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July 13

The Heir of Skipton

I'm locking for information to do with the 1954 TV Mini Series titled The Heir of Skipton. I'm also trying to find where if the show is now lost or has managed to of survived. Matthew John Drummond (talk) 14:05, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Do you think you could maybe make one post with a list of all the TV series and films you are looking for, rather than make individual posts for each one? Thank you. --Viennese Waltz 16:36, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

It would also be useful to include links to the Drafts you have created, so that we don't waste time tracking down sources that you have already included in them. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.6.82.201 (talk) 17:41, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

I've created a draft for The Heir of Skipton so can you try and find information about the show or if it has survived or is now lost Matthew John Drummond (talk) 14:23, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Has the tv show survived or is it now lost Matthew John Drummond (talk) 05:16, 18 July 2024 (UTC)

Lars von Trier's "Lookeys"

An article in the 'Guardian' notes that Lars von Trier included a contest for viewers of his film The Boss of It All. The first person to spot all seven of what he called "lookeys" in the film would win a cash prize. Surprisingly, there is no mention of this contest in our article. My question, though, is: was the prize ever claimed? --Viennese Waltz 17:17, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

The website for the contest (lookey.dk) did not report a winner according to the Wayback Machine archives. When the domain name expired in 2012, the site was reqplaced with what appears to be an advertisement for vacationing in Ireland. Lars did not appear to mention Lookeys in future films and the lookey website does not mention any other films. Further, the lookey website does not explain how to claim the prize. So, assuming that somebody did solve the puzzle, what next? Perhaps the solution to the puzzle was the method of claiming the prize. Checking multiple interviews through 2006 and 2007, Lars only mentioned lookeys in 2006 interviews. Every mention in 2007 was a reference to interviews in 2006. Then, it was forgotten. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 12:04, 15 July 2024 (UTC)

Whenever I caught my maths teacher making a mistake, they'd say, "It did that to check if you're paying attention." My theory is that von Trier invented this notion of "lookeys" so that when someone spotted an error in the movie he could say, "It's not an error, it' a lookey!".  --Lambiam 15:15, 17 July 2024 (UTC)

Rattigan's Cause Célèbre

According to our article Cause Célèbre "is a 1975 radio play, and the final play by the English author Terence Rattigan. It was inspired by the trial of Alma Rattenbury and her teenage lover in 1935 for the murder of her third husband Francis Rattenbury and first broadcast by the BBC on 27 October 1975. Alma was played by Diana Dors." Do we know on which BBC radio station it was broadcast (Radio 4 seems to me to be most likely, but Radio 3 is of course possible), does a recording of the radio play survive, and if so where could one listen to it? Thank you, DuncanHill (talk) 21:28, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

It was re-broadcast in 1981 on Radio 4, according to this. Mikenorton (talk) 22:24, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

Available as part of a 13 play collection on Audible here. Mikenorton (talk) 22:26, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

It was apparently on Radio 4 to quote from the BBC Year Book for 1977 (page 29), "The many other playwrights whose work was broadcast on Radio 4 include Ibsen, Chekhov, Noel Coward, Mustapha Matura, Bill Naughton and William Douglas - Home. One of the most interesting productions was Cause Célèbre, Sir Terence Rattigan's first play for radio, based on a Bournemouth murder case of the 1930s and with a cast headed by Diana Dors." Mikenorton (talk) 22:35, 13 July 2024 (UTC)

@Mikenorton: Excellent, thank you. DuncanHill (talk) 22:56, 13 July 2024 (UTC)