With our signature reliance on dry wit, sarcasm, and barely mean-spirited Schadenfreude, British comedies are nice if you wish to watch terrible individuals set themselves as much as get precisely what they deserve, and for cathart-ing your means by a Friday evening so that you’re prepared to completely embrace the weekend. However it’s not all darkish humor, there’s additionally a level of genuinely heartwarming emotion in lots of them, typically delivered in the very same second because the overblown pompous lead will get his simply, humiliating deserts. There are some Shrek-like onion layers to the British humorousness, is what I’m saying. Listed here are 14 of the perfect, with a Northern Irish particular on the finish.

14. The Brittas Empire

(BBC One)

Type of a precursor to The Workplace (which has not made it onto this record, although the British model is the unique, as a result of it additionally options Ricky Gervais, essentially the most annoying man in comedy. Simply watch the American model, it’s higher), The Brittas Empire is a office comedy that includes an odd, petty dictator of a boss, Mr. Brittas (Chris Barrie), and the bizarre, unlucky issues that occur because of his ambitions.

Happening in a leisure heart (a sports activities advanced, for the unfamiliar), Brittas’ ineptitude, grandiose desires, and fixed potential to offend everybody he comes throughout end in traditional inconceivable hijinks like an emu free within the heart, each single workers member getting hypnotized, and an precise piano being dropped on somebody like in an Acme cartoon. There are technically seven seasons nevertheless it was supposed to finish after 5, and whereas I haven’t really watched the ultimate two, I’ve heard that typically you shouldn’t. As humorous as The Brittas Empire could be, I’m sticking it in 14th place as a result of there’s sadly some pretty ’90s-typical ableism in it that detracts from the general humor of the present. Nonetheless, it has its moments of being a enjoyable, “oh god”-inducing piece of comedy.

13. Preserving Up Appearances

(BBC)

A present about white middle-class pretensions, Preserving Up Appearances follows Hyacinth Bucket (“pronounced Bouquet”) and her long-suffering husband Richard (Clive Swift) as she tries desperately to social climb for the each of them to endlessly embarrassing outcomes. Together with her totally terrorized neighbor/finest good friend Violet (Josephine Tewson) reluctantly in tow, Hyacinth rampages by the cul de sac, oblivious to her precise impact on the individuals she’s making an attempt to suck as much as. She continues on, unaware of her beloved, doted-on son’s more and more out standing, or the truth that his finest good friend and roommate is definitely his lover (don’t watch on the lookout for illustration, nonetheless; Sheridan by no means really seems on display screen).

Taking pictures in any respect the usual, soulless middle-class niceties that will likely be acquainted to anybody who grew up in England (a minimum of these millennial-aged and up) it’s normally very satisfying to see Hyacinth’s schemes come to nothing—I say normally as a result of now and again you end up rooting for her regardless of herself. Add within the working class household she loves dearly, but not sufficient that she gained’t try to conceal their existence from her social circle, Elizabeth’s acerbic, extraordinarily divorced brother, and a vicar who’s desperately making an attempt to keep away from her in any respect prices and you’ve got the whole lot you want for a pleasant comedy of errors.

12. The Goes Flawed Present

(BBC)

Following on from the television specials Peter Pan Goes Flawed and A Christmas Carol Goes Flawed, The Goes Flawed Present retains up with the adventures of the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society as they’re inexplicably given the possibility to carry out a collection of performs reside on the BBC. Every episode contains a new play, and a brand new collection of excruciating disasters that the forged bravely tries to soldier by because the efficiency falls aside round their ears. A combination of slapstick, defective units, unhealthy appearing, and wild forged drama that makes its means on stage each episode may be very humorous by itself. Nonetheless, the collection as a complete solely makes it into the quantity 13 slot on this record as a result of the premise does start to get repetitive after some time. Nonetheless, it’s straightforward watching and extremely entertaining, particularly in the event you’re on the lookout for one thing to look at drunk with your folks.

11. My Household

(BBC One)

A traditional household sitcom, My Household follows the day-to-day lives of grumpy dentist Ben Harper (Robert Lindsay), his sensible, sharp-tongued spouse Susan (Zoë Wanamaker), and their three youngsters—all of whom are a nightmare in their very own particular, distinctive methods. Although there’s a good variety of bland, or simply not superb, episodes, it’s one of many longest-running BBC sitcoms for a cause, and with 10 seasons of it, you gained’t run out for some time. Persistently humorous and with an iconic forged however general few standout moments, My Household is available in at quantity 12 on this record for being a dependable bingeworthy background noise/consolation present that may final you a very long time and requires principally nothing from you with the intention to take pleasure in and observe alongside.

10. Dad’s Military

(BBC)

An enormous one for nostalgia, Dad’s Military is an outdated comedy that’s always being replayed on one channel or one other. Set throughout the Second World Struggle, it follows the adventures of the House Guard, a navy pressure made up of males whose age, medical standing, or occupation meant they couldn’t be despatched abroad, and had been skilled to be the final line of protection in opposition to a German invasion as an alternative.

Led by the officious Captain Mainwaring (Arthur Lowe), native financial institution supervisor by day, the fictional Walmington on Sea’s department of the house guard is made up of oddballs together with the aged pacifist Non-public Godfrey (Arnold Ridley), wheeling, dealing Non-public Walker (James Beck), who can all the time provide you with a pair of nylons and someway persuaded the military his occupation was too necessary to signal him up, and the adorably oblivious teenage Non-public Pike (Ian Lavender). Poking enjoyable at British classism and small-town politics, the House Guard frequently face off in opposition to their nemeses—not the Germans however the native Air Raid Warder, and the Verger of the church in whose corridor they’ve their conferences. With a mixture of slapstick comedy, darkish humor, and pathos, Dad’s Military is a kind of reveals that makes you need to name your granddad and really feel vaguely comforted on the similar time.

9. Ready for God

(BBC)

If you happen to like seeing older individuals defying expectations and getting as much as hijinks, then you definitely’ll take pleasure in Ready for God. Positioned in a retirement dwelling by their respectively involved and uncaring households, retired accountant Tom (Graham Crowden) and deeply cynical photojournalist Diana (Stephanie Cole) resolve to affix forces to battle the facility and customarily seed chaos within the dwelling. Run by a grasping incompetent who always locations revenue above the residents, Tom and Diana frequently thwart his plans and lift the general dwelling normal for the residents by a mix of blackmail and uncooked crafty. A present that subverts the conventional expectations for aged individuals, in addition to the same old generational household dynamics, Ready for God is someway each cynical and charming on the similar time.

