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The making of Look Around You, the strangest British comedy show of all time

The making of Look Around You, the strangest British comedy show of all time

Trained ants build a tiny igloo, then drown when the ice is melted by an unattended Bunsen burner. A disembodied scientist’s hand gets increasingly covered in burns as it repeatedly tries to retrieve an egg from boiled water. We are informed that ghosts cannot whistle Welcome to the world of Look Around You, the cult […]

7 years ago

The incredible story of how Grant Holt went from cult footballer to pro wrestling hero

The incredible story of how Grant Holt went from cult footballer to pro wrestling hero

The great thing about football – and sport, generally, though the English football pyramid in particular – is that it creates hundreds of heroes up and down the country. Not your Lionel Messis, or your Harry Kanes, or Beckhams, Zidanes or George Bests. Instead, the local heroes, the young men who can become literal gods […]

7 years ago

Leaving Neverland will change what you think about Michael Jackson forever

Leaving Neverland will change what you think about Michael Jackson forever

And not in a good way. Sorry. Michael Jackson first faced accusations of child sex abuse in 1993. Dentist Evan Chandler alleged that the singer abused his 13-year-old son, Jordan, making headlines around the world, but the case was settled out of court in January 1994. Nearly a decade later, in 2003, Jackson was charged […]

7 years ago

The Survivor: Escaping Ted Bundy

The Survivor: Escaping Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy killed more than 30 women across America during the seventies. As Netflix’s launches a new docu-series, ‘Conversations With A Killer’, JOE talks to Kathy Kleiner: the one that got away.

7 years ago

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