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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat @ Grand Theatre, Blackpool

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.

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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.

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Doctor Who, BBC1

1:04pm Monday 7th July 2008

SO, David Tennant wasn’t exterminated after all.

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Big Brother, Channel 4

10:08am Friday 4th July 2008

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

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EastEnders, BBC1

10:48am Tuesday 1st July 2008

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

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Mellor: Spread Eagle

5:15pm Monday 30th June 2008

THE last time I visited the Spread Eagle it had only recently undergone a dramatic conversion from cheap and cheerful to stylish dining, so a return was long overdue.

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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?

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Interview: Tony Benn

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.

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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.

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Heroes, BBC2

1:05pm Friday 27th June 2008

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

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Interview: Paul Daniels

1:02pm Friday 27th June 2008

PAUL Daniels is in a mischievous mood when I call.

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Interview: Craig Chalmers

12:46pm Friday 27th June 2008

Craig Chalmers thought his chances of a leading stage role had disappeared when he was voted off TV’s search for Joseph. But now he’s touring the country in his dream role.

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Interview: Andrea Glass

8:42pm Thursday 26th June 2008

ANDREA Glass isn't your typical female singer-songwriter.

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Tribal Wives, ITV1

12:10pm Thursday 26th June 2008

I WANT to be a tribal wife! Because after watching frazzled ‘slave-to-my-Blackberry’ single mum Karen Morris spend a month with the Waorani tribe of Ecuador on ITV’s Tribal Wives last night it seems better than a stint in the priory.

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Doc Martin, ITV1

11:01am Wednesday 25th June 2008

I HAVE a question – who in the land of TV big wigs decided that there was a place in the TV listings for a slow-paced drama set in a sleepy Cornish village?

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On The Ball, BBC1

2:05pm Monday 23rd June 2008

TUCKED away at the back end of Saturday night's viewing was a little treat of a programme over on BBC1.

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The Money Programme, BBC2

1:11pm Saturday 21st June 2008

I CAN't say that I'm a regular viewer of The Money Programme but last night there was an hour long special which was fascinating.

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Clayton-le-Moors: Hare and Hounds

1:08pm Saturday 21st June 2008

The Hare and Hounds do the best homemade chips around, according to my friend who told me she would prove it.

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Interview: Frazer Hines

12:30pm Friday 20th June 2008

THE cast for the classic farce See How They Run which comes to Blackpool's Grand Theatre next week reads like a who's who of comedy actors.

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The Police @ Arena, Manchester

12:20pm Friday 20th June 2008

MANY years ago BC (Before Children) we were on holiday near Nimes.

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Interview: Calvin Party

12:17pm Friday 20th June 2008

When Calvin Party return for a show in Darwen next week, it will mean something special to lead singer John Donaldson.

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Springwatch, BBC1

12:16pm Friday 20th June 2008

HAS anyone else noticed that it's impossible to turn on the BBC without having Kate Humble's grinning features looming large?

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Sinatra @ Palace Theatre, Manchester

11:00pm Thursday 19th June 2008

OL BLUE Eyes is ol black n'white eyes for most of the Sinatra Show at the Palace Theatre, Manchester until Sunday, June 8.

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Interview: The Brute Chorus

8:46pm Thursday 26th June 2008

THE Brute Chorus' first single, a double a-side titled Chateau/The Cuckoo And The Stolen Heart, contained grim tales of spurned lovers, murderous revenge and wolves in wolves's clothing.

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Great Harwood: Checco’s Trattoria Pizzeria

4:10pm Wednesday 18th June 2008

CHECCO'S is home to the world's finest garlic bread, according to my boyfriend's sister and brother-in-law, who eat there often.

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Reaper, Channel 4

12:33pm Wednesday 18th June 2008

CHANNEL Four may come in for some stick (mainly from me) but you have got to hand it to their programme buyers as they can pick a juicy morsel from the American market.

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The Revenger's Tragedy @ Royal Exchange, Manchester

10:53pm Tuesday 17th June 2008

JUST in case you're in any doubt what to expect, the programme for the Revenger's Tragedy has a blood splattered look about it and depicts a sombre looking Stephen Tompkinson cuddling up to a skeleton.

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Leyland Band @ St Mary's RC Church, Leyland

1:55pm Tuesday 17th June 2008

The modern circular church of St Mary’s in Leyland was the venue for a RNLI fundraising concert on Sunday, June 15, and home-turf for the renowned Leyland Band.

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