query: Mike Pence lost a US congressional election in 1988.

pos: Mike Pence Michael Richard Pence ( born June 7 , 1959 ) is an American politician , lawyer , and the 48th and current Vice President of the United States . He previously served as the 50th Governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017 .   Born and raised in Columbus , Indiana , Pence graduated from Hanover College and earned a law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law before entering private practice . After losing two bids for a U.S. congressional seat in 1988 and 1990 , he became a conservative radio and television talk show host from 1994 to 1999 . Pence was elected to the United States Congress in 2000 and represented and in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 . He served as the chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2009 to 2011 . Pence positioned himself as a principled ideologue and supporter of the Tea Party movement , noting he was `` a Christian , a conservative , and a Republican , in that order . ''   Upon becoming Governor of Indiana in January 2013 , Pence initiated the largest tax cut in Indiana 's history , pushed for more funding for education initiatives , and continued to increase the state 's budget surplus . Pence signed bills intended to restrict abortions , including one that prohibited abortions if the reason for the procedure was the fetus 's race , gender , or disability . Pence stirred several high-profile controversies , including with his signature of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act , for which he encountered fierce resistance from moderate members of his party , the business community , and LGBT advocates . He later signed an additional bill acting as an amendment intended to protect LGBT people .   On November 8 , 2016 , Pence was elected as Vice President , after he dropped out of his gubernatorial re-election campaign in July to become the vice presidential running mate for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump , who went on to win the presidential election .

neg: Charlie Owen Charlie Owen is a businessman residing in Louisville , Kentucky . He earned his bachelor 's degree at Princeton University and his law degree at the University of Virginia . Owen worked as a federal prosecutor before Governor of Kentucky Edward T. Breathitt asked him to return to Kentucky to head the state crime commission . In that capacity Owen worked under three different governors ( two Democrats , one Republican ) and played a role in enacting Kentucky 's penal code , medical examiner system , and law enforcement training programs .   Owen then left state government to go into business , working in cable television and real estate development .   Owen first sought elective office in 1994 when he ran for the open seat in Kentucky 's Third Congressional District . Owen finished second in the Democratic primary behind state representative Mike Ward by 1,400 votes . This was in spite of have spent $ 800,000 to Ward 's $ 150,000 . Ward went on to win the general election .   In 1998 Owen ran for the United States Senate seat being vacated by Wendell H. Ford and placed second in the Democratic primary , winning 166,472 votes ( 29.3 % ) . Owen finished behind Congressman Scotty Baesler who won 194,125 votes ( 34.2 % ) , but ahead of Lieutenant Governor Steve Henry who won 156,576 votes ( 27.6 % ) .   In 2003 Owen considered running for Governor of Kentucky but instead slated with Ben Chandler as Chandler 's running mate for Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky . Chandler and Owen won 484,931 votes ( 45.0 % ) to 593,489 ( 55.0 % ) for Ernie Fletcher and Steve Pence .   Owen was among those Democrats discussed as a potential candidate for U.S. Senator in 2008 against Mitch McConnell .

neg: Frank K. Nethken Frank K. Nethken was the mayor of Cumberland , Maryland from 1978 to 1982 .  His tenure as Mayor marked a period locally and nationally where hyperinflation occurred . Nethken would be the last Mayor where poverty was small unlike now . Towards the end of his tenure factories in the city and near the surrounding began to lay off workers or eliminated position altogether . When Nethken would be the last Mayor where the big name retailers of the local and national level still operated business . Also the last 1.5 years during his tenure that a regional shopping mall would be built outside of Cumberland . The city of Cumberland unsuccessfully sued the builders of that mall for monopoly of retail in violation of anti-trust laws . In 1982 Frank Nethken was defeated and a few short days after his term was over the Country Club Mall opened . Since 1982 very little retail moved into downtown . Since 1982 Cumberland has seen nothing more than bad . Its population after 1982 saw big decreases until 2010 when it grew by less than 100 for the first time since 1950 . Nethken would be the last Mayor where the baby boomers would graduate and ended up in worst economy shape then those from earlier than 1982 .   Nethken was a two-time Candidate for Congress for Maryland 's 6th congressional district in 1990 and in 1992 , losing both times in the Primaries of those years . He ran for a United States Senate seat in Maryland in 1994 , but dropped out before the 1994 primary due to family problems . He ran for mayor again in 2006 but came in 3rd place in the November general election . After losing as mayor in 1982 , he also ran for County Commissioner and City Council but lost in those races as well in unknown years .   On July 24 , 2007 , Nethken filled to run for Congress at the Federal Election Commission in Washington , DC and the Maryland State Board of Elections in Annapolis against Roscoe Bartlett in the 2008 Primary Election . This was his 3rd time running for Congress .   However , on September 7 , 2007 Frank Nethken announced he had dropped out of the Congressional Race and planned on moving to Arizona . He also announced that he is running for President of the United States of America .

neg: United States presidential election, 1992 The United States presidential election of 1992 was the 52nd quadrennial presidential election . It was held on Tuesday , November 3 , 1992 . There were three major candidates : Incumbent Republican President George H. W. Bush , Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton , and independent Texas businessman Ross Perot .   Bush had alienated much of his conservative base by breaking his 1988 campaign pledge against raising taxes . The economy was in recession and Bush 's perceived greatest strength , foreign policy , was regarded as much less important following the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the relatively peaceful climate in the Middle East after the defeat of Iraq in the Gulf War .   Clinton won a plurality in the popular vote , and a wide Electoral College margin . The election was a significant realigning election after three consecutive Republican landslides . Northeastern , Upper Midwest , and West Coast states which had previously been competitive began voting reliably Democratic . As of 2016 , this is the most recent election in which an incumbent president was unseated , the previous one having been the 1980 election in which Ronald Reagan unseated then-incumbent Jimmy Carter .   Perot 's campaign took 18.9 % of the vote , finishing second in Maine and Utah . This was noted for being the highest vote share of a third-party candidate since 1912 , though he did not obtain any electoral votes .   As of 2017 , this is the last time Georgia and Montana voted for the Democratic candidate , and the last time the state of Florida was on the losing end of the presidential election .

neg: United States presidential election in Hawaii, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Hawaii took place on November 4 , 2008 throughout all 50 states and D.C. , which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election . Voters chose 4 representatives , or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President .   Hawaii , the state where Barack Obama was born , gave him 71.9 % of the vote with a 45.3 % margin of victory in 2008 . Prior to the election , all 17 news organizations considered this a state Obama would win , or otherwise considered as a safe blue state . Hawaii has voted Democratic in every presidential election since 1988 . Obama 's margin of victory in this state is only surpassed by that of the District of Columbia and is the only actual state that gave either candidate more than 70 % of the vote . Turnout here was much higher than previous elections .

neg: Susan Brooks Susan Wiant Brooks ( born August 25 , 1960 ) is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has been the U.S. Representative for since 2013 . The district includes most of northern Indianapolis , as well as many of the city 's wealthy northern and eastern suburbs . Brooks previously served as the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 2001 to 2007 .   She was a candidate to replace Mike Pence in the 2016 Indiana gubernatorial election after he withdrew from the race to be Donald Trump 's running mate in the 2016 U.S. presidential election . However , Indiana Republicans went on to select Eric Holcomb , Indiana 's Lieutenant Governor and Pence 's second in command during his administration . Holcomb successfully defeated his Democratic rival , former Speaker of the Indiana House John R. Gregg .

