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Ferris Bueller Ferrari up for auction at Bonhams

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Ferris

No, it didn't actually slip off a sharp cliff near Cameron's modernist house – the Ferrari that featured in Ferris Bueller's Day Off survived and is now up for auction at Bonhams.

It's a Ferrari 250GT Spyder California, but not a real one – only 100 of the original were made between 1958 and 1963, making it super-rare, so John Hughes and Paramount actually had a replica made for filiming. Which is the one being sold off now. Just think, you too could be careering around the city in that same car – but you'll not have to worry about the mileage or your parents.

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Categories / Film and TV, Food and Drink, Homeware

Test card mug

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Test card mug

Back in the days before we had hundreds of channels of TV available 24 hours a day, the test card was a familiar sight. This test card mug features what was perhaps the most commonly remembered test card, the one showing a girl playing noughts and crosses with clown.

Officially known as test card F, it was first broadcast in 1967 and this version was used on the BBC until 1999. It's also been spoofed many times, by everyone from Johnny Vegas to The Mighty Boosh. 

Perfect for supping from while you watch the telly, the mug costs £6.46.

Buy it from Make International

Categories / Design and Interiors, Film and TV

Tony Duquette lighting range at Remains

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If you're not familiar with the work of Tony Duquette, he was a Hollywood artist and designer who worked from the 1940s up until the 1990s. Remains Lighting are now producing a range based on his original designs. 

The designs are big on the Hollywood glitz and glamour so perhaps aren't suitable for those with a more minimalistic taste. The Golden Sunburst scone pictured takes inspiration from a motif in a curtain that he designed for the L.A. Music Center in 1964 and is typically ornate. 

Made from hand-polished metal, the prices seem to be aimed at Hollywood stars as, for this design, they range from $2275 for a gloss white finish to $2795 for an antique brass model. Want to see it in the flesh? Although the company is based in New York, you can find details of their London showroom on their website. 

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Categories / Film and TV, Toys and Games

Mattel launches Barbie Mad Men collector’s dolls

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Madmen

Not content with taking on the 1980s, Mattel's Barbie range is now taking aim at the 1960s with the Barbie Mad Men collector's dolls.

Yes, we're going back to 1963 with the cult TV show and key characters from the Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency – creative director Don Draper, his wife Betty Draper, Sterling Cooper partner Roger Sterling and office manager Joan Holloway. All, of course, come with the fashion and accessories of the day, with the dolls made of 'Silkstone', a porcelain-like material.

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Categories / Film and TV

John Lennon-inspired Nowhere Boy gets DVD and Blu-ray release

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Nowhere

The critically acclaimed directorial debut of Sam Taylor-Wood gets a DVD and Blu-ray release in a matter of weeks – Nowhere Boy.

As you probably know, it's the film of John Lennon's teenage years in 50s Liverpool, from first band The Quarrymen to his early relationship with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, all of which culminates in the formation of The Beatles and their historic trip to Hamburg. Aaron Johnson takes the lead role, with support roles for Kristin Scott Thomas as Aunt Mimi and Anne Marie Duff as Lennon’s mother Julia.

Plenty of extras too, including a director's Commentary with Sam Taylor-Wood, a Lennon’s Liverpool featurette, the re-creation of Lennon and the Quarrymen featurette, Anatomy of the scene: 'That’s When I Stole Him' featurette, an extended interview with Sam Taylor-Wood and three deleted scenes, introduced by the director. May 10th 2010 is the shelf date, but you can pre-order now from just over £10.

Find out more at the Amazon website

Categories / Film and TV

Catweazle: The Complete Series – 40th Anniversary Edition

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Catweazle

A cult TV show from 1970 is celebrating 40 years with a DVD reissue – Catweazle: The Complete Series – 40th Anniversary Edition.

No, that's not a hippie or an escapee from a late 60s folk band, it's Geoffrey Bayldon as Catweazle, a bumbling magician trapped in and fascinated by a world 900 years ahead of his time.

This new DVD set comes with limited edition packaging, exclusive postcards, a new 40th anniversary introduction to the series by Geoffrey Bayldon, a new documentary, commentaries, interviews, image galleries and PDF material including merchandise, magazines, annuals and scripts for all episodes. The five-disc set is available via Network from 29th March 2010, selling for just over £35.

Find out more at the Amazon website