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Lights, camera, action

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Behind-the-scenes stories, spoilers and scandals from the sets of our favourite films and television shows.

Did you know that Bill Murray ad-libbed most of his lines on Ghostbusters? To which blockbuster film does hit TV show Stranger Things pay homage in several scenes? Did you know that Carrie Fisher (then 19) and Harrison Ford (then 33) had a prolonged, until-recently secret love affair on the set of Star Wars? The behind-the-scenes world of cinema and TV can be as colourful and dramatic as the on-screen stories created. Here are some books that reveal the oft-untold tales from behind the cameras.