8. The Younger Ones

(BBC)

A collection satirizing college college students within the ’80s, The Younger Ones is a kind of reveals with such excessive caricatures you’re laughing each on the precise satire and the individuals who consider that is actually what college students are like. Following 4 ridiculous white boys in a squalid scholar flat in London, The Younger Ones options Rick (Rik Mayall), an anarchist obsessive about Cliff Richard; Vyviane (Adrian Edmondson), a chaotic violent punk alarmingly finding out medication; Neil (Nigel Planer), a deeply depressed hippy who does all of the work across the place; and Mike (Christopher Ryan), a profitable, unscrupulous girls man—all enrolled at Scumbag School.

It’s absurd, chaotic, surreal as hell, and weirdly nonetheless relatable a long time later (or a minimum of it was again within the late aughts once I was in school). Who didn’t know some man already into unethical-seeming enterprise earlier than you’ve even graduated, a self-proclaimed anarchist who by no means did something helpful, or a wildly corrupt landlord? To not point out that man who actually, actually shouldn’t be finding out medication. The animal puppets offering commentary within the partitions are a terrific contact, and the ultimate episode goes out with a band (I’m not apologizing for that pun).

7. Ghosts

(BBC)

A comedy-drama that’s as unhappy as it’s humorous, Ghosts is what you get in the event you resolve to take a house-share sitcom however make it paranormal. Clearly, if ghosts had been actual, you’d have a number of totally different ghosts from a number of durations of historical past all haunting the identical place. Ghosts appears at this and asks the true questions: What would that be like? How would they deal with one another? Would they like one another, and how much petty feuds would develop in the event that they didn’t? Add in a brand new, dwelling household, with plans for the house that the lifeless residents don’t like, and also you’ve already received an excellent setup.

Add the truth that a member of that household develops the power to see ghosts after being briefly clinically lifeless, nonetheless, as occurs to new proprietor Alison, and also you’ve received a wholly totally different, even higher premise. What begins out as a battle between the dwelling and the lifeless quickly develops into a comparatively blissful housemate scenario, mixing the same old beats and plotlines of a housemate comedy with paranormal drama.

6. Inexperienced Wing

(Channel 4)

A comedy that basically leans into the absurd because it will get going, Inexperienced Wing is ready in an NHS hospital, chronicling the adventures of 4 docs, the executive workers, and all the numerous and diverse affairs that go on round them (you’d want an L Phrase-style map). With heavy hitters like Olivia Coleman and Tamsin Greig, it’s a fairly spectacular forged for a unusual little weeknight present, nevertheless it totally delivers.

What begins out as a traditional comedy-drama set in a hospital slowly morphs right into a deeply bizarre and infrequently surreal factor to look at, which I’m informed is slightly just like the expertise of truly working in a hospital in order that tracks. Inexperienced Wing manages to skirt that tremendous line between funny-embarrassing and ‘oh god I can’t really watch this anymore’ embarrassing, all the time staying on the correct facet of it, It additionally blends collectively Schadenfreude with pathos in a means that leaves you intentionally confused about what you’re feeling.

5. The Inbetweeners

(Channel 4)

It’s uncommon {that a} present actually will get youngsters in all their horrible glory like The Inbetweeners. After his father ran away with a mistress, taking many of the cash with him, the unbearable however well-meaning Will McKenzie (Simon Chook) has to attend a state college for the primary time. Spoiler, this goes poorly for him.

Not precisely in style at his old skool he instantly discovers that being a “posh twat” isn’t going to assist him right here both, however assistance is at hand when Simon (Joe Thomas) takes pity on him and shortly sufficient he’s a part of a brand new, totally dreadful good friend group. The 4 lads then meander by the remainder of their adolescence, making an attempt to purchase alcohol, get laid, and customarily do all the opposite regular, obnoxious issues teenage boys do. Although they’re all wretched in their very own particular methods you do find yourself keen on them, even the reprehensible Jay (James Buckley), and it’s truthfully enjoyable to recollect what it was like being an adolescent—and notice how glad you might be that you simply aren’t one anymore.

4. Goodness Gracious Me

(BBC)

As soon as a staple of the Friday evening comedy lineup, Goodness Gracious Me is a British-Asian sketch present from the ’90s that’s timelessly humorous. Written by and starring comedy legends Meera Syal, Nina Wadia, Kulvinder Ghir, and Sanjeev Bhaskar, the present mixes collectively comedy and commentary about British Asian tradition with sensible satire of the English and the racist attitudes displayed in direction of the Asian neighborhood right here.

With the whole lot from fabulous musical parodies to acquainted household characters (embarrassing aunties and that uncle who claims he can repair something) to Skipinder the Punjabi Kangaroo (who, not like the unique, can speak, is all the time drunk, and has a foul perspective), it’s received a terrific vary of comedy types, and sadly a number of the factors being made are nonetheless related now. My favourite sketch will all the time be “Going for an English,” as a result of it’s an ideal satire of how a number of British individuals behave after they’ve been down the pub, although the parody tune “I wanna reside like Hindi individuals” nearly beats it out of prime spot (we’ve all met the white lady who says namaste and has a poorly executed henna tattoo).

3. Pink Dwarf

(BBC)

I’m a sucker for sci-fi, and in the event you’re at The Mary Sue, likelihood is so are you, so a sci-fi comedy hits precisely proper. Pink Dwarf asks the easy query: what would it not be like if, attributable to refusing to betray your unlawful pet cat to the highest brass, you had been cryogenically frozen throughout a nuclear catastrophe and left there till the radiation dropped again all the way down to a human-safe degree, which simply so occurs to be after your entire remainder of humanity has died out? Oh, and when you had been frozen, your cat had kittens who had kittens of their very own and a complete new civilization of sentient cats advanced within the maintain. And your asshole roommate can also be there, in hologram kind. See? Easy questions! Pink Dwarf is a sitcom in house the place delightfully bizarre issues occur each week and traditional sci-fi tropes are performed with for laughs. The Cat is a very stand-out character too, like a full-on fever dream of what some author’s cat could be like if he gained anthropomorphic kind with a spectacular wardrobe, and Danny John-Jules performs him to perfection.

