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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.

EastEnders, BBC1

10:48am Tuesday 1st July 2008

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Interview: Craig Chalmers

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.

Interview: Andrea Glass

8:42pm Thursday 26th June 2008

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

Interview: Frazer Hines

ARRESTING STUFF: Frazer as a police sergeant questions vicar Jeffrey Holland in See How They Run

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.

The Police @ Arena, Manchester

12:20pm Friday 20th June 2008

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Commercial Breakdown, BBC1

10:57am Monday 16th June 2008

A BRAND new series for Sunday night was what we were promised.

Alexei Sayle's Liverpool, BBC1

4:14pm Saturday 14th June 2008

I'VE got every reason to dislike Alexei Sayle. After all, he's the man who made my younger days a misery.

Dr Korczak's Example @ Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

10:57pm Friday 13th June 2008

It is difficult to believe that Dr Korczak's Example, a play about the treatment of Jews in World War II, by the award winning David Greig, is based on a true story.

If I Were You @ Library Theatre, Manchester

10:56pm Friday 13th June 2008

IF only life were this simple.

Interview: The Rising

11:03am Friday 13th June 2008

THE Rising are a local band who are on the up. Every time I catch the lads playing, whether it be down the pub or on festival stages, the unabashed energy they put into their performances is never anything less than 100 per cent.


National News

Man charged with father's murder

The scene near East Cowick, East Yorkshire where a body has been found

Updated 11:22am Sunday 6th July 2008

A man has been charged with murdering his father after a body was discovered wrapped in bin bags in a field.


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