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Pools Paradise: Darlington Civic Theatre

8:56am Friday 3rd July 2009

THE fourth and final play in Ian Dickens’ summer repertory season at the Civic Theatre, in Darlington, is Philip King’s Fifties farce Pools Paradise.

Going green

SUPERSTAR: Sandra Bullock talks to Jonathan Ross

8:55am Friday 3rd July 2009

Friday Night With Jonathan Ross (BBC 1, 10.35pm)

Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (U)

Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs (U)

6:39pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

THE third animated Ice Age blockbuster features all the familiar characters and puts them in an unfamiliar setting.

Public Enemies (15)

Johnny Depp plays John Dillinger in Public Enemies

6:42pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

A LOT is expected from director Michael Mann after such stylish movies as Heat, The Last Of The Mohicans, Collateral and Miami Vice. And, for me, Public Enemies doesn’t meet those expectations.

Neon Kicks off with four-track EP

WINNERS: Neon Kicks are the The JD Set Unsigned 2009 champions

6:11pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

FOUR-PIECE Neon Kicks, based at Durham and Leeds, have won a national competition for student bands and will now have a fourtrack EP released on next month's cover of music magazine Artrocker.

Home victory

BEDROOM STUDIO: New Yorker Moby

6:08pm Thursday 2nd July 2009

Sophie Stratford talks to Richard Melville Hall, better known as Moby, about his ninth studio album, Wait For Me.

Beware of pirates

ADVENTURE AHOY!: LazyTown Live! brings a brand new  pirate adventure to Newcastle Theatre Royal this month

10:16am Thursday 2nd July 2009

Magnus Scheving has turned children’s TV superhero Sportacus into a stage show. He talks to Viv Hardwick about the massive success of LazyTown.

Portraying boyhood hero

HOT SHOT: Johnny Depp as bank robber John Dillinger

10:20am Thursday 2nd July 2009

Steve Pratt discovers that ‘Robin Hood’ bank robber John Dillinger was the boyhood hero of Johnny Depp.

What a Platt!

9:58am Thursday 2nd July 2009

IT must be said that David Platt hasn’t really got a lot going for him. As Coronation Street’s (ITV) latest resident nutter, young David hasn’t been blessed in either the looks or personality department – at least he’s scaled back on the fake tan, so he’s now just tangerine-coloured instead of full on mahogany – and is sly, devious, and downright unlikeable to boot.

Breaking Bad

READY FOR BATTLE: Newcastle’s Bad Taste Cru

10:12am Thursday 2nd July 2009

International fame beckons for Newcastle’s Bad Taste Cru break dancers. Viv Hardwick talks to original member Robby Graham.



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