2. Blackadder

(BBC)

Ah, Blackadder. Precisely the present you need to watch in the event you’ll take pleasure in seeing a mean-spirited schemer hilariously fail to attain his desires over and over in numerous time durations (properly, technically a protracted line of very related mean-spirited schemers, all performed by Rowan Atkinson). Whereas the primary Blackadder was a prince, second in line to the throne and determined to beat his older brother to it, the Blackadder household quickly shoots down the social ladder—doubtless as a direct results of their makes an attempt to climb it by way of very crafty plans, and the deeply incompetent buddies and henchmen they encompass themselves with.

One other present crammed with dry, darkish humor that pokes enjoyable on the British institution and the aristocracy (particularly the royal household) in addition to the narratives we’ve been spun about it, Blackadder is a good watch in the event you like historical past and don’t thoughts it being mangled within the identify of some laughs. In my view the third season, the aptly named Blackadder the Third, is the perfect of them because it sees Blackadder as butler and babysitter to the Prince Regent (Hugh Laurie). The dynamic there’s simply pleasant, as is getting to look at that man should handle an amazing, albeit well-meaning, man-child along with his personal plots to strike it wealthy and by no means should thoughts the prince ever once more. The fourth season in the meantime, set throughout the first world conflict, is consequently much less humorous with a really unhappy ending, so in the event you do plan to look at right through that be warned—you gained’t finish it laughing.

1. Friday Evening Dinner

(Channel 4)

Set throughout a household of Londoners weekly Shabbos dinners, the place the grown sons come again dwelling for the night (normally with out a lady in tow), Friday Evening Dinner begins with a reasonably abnormal premise and takes it someplace very humorous. It’s a deeply relatable present, from the way in which the boys instantly revert to childhood and begin pranking one another the second they get by the door (who doesn’t, a minimum of just a little bit, after they go dwelling for a go to?), the right middle-aged Dad weirdness of their father (all the time shirtless as a result of his “nipples are roasting”), and the diploma to which their mom is each eternally hopeful and simply Executed With All the pieces on a regular basis. Add in more and more bizarre neighbor Jim and the dichotomy of Horrible Grandma and Good Grandma (along with her completely horrible “gentleman companion”) and also you’ve received the right slice-of-life comedy. Like a number of issues on this record, there’s a great mixture of Schadenfreude, darkish humor, and issues that typically make you go “oh, no” and wince a bit when you’re watching, in addition to some genuinely unhappy components, nevertheless it’s additionally a heat, feel-good present (and never within the cringe, sanitized, conservative means individuals usually imply by that). The Goodmans actually do really feel like an precise household, with all of the difficult, messy, loving dynamics concerned, and that’s truthfully what makes it humorous, as a result of it feels true, prefer it could possibly be occurring subsequent door proper now.

Bonus Northern Eire Spherical: Derry Ladies

(Netflix)

Derry Ladies will get its personal separate facet entry to this record as a result of whereas it’s technically a British present, and albeit the perfect one, it additionally feels incorrect to incorporate it on any record of particularly British something. Be part of Erin (Saoirse-Monica Jackson), Orla (Louisa Harland), Clare (Nicola Coughlan), Michelle (Jamie-Lee O’Donnell), and her cousin, the offensively but someway nonetheless “not correct English” James (Dylan Llewellyn), as they navigate adolescence throughout The Troubles in Derry.

It’s very humorous, a terrific take a look at adolescence each usually and particularly throughout the ’90s, and manages to convey tender humor to on a regular basis life throughout a fraught interval of historical past. The ultimate episode did really make me cry, which I wasn’t anticipating, nevertheless it forcefully yanked me again in time to once I was about 11, watching the information in regards to the Good Friday settlement on tv in my Irish grandparents’ home and realizing this was going to vary the whole lot. Anyway, watch it in the event you haven’t already.

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My favorite of 2023 up to now is Guilt. Neil Forsyth introduced the trilogy to an finish in an outstanding approach. There are nice performances by Mark Bonnar, Jamie Sives and Emun Elliot as the principle characters Max, Jake and Kenny. Their gallows humour ensures there are a whole lot of laughs on this “thriller” and while you take into consideration the excellent soundtrack, it’s top of the range viewing. It’s been an excellent 12 months for Forsyth, as The Gold was additionally a superb watch. Colin Armstrong, 50, Falkirk

Colin from Accounts (BBC Two)

In dire want of cheering-up however with a slightly area of interest sense of humour, I badgered associates for laugh-along telly. I ought to have listened when Colin from Accounts stored developing, however assumed it was like The Workplace, which doesn’t float my boat, and ignored them. What a idiot I felt after I gave it a whirl: it’s humorous, sensible, feelgood TV that includes so many well-drawn, relatable characters with nice chemistry and wit. Demelza, Wiltshire

I Assume You Ought to Depart With Tim Robinson (Netflix)

Patently absurd … I Assume You Ought to Depart With Tim Robinson. {Photograph}: Kevin Estrada/Netflix

My favorite TV of 2023 up to now is the long-awaited season three of I Assume You Ought to Depart With Tim Robinson. The six episodes are quick, however so packed filled with stomach laughs. It’s simply the funniest present on the market. Robinson is such a eager observer of human nature, that although lots of the sketches are obviously absurd, we are able to all recognise ourselves in these conditions. That is most likely why it has a improbable on-line group of followers. It’s a present I preserve coming again to time and time once more. Mark Hawksley, 44, Wisconsin, US

Joyful Valley, sequence three (BBC One)

It must be Joyful Valley. I had not watched earlier sequence – simply didn’t fancy it – however I used to be hooked by the trailers for the brand new one. I watched sequence one and two earlier than three began, and wow! I grew to become utterly absorbed by this improbable programme all about household, loyalty, human kindness, frailty, vileness, deprivation, the consequences of medicine and the advantages of group policing – all portrayed truthfully and with humour. Congratulations to Sarah Lancashire and the entire solid, in addition to to Sally Wainwright. Barbara, 69, Stockport

