The Northern Echo | Tonight's TV

Thong and dance

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:14:13 +0000

WRITER Mark Catley would have thought he was the last person in England anyone would ask to write about a young girl and her life. As he puts it, he’s more usually associated with work that is “quite gritty, and sweary”.

How The Brits Rocked America

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:02 +0000

THE series ends with a look at how Brit acts took the US by storm in the Eighties.

Live and joking

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:25 +0000

MAKING a satirical comedy show is easy, right? You just take a bunch of comedians, give them each a newspaper to flick through before the programme starts, and then let them shout jokes over each other for half an hour.

Takes Wan to know one

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:24:42 +0000

SOME people would say that being self-conscious is part of being a teenager – just as looking back on the photos of your adolescent self and wondering what you were so embarrassed about is a normal part of middle age.

Would you cross the line?

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:46:42 +0000

WITH the exception of nabbing the odd packet of Post-It notes and telling the repairman that the coffee machine swallowed your pound when it was really only 20p, most people have never really taken their company to the cleaners.

Valley of the proles

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:21:54 +0000

A WEE-BIT intimidating, they can either be your best friend or your worst enemy, depending on the circumstances – but you’d do well to get bouncers onside.

Snap happy

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:14:41 +0000

ANEURIN BARNARD’S meeting with photographer David Bailey, the man he was playing in a TV drama, sounds quite an intimidating experience.

In the spotlight

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:58:19 +0000

THE movie awards season is put on hold to spend two-anda- half hours finding out who’s won The National Television Awards (NTA) 2012.

Soap send-off

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:24:33 +0000

BECKY MCDONALD (nee Granger) first crashed onto the cobbles of Coronation Street in 2006, which in Weatherfield terms makes her something of a newcomer – after all, some of her neighbours have been there for decades.

Last laugh

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:16:27 +0000

BRENDAN O’CARROLL probably never thought he would look so good in lipstick, hair rollers and stockings so saggy they make those anonymous legs in the Tom and Jerry cartoons look sexy.