Scoop (1987 film), the Glossary
Scoop is a 1987 television film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh.[1]
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25 relations: Absinthe, Denholm Elliott, Donald Pleasence, Evelyn Waugh, Gavin Millar, Herbert Lom, ITV (TV network), Jack Shepherd (actor), Journalist, London, London Weekend Television, Michael Hordern, Michael Maloney, Morocco, Nicola Pagett, Patrick Garland, Renée Soutendijk, Roger Pratt (cinematographer), Scoop (news), Scoop (novel), Stanley Myers, Sue Birtwistle, Sverre Anker Ousdal, William Boot, William Boyd (writer).
- British comedy television films
- Films about war correspondents
- Films based on works by Evelyn Waugh
- Films directed by Gavin Millar
- Films with screenplays by William Boyd (writer)
Absinthe
Absinthe is an anise-flavored spirit derived from several plants, including the flowers and leaves of Artemisia absinthium ("grand wormwood"), together with green anise, sweet fennel, and other medicinal and culinary herbs.
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Denholm Elliott
Denholm Mitchell Elliott (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor.
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Donald Pleasence
Donald Henry Pleasence (5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor.
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Evelyn Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St.
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Gavin Millar
Gavin Millar (11 January 1938 – 20 April 2022) was a Scottish film director, critic and television presenter.
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Herbert Lom
Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru (11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012), known professionally as Herbert Lom, was a Czech-British actor with a career spanning over 60 years.
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ITV (TV network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.
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Jack Shepherd (actor)
Jack Shepherd (born 29 October 1940) is an English actor, playwright and theatre director.
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Journalist
A journalist is a person who gathers information in the form of text, audio or pictures, processes it into a newsworthy form and disseminates it to the public.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
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London Weekend Television
London Weekend Television (LWT) (now part of the non-franchised ITV London region) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm from 1968 until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00.
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Michael Hordern
Sir Michael Murray Hordern, CBE (3 October 19112 May 1995)Morley, Sheridan.
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Michael Maloney
Michael Maloney (born 19 June 1957) is a British actor.
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Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.
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Nicola Pagett
Nicola Mary Pagett Scott (15 June 1945 – 3 March 2021), known professionally as Nicola Pagett, was a British actress, known for her role as Elizabeth Bellamy in the 1970s TV drama series Upstairs, Downstairs (1971–1973), as well as being one of the leads in the sitcom Ain't Misbehavin' (1994–1995).
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Patrick Garland
Patrick Ewart Garland (10 April 1935 – 19 April 2013) was a British director, writer and actor.
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Renée Soutendijk
Renette Pauline Soutendijk (born 21 May 1957), known professionally as Renée Soutendijk, is a Dutch actress.
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Roger Pratt (cinematographer)
Roger James Edward Pratt, BSC (born 27 February 1947) is a British cinematographer.
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Scoop (news)
In journalism, a scoop or exclusive is an item of news reported by one journalist or news organization before others, and of exceptional originality, importance, surprise, excitement, or secrecy.
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Scoop (novel)
Scoop is a 1938 novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh.
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Stanley Myers
Stanley Myers (6 October 19309 November 1993) was an English composer and conductor, who scored over sixty films and television series, working closely with filmmakers Nicolas Roeg, Jerzy Skolimowski and Volker Schlöndorff.
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Sue Birtwistle
Susan Elizabeth Birtwistle, Lady Eyre, (born 9 December 1945) is a producer and writer of television drama.
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Sverre Anker Ousdal
Sverre Anker Ousdal (born 18 July 1944) is a Norwegian retired actor.
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William Boot
William Boot is a fictional journalist who is the protagonist in the 1938 Evelyn Waugh comic novel Scoop.
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William Boyd (writer)
William Andrew Murray Boyd (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter.
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See also
British comedy television films
- Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life
- All You Need Is Cash
- Blackadder: Back & Forth
- Click & Collect
- Cold Comfort Farm (film)
- Cucumber Castle (film)
- Cybermutt
- Death of a President (2006 film)
- Freebird (2008 film)
- Gangsta Granny (film)
- Ghostwatch
- Holy Flying Circus
- If You Go Down in the Woods Today
- Living Apart Together (film)
- Lucky Jim (2003 film)
- Magical Mystery Tour (film)
- Minder on the Orient Express
- Mister Jerico
- Never Mind the Horrocks
- Perfect Strangers (2004 film)
- Playing Away
- Rhubarb Rhubarb
- Scoop (1987 film)
- The Booze Cruise
- The Canterville Ghost (1986 film)
- The Flint Street Nativity
- The Knowledge (film)
- The Plank (1979 film)
- The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch
- Treasure Island (1995 film)
- Vacuuming Completely Nude in Paradise
- Vienna (film)
Films about war correspondents
- 5 Days of War
- Afghan Luke
- Circle of Deceit (1981 film)
- Deadline (1987 film)
- Forces spéciales
- France (film)
- Gate to Heaven
- Guernica (2016 film)
- Harrison's Flowers
- I Cover the War!
- Kabul Express
- Live from Baghdad (film)
- Nambugun
- Scoop (1987 film)
- Somewhere I'll Find You
- The Good German
- The Hornet's Nest
- The Interview (2021 film)
- The Quiet American (1958 film)
- The Quiet American (2002 film)
- Under Fire (1983 film)
- War (2002 film)
- Welcome to Sarajevo
Films based on works by Evelyn Waugh
- A Handful of Dust (film)
- Brideshead Revisited (TV series)
- Brideshead Revisited (film)
- Bright Young Things (film)
- Decline and Fall (TV series)
- Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
- Scoop (1987 film)
- Sword of Honour (2001 film)
- The Loved One (film)
Films directed by Gavin Millar
- A Murder of Quality (film)
- Complicity (film)
- Cream in My Coffee
- Danny, the Champion of the World (film)
- Dreamchild
- Housewife, 49
- My Fragile Heart
- Pat and Margaret
- Scoop (1987 film)
- Secrets (1983 film)
- The Crow Road (TV series)
- The Weather in the Streets (film)
Films with screenplays by William Boyd (writer)
- A Good Man in Africa
- A Waste of Shame
- Any Human Heart (TV series)
- Armadillo (miniseries)
- Chaplin (film)
- Dutch Girls
- Good and Bad at Games
- Man to Man (2005 film)
- Mister Johnson (film)
- Restless (TV series)
- Scoop (1987 film)
- Stars and Bars (1988 film)
- Sword of Honour (2001 film)
- The Trench (film)
- Tune in Tomorrow