neg: United States Senate elections, 1990 The United States Senate elections , 1990 were held on Tuesday , November 6 , 1990 . The Democratic Party increased its majority with a net gain of one seat from the Republican Party . The election took place in the middle of President George H. W. Bush 's term , and , as with most other midterm elections , the party not holding the presidency gained seats in Congress .   Only one seat changed parties in this election , as Democrat Paul Wellstone defeated incumbent Republican Rudy Boschwitz ( R-MN ) . Democrats would gain a 57th seat after Harris Wofford won a 1991 special election to replace H. John Heinz III ( R-PA ) , who had died in a plane crash .

neg: United States Senate election in Virginia, 1988 The 1988 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 8 , 1988 . Former governor , Democrat Chuck Robb replaced Republican Senator Paul S. Trible , Jr. , who opted not to run for re-election .

neg: United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey, 2012 The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey were held on Tuesday , November 6 , 2012 and elected the 12 U.S. Representatives from the state of New Jersey , a loss of one seat following the 2010 United States Census . The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices , including a quadrennial presidential election and an election to the U.S. Senate .

neg: United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1968 The 1968 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 5 , 1968 throughout all 50 states and D.C. , which was part of the 1968 United States presidential election . Voters chose 13 representatives , or electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President .   The vote in North Carolina was split three ways , between Republican nominee Richard Nixon , Democratic nominee Hubert Humphrey , and American Independent Party nominee George Wallace . Nixon won the state , with 39.5 % of the vote , while Wallace 's 31.3 % pushed Humphrey into third on 29.2 % . Nixon won twelve of the state 's electoral votes , while one faithless elector that had been pledged to Nixon voted instead for Wallace .

neg: United States presidential election in Minnesota, 1984 The 1984 United States presidential election in Minnesota took place on November 6 , 1984 in Minnesota as part of the 1984 United States presidential election .   The Democratic Party candidate , former Vice President Walter Mondale , narrowly won his home state over incumbent President Ronald Reagan by just 3,761 votes , giving him his only state victory in the election ( Mondale also carried the District of Columbia ) . Minnesota was the only state not to back Reagan in either of his presidential campaigns .   Since all 49 other states went to the Republican Party in 1984 , this established Minnesota 's status as the state with the longest streak of voting Democratic . As of 2016 , it still has not voted for a Republican presidential candidate since 1972 . However , the District of Columbia has voted Democratic in all presidential elections since 1964 , when it was first granted the right to vote for president .

neg: Massachusetts general election, 1990 A Massachusetts general election was held on November 6 , 1990 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .   The election included :  statewide elections for United States Senator , Governor , Lieutenant Governor , Attorney General , Secretary of the Commonwealth , Treasurer , and Auditor ;  district elections for U.S. Representatives , State Representatives , State Senators , and Governor 's Councillors ; and  ballot questions at the state and local levels .   Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held September 19 , 1990 .

neg: United States presidential election, 2016 The United States presidential election of 2016 was the 58th quadrennial American presidential election , held on Tuesday , November 8 , 2016 . The Republican ticket of businessman Donald Trump and Indiana Governor Mike Pence defeated the Democratic ticket of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and U.S. Senator from Virginia Tim Kaine . Trump took office as the 45th President , and Pence as the 48th Vice President , on January 20 , 2017 . Concurrent with the presidential election , Senate , House , and many gubernatorial and state and local elections were also held on November 8 .   Voters selected members of the Electoral College in each state , in most cases by `` winner-takes-all '' plurality ; those state electors in turn voted for a new president and vice president on December 19 , 2016 . While Clinton received about million more votes nationwide , a margin of % , Trump won 30 states worth a total of 306 electors , or 57 % of the 538 available . He won the perennial swing states of Florida , North Carolina , Ohio , and Iowa , as well as Clinton 's `` blue wall '' states of Michigan , Pennsylvania and Wisconsin , which had been Democratic strongholds in presidential elections for decades . Leading up to the election , a Trump victory was considered unlikely by almost all media forecasts .   In the Electoral College vote on December 19 , seven electors voted against their pledged candidates : two against Trump and five against Clinton . A further three electors attempted to vote against Clinton but were replaced or forced to vote again . Ultimately , Trump received 304 electoral votes and Clinton garnered 227 , while Colin Powell won three , and John Kasich , Ron Paul , Bernie Sanders , and Faith Spotted Eagle each received one .   Trump is the fifth person in U.S. history to become president while losing the nationwide popular vote . He is the first president without any prior experience in public service or the military , as well as the wealthiest and the oldest at inauguration , while Clinton was the first woman to be the presidential nominee of a major party and the first woman to win the popular vote .   This was the first time since the 1984 re-election of Ronald Reagan that Wisconsin voted for a Republican , and the first time since 1988 that the Republican nominee won the states of Pennsylvania and Michigan , as well as Maine 's second congressional district . It was also the first time since the 1828 election of Andrew Jackson that an electoral vote split occurred in Maine .   On January 6 , 2017 , the United States government 's intelligence agencies concluded that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 United States elections . A joint U.S. intelligence review stated with high confidence that `` Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election . Russia 's goals were to undermine public faith in the US democratic process , denigrate Secretary Clinton , and harm her electability and potential presidency . '' Investigations about potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials were started by the FBI , the Senate Intelligence Committee and the House Intelligence Committee . Donald Trump has criticized these conclusions by citing a lack of evidence , calling it a `` hoax '' and `` fake news , '' stating in a tweet : `` The Russia-Trump collusion story is a total hoax , when will this taxpayer funded charade end ? ''

neg: United States presidential election in South Carolina, 1984 The 1984 United States presidential election in South Carolina took place on November 6 , 1984 . All 50 states and the District of Columbia , were part of the 1984 United States presidential election . South Carolina voters chose 8 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the President and Vice President of the United States .   South Carolina was won by incumbent United States President Ronald Reagan of California , who was running against former Vice President Walter Mondale of Minnesota . Reagan ran for a second time with former C.I.A. Director George H. W. Bush of Texas , and Mondale ran with Representative Geraldine Ferraro of New York , the first major female candidate for the Vice-Presidency .

neg: United States presidential election in Missouri, 2012 The 2012 United States presidential election in Missouri took place on November 6 , 2012 as part of the 2012 General Election in which all 50 states plus The District of Columbia participated . Missouri voters chose 10 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate , Vice President Joe Biden , against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate , Congressman Paul Ryan .   On election day , Missouri was won by Mitt Romney , who took 53.76 % of the vote to Barack Obama 's 44.38 % , a margin of 9.38 % . Although a battleground in past elections , Missouri is considered to be trending toward the Republicans , having been the only swing state to be won ( albeit narrowly ) by Republican John McCain in the 2008 election . Consequently , the state was not heavily contested by either side in 2012 , and the Republicans ultimately carried Missouri by the largest margin since 1984 . Also , this was the first time since 1900 that Missouri was not carried by the victor of the presidential contest two times consecutively ( after Obama had failed to win the state in 2008 ) , as well as the first time since 1900 when the overall loser of the presidential election won the state by a margin larger than 1 % of the statewide vote .   Obama carried only three counties and the City of St. Louis . He carried Boone County , home to Columbia and the University of Missouri ; Jackson County , where most of Kansas City is located ; and St. Louis County .

neg: United States presidential election in Michigan, 1988 The 1988 United States presidential election in Michigan took place on November 8 , 1988 . All 50 states and the District of Columbia , were part of the 1988 United States presidential election . Michigan voters chose 20 electors to the Electoral College , which selected the President and Vice President .   Michigan was won by incumbent United States Vice President George H. W. Bush of Texas , who was running against Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis . Bush ran with Indiana Senator Dan Quayle as Vice President , and Dukakis ran with Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen .   Michigan weighed in for this election as 0.1 % more Republican than the national average . This was the last time that the state of Michigan would be won by a Republican presidential candidate until 2016 .

