If Frank Reagan was a real person, he'd been the longest serving NYPD Commissioner.

He was a household name here and much loved. Rest in Peace.

Chariots of Fire, The Great Escape and The Dam Busters. I suspect everyone here could hum the music.

I hadn't realised that it shares an executive producer - Shawn Levy - with Stranger Things.

To a certain extent, they do. If they feel that it's time for the show to go out on a high, the network often doesn't try to force them to continue. In the case of Stargate SG-1, that was a decision to call it a day and because Amanda Tapping still had a year on her contract, she was moved over to Atlantis.

Yes. The fire at the nightclub in 1930 for example is a notable example of that.

They were not actually making a profit from Disney+. What is making them the money are the parks.

Anna Torv might have a chance in Guest Actress.

Eccleston is still getting plenty of work in the UK though. He was an acclaimed actor before he started; all the Doctors since the 1996 TV movie bar the unknown Matt Smith had good track records before they were cast.

Eccleston's return to the Big Finish audio dramas was by his own admission financially motivated - the pandemic resulted in other projects being put on hold and he needed the money.

The WGA only operates in North America and Canada IIRC or programmes made by those countries; streamers can get content from other places instead.

He remains one of the legendary Bond henchmen for his role in GoldenEye.

Neither. Sir Brian May. The Sir trumps the Doctor. If he was a Professor, then he'd be Professor Sir Brian May.

You just make it honorary for a non-citizen. Like Angelina Jolie DCMG or Bill Gates KBE. They can't call themselves Dame or Sir, though.

In any event, the bigger problem with Prince is he's dead. Most honours - with the exception of gallantry ones like the George Cross - can't be awarded posthumously.

They also can't be revoked posthumously, being deemed to have died with the holder, which is why Jimmy Saville's knighthood couldn't be rescinded.

Quite a few musicians do - Bowie turned down a CBE and a knighthood. Lennon returned his MBE, but legally the honour remained his until his death in 1980.

Some hold out for higher gongs, some find the concept a bit silly, others don't like being in the Order of the British Empire.

That position is currently being held by HM The Queen Consort i.e. Camilla.

It's quite possible he's been offered one and turned out down.

As a knight, he's entitled to a coat of arms now. I would not be overly surprised if he sticks three badgers on there.

The King does have sole discretion on some of the orders, but not the one Sir Brian has gotten:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders,_decorations,_and_medals_of_the_United_Kingdom#Current_orders_of_chivalry

Kate Bush already has a CBE.

Saw this a couple of years back when it got a UK airing. It was alright...

Not counting OSS operatives (a role which could involve combat and certainly a high risk of death), generally not for the US. They tended to do stuff like secretarial work, communications, nursing and other stuff that would not put them into direct contact with the enemy. Unless the enemy showed up at the base. There were eight servicewomen killed in action.

A lot more for both Vietnams, but the records aren't great: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Vietnam_War

Things didn't really start changing until the 1990s, with female fighter pilots in particular.

The show won an Emmy just for the music use in that episode.

Since Netflix wants to do advertising, in the UK it has had to register with the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board, or BARB, our official ratings people.