That is the video with Liily Allen. There is more though! He also did a whole bunch more including this really good one about internet dating:

The Thing I love about Brian Blessed is his facial expressions and his acting. The guy is really just astonishigly expressive! Everything that he says, everything that he does in terms of the way that he says things is brilliant! Brian Blessed is hilarious! Just Hilarious!
In this show - Henry 8.0 he plays Henry the 8th, king of England. He is living in the modern world and the thing is based around the computer and the internet. Created by Glen Long and Mark Davison this was the most popular BBC internet release to date.

Glen Long also brought to you Debt Monkey. Debt Monkey was an internet reality TV show where they paid off someones debts and then had control of their lives for 6 months. Now the show was brilliant, but I have to say, I would have loved to have seen Brian Blessed be the Debt Monket on their other show.

You can see more of Brian Blessed and Henry 8.0 on the BBC website comedy section.

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We have just also put a new massage website live that I would like to do a shout out to. The massage people is not finished yet, but it is there to promote the indian head massage service that Manish and the boys are setting up. Check it out and any feedback whilst I am building it is very well recieved!

I have just come across a really interesting forum on cult television programmes called ‘Playback’. But the thing that really made my day was to see someone mention ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’! You hardly ever hear this show talked about anymore. Even a lot of websites that are dedicated to cult TV shows seem to completely overlook it most of the time.

Someone in the forum states, quite correctly, that there is nothing on today’s television that’s on the same level as Hitchcock’s brilliant series. It also seems strange why this is so… Short programmes with a twist in the tail have always been incredibly popular with viewers. They are the sort of thing that appeals to loads of people. Don’t any TV channels want to attract droves of mystery fans?

Just think about how many different programmes there have been like this over the years; ‘One Step Beyond’, ‘The Twilight Zone’, ‘Tales of the Unexpected’, ‘The Night Gallery’, ‘Tales From The Dark Side’. There has always been something like ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ on TV… until recently that is. In the last few years there appears to have been a serious ‘half-hour mystery famine’. The only ‘twisted stories’ show that we have these days is ‘Tales from the Crypt’; and the less said about that one, the better…

Maybe someone who’s in charge of programme schedules will read this article (you never know!). I am sure I’m not the only person to miss this kind of show. Mind you, if they come up with something new then it’ll have to be very good to get anywhere near the quality of Alfred Hitchcock. The guy was an absolute genius. I would love to know what films he’d have gone on to make if he was still around.

There is so much misery, hopelessness and depression in the news that when you come across a story with a bit of happiness it sticks out like a sore thumb! This is one such article…

We have all heard of magical instances where water is turned into wine or a staff suddenly becomes a snake, but you do not expect to see anything like this in the real world. Well, here is something that is actually along the very same lines… Scientists have found a way of turning wood into bone!

You don’t believe me? Check out the story yourself on the BBC News site. Some amazingly clever people in Italy have actually worked out a way to take an ordinary lump of wood and change it into a new substance that is virtually identical to the bones inside us all. The process sounds surprisingly simple (heating, reheating and extreme pressure) and it only takes around ten days to complete.

The possibilities of this breakthrough are amazing. The material has already been implanted into sheep that have arthritis and the results have been excellent. It can actually be used on load-bearing bones and the body appears to accept the substance without any problems whatsoever. Not only that, but real bones will actually fuse around the ‘pseudo’ one. Within the space of a few months, it is thought that it will be virtually impossible to see any joins!

This is the sort of research that I love to hear about. Science can perform some truly magical feats if money is invested into the right areas of research. It is expected to be ready for use on humans in around five year’s time.

I am no expert on orthopaedics, but I am sure that this new technique is going to be of enormous benefit to thousands of people in the future.

One last thing before I go that may be surprising to you all, last week it was my birthday, and my friend Abbigail gave me a skin peels as a gift. I feel I should mention, I have no idea what she was trying to convey me; but after I got over the comparative blow of how unusual the present was, I went and realized that it was actually quite lovely. I would endorse it to anyone

Who am I fooling? At my house it is an absolute nightmare on Christmas Day. The in-laws have never liked me very much and they make it quite clear. But that’s okay; instead of dreading my husband’s parents coming round for Christmas dinner I make a meal of it (literally)…

Last year was a scream. Janet (my mother-in-law) is vegetarian so I used this to my full advantage. When I dished-up her Christmas dinner (which she had spent two hours finding fault with in my kitchen) it looked fit for a queen. And it was, until I poured meat-based gravy over every inch of it!

Of course, I did tell her what I’d done; just not until she had eaten quite a bit of it… It was great to watch her scurry off into the kitchen and see her return a few minutes later with a Marmite sandwich! I am cruel, aren’t I?

Bob (my father-in-law) spent the afternoon breaking wind and telling us all jokes that weren’t funny. Imagine his surprise when I ‘accidently’ stood on his nasal hair remover that we had bought him for Christmas! He got so mardy about it that he could easily have been mistaken for a five year old.

As it became clear that they intended to stay well into the evening, I sat racking my brains. There was no way that I could put up with another three or four hours of their company… And then I had a brainwave. Janet has a terrible phobia about spiders, so when I began to tell them about a tarantula that I had been looking after for my neighbour I could sense her growing unease. By the time that I made up a story about it having escaped from its tank, they had decided it might be best to be heading home.

I can’t wait to see them both this year… I have all kinds of lovely surprises in store!

Sidebar: my friend Emily gave me a chemical peel as a gift. Now I have to say, I have no idea what she was trying to convey me; but after I got over the relative surprise of how unusual the present was, I went and realized that it was actually quite delightful. I would speak well of it to anyone

It never ceases to amaze me when I come across a really useful blog. For anyone who is interested in SEO it is well worth having a look at ‘Doc Croc’.

There are posts on just about anything connected to SEO on here and the best thing about it is that it’s all written in a way that’s easy to understand. There are plenty of SEO blogs out there, but a lot of them are written in such a way that the only people who can understand them are… people who are masters of SEO.

And that is sort of missing the point of it all, isn’t it?

How do you know if your cat is overweight? Well, first you should be able to feel their ribcage, although thin cats have a little bit of a stomach in between their hind legs. Between the hips and ribs, you should notice a waist rather than a bulge.

An overweight cat is an unhealthy cat. An overweight cat can run into some serious health issues such as liver disease, arthritis, renal disease and heart failure, so it’s important to get and keep it’s weight down.

Certain reasons for becoming overweight are boredom, stress, competition with other cats when it comes to food and consuming excessive amounts of food do to not being able to digest it properly.

You do not need to starve your cat to help it lose weight. Just be sure to choose the right foods. Premium cat food is good and staying away from cat food that includes excessive amounts of fiber. Also, give your cat plenty of exercise by playing with it. You can help your cat lose weight, it just might take some time. If you are still having trouble with your cats weight, the best thing to do is to take them to the vet. And the trip won’t cost you as much if you have proper pet insurance, so all you will need to focus on is a healthy kitty!