Meanwhile, Cena said he had no interest in a stag night.
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On Friday night, he showed up at "stag night," the first event of the reunion weekend.
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Starting in 2007 he began to direct, and his first film was Stag Night.
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Stag Night of the Dead won the best feature award at the 2011 Newport International Film Festival.
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Stag Night of the Dead is a 2010 low budget British comedy horror film, written and directed by Neil "Napoleon" Jones.
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A GROOM whose wedding was nearly banned over a stag night bust-up has claimed the court case had made his nigh cl cca ca marriage stronger.
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Carl shirks the duties of Carl's stag night. An emergency cuts the night short. Episode Ten After the death of his mum, Emma vows to make Andy happy. Tina has news for Jon.
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Starring Kip Pardue, Vinessa Shaw, Breckin Meyer, Karl Geary, Scott Adkins, Sarah Barrand, Rachel Oliva and Luca Bercovici.Ghost House Underground Hosts a 'Stag Night' Closing Credits Song, "Don't Hide Away From the Sun" by Alphanaut.
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Jon is brooding over Tina. Emma has made a drastic decision, but a phone call throws everything into turmoil. Episode Nine Jon tells the truth about the adoption and more. Andy asks the boys to throw him a stag night.
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Running in almost real time, Stag Night is a throwback to the early film of John Carpenter and 1970s thrillers such as Deliverance while the plot bears a certain resemblance to that of the classic British horror film Death Line (1972).
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In October 2008 the band announced that their track "Route 666" (from the Route 666 album) was selected by producer/director Neil Jones to be played over the end credits of a low budget British horror film titled Stag Night of the Dead.
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At Jack's wake, Ashley and Claire reconcile and he agrees to move to France with her. Ashley tells Graeme he will be selling the shop. Graeme is upset but wishes Ashley and Claire well. On 6 December 2010, Ashley attends Peter's stag night at The Joinery Bar.
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Eventually, the wedding day arrives. Maurice Preston tells the Barlows that Robert and his best man, Paul Davies, have disappeared and never returned from the stag night. He thinks Robert has changed his mind about marrying Tracy but she is adamant he'll turn up. Ken and Deirdre try to find Robert.
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Aired: Directed by: Phillipa Still working for JJ Diamond, the guys almost have enough money for a stag night for Ta, but when they go to do one last move for JJ, the police have arrived at his house and arrested Carol, so the guys are asked to smuggle JJ out of the country.
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Robert is jealous of Andy and Katie and they get into a fight during Andy's stag night. Robert says that he is glad Jack is dead and that with him gone he will stay in the village as long as he wants. He also taunts Andy about his and Katie's affair. Victoria and Finn break up the fight.
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Stanley reveals that he had been the best man at George and Nellie's wedding, and that he had warned George that Nellie would make his life a misery on his stag night. He is full of praise for George's mistress and long-term partner, Doreen (Olga Lowe). Nellie overhears everything and finds his comments hard to take.
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Staggered is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Martin Clunes, starring himself and Anna Chancellor. It follows the misfortune of Neil (Clunes), a bridegroom trying to get back to his intended bride after a stag night. It was Clunes' directorial debut "I was asked, and it's not the sort of thing you say no to, really".
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However, the marriage ended just three months later. According to him, "We were in love but our marriage just didn't work out." His second marriage was to Sarah Jarrett, in 1999. He almost failed to reach the altar, having only been released on bail hours before the wedding following an incident at a strip club during his stag night celebrations.
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There were two American members in the interwar period, one of whom was a General in the U.S. Army. Postwar American members included diplomat Edward Streator. Prince Charles held his stag night at the club before his wedding to Lady Diana Spencer in 1981. His eldest son, Prince William, was entered as a member of the club shortly after his birth.
