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July
29, 2003: Su on 'Weakest
Link' this Saturday |
Su's
much anticipated
appearance on The
Weakest Link is
broadcast this coming
Saturday on BBC1. The
edition is a 1980's
special and should be
fun, with Su coming head-to-head
with the self-styled
"Queen of Mean",
and old friend, Anne
Robinson.
Anne Robinson
presents the quick-fire
general knowledge quiz.
This edition features
1980s celebrities,
including Linda Lusardi,
Nick Owen, Toyah Willcox
and Su Pollard.
Weakest Link :
BBC1 : Saturday 2nd
August : 5.40pm
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July
29, 2003: Su on TV *Update* |
Weakest Link
: BBC1 : Saturday 2nd
August : 5.40pm
Anne
Robinson presents the
quick-fire general
knowledge quiz. This
edition features 1980s
celebrities, including
Linda Lusardi, Nick Owen,
Toyah Willcox and Su
Pollard.
Hi-De-Hi!
: UK Gold : Sunday 3rd
August : 6am/2.35pm
Hi-De-Hi!
: UK Gold : Monday 4th
August : 00.35am
Classic
comedy from Maplins.
Gimme
Gimme Gimme : BBC3 :
Monday 4th August : 11.00pm
Singing
in the Drain. Series 3,
Episode 5. Sitcom about
two flatmates who have
nothing in common apart
from their outrageous
attitude to life and
their taste in men. Linda
finally realises her
ambition to become a
model, while Tom secures
an audition for a West
End musical.
Starring:
Kathy Burke, James
Dreyfus, Brian Bovell,
Beth Goddard, Su Pollard,
Jonathan Harvey
Hi-De-Hi!
: UK Gold : Saturday 9th
August : 6.00am
Hi-De-Hi!
: UK Gold : Sunday 10th
August : 6.00am
Classic
comedy from Maplins. |
July
9, 2003: 'Stars Reunited'
- Five go mad in
Riverside!! |
Five
stars of the classic BBC
sitcom Hi-De-Hi!
gathered together for
yesterday morning's Stars
Reunited special on
BBC1. Su,
Paul Shane, Ruth Madoc,
Nicki Kelly, and surprise
guest, Barry Howard spent
an hour with Dale Winton
reminiscing about the
eight years they spent on
the show that launched
all of their careers.
Su, looking
fantastic, and the other
stars, recalled many
events that took place,
with anecdotes galore
keeping viewers and the
studio audience highly
entertained. They all
spoke fondly about all
aspects of Hi-De-Hi!
and giggled along with
old clips and headlines
from the newspapers from
the era.
There was also a
chance for members of the
studio audience to put a
question to each of the
actors.
Please check
back soon for a page of
screen captures from the
show at SuOnline's
Television section.
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July
6, 2003: 'Stars Reunited'
- Hi-De-Hi! Special
this Tuesday |
Don't
forget to set your videos
for Stars Reunited
- Hi-De-Hi! this
Tuesday morning on BBC1. Dale
Winton reunites the casts
of popular television
shows from the past. This
programme features Ruth
Madoc, Paul Shane, Su
Pollard and Nicki Kelly
from Hi-De-Hi!
The show that
brings together the casts
of programmes that were
the must-see viewing of
their day reunites comedy
favourite Hi De Hi!
Along with the funniest
clips from the show, Dale
Winton finds out who were
the bad boys and girls
behind the scenes, what
made a show set in the 50s
so popular in the 80s and
how becoming so famous
affected the stars of the
show. Ruth Madoc, Paul
Shane, Su Pollard and
Nicki Kelly give away
their secrets and are
joined by ballroom
dancing Barry Stuart
Hargreaves, otherwise
known as Barry Howard.
Stars
Reunited : BBC1 : Tuesday
8th July : 10.00am
Many thanks to
the BBC for the use of
this picture.
|
July
6, 2003: 'Annie' -
Theatres prepare for UK
tour |
Various
theatres being visited by
the Annie 2003 UK
tour later this year are
now promoting the musical
on their websites. Including;
the Cork Opera House (where
Su is NOT appearing),
Brighton Theatre Royal,
Grimsby Auditorium,
Southend Cliffs Pavilion,
and Dartford's Orchard
Theatre.
The tour
commences on, week
beginning, 8th September
and runs until the week
of 24th November, though
as mentioned Su leaves
the show the week
previously.
Starring Su
Pollard, Mark Wynter,
Louise English with Lucy
Barker and Faye
Spittlehouse as Annie.
