Ken Russell's controversial drama about a priest burned for witchcraft in 17th century France is being released on DVD in its original theatrical cut by the BFI. The 1971 film, which starred Oliver Reed as clergyman Urbain Grandier and Vanessa Redgrave...

The Devils is based on John Whiting’s stage play and Aldous Huxley’s novel. In 17th century France, a promiscuous and divisive local priest, Urbain Grandier (Oliver Reed), uses his powers to protect the city of Loudun from destruction by the...

...in 1903; golf Hall of Fame member Patty Berg in 1918; singer "Tennessee" Ernie Ford and football coach Eddie Robinson , both in 1919; pilot Chuck Yeager , the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound, in 1923 (age 89); actors Kim Novak in 1933 (age...

Unfortunately, Wallace inadvertently creates an even bigger pest problem when he tries to socialize the rabbits with a brainwave machine. He accidentally turns himself into the titular monster, a creature who conjures images of Oliver Reed in Curse of...

In 1985 he had become estranged from his son Mark after saying in an interview he should do some real work. A year later, his friendship with stuntman Reg Prince ended when, during a scuffle in the Seychelles, Prince was tipped over a jetty rail and...

What was it Freud said about children who experience conflicts during the anal stage of their childhood sexual development? Cronenberg's very first film, a seven-minute short called Transfer, was a two-hander for a psychiatrist and his patient. In...

Buy a wing of Broome Hall, which once belonged to legendary British actor Oliver Reed The actor, who died in Malta in 1999 while filming Gladiator, bought the 54-bedroom Grade II listed home in Coldharbour in the 1970s and lavished buckets of money on...

Geoff Coles, from Green Lane in Worcester Park, taught at Ewell Castle School in Church Street, for more than 40 years before retiring in 1992. A former pupil at the school, Mr Coles joined the army but returned to the school as games master and maths...

Meadowlark Lemon would have struggled to grasp it. The highlight of the first quarter came when Robshaw, England's captain, locked horns with Chris Cusiter. Surprisingly, given the disparity in height and weight, Scotland's scrum-half came out better. ...

The thug in Oliver Twist, the famous Christmas Carol miser and the ghost of his deceased partner have all been associated with people who worked or lived near Dickens's first London home. Iconic: Bill Sikes from Oliver Twist, played here by Oliver Reed...

He once claimed to get through seven bottles of wine a day (although he later dropped the estimate to a mere three) and his wobbly appearances at showbiz galas and awards ceremonies became a popular career sideline. Long days were spent in West End pubs...

In typically boisterous form, he appeared on radio show Desert Island Discs in 1974 and requested a blow-up doll as his luxury item. In 1979, Norman Mailer had his wish for a “stick of the finest marijuana” declined, but current presenter Kirsty Young...

Invite him to dinner, he’d get up from the table and vacuum the carpet, or he’d play records loudly, prohibiting conversation. He once much irritated Jonathan Miller, who’d wanted to discuss Byzantine art. Like Oliver Reed, an exhibitionist who’d dive...

You trust this man? Ali Khan: Like my own brother. Ratina: You killed your brother. Ali Khan: That is why I trust him. You might think that any film featuring dialogue like this, where one of the principles is a wildly over the top Oliver Reed, might at...

The 33-year singer-songwriter from Philadelphia is huge in the US, but less so here. However, Shepherd’s Bush Empire is heaving to witness the slightly unkempt (he looks like a cross between Oliver Reed and Seth Rogen) singer-songwriter. Yet, for the...

Afterward she told journalists that the show was a parody of male power. Well, power is the magic word these days. It surprises me, though, that no one made a connection to British movies made in the late 1950s and ’60s and their gritty realism, and to...

Richard Maddock, of Kay Elliott, said the project would be 60 per cent tourist and 40 per cent residential. Peter Tisdale, of Havard Tisdale, said: "When we first thought about this site someone showed us a 1960s film starring Oliver Reed and he is...

"He's reported to be slightly mad but wily as a fox," is how Lieutenant Case (Ronald Lewis) describes Oliver Reed's tribal leader, Ali Khan, and ripe language, rousing music and dodgy politics/accents abound in this Hammer production from 1965. Unhinged...

And it’s been happening for years. Oliver! And if that’s not enough, it’s got Harry Secombe and his amazing voice as Mr. Bumble. Okay, okay, so Mark Lester as Oliver leaves a little to be desired but he’s good in the role given what it is: A kind of...