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In revenge, he hires Jimmy as a hitman to kill Liam, running him over on Tony's stag night. A distraught Carla briefly leaves the country but marries Tony upon her return. Upon discovery of Carla's affair with Liam, his widow Maria (Samia Ghadie) begins to suspect Tony's involvement in his death. She confides in Jed Stone, who threatens to go to the police.
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Their wedding is postponed when Honey is hospitalised; they reschedule but the second ceremony goes awry due to a practical joke played on Billy during his stag night. Billy's aunt Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor) then arranges a surprise wedding. Billy and Honey just complete their vows when Honey goes into labour. She delivers a girl, Janet, but the Mitchells are devastated to discover she has Down syndrome.
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This leads to Kerry punching Dan in the face after an argument over Daz. Kerry and Daz then go on a night out and steal a bus from Hotten. On Dan's stag night and Kerry's hen party, Daz and Kerry leave the parties early, and Daz makes a pass at Kerry, just as Dan enters. He angrily declares that the wedding is off, much to Kerry's upset.
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It was General Dwight Eisenhower's London headquarters in World War II. The Duke of Edinburgh held his stag night at the hotel prior to his marriage to Princess Elizabeth. The May Fair Hotel opened in 1927 on the site of Devonshire House in Stratton Street. It also accommodates the May Fair Theatre, which opened in 1963. The Ritz opened on Piccadilly on 24 May 1906.
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This causes friction between Max and O.B.. Clare schemes to get rid of O.B. and acts the loyal girlfriend to Max, who eventually proposes to her. After Tom overhears a conversation between Sean and Clare about their affair, she tries to turn Max against Tom. Max asks O.B. to be his best man, shocking Clare. On Max's stag night, O.B. discovers that Clare is planning to leave with his money.
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After his stag night, Neil Price (Clunes) wakes up naked on a remote Scottish island. The film follows his journey back towards his wedding, and the various characters and obstacles he encounters en route. It turns out that Neil's best friend, Gary, spiked his drink and dumped him on the Isle of Barra to enable him to make his own move on Hilary and her well-to-do family.
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While Mary continues with the wedding preparations, Kildare and Gillespie both try to solve Labardi's loss of hearing. Kildare must miss a surprise party for his stag night, so Mary goes instead. Tragically and unexpectedly, she is struck by a truck when she steps into the street with her mind on her happiness instead of traffic. Kildare rushes to her side when told of her accident and arrives just before she dies.
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In December 2010, Lloyd is celebrating Peter Barlow's (Chris Gascoyne) stag night in The Joinery, when a fight erupts between him and Chris after he provokes him several times during the evening. The fight intensifies before a huge explosion ends the fight and tears through The Joinery. Lloyd, however, escapes relatively unhurt and even rescues his enemy, Chris. Lloyd kicks down the front door of number 13 only to be blasted back by huge flames.
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Tina also becomes friendly with Tracy's stepbrother, Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne), who warns her not to antagonise Tracy. Tina later starts babysitting Simon (Alex Bain), taking him to and from school. When Peter rows with Rob Donovan (Marc Baylis) at the pub at his stag night, Tina calms him down. Peter tells her that his fiancée, Carla Connor (Alison King), Rob's sister, is planning their wedding and he isn't sure he wants to get married.
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Compo and Clegg are off to a stag night where they encounter Herbert Truelove "Truly of the Yard" an old school friend, who has retired from the Police force. The men, including the groom, Ronnie, Barry and Foggy have had too much to drink and Truly rings Wesley for a lift. At Clegg's house, Truly recalls his married life to the former Mrs Truelove. The picture being far from rosy puts Ronnie off getting married.
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While Stephen was out on his stag night, Phoebe went into labour two months early. Stephen rushed back to their house and helped deliver Phoebe's daughter, Hope (Laura Pearson). Hope developed breathing problems and it was left to Stephen to break the news to Phoebe that she might die. Stephen became worried that if Hope died, Phoebe would not want to marry him and his feelings of unease grew when everyone began talking about Todd.