neg: Joe Biden presidential campaign, 1988 The 1988 presidential campaign of Joe Biden , the longtime Democratic United States Senator from Delaware and eventual 47th Vice President of the United States began on June 1987 . He ran for President of the United States in the 1988 United States presidential election . He was considered one of the potentially strongest candidates in the field . However , in September 1987 , newspaper stories stated he had plagiarized a speech by British politician Neil Kinnock . Other allegations of past law school plagiarism and exaggerating his academic record soon followed . Biden withdrew from the race later that month .

neg: Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1984 The 1984 Democratic presidential primaries were the selection process by which voters of the Democratic Party chose its nominee for President of the United States in the 1984 U.S. presidential election . Former Vice President Walter Mondale was selected as the nominee through a series of primary elections and caucuses culminating in the 1984 Democratic National Convention held from July 16 to July 19 , 1984 , in San Francisco , California .   As of 2017 , this is the earliest Democratic primary in which all primary winners ( of at least one contest ) are still living .

neg: Mike Sottile Mike Sottile ( born June 7 , 1948 ) is an American politician . He is a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from the 112th District , serving since 2009 . He is a member of the Republican party .

neg: United States presidential election in Maine, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Maine took place on November 4 , 2008 throughout all 50 states and D.C. , which was part of the 2008 United States presidential election . Maine is one of two states in the U.S. that instead of all of the state 's 4 electors of the Electoral College to vote based upon the statewide results of the voters , two of the individual electors vote based on their congressional district because Maine has two congressional districts . The other two electors vote based upon the statewide results . See below in the section of Electors for more information .   Maine once again displayed it status as a blue state , with Democrat Barack Obama taking the state with 57.71 % of the vote and a difference of 126,650 votes . Maine has voted Democratic since 1992 and is the only state other than Nebraska to split its electoral votes , though it did not do so until 2016 . It is also the only state in New England where a county voted for Republican John McCain , with Piscataquis County giving McCain roughly 50.7 % of the vote .

neg: United States presidential election in Nebraska, 2008 The 2008 United States presidential election in Nebraska took place on November 4 , 2008 as part of the 2008 United States presidential election . Voters chose 5 electors to the Electoral College , who voted for President and Vice President . However , this state is one of the two states of the U.S. that , instead of giving all of its electors to the winner based on its statewide results , just 2 of them vote based on the statewide results , and the others vote based on their individual congressional district results .   Nebraska , statewide , was not a swing state in 2008 . Located in the Great Plains of the United States , it is one of the most staunchly Republican states in the country . While some hypothetical general election match-up polls between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama showed the race to be seemingly close , they were largely regarded as outliers as more polls released showed McCain leading in double digits . McCain wound up carrying the popular vote in Nebraska by 14.93 points , taking in 56.53 % of the total statewide vote . However , Obama narrowly defeated McCain in Nebraska 's 2nd congressional district , which contains Omaha and the surrounding areas . Due to Nebraska 's system of allocating electoral votes to winners of Congressional Districts , Obama was able to win one electoral vote while John McCain received the state 's other four electoral votes .


query: 28 Days (film) costars Elizabeth Perkins.

pos: 28 Days (film) 28 Days is a 2000 American comedy-drama film directed by Betty Thomas . Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings , a newspaper columnist obliged to enter rehabilitation for alcoholism . The film costars Viggo Mortensen , Dominic West , Elizabeth Perkins , Steve Buscemi , and Diane Ladd .

neg: True O'Brien True Laurita O'Brien ( born February 28 , 1994 ) is an American model and actress . She is best known for her Daytime Emmy Award winning portrayal of Paige Larson on NBC 's soap opera drama series Days of Our Lives .

neg: Anna Hopkins Anna Hopkins ( born February 12 , 1987 ) is a Canadian actress .

neg: 20,000 Days on Earth 20,000 Days on Earth is a 2014 British documentary musical drama film co-written and directed by Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard . Nick Cave also co-wrote the script with Forsyth and Pollard . The film premiered in-competition in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on 20 January 2014 . It won two Awards at the festival .   After its premiere at Sundance Film Festival , Drafthouse Films acquired distribution rights of the film . The film released on 17 September 2014 in United States .

neg: Wonderful Days (TV series) Wonderful Days is a 2014 South Korean television series starring Lee Seo-jin , Kim Hee-sun and Ok Taecyeon . It aired on KBS2 from February 22 to August 10 , 2014 on Saturdays and Sundays at 19:55 for 50 episodes . Written by Lee Kyung-hee , the drama tells the story of a prosecutor who returns to his hometown after 15 years and tries to reconnect with his long-estranged family and friends .

neg: Lizzie Grubman Elizabeth Grubman ( born January 30 , 1971 ) is an American publicist , manager and socialite . She is the daughter of entertainment lawyer Allen Grubman and his first wife , the late Yvette Grubman . In 2002 , Grubman served 38 days in jail for an incident where she backed a Mercedes SUV into a crowd , injuring 16 people .

neg: 28 Weeks Later 28 Weeks Later is a 2007 British science fiction horror film , structured as a sequel to the critically and commercially successful 2002 film 28 Days Later . 28 Weeks Later was co-written and directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo , with Danny Boyle and Alex Garland , director and writer of 28 Days Later respectively , now acting as executive producers . It was released in the United Kingdom and United States on 11 May 2007 . The plot depicts the efforts of NATO military forces to salvage a safe zone in London following the events in 28 Days Later , the consequence of two young siblings breaking protocol to find their infected mother , and the resulting reintroduction of the highly contagious virus to the safe zone .

neg: Another Happy Day Another Happy Day is a 2011 American black comedy-drama film written and directed by Sam Levinson . The film stars an ensemble cast including Ellen Barkin , Kate Bosworth , Ellen Burstyn , Thomas Haden Church , George Kennedy , Ezra Miller , Demi Moore , Siobhan Fallon Hogan , Michael Nardelli , Jeffrey DeMunn , and Diana Scarwid .

neg: Getting There (film) Getting There is a 2002 direct-to-video film starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen .

neg: Hallie Todd Hallie Todd ( born Hallie Jane Eckstein ; January 7 , 1962 ) is an American actress , producer and writer , known for her roles as Penny Waters on Brothers and as Jo McGuire on Lizzie McGuire .

neg: Elizabeth Cassidy Elizabeth Cassidy is a British actress best known for her role as Anne Darracott in the 1970s BBC television series Gangsters . She currently resides in Torrington , Devon , and is married to actor/director Paul Seed .   Her other TV credits include : Z-Cars , The Sweeney , Warship , Survivors , Van der Valk , Within These Walls and Going Straight .

neg: On the Beach (ER) `` On the Beach '' is the 178th episode of the NBC drama series ER . It chronicled the last days of Dr. Mark Greene as he died from a brain tumor and marked the final performance of Anthony Edwards until his return in a flashback during a Season 15 episode .

neg: South of Panama South of Panama is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Charles J. Hunt and starring Carmelita Geraghty , Edward Raquello and Lewis Sargent .

neg: Three Days (TV series) Three Days is a 2014 South Korean action-thriller television series starring Park Yoochun , Son Hyun-joo , Park Ha-sun , Yoon Je-moon , So Yi-hyun , Jang Hyun-sung and Choi Won-young . It aired on SBS from March 5 to May 1 , 2014 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:55 p.m. for 16 episodes .   Inspired by the `` real time '' format of American series 24 , the narrative of Three Days is divided into three parts ; Part 1 : The Prelude , Part 2 : The Showdown , and Part 3 : Judgement , with each segment lasting for 72 hours .

