One benefit that can be found by reading these is it can stimulate the imagination. Now for many people when they read something it will help them get their imagination going rather than being able to sit down and watch the show on television which could lead to them being able to see the items rather than having to visualize the items inside of their mind.

Another benefit that a person can see is that this is a great way to keep their mind active. By keeping their mind active a person will not have to worry about getting the onsets of some of the mind diseases, but they will also feel like they are doing something other than what most people will do.

Some other benefit that a person can see is that this can provide them with hours of enjoyment. Now many people think that they cannot live without their computer, but they need to realize that they could easily find that this is a great way to get by without having the computer on all the time.

At times a benefit that can be seen is that people will be able to go back to a section that they do not understand. Now many people think that they could just easily rewind the movie to the section they do not understand, but they do not realize that they could easily miss out on the section again even after multiple times. However, they should know that with the books they just have to flip back to that section and they could back track to the beginning to of the part they do not understand.

Figuring out the benefits of reading the Harry Potter books is a good thing. Once a person knows about the benefits of doing this they could easily see that it is much better than sitting there and watching the movies or other shows that are covering the same thing that they are reading.

Carolyn Clayton

Universal Studios asked us to put together a tour that celebrated the iconic locations featured in numerous films shot in the capital over the years including Notting Hill, Bridget Jones, Atonement, Kick-Ass, Shakespeare in Love, Wimbledon to name but a few.

We designed one of our buses specially for the occasion with Universal’s logo and some of the films titles printed on it

We were joined by groups of journalists, publicists and people on the film industry, all invited by Universal Studios to celebrate their 100 years by touring around London.

During the day we found posts on twitter by people on the tour who wouldn’t stop posting pictures and positive comments on the tour.

Our guide Val ran the tour and had her few minutes of fame on BBC London News.

See the BBC London article on the tour.

It was a great pleasure for us to be part of this big celebration of Universal 100. Lets hope we can do the same again in 2112

The BBC’s eight part miniseries Ripper Street (which I can not wait to see) has begun filming in various locations in Dublin.

Created by Richard Warlow (Waking the Dead) and starring Matthew Macfadyen (Pride and Prejudice, Frost/Nixon), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones) and Adam Rothenberg (House).

Element Pictures is producing Ripper Street locally. Dublin’s Clancy Quays will double for the East End of London in the late 19th Century, partly because the producers felt nothing currently available in modern

London was suitable. The 19-week shoot is due to employ nearly 300 cast and crew.

Ripper Street will be a new drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the “Ripper” murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel.

It will explore the lives of characters trying to recover from the Ripper’s legacy, from crimes that have not only irretrievably altered their lives, but the very fabric of their city.

Jack the Ripper Tour

Mr Carson better be ready for the new trainees, Matt Milne (War Horse) has already been confirmed as a new footman named Alfred and yesterday Digital Spy reported that Ed Spellers (Eragon) will play a footman named Jimmy, the second new footman in the series.

The 23-year-old is currently starring in horror comedy Love Bite and previously featured in Echo Beach.

Spellers’s Downton Abbey casting follows the announcement last month that Cara Theobald will play a new kitchen maid named Ivy and Lucille Sharp will be Miss Reid – Lady Cora’s mother Martha (Shirley MacLaine) lady’s maid .

So many new faces! We can’t wait for it.

Downton Abbey is expected to air in UK on ITV later this year.

Shirley MacLaine is an admired and successful actress who must bring some more of that dry humour to the drama. She won the Academy award for her role in Terms of Endearment.

The next season is to start being filmed in February and to be shown in September. I’m sure the series fans will be just counting the days until it starts.

Find out how to get free tickets to many popular TV shows recorded in London.

If you live in London (or are at least within travelling distance) why not go along to see a recording of a TV show. Tickets are free and there are so many good recordings available depending on your tastes and interest and usually something is happening on most nights of the week. It’s free entertainment so sign yourself up at some of the ticket agents below and enjoy a show for free!

BBC Tickets
Shows include ‘Strictly Come Dancing’

SRO Audiences
Shows include ‘The Graham Norton Show’, ‘All Star Family Fortunes’, ‘Bremner Bird & Fortune’

Applause Store
Shows include: ‘Keith Lemons Celebrity Juice’, ‘Never Mind the Buzzcocks’, ‘Piers Morgans Life Stories’

Clappers Ltd
Shows include ‘Loose Women’

Lost in TV
Shows include ‘The Apprentice: You’re Fired’, ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire’

TV Recordings
Shows include ‘Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show’

James Bond London Tour

James Bond Outer London Tour

Doctor Who London Tour

We are looking for English speaking tour guides in London with a strong guiding background and a real passion and knowledge for their tour subject. Being a fan is essential. Guides must be willing to work on weekends and school holidays.

If you are interested in applying please for tour guide jobs in London email your CV and 100 words as to why you feel you are suitable for a role to:

val [@] britmovietours.com

info [@] britmovietours.com

Half a century ago James Bond roared onto our screens in a not particularly auspicious fashion. Driving a sporty little Sunbeam Alpine in Dr No, he struggled to outrun a 1930s Buick LaSalle hearse on a winding Jamaican road. But the image of 007 at the wheel – whether it was of a car, speedboat or plane – was born and is undoubtedly well worthy of commemoration.

