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It’s the very first episode of The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr and our first guest is Phil Wang! And Phil’s subgenre is…This Place is Evil. We’re talking psychological torture, we’re talking gory death scenes, we’re talking Lorraine Kelly?! The Big Pitch with Jimmy Carr is a brand new comedy podcast where each week a different celebrity guest pitches an idea for a film based on one of the SUPER niche sub-genres on Netflix. From ‘Steamy Crime Movies from the 1970s’ to ‘Australian Dysfunctional Family Comedies Starring A Strong Female Lead’, our celebrity guests will pitch their wacky plot, their dream cast, the marketing stunts, and everything in between. By the end of every episode, Jimmy Carr, Comedian by night / “Netflix Executive” by day, will decide whether the pitch is greenlit or condemned to development hell! Listen on all podcast platforms and watch on the Netflix Is A Joke YouTube Channel . The Big Pitch is a co-production by Netflix and BBC Studios Audio. Jimmy Carr is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer, touring his brand-new show JIMMY CARR: LAUGHS FUNNY throughout the USA from May to November this year, as well as across the UK and Europe, before hitting Australia and New Zealand in early 2026. All info and tickets for the tour are available at JIMMYCARR.COM Production Coordinator: Becky Carewe-Jeffries Production Manager: Mabel Finnegan-Wright Editor: Stuart Reid Producer: Pete Strauss Executive Producer: Richard Morris Executive Producers for Netflix: Kathryn Huyghue, Erica Brady, and David Markowitz Set Design: Helen Coyston Studios: Tower Bridge Studios Make Up: Samantha Coughlan Cameras: Daniel Spencer Sound: Charlie Emery Branding: Tim Lane Photography: James Hole…
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Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn on Saturday said the government would start replacing a water pipe lined with bitumen within this year, after black particles were found in the tap water of two Fanling estates. The minister, together with the Director of Water Supplies Roger Wong and the chairman of the Drinking Water Safety Advisory Commi…
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Boao Forum for Asia secretary general Zhang Jun said on Friday youths play a key role in bridging the artificial intelligence development gap between the Global South and Global North. He made the remarks as the International Science, Technology and Innovation Forum of the Boao Forum made its debut in Hong Kong, with previous editions held in Macau…
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The managing director of the Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA), Cheng Yan-chee, on Saturday said the authority aims to transfer all MPF accounts to the eMPF Platform within this year. The one-stop platform, which came into operation in June last year, aims to streamline and automate the administrative work of MPF schemes. Speaking o…
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Chief Executive John Lee on Saturday told a high-powered international forum that free and open international exchanges – without boundaries or tariffs – are key to innovation and growth. Speaking at a science, technology and innovation forum under the Boao Forum for Asia, the CE said the SAR is committed to free and open collaboration with differe…
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A new law allowing overseas companies to relocate to Hong Kong while keeping their legal identities has garnered plenty of interest from foreign firms, Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury Christopher Hui said on Saturday. The Legislative Council had passed a new law last month allowing overseas firm to re-domicile to the SAR while mai…
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US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Elon Musk had "lost his mind" but insisted he wanted to move on from the fiery split with his billionaire former ally. The blistering public break-up between the world's richest person and the world's most powerful is fraught with political and economic risks all round. Trump had scrapped the idea of a …
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The Chief Executive in Council has approved the granting of two sites to the Urban Renewal Authority (URA), with the plots to be rezoned for residential use. In a statement on Friday, the government said the sites on Bailey Street in Hung Hom and Tseung Kwan O Area 137 will be handed over to the URA by private treaty for a term of 50 years, at nomi…
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The director of the Water Supplies Department said on Friday that black particles, since identified in laboratory tests as bitumen, found in tap water at two Fanling housing estates probably came from a steel pipe installed around 1987. The government said a day ago that it believes that black particles found in tap water in Queen's Hill Estate are…
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Muslim worshippers prayed on Mount Arafat during the high point of the hajj pilgrimage as authorities urged them to avoid the hottest hours of the day after tragedy struck last year. Thousands of white-robed pilgrims recited Koranic verses from dawn on the 70-metre rocky rise near Mecca on Thursday, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have gi…