Form Island (Apple TV+)

A household favorite … Form Island. {Photograph}: Apple TV

Form Island, AppleTV+’s adaptation of the Form sequence of books by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, has been a household favorite this 12 months with many repeat viewings. It’s filled with fantastically crafted stop-motion, pitch-perfect voice performing and tales as bizarre and profound as you would ever hope. It’s at all times a marker of high quality when strains of dialogue are lifted out and slotted into your on a regular basis discourse. It’s Triangle Day! Chris Smith, 43, Finland

Succession, season 4 (Sky Atlantic and Now)

Succession is the perfect TV of the 12 months, unquestionably. It’s the one present because the Sopranos the place you generally sympathise with loathsome characters. You additionally need to work arduous to maintain up with the machiavellian strategising. The principle enchantment is the writing: the dialogue is mordant, humorous and extremely imaginative. There wasn’t a single episode the place something felt wasted or saggy. Each scene was wealthy in that means. The present is already legendary. Anne Visitor, Cumbria

The Massive Door Prize (Apple TV+)

Well timed and interesting … The Massive Door Prize. {Photograph}: Apple TV

I learn the Guardian article about The Massive Door Prize after which didn’t miss a single present. It’s higher than the novel, which I’ve learn too. I like how all of the characters are so advanced and credible, and I discover the story well timed and interesting. Susanne, 57, Nuremberg, Germany

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Blue Lights (BBC One)

Blue Lights is a superb ensemble drama the place every character is finely developed. It has simply the best variety of twists and turns to maintain you watching with out stretching credulity – and it has genuinely transferring moments. Martin, 55, Bristol

The Final of Us (Sky Atlantic and Now)

The Final of Us was a refreshing spin on the post-apocalyptic style. It was additionally a devoted adaptation; I’ve performed each of the unique video games on PS4. There was a glut of post-apocalyptic reveals because the pandemic, however this sequence stood out due to its uncommon deal with love and survival – slightly than a shoot ‘em up. The now-iconic third episode had some improbable performances, as certainly did the present as an entire. Michael Hogg, 60, Edinburgh

Ted Lasso, season three (Apple TV+)

Caught the touchdown … Ted Lasso. {Photograph}: Colin Hutton/Apple TV

It’s higher to exit on prime than flog a lifeless horse for diminishing scores returns. I can’t consider a TV present that’s been so affecting for me, and I used to be delighted that they caught the touchdown and walked away. I cherished how they selected to not painting key moments on-screen, and introduced us in afterward. The mixture of utilizing heightened characters to painting actual emotional conditions is one thing I can’t keep in mind ever seeing on telly earlier than. Paddy, 55, Piha, New Zealand

Race Throughout the World, season three (BBC One)

Race Throughout the World is a tremendous mix of journey present, actuality present, drama and competitors. Its third season was the perfect but, and the perfect present I’ve watched up to now this 12 months. John, 45, Eire

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Netflix Launch Date: 2024

MOVIEmeter: 1106

Once you consider how beloved Avatar: The Final Airbender is by its followers, there’s an enormous quantity of stress on Netflix to get the live-action adaptation right. Simply some of the anticipated Netflix titles of 2023, if completed appropriately, Netflix will claw again a few of its misplaced reputations from latest variations.

Set in an Asiatic, war-torn world the place sure folks can “bend” one of many 4 classical parts: water, earth, fireplace, or air. Aang is the “Avatar”, the one one able to bending all the weather, and is destined to deliver peace to the world from the Hearth Nation. Along with his new companions Katara and Sokka, Aang units out to grasp the weather whereas being pursued by the exiled Hearth Nation prince Zuko, who seeks to regain his honor by capturing the Avatar.

Created By: Steven Maeda, Matt Owens

Style: Motion, Journey, Comedy | Solid: Iñaki Godoy, Emily Rudd, Mackenyu, Stevel Marc, Taz Skylar

Netflix Launch Date: August thirty first, 2023

MOVIEmeter: 288

With a 25-year publication historical past and over 1060 chapters of the manga, One Piece is one the longest-running and most beloved fictional franchises from Japan. Because of this a live-action adaptation of the collection is one in every of Netflix’s most bold but, but when it pays off, then Netflix has a model new collection that would span nicely over ten years.

An alternate model of Earth, and one that’s at the moment within the midst of the ‘Golden Age of Pirates’. Ruthless cut-throat pirates rule the seas, and solely the strongest have the possibility to put declare to the legendary treasure often called ‘One Piece’ that was left behind by the best pirate of all of them Gol D. Roger. Years after the dying of Gold Roger, a younger boy by the identify of Monkey D. Luffy has goals of elevating his personal crew, discovering One Piece, and declaring himself as Pirate King. After consuming a satan fruit that grants Luffy the facility to make his physique like rubber, it offers him monumental power and agility. When Luffy lastly comes of age, he units sail from Foosha Village in East Blue and units upon his grand journey to turn into the subsequent Pirate King.

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This led to the inevitable 22 greatest Woody Harrelson films and TV exhibits of all time. Followers adore the actor for his selection, in a position to be in Westerns, horror films, dramas, comedies, and anything. These genres are represented within the 22 greatest Woody Harrelson films and TV exhibits ranked beneath.

1 – Nanking (2007)

That is exactly the way you do a documentary. Woody Harrelson and plenty of different well-known stars reenact among the most horrific sequences of his real-life story concerning the devastating occasions within the Chinese language metropolis of Nanking.

It’s heart-wrenching, brutal, and doesn’t maintain again in its commentary, appearing, and recreation of the atrocities there. All of the whereas, it by no means slows down and avoids the pitfalls of different documentaries that teeter on boring.

2 – The Starvation Video games: Catching Hearth (2013)

Woody Harrelson returns as Haymitch on this sequel to the film that put Katniss Everdeen and Jennifer Lawrence on the map. Just like the e book it’s based mostly on, that is the way you make a sequel. The stakes are larger, the feelings are stronger, the motion is healthier, and the course is terrific.

It helps, too, that that is Harrelson close to the height of his profession with a efficiency that matches his authentic look within the earlier film.

