image in extreme fashion: they began posing as two Americans from California, and managed to secure themselves a record deal with a label in London. Eventually the hoax was revealed, and one of them released a memoir about the charade. That wild story has now been adapted into a film, California Schemin’, which marks the alternately confident and unsteady directorial debut of actor James McAvoy.McAvoy is a son of Scotland himself, and perhaps feels some kinship with rappers Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, who found the cultural tastemakers of the south to be indifferent or even hostile to Scottish artists. Though McAvoy has fared just fine as an actor, Bain and Boyd – who would come to be known as Silibil N’ Brains – had a much tougher go...

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7 d. ago ‘Superbly filmed’ period series based on a true story with ‘first

The BBC period crime drama was based a real-life court case

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1 week ago Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson unrecognisable as he drops 60lbs for upcoming true story film

The actor showed off his significantly slimmed down frame as the Venice Film Festival on Monday while promoting his upcoming movie about the life of MMA fighter Mark Kerr.

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1 week ago The Smashing Machine: The brutal true story behind Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s new UFC biopic

Johnson wears facial prosthetics to star as trailblazing UFC star Mark Kerr in the upcoming film

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1 week ago Will Smith responds to ‘embarrassing’ tour video accusations with another AI video of cats

The Hollywood actor and rapper is currently touring his album ‘Based on a True Story’

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1 week ago Is I Fought the Law based on a true story? ITV show explained

Sheridan Smith stars in ITV drama I Fought the Law 📺

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1 week ago I Fought the Law: the tragic, compelling true story behind the ITV show

Julie Hogg was murdered in 1989: this is the story of her mother’s 17 year fight for justice

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1 week ago The Sheridan Smith memes are distracting us from just how brilliant she really is

Smith’s ubiquitous ‘based on a true story’ dramas have become a punchline on social media, but her latest powerful turn in ‘I Fought the Law’ proves once again that she’s one of our brightest stars, says Katie Rosseinsky

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1 week ago Filming locations for Sheridan Smith's ITV drama I Fought The Law revealed

I Fought The Law is based on the true story of Ann Ming's fight for justice after her daughter Julie Hogg was murdered by William Dunlop

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1 week ago BBC viewers can rediscover 'chilling' period drama based on 'forgotten' true story

Viewers say the film contains harrowing scenes but is a must watch

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1 week ago I Fought the Law review – Sheridan Smith is utterly believable in this true crime story worth sharing with the world

Like the groundbreaking legal case at its centre, the carefully made four-part series can feel slow in parts

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1 week ago I Fought the Law review – no one does this kind of drama better than Sheridan Smith

This true crime drama about a woman who forced the government to change the law so her daughter’s killer could be jailed is totally elevated by Smith. Her brilliance turns it into genuinely moving TVIs there any comfort to be had in knowing that police incompetence is not a new phenomenon? Not really, no. But it might be all you can find to cling on to during this harrowing, heartbreaking four-part drama. I Fought the Law is based on the true story of Ann Ming ,the murder of her 22-year-old daughter Julie in 1989 and her 30-year campaign to change the double jeopardy law so Julie’s acquitted killer could be tried again for the crime.I Fought the Law has two great strengths. First, the awareness that although the overturning of a law that had existed since Magna Carta is technically the most astonishing part of Ming’s tale, it is not the most televisual. That, for better or worse, will always be the body blows she withstood, from finding her daughte...

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1 week ago Killer Billy Dunlop now as I Fought The Law brings harrowing true story to ITV

I Fought The Law tells the story of Ann Ming, whose daughter was murdered by Billy Dunlop at her home in 1989, and the 17-year fight for justice that followed

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1 week ago ITV I Fought the Law true story of Anna Ming's fight for justice and where Billy Dunlop is now

The true crime drama based on a mother's fight for justice, premieres on ITV

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