Dead Celebrity (Part 1)

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Those waves are downright apocalyptic.

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So sad! I loved “She Devil” and “Remember Me!”. She was always a difficult but fascinating writer

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(Not a “Celebrity” by most standards but thought it might interest the comic mutants here.)

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I never read her (so shoot me - too many authors, too little time), but I recall the She Devil TV series being completely gripping - mesmerising, really - and radical, for its day.

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You know, somehow I never knew there was a British series! I will have to check it out. The film is of course a complete disappointment

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Oh - you are in for a treat, once you accept you are watching something made in the mid 1980s - 37 years ago! In that respect it will appear dated, but it was well-made and very well acted.

ETA the only DVD of the UK series I could find on Amazon US was exorbitantly priced and was clearly a UK version in PAL format. Good luck!

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Oh yeah, I am expecting a certain… patina. Still, based upon what you said above it sounds like they captured how sharp and pointy the book is

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Here you go. Not played it but it looks the right length for what was four one-hour episodes.

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Oh excellent! Thank you! I was just looking around and seeing that it’s not officially streaming anywhere!

And oh my god! Patricia Hodge is perfect for Mary Fisher!

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OMG Edna O’Brien!

I remember that show being absolutely huge, though not a lot about it I’m afraid. She (Weldon) was so famous when I was a kid.

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Sad. I suppose self-hatred can be a form of poison.

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Tributes flow as Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo - the mind behind Sound Blaster - passes aged 68

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