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This fall, check out these noteworthy British mysteries, three with film or television connections and a fourth that’s ripe for adaptation.

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Dave Karger writes, “Without a true critical and commercial smash from a major studio so far, this race seems ripe for the inclusion of films by smaller distributors or foreign countries, notably ‘Arco.’

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“It seemed like it was ready. So, it was just, ‘OK, it’s ripe.

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Chimps, like many other animals, have been spotted feeding on ripe fruit lying on the forest floor, but this is the first study to make clear how much alcohol they might be consuming.

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It’s a prompt that’s ripe for an era of divisive politics, financial stress and often isolating technology.

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