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Sarah Barrand (born 2 November 1985) is an English actress known for her role as Shannon Donnelly-Lawson in Footballers Wives and its ITV2 spin-off, Footballers' Wives: Extra Time. Barrand grew up in Southport, Merseyside. She has played other roles on dramas such as Casualty, and in the films Stag Night, Caught in the Act, and The Kid. Sarah presented a two-part documentary for ITV, Date with the Dalai, with Footballers Wives co-star, Zöe Lucker.
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They try again in July, but due to a series of unfortunate events — starting with a prank performed on Billy's stag night — the groom doesn't get to the ceremony on time. Their third attempt in September is arranged as a surprise by Peggy Mitchell (Barbara Windsor). Honey is heavily pregnant and goes into labour, during the ceremony. As Billy leans in for a kiss after they are pronounced husband and wife, Honey reveals that her waters have broken.
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Charlie, wanting her to be comfortable, moves the sofa and television up from the back room but makes her agoraphobic. Initially thrilled that Shelley is solely dependent on him, he soon gets bored. Feeling bad about herself, she refuses to sleep with Charlie so he starts cheating on her by first kissing barmaid Violet Wilson (Jenny Platt), and brings another woman back to The Rovers Return Inn, sleeping with her in the back room and on his stag night.
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Ash tells Chloe about the offer, vowing to try to talk Annie into taking the rest of the group as well. On Ash's Stag Night, whilst queuing outside the Salsa Bar, Ash and his friends bump into Chloe and her friends out for her Hen Night. Ash's mum forces them to combine the 2 parties inside the club ("It Only Takes a Minute"). Ron and Annie turn up for the party, and Chloe discovers that Annie is after more than just Ash's talent.
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In September 2011, Mickey returns for Darren's wedding to Jodie Gold (Kylie Babbington). He attends the stag night and flirts with Jodie's friend Poppy Meadow (Rachel Bright) and accidentally reveals to her that Darren has had sex with bridesmaid Lauren Branning (Jacqueline Jossa). Mickey helps Darren prepare for the wedding the following day and arranges for a car to drive them to the registry office. But Darren's guilt over having sex with Lauren causes him to call the wedding off.
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Alex arrived in Hollyoaks as a student and a computer nerd freak, who moved into Tony Hutchinson’s student house. Alex began dating a girl on the internet, and decided to visit her in Ireland. However he was shocked to discover that she had died and her parents had been sending the emails. Soon, Alex went on a trip with the lads on Rory Finnigan’s stag night in Barcelona, where he was chased by angry transvestite who stole his money belt.
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Anne Howes, played by Cassie Stuart, meets Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) while he is on a stag night in a curry house. Phil brings her back to his home at The Queen Victoria public house and they have sex. A romance is quick to develop, but Anne turns out to be a habitual liar. She refuses to give Phil her home telephone number or allow him back to her house and when Phil questions her on this, she becomes defensive and hostile.
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Elle and Lucas become engaged, Elle arranges finds out Lucas has a gambling addiction so she cunningly arranges his stag night at a casino. Elle breaks off their engagement fearing his gambling addiction will worsen. Elle and Lucas discover Paul has a secrets sister Jill Ramsay (Perri Cummings), Paul said he already knew about her and told Elle to drop this. Paul finds out, Jill dies after being hit by a car, Paul denies involvement, he is arrested, later cleared.
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Chas first appears when she arrives in Emmerdale dressed as a nun for her cousin Marlon's (Mark Charnock) stag night. She is hired by her father, Shadrach Dingle (Andy Devine), and ends the evening locked in the back of a van with Ashley Thomas (John Middleton). She moves in with the Dingles and gets a job as barmaid at The Woolpack. Chas has a son, Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller), with her ex-husband Gordon (Gerard Fletcher), whom she allowed custody.