3 – No Nation for Outdated Males (2007)

This is among the greatest Westerns you’ll discover in existence. Anchored by stable performances throughout the board from the star-studded solid, it’s helped that it is a by some means good adaptation of the humorous and sometimes bleak supply materials, making it a must-watch.

4 – Zombieland (2009)

This beloved zombie horror comedy movie balances its two-tone script so nicely. It could possibly instill worry with the 4 fundamental characters attempting to outlive in a zombie apocalypse whereas by no means failing to make you break a smile. That is helped by a incredible solid of 4 actors who commit nicely to their components.

5 – Cheers (1982-1993)

This TV collection kickstarted the profession of a youthful Woody Harrelson. For a number of seasons, he performed Woody, the bartender who labored on the well-known sitcom bar in Boston. His immediately likable nature and fixed comedic brilliance are why he skyrocketed to stardom after this.

6 – Jim Allison: Breakthrough (2019)

This beautiful and well-balanced documentary tells the story of a scientist who comes up with the treatment for one of many world’s deadliest illnesses. With a much more fascinating story than it sounds, it’s helped by masterful narration from Woody Harrelson.

7 – Battle for The Planet of The Apes (2017)

This sinister and high-budget entry within the collection sees the battle between people and the clever primates, led by Andy Serkis’ Caesar, come to a head. With Harrelson enjoying the function of the extra villainous colonel for the human military, it exhibits a darker facet of him whereas additionally balancing its story and motion nicely.

8 – True Detective (2014-2019)

HBO has many stable TV collection that includes well-known actors, however few can attain the heights and script of this crime detective homicide thriller. Woody Harrelson is impeccable in his function alongside Matthew McConaughey in a duo that shouldn’t be missed.

9 – Three Billboards Exterior Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

There’s a motive that this surprisingly humorous however darkish comedy a couple of homicide in a small city has gained so many rewards. Exterior of among the finest performances from Harrelson in his profession, it additionally has a superb script that is aware of when to get severe and poke enjoyable at itself.

10 – Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

Woody Harrelson reprised his function of Cletus for a bombastic and spectacular sequel. On the similar time, the story is a bit gentle, however the gore and violence should not, with Harrelson enjoying the twisted Carnage. He’s the proper foil for Tom Hardy’s Venom, managing to horrify and steal the present concurrently.

11 – Kiss The Floor (2020)

Woody Harrelson takes a step again from his extra fictional works to take a look at the actual world on this documentary. He narrates this wondrous and delightful murals concerning the numerous individuals and industries attempting to avoid wasting the topsoil on Earth.

12 – The Starvation Video games (2012)

That is the place all of it started for the multi-billion greenback franchise concerning the younger Katniss Everdeen sacrificing herself to take part within the horrific and grim teen battle royale. Whereas Jennifer Lawrence is excellent, the true star right here is Woody Harrelson’s Haymitch, who goes via terrific character improvement all through the movie.

13 – The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay Half 1 (2014)

Woody Harrelson takes a step again within the third film within the beloved battle royale movie franchise. Whereas he isn’t as current on this film as within the first two, his presence elevates the few scenes he seems in and his large relationship with Katniss Everdeen.

14 – The Starvation Video games: Mockingjay Half 2 (2015)

The grand finale of the story of Katniss Everdeen won’t present as a lot Woody Harrelson as followers may want, however he continues to be one of many standout characters on this movie. It ends on a stable observe, too, whereas managing to justify its break up finale nature.

15 – Anger Administration (2003)

Whereas his function on this movie isn’t almost as giant as among the different films he’s appeared in, Woody Harrelson by no means fails to raise the opposite stars of this film, specifically Adam Sandler and Jack Nicholson. This comedy from Sandler hasn’t aged the most effective, nevertheless it stays a stable watch.

16 – Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)

Whether or not you like or hate it, this spin-off movie within the beloved sci-fi collection is not less than all the higher due to Woody Harrelson’s Beckett. Whereas this problematic movie has its fair proportion of issues, Harrelson steals each scene he’s in and makes it far more pleasant to observe.

17 – The Fringe of Seventeen (2016)

Harrelson performs extra of a supporting function on this extremely underrated coming-of-age comedy-drama. Alongside Harrelson, Hailee Steinfeld is a riveting and hilarious teen lead who explores her teenage years whereas coping with usually extra extreme and fascinating points.

18 – White Home Plumbers (2023)

This ludicrous however by some means compelling biographical drama tells the story of Woody Harrelson enjoying a key element within the story of the Watergate scandal and what would flip the White Home and America the wrong way up.

19 – White Males Can’t Bounce (1992)

As one of many first function movies that Woody Harrelson is on the forefront of, that is surprisingly a humorous and pleasant sports activities flick. Harrelson performs the white man in Los Angeles who cons unsuspecting basketball opponents for cash alongside Wesley Snipes. It doesn’t add a lot to the sports activities style nevertheless it doesn’t have to.

20 – 2012 (2009)

Weird and stuffed with many issues that the majority world-ending movies like this have, there may be not less than some real leisure to be discovered right here. Thrilling from begin to end, the scope of the tip of the world on this film is incredible, even when the writing is a bit uneven.

21 – Zombieland: Double Faucet (2019)

The lovable stars of the unique zombie horror comedy film return for a extra ridiculous and bloody movie ten years later. Whereas it retreads a lot of the identical floor as earlier than, there’s no denying that Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, and Abigail Breslin are as compelling as ever.

22 – Buddies With Advantages (2011)

Harrelson is understood for his good methods of enjoying that comedic facet character in films, and that’s exactly the case on this 2011 grownup rom-com. Whereas Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake are the celebrities of this raunchy however entertaining movie, Harrelson manages to steal the present in his scenes.

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In recent times, tv has began to discover this wild, great, infuriating, mind-boggling and, at occasions, horribly unfair journey. Nevertheless it’s solely now that the later chapters are being informed – within the likes of The Change (Channel 4), the debut comedy collection from Bridget Christie. The 51-year-old comic, who additionally performs standup exhibits about going by means of the menopause, has created a story that each scrutinises and celebrates the expertise. It’s shot by means of with the type of nuance that may solely come from anyone who has been within the thick of it.

