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One of Peugeot's best ads from the early Nineties

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Why? It used "Take My Breath Away" by Berlin.

Tracy Chapman's other big hit in the States outside of "Fast Car"

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And it's not "Baby Can I Hold You".

Well, we lost two great people recently

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May Britt Allcroft, who adapted The Railway Series  into Thomas & Friends  and Robert Baldwin, who played Ramirez in Kyoryuger , rest in peace.

Today's the day of course

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Yep, the sixth British series of The Masked Singer  begins airing tonight at 7pm on ITV1.

In nine months time...

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Spy × Family  season three will premiere on TV Tokyo.

One of my favourite TV ads from last year

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It's this McVitie's advert with Trevor McDonald.

Mattel's last video game console

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It was none other than the ill-fated Hyperscan back in 2006 and unlike its predecessor the Intellivision, it was a colossal flop and is widely considered to be one of the worst video game consoles of all time.

The colour yellow is associated with Portugal

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Why? Because it's the colour of the iconic trams in Lisbon.

First K-pop act to chart in the Hot 100

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It's in fact "Nobody" by Wonder Girls back in 2009, just three years before "Gangnam Style" by Psy.

Ketchup is a berserk button in this restaurant

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Don't put it on shawarma or else.

Half-vinyl, half-CD

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That's what to describe the Vinyldisc format with one of the notable releases being "Deathcar" by British rock band Fightstar.

Before Google...

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The search engine giant originated as Backrub in 1996, two years before launch.

Here's hoping that it arrives in the UK one day

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The drink in question? Mountain Dew Baja Blast.

My reaction to Max coming next year in the UK

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Only downside: It'll be exclusive to Sky and Now customers for the time being.

In six months' time...

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Comes the release of Superman  and The Fantastic Four: First Steps .

Today's the day...

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It's officially the first day of 2025.