When I first became a journalist in the mid 80s I was asked to research a film on a new winter of discontent.

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And I got back on the 27th early morning, and at 2 o'clock Adi had called us to the house, and in his house I finally asked him, I say I can't take this, tell me, how's the film done?

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As a novelist and screenwriter, I'm sometimes asked to speak to a class of film or literature students at a university.

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When someone at the Forbes Video Network asked me if Heidi would film an online video for us, I had my doubts.

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I've asked for a liaison officer on the base to make sure we don't film any Americans on the base.

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