Category: Film and TV

Quite possibly the British film of the year, The Damned United is the movie of the book by David Peace, which is a fictionalised account of Brian Clough's brief spell as manager of Leeds United, told from the perspective of Clough himself.

The movie has some big hitters in the cast, including Michael Sheen as Clough, with support from the likes of Jim Broadbent and Timothy Spall. And for fans of football, Clough or indeed the 1970s, it's certain to be a must-watch. And now you can watch the trailer below. The movie hits cinemas at the end of March.

Cheers to Andrew for flagging up Virgin Atlantic's latest ad – a re-creation of all things 1984, which was the year the airline opened for business.

By that we don't mean George Orwell, we mean miner's strikes, Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Our Price and…erm…the mobile phone (even though that wasn't around until a year later).

Anyway, check it out below…

Patrick McGoohan has died after a short illness, aged 80.

He may be gone, but his work will live on – most notably as a super cool secret agent (working and retired) in the cult classics Danger Man and The Prisoner, but also in a host of British films including the likes of Hell Drivers, All Night Long and Life For Ruth to name just three. McGoohan was even considered for the original Bond role – a role he would have fit like a glove.

He left these shores amid the furore over The Prisoner, making a name for himself on TV, picking up two Emmy awards for the Columbo show and appearing regularly on both the big and small screen right up to the mid-90s.

But it's The Prisoner that will be his lasting legacy – and here's the iconic opening sequence by way of a tribute…