Out of the Blue

11:06am Thursday 10th April 2008

Blue Peter presenter Matt Baker appears as Caractacus Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Sunderland this month.

	Hostess with mostest
	6:04pm Thu 3 Apr 08
	If you thought Terminal Five at Heathrow was laughable, then you havenft met Pam Ann, the rudest trolley dolly on duty. Viv Hardwick talks to her Australian creator Caroline Reid to discover how she managed the transformation to stand-up comedy CAROLINE Reid has found the skyfs the limit as a result of inventing the over-the-top airline trolley dolly Pam Ann, to the point where both British Airways and the British Airports Authority (BAA) have recruited her services.

Moooving moments

11:07am Monday 31st March 2008

Phoenix is rising again with a piece of work which almost featured live cows and which converted a music and lyrics writer to the language of ballet. Steve Pratt reports

A sister’s word

10:58am Thursday 27th March 2008

Busy Bernie Nolan arrives in Durham next week with sister, Maureen, and comedy Mum's The Word but tells Viv Hardwick that the book is closed on her famous family life MUM'S definitely the word if you dare to ask Bernie Nolan about her oldest sister Anne's autobiography , Anne's Song, which lifts the lid on the famous singing Nolans' career and makes serious allegations concerning their dead father.

To Infinity...

10:59am Thursday 27th March 2008

Mark Baldwin talks to Viv Hardwick about bringing Rambert Dance Company to Newcastle and working with TV's Vicar of Dibley composer Howard Goodall HAVING opted out of choreography for two years, isn't there some small part of Rambert Dance Company artistic director Mark Baldwin that feels he could always improve on work that he's commissioned for the current tour to Newcastle?

'I'm just thrilled'

12:46pm Thursday 20th March 2008

Award-winning playwright Patrick Barlow talks to Steve Pratt about the story behind the success of The 39 Steps which has led to him virtually giving up acting

Extra Steps

12:45pm Thursday 20th March 2008

Actor David Michaels talks to Viv Hardwick about returning to the region after TV's Heartbeat with a spoof of the classic thriller, The 39 Steps

My extra Beauty

12:43pm Thursday 20th March 2008

Performer Ashley Oliver talks to Viv Hardwick about returning to the role of Belle in Beauty And The Beast and reveals who she thinks will be BBC1's Nancy ASHLEY Oliver admits that one reason she's returned to another year-long tour of Beauty And The Beast is that she couldn't bear someone else to take the lead role of Belle.

Role in the hay

12:46pm Thursday 13th March 2008

Alfie Allenfs stage debut involves him blinding six horses and taking all his clothes off. He talks to Viv Hardwick about his amazing Equus scenes SO is Alfie Allen fed up of answering questions about taking all his clothes off in Equus? gNo, go for it man,h he responds in laid-back fashion, causing one of the theatre company staff to burst into laughter. In fact, the 21-year-old making his acting debut in the touring version of Peter Shafferfs powerful drama has only just got his clothes back on having wrestled into a sweatshirt, jeans and snatched up his trainers during the last seconds of matinee applause before attending our interview in Edinburgh.

‘I need talent’

12:47pm Thursday 13th March 2008

Stand-up Paddy McGuinness is offering North-East acts a chance to appear in his sell-out shows. He reveals to Viv Hardwick why a cautious approach to comedy paid off

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