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Contact us TV review: Delia Through The Years, BBC2
11:54am Thursday 4th February 2010
IF nothing else, this programme serves up (ho ho ho) a lesson as to why viewing figures have dipped over the years.
TV review: Bellamy’s People, BBC2
5:30pm Friday 29th January 2010
THIS programme arrived much-hyped, with a strong on-screen team and a decent concept.
TV review: How It’s Made, Discovery Science
5:16pm Friday 29th January 2010
WATCHING roughly eight Sky+ed episodes of this taught me two things: why the world is hurtling towards full unemployment and just how my teachers managed to make science so boring.
TV review: Celebrity Big Brother, Channel 4
4:22pm Friday 29th January 2010
SO tonight’s the big night — it’s the Big Brother final.
TV review: Nurse Jackie, BBC2
6:01pm Friday 22nd January 2010
TV fans still mourning The Sopranos are in for a treat with the latest US-imported drama, Nurse Jackie.
TV review: The Hairy Bikers: Mums Know Best, BBC2
3:57pm Thursday 21st January 2010
ARE Dave Myers and Si King the luckiest people on television?
TV review: The F Word, Channel 4
4:05pm Thursday 14th January 2010
Just as I thought Gordon Ramsay had completely lost the plot, he pulled it back from the brink.
Interview: Mary Tamm talks about Doctor Who - and win a box set
3:30pm Friday 8th January 2010
MIDWAY through Tom Baker’s tenure as Doctor Who, the producers decided on an innovative idea. The whole of the 16th season of the show, which was broadcast in 1978, would be one vast story-arc comprising six separate adventures.
TV review: Gavin and Stacey, BBC2
11:56am Friday 8th January 2010
SO, the last Gavin and Stacey ever? Or was it?
TV review: Out of My Depth, ITV1
3:39pm Friday 18th December 2009
I learned two things from this week’s telly: midwives are angels on earth and Amanda Holden is actually quite nice.
TV review: Save Our Boozer, Blighty
5:32pm Thursday 17th December 2009
TIMES have changed. Attracting a few meat and potato pie-chomping, real ale quaffing, beer-bellied Henry V111 lookalikes to the back room of your pub on a Thursday night is no longer enough to sustain a boozer.
Gig review: Marilyn Manson @ Academy 1, Manchester
5:25pm Thursday 17th December 2009
MUSIC’S self-confessed anti-hero came, entertained and went without delivering the shock factor we have come to love/hate at his concerts.
Gig review: The Pogues @ Apollo, Manchester
5:26pm Thursday 17th December 2009
HERE’S a conundrum. How can somebody on the one hand apparently lack real charisma, yet on the other ooze a stage presence and sense of mischief that is unsurpassed?
Gig review: Yeah Yeah Yeahs @ Apollo, Manchester
12:59pm Wednesday 16th December 2009
SPITTING water over herself with a punk energy that reverberates throughout Manchester Apollo, Karen O kick starts a vibrant and energetic set.
Panto review: Cinderella @ King George's Hall, Blackburn
9:29am Monday 14th December 2009
IT LOOKS fantastic, it sounds fantastic and you’ll definitely have a ball!
TV review: Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care Homes, BBC1
4:26pm Monday 14th December 2009
CAN Gerry Robinson Fix Dementia Care Homes? That was the title of the programme I stumbled upon this week.
Panto review: Jack and the Beanstalk @ Thwaites Empire Theatre, Blackburn
3:30pm Monday 14th December 2009
It’s panto time again and along with my youngest children and their young at heart Nanna, I was looking forward to a night of good old family panto fun.
Panto review: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz @ Library Theatre, Darwen
9:32am Monday 14th December 2009
FOLLOW the yellow brick road to Darwen over the next couple of weeks to enjoy a fabulous alternative to the traditional pantomime.
Panto review: Sleeping Beauty @ Civic Theatre, Oswaldtwistle
9:30am Monday 14th December 2009
If you're after a pantomime treat this festive season, Oswaldtwistle Civic Theatre has a real Beauty ... Sleeping Beauty.
TV review: Life, BBC1
4:31pm Thursday 10th December 2009
I have not watched every episode of the outstanding Life, but having sat enthralled through the programme about plants, wished I had put it on “series record”.
TV review: The One Show, BBC1
4:30pm Thursday 10th December 2009
I occasionally watch The One Show as anything with Adrian Chiles in it is invariably good.
TV review: Ace of Cakes, Good Food Channel
2:55pm Friday 4th December 2009
ESSENTIALLY, the producers here have managed to make an entire series about a company that bakes cakes.
Concert review: Classical Spectacular @ Arena, Manchester
2:59pm Friday 4th December 2009
IF I was going to miss Strictly Come Dancing on a Saturday night, it would have to be for something special.
TV review: Gavin and Stacey, BBC1
1:23pm Friday 4th December 2009
By all accounts I really shouldn’t like Gavin and Stacey.
Review: Bob Harris @ Library Theatre, Darwen
4:41pm Monday 30th November 2009
WHISPERING Bob as he’s known to millions turned on the charm in Darwen.
Interview: Suzanne Shaw
6:43pm Monday 30th November 2009
WHETHER you know her as a former pop star, an ice skating queen, or a bra model for Asda, it’s likely you’ll remember Bury-born Suzanne Shaw as an upbeat, chatty kind of character.
Review: Bite Me: Vietnam, National Geographic: Wild
11:33am Friday 27th November 2009
NO wonder the Americans struggled in Vietnam! I’ve only watched a TV programme about killer insects and diseases and I’m outta there.
Review: Jason Manford @ King George’s Hall, Blackburn
5:39pm Tuesday 24th November 2009
WHEN last year’s comedy festival winner took to the stage at King George’s Hall there was an air of expectation in the audience — and Jason Manford didn’t let us down.
Review: Boogie Nights @ Civic Theatre, Oswaldtwistle
5:19pm Tuesday 24th November 2009
DIG out your flares and polish those platforms until they sparkle – the 1970s are back with a vengeance.
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