Can I get some love for Kryten in Red Dwarf? Didn't join the show until season 3.

Stannis could've worked easily with the jump. He decides to let the Ironborn and the Boltons fight it out rather than risk his army striking south. Instead, he keeps his troops in The Gift, using them to rebuild/reinforce the wall and maintain an uneasy peace between the wildlings and the locals.

Bryan Fuller's mentioned in interviews that the characterisation is inspired by Rebekah Brooks (former editor of The Sun and general public hate figure in the UK), right down to the red hair: http://youtu.be/v1AJjnl2y8U.

It's explicitly covered in Red Dragon…….."Book Freddy" basically started out as a serious investigative journalist, but got tired of grinding away at the major papers and realised that the money and prospects were much better if he ditched his ethics and "went tabloid" instead.

such encyclopaedic knowlaege of the subjaect!

I'm continually amazed by how poor it sounds like the US coverage of the games is. Over here, the BBC has live coverage on 4 channels, plus online streaming of every single session of every event, both live and afterwards. It finally seems like they're putting the license fee to good use.

I'm continually amazed by how poor it sounds like the US coverage of the games is. Over here, the BBC has live coverage on 4 channels, plus online streaming of every single session of every event, both live and afterwards. It finally seems like they're putting the license fee to good use.

@avclub-94d8526a5fae933806f65b8a0f49301a:disqus Closing Wembley for several months to tear up the pitch and install a running track probably wasn't an option, with too many fixtures having to be cancelled, and it being needed for the olympic football anyway, not to mention it being on the opposite side of the city…

@avclub-94d8526a5fae933806f65b8a0f49301a:disqus Closing Wembley for several months to tear up the pitch and install a running track probably wasn't an option, with too many fixtures having to be cancelled, and it being needed for the olympic football anyway, not to mention it being on the opposite side of the city…

Wembley isn't set up for athletics. For starters, there's no track.

Wembley isn't set up for athletics. For starters, there's no track.

It also points to her naivety that she tries to go incognito and then blows it by getting all pissy over the narrow selection of teas on offer, thus ensuring the waitress will remember her face.

It also points to her naivety that she tries to go incognito and then blows it by getting all pissy over the narrow selection of teas on offer, thus ensuring the waitress will remember her face.