anthology series Inside No. 9. Written by Reece Shearsmith (pictured)
and Steve Pemberton, it first aired on 12 February 2014 on BBC Two. It
stars the writers as a pair of hapless burglars attempting to steal a
painting from the large, modernist house of an oblivious quarreling
couple, played by Denis Lawson and Oona Chaplin—a granddaughter of the
silent film star Charlie Chaplin. The episode progresses almost entirely
without dialogue, relying on physical comedy and slapstick. Critics
generally responded positively to the episode, and a particularly
laudatory review by David Chater was published in The Times. On its
first airing, the episode was watched by 940,000 viewers (4.8% of the
market). It was submitted to the British Academy of Film and Television
Arts for their 2015 awards, but was not nominated. Pemberton and
Shearsmith are not planning any further silent episodes for Inside No.
9, but they have continued the use of experimental formats, including in
the 2015 split screen episode "Cold Comfort".
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Quiet_Night_In>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1199:
John, who would posthumously become known as one of the most
reviled Kings of England, was crowned at Westminster Abbey.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England>
1644:
Manchu regent Dorgon defeated rebel leader Li Zicheng of the
Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to
enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shanhai_Pass>
1896:
The St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, one of the deadliest
and most destructive tornadoes in US history, struck St. Louis,
Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and
injuring at least 1,000 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_St._Louis%E2%80%93East_St._Louis_tornado>
1942:
Czech fighters resisting Nazis in Prague ambushed and mortally
wounded Reinhard Heydrich, the chief of Reich Security Main Office and
the Protector of Bohemia and Moravia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anthropoid>
2006:
An earthquake measuring about 6.3 Mw struck near the city of
Yogyakarta, Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Java,
killing at least 5,700 people, injuring at least 36,000, and leaving at
least 1.5 million homeless.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Yogyakarta_earthquake>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
stitch up:
1. To close by sewing.
2. (slang) To maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stitch_up>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad
reputation.
--Henry Kissinger
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger>
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