In The Change, Christie performs Linda, who, at her fiftieth celebration, tells her older sister about feeling invisible at work – just for her sister to disregard her. She then goes to her GP considering she has early-onset dementia. “Ringing in ears when pressured, nervousness, despair and an odd psychological dysfunction involving lack of nouns,” are a few of her signs, which her physician says are, in truth, indicators of the menopause. She sees this as a turning level and, after tallying up all of the “invisible work” she has completed for her lazy husband and ungrateful children through the years, decides to get on her motorcycle and go on an journey to the Forest of Dean, the place she hid a time capsule in a tree as a toddler. The capsule, she says, will remind her who she is.

One of many causes that The Change is such an necessary piece of TV is made clear in a meta second from episode one. Linda writes in a word to her husband: “The Hulk is the one menopausal function mannequin within the historical past of TV and movie.” She is just not far off. The one different fast small display screen examples are Charlotte York’s perimenopausal blood leak in final 12 months’s And Simply Like That, and the earlier 12 months’s glorious Davina McCall: Intercourse, Myths & Menopause Channel 4 documentary. Analysis by College School London earlier this 12 months discovered that greater than 90% of postmenopausal ladies had been by no means taught in regards to the menopause at college, with greater than 60% solely beginning to search for data as soon as signs began. This, together with the truth that the menopause continues to be massively understudied – regardless of ladies going by means of it since, properly, for ever – is a name for extra menopausal ladies on the display screen.

Christie solutions it in essentially the most great method. Linda’s time within the woods is joyous to observe – it’s surreal, beautiful, poignant, laced with paganism and, crucially, very humorous. It’s arduous to seek out anything to check it to. The comic tackles the whole lot from sexism to the local weather disaster, group, gender identification and capitalism. The final two episodes deliver the whole lot collectively to create essentially the most profound TV finale of the 12 months (no small feat, contemplating that Succession and Completely happy Valley additionally reached a conclusion in 2023).

As Linda and her new feminine associates – the bizarre however good-hearted “eel sisters” (Monica Dolan and Susan Lynch) and straight-talking native radio DJ Pleasure (Tanya Moodie) – put together decorations and costumes for the extremely anticipated annual Eel Pageant within the forest, they circulate by means of conversations we’re all a part of.

“Why do ladies at all times have to clarify why they haven’t received children?” asks Linda. “Being a mom and never being a mom is just not how I outline myself.” Then there’s “Mutton dressed as lamb … one other derogatory time period only for ladies. Is there an equal time period for an older man who clothes younger?”. “A cunt,” is the reply. “I forgot the phrase plunger and stated ‘shit sucker’ to the plumber,” says Pleasure, as they talk about menopausal phrase loss. Linda underlines the loveliness of such trusting and candid exchanges: “I believe you’re all actually stunning, by the best way.”

On the day of the Eel Pageant, when Linda turns into the primary Eel Queen – carrying an impressive headdress that makes her “really feel extra myself than I’ve in years” – such transferring moments proceed to make you assume, weep and chortle. The day’s procession honours a girl’s journey from puberty to menopause and rebirth. “Might all of your transitions be joyful!” Linda declares, as they run and dance by means of the woods, stopping at stations that characterize every milestone. “Don’t wait till you’re 50 till you like your self,” she tells a teen whereas crowning her. “I really feel highly effective, like I’ve joined a membership of cool, smart, good ladies. And I see them. I see you,” she additionally tells a fellow fiftysomething as she locations a crown on herhead.

Linda additionally recognises that, for one in three ladies, menopause isn’t the liberating expertise she has had. This is only one lady’s story that hardly scratches the floor of one thing we are going to all undergo in several methods. However, it captures part of life that has been ignored for thus lengthy in a method that makes you sit up and watch.

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“I discover the truth that my reproductive life is over fairly liberating, like a return to type,” Christie stated final month. “There was this center part that was all about, whether or not we all know it or not, ‘attractiveness’, or having relationships, and I really feel that that’s gone. The Bridget I used to be after I was a toddler, earlier than I had my intervals – I really feel extra like that individual now.” We witness this occurring to Linda on display screen, and it’s so wonderful that it has the facility to revert you to childhood and who you actually are in moments. Deliver on season two; this story is barely simply getting began.

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Though precise dates haven’t been introduced for every title, here is what to anticipate.

South Korean exhibits:

Vigilante

Forged: Nam Joo-hyuk, Lee Joon-hyuk, Yoo Ji-tae, Kim So-jin

The drama follows Ji Yong (Nam), a college scholar coaching to hitch the police pressure in order that he can avenge the dying of his mother and father. On the weekends, he turns into a vigilante, monitoring down and punishing criminals. In the meantime, reporter Choi Mi-ryeo (Kim) and investigator Jo Heon (Yoo) are monitoring his actions. The sequence relies on a webtoon of the identical identify.

Shifting

Forged: Lee Jeong-ha, Kim Do-hoon, Go Yoon-jung

The sequence tells the story of highschool college students Kim Bong-seok (Lee), Jang Hee-soo (Go) and Lee Kang-hoon (Kim), who’ve superpowers inherited from their mother and father. Bong-seok can fly, the very athletic Hee-soo has the facility to regenerate from accidents and Kang-hoon has energy and pace. The scholars attempt to conceal their secrets and techniques and their mother and father battle to guard them from being utilized by others. The present relies on a webtoon of the identical identify by Kang Full and shall be launched on August 9.

The Worst of Evil

Forged: Ji Chang-wook, Wi Ha-joon, Im Se-mi

Set within the Eighties, the crime-action drama follows undercover police who infiltrate an enormous legal organisation liable for the unlawful drug commerce between South Korea, China and Japan. Ji stars as lead officer Kang Joon-mo, with Im as Yoo Eui-jung, a narcotics officer. In the meantime, Wi performs Jung Ki-cheol, the chief of the legal enterprise.

Soundtrack #2

Forged: Keum Sae-rok, Steve Sanghyun Noh

The present centres on Hyeon-seo (Keum) and Suho (Noh), a pair who’re members of a college band. They spend virtually daily collectively for six years earlier than breaking apart as a result of strain of life after commencement. 4 years later, they go their separate methods. They find yourself reuniting after Suho, now a profitable chief govt, hires a piano tutor who seems to be Hyeon-seo.

