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Oscar-winning composer and lyricist known for his hugely successful songs for Willy Wonka and Doctor Dolittle

ITV's Tales of the Unexpected brought inky-black humour to small screen Credit:  ITV/Shutterstock Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected is remembered not only for its “twist in the tale” endings, but also its opening sequence: the eerie fairground waltz theme tune; the quasi-Bond titles, with the silhouette of a naked woman (well, she looked naked) dancing with fate itself – a gun, a roulette wheel, tarot cards, faces of death; and lastly Roald Dahl, sat at a crackling fireside, introducing that week’s strange yarn. It’s during one of these softly-spoken introductions that Dahl po...

A Great Reed: A Carol Reed Profile (Part 2) October 28, 2009 by admin Trevor Hogg profiles the career of legendary British filmmaker Carol Reed in the second of a two-part feature… read the first part here. “I don’t think people care what sort of curtains I have,” stated the British filmmaker. “I don’t think they care about the technical people. Stars are the draw. They earn their publicity. It brings people in. But no one would go to see a film because it was directed by Carol Reed.” However, the director also observed that a star-studded cast does not necessarily guaran...

Last modified on Wed 10 Mar 2021 10.34 EST Trevor Peacock, the actor and songwriter, who has died aged 89 after suffering from dementia, was best known and much loved for his endearing performance as a bumbling parish councillor, Jim Trott, in The Vicar of Dibley (1994-2007), one of a delightful gallery of village worthies circling, and answering to, Dawn French’s enthusiastic parish priest. Jim’s particular dimness was manifest in an acute inability to say what he meant, prefacing a “Yes” with a string of stuttering “No’s”. This had landed him in deep trouble. He had, for insta...