Trivia: The bust in the hall way of the school has a similarity to Alistar Sim, who played the Fritton sister (headmistress) and brother in the original films.
Jeff Walker
10th Jan 2009
St. Trinian's (2007)
13th Dec 2008
Bones (2005)
19th Nov 2008
Bones (2005)
Continuity mistake: At the funeral, Bones places a rose on top of several other roses on the coffin of the murder victim. When the victim's parents approach the coffin to place their rose on it, most of the roses have vanished. (00:39:05)
27th Sep 2008
Stargate: Atlantis (2004)
Irresistible - S3-E3
Trivia: Richard Kind who plays Lucius Lavin in this episode also appears as Gary Meyers in the original Stargate movie.
27th Jul 2008
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Trivia: Sue Jones-Davies, who played Brian's girlfriend Judith Iscariot in the movie, is now Mayor of Aberystwyth, where the Life of Brian is still banned under a local bylaw.
1st Jul 2008
Doctor Who (1963)
Trivia: Throughout the whole of Doctor Who, the original series and the new series, the Doctor only refers to himself as 'Doctor Who' once - and this was a mistake by William Hartnell, who was getting frail. The end credits originally listed the actor playing the Doctor as 'Doctor Who', but this later changed to mainly using 'The Doctor'.
26th Jun 2008
The Lone Gunmen (2001)
Trivia: Not really trivia, but really spooky. The story line of this episode, broadcast in March 2001 revolves around a US Government agency plot to crash an airplane into the World Trade Centre. Six months later 9/11 happened.
20th May 2008
The Avengers (1998)
Trivia: Invisible Jones is voiced by Patrick Macnee, the original John Steed from the TV series, in a cameo role.
3rd May 2008
Doctor Who (2005)
Trivia: Bernard Cribbins, who plays Wilfred Mott, once appeared in a much earlier Doctor Who-related story - he played Tom Campbell in the feature film Dalek Invasion Earth 2050 AD, with Peter Cushing as the movie's alternate, human Doctor.
1st May 2008
Billy Elliot (2000)
Trivia: At one stage in the movie, Billy and his dance teacher travel across the Transporter Bridge, the only working cradle bridge in the world, which crosses the River Tees from Middlesbrough to Port Clarence, Stockton-on-Tees. At the time of the Miners Strike in 1984, when the film is set, neither Middlesbrough nor Stockton-on-Tees had an active coal field. Whilst the Transporter Bridge, now a grade 2 listed structure, is still working, it is not really a reguarly used entry or exit use from Teeside, if Billy and his teacher were going to an audition. Which raises the question as to why they were on the bridge, apart from giving the director the chance to show off a spectacular structure.
18th Feb 2008
Control (2007)
Trivia: Early on in the movie, when Ian Curtis (played by Sam Riley) enters his parents living room, there is a picture of the real Ian Curtis as a boy on the mantelpiece.
12th Jan 2008
Torchwood (2006)
Trivia: Eve Myles, who plays Gwen also plays the maid character Gwyneth in the Doctor Who (season one) episode "The Unquiet Dead."
18th Aug 2007
The Omen (2006)
Trivia: Harvey Stephens, Damien from the 1976 film makes a cameo role in this movie as a cameraman outside the US Embassy.
7th Dec 2006
Torchwood (2006)
Trivia: Torchwood is an anagram for Doctor Who, the show of which this series is a spin-off.
14th May 2006
The X-Files (1993)
The Sixth Extinction II: Amor Fati (3) - S7-E2
Trivia: Mulder's experiences during this episode bear an uncanny resemblance to the experience of Christ in The Last Temptation of Christ. Mulder is positioned in a crucifixion pose, with a metal crown of thorns. He enters a dream stage where he is no longer a saviour (pursuing The Truth) and can live a normal life - with the woman he loved (as Jesus does with Mary in LToC). Life passes by in jumps, people die. Outside the window the apocalypse is raging and at The End Scully takes the role of Judas in challenging his decision to opt out of his mission.
3rd May 2006
Manchester Passion (2006)
Trivia: Tony Wilson of Factory Records, who produced many of the bands whose music is featured in this show, can be seen at the burger van early in the show.
3rd May 2006
Manchester Passion (2006)
Trivia: The man working on the burger van is reading a copy of The Da Vinci Code - interesting as the book is about the Jesus blood line.
13th Jun 2005
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)
Trivia: The space shuttle Enterprise appears in the title sequence of the show - this shuttle was named after the Enterprise from the original series (after a poll, and also because Star Trek was President Carter's favourite show). A case of reality imitating art and then art imitating that reality.
16th May 2005
Amelie (2001)
Trivia: Amelie is shot in two main thematic colours: red and green, which vary according to situations and moods. Watch it again with that in mind.
14th Jan 2005
Ice Cold In Alex (1958)
Trivia: The Ice Cold in Alex refers to an Ice Cold Carlsberg lager when they reach their destination - the final scene, where they get their ice cold lager was later used by Carlsberg in an advertising campaign.
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