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Review: Burn It Up, BBC2

2:29pm Thursday 24th July 2008

I’M sure there is a place in the schedules for drama with a social conscience but I don’t think that 9pm on BBC2 is it if last night’s Burn Up is anything to go by.

Interview: Anne Savage

SUPERSTAR DJ: Anne Savage

3:19pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

THIS summer will see Burnley-born DJ Anne Savage spinning the decks at some of the world's hottest clubs in everywhere from Ibiza to Aya Napa.

Review: Can't Read, Can't Write, Channel 4

1:37pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

JUST when you think Channel 4 has turned into a load of old rubbish (usually just after Big Brother has finished) it comes up with something like Can't Read, Can't Write and all is instantly forgiven.

Review: British Open. BBC1

11:30am Monday 21st July 2008

IT’S funny that what amounts to little more than a bunch of blokes with poor dress sense wandering around a field hitting balls with sticks can be such compelling viewing.

Review: Superstars, Five

3:21pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

WHAT on earth has happened to Superstars?

Review: Gok's Fashion Fix, Channel 4

5:25pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

A WORD on Gok Wan's new show, Gok's Fashion Fix.

Interview: Charles Ross of One-Man Star Wars Trilogy

Interview: Charles Ross of One-Man Star Wars Trilogy

5:24pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

ONE man's misspent youth is another's springboard to stardom. We spoke to Canadian actor Charles Ross who spent much of his childhood in a galaxy far, far away, watching Star Wars videos.

Interview: The Ryes

Interview: The Ryes

5:17pm Tuesday 22nd July 2008

IT’S funny how the musical world goes around and around in big concentric circles.

Interview: Chaka Khan

Interview: Chaka Khan

10:57am Wednesday 16th July 2008

Ten questions put to Chaka Khan about her new album ‘Funk This’.

Review: Would I Lie to You, BBC1

4:30pm Monday 14th July 2008

THE show that makes liars out of our favourite comedians made a welcome return to the TV schedule on Friday night.

Review: The Taming of the Shrew @ Worden Park, Leyland

Pictured left to right: Brigid Lohrey who plays the Shrew and David Beck who plays Petruchio

4:33pm Friday 11th July 2008

Sun shining, birds singing, home-cooked food and Shakespeare- these were definitely the right ingredients for a perfect evening.

Review: Lab Rats, BBC2

3:30pm Friday 11th July 2008

A NEW comedy series, so it’s bound to end in disappointment.

Interview: Mik Kaminski of The Orchestra

RETURN: From left, Kelly Groucott, Mik Kaminski, Phil Bates, Louis Clark, Gordon Townsend and Eric Troyes

3:17pm Friday 11th July 2008

THE Orchestra are heading out on a UK tour this autumn.

Interview: Jimmy Cricket

Jimmy Cricket

2:52pm Friday 11th July 2008

DIG OUT your L and R wellies and rose-tinted spectacles ready for a trip down memory lane — because comedy legend Jimmy Cricket is coming to Blackpool, as part of the Best Of British Variety Tour 2008.

Lytham: Chu's

Chu's, Church Road, Lytham

1:45pm Friday 11th July 2008

Chu’s restaurant is a relatively new, unassuming little place in Church Road, Lytham, offering Oriental cuisine.

Review: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat @ Grand Theatre, Blackpool

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11:52am Wednesday 9th July 2008

A modern take on one of the country’s most popular musicals had the Grand Theatre on its feet on Tuesday.

Interview: Avalon Way

CROWD PLEASERS: Avalon Way adapt their set to suit a particular audience

11:58am Tuesday 8th July 2008

YOU could be forgiven for thinking that old-fashioned rock star behaviour had been totally eradicated, what with plasma TVs unable to penetrate double glazed hotel windows and recreational drug use being no less hazardous than today’s fast food.

Metal Gear Solid 4 Review PS3

3:27pm Monday 7th July 2008

What's that sneaking up behind you?

Review: Doctor Who, BBC1

1:04pm Monday 7th July 2008

SO, David Tennant wasn’t exterminated after all.

Single: Jupiter One – Platform Moon

Single: Jupiter One – Platform Moon

4:58pm Thursday 24th July 2008

EIGHTIES revivalism seems to work better coming from the mouths of Americans – and once again, a band from Brooklyn leads the way.

Single: The Blakes – Don't Want That Now

Single: The Blakes – Don't Want That Now

5:17pm Thursday 24th July 2008

SWAGGERING, effortlessly cool rock from Seattle, from a band who look gratifyingly like they really don't give a damn.

Review: Big Brother, Channel 4

10:08am Friday 4th July 2008

HAS anything interesting happened on Big Brother yet? No, thought not.

Review: EastEnders, BBC1

10:48am Tuesday 1st July 2008

I FEEL kind of sorry for Max Branning. OK, he slept with his son's fiancee.

Review: Doctor Who, BBC1

11:27am Monday 30th June 2008

SO that’s why we’ve kept hearing things about the bees going missing every week in Doctor Who?

Interview: Tony Benn

INTERVIEW: Former MP Tony Benn with Citizen reporter, Nazia Parveen

11:09am Monday 30th June 2008

Britain’s foremost socialist, Tony Benn, shared his forthright views with Citizen reporter, Nazia Parveen, following a conference in Preston.

Single: The Dodos – Red & Purple

10:54am Monday 14th July 2008

A chirpy debut UK release from a San Franciscan psych-folk duo – featuring what might be child's toy instrument as the musical hook.

Album: Five O'Clock Heroes – Speak Your Language

Album: Five O'Clock Heroes – Speak Your Language

6:18pm Thursday 17th July 2008

SOMETIMES music critics seem to engage in the musical equivalent of a playground pile-on.

Review: Hollyoaks, Channel 4

5:17pm Monday 30th June 2008

Poor Max Cunningham. If ever there was a character who has no luck, it’s him.

Review: Heroes, BBC2

1:05pm Friday 27th June 2008

IT’S hard work having superpowers if Heroes is anything to go by.

Interview: Paul Daniels

PAUL AND DEBBIE:“She gets more applause than me”

1:02pm Friday 27th June 2008

PAUL Daniels is in a mischievous mood when I call.


National News

Adams blames DUP for stalemate

Gerry Adams

Updated 1:19am Friday 25th July 2008

Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams accused the DUP of pushing Northern Ireland's power-sharing government toward crisis.


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