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rebeccalaitken · 6 years

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British Tv Shows.

1: The It Crowd.

British sitcom produced by channel 4, written by Graham Lineham. producer by Ash Atalla and starring Chris O’Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, and Matt Berry. Set in offices of the fictional Reynholm Industries, the show revolves around the three staff members of its it department: a geeky genius named Maurice Moss, the work-shy Roy Trenneman, the department/ relationship manager Jen Barber who knows nothing about IT. The show also focuses on bosses of Reynholm Industries. Denholm Reynholm and later, his son Douglas, as well as gothic. It technician Richmond Avenal.

2: BBC Sherlock.

A British crime drama television series based on sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes detective stories. Created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, it stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock and Martin Freeman as Doctor John Watson.

3: Black Books.

British sitcom created by Dylan Moran and Graham Lineham. starred Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greg and Moran. The series is set in the eponymous London bookshop and follows the lives, of its owner Bernard Black, he’s assistant Manny Branco and their friend Fran Katzenjammer.

4: Dad’s Army.

British sitcom about the British home Guard during the second world war. It was written by Jimmy Perry and Dan Croft, and broadcast on the BBC from 1968 to 1977. The sitcom ran for nine series and 80 episodes in total; there was also a radio version based on the television scripts. The home Guard consisted of local volunteers otherwise for military service, either because of age ( hence the name “ Dad’s Army”) or being in professions exempt from conscription. Featured Arthur Lowe, John Le Mesurier. Arnold Ridley, John Laurie, Ian Lavender, Clive Dunn, Frank Williams, James Beck and Bill Pertwee.

5: Life On Mars.

The series combines elements of speculative fiction and police procedural, featuring a present day police officer from the creator Manchester police ( Played by John Simm.) who wakes up in 1973 after being involved in a road accident. The title is a reference to David Bowies 1973 single “Life On Mars ?”

6: Fortysomething.

Set in Wimbledon, London. Hugh Laurie stars as Paul Slippery, a doctor facing a mid-life crisis. This wife Estelle is starting a new career as a head writer. His three sons, Rory, a student at the fictitious university of Reigate, Daniel and Edwin, are sex-obsessed. Meanwhile, the inner thoughts of others based on a novel.

Cast- Hugh Laurie, Anna Chancellor, Benedict Cumberbatch, Neil Henry, Anna Chancellor, Joe Van Moyland, Sheila Hancock, Emma Ferguson, Siobhan Hewlelf, Lolita Chakrabarti and Peter Capaldi.

7: Being Human.

Supernatural Comedy-drama television series. The show blends elements of flat share comedy and horror drama. It starred Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Lenora Crichlow, Sinead Keehan, Michael Socha, Damien Molony, Kate Brachen. The series were set in Toterdown, Bristol and Barry, Wales.

8: The Mighty Boosh.

Stage show to a radio show to a television show and live tours. The first television show was set in the 200 operated by Bob Foss, in the second a flat and the third a second hand shop in Dalston Called Wabootique. The cast included Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Dave Brown, Michael fielding, and Rich Fulcher. It was a double act, surreal humour, new wave, surrealism, fashion victims, fantasy and music.

9: Never Mind The Buzzcocks.

Comedy panel game, themed pop music show. It starred Phil Jupitus, Sean Hughes, Bill Bailey, Noel Fielding, Mark Lemarr, Simon Amstell. Guest presenters. Rhod Gilbert presented the last series. The show was noted and known for its dry, sarcastic humour and scanting, provocative attacks on other people and objects. If also had some controversial guest thought the 18-year run.

10: Whose Line Is It Anyway.

A short-form improvisational comedy television show. Originally a British radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as a series. The show consists of a panel of four performers who create characters, scene and songs on the spot, in the style of short-form improvisation games, many taken from theatre sport. Hosted by Clive Anderson and guest comedians.

11: New Tricks.

Television procedural drama. The show’s title was taken from the proverb “ You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.” The series follows the work of the fictional unsolved crime and open case squad (UCOS) of London’s Metropolitan police service, a squad of veteran police officers recruited to re-investigate unsolved crimes. There were cast changes, but the squad always consisted of three men with a woman boss.

Starring- Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Dennis Lawson, Nicholas Lyndhurst, tazizin Birthwaite and Larry Lamb.

12: Jeeves And Wooster.

Comedy-drama series by Clive Exton from P.G Woodhouse’s “Jeeves” stories. The stories was a collaboration between Brian Eastman of picture partnership productions and Granada television.

It starred Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, a young gentleman with a distinctive blend of airy nonchalance and retained gormlessness. Stephen Fry as Jeeves his improbably intelligent and bold valet.

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jamieclawhorn · 7 years

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4 essential British books on investing

Books about investing strategy written by successful investors can really help when it comes to developing our own investing style.

I’ve got loads of them and I turn to them frequently. Many are written by US investors but there are also several outstanding publications penned by well-known outperforming British investors. Here are my four favourites and why I like them.

How To Make A Million – Slowly

This book by Lord John Lee emphasises keeping the process of investment simple. He tends to buy shares in smaller firms and sticks with them as they grow, often delivering multi-bagging returns over time.

To begin with, Lord Lee looks for no more than a firm delivering sustainable and rising dividend payments. He believes that if he’s right with his analysis, a steady and rising dividend income will lead to capital appreciation taking care of itself as the share price rises and the underlying business grows.

Lord Lee considers just a few indicators to start with, such as a firm’s P/E rating, dividend yield, the level of debt and net asset value. There’s a clear emphasis on protecting the downside in the manner many value-oriented investors will recognise. However, unlike some approaches to value investing, Lord Lee aims to stick with a company for years until it accelerates its profit growth leading to a valuation uprating.

Investing Against The Tide

Anthony Bolton had great success as a fund manager running the Fidelity Special Situations fund, which he managed from December 1979 to December 2007. Over that 28-year period, he achieved an annualised return of around 19.5% a year and this book followed a couple of years later in which he tells us about his methods.

He emphasises the quality of a business franchise, the strength of management, plus valuation, and believes that every stock you own should have an investment thesis. He says the heart of his approach has been buying recovery or turnaround stocks with attractive valuations, but he pays attention to investor sentiment too and always started his analysis by looking at the share price chart.

Beyond The Zulu Principle

Jim Slater’s classic, The Zulu Principle, was updated with this book and the essence of his investment style was to seek extraordinary profits from growth shares. He’s famous for combining the price-to-earnings rating of a company with its expected rate of earnings-per-share growth to form what he called the price-earnings-growth factor (PEG).

However, the book is also packed with other useful advice and examples of what indicators help to identify stocks that look set to go on to outperform. Jim Slater’s son Mark currently runs an outperforming fund based on the investing principles in the book.

Free Capital

Investor Guy Thomas wrote this book about 12 other highly successful and mostly British investors who describe how they made their fortunes in the markets.

I reckon the book is a must-read for investors operating now because it delivers pragmatic tips, strategies and insights, from 12 different perspectives. There’s something to accommodate most investing styles in the book, which also reveals where the 12 investors agree and differ on strategy.

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