To celebrate this half a century, the National Motor Museum at Beaulieu in Hampshire opened its Bond in Motion exhibition this week. Featuring 50 original vehicles from the 22 films so far, it’s claimed to be the largest gathering of James Bond vehicles in the world.

Of course the most memorable is the silver Aston Martin DB5. It made its debut in 1964′s Goldfinger and went on to become arguably the most famous movie car of all time courtesy of the bad guy-beating arsenal within those classic curves. Two are on show, with working gadgets. That aside, if you struggle to remember the vehicles Commander Bond, and as importantly the forces of evil he was combating have had at their disposal, a visit to Beaulieu should get your memory sparking.

Beaulieu’s Margaret Rowles said: “We knew how many exhibits we wanted and so we went to [Bond makers] Eon Productions and the Ian Fleming Foundation to source them. We were after a good mix of hero and villain vehicles and we’ve ended up with everything from a Tuk Tuk to an Aston Martin DBS.”

Of particular note is the Ford Mustang Mach I which is making its first public appearance since Bond put it on two wheels to navigate a narrow alleyway and evade the police who were chasing him in the 1971 filmDiamonds are Forever. Another debutant is the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow II that the villainous Valentin Zukovsky has in the World is Not Enough. From the same movie, commercial pressure had pushed Bond producers towards BMW. After flirting with a puny Z3 in GoldenEye 007 ends up with a Z8 sports car. In the following film, Tomorrow Never Dies, that same relationship saw our hero driving a 750iL. But even the car’s ability to be operated via remote control from the back seat and placing it on a podium in Beaulieu struggles to make it look any more dramatic than a used Beemer…

Far more in keeping is Wet Nellie, the Lotus Esprit that causes the holidaymaker to look quizzically at his drink as Roger Moore drove it out of the Sardinian sea in The Spy Who Loved Me. Gadget fiends will be equally entranced by the Die Another Day baddie Zao’s bright green Jaguar XKR complete with grille-mounted machine guns, a rear-mounted Gatling gun and boot-mounted mortars.

For comedic value there’s the Citroën 2CV that Bond used to escape from Jaws in For Your Eyes Only and the Renault 11 taxi complete with missing roof from A View to a Kill. Perhaps the most compelling of the cars was run by Bond’s nemesis, Auric Goldfinger. It’s the beautiful 1937 Rolls-Royce Phantom III driven by Goldfinger’s henchman and chauffeur Oddjob.

But this is a lot more than just a car exhibition. There are underwater spear gun vehicles, escape modules and various motorbikes as well as the Little Nellie autogiro which is a cross between an aircraft and helicopter. In 1967′s You Only Live Twice Q somehow assembles this from four suitcases (in alligator skin, naturally), which are also on display. The autogiro does actually fly, as does the Acrostar mini jet that Bond pilots in Octopussy after retrieving it from a horsebox, folding out the wings and taking off.

And the 1961 Sunbeam Alpine that started it all? According to Beaulieu, no one knows where it is. “It was hired from a lady on the island for Dr Noand then returned to her. At the time, no one realised how significant it was going to become,” Ms Rowles said.

Source: The Telegraph

The document was unearthed at the Montacute TV and Radio museum, Somerset, in October 2009 among the possessions of children’s author SG Hulme Beaman.

It is thought to have been written in the 1920s and is entitled The Autobiography of James Carnac.

Ripper historian Paul Begg has read the whole manuscript and said it could not be dismissed as a piece of fiction as “you find all sorts of questions and lots of niggles” about its content and provenance.

The manuscript is the first time the name James Carnac has been linked to Jack the Ripper – although no public records have yet confirmed whether Carnac existed.

Other suspects have been put forward in the past by Ripper historians, but to date his true identity has never been discovered.

To have a taste of  how an Autumn of Terror in 1888 can still chill to the bone to this very day just join the 2 1/2 hour Jack the Ripper Tour.

Source: BBC News Somerset

Why not take a scenic and magical journey around the picturesque National Park on our popular Lake District Tours.   You will get to see some of the dramatic panoramas that inspired Beatrix Potter and the locations used in the  2006 movie Miss Potter. Some of the highlights include a visit to the tiny 17th Century farmhouse, Hilltop which is the place where Beatrix Potter wrote many of her famous stories.  A great time is to be had as you investigate the medieval village of Hawkshead and true fans will love to see original illustrations in the Beatrix Potter Gallery which is a charming 17th century building that was the former office of Beatrix’s solicitor husband.

The tours are being led by a qualified blue badge guide who is an expert on Beatrix Potter.  You will meet at either Windermere Railway Station at 9.30am or Pier One, Windermere Lake Cruises departure pier, Bowness at 9.45 a  The tour will take 8 hours and runs on the first Thursday of each month from April through to October.  Check the tour schedule for dates.  Book early to avoid disappointment.