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At his stag night, Eddie got a black eye when he tried to stop Fred Gee (Fred Feast) from announcing Marion's pregnancy to the entire pub. Eddie's colleague, Curly Watts (Kevin Kennedy), was the best man and Hilda stood in for his mother as he married Marion at All Saint's church. After the wedding, Winifred decided that she did like Eddie after all. The Yeats' returned from their honeymoon to the news that Winifred had had a stroke and was seriously ill.
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Langfield, himself, says he wasn't able to remember his drunken argument with Calderwood, as he was so drunk. His Aberdeen future was in doubt. The club later confirmed that they had made him available for transfer, with an asking price of £100,000.Keeper pays for stag night antics, BBC Sport, 8 June 2007 As a result of the incident, Langfield was not only demoted to the bench, with Derek Soutar made first choice, but it caused some supporters to turn on him.
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Stevenson was born in 1961 in Hammersmith, London. He attended Barbara Speake Stage school in his teens and Phil Collins' mother June was his first agent. A comedian and actor, Stevenson appeared in the 1976 film Bugsy Malone, playing the part of Louis (under his real name Jeffrey Stevens). He later played the Stag comedian at Rodney Trotter's stag night on Only Fools and Horses, and also played PC Parker in To Hull and Back, a Christmas Day film of Only Fools and Horses.
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Kerry and Luke were married soon afterwards but unbeknownst to Kerry, Luke was gay and had a one-night stand with Sergeant Craig Gilmore on his stag night. It wasn't until Kerry announced she was expecting a baby that she discovered the truth about Luke and that he had been unfaithful to her. Heartbroken, Kerry decided to have an abortion but was persuaded by Luke not to go through with it. Despite listening to him, Kerry told Luke that their marriage was over and left him.
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The next morning Barry & Ronnie, still suffering from hangovers, are helping Compo, Clegg and Truly by carrying Foggy into the back of Wesley's Landrover still feeling worse for wear from the stag night. They drop off Barry at his & Glenda's house before dropping off Ronnie to get ready for the wedding. But the groom gets frightened when Truly begins his stories of marriage again and does a bunk on a milk float. Foggy, meanwhile, is taken in by the post lady who offers to look after him.
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It acts as a fundraiser for the wedding. Guests purchase entrance tickets and are entertained by draws, food and drink, music and fun and games that they will pay for to participate in. It is not a combined stag night/bachelor party and bachelorette party, or engagement party, as the primary focus is to raise money for the engaged couple, so their new life together is not started in debt. The intent of a stag and doe party is specifically to make a profit.
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The fall-out was believed to have been related to Calderwood's decision to reject a £70,000 offer from Rangers. The club later confirmed that they had made Langfield available for transfer, with an asking price of £100,000.Keeper pays for stag night antics, BBC Sport, 8 June 2007 Langfield was recalled to the starting line-up for the UEFA Cup game against Dnipro at Pittodrie on 20 September. The day after Aberdeen's UEFA cup victory over FC Copenhagen on 20 December 2007, Langfield signed a new three-year contract with Aberdeen.
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At Rodney's stag night, the Driscoll Brothers show up again looking for Del, who suddenly remembers that he had promised Rodney £2,000 for his flat. He goes off to talk to the Driscoll Brothers and leaves Rodney alone with Denzil, who believes that Del will use the money to pay the Driscolls off. Rodney returns to the flat late that night (with an 'L' plate glued to his boxer shorts), shouting at Del, who is in the bathroom. Del informs Rodney that his money is on the table.
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Chas asks Eve to be a bridesmaid at her wedding and she is forced to accept and on Carl's stag night, Chas's brother Cain (Jeff Hordley) becomes suspicious and overhears an argument between Carl and Eve, and realizing that they had an affair, punches Carl. Charity then tells him of Chas's revenge plan and he apologizes, pretending to have been mistaken. On Christmas Day, the wedding goes ahead and Chas reveals Carl and Eve's affair to the congregation and punches Carl, before jilting him. The following day, Chas picks a fight with Eve in the pub.
