14 days ago · Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom
‘I thought Brassed Off might be popular within a 10 mile radius of Barnsley’: the director of Andy Burnham’s favourite film on its 30 year anniversary
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The first report grouped here was at 2 Oct 2026, 16:56 UTC. The headline in use is “‘I thought Brassed Off might be popular within a 10 mile radius of Barnsley’: the director of Andy Burnham’s favourite film on its 30 year…”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Ahead of a live performance in the Royal Albert Hall, the writer Mark Herman explains why he’s not surprised it’s one of the new Prime Minister’s favourites and a why film like this wouldn’t get made now It is one of the prime minister’s all-time favourite films and has endured…
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