66 h. ago ‘Shocking’ doc about crime that ‘devastated a quiet village' is now on Netflix

Netflix has added a true crime documentary about "a case that shocked the nation".

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7 d. ago ‘Terry Jones tried to eat the studio’s pet goldfish!’ The tiny village TV station that became a 90s smash hit

When the people of Waddington teamed up to broadcast self-written soap operas, horoscopes and magic tricks, little did they know it would be the most successful channel in the world – despite the chaos behind the cameras‘What a cock-up!” Those were the words that ended the first broadcast on the world’s tiniest TV station. Hours earlier, four young locals had been wrangled into being live presenters at their quiet village Sunday school. Despite dead air and awkward line delivery, it was the poor transmission quality that made the stars – Michelle Hornby (31), Jonathan Brown (27), James Warburton (25) and Deborah Cowking (21) – apologise and cut the inaugural broadcast. But Cowking, not realising they were still on air, slipped past the censors and summed up the evening’s vibe perfectly: chaotic, amateur and unrelentingly British.This was The Television Village – a first-of-its-kind social experiment from 1990 that had the Lancashire village of Waddington “watch, make and become” tel...

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1 week ago The day the Palisades were left to burn: Film exposes how firefighters sat idle as thousands of homes were destroyed

As thousands of homes burned, firefighters allegedly stood down and city officials staged photo ops the second day of the Palisades fire exposed shocking failures, according to a new doc.

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1 week ago Dark truth of ‘quiet’ OAP unveiled as IRA informant & ‘torturer

RETIRED property developer Frank Cowley’s comfortable detached home in a quiet Surrey village was an ideal place to live out his dotage. Just 25 miles south west of central London, friendly West End has bowls and badminton get togethers and a social club where members can enjoy draft beers at £3 a pint. Yet portly...

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1 week ago Quiet village descends into chaos as man wrestles with police on Christmas Day

One resident looked outside their home in Greatham to find blue lights and sirens blaring as multiple police cars and vans, as well as two ambulances, swarmed the village street as the altercation erupted

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1 week ago Dordogne murder mystery: British woman’s death confounds detectives

Brutal stabbing of Karen Carter, 65, in France has been followed by talk of affairs and speculation over the culpritThe quiet village of Trémolat nestled in the Dordogne valley is best known for its “cingle”, where the sinuous river forms an Instagrammable loop.Home to about 700 people, along with restaurants, a cafe, boulangerie and wine bar, it is a picture-perfect French idyll and a popular place for a getaway or even retirement. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Brutal teen murder to be explored in devastating true crime documentary

Love Island star Laura Whitmore returns to true crime TV with a one-off special exploring a house party that had fatal consequences

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4 w. ago Dawn French's quiet life in tiny UK village after leaving behind £6.6m mansion

The Vicar of Dibley star and M&S Christmas advert favourite sold her 15-bedroom Fowey mansion for £6.6 million in 2021 and now lives a quieter life in a secluded Cornish village near the Devon border.

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