Annie is a heart-warming
rags to riches story of
an 11 year-old orphan who
longs for her parents to
rescue her from a New
York orphanage and its
mean tempered matron,
Miss Hannigan. Annie is
offered the chance of a
lifetime when billionaire
businessman (with a heart
of gold) Oliver Warbucks
decides to adopt her, but
not before Miss Hannigan
and her brother roster
scheme to kidnap Annie
and claim the reward
money.
Set against a
Manhattan skyine in the
era of the Great
Depression. Annie The
Musical follows the story
of the 11 year old orphan
without a friend in the
world, except her
faithful dog, Sandy.
Annie's only hope is to
escape the orphanage
where the tyrannical Miss
Hanningan makes life a
misery and with the
arrival of Daddy Warbucks
her dreams finally can
come true.
Packed with show
stopping songs, this
classic musical features
Tomorrow, You're Never
Fully Dresses Without a
Smile, It's a Hard Knock
Life and more. This is a
heartwarming, feel good
show for all the family
to enjoy.
"A
production worthy of any
West End stage...The sun
doesn't wait until
tomorrow to come out - it
shines all over the stage"
THE STAGE
"This is
one of the most
enchanting musicals I've
ever seen" SUNDAY
TIMES
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July
6, 2003: 'The Vagina
Monologues' Su's stint
ends / Two show reviews |
Su's
short stint in The
Vagina Monologues has
now come to an end. However,
as Su prepares for
pastures new, here are
two reviews of the recent
Wycombe Swan performances
IC Berkshire:
Women reclaiming 'down
there'!
The
Vagina Monologues is one
of those shows that
everyone has heard of but
few know what to expect
when they arrive at the
theatre. I was one of
those - I had no idea
what I was about to see,
writes Sarah Larch.
What I did see
will make you laugh,
cringe and cry all within
one hour and 45 minutes.
Eve Ensler's now
famous vagina interviews
with women around the
world was brought to life
for us by Su Pollard,
Jenny Jules and Tamara
Beckwith.
They perched,
all dressed in black and
bare-footed, on stools
and spoke humourously and
seriously about the one
thing women rarely talk
about - 'down there'.
If you are
easily offended then the
second half of this show,
however, is not for you.
Although Su
Pollard's aura alone had
you giggling, one of her
monologues was about
reclaiming a certain word
that nobody likes at all.
By the end of her story
the auditorium was
echoing with swearing
women, and a few to my
right walked out at that
point.
It is also
relevant to point out
that the audience could
well determine whether
you enjoy this show.
There were some women who
seemed to think they had
to laugh at every word -
this is not the case
believe me! And it got
rather annoying.
The monologues
vary considerably. If
your vagina got dressed,
what would it wear?
Glasses!
Another
highlight was Jenny Jules.
Her impressions were
superb - she put on a
great African woman's
accent when performing
the monologue of a girl
who thought her vagina
was evil after being
raped by her father's
friend aged ten. But she
regained the pleasure of
it at 16 thanks to a
'beautiful 24-year-old
woman'.
She also
performed a 'When Harry
met Sally-esque' scene of
varying moans, including
the silent British moan,
and culminating in an
eruption on stage. There
is the story of a 72-year-old
and her 'floods' and the
one about the vagina
classes. But these are
interspersed with the sad
and sickening stories of
rape in Africa and the
very descriptive story of
the birth of Eve Ensler's
grandchild.
It is these
sadder stories that saw
the introduction of V-Day.
V-Day's message is simple
- it demands that
violence must end and
proclaims Valentine's Day
as V-Day until the
violence stops.
Performances of
the Vagina Monologues
raise funds for local
charities working to end
violence against women
and children.
Review:
Vagina Monologues,
Wycombe Swan
This
worldwide phenomenon was
written by Eve Ensler
from a series of
interviews with women of
all ages, on their
thoughts about an
important and complex
part of their anatomy.
Su Pollard,
Tamara Beckwith and Jenny
Jules recounted their
words and had the whole
audience in stitches with
laughter, or near to
tears, over subjects
ranging from the
ludicrousness of some
feminine hygiene products
and underwear to
harrowing accounts of
rape in Bosnia, female
mutilation by
circumcision and,
finally, to the miracle
of giving birth.
It's incredible
that, in this day and
age, a show like this can
possibly be seen as
subversive. In a town in
America it was banned
from advertising but
women were having none of
that nonsense and took to
the streets to hand out
leaflets in the parking
lots of supermarkets. It
was a wonderfully witty
and liberating show and,
some would say, about
time too! A celebration
of being a woman -
although there were one
or two brave men there.
In keeping with the aims
of the show, a donation
from the proceeds went to
a local women's charity.
