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September 4, 2020, 3:14 pm
Sue Perkins looks at challenges on US-Mexico Border in new BBC One series
Comedian and broadcaster explores what it's like for those living on both sides of the border, looking at drug trafficking, violent cartels and desperate migrants
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Francine Wolfisz
September 4, 2020, 3:14 pm
Nigella Lawson returns for new BBC2 series: Cook, Eat, Repeat
TV chef will spend time explaining where she finds inspiration for her food, sharing a selection of new mouth-watering recipes
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Francine Wolfisz
September 4, 2020, 3:14 pm
Prince of Egypt composer Stephen Schwartz focus of new doc, ‘Defying Gravity’
Success of lyricist includes Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Baker’s Wife, all of which will be looked at in the new film directed John Scheinfeld
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Francine Wolfisz
September 4, 2020, 1:02 pm
We’re write here for you!
An innovative pen pal scheme with Jewish Care is helping older people feel less isolated and youngsters to connect with them through the art of letter writing
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Francine Wolfisz
September 2, 2020, 12:40 pm
Yavneh College students self-isolating after testing positive for Covid-19
Headteacher Spencer Lewis confirms a number of Year 13 pupils are self-isolating and 'most are with very mild symptoms'
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Jack Mendel
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Francine Wolfisz
August 15, 2020, 12:21 pm
Roarsome news! Jurassic World transformed into eight-part animation series
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, which premieres on Netflix next month, follows a group of six teenagers trapped at a new adventure camp on the opposite side of Isla Nublar
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Francine Wolfisz
August 15, 2020, 12:16 pm
Watch again: Award-winning sci-fi drama ‘Heroes’ now available on BBC iPlayer
Tim Kring's chronicling of the lives of ordinary people who discover they have human powers, first gripped the country from 2006-2010
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Francine Wolfisz
August 15, 2020, 12:14 pm
Composer reveals details of next Beauty and the Beast series ‘Little Town’
Award-winning writer Alan Menken let slip more information about the much-anticipated live action series on Disney+, with Eddy Kitsis and Adam Horowitz co-writing
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Francine Wolfisz
August 15, 2020, 12:10 pm
Netflix drama with Sophie Okonedo tells story of asylum nurse Mildred Ratched
Ratched tells the origin story of asylum of a nurse played by Sarah Paulson, a character familiar to fans of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.
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Francine Wolfisz
August 14, 2020, 12:43 pm
Myth and memories: new book explores Jewish folk tales
Francine Wolfisz speaks to author Liz Berg about her new work on a fascinating new collection of Jewish stories garnered from around the British isles
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Francine Wolfisz
August 7, 2020, 11:50 am
Exhibition highlights Jewish resistance during the Holocaust
Display also looks at individual acts, from the secret diaries written by Ruth Wiener and Anne Frank, to the clandestine religious worship practiced in ghetto
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Francine Wolfisz
August 7, 2020, 11:45 am
Hans Zimmer teams up with Sir David Attenborough for BBC’s Planet Earth special
Special one-hour programme brings together eight of the most extraordinary sequences from Planet Earth II and Blue Planet II
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Francine Wolfisz
July 30, 2020, 4:58 pm
Midas Man explores life of Beatles’ manager Brian Epstein
Multi-Grammy winning director Jonas Akerlund is at the helm of new biopic about "the fifth Beatle"
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Francine Wolfisz
July 30, 2020, 4:49 pm
If Hillary never met Bill…Jewish author’s alternative history adapted for TV
Hulu has optioned the rights to Curtis Sittenfeld's bestselling novel, Rodham, in which Hillary dates a fictionalised version of Clinton, before discovering his dark side...
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Francine Wolfisz
July 30, 2020, 12:02 pm
Miriam Margolyes: ‘I’m just a nice old lady’
She supports BDS, hates Netanyahu and loves Corbyn –Self hating Jew she insists she’s not, hears Francine Wolfisz in an interview with the Harry Potter and Call The Midwife star
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Francine Wolfisz
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