neg: Days of Wrath Days of Wrath is a 2008 American drama film starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan , Laurence Fishburne and Wilmer Valderrama . The film is directed by Celia Fox , and written by Mitchell Kapner and Michael Markee .

neg: Liz Sheridan Elizabeth Ann Sheridan ( born April 10 , 1929 ) is an American actress .

neg: Beth Ehlers Beth Ehlers -LSB- ˈɛlərz -RSB- ( born 1968 ) is an American actress . She is known for playing Harley Cooper , between 1987 and 2008 , on CBS 's longtime daytime drama Guiding Light .

neg: Mrs. Harris Mrs. Harris is a 2005 American-British drama film written and directed by Phyllis Nagy . The teleplay , based on the book Very Much a Lady by Shana Alexander , focuses on the tempestuous relationship between Herman Tarnower , noted cardiologist and author of the New York Times bestseller The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet , and headmistress Jean Harris . Produced by Killer Films , Number 9 Films , and John Wells for HBO Films , it premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 16 , 2005 , before its broadcast on HBO on February 25 , 2006 .   The film stars Annette Bening as Jean Harris , Ben Kingsley as Herman Tarnower , Cloris Leachman as Tarnower 's sister , and Chloë Sevigny as his secretary and lover . The film also features a cameo performance by Ellen Burstyn as one of Tarnower 's previous girlfriends ; Burstyn played Jean Harris in the made-for-television movie , The People vs. Jean Harris ( 1981 ) .

neg: Siân Phillips Dame Jane Elizabeth Ailwên Phillips , DBE ( born 14 May 1933 ) , known professionally as Siân Phillips ( -LSB- ˈʃɑːn -RSB- ) , is a Welsh actress , author and singer .

neg: Susan Perkins Susan Perkins ( born April 28 , 1954 ) , a native of Middletown , Ohio , was Miss America 1978 .   She has been a professional singer , spokesperson and television reporter . Susan walked in the New York Marathon with the Achilles Club ( which serves disabled and senior athletes ) as a guide for an 80-year-old former Marine Colonel .   She is married with two children and lives with her family in Weston , Massachusetts .

neg: Edie Landau Edie Landau ( born Edythe Rudolph , July 15 , 1927 - ) is an American film and TV producer and executive , known for such films as Long Day 's Journey Into Night , The Pawnbroker , King : A Filmed Record ... Montgomery to Memphis , The Chosen and the fourteen movies of The American Film Theatre , which she produced with her husband Ely A. Landau .


query: Tunisia features El Djem.

pos: Tunisia Tunisia ( تونس ; ⵜⵓⵏⴻⵙ Tunisie ) , officially the Tunisian Republic is a country in North Africa , covering 165,000 km2 . Its northernmost point , Cape Angela , is the northernmost point on the African continent . It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest , Libya to the southeast , and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east . Tunisia 's population was estimated to be just under 11 million in 2014 . Tunisia 's name is derived from its capital city , Tunis , which is located on Tunisia 's northeast coast .   Geographically , Tunisia contains the eastern end of the Atlas Mountains and the northern reaches of the Sahara desert . Much of the rest of the country 's land is fertile soil . Its 1,300 km of coastline includes the African conjunction of the western and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Basin and , by means of the Sicilian Strait and Sardinian Channel , features the African mainland 's second and third nearest points to Europe after Gibraltar .   Tunisia is a unitary semi-presidential representative democratic republic . It is considered to be the only full democracy in the Arab World . It has a high human development index . It has an association agreement with the European Union ; is a member of La Francophonie , the Union for the Mediterranean , the Arab Maghreb Union , the Arab League , the OIC , the Greater Arab Free Trade Area , the Community of Sahel-Saharan States , the African Union , the Non-Aligned Movement , the Group of 77 ; and has obtained the status of major non-NATO ally of the United States . In addition , Tunisia is also a member state of the United Nations and a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court . Close relations with Europe in particular with France and with Italy have been forged through economic cooperation , privatisation and industrial modernization .   In ancient times , Tunisia was primarily inhabited by Berbers . Phoenician immigration began in the 12th century BC ; these immigrants founded Carthage . A major mercantile power and a military rival of the Roman Republic , Carthage was defeated by the Romans in 146 BC . The Romans , who would occupy Tunisia for most of the next eight hundred years , introduced Christianity and left architectural legacies like the El Djem amphitheater . After several attempts starting in 647 , the Arabs conquered the whole of Tunisia by 697 , followed by the Ottomans between 1534 and 1574 . The Ottomans held sway for over three hundred years . The French colonization of Tunisia occurred in 1881 . Tunisia gained independence with Habib Bourguiba and declared the Tunisian Republic in 1957 . In 2011 , the Tunisian Revolution resulted in the overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali , followed by parliamentary elections . The country voted for parliament again on 26 October 2014 , and for President on 23 November 2014 .

neg: Hamada Ben Amor Hamada Ben Amor , better known by his stage name El Général , is a Tunisian rap musician . His song `` Rais Lebled '' , released in December 2010 , has been described as the `` anthem of the Jasmine Revolution '' .   Ben Amor has been making mainly political rap songs since 2009 . The songs were previously kept underground by the strict censorship of the autocratic regime of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali . On December 24 , 2010 , two days after his second famous protest song `` Tunisia Our Country '' was released on YouTube and Facebook and one week after the protests in Tunisia began , he was arrested by Tunisian police . Three days later , Ben Amor was released , after being forced to sign a statement to no longer make any political songs .   After the overthrow of Ben Ali , his songs enjoyed enormous popularity in Tunisia , particularly `` Rais Lebled '' which became known as the anthem of the revolution and gained him international recognition .

neg: Pakistan–Tunisia relations Relations between Pakistan and Tunisia are generally cordial . Ties between the two countries are premised upon religious and historical affinity . This is emphasized by the absence of any recurring dispute although there is much potential to augment the level of ties . A number of framework agreements have been concluded between Pakistan and Tunisia in the spheres of trade , tourism , culture , information and industries . However , these have been conspicuous for remaining dormant or being scarcely reviewed at best .

neg: Beidane Beidane or Beidan is an Arabic term used in the Maghreb region of North Africa to refer to the Caucasian or white Moors . In contrast to Haratin , which refers to those with a darker complexion , or black . The Beidane inhabit most of what is now Morocco , Algeria , Tunisia , Libya , and to a lesser extent Egypt . Their descendants can also be found in Southern European populations , particularly ( Spain , Portugal , Southern Italy , and Sicily ) . The Beidane refers to those of Arab , Berber , or Arab-Berber descent , however , large populations on the northern coast of North Africa , also have Iberian blood ; going back to the Spanish Reconquista . The main language of the Beidane is Arabic and to a lesser extent Tamazight ( Berber ) .   It is important to understand that the term `` Moor '' is not the term for a specific ethnic group , but rather the term used by the European Christians , in reference to the Arab and Berber populations that hailed from North Africa in the medieval era and soon took control of Malta , Sardinia , Spain , southern France ( short-period ) , Portugal , southern Italy , and Sicily . Another term that was used in reference to the Arabs and Berbers at this time was `` Saracen . '' This was largely used to refer to the peoples of the entire Arab Islamic empire , mostly used by Italians and Europeans to the north . The term largely fell out of use post - Middle Ages .   Category : Maghreb