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July
6, 2003: 'The Scotsman'
Short Su article |
Coming To A
Stage Near You Its
not all tutus on the
Festival stage. October
sees the return to the
Capital of Hi-De-Hi!
favourite Su Pollard who
is due to star in Annie (October
7-11), the heart-warming
musical about an 11-year-old
orphan girl adopted by
billionaire businessman,
Daddy Warbucks.
Pollard has been
cast as the evil-
tempered, child-hating,
bourbon- swilling matron
of the orphanage, Miss
Hannigan. In real life,
however, she couldnt
be more complimentary
about her young charges,
and says: "The
children are superb and
the music is so great. Ive
always wanted to be in
Annie because I just love
the music so much. Weve
got a brilliant cast and,
frankly, Im having
a ball. Its
fantastic."
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July
2, 2003: 'Stars Reunited'
- Transmission date
confirmed |
'What's
On TV' features an
article on the new series
of Stars Reunited
in this week's edition of
the magazine. Look
out for more articles on
the show in other
television guides and
listings magazines over
the next few days.
The Hi-De-Hi!
edition of Stars
Reunited, presented
by Dale Winton, and
featuring Su, Ruth Madoc,
Paul Shane, Nikki Kelly
and a surprise guest,
will be broadcast on BBC1,
next Tuesday (8th July)
at 10.00am.
Click on the
picture to read the full
feature at SuOnline's
Article Archive.
|
July
1, 2003: Su's final week
of 'The Vagina
Monologues' |
Su
continues in The
Vagina Monologues
this week at the Marlowe
Theatre in Canterbury. This
is Su's third, and final,
week in the production. The
Vagina Monologues has
been a short, but
interesting, departure
for Su, who has appeared
along with Jenny Jules
and Tamara Beckwith.
Rehearsals and
preparations for Annie
- The Musical 2003 will
soon get underway. Su is
very much looking forward
to reprising her role as
Miss Hannigan for the
nationwide UK tour,
following the hugely
successful 2002 leg.
|
July
1, 2003: 'Annie' -
Rehearsals beginning soon |
Annie
opens at the Theatre
Royal in Lincoln on the 8th
September. Su
will, once again, be
joined by Louise English
as Grace Farrell and Mark
Wynter as Daddy Warbucks,
with Lucy Barker taking
over the role of Annie.
Further updates
and information will be
available right here in
the months leading up to
the show opening.
Please visit
SuOnline's dedcated Annie
section by clicking the
picture.
|
June
24, 2003: Su guests on
'Loose Lips' / 'Vagina
Monologues' update |
Su
guested on Loose Lips
With Richard Arnold &
Melinda Messenger late
last week, the new
afternoon chat show on
Living TV. Su
chatted about The
Vagina Monologues and
much more.
While on the
subject of Vag Mon.
Su is appearing at the
Swan Theatre in High
Wycombe all this week in
the production. Next week
Su, Jenny Jules and
Tamara Beckwith will be
at the Marlowe Theatre in
Canterbury.
|
June
24, 2003: Su News - Bits
& Pieces! |
Last
night's BBC1 documentary Comedy
Connections looked at
Are You Being Served?,
investigating the many TV
shows linked to the
famous sit-com and its
creators David Croft and
Jeremy Lloyd. You
rang, M'Lord? and Oh!
Doctor Beeching were
briefly mentioned, and
the final scene from Hi-De-Hi!,
with Su, was also shown.
A selection of screen
captures, from Su's
appearance on Liquid
News last week, can
now be found in the,
redesigned, TV section.
Su's
mate, and co-star in The
Pirates Of Penzance,
Gary Wilmot has just
announced that he is to
take over from Michael
Ball in the lead role in
the hit West End
production of Chitty
Chitty Bng Bang! -
Good luck from SuOnline,
Gary.
|
June
19, 2003: 'Liquid News'
report |
Su
was in great form on last
night's Liquid News.
She guested on the show
with the new rock band
The Darkness. She
chatted to presenter
Claudia Winkleman about
David Beckham, Eddie
Large (who has recently
undergone a heart by-pass
operation), 'Starting
Together' ("You
suddenly find yourself at
number 3 in the charts
and have to quickly make
a video!"), The
Vagina Monologues,
and the new Incredible
Hulk movie, among
other topics.
The on-screen Su
Factfile read: Su's first
TV appearance was on
'Opportunity Knocks' -
She came second to a
singing Jack Russell. Su
went on to record
'Starting Together' which
went to number 2 in the
charts in 1986. She says
she'd really like to do a
movie with Barbara
Streisand - "I've
never met her in person
but I've visited her home
in Palm Springs and stuck
my hand through the
letterbox so I could say
that I'd been in there."
