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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.
Comments (0)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.
Interview: Maupa
1:24pm Friday 8th August 2008
DESCRIBING Maupa in their own words: “There’s loads of them and they’re from Accrington.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
Solar so good on lake
11:42am Monday 4th August 2008
Ron Freethy's nature watch: Anybody who loves wildlife and the countryside has to have some concern about pollution, especially that created by engine fumes.
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'.
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.
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.
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.
Review: First Cut: Saving Britney Spears, Channel 4
3:55pm Monday 4th August 2008
OH Britney, what would we do without you?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Review: F-word, Channel 4
9:36am Wednesday 30th July 2008
THE last show of the F-word, and Gordon Ramsay was cooking with a past-its-best fruit... oh, and he was roasting peaches with Graham Norton too (boo-boom tsh).
Review: Panorama, BBC1
3:38pm Tuesday 29th July 2008
Panorama’s look at the rising price of petrol couldn’t have arrived soon enough, if you ask me.
I hate those meeces to pieces!
1:21pm Monday 28th July 2008
I WAS recently talking to a student of biology and he said “I hate mice”.
Red for danger
1:27pm Monday 28th July 2008
LATE summer and autumn is the time to look out for fascinating fungi.
Barn owl - the beautiful killer
1:17pm Monday 28th July 2008
Ron Freethy's nature column: This week I helped a friend of mine release a barn owl on his farmland in the Lake District.
Review: The Proms, BBC2
11:54am Monday 28th July 2008
THE Proms are a great British tradition. The Royal Albert Hall, some of the world’s great orchestras — and a last night which is a glorious celebration.
Review: Northern Chamber Orchestra @ Blackburn College. Blackburn
11:08am Monday 28th July 2008
IF there's a better way to round off a glorious weekend than an open-air concert by the Northern Chamber Orchestra set to fireworks, then I don't know what it is.
Review: Album - Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
9:00am Monday 28th July 2008
THERE have been many imitators but there will only ever be one Alice Cooper and thankfully he’s back on form with that old chestnut, a concept album.
Review: Album - XX Teens - Welcome To Goon Island
9:00am Monday 28th July 2008
FOR a band making their debut CD the XX Teens certainly have a swagger about them which comes over via this album.
Review: Echo & The Bunnymen @ King George's Hall, Blackburn
11:07am Monday 28th July 2008
A FREE show by a top band sounds like a great idea.
National News
Judge refused bid to bug McCanns
Updated 7:31pm Friday 8th August 2008
Portuguese police wanted to bug the parents of missing Madeleine McCann but a judge refused to give permission, their case files have revealed.
National news latest
Final push in by-election campaign
The final day of campaigning is under way in the Crewe and Nantwich by-election.
Dalai Lama to address MPs
The Dalai Lama will address MPs as his high-profile visit to the UK turns to the thorny issue of human rights in China.
George Bush to visit UK
US President George Bush is to visit Britain next month during a tour of European nations, the White House has announced.
Fears few will take up new diplomas
The Government has defended plans for a new breed of school diplomas amid concerns that fewer teenagers than expected are choosing the courses.
Soccer fans face long Moscow delays
Thousands of Chelsea and Manchester United fans are pouring into Moscow for the first all-English Champions League final.
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