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The Guardian - UK
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Monkey

The Pacific: no war on costs at HBO

The Pacific
The Pacific. Photograph: HBO

Never let it be said that HBO doesn't know the meaning of the word "big budget". The Daily Mail reports that its new wartime series, The Pacific – cost £133m – ordered "3,000 manufactured uniforms of herringbone twill, specially woven in India on old-fashioned looms to replicate the 1940s weave". Monkey feels you might need an HD box to appreciate them in full, however.

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