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On Natalie's joint hen night with Mel Healy (Tamzin Outhwaite) in Amsterdam, Andrea, true to form, gets extremely drunk and delights in making a fool of her daughter yet again. After chatting Barry up (who is also there on his stag night) and cruelly telling Natalie that he is having second thoughts, she proceeds to kiss him right in front of her. Natalie is devastated, but the final straw comes when she discovers that her mother has arranged an Adam and Eve themed wedding. Horrified, Natalie calls off the wedding, after which Barry banishes Andrea from their lives for a second time.
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She said that they are "crazy about each other", but they are always splitting up and getting back together again. Within their relationship, Bower said that they brought in an important issue that concerns a lot of people, "how does one get an adrenalin rush?" Lucas and Elle are "high rollers", so when they get together they need to look elsewhere for their adrenalin rush. When Elle and Lucas split because he is struggling with a gambling addiction, Elle decides to get revenge on him and invites him to her father's stag night at a casino.
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Edwards is probably best remembered for when he got hopelessly drunk on his stag night and ended up stripped naked and abandoned in the street by his mates from Sun Hill – much to the annoyance of Mary, his Welsh bride-to-be. After brushes with pigs, chickens and assorted oddballs, he asked for a transfer back to Wales. His final day convinced him he had made the right decision: Brownlow did not seem to know who he was and Conway thought he had already left. In the end he decided to give his own leaving party a miss and headed home alone.
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In October 2008, after discovering Liam Connor's (Rob James- Collier) affair with his then fiancée, Carla Connor (Alison King) – Liam's ex- sister-in-law – Tony Gordon (Gray O'Brien) ordered his henchman, Jimmy Dockerson (Robert Beck) to run over Liam at his stag night. Tony held Liam in his arms as he died. At Carla and Tony's wedding, a drunken Sally Webster (Sally Dynevor) showed Liam's widow, Maria (Samia Ghadie) footage of Liam and Carla kissing on her daughter, Rosie's (Helen Flanagan), mobile phone. Maria then became convinced that Tony had killed Liam, even trying to run Tony over in her car.
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She was persuaded that a more natural look suited her. In May 2009 she was interviewed for the E4/CH4 programme Big Brother: A Decade in the Headlines, written and presented by Grace Dent. In March 2010, she appeared as a guest diner on the Living TV programme, Celebrity Restaurant in Our Living Room. On 5 May 2011 she starred in an episode of Celebrity Hens and Stags for Wedding TV. She helped organise a stag night in Edinburgh including racing in an off-road buggy. In June 2011 she appeared as a contestant in the TV3 (Ireland) series, Celebrity Salon.
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She said that they are "crazy about each other", but they are always splitting up and getting back together again. Within their relationship, Bower said that they brought in an important issue that concerns a lot of people, "how does one get an adrenalin rush?" Elle and Lucas are "high rollers", so when they get together they need to look elsewhere for their adrenalin rush. When Elle and Lucas split because he is struggling with a gambling addiction, Elle decides to get revenge on him and invites him to her father's stag night at a casino.
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Cooper soon admits that Maureen caused the injury and she tries to justify her actions to Karl, but he tells her there is no excuse. Karl befriends first year resident David Tanaka (Takaya Honda), who confides in him about his search for his father when he is caught looking at medical records. Karl attends Brad's stag night, and the following day he is one of the first people on the scene when a hot air balloon crashes. He finds a badly injured Regan Davis (Sabeena Manalis) and realises that she will die if he does not help her.
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The housemates took part in all traditional events of a wedding including a hen and stag night, and the service itself, but failed the task on the first day. The wedding became memorable for sparking the argument between Shell and Victor, and for Michelle's rendition of the song "Pie Jesu" at the service. Prize money dropped to £56,500 after a fish-guts task. The housemates could have won the £15,000 back if Michelle (who is a vegetarian) drank a glass of fish milkshake or £5,000 if anyone else did, but it was thrown away amid speculation that it was not a good idea healthwise.
