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Jeremy Thorpe

Edward Heath

1 9 1 6 - 2 0 0 5 Edward Richard George Heath was born at Broadstairs, Kent, in 1916 and was educated at Chatham...

Joh Bjelke-Petersen

1 9 1 1 - 2 0 0 5 Johannes ("Joh") Bjelke-Petersen was an Australian right-wing politician, leader of the Queensland National Party (QNP) and...

Bill Hayden

Australian Labor politician and leader of the Australian Labor Party between 1977 and 1983, minister of foreign affairs from 1983 to 1988, and Australian...

David Ben-Gurion

1 8 8 6 - 1 9 7 3 Israeli statesman and socialist politician. He was one of the founders of the state of Israel...

Arthur Scargill

British trade-union leader. Elected president of the National Union of Miners (NUM) in 1981, he embarked on a collision course with the Conservative government...

Bobby Kennedy

1 9 2 5 - 1 9 6 8 Younger brother and close associate of John F Kennedy, Robert Kennedy trained as a lawyer, and entered...

Robert Muldoon

1 9 2 1 - 1 9 9 2 New Zealand National Party right-of-centre politician and NZ prime minister from 1975 to 1984. Nicknamed "''Piggy'' Muldoon"...

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Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)

An American woman in London reports her young daughter missing in what appears to be a kidnapping. However the police can find no clues...

Raggy Dolls, The

1 9 8 7 (UK) 78 x 10 minute episodes A 1980s cartoon about Mr Grimes's toy factory, where they make the best dolls in the world....

Jensen Interceptor

The Jensen Interceptor was a sporting GT-class car, hand-built at the Kelvin Way Factory, West Bromwich (near Birmingham) by Jensen Motors between 1966 and 1976. The...

Lazer Tag Academy

1 9 8 6 (USA) 13 x 30 minute episodes While escaping from the police, Draxon Drear (voiced by Booker Bradshaw), an evil criminal from the year 2010, crashes...