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FAMILIAR FACE: Eddy Fox (Paul Darrow) turns up in Emmerdale’s cafe

5:41pm Thursday 9th July 2009

REMEMBER Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper climbing into the saddle in Easy Rider? Well, meet Emmerdale’s Easy Riders – Alan Turner and his old pal Eddy Fox.

St Cecilia Orchestra – American Independence Day concert, Holy Trinity Church, Ripon

St Cecilia Orchestra – American Independence Day concert, Holy Trinity Church, Ripon

12:59pm Thursday 9th July 2009

JULY 4 needed, and got, the right treatment for Independence Day.

Wyman to visit Sage on UK tour

6:00pm Thursday 9th July 2009

ROCK and roll icon, author, restaurateur and legendary former Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman continues to live life to the full with a UK tour which takes in The Sage Gateshead and Harrogate in November.

New harvest

MEET THE BARTONS: John (James Thornton), Moira (Natalie J Robb, Adam (Adam Barton), Hannah (Grace Cassidy) and Holly (Sophie Powles)

5:48pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Susan Griffin meets the latest Emmerdale family, the Bartons, who promise to be more than a match for the Dingles in future.

Paradise Street, Cluny 2, Newcastle

1:04pm Thursday 9th July 2009

THIS show had a party atmosphere from the second you walked into the intimate theatre, with actors dressed in 1949 garb personally welcoming the audience and a three-piece combo knocking out bluesy jazz numbers.

Northern soul

WELCOME BACK: Lesley Garrett is topping the bill at Harrogate

5:51pm Thursday 9th July 2009

Pride of Yorkshire, Lesley Garrett CBE is headlining this year’s Harrogate International Festival.

Company exposure

NAKED ETHICS: The majority of staff removed their clothes for Naked Friday

12:46pm Thursday 9th July 2009

STAFF at Newcastle marketing and advertising agency onebestway were surprised when boss Mike Owen told them about the company’s new bonding scheme. They were going to build up team spirit by removing their clothes.

Cabaret, Theatre Royal, Newcastle

11:09am Wednesday 8th July 2009

WITH its tap-dancing Nazis and raunchy rhythms, Cabaret has been a hit across the world since premiering on Broadway more than 40 years ago.

Walking With Dinosaurs, MetroRadio Arena, Newcastle

Walking With Dinosaurs, MetroRadio Arena, Newcastle

11:11am Wednesday 8th July 2009

WILL it be Jurassic Park, or the fake Lizards of the Lost World? The opening moments bode well, from the darkness behind an ice rink-sized chunk of pre-human landscape came a mournful cry like the steampowered Tornado with bellyache – and one small child promptly fled. Those not running from dinosaurs settled down excitedly as Huxley, the palaeontologist (Rob Carroll) took us back 220 million years.

Slips, trips and hips

NHS TEAM: Jo Brand stars with Joanna Scanlan in BBC4’s Getting On, part of the Grey Expectations series

11:08am Wednesday 8th July 2009

Getting On (BBC4, 10pm); The Grandparent Diaries (BBC4, 9pm).



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