Led by Prof Michael Hoffman, the toilet they designed was solar-powered and generated hydrogen gas and electricity.

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Hoffman's father, Michael Hoffman, was in court but declined to comment.

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In this new screen adaptation, writer-director Michael Hoffman has set the show in the Tuscan region of Italy, in the early part of the 20th century.

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