BTS Monuments: Past the Star

The Disney+ unique docu-series is in collaboration with Hybe and charts the rise of Ok-pop boy band BTS. The present will use the huge library of music and video footage of the group since their debut, and take a look at the day by day lives, ideas and plans of the seven members as they put together for his or her subsequent chapter.

Han River Police

Forged: Kwon Sang-woo, Kim Hee-won

The fictional comedy sequence follows two policemen with reverse personalities – Han Du-jin (Kwon) is a hot-tempered sergeant whereas Chun-seok (Kim) is a laid-back lieutenant – as they patrol the Han River in Seoul. The present will comply with their adventures as they take care of every little thing from terrorism to on a regular basis accidents.

Japanese programmes:

Dragons of Wonderhatch

Forged: Sena Nakajima, Daiken Okudaira

The sequence is a mixture of live-action and anime. It follows a highschool scholar named Nagi (Nakajima), who lives in the true world, and Tyme (Okudaira), a boy in a world the place riders can hear the cries of dragons and talk with them.

A City With out Seasons

Forged: Sosuke Ikematsu, Taiga Nakano

Hansuke (Ikematsu) is recruited to spy on the remaining residents of a small city who’re left in non permanent housing after a catastrophe hits Japan. Nevertheless, he quickly finally ends up recognising the makeshift city as his new house after witnessing how the residents select to maintain going. He additionally learns to return to phrases with the catastrophe that took every little thing from him.

Tokyo Revengers

The second season of the anime will return. It’s based mostly on a manga sequence of the identical identify. Tokyo Revengers follows Takemichi, a person who lives an unsatisfying life and discover outs his ex-girlfriend Hinata has died throughout a dispute involving the Tokyo Manji Gang. The subsequent day, he will get pushed off a subway platform – however seconds earlier than he is struck, he is transported again in time. He returns to the 12 months when he was relationship Hinata and vows to do every little thing he can to stop her dying.

Phoenix: Eden17

Additionally based mostly on a manga, the anime follows Romi and her companion George as they try to flee a dystopian model of Earth. Their hope for a greater life lies on a planet referred to as Eden. As they attempt to attain it, they quickly uncover Eden now not exists. Romi then finds herself having to eke out a fair harsher life there.

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A brand new BBC pageant venue at Dynamic Earth, will, from the 7-20 August, play host to 14 days-worth of broadcasts in entrance of reside audiences. Among the many different highlights is Edinburgh Worldwide Pageant Director Nicola Benedetti presenting a live performance with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra with its Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth on the Usher Corridor on August 6.

On the BBC Scotland channel, there will likely be a brand new run of the Edinburgh Unlocked collection with comic Mark Nelson, whereas Damian Barr will host a particular version of The Massive Scottish Guide Membership with a few of the largest literary award winners showing on the Edinburgh Guide Pageant.

BBC Scotland may even have a brand new documentary Kyle Falconer: Love & Chaos, specializing in the Scots rocker, frontman of chart-topping band, The View, as he and fiancé Laura Wilde put together to take their semi-autobiographical present No Love Songs – an intimate and emotional portrait of their eight years collectively – to the Fringe.

New arts strand The Tradition Scene may have three new podcast/ iPlayer movies that includes artists from the Fringe. The Royal Edinburgh Army Tattoo highlights will likely be proven in the direction of the tip of August, with an additional in depth vary of particular Edinburgh pageant programming on BBC Radio Scotland, spanning leisure and humanities.

In addition to devoted programming there will likely be pageant reviews throughout television, radio and on-line information, with particular reviews from BBC Scotland’s Arts Correspondent Pauline McLean.

The brand new Dynamic Earth BBC venue will this yr host Edinburgh specials of a variety of BBC Radio Scotland programming together with:

The Afternoon Present with presenters Janice Forsyth, Michelle McManus and Nicola Meighan

The Quay Periods with Roddy Hart

Breaking the Information with Des Clarke

Off the Ball with Stuart Cosgrove and Tam Cowan

Take the Flooring with Gary Innes

Travelling Folks with Anna Massie

Out of Doorways with Mark Stephen and Rachel Stewart

For the Document with Nicola Meighan

Vic Galloway Stay on the Edinburgh Pageant

In Dialog with Vic Galloway

BBC Scotland Introducing with Phoebe I-H and Shereen Cutkelvin

Mornings with Stephen Jardine

Sunday Morning with Sally Magnusson

BBC Add Showcase with Anna Welander

The community radio reveals on the BBC venue at Dynamic Earth embody Radio 4’s Only a Minute with Sue Perkins, Unfastened Ends with Clive Anderson, Who Runs the World? with Catherine Bohart, Entrance Row, United Nations of Information and Contemporary from the Fringe, BBC Three Counties Radio’s Something however Coldplay, Radio 3’s In Tune, and Radio 5 Stay’s Nihal Arthanayake, Gordon Sensible, and Elis James and John Robins reveals, and BBC incapacity and psychological well being podcast Entry All.

Louise Thornton, Head of Commissioning, says: “BBC Scotland goes to be very a lot there on the Edinburgh Festivals with our personal venue at Dynamic Earth, with a packed and numerous showcase of programmes from BBC Radio Scotland and elsewhere within the BBC. And likewise with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra on the Usher Corridor working in tandem with the Worldwide Pageant Director herself, Nicola Benedetti.

“There may even be extra programming reflecting occasions from throughout the festivals, from Summerhall to Edinburgh Fort, conveying the joy and dynamism of the festivals, within the firm of a few of the largest names in appearing, music, writing and tradition in addition to some key up-and-coming expertise.”

Among the many high names who will function on BBC Scotland and BBC Radio Scotland output are:

Marcus Brigstocke, Susie McCabe, Celya AB, Connor Burns, Val McDermid and Stuart Mitchell on Breaking the Information and Frank Skinner and Jamie MacDonald on Edinburgh Unlocked

Scotland’s favorite sports activities mum Judy Murray and worldwide authors double-Pulitzer winner Colson Whitehead and the youngest ever author to win the Booker prize Eleanor Catton on The Massive Scottish Guide Membership

Kate Nash, Andrew O’Hagan, Jason Byrne, Fiona Allen and Cora Bissett on The Afternoon Present

Creator Denise Mina on For the Document sharing the soundtrack of her life with Nicola Meighan

Tom Robinson and Richard Jobson on Vic Galloway In Dialog

Rising star Luke La Volpe and country-pop singer-songwriter Rianne Downey, recent from her TRNSMT efficiency alongside Paul Heaton, are among the many acts to be featured on The Quay Periods.

