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RAWTENSTALL'S Jane Horrocks is one of Britain’s best known actresses but somehow manages a low-key life outside her work and garners little attention when she is out and about with her family and she admits, that’s exactly how she likes it.

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Review: Charlotte Church Show, Channel 4

1:27pm Friday 8th August 2008

BY its very nature, Charlotte Church’s chat show is rife with potentially cringeworthy moments, which bring about a total opposite viewing experience to watching the successful ones which make you feel you are in safe hands.

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Interview: Chris Davies of the Electric Circus Band

1:23pm Friday 8th August 2008

Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of The Electric Circus Band, a place submerged in a melting pot of influences and styles, with a touch of magic too. We spoke to Chris Davies as his Blackburn-born band begin to take the Manchester music scene by storm.

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Interview: Maupa

1:24pm Friday 8th August 2008

DESCRIBING Maupa in their own words: “There’s loads of them and they’re from Accrington.”

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Interview: John Wilson of Taste

1:19pm Friday 8th August 2008

RETURNING to Colne for The Great British R&B Festival will be a trip down memory lane for Taste drummer John Wilson.

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Interview: Bobby King

1:16pm Friday 8th August 2008

His first taste of the spotlight was on Christmas day in 1930 ... and 78 years on, Bobby King is still performing for laughs. We spoke to the Todmorden-born octogenarian comedian.

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Review: The Mummy: Tomb Of The Dragon (12A)

2:01pm Friday 8th August 2008

Stephen Sommers, writer-director of The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, and leading lady Rachel Weisz sensibly bailed on this dull third chapter of the globetrotting adventure.

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Review: The Fox And The Child (U)

2:04pm Friday 8th August 2008

Luc Jacquet, director of the Oscar-winning March Of The Penguins, heads for sunnier climes in this family feature, which smudges the line separating wildlife documentary from sentimental drama.

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Review: Make It Happen (PG)

2:07pm Friday 8th August 2008

A winning dance film hinges on two key factors: a lithe, attractive cast who can convincingly shimmy and shake, and breathtaking, inventive choreography.

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Review: Trinny and Susannah Undress The Nation, ITV1

11:14am Thursday 7th August 2008

DOES my bum look big in this? If you’ve gotta ask the question, then the answer’s usually yes.

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Review: Tonightly, Channel 4

1:10pm Wednesday 6th August 2008

THE bosses at Channel 4 took an enormous risk with his stab at a British Daily Show when he chose Jason Manford to front it.

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Review: Would I Lie to You?, BBC2

12:19pm Tuesday 5th August 2008

BBC2's Would I Lie to You? is fast becoming one of the best shows on the box.

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Walk: See butterflies and a towering monument

4:44pm Monday 4th August 2008

Most people drive along the M6 and see the Ashton Memorial above the road without realising that it can be visited.

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Review: I Am The Elephant Man, Channel 4

10:10am Monday 4th August 2008

HIS story has parallels with Joseph Merrick, the Victorian 'Elephant Man'.

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Review: Album - Man Like I - Natty

9:00am Monday 4th August 2008

IF country is an area much overlooked, the same could be said of reggae.

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Review: Album - Randy Newman - Harps and Angels

9:00am Monday 4th August 2008

WITH all his success with film scores it’s easy to overlook Randy Newman the songwriter.

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Review: Album - Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy Of The Soul

1:42pm Friday 8th August 2008

Ron Sexsmith is a Canadian singer songwriter who has been quietly going about his business for some time.

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Review: First Cut: Saving Britney Spears, Channel 4

3:55pm Monday 4th August 2008

OH Britney, what would we do without you?

Fashion: My style - Cliff Bashforth

3:20pm Saturday 2nd August 2008

Cliff Bashforth, 48, top consultant for Colour Me Beautiful image consultancy, who is based in Penwortham.

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Review: Khyber Restaurant and Takeaway, Blackburn

2:50pm Saturday 2nd August 2008

AS many Blackburn folk will know, Khyber has a long tradition of being the place you get a taxi to at the end of the night when you want something more than a kebab.

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Review: The Love Guru (12A)

12:01pm Friday 1st August 2008

When The Love Guru opened in America earlier this summer, Hindu leaders were not amused by Mike Myers’ mockery of their spiritual leaders, calling for a boycott of the film.

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Review: Space Chimps (U)

12:07pm Friday 1st August 2008

After the otherworldly pleasures of WALL-E and the high-kicking lunacy of Kung Fu Panda, Kirk DeMicco’s computer animated comedy is a crushing disappointment.

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Review: The X-Files: I Want To Believe (15)

11:58am Friday 1st August 2008

If absence makes the heart grow fonder then we should be ready to fall in love again with FBI special agents Fox Mulder (Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Anderson).

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Review: EastEnders, BBC1

11:44am Friday 1st August 2008

I thought that when it came to EastEnders weddings we had seen the lot, but I wanted to give this one the benefit of the doubt.

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Interview: Simon Crowe of The Boomtown Rats

11:31am Friday 1st August 2008

Their first gig out of Ireland was in East Lancashire and now — after touring the world, having two multi-million selling no 1 singles and playing Live Aid — two of the Boomtown Rats are back. We spoke to drummer Simon Crowe.

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Interview: Phil Oakey of The Human League

11:39am Friday 1st August 2008

In the early 1980s the city of Sheffield shaped the music scene. The recently-announced Steel City tour aims to show modern audiences why. We spoke to one of those taking part, the Human League’s Phil Oakey.

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Interview: Jim McCarty of The Yardbirds

11:22am Friday 1st August 2008

Yardbirds drummer Jim McCarty tells us about life as a music legend... and why he's fitter than David Beckham.

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Interview: Jane McDonald

11:17am Friday 1st August 2008

JANE McDonald admits she's a bit tired when she answers the phone for our interview.

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Review: Lost Land of the Jaguar, BBC1

2:33pm Thursday 31st July 2008

THERE are times when the Beeb just comes along and delivers the goods.

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Review: Dogstock 2008@ Dog & Partridge, Bolton

2:31pm Thursday 31st July 2008

LANCASHIRE Americana, acoustic rock sing-a-longs and a nine-piece ska band crammed on to a cosy stage; not what was anticipated of Bolton’s Music Showcase last Saturday.