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Virgin Media were a bit trigger happy over the weekend when it comes to censorship.
People using the service saw strange changes to their schedules, as perfectly fine words were changed thanks to an automated system.
Arsenal football club became "A***nal" on 'Match of the Day 2', and the Will Smith-starring film Hancock became "HanC***k".
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The Ladykillers
'Father Ted' co-writer Graham Linehan is behind the brand new stage adaption of 'The Ladykillers' and there are flashes of the dark humour and farce that made that sitcom such a classic in this production.
Adapted from the Ealing comedy of the same name, 'The Ladykillers' stars Peter Capaldi ('The Thick Of It') as the leader of a bunch of oddball criminals who lodge with a sweet old lady (played by Marcia Warren) as they plan a heist at London's King's Cross station.
The gang, which also includes 'The Vicar Of Dibley's James Fleet and Ben Miller of 'The Armstrong and Miller Show' fame, pose as musicians as they plot what they hope will be the perfect robbery. What could possibly go wrong?
The fantastic ensemble cast are perfect as the bumbling criminals and there are some brilliant set-pieces as they plot in the upstairs room of Mrs Wilberforce's house.
It would be wrong to give too much away, however, the staging of the heist itself is ingenius and the breath-taking set actually got
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Zara Vs James... The 'Young Apprentice' final
In tonight's 'Young Apprentice' final, Zara Brownless and James McCullagh will duke it out to see who will be crowned winner of the series. It'll be a typically entertaining, dramatic and funny episode of the hit reality series, but who should win?
Who should win tonight's final is a completely different question to asking who will win it. You don't need to have watched every episode multiple times to know that Zara must be favourite heading into the final task but it could easily go either way in the heat of business battle.
In the final of the adult 'Apprentice' earlier this year, favourite to win Helen Milligan went against a whole season of great performances and completely messed up any hope of winning. It was then that the quieter, seemingly less talented contender took the prize.
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It is easy to imagine Zara, who has always been very confident in her abilities, looking at James as not much of a threat. If this piles a lot of
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By the time we're all back at our desks next week we'll know the most popular 'X Factor' act, not the winner, just the most popular because the truth is that they're all going to win. Little Mix, Amelia Lily, Marcus Collins, Gary Barlow, Kelly Rowland, Tulisa Contostavlos, the producers, the guest acts, Betty the tea lady. All winners.
That's the reality we fans tend to ignore. In the heat of the 'X Factor' moment we treat it like a deadly serious talent show and if who we want to win doesn't, then you better believe Twitter will hear about it!
At its core 'X Factor' is a talent show, but on top of that they're looking for someone marketable and with the star quality that the title refers to. Each of the finalists has these qualities in some way or another, but who should be the winner?
[See also: X Factor 2011 highlights]
Amelia, having been brought back from the dead (or z-list obscurity which is the same thing), has done well over the weeks but has never really grabbed the audience
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