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Few authors are as widely celebrated as Kurt Vonnegut. From the outside, it might be easy to mistake the acclaimed counterculture penman as one who simply writes darkly silly, sci-fi-tinged paperbacks. If you actually dive into one of his works, you'll soon find that Vonnegut is much more than just a bizarre comic mind. Books like Cat's Cradle, The Sirens of Titan, and the criminally underrated Galápagos prove that Vonnegut seamlessly gives his readers a hilarious time, all while dishing up his completely unique brand of satire. While he has a ton of beloved titles to his name, most know him for his 1969 masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five, and for great reason. On the one hand, it's one of the best pieces of anti-war fiction that you'll find, with a powerful commentary on Ptsd to boot. It might be an odd time to add that this is a strong contender for one of the funniest books ever written.

Coronation Street, Broadchurch's Olivia Colman and Luther actor Idris Elba were the big winners at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards on Tuesday (March 18) at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.

Broadchurch won the award for Drama Serial, with Colman picking up the Female Actor prize. Educating Yorkshire won Best Documentary Series as star Michael Steer hit out at Education Secretary Michael Gove in his acceptance speech.

Corrie, which was nominated alongside Casualty and Emmerdale, followed its previous Best Soap wins this year at the NTAs, Broadcast and Tric Awards with the Soap and Continuing Drama gong.

Other winners on the night included Elba taking the Male Actor award for his role in Luther, Brendan O'Carroll for Comedy Performance for Mrs Brown's Boys and Plebs for Scripted Comedy.

Game of Thrones claimed the International Award, Alan Carr won the prize for Entertainment Performance for Chatty Man and Stephen Fry...

ITV thriller Broadchurch leads the nominations for this year's Royal Television Society Programme Awards.

The ceremony, hosted by Tim Vine, will be held on March 18 at Grosvenor House and honours excellence across all genres of television programming.

Broadchurch is up for four awards including Drama Serial, while Chris Chinball - who penned the murder mystery series - is nominated for Drama Writer.

The show's stars Olivia Coleman and Jodie Whittaker have both been recognised in the Female Actor category, alongside My Mad Fat Diary actress Sharon Rooney.

BBC dramas Top of the Lake and In the Flesh will go up against Broadchurch for Drama Serial, while My Mad Fat Diary, Peaky Blinders and Utopia have received nods for Drama Series.

HBO's Game of Thrones has been nominated in the International category, alongside Storyville - Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer and Channel 4's The Returned.

Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway is up for Entertainment,...

nWave Pictures acquires distribution rights to Galapagos 3D for February 2014 release.

nWave Pictures Distribution has acquired worldwide giant screen distribution rights to Galapagos 3D (working title) from London-based Colossus Productions.

Written and narrated by veteran filmmaker David Attenborough, produced by Anthony Geffen and directed by Martin Williams, the film explores the creatures on the remote islands in the Pacific.

Galapagos 3D will be released to IMAX theatres and Digital Giant Screen cinemas in February 2014 and will available in 38- and 20-minute versions, 3D and 2D, 15-perf./70mm film and 4K/2K digital formats.

The industry premiere will take place on Sept 15 in Ottawa during the Giant Screen Cinema Association (Gsca) 2013 Conference at the Canadian Museum of Civilization.

“After successfully launching Penguins 3D earlier this year… we are excited to again work with Attenborough and Geffen on this remarkable new film that will wow kids and families alike,” said Eric Dillens, chairman of nWave...

David Attenborough will return to Sky 3D this summer with a new series about the extreme and unseen world of bugs.

Micro Monsters 3D is Attenborough's latest project with Sky, following huge success with Flying Monsters 3D, The Bachelor King 3D, Kingdom of Plants 3D and most recently Galapagos 3D.

The much-loved naturalist will use pioneering macroscopic 3D techniques to explore the behaviours and lives of creatures that are usually hidden from the human eye.

Killer ants, spiders weaving silken trap doors and scorpions with paralysing stings will be among the creatures coming under the microscope.

The project is split across three episodes and has been commissioned by Sky's head of factual Celia Taylor.

Micro Monsters 3D with David Attenborough launches on Saturday, June 15 on Sky 3D and Sky1.

Watch DS's recent interview with David Attenborough:...

Sir David Attenborough has said that he doesn't plan to finish working anytime soon, but believes that when he does, his type of programme may cease to be made. The naturalist, who traveled to the remote Galapagos Islands this summer, made the comments while promoting his new Sky series Galapagos 3D. According to The Sun, Attenborough revealed that he doubts whether wildlife programmes like those he presents will continue to exist after he finishes working. The 86-year-old said: "I'm a bit of a fossil in a way. The sort of films I make - there aren't many like them now. I'm (more)...

Sir David Attenborough has spoken of his excitement following the first-ever filming of a species of iguana. The veteran broadcaster, 86, travelled to the remote Galapagos Islands this summer for his new Sky series Galapagos 3D. The species was discovered a few years ago, but it has never before been captured on camera. Speaking of his delight at the pink iguana, Attenborough said: "It's got great big blotches of pink on it." He continued: "It's a remarkable thing in this day and age when you think about the number of scientists per square (more)...

Sir David Attenborough has spoken of his excitement following the first-ever filming of a species of iguana. The veteran broadcaster, 86, travelled to the remote Galapagos Islands this summer for his new Sky series Galapagos 3D. The species was discovered a few years ago, but it has never before been captured on camera. Speaking of his delight at the pink iguana, Attenborough said: "It's got great big blotches of pink on it." He continued: "It's a remarkable thing in this day and age when you think about the number of scientists per square (more)...

Sir David Attenborough's new 3D series on the Galapagos Islands has been confirmed as part of Sky's Christmas schedules. Galapagos 3D will launch on New Year's Day on Sky 3D and rounds off a lineup of festive comedy, high-end drama and Us imports across Sky's entertainment channels. Attenborough's project is a three-part series, which airs on January 1, 5 and 12. The multi-award-winning natural history broadcaster's fourth collaboration with Sky will use pioneering 3D techniques and technology to explore the unique environments and species of the Galapagos. "It's only now that the latest developments in camera technology have given us the possibility of filming the full range of wildlife in 3D, and the first place I wanted to put that to the test was the Galapagos," said Attenborough. "I mean, lizards that swim, swim down (more)...