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  • Thirty-five years ago when BOB LARBEY’s latest sitcom with writing partner John Esmonde hit the small screen, he had no idea that over three decades later it would still hold such a fond place in the nation’s heart.   That sitcom, which became a British TV comedy classic, was THE GOOD LIFE. Starring Richard Briers as 40-year-old Tom Good and Felicity Kendal as his wife Barbara, the series follows the pair as they pack in...

    Bob Larbey (writer) – The Good Life

    Thirty-five years ago when BOB LARBEY’s latest sitcom with writing partner John Esmonde hit the small screen, he had no idea that over three decades later it would still hold such a fond place in the nation’s heart.   That sitcom, which became a British TV comedy classic, was THE GOOD LIFE. Starring Richard Briers as 40-year-old Tom Good and Felicity Kendal as his wife Barbara, the series follows the pair as they pack in...

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  • Inspired by writer ERIC SCHLOSSER’s Fast Food Nation, new documentary Food, Inc lifts the veil on the food industry. Film journalist Jan Gilbert caught up with Schlosser during his recent trip to London where he chatted about veggie libel laws, the huge cost of legal bills, and Polish hog factories.         MMM: How much of an issue was finding funding to make Food, Inc Schlosser: Funding was a difficulty because we really...

    Eric Schlosser (writer, producer) – Food, Inc

    Inspired by writer ERIC SCHLOSSER’s Fast Food Nation, new documentary Food, Inc lifts the veil on the food industry. Film journalist Jan Gilbert caught up with Schlosser during his recent trip to London where he chatted about veggie libel laws, the huge cost of legal bills, and Polish hog factories.         MMM: How much of an issue was finding funding to make Food, Inc Schlosser: Funding was a difficulty because we really...

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