neg: North Africa North Africa is the term given to a group of Mediterranean countries situated in the northern-most region of the African continent . The term `` North Africa '' has no single accepted definition . It is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Morocco in the west , to the Suez Canal and the Red Sea in the east . Others have limited it to the countries of Morocco , Algeria , and Tunisia , a region known by the French during colonial times as `` Afrique du Nord '' and by the Arabs as the Maghreb ( `` West '' ) .   The most commonly accepted definition includes Morocco , Algeria , and Tunisia , as well as Libya and Egypt , It should be noted however that the term `` North Africa '' , when commonly used in North Africa and the Middle East , often refers only to the countries of the Maghreb and Libya . Egypt , due to its greater Middle Eastern associations , is typically viewed separately . The countries of North Africa share a common ethnic , cultural and linguistic identity that is unique to this region .   North west Africa has been inhabited by Berbers since the beginning of recorded history , while the eastern part of North Africa has been home to the Egyptians . Following the Muslim conquest in the seventh century C.E. , the region underwent a process of Arabization and Islamization that has defined its cultural landscape ever since .   The distinction between North Africa and much of Sub-Saharan Africa is historically and ecologically significant because of the effective barrier created by the Sahara Desert for much of modern history . From 3500 BC , following the abrupt desertification of the Sahara due to gradual changes in the Earth 's orbit , this barrier has culturally separated the North from the rest of the continent . As the seafaring civilizations of the Phoenicians , Greeks , Romans , Muslims and others facilitated communication and migration across the Mediterranean Sea , the cultures of North Africa became much more closely tied to Southwestern Asia and Europe than Sub-Saharan Africa . The Islamic influence in the area is also significant , and North Africa is a major part of the Muslim world .   Some researchers have postulated that North Africa rather than East Africa served as the exit point for the modern humans who first trekked out of the continent in the Out of Africa migration .

neg: Kasserine Kasserine is the capital city of the Kasserine Governorate , in west-central Tunisia . It is situated below Jebel ech Chambi , Tunisia 's highest mountain . Its population is 76,243 ( 2004 ) .

neg: Mateur Mateur is a town in northern Tunisia . It is located at around , close to the Lac Ichkeul National Park .

neg: Sahara International Film Festival The Sahara International Film Festival , also known as FiSahara , is an annual event which takes place in the Sahrawi refugee camps , at the South West corner of Algeria , near the border with Western Sahara . It is the only film festival in the world taking place in a refugee camp . The first three years the festival was held alternately in the Wilaya of Smara , Wilaya of Ausserd and Wilaya of El Aaiun , but since 2007 the FiSahara had stayed in the Wilaya of Dakhla . The event is backed by the Polisario Front , but largely organised and funded by donors from Spain , the former colonial power in Western Sahara , attracting support from Spanish film celebrities as Penélope Cruz , Javier Bardem and Pedro Almodóvar . This Festival is an initiative to bring film as an entertainment and cultural form to the thousands of Sahrawis whose community has lived for more than thirty years in relative isolation in the Algerian desert , being the only film festival in the world taking place in a refugee camp .  The first festival was in large part organised by Peruvian film director Javier Corcuera .   The festival has the two-fold aim of providing cultural entertainment and educational opportunities to refugees , and of raising awareness of the plight of the Sahrawi people , who have been exiled from their native Western Sahara for more than three decades . Western Sahara , `` Africa 's last colony , '' was given to Morocco and Mauritania by the Spanish when they withdrew in 1976 . The Moroccans subsequently annexed the entire territory in 1979 , in defiance of a ruling from the International Court of Justice . A sixteen-year war ensued between the Moroccans and the native Sahrawi independence movement , the Polisario Front . Under the terms of a 1991 UN ceasefire agreement , a referendum for self-determination was promised , but has been blocked by Morocco . In the meantime an estimated 165,000 refugees continue to live in four large camps in the inhospitable Algerian desert .   Home to around 30,000 refugees , Dakhla is the most remote of the camps , located 175 km away from the nearest city , Tindouf . It has no electricity or paved roads and is dependent on outside supplies of food and water .   Musicians like Fermín Muguruza , Manu Chao , Macaco , Iván Ferreiro , El Chojin or Tomasito had also performed in concerts during the festival .   In 2010 , a twinning agreement was signed between the FiSahara and the San Sebastian Human Rights Film Festival .

neg: De Carthage à Carthage De Carthage à Carthage is a Tunisian 2009 documentary film .

neg: Edom Edom ( -LSB- ˈiːdəm -RSB- or -LSB- ˈiː.dʌm -RSB- ; Assyrian : Udumi ; Syriac : ܐܕܘܡ ) is a country located initially in Transjordan , between Ammon to the north , the Dead Sea and the Arabah to the west , and the Arabian desert to the south and east . Edom appears in written sources relating to the late Bronze Age and to the Iron Age in the Levant , such as the Hebrew Bible and Egyptian and Mesopotamian records . In classical antiquity the cognate name Idumea was used for a smaller area in the same general region .   Edom and Idumea are two related but distinct terms relating to a historically contiguous population , but two separate , if adjacent , territories occupied at different periods of their history by the Edomites/Idumeans . The Edomites first established a kingdom ( `` Edom '' ) in the southern area of modern Jordan , and later migrated into southern parts of the Kingdom of Judah ( `` Idumea '' , or modern southern Israel/Negev ) when Judah was first weakened , then destroyed by the Babylonians in the 6th century BC .   Edom is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible , but also in a list of the Egyptian pharaoh Seti I from c. 1215 BC , and in the chronicle of a campaign by Ramses III ( r. 1186 -- 1155 BC ) . The Edomites , who have been identified archaeologically , were a Semitic people who probably arrived in the region around the 14th century BC . Archaeological investigation showed that the country flourished between the 13th and 8th centuries BC , and was destroyed after a period of decline in the 6th century BC by the Babylonians . After the loss of the kingdom , the Edomites were pushed westward towards southern Judah by nomadic tribes coming from the east ; among these were the Nabateans , who first appear in the historical annals of the 4th century BC and already establish their own kingdom in what used to be Edom by the first half of the 2nd century BC . More recent excavations show that the process of Edomite settlement in the southern parts of the Kingdom of Judah and parts of the Negev desert down to Timna had started already before the destruction of the kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar II in 587/86 BCE , both by peaceful penetration and by military means , taking advantage of the already weakened state of Judah .   Once pushed out of their territory , the Edomites settled during the Persian period in an area comprising the southern hills of Judea down to the area north of Be'er Sheva . Here the people appear under the graecized form of their old name , as Idumeans or Idumaeans , and their new territory is called Idumea or Idumaea ( Greek : Ἰδουμαία , Idoumaía ; Latin : Idūmaea ) , a term used in New Testament times .

neg: List of endangered languages in Africa An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use , generally because it has few surviving speakers . If it loses all of its native speakers , it becomes an extinct language . UNESCO defines four levels of language endangerment between `` safe '' ( not endangered ) and `` extinct '' :  Vulnerable  Definitely endangered  Severely endangered  Critically endangered   Africa is the world 's second-largest and second most-populous continent . At about 30.2 million km ² ( 11.7 million sq mi ) including adjacent islands , it covers 6 % of the Earth 's total surface area and 20.4 % of the total land area . With about 922 million people ( as of 2005 ) in 61 territories , it accounts for about 14.2 % of the world 's human population . The continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north , the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the northeast , the Indian Ocean to the southeast , and the Atlantic Ocean to the west . There are 53 countries , including Madagascar and all the island groups .

