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GCHQ Puzzle Solution 8

Box Office Smashes

Fans of Richard Osman’s House of Games might recognise this. Have fun. And if Richard is taking part, please do let us know!) As usual, post your solutions on the Forum, with your time, and if we can get round to it we will edit them out and leave you the glory.

  1. Esther Blodgett is injured in combat and becomes an anti-war activist.

    A Star is Born on the Fourth of July
  2. A medic, sacked after being caught on the roof of the nurses’ home, visits Nepal to acquire new skills.

    Carry On Doctor Strange
  3. A Cheltenham man foils a Nazi plot.

    Eddie the Eagle Has Landed
  4. A spy on the hunt for a Soviet encryption device gets involved in the romantic entanglements of eight different couples.

    From Russia With Love Actually
  5. A bookstore worker has a facial transplant and becomes a fashion model.

    Funny Face/Off
  6. A jaded weatherman repeatedly hides from zombies in an underground military bunker.

    Groundhog Day of the Dead
  7. After Cliff Richard runs over a pedestrian with his bus, he is stalked by a mysterious hook-wielding figure.

    I Know What You Did Last Summer Holiday
  8. In a dystopian future, an American book collector swaps letters with a London bookseller.

    Nineteen Eighty-Four Charing Cross Road
  9. A repressed butler is separated from his son during a climate change disaster.

    Remains of the Day After Tomorrow
  10. At the age of 121, a mouse recounts the story of his life to a historian.

    Stuart Little Big Man
  11. An actress is sacked from her role on a soap opera, and can only get VoiceOver work on a Tarzan spoof.

    The Killing of Sister George of the Jungle
  12. Mr Dashwood discusses his family’s prospects with Cole Sear.

    The Sixth Sense and Sensibility
  13. A man hires a private investigator to track down his former prom date, who is now working as a nanny.

    There’s Something About Mary Poppins
  14. A football manager takes charge of the Midwich team, but his tenure only lasts for a month and a half.

    Village of the Damned United