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When he comes home beaten and bloodied, he is forced to admit to Dawn that he is working for Terry Bates once again. Dawn is initially furious, but despite realising that he is involved in criminal activity, she makes no attempt to stop him as she is desperate to keep the money and get the wedding of her dreams. Jase speaks of leaving Walford to escape Terry, but Dawn announces that they have set a date for their wedding, ensuring that Jase cannot leave. Upon cancelling his stag night to collect £100,000 for Terry, Jase reluctantly takes Billy on as a getaway driver, revealing his intention to steal Terry's money.
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Detective Chief Inspector Geoff Morton, played by Maurice Roëves, is the alcoholic father of Kate Morton (Jill Halfpenny), who arrives for her wedding to Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden). He is not impressed on Phil's stag night, when Minty Peterson (Cliff Parisi) tells him about Phil's immigrant ex-wife Nadia (Anna Barkan). He is also disappointed that Phil does not drink, and accepts the dare of drinking a yard of ale, before being thrown out of The Queen Victoria pub for insulting Nana Moon (Hilda Braid). He then goes to Angie's Den where he insults Little Mo Mitchell (Kacey Ainsworth) and is hit by her husband, Billy (Perry Fenwick).
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Both Little Ted and Hal have their own plans to disrupt the imminent wedding and they separately call upon Mr.Mac, a world weary swimming coach, to help them out. On Hal's all day stag night, Little Ted sets in motion a disastrous chain of events when he persuades Mr.Mac to convince Petula, (his ex-girlfriend) to seduce Hal in a pub lavatory so that he can record it on Polaroid. Hal, decides to chat up Caroline Lynch in The All Bar One pub in London. Hal falls so hopelessly in love with Caroline he takes her out to dinner to a posh restaurant in London.
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She also has appalling personal hygiene, as remarked by Arnie. She is often known to aid Piers in his schemes, in return for a cut of the profits, including filming Stanley Dawkins's "pregnancy" (which turns out to be a 2oz gallstone) for a live television broadcast; selling homemade booze; and arranging a stripper for Piers' cousin's stag night. She later reveals that her nasty behaviour towards Piers is "one of two things that gets her out of bed". Piers often compares her to the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz and likens her to a female version of Hannibal Lecter.
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A second series of the show was initially planned for 2006, but Peter Kay instead confirmed a third series of Phoenix Nights (which as of 2020 has not yet happened). On 22 February 2010, Peter Kay stated to The Sun that he and Paddy McGuinness planned to do more specials of Max and Paddy's Road To Nowhere. He wanted Phil 'The Pastie' Murphy to play the portly soldier in love with Max's mother. He had also stated in 2010, during an appearance on The Chris Moyles Show, that he wanted Sir Terry Wogan to play an Irish baddie when Max and Paddy go to a funeral in Ireland but, after a stag night, only have fancy dress magician clothes.
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A bachelor being led to his party A bachelor party (in the United States), also known as a stag weekend, stag do or stag party (in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth countries, and Ireland), or a buck's night (in Australia) is a party held for a man who is shortly to enter marriage. A stag night is usually planned by the groomsman's friends, occasionally with the assistance of a bachelor party planning company. The first references to Western stag nights in the Oxford English Dictionary date to the 19th century. Traditionally, stag nights involved a black tie banquet hosted by the father of the groom that included a toast in honour of the groom and bride.
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When Sola gives his best man's speech, he accidentally shows video footage from the stag night instead of the video prepared by Dozie for the occasion, and the humiliated Dunni leaves the room after having witnessed what looks like Dozie being unfaithful to her. She is met outside the room by one of Dozie's old girlfriends, Rosie, who claims that she had sex with Dozie earlier that day - in reality, Rosie had tried to seduce him but failed. Dunni disappears from the venue in a taxi. Dozie, his elder brother Nonso, and the two sets of parents set out to look for Dunni but are held up at gunpoint by a thief who has managed to get into the room with the wedding gifts.