neg: Stade 7 Novembre du Kef Home ground of Olympique du Kef , located in the city of El Kef in northwest Tunisia , and it has the capacity of 9,000 .   Kef

neg: Djémila Djémila ( ; جميلة , the Beautiful one , Latin : Cuicul or Curculum ) , formerly Cuicul , is a small mountain village in Algeria , near the northern coast east of Algiers , where some of the best preserved Berbero-Roman ruins in North Africa are found . It is situated in the region bordering the Constantinois and Petite Kabylie ( Basse Kabylie ) .   In 1982 , Djémila became a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its unique adaptation of Roman architecture to a mountain environment . Significant buildings in ancient Cuicul include a theatre , two fora , temples , basilicas , arches , streets , and houses . The exceptionally well preserved ruins surround the forum of the Harsh , a large paved square with an entry marked by a majestic arch .

neg: Grand Erg Oriental The Grand Erg Oriental ( English : ` Great Eastern Sand Sea ' ) is a large erg or `` field of sand dunes '' in the Sahara Desert . Situated for the most part in Saharan lowlands of northeast Algeria , the Grand Erg Oriental covers an area some 600 km wide by 200 km north to south . The erg 's northeastern edge spills over into neighbouring Tunisia .

neg: Jorf Lasfar Jorf Lasfar ( Arabic for `` Yellow Cliffs '' ) is a deepwater commercial port located on the Atlantic coast of Morocco . In terms of the volume of product processed , as of 2004 , it was considered the second most important port in Morocco ( just after Casablanca ) . It is home to a swiftly expanding industrial quarter , which includes both major artificial fertilizer and petrochemical factories . Its harbor is well equipped for the exportation of phosphate rock ( transported from Gantour and Ouled Abdoun ) and various chemicals such as pure sulphur , ammonia , and sulphuric acid . The city is home to the largest independent power station in the country -- primarily funded by investments from the Swedish-Swiss company ABB Group and the American company CMS Energy -- which was thought to be capable of creating a third of Morocco 's total power output . The investment , numbering $ 1.5 billion , was the single largest foreign investment on Moroccan soil up until that point .   In 2002 the Moroccan company Office Chérifien des Phosphates ( OCP ) -- a state-owned phosphate exporter -- started the building of an air quality research laboratory at Jorf Lasfar . It was announced in 2008 that the Abu Dhabi-based International Petroleum Investment Company ( IPIC ) was in the beginning stages of preparations for the construction of an oil refinery at Jorf Lasfar at a cost of $ 5 billion . With a proposed production capacity of 200 , 000 barrels per day ( bpd ) , the refinery is set to be completed in 2013 . In the beginning of 2010 , OCP began accepting proposals for the building of a desalination plant . The Moroccan government was interested in building the plant at least since 2001 , when the United States Trade and Development Agency supplied $ 250,000 for preliminary studies . The plant , which will provide drinking water for the city of El Jadida , has a planned capacity of 200,000 m3/d and was scheduled to be finished in 2012 . OCP also has plans for the erection of 4 additional phosphate fertilizer factories , specializing in diammonium and monoammonium phosphate.Samsung and Daewoo were awarded the contracts for carrying out the construction of these 4 additional units ( 2 each )   Since December , 2006 the management of the port has been transferred to Marsa Maroc , a state-owned public company responsible for the management of 9 ports in Morocco and the Western Sahara .   Cap Blanc du Nord , the lighthouse at the entrance of the port , is not known to be reliable , with its light occasionally going out .

neg: Berber Spring The Berber Spring ( in Berber : Tafsut Imaziɣen or simply Tafsut for `` Spring '' ) was a period of political protest and civil activism in 1980 claiming recognition of the Berber identity and language in Algeria with events mainly taking place in Kabylie and Algiers . The background was marked by two decades of harsh Arabization measures instituted by the Arab nationalist FLN dictatorship government , which refused to recognize Algeria 's Berber identity and banned the Berber language altogether .   The Berber Spring is traditionally dated as beginning on March 10 , 1980 , with the banning of a conference due to be held by the Kabyle intellectual Mouloud Mammeri at Hasnaoua University in Tizi-Ouzou . A critical point was the coordinated arrest of hundreds of Berber activists , students and doctors on April 20 , sparking a general strike .   While the Berber Spring was in the end violently suppressed by the Algerian authorities , it created a lasting legacy for Kabylie and the Berbers across North Africa . Many of today 's prominent Kabyle politicians and activists made their name during the Berber Spring events , and organizations such as the Rally for Culture and Democracy ( RCD ) and the Berber Cultural Movement ( Mouvement Culturel Berbère -- MCB ) were later created by activists of the Spring . The Spring was also an important event for Algeria 's nascent human rights community , including outside Berber circles .   Since the dismantling of the one-party FLN system in 1989 -- followed by abortive democratization and civil war -- a few of the demands of the Berber Spring have been met by the state , and the Berber language is now a national language of Algeria . However , this is still distinct from Arabic , which remains the official language , and many other points of contention remain .

neg: Gulf of Sirte Gulf of Sirte ( خليج سرت , Khalij Surt ) , or Gulf of Sidra ( خليج السدرة , Khalij as-Sidra ) after the port of Sidra , is a body of water in the Mediterranean Sea on the northern coast of Libya . Historically it has been also known as the Great Sirte or Greater Syrtis ( Latin Syrtis Major , Greek -LSB- : wikt : Σύρτις , Σύρτις μεγάλη -RSB- , contrasting with Syrtis Minor in Tunisia ) .

neg: Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts The Tunisian Academy of Sciences , Letters and Arts `` Beït al-Hikma '' is a scholarly scientific organization based in Tunis . It is housed officially in a mid-19th century palace , Zarrouk Palace , situated on the Mediterranean coast at the base of the ruins of ancient Carthage . The Academy was founded in 1992 as a successor to the National Foundation for Translation , Establishment of Texts and Studies , which had been founded in 1983 . The Academy was reorganized and re-initiated in July 2012 .   The Academy lists its objectives as :   to serve as a meeting-place for scholars and to provide them with the opportunity for promoting research and for exchanging ideas and experience ;  to contribute to the enrichment of the Arabic language , helping it to keep abreast with current developments in the sciences and arts ;  to help safeguard national heritage through research and publication ;  to compile dictionaries and encyclopaedias and to translate works from and into Arabic ;  to organize symposia and conferences ;  to encourage creativity and the distribution of intellectual and artistic works ;  to advise government or official bodies .

neg: Tunisian nationalism Tunisian nationalism refers to the nationalism of Tunisians and Tunisian culture . Tunisian nationalism 's origins stretch back to the 19th century ; however , Tunisian nationalism became a significant political force after 1908 with the founding of the Young Tunisians movement , and the more significant Destour ( Arabic for `` Constitution ) Party established after World War I . The Destour Party called for Tunisian autonomy within the French Empire and that France should not dominate Tunisia 's politics and society . France responded by banning the Destour Party in 1933 , resulting in the rise of a more radical nationalist party , the Neo-Destour Party being formed in 1934 led by Habib Bourguiba . The Neo-Destour Party demanded independence of Tunisia from France , though it respected French and Western culture and sought to maintain close links with France after independence was achieved .

neg: Tunisian Campaign The Tunisian Campaign ( also known as the Battle of Tunisia ) was a series of battles that took place in Tunisia during the North African Campaign of the Second World War , between Axis and Allied forces . The Allies consisted of British Imperial Forces , including Polish and Greek contingents , with American and French corps . The battle opened with initial success by the German and Italian forces but the massive supply interdiction efforts led to the decisive defeat of the Axis . Over 230,000 German and Italian troops were taken as prisoners of war , including most of the Afrika Korps .

