Girl Friday (band)

	Girl Friday (band) Girl Friday may refer to: * Girl Friday (idiom), a feminine variation of the phrase "Man Friday" * ''Girl Friday'' (TV series), a 1994 BBC television reality show * ''Girl Friday'', a 2009 TV pilot for Channel 4's ''Comedy Showcase'' * ''His Girl Friday ''His Girl Friday'' is a 1940 American screwball comedy directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell and featuring Ralph Bellamy and Gene Lockhart. It was released by Columbia Pictures. The plot centers on a newspaper edito ... '', a 1940 motion picture {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Girl Friday (idiom) Friday is one of the main characters of Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel ''Robinson Crusoe'' and its sequel ''The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe''. Robinson Crusoe names the man Friday, with whom he cannot at first communicate, because they first meet on that day. The character is the source of the expression "Man Friday", used to describe a male personal assistant or servant, especially one who is particularly competent or loyal. Current usage also includes "Girl Friday". It is possible that a Miskito pirate by the name of Will became the inspiration for the character ''Friday''. Character Robinson Crusoe spends twenty-eight years on an island off the coast of Venezuela with his talking parrot Poll, his pet dog, and a tame goat as his only companions. In his twenty-fifth year, he discovers that Carib cannibals occasionally use a desolate beach on the island to kill and eat their captives. Crusoe helps one of the Caribs, kept captive and about to be eaten, escape his captors. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Girl Friday (TV Series) ''Girl Friday'' is a 1994 BBC reality television special, starring Joanna Lumley in which she spends ten days on the desert island of Tsarabanjina near Madagascar. Lumley wrote an accompanying book, also called ''Girl Friday'', which was published by BBC Books. The title is based on the idiom derived from ''Friday'', a character in ''Robinson Crusoe''. Tsarabanjina The programme was filmed on the Malagasy island of Tsarabanjina, off the northwest coast of Madagascar. Uninhabited at the time of broadcast, the island has since been partially developed into a luxury resort. References External links * BBC Genome, archive of the original TV listingBBC Programme website* Marriott, Edward"What a Difference a Hotel Makes" ''Evening Standard The ''Evening Standard'', formerly ''The Standard'' (1827–1904), also known as the ''London Evening Standard'', is a local free daily newspaper in London, England, published Monday to Friday in tabloid format. In October 2009, af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Comedy Showcase ''Comedy Showcase'' is a series of one-off comedy specials featuring some of Britain's fledgling comedy talent. Its format is reminiscent of the much earlier ''Comedy Playhouse''. The format was replaced in 2012 by 4Funnies.Khalsa, Balihar (8 November 2012).C4 orders pilots for 4Funnies. Broadcast Now ''Broadcast'' is a monthly magazine for the United Kingdom television and radio industry, owned by Media Business Insight. History ''Broadcast'' was started in 1973 by Rod Allen, who went on to work at LWT, HTV and HarperCollinsInteractive. .... Retrieved on 16 November 2012. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (2007) Series 2 (2009) Series 3 (2011–2012) References External links {{Channel4.com, programmes/comedy-showcaseBritish Sitcom Guide 2000s British comedy television series 2010s British comedy television series 2007 British television series debuts 2012 British television series endings Channel 4 sitcoms Television pilot seasons Television series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]