leisure Flashcards
famous gardens
Kew Gardens, Sissinghurst and Hidcote
Scotland: Crathes Castle and Inveraray Castle
Wales: Bodnant Garden
Northern Ireland: Mount Stewart
Sir Charles Chaplin
famous in silent movies for his tramp character
one of many British actors to make a career in Hollywood
eminent directors
Sir Alexander Korda
Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Sir David Lean
Ridley Scott
British comedies in the 50s and 60s
Passport to Pimlico, The Ladykillers, Carry On
two highest-grossing film franchises produced in the UK
harry potter
james bond
oldest continuously working film studio facility
ealing studios
nick park
4 oscars for his animated films, including three for films featuring wallace and gromit
recent british actors to have won oscars
colin firth
sir anthony hopkins
dame judi dench
kate winslet
tilda swinton
annual british academy film awards
hosted by the british academy of film and television arts (BAFTA)
equivalent of the oscars
british comedy
satirical magazines published in the 19th century
- punch, published for the first time in the 1840s
magazines like private eye continue the tradition of satire
tv license
covers all equipment in a home
free for those over 75, 50% for blind people
fine of 1000
pays for the BBC
drinking age
under 16 can drink wine/beer with a meal in a hotel or restaurant as long as they are with someone over 18
betting/gambling
have to be 18 to go into betting shops or gambling clubs
people under 16 cannot participate in the national lottery