neg: Saharan Air Layer The Saharan Air Layer ( SAL ) is an extremely hot , dry and sometimes dust-laden layer of the atmosphere that often overlies the cooler , more-humid surface air of the Atlantic Ocean . In the Sahara Desert region of North Africa , where it originates , it is the prevalent atmosphere , extending from the surface upwards several kilometers . As it drives , or is driven , out over the ocean , it is lifted above the denser marine air . This arrangement is an inversion where the temperature increases with height . The boundary between the SAL and the marine layer suppresses or `` caps '' any convection originating in the marine layer . Since it is dry air , the lapse rate within the SAL itself is steep , that is , the temperature falls rapidly with height .   Disturbances such as large thunderstorm complexes over North Africa periodically result in vast dust and sand storms , some of which extend as high as 6,000 meters . These can be driven out to sea within the SAL as far west as North America .   In the case of Africa , winds blow twenty percent of dust from a Saharan storm out over the Atlantic Ocean , and twenty percent of that , or four percent of a single storm 's dust , reaches all the way to the western Atlantic . The remainder settles out into the ocean or washes out of the air with rainfall . Scientists think that the July 2000 measurements made in Puerto Rico , nearly 8 million tonnes , equaled about one-fifth of the total year 's dust deposits .   The SAL passes over the Canary Islands where the phenomenon is named `` Calima '' and manifests as a fog that reduces visibility and deposits a layer of dust over everything .   These clouds of dust are visible in satellite photos as a milky white to gray shade , similar to haze .   Findings to date indicate that the iron-rich dust particles that often occur within the SAL reflect solar radiation , thus cooling the atmosphere . The particles also reduce the amount of sunlight reaching the ocean , thus reducing the amount of heating of the ocean . They also tend to increase condensation as they drift into the marine layer below , but not precipitation as the drops formed are too small to fall and tend not to readily coelesce . These tiny drops are subsequently more easily evaporated as they move into drier air laterally or dry air mixes down from the SAL aloft . Research on aerosols also shows that the presence of small particles in air tends to suppress winds . The SAL has also been observed to suppress the development and intensifying of tropical cyclones , which may be related directly to these factors .   The SAL is a subject of ongoing study and research .


query: Richard Curtis is a British scriptwriter.

pos: Richard Curtis Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis , CBE ( born 8 November 1956 ) is a British screenwriter , producer and film director , who was born in New Zealand to Australian parents . One of Britain 's most successful comedy screenwriters , he is known primarily for romantic comedy films such as Four Weddings and a Funeral , Bridget Jones 's Diary , Notting Hill , and Love Actually , as well as the hit sitcoms Blackadder , Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley . He is also the co-founder of the British charity Comic Relief along with Sir Lenny Henry .   In 2007 , Curtis received the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award , the highest award the British Film Academy can give a filmmaker . He received the BAFTA Humanitarian Award at the 2008 Britannia Awards , for co-creating Comic Relief and contributions to other charitable causes . In 2008 he was ranked number 12 in The Telegraph 's list of the `` 100 most powerful people in British culture '' . In 2012 , Curtis was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork -- the Beatles ' Sgt. Pepper 's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover -- to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life .

neg: Cranford (TV series) Cranford is a British television series directed by Simon Curtis and Steve Hudson . The teleplay by Heidi Thomas was adapted from three novellas by Elizabeth Gaskell published between 1849 and 1858 : Cranford , My Lady Ludlow , and Mr Harrison 's Confessions . ( `` The Last Generation in England '' was also used as a source . )   The series was transmitted in five parts in the UK by BBC One in November and December 2007 . In the United States , it was broadcast in three episodes by PBS as part of its Masterpiece Theatre series in May 2008 .   Cranford returned with a two-part Christmas special Return to Cranford in 2009 .

neg: Joseph Wilde (writer) Joseph Wilde is a British playwright , screenwriter and dramatist .

neg: Daniel Ryan (actor) Daniel Ryan ( born 1968 as Daniel O'Brien ) is an English actor and writer .   He is known for starring as Darren Alexander in the BBC drama comedy Linda Green , Andrew Gilligan in The Government Inspector , Andy Coulson in Steel River Blues and Kenny Reed in The Whistleblowers . His stage credits include Macbeth , A Midsummer Night 's Dream and Richard III .   He also appeared as a man who was severely brain-damaged after drink and driving , in part of the COI 's Drinking And Driving Wrecks Lives campaign .   In 2008 he appeared in Gethsemane , a new play by David Hare at the National Theatre .   He also took over the role of Harry ( Sandy 's husband ) in the special reunion episodes of BBC sitcom As Time Goes By alongside Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer , the first actor to portray the part being David Michaels . Ryan also appeared in the 2008 Doctor Who episode `` Midnight '' .   In 2010 he was very well received for his performance in Posh by Laura Wade at the Royal Court Theatre in London .   As a writer , his work has been performed by the RSC and at the Edinburgh Festival .   He appeared on the Teen Drama Skins as the father of the third generation character Rich Hardbeck in 2011 and 2012 . In 2014 , he appeared in Salting the Battlefield as Bill Catcheside .   He is also known for playing the role of Dan in the Sky Living comedy-drama , Mount Pleasant since 2011 .   In 2015 he appeared as Colonel Anthony Forbes-Leith in the BBC TV series Father Brown episode 3.9 `` The Truth in the Wine '' .   He has played Welsh butcher Bryn Brindsley in the ITV war-time drama Home Fires from 2015 .

neg: Withnail and I Withnail and I is a 1987 British black comedy film written and directed by Bruce Robinson . Based on Robinson 's life in London in the late 1960s , the plot follows two unemployed young actors , Withnail and `` I '' ( portrayed by Richard E. Grant and Paul McGann ) who live in a squalid flat in Camden Town in 1969 while squandering their finances on alcohol . Needing a holiday , they obtain the key to a country cottage in the Lake District belonging to Withnail 's lecherous gay uncle Monty and drive there . The weekend holiday proves less recuperative than they expected .   Withnail and I was Grant 's first film and launched him into a successful career . The film also featured performances by Richard Griffiths as Withnail 's Uncle Monty and Ralph Brown as Danny the drug dealer . The film has tragic and comic elements ( particularly farce ) and is notable for its period music and many quotable lines . It has been described as `` one of Britain 's biggest cult films '' .

neg: Matthew Curtis (composer) Matthew Curtis ( b. 1959 , Cumbria , England is a British classical composer .

neg: Doctor at Large (TV series) Doctor at Large is a British television comedy series based on a set of books by Richard Gordon about the misadventures of a group of newly qualified doctors . The series follows directly from its predecessor Doctor in the House , and was produced by London Weekend Television in 1971 .   Writers for the Doctor at Large episodes were Bill Oddie , Graeme Garden , John Cleese , Graham Chapman , Bernard McKenna , Geoff Rowley , Andy Baker , Jonathan Lynn and David Yallop , as well as George Layton ( under the pseudonym of `` Oliver Fry '' ) .

neg: Richard Curtis (disambiguation) Richard or Dick Curtis may refer to :   Richard Curtis ( born 1956 ) , British screenwriter  Richard Curtis ( politician ) ( born 1959 ) , American politician  Richard Curtis ( literary agent ) , American author and literary agent  Richard Curteys ( 1532 -- 1582 ) , bishop ( archaic spelling of Curtis )  Dick Curtis ( 1902 -- 1952 ) , American actor  Dick Curtis ( boxer ) ( 1802 -- 1843 ) , English boxing pioneer  Rick Curtis , musician and co-writer of Southern Cross ( Crosby , Stills and Nash song )

neg: Wild and Wonderful Wild and Wonderful is a 1964 film comedy starring Tony Curtis and his then-wife Christine Kaufmann ( whom he had married in 1963 ) . The plot revolves around a clever French poodle named Monsieur Cognac , and the dog 's effect on the newly married couple portrayed by Curtis and Kaufmann . The film was Curtis 's last under his long contractual relationship with Universal Studios .   The film had six credited writers , including Waldo Salt , who was then still working his way back from years on the Hollywood blacklist and who reportedly `` hated '' the film . In his 1999 obituary for Larry Markes , another of the credited writers , Dick Vosburgh of The Independent commented , `` Critics found it hard to accept that it had taken six writers to fashion the wafer-thin tale of a jazz flautist whose marriage to a French film star is threatened by the jealous tricks of Monsieur Cognac , her neurotic , alcoholic French poodle . '' In his obituary for Tony Curtis in 2010 , Dave Kehr dismissed the film as `` disastrous , '' noting that Curtis was rebuilding his reputation after an earlier affair with Kaufmann , his co-star in Wild and Wonderful , and subsequent divorce from Janet Leigh .