Se was an usher with
Lionel Blair at Les
Dennis and Amanda
Holden's wedding.
Check back
after the weekend for
more Liquid
News screen
captures at the SuOnline
Television section.
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June
18, 2003: Su on 'Liquid
News' this evening - BBC
Three |
Many
apologies that this piece
of news has been added so
close to the event, but
it was only announced
late yesterday. Su
will be the sofa guest on
this evening's Liquid
News, on BBC Three.
The 30 minute
entertainment show,
fronted by Claudia
Winkleman and Colin
Paterson, goes out live
on the channel at 7.00pm
amd is repeated later at
12.15am and 3.30am.
From the Liquid
News Website:
COMING UP - Madcap comedy
actress Su Pollard is
live on Wednesday's show.
That's Liquid News,
Wednesday 18th June, BBC
Three, 7pm.
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June
17, 2003: Hi-De-Hi! - New
book - Contributions
Needed |
Rob Cope and
Mike Fury are currently
in the early stages of
planning a book about Hi-De-Hi!
They are looking for any
contributions with regard
to the show. Did you see
the programme being
recorded at the BBC?
Maybe you were at
Warner's Holiday Camp in
Dovercourt and saw them
on location? Or on
holiday at the seaside
and saw the cast perform
in the stage musical
version? If you have
strong memories of
meeting the cast, or
seeing the programme live
(or just on screen) we
would like to hear from
you. We are particularly
looking for anyone who
has photographs of the
cast in - or out of -
costume during the making
of the series. The
project has the blessing
of David Croft and Jimmy
Perry, the legendary
writers. Please
write to: PO Box 1838,
Barlaston, Stoke On
Trent ST12 9JS
or email -
rob@supollard.org
We look forward
to hearing from you!
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June
17, 2003: 'Hi-De-Hi!'
Competition - Signed cast
picture WINNER! |
Congratulations
to Ben Stock, who
correctly answered that
there were, including the
pilot, 58 episodes of Hi-De-Hi!
While on the subject of Hi-De-Hi!,
look out for another
episode on BBC2 this
weekend.
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June
9, 2003: Su in 'The
Vagina Monologues' |
This
week sees Su debut in The
Vagina Monologues, at
the Orchard Theatre in
Dartford. The
must see West End
phenomenon The Vagina
Monologues is now on tour
after a sellout Autumn
starring three amazing
women. Having moved and
delighted audiences in
New York, Rome, Paris and
London, this powerful
masterpiece explores
everything from the
intimate to the
hilarious, delving nto
women's deepest secrets
and fantasies across the
globe.
Based on Eve
Ensler's Vagina
Interviews conducted with
women from all around the
world, this hilariously
witty and moving
collection of tales gives
voice to a chorus of
lusty, outrageous,
poignant, brave and
thoroughly human stories.
'Sex has never
been funnier or more
poignant.' - New York
Times
'Eve Ensler's
glorious show is warm,
open, exciting,
enchanting and
hilariously funny! See it
even if you haven't got
one.' - Sunday Times
'Fresh, funny
and beguiling.' - Daily
Mail
You can also
catch Su in The Vagina
Monologues at the
Swan Theatre, High
Wycombe (w/c 23rd June),
and the Marlowe Theatre,
Canterbury (w/c 30th June).
Revisit soon for
a "Vag Mon-filled"
Su's Snippets!
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June
9, 2003: Su on TV *Update* |
Hi-De-Hi! :
UK Gold : Sat 14th /Sun
15th June : 6.00am
Hi-De-Hi!
: BBC2 : Sunday 15th June
: 6.10pm
The
Day of Reckoning. Series
1, Episode 4.
The
classic comedy series set
at Maplin's Holiday Camp
in 1959. Ex-jockey Fred
Quilly once took a bribe
to fix a race, but failed
to keep the horse from
winning. Now he is
convinced that the
betting gang have tracked
him down and are out for
revenge.
Starring:
Simon Cadell, Paul Shane,
Ruth Madoc, Su Pollard,
Jeffrey Holland, Felix
Bowness.
Gimme
Gimme Gimme : UK Gold :
Thursday 19th June : 9.00pm
Gimme
Gimme Gimme : UK Gold :
Friday 20th June : 00.50am
Singing
in the Drain. Series 3,
Episode 5.
Sitcom
about two flatmates who
have nothing in common
apart from their
outrageous attitude to
life and their taste in
men. Linda finally
realises her ambition to
become a model, while Tom
secures an audition for a
West End musical.
