Tea News Bits
Tribute to John Inman
Don't forget to tune in to MPT's Tribute to John Inman on Saturday, May 5 from 9:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. We hope you enjoy the biography of Mr. Inman and the three programs we've selected of Are You Being Served?
Born and Bred
Starting Saturday, June 2 at 6:00 p.m. Born and Bred will air throughout the summer, other than Pledge weeks. We've had many people ask about bringing back Born and Bred!
Programs you don't want to miss
MPT is happy to bring you Masterpiece Theatre's Six Wives of Henry VIII on Sunday, May 6 and Sunday, May 13 from 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. On Monday May 21 at 10:00 p.m. MPT will air City at War: London Calling. Back-to-back programming on Wednesday evening, May 23 should keep you glued to your set. At 9:00 p.m. watch Blair Decade followed at 11:00 p.m. by Remarkable Red Hat Society. On Thursday, May 24 For One English Officer airs at 10:00 p.m.
On Sunday, May 27, join MPT in saluting those that kept our country free. The National Memorial Day Concert begins at 8:00 p.m., followed by Eyes Wide Open at 9:30 p.m. The National Memorial Day Concert repeats at 10:00 p.m.
To finish out the month, Churchill: Destiny and then Churchill: The Lion's Roar begin at 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 31.
Heather and The Queen
The Queen is visiting the United States in May in honor of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown. And Heather has been invited to tea with her at the British Embassy! No photos are allowed but we will tell you all about it in an upcoming issue. Good luck, Heather!
Picture yourself here!
Do you want to see Great Britain at your own pace? MPT's Online Auction is the place to go to bid on a package for two with the Friendship Tour. Enjoy round-trip coach airfare to London on 
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Are you intrigued? Go to http://auction.mpt.org. Here you will find all the pertinent information. Go soon as bidding closes on May 10, 2007!
Hypnotised student wakes up in Marrakech
A Roehampton University student who was hypnotised in a phone booth in England was shocked to find himself in a busy Moroccan market when he awoke 13 hours later.
Richard Critchlow, 21, was put into a trance by television personality Derren Brown, as part of a new show for Channel 4, according to a national newspaper. Mr. Critchlow was taken to Heathrow airport, where he was rolled through passport control in a wheelchair and flown to Marrakech. He woke in an identical phone booth but when he stumbled outside he was greeted by the bustle of a chaotic market place.
Mr. Brown told the Daily Mirror: "He was in a deep sleep. He had no sense of any time passing at all. His profound bewilderment eventually gave way to huge delight." Mr. Critchlow was left to wander the streets, while hawkers tried to sell him dates, nuts and juice, the paper reported.
He was eventually let in on the prank by Brown, who had used Mr. Critchlow after he applied to appear on his new show, Trick or Treat.
www.thisislocallondon.co.uk
Youths arrested over Harry Potter train attack
London (Reuters) - Ten youths have been arrested after Harry Potter's train, the Hogwarts Express, was attacked by vandals, police said. More than 300 of the tourist train's windows - famous for departing from imaginary platform 9 ¾ at King's Cross station in the Harry Potter books - were smashed with hammers while it was in a depot in Lancashire.
The damage will cost at least £50,000 ($120,235) to repair, according to train operator West Coast Railways. A spokeswoman said hammers were used to break the toughened glass and several were found at the scene.
Police said the youngsters were between 12 and 14 years old. "Ten youths have been arrested after 337 windows were smashed on various trains at the West Coast Railway Company Depot in Carnforth, Lancashire," a spokesman for British Transport Police said. The youngster were released on police bail pending further inquiries and will have to report back to police in the first week of May.
uk.reuters.com
Bad Note Sounds as Movers Drop Piano Off Truck
Devon, England - Organizers of a classical music festival have been left feeling on a bad note after an $88,000 grand piano fell off the back of a delivery truck and crashed to the ground.
Fundraisers for the Two Moors Festival had saved for two years to get the cash needed to buy the Bosendorfer piano - considered to be the Rolls-Royce of the piano world.
The festival's artistic director Penny Adie, 53, said she was so excited that the instrument was being delivered that she ran out to take pictures. But she was left "numb" as she snapped it crashing to the ground.
"We were just so shocked," she said. "It was like seeing a priceless painting torn to shreds."
www.foxnews.com
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