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The Merchant of Venice, Royal Shakespeare Company, Newcastle Theatre Royal

10:53am Monday 13th October 2008

‘REMEMBER that the Merchant is not Shylock, it’s Antonio,”

Play it again, Sam

10:45am Monday 13th October 2008

Steve Pratt speaks to young playwright/ director/ marketing assistant Sam Freeman about his first play – Revenge.

Hot wired

10:49am Monday 13th October 2008

Wired (ITV1, 9pm); The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall (C4, 9pm); Martina Cole’s Ladykillers (ITV3, 9pm)

Give and take

9:58am Saturday 11th October 2008

Nick Loughlin gets in touch with his sensitive side with a visit to London to see the Take That tribute musical, Never Forget, and to catch up with some sightseeing

Viva Verona

9:59am Saturday 11th October 2008

Nigel Williams visits Verona and discovers that the city has much more to offer than just Juliet’s balcony

The Jungle Book, Billingham Forum

10:00am Friday 10th October 2008

DOWN in the jungle something dramatic stirs again. The Birmingham Stage Company is back with an amusinglycostumed Stuart Paterson adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s novel, The Jungle Book.

Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Sunderland Empire

10:01am Friday 10th October 2008

THIS production has already played in London, New York, Los Angeles, Sidney and Tokyo and is fresh from a season in Kuala Lumpur, so it’s quite a privilege to see it in the North- East, with its spangled costumes, fireworks and sumptuous sets.

He’s got mail

9:59am Friday 10th October 2008

Junk Mail Britain (C4, 7.35pm); The American Future: A History By Simon Schama (BBC2, 9pm)

Most wanted

Air Hog Zero Gravity

5:30pm Thursday 9th October 2008

We haven't even had Hallowe'en yet, but parents' thoughts are already turning to Christmas. We sort out the must-have gadgets for kids this year.

Mirrors (15)

Mirrors (15)

4:48pm Thursday 9th October 2008

ON reflection, a horror movie about evil mirrors seems a very silly idea.


National News

Government defiant over 42-day plan

David Davis said he expected peers to overwhelmingly reject the proposals

Updated 4:38pm Monday 13th October 2008

The Government will press ahead with plans for 42-day terror detention - despite claims that the measure is already "dead".


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