Street-wise Suranne

10:13am Thursday 10th July 2008

Lifting the lid on London’s famous world of health care in Harley Street meant a change of role for ex-soap actress Suranne Jones

Fossil fuelled

10:08am Thursday 3rd July 2008

Mysteries from the past remain a staple diet of TV fiction. Now BBC1's Bonekickers gets its teeth into this fascinating subject. Steve Pratt reports. THE cast of BBC1's new archaeological drama series wallowed in mud, mud, glorious mud on location in Bristol.

Burning desire of celeb chefs

9:33am Thursday 26th June 2008

Sarah O’Meara talks to singer Liz McLarnon and presenter Julia Bradbury about putting their kitchen

Summer scare

11:06am Thursday 12th June 2008

Amanda Drew chats to Kate Whiting about returning to EastEnders as demented doctor May Wright, who is after Dawn's daughter, Summer. PREPARE yourselves for the most explosive phase of EastEnders ever when Dr Mad' May Wright returns to the Square. May, played by 38-year-old Amanda Drew, is out of the psychiatric ward and back to reclaim baby Summer almost a year since she left Walford.

Arrested in love

11:11am Thursday 12th June 2008

Andy Welch talks to Emmerdale's Samuel Anderson about losing out in love as PC Ross Kirk and finding stardom in Alan Bennett's The History Boys. THE curse of the secret crush makes its big appearance in Emmerdale next week when PC Ross Kirk, played by Samuel Anderson, crashes and burns next Wednesday by admitting his love for married colleague Donna Windsor-Dingle, played by Verity Rushworth.

Me and Mrs T

10:28am Thursday 5th June 2008

Tynesider Andrea Riseborough is definitely determined enough to portray Margaret Thatcher having won a place at Rada despite dropping out of school.

We've got to raise our game

10:52am Thursday 29th May 2008

Andy Welch talks to Wearsider Lauren Laverne about presenting the latest series of The Culture Show and asking what exactly culture is. THE Culture Show, BBC2's attempt at a non-elitist review of all things artistic, has seen Sunderland's Lauren Laverne quickly establish herself as the programme's regular host, although the likes of Verity Sharp, Andrew Graham-Dixon and Mark Radcliffe, among others, have all appeared in the presenter's chair.

Charlie’s dressed to thrill

10:55am Thursday 29th May 2008

Charlie Hardwick tells Steve Pratt that she is ready for a marriage made in hell for TV soap Emmerdale...

Why I laugh at Eurovision

10:58am Thursday 22nd May 2008

He's the Eurovision presenter that the rest of Europe loves to hate. Sir Terry Wogan reveals all to Viv Hardwick about his views on Johnny Foreigner SIR Terry Wogan IS the Eurovision Song Contest. "I've always loved it," beams the presenter, who has commentated on the competition since 1973. "It's a wonderful event. You can decry it for its foolishness, but it's huge all over the world - they lap it up in Australia, for instance. It has a global audience of some 300 million. We adore the competitive element and the voting. But above all in this country we love the Eurovision Song Contest because it's the ideal opportunity to have a jolly good sneer at Johnny Foreigner and throw things at the telly. You can't beat that sort of entertainment."

Mary hell

10:46am Thursday 22nd May 2008

Ellie Genower talks to Julie Walters about her willingness to play Mary Whitehouse, who was viewed as the unacceptable face of censorship in the 1960s WITH Big Brother's brazen nudity, Gordon Ramsay's bad language, and the soaps' racy storylines, Mary Whitehouse must be doing a 180- degree turn in her grave about what is being shown on TV today.

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