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“I Am Ready, Warden” is streaming now on Paramount+. @TexasObserver talked to director Smriti Mundhra about the documentary, which chronicles the days leading up to the execution of John Henry Ramirez, and which they say is a must-watch for people on any side of the death-penalty debate.

texasobserver.org/death-penalt

The Texas Observer · The Questions the Death Penalty Cannot Answer“I Am Ready, Warden,” a new short documentary, exposes the unresolved pain on all sides of a Texas execution.
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Thursday 13 December 1962

Transport minister Ernest Marples announced a new 50mph speed limit over the Christmas period, when driving at night, and a clampdown on drunken motorists.

The Mona Lisa is going to America despite a storm of protest from French art lovers. The painting will travel aboard the liner France in a first-class cabin, reserved for £157.

Our Favourite Television Theme Poll

Last 16 Qualifiers To Date
M.A.S.H. - Johnny Mandel and Michael Altman
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (Liberty Bell) - John Philip Sousa
The Monkees Main Theme - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart
Doctor Who - Delia Derbyshire
Muppets - Sam Pottle and Jim Henson
Cheers - Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart-Angelo
Rawhide - Ned Washington and Dimitri Tiomkin
Twin Peaks - Angelo Daniel Badalamenti

I’d like to invite you to vote in our Favourite Television Theme Poll

Group Sixteen (of sixteen)
Blake's 7 - Dudley Simpson
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Robert Duncan
Bonanza - David Rose

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Group Fifteen (of sixteen)
The Golden Girls - Andrew Gold
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Bernie Leadon
Thunderbirds - Barry Gray

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Group Fourteen (of sixteen)
The Flintstones - Hoyt Curtin, Joseph Barbera and William Hanna
The Sweeney - Harry South
Hill Street Blues - Mike Post

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Group Thirteen (of sixteen)
Red Dwarf - Howard Goodall
Hawaii Five-0 - Morton Stevens
Sopranos - Alabama 3

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Wednesday 12 December 1962

Bing Crosby has sold 12,000,000 records with White Christmas. Now he has another likely super-seller with Little Drummer Boy.

Nottingham Police plan to frighten motorists into good driving with a Ghost Squad - a fleet of all-white vehicles.

Netflix acquired the rights to Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" five years ago, and the adaptation has just hit screens. Shot in Colombia, with the approval of the writer's family, @inversedotcom says it's a triumph, conveying the novel's immense six-generation story in a way that's "surprisingly digestible, interesting, entertaining, and above all, gorgeous to watch." Here's more.

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#TV #Television #Netflix #OneHundredYearsOfSolitude #GabrielGarciaMarquez #Books @bookstodon #MagicalRealism

Inverse · Netflix Just Quietly Released A Surreal Epic MasterpieceOne of the greatest books at all time gets an equally ambitious streaming adaptation.