And up and coming artists Fourth Daughter, Completely happy Daze and Psweatpants on BBC Introducing Scotland

New arts strand The Tradition Scene features a weekly podcast offered by Nicola Meighan and a collection of brief movies highlighting the work and life experiences of up to date artists with the items showcased as audio on Radio Scotland’s The Afternoon Present/BBC Sounds and visually on BBC iPlayer. There will likely be three new items impressed by artistsappearing in Edinburgh, together with Prime, Dancebase’s firm of elder dancers aged 60-84 who’ve labored with Taiwanese choreographer Ming-Hsuan Liu to create The Infinite Life Journey, to problem perceptions round ageing and dance. And Involved Others, a puppetry efficiency drug deaths in Scotland, utilizing actual life testimonies of individuals impacted by drug deaths from throughout the entire of Scotland, which is at Summerhall., with an additional piece to be introduced in the end.

The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra will give two performances at Edinburgh’s Usher Corridor as a part of this yr’s Edinburgh Worldwide Pageant. On Sunday 6 August, the BBC SSO and its Chief Conductor Ryan Wigglesworth are joined by Scotland’s favorite violinist and Pageant Director Nicola Benedetti, who alongside Radio 3 presenter Tom Service, presents a live performance titled ‘The place can we go from right here?’, exploring orchestral works by in the present day’s most fun composers together with Hans Abrahamsen and Helen Grime.

The BBC SSO returns for the pageant’s Closing Live performance on Sunday 27 August with American conductor Karina Canellakis, and is joined onstage by the Edinburgh Pageant Refrain and three vocal soloists for Rachmaninov’s monumental ‘Choral’ Symphony, The Bells, with each concert events to be broadcast on Radio 3 at a later date.

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Listed below are 5 choices for enjoyable issues to do:

Rock tributes on the Bandshell

The favored weekly lineup of tribute-band live shows continues this weekend on the Daytona Seaside Bandshell.

Right here’s what’s on faucet:

On Friday, Sir Jac, a Prince tribute act, will probably be featured on the weekly “Sounds of Summer season” live performance collection sponsored by the Metropolis of Daytona Seaside.

Basic admission for the 7:15 p.m. present is free, with VP tickets out there for $15. Go to daytonabandshell.com for extra particulars.

On Saturday, the Bandshell will host one other of the weekly “Star Spangled Summer season” live performance collection reveals that includes Absolute Queen, an aptly named Queen tribute band. The 7:15 p.m. live performance will probably be adopted by fireworks over the seaside at 9:45.

CHeck out the summer time lineup:Summer season live shows: What’s coming to the Daytona Seaside Bandshell?

Basic admission to the present is free, with VIP tickets out there for $15. Go to daytonabandshell.com for extra data.

Basic automobiles within the highlight

On nearly any weekend in Central Florida, it is attainable to discover a showcase for traditional muscle and collectible automobiles. This weekend, you will get your repair on the month-to-month Misplaced Lagoon basic automobile present on Sunday at Misplaced Lagoon Wings & Grill, 2004 N. Dixie Freeway, New Smyrna Seaside.

The occasion rolls from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday. It’s free admission for spectators. The occasion additionally options door prizes, a 50/50 charity raffle and a DJ providing car-cruising music. Go to carcruisefinder.com for particulars.

Laughs on the museum

Stand-up comedy will probably be within the highlight at Bonkerz Comedy Evening on Friday on the Root Household Auditorium on the Daytona Seaside Museum of Arts & Sciences.

This version of the continued comedy showcase will characteristic Chicago-bred comedian Brian Aldridge, who arrives with a listing of credit that embody TV publicity on Comedy Central’s “Up Subsequent,” in addition to spots on Fox’s “Laughs” and “Trial By Laughter” reveals.

Additionally at MOAS:James Webb House Telescope exhibit in Daytona Seaside shares new scenes from the universe

On the street, Aldridge has opened reveals for such stars as Dave Chappelle, Carlos Mencia, Chelsea Handler, Invoice Burr and Damon Wayans.

Be suggested that Aldridge touts his act as “reformed frat-boy” humor, so this efficiency is really useful for ages 18 and older.

Admission is $15 for museum members, $17 for non-members. Superior buy of tickets for the 6:30 p.m. present is really useful by calling 386-255-0285 or visiting moas.org.

Go for a stroll — with others

You may meet new associates on a stroll this weekend in Daytona Seaside.

On Sunday, the Completely happy Wanderers Strolling Membership of Port Orange will probably be internet hosting a pair of morning walks alongside the sand and into the downtown vacationer district of Daytona Seaside.

There will probably be two group walks sanctioned by the American Volkssport Affiliation departing from Solar Splash Park at 611 S. Atlantic Ave., Daytona Seaside: one is a 5K (3.1 miles), the opposite an 11K (6.8 miles).

Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. Sunday within the Solar Splash car parking zone. Price is $3 for members age 12 and older. Youngsters have to be accompanied by an grownup. Walkers can persist with a gaggle or stroll at your personal tempo. Maps and instructions are supplied for the routes.

The stroll is rated as flat and reasonable in issue, as a good portion is on the hard-packed seaside sand. There’s additionally a stroll alongside the sidewalks on State Highway A1A that’s appropriate for wheelchairs and strollers.

Go to happywanderersfl.org for extra data.

Artwork Stroll in Flagler County

You may mix artwork, buying and strolling at Pep’s Artwork Stroll, the month-to-month arts and crafts showcase exterior JT’s Seafood Shack at 5224 N. Ocean Shore Blvd. in Palm Coast.

The occasion runs from noon-5 p.m. Saturday. It options an array of distributors, promoting hand-crafted work that ranges from salt scrubs to picket surfboards, dwelling décor, work, blown glass, clothes, recycled artwork and jewellery.

There additionally will probably be music, meals, drinks, raffles, face portray and different actions to set the temper.

Go to visitflagler.com for particulars.

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