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Unlike his step- brothers, little is known of David's early adulthood but he seems to have been a well-known figure in the jazz clubs of Soho in the 1950s. He knew George Melly who he first met at Cy Laurie's jazz club in Great Windmill Street and he was also associated with Mick Mulligan. Melly, Mulligan and Litvinoff were all present at what Melly described as a near riot at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London at what was supposed to be a serious lecture by Melly on "Erotic Imagery in the Blues" but turned into an impromptu stag night for Melly who was getting married the next day. Litvinoff had a lifelong love of Blues music,David Litvinoff and the Teifiside blues.
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Fassbender at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival Fassbender's first screen role was that of Burton "Pat" Christenson in Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's award-winning television miniseries Band of Brothers (2001). He played the character of Azazeal in both series of Hex on Sky One and starred as the main character in the music video for the song "Blind Pilots" by the British band The Cooper Temple Clause. In the video, he plays the part of a man out with friends on a stag night who slowly transforms into a goat due to wearing a cowbell necklace. Fassbender played Jonathan Harker in a ten-part radio serialisation of Dracula produced by BBC Northern Ireland and broadcast in the Book at Bedtime series between 24 November and 5 December 2003.
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Queen Elizabeth II attended the Dorchester when she was a princess on the day prior to the announcement of her engagement to Philip Mountbatten on 10 July 1947. Philip also held his stag night party at the hotel, which has been documented in a plaque. When Said bin Taimur of Oman was ousted in a coup in July 1970 and replaced with his son Qaboos bin Said, he was sent in exile and lived at the Dorchester until his death in 1972. The McAlpine family owned the hotel until 1977 when they sold it to a consortium of businessmen from the Middle East headed by the Sultan of Brunei. On 3 June 1982, Shlomo Argov, the Israeli ambassador to the United Kingdom was shot and seriously injured in an assassination attempt as he left the Dorchester.
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Originally Truly was meant to be a stand in character for Brian Wilde's character of Foggy Dewhurst as, just before filming began on the 1997 Christmas special, Wilde suffered from a mild infection in his leg which he said he knew would stop him from taking part and recommended Frank Thornton to be the new third man leader. But then, owing to a scheduling problem at the BBC, this meant Wilde (who was by then fully fit), was unable to take part and Thornton ended up becoming Wilde's permanent replacement, as well as doing all the episodes of the 19th series. While Foggy appears in this episode, his face isn't shown and a body double (Colin Harris) was used in far away shots where he is seen being carried out of the stag night celebration and being put into the back of Wesley Pegden's Land Rover to conceal Brian Wilde's absence from the show. Former British Olympic medalist athlete and long-term fan of Summer Wine Kriss Akabusi makes a guest appearance as a disgruntled milkman.
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The biggest storyline involving Barry and Natalie in 1999 was their joint double wedding with the characters Ian Beale and Melanie Healy (Adam Woodyatt and Tamzin Outhwaite) – the lead up to which included a hen/stag night celebration episode, which was filmed on-location in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The episode evoked criticism by the Broadcasting Standards Commission for its inclusion of “almost relentless drunken and promiscuous behaviour, sexual innuendo and drug-taking, before the watershed”, which included Natalie having to acquire three love bites from strangers. The BBC defended the episode, claiming that its content would have “come as no surprise to viewers” and adding that the depiction of this behaviour conformed to an EastEnders tradition – that questionable conduct "only leads to further trouble…One character's quest for drugs led to embarrassment and nausea and a drinking binge led to the calling off of [Barry and Natalie’s] wedding while the prospects for another became bleaker." Natalie and Barry's screen wedding was featured as part of the Millennium Eve episodes, which drew in 20.89 million viewers – the biggest soap audience since the character Tiffany Mitchell (Martine McCutcheon) was killed off in EastEnders precisely one year earlier (New Year's Eve 1998).
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