The UK premiere of Johnny English takes place on Sunday 2 October in London's Leicester Square.

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Rowan Atkinson's comedy Johnny English remains in the top 10, at eighth place.

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"I was offered a role a year last August, but I couldn't do it because of preparations for Johnny English, " he said.

BBC: Rowan Atkinson plans stage return

Or will ministers at least set a target date for its implementation so we can prepare the ground for the day when we can all go abroad and speak other languages rather than simply speaking more slowly and loudly in English in the hope "Johnny foreigner" will understand?

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Johnny Weissmuller, though, was hardly the Tarzan of the books, described as an English lord fluent in six languages.

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