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People will be able to book and pay for a taxi on the Octopus App in future. The Octopus card company on Wednesday said the “Easy Ride” service will initially cover 300 taxis from a fleet operated by Big Boss Taxi Company. At an event announcing the partnership, Octopus head of transport business Nora Tang said there are plans to extend the service…
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South Korea's new President Lee Jae-myung held his first cabinet meeting on Thursday focused on devising an emergency package to address stagnating economic growth and aid households, moving swiftly to start tackling a top campaign pledge. Lee took office on Wednesday just hours after riding a wave of anger over a brief martial law imposed by Yoon …
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US President Donald Trump is resurrecting the travel ban policy from his first term, signing a proclamation on Wednesday night preventing people from a dozen countries from entering the United States. The countries include Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen. In…
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More than a million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off with the Saudi hosts scrambling to avoid last year's 1,000-plus deaths in sweltering heat. With temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, robed pilgrims slowly circled the Kaaba, the black cube at the heart of Mecca's Grand Mosq…
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A stampede broke out on Wednesday as a tightly packed crowd celebrated the victory of their home cricket team in the Indian city of Bengaluru, resulting in deaths, a senior government official said. India media reported as many as 11 people had been crushed to death, but Karnataka state's Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar said he was not able to …
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Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn on Wednesday said major food chains will not be given preference for new food and beverage facilities at harbourfront locations as part of an upcoming tourism project. At a Legco meeting, lawmaker Benson Luk asked whether some land could be set aside on both sides of Victoria Harbour to build long-term cate…
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The head of the legislature's transport panel said Hong Kong authorities should have a careful think about the road network's capacity to cope with increased traffic when a scheme allowing cars from Guangdong to travel to the SAR is eventually expanded to cover urban areas. Local officials have said they plan to announce details of the southbound t…
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Secretary for Development Bernadette Linn said on Wednesday that water quality at two housing estates in Fanling has improved for some households following the installation of filtering nets and cleansing of water tanks and pipes. The measures to improve water quality came after residents at Queen's Hill Estate and subsidised housing Shan Lai Court…
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Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Algernon Yau on Wednesday called on retailers to take the opportunity of a shopping festival later this year to boost consumption for silver-haired residents. His remark came after authorities last week rolled out 30 measures to tap into the "silver economy" to spur growth, of which half were related …
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Hong Kong should position itself as a place to promote new technologies and products amid the shift towards sustainability, according to the city's environment minister. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan pointed to the rise of electric vehicles and the increasing use of hydrogen, saying there would be more products emerging as the …
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Almost 80 percent of pupils have received places in one of their top three choices of primary schools, Primary One Central Allocation results released on Wednesday showed. The Education Bureau said nearly 19,500 children took part in the allocation and that more than 15,500 were allocated spots in schools among their first three choices. Combined w…
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Commissioner for Narcotics Kesson Lee on Wednesday said abusers of space oil are mainly young people, being as the illegal drug is cheap and easy to conceal. During the first quarter of this year, 191 space oil drug cases were recorded, which amounted to 64 percent of the figure for the whole of last year. On an RTHK radio programme, Lee said 70 pe…
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Officials have captured the last member of a runaway capybara gang that escaped from a mainland zoo two months ago, a statement said on Tuesday. The missing male rodent, named Doubao, which means Bean Bun, absconded from an enclosure at the Yangzhou Zhuyuwan Scenic Area along with two other capybaras in early April. Doubao remained at large for wee…
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South Korea's liberal party candidate, Lee Jae-myung, was elected president in Tuesday's snap election, six months to the day after he evaded military cordons to vote against a shock martial law decree imposed by his ousted predecessor. Lee's victory stands to usher in a political sea change in Asia's fourth-largest economy, after the backlash agai…
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