Starring:
Kathy Burke, James
Dreyfus, Brian Bovell,
Beth Goddard, Su Pollard,
Jonathan Harvey |
June
9, 2003: 'Little Robots'
- Coming Soon on DVD
& VHS |
DVD
gets, just a little,
"Noiser" this
coming October! Little
Robots, the animated
series in which Su voices
the character Noisy, is
to be released on DVD and
VHS later this year. The
entire first batch of
episodes will be
available on two DVD's
and two videos.
Further updates
on this release later in
the year.
Many thanks to
the lovely Carolyn from
the BBC for this
information.
|
June
4, 2003: Su &
Christopher - 'Snow White
& The Seven Dwarfs' |
An
exclusive first look at
Su's "Wicked Queen"
look for panto 2003. Su
stars in Snow White
And The Seven Dwarfs,
at The Hexagon in
Reading, this coming
festive season, alongside
Christopher Lillicrap as
Nurse Nora.
Snow White :
Sat 6th December 2003 -
Sun 4th January 2004
Starring
Su Pollard as the Wicked
Queen and Christopher
Lillicrap as Nurse Nora.
Also featuring Bunny the
Rabbit
BOX OFFICE
0118 960 6060
The Hexagon,
Queens Walk, Reading,
Berkshire
Full Price: £18.00,
£16.00, £12.00 all
shows except 6th & 7th
December
Concessions:
£16.00, £14.00, £12.00
Further
information and updates
in the months leading up
to Christmas.
Many thanks
to Michael Gatrell.
|
June
4, 2003: Su @ 'Wycombe
Swan' website |
(News -
13 May): Su Pollard has
been confirmed as one of
the three women who will
be appearing in The
Vagina Monologues here in
June. Probably best known
for her role as the
downtrodden chalet maid
Peggy in nine series of
Hi-De-Hi, Su has enjoyed
success in a variety of
other television comedies.
She is also an
accomplished musical
theatre actress and was
last seen at the Swan in
September 2001 in The
Pirates of Penzance; Su
will be making a return
visit to the Swan in
November when she will be
appearing in Annie.
(News - 22 May): We are
pleased top confirm that
the three women starring
in The Vagina Monologues
(23 28 June) will
be Tamara Beckwith, Jenny
Jules and Su Pollard.
Tamara Beckwith
is the LA Editor for OK!
magazine and a columnist
for the Sunday Express;
as well as writing her
career includes working
as a guest presenter on
programmes including The
Big Breakfast, This
Morning and MTV.
Jenny Jules
impressive acting career
includes appearances in
plays by a range of
highly respected theatre
companies including
Tricycle Theatre, West
Yorkshire Playhouse and
Birmingham Rep; her TV
credits include Doctors,
three series of Kavanagh
QC, Prime Suspect and
Desmonds.
Probably best
known for her role as the
downtrodden chalet maid
Peggy in nine series of
Hi-De-Hi, Su Pollard has
enjoyed success in a
variety of other
television comedies; she
is also an accomplished
musical theatre actress
and was last seen at the
Swan in September 2001 in
The Pirates of Penzance.
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June
4, 2003: SuOnline -
Website Redesign |
We
hope you are enjoying
the, ongoing,
redevelopment of SuOnline. Thanks
to everyone who has
contacted us with
positive feedback, it is
all very much appreciated
and most welcome.
The redesign
will continue throughout
the forthcoming weeks and
months. Still to come is
the revamp of the, very
popular, 'Episode Guides'
section, The Pirates
Of Penzance,
Television section, and
much more. There may even
be a surprise or two
along the way.
We hope to have
all changes in place in
time for SuOnline's third
anniversary in September.
The latest
changes can be browsed at
the 'Annie
section', 'The
Collection', 'Su's
Webletter', and 'Su's
Snippets'.
Stay tuned for
more exciting changes,
plus regular Su News
updates, and messages
from Su herself in "Su's
Snippets".
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June
4, 2003: Win a signed 'Hi-De-Hi!'
cast picture |
Win
a Hi-De-Hi!
original cast picture
signed, at the Stars
Reunited recording,
by Ruth Madoc, Paul
Shane, Barry Howard,
Nikki Kelly and, of
course, Su. For
the chance to win this
great piece of Hi-De-Hi!
memoribilia, simply
answer this:
Q. Including
the pilot, how many
episodes were made of Hi-De-Hi!?
Please send your
answers to webmaster@supollard.org
- The competition closes
on Sunday 15th June, and
the winner will be
notified, via email, soon
after.
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