Charles Dickens

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Linney named 'Masterpiece Classic' host

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Hollywood actress Laura Linney has been named the new host of "Masterpiece Classic," WGBH-TV, Boston, announced Tuesday.

Atkinson not 'totally proud' of film work

LONDON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- British comedian and actor Rowan Atkinson admits he isn't very proud of most of the movies he has made.

Jockstrip: The world as we know it.

Firefighters deliver baby in elevator … Bush interrupted by ad for musical … Great pumpkin tops 1,568 pounds … New Web site locates NYC toilets … The world as we know it from UPI.

Bush interrupted by ad for musical

NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A New York TV station says it was just coincidence a speech by President George W. Bush about the economy was overlapped by an ad with a timely literary phrase.

Britain's fall TV turns to the masters

LONDON, Aug. 21 (UPI) -- British television programmers are turning to the 19th-century masters for inspiration in their fall lineups, a look at the schedule shows.

Charles Dickens' desk sells for $855K

LONDON, June 6 (UPI) -- The desk and chair where British literary giant Charles Dickens wrote "Great Expectations" has been sold for about $855,000 at a charity auction in London.

Charles Dickens' desk up for auction

LONDON, June 4 (UPI) -- A writing desk and chair that once belonged to British literary giant Charles Dickens is to be auctioned in London to benefit Great Ormond Street Hospital.

British actor Paul Scofield dead at 86

LONDON, March 20 (UPI) -- British stage and film actor Paul Scofield, who won an Oscar in 1966 for his portrayal of Thomas More in "A Man For All Seasons," has died. He was 86.

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Romanian kids allegedly forced into crime

LONDON, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- In a 21st-century version of "Oliver Twist," Romanian gangs in the London area are using children as pickpockets, British police say.