The first programme shown on BBC2 was Play School
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John Hughes shot The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back to back to save money. He also used the same crew and sets, including the high school with the same posters on the walls.
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The Muppet Show was banned from Saudi Arabian TV because one if its stars was a pig.
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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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Before The Simpsons, Matt Groening drew cartoons for Apple computers.
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The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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More than 3000 people auditioned for Afghan model in 2009. Only 10 were women.
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There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
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