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Sesame Street celebrates 40 years

Sesame Street characters (Getty)

Big Bird and the Cookie Monster celebrate Sesame Street's 40th anniversary - making it the longest running programme in children's television. Elodie Harper reports.

Cinemas drop Birmingham gun film

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A film about gun culture in Birmingham will not be shown in the city because cinemas there say they have security concerns. Jane Deith reports.

Paranormal Activity pulls the crowds

Actor Micah Sloat, actress Katie Featherston and writer/director Oren Peli from the film 'Paranormal Activity' (credit:Getty Images)

Paranormal Activity was made on a shoestring budget but has since brought in tens of millions at the US box office. Nicholas Glass look at what has made it such a success.

Campion: 'I was terrified of poetry'

Jane Campion

Academy award winner Jane Campion talks to Stephanie West about her reasons for making her latest film, Bright Star, following the love affair between poet John Keats and Fanny Brawne.

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Sesame Street turns 40

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Sesame Street celebrates its 40th anniversary.

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Cinemas drop Birmingham gun film over security concerns.

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