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‘I laughed so hard my Tampax fell out’: Michael Gambon’s pranks revealed by the stars he cracked up
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a culture story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 26 Oct 2026, 12:15 UTC. The headline in use is “‘I laughed so hard my Tampax fell out’: Michael Gambon’s pranks revealed by the stars he cracked up”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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He made Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry Potter fart, left Judi Dench unable to control herself and told a fry-up fantasy about Helen Mirren. A new biography details the star’s mischief Jasper Rees’s authorised biography of Michael Gambon, published three years after the great actor’s death, has nuanced accounts of his performances…
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‘I laughed so hard my Tampax fell out’: Michael Gambon’s pranks revealed by the stars he cracked up
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