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Samantha Morton to lead Paramount+ thriller The Burning Girls alongside Bridgerton star Ruby Stokes
The Walking Dead's Samantha Morton and Bridgerton's Ruby Stokes have been cast in forthcoming Paramount+ series The Burning Girls. Double Oscar nominee Morton, 45, will play the lead role in the show, based on the 2021 novel by CJ Tudor, Deadline reports.Morton plays reverend named Jack Brooks, a single parent who is haunted by a tragedy from her past, as well as her husband's death. News! The Walking Dead's Samantha Morton and Bridgerton's Ruby Stokes have been cast in a forthcoming Paramount+ series; pictured in 2019Stokes, 22, will play Morton's daughter Flo, described as a unique teen. Together they arrive in a village called Chapel Croft, anticipating new beginnings.But it doesn't take them long to find that they've moved to a community full of 'conspiracies and secrets.' The series is coming from Buccaneer Media, and CEO Tony Wood said, 'We couldn’t be happier with The Burning Girls cast as we start production this week.'The executive added, 'The depth of talent is substantial.' Coming soon: The two women, 45 and 22, will star in Burning Girls, based on the 2021 novel by CJ Tudor; seen in 2019 Also set to appear in the show is Conrad Khan of Peaky Blinders, Rupert Graves, Elodie Grace Orkin of Stranger Things, and more.Both Morton and Stokes are also currently busy with other projects - Morton in Starz' Serpent Queen, and Stokes in Lockwood & Co.
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Missing diver found headless after MI6 spying mission during Soviet leader's UK visit
James Bond film Thunderball.At the time British Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden refused to reveal the details surrounding the disappearance of the naval diver during a goodwill visit by the Soviet leadership.Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev was on board the ship for meetings with Sir Anthony Eden.But an international spying scandal blew up less than a week later when the Soviets protested to the British government about a frogman spotted near the Soviet ship Ordzhonikidze and its escorting destroyers during their visit.The diver who was brutally killed was identified as Commander Lionel "Buster" Crabb who was believed to have been on a secret spying mission for which permission hadn't been granted.Crabb, a Royal Navy Volunteer Reservist, had been awarded the George Medal for removing limpet mines from British warships during the Second World War and an OBE for mine clearance at Livorno in Italy.A colourful character who enjoyed a drink he was known to be short of money, and had told friends he was going to be paid 60 guineas "to take a dekko at the Russian bottoms".When he was officially reported missing by the Admiralty on April 29, 1956, it was claimed he had been testing secret underwater equipment a few miles down the coast from Portsmouth.The official statement said he had died following a test dive at Stokes Bay, near Portsmouth, on the Hampshire coast but it later was revealed that he was on spying mission for MI6 - unbeknown to the prime minister. The statement by the Admiralty was an attempt to cover up the mission but when the Soviets claimed to have seen a frogman close to their Soviet cruiser Ordzhonikidze Sir Anthony Eden was forced to speak out.
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