neg: Tess Morris Tess Morris is a British screenwriter born and raised in Wandsworth , London . She was named one of BAFTA 's Breakthrough Brits of 2015 after the success of her most recent script for the romantic comedy film , Man Up . Morris has been referred to as the '' -LSB- ... -RSB- key voice standing up for the romantic comedy genre . ''

neg: J. B. Priestley John Boynton `` J. B. '' Priestley , OM ( -LSB- ˈpriːstli -RSB- 13 September 1894 -- 14 August 1984 ) , was an English novelist , playwright , scriptwriter , social commentator , and broadcaster .   His Yorkshire background is reflected in much of his fiction , notably in The Good Companions ( 1929 ) , which first brought him to wide public notice . Many of his plays are structured around a time slip , and he went on to develop a new theory of time , with different dimensions that link past , present , and future .   In 1940 , he broadcast a series of short propaganda radio shows that were credited with strengthening civilian morale during the Battle of Britain . His left-wing beliefs brought him into conflict with the government , and influenced the birth of the Welfare State . The programme was eventually cancelled by the BBC for being too critical of the Government .   He is perhaps best known for his 1945 play An Inspector Calls .

neg: Richard Dinnick Richard Dinnick ( born 22 January 1968 ) is a British screenwriter , novelist , and audio playwright . He is the winner of the 2012 BBC Writersroom opportunity to create a new show and to write for TV on the BBC and is now writing on the CBeebies TV shows Tree Fu Tom and Go Jetters - amongst others - as well as Mind Candy 's new Moshi Monsters TV show . He was one of six finalists in a recent BBC Academy opportunity to workshop a script for Waterloo Road .   Dinnick is now Head Writer on the new Disney TV show Eena Meena Deeka and in-development action adventure show Captain Extraordinary . He was also a BAFTA Judge for Children 's Drama and produced a session for the 2014 Children 's Media Conference .   He is developing several ideas for TV including a fantasy drama , Never After and a primetime crime drama , Murder of Crows , which is the first of its kind . Richard is currently in pre-production on new web series -- Light & Shadows -- with Capital City Entertainment as writer/producer . Dinnick is also developing a workplace drama , No Kidding , and an urban fantasy show , The Last Horseman .   Dinnick has written prose , scripts and comics for many media properties including MGM 's Stargate and the BBC 's Doctor Who , as well as adapting the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- including The Hound of the Baskervilles -- for CD release .   His first novel Alien Adventures was published by BBC Children 's Books in 2010 and he has since gone on to write books and short stories for Penguin UK , Titan Publishing , Black Library , Running Press and Snow Books . He has also written comic strips for IDW and BBC Magazines and his first original graphic novel is in the works .   He is also often a guest at writing events ( including the London Screenwriters ' Festival ) and Doctor Who conventions ( such as Gallifrey One ) .   His pre-school series Elf Stackers is in the commissioning process with the BBC .   Dinnick is a member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain and the Royal Television Society and a Patron of the Children 's Media Foundation .   His UK TV agent is Emily Smith at The Agency and his manager in the USA is Joe Riley .

neg: Mark Burton (writer) Mark Burton is a British screenwriter specialising in comedy .

neg: Blackadder Goes Forth Blackadder Goes Forth is the fourth and final series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder , written by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton , which aired from 28 September to 2 November 1989 on BBC One . The series placed the recurring characters of Blackadder , Baldrick and George in a trench in Flanders during World War I , and followed their various doomed attempts to escape from the trenches to avoid certain death under the misguided command of General Melchett . The series is particularly noted for its criticism of the British Army leadership during the campaign , and also refers to a number of famous figures of the age . In addition , the series is remembered for the poignant ending of the final episode .   Despite initial concerns that the comedy series might trivialise the events of the war , the series won widespread acclaim on its release , and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Series in 1989 . It has since become regarded as a classic television sitcom , and in 2000 was placed 16th by industry professionals in a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes compiled by the British Film Institute . However , some historians have criticized it for presenting an oversimplified view of the war , reinforcing the popular notion of `` lions led by donkeys '' .

neg: Michael Craig (actor) Michael Francis Gregson ( born 27 January 1928 ) , known professionally as Michael Craig , is a British actor and scriptwriter , known for his work in theatre , film and television both in the United Kingdom and Australia .

neg: Richard Cordery Richard Cordery is a character actor of film , television , and stage .

neg: Paul Curtis (musician) Paul Michael Curtis ( born 1950 ) is an English singer , songwriter , record producer from London , who holds the record for the highest number of songs to make the finals of the A Song for Europe contest , the BBC 's annual competition to choose the UK 's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest , competing with 22 separate songs from 1975 to 1992 .

neg: Banter (radio show) Banter is a radio programme that is broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK , starring Andrew Collins and Richard Herring . The pilot and the first 2 series were broadcast from August 2005 to November 2006 , and a third series was broadcast in April and May 2008 . There have been 19 half-hour episodes so far . The programme normally takes the form of invited guests naming their `` top threes '' in a given category .   The series was devised by Tim Barber and is produced for Radio 4 by Avalon . A pilot for a television version under the name of `` Rule Of 3 '' was recorded in October 2011 with Rebecca Front as host and team captains Russell Howard and Chris Addison .

neg: Great Britain (play) Great Britain is a satirical play written by Richard Bean . It received its world premiere at the Royal National Theatre , London on 30 June 2014 , before transferring to the West End 's Theatre Royal Haymarket .

neg: The Black Adder The Black Adder is the first series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder , written by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson , directed by Martin Shardlow and produced by John Lloyd . The series was originally aired on BBC One from 15 June 1983 to 20 July 1983 , and was a joint production with the Australian Seven Network . Set in 1485 at the end of the British Middle Ages , the series is written as a secret history which contends that King Richard III won the Battle of Bosworth Field , only to be unintentionally assassinated by his nephew Edmund and succeeded by Richard IV , one of the Princes in the Tower . The series follows the exploits of Richard IV 's unfavoured second son Edmund ( who calls himself `` The Black Adder '' ) in his various attempts to increase his standing with his father and , in the final episode , his quest to overthrow him .   Conceived while Atkinson and Curtis were working on Not the Nine O'Clock News , the series covers a number of medieval issues in Britain in a humorous and often anachronistic manner -- witchcraft , royal succession , European relations , the Crusades and the conflict between the Crown and the Church . The filming of the series was highly ambitious , with a large cast and much location shooting . Shakespearean dialogue is sometimes adapted for comic effect . Despite winning an International Emmy , The Black Adder is generally regarded as the weakest series of Blackadder , even by its creators .

neg: Norma Curtis Norma Curtis ( b. Wales ) is a British novelist and short story writer . Her debut novel , Living It Up , Living It Down has been awarded the Romantic Novelists ' Association New Writing Award in 1994 , and later she was elected its twentieth Chairman ( 1999 -- 2001 ) .