Britain's first popular vampire story was published in 1819 by John Polidori, formerly Lord Byron's personal physician.

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His first feature, the 1983 erotic vampire mood piece "The Hunger, " ended up a relative anomaly (except in sheer style) to such high-octane thrill machines as "Top Gun" (1986), "Revenge" (1990), "The Last Boy Scout" (1991), "True Romance" (1993), "Crimson Tide" (1995), "Enemy of the State" (1998), "Man on Fire" (2004), "Domino" (2005), "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3" (2009) and "Unstoppable" (2010).

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Sky One is the home of American imports such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Simpsons, where episodes can usually seen first before airing on terrestrial channels.

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