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London River (12A)

1:07pm Thursday 26th August 2010

Brenda Blethyn, Sotigui Kouyate

Hamlet ‘innit’

SHORT AND SWEET PRINCE: Dharmesh Patel in the schools’ version of Hamlet

12:18pm Thursday 26th August 2010

It’s usually four hours long, but the latest hour-long version of Hamlet, heading for the North-East, aimed at young people is just as challenging, actor Dharmesh Patel tells Viv Hardwick.

Gala’s great vet

GOOD FOLK: Durham celebrates Streets Of folk on Sunday

12:40pm Thursday 26th August 2010

DURHAM’s Gala Theatre has unveiled Ben Ingles as the actor playing North Yorkshire’s most famous fictional vet for next month’s world premiere of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small.

Papal bill

MASS TURN-OUT: Pope John Paul II on his visit to York racecourse in May 1982

11:25am Tuesday 24th August 2010

Anniversaries all round… of the Pope’s visit and a birthday that shouldn’t be forgotten.

The Tempest, Durham Castle

11:33am Saturday 21st August 2010

THE Lord Chamberlain’s Men may be an open-air theatre company, but this audience member, at least, was praying for good weather as the days and hours counted down to opening night of a two-show run of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, in the grounds of Durham Castle.

Salt (12A)

12:02pm Thursday 19th August 2010

Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Daniel Olbrychski, August Diehl, Andre Braugher.

The Expendables (15)

BACK IN ACTION: Sylvester Stallone stars in The Expendables (15)

12:09pm Thursday 19th August 2010

Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Eric Roberts, Charisma Carpenter, Terry Crews, Randy Couture, Steve Austin, David Zayas, Giselle Itie, Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Worst to best

HOME TURF: North Yorkshire-based David Nobbs is enjoying a small-scale staging of his novel

11:27am Thursday 19th August 2010

Viv Hardwick discovers that Reggie Perrin writer David Nobbs didn’t get where he was today by sticking with newspapers. In fact he reveals why he felt he was the world’s worst reporter.

First days of Le Raaj

EXTENSIVE MENU: Le Raaj in Chester Moor and left, owner Sofed Miah

12:21pm Tuesday 17th August 2010

A new restaurant fields a top team of waiters in a convivial atmosphere and with thoroughly enjoyable food.

Michael McIntyre, Sunderland Empire

12:07pm Tuesday 17th August 2010

“TONIGHT I’m Michael Mackemtyre” the popular comedian tells his Sunderland Empire audience as the BBC cameras rolled to capture one of six Comedy Roadshows to be shown from next month.




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