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- ↑ Hames, Michael (2000). The Dirty Squad (The Inside Story of the Obscene Publications Branch). Little, Brown. ISBN 978-0-316-85321-7.
- ↑ "Michael Hames". Imdb.com. Retrieved 1 December 2008.
