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February
26, 2006: 'You Rang,
M'Lord?' Complete Series
2 - DVD artwork |
The
finished artwork for the You
Rang, M'Lord? The
Complete Series Two DVD.
A two-disc set. The
DVD will be available to
buy from Monday 3rd April
2006.
From the minds
of Jimmy Perry and David
Croft.
Working class
chancer Alf Stokes (Paul
Shane) and James
Twelvetrees (Jeffrey
Holland) first meet as
soldiers in the battle
trenches of France during
the First World War. They
find the body of an
officer and, assuming
that he's dead, Alf robs
him of his valuables.
Then they find that the
officer, the Honourable
Teddy Meldrum (Michael
Knowles), is still alive
so they carry him off to
a field hospital.
Ten years later,
James is working in the
household of Teddy's
brother, Lord Meldrum
(Donald Hewlett). Alf
suddenly turns up and is
taken on as the new
butler, against James'
wishes. Alf's daughter,
Ivy (Su Pollard) also
starts working in the
household as a parlour
maid but her relationship
with Alf is kept
secret...
An outstanding
comedy series, written by
acclaimed veterans Jimmy
Perry and David Croft,
which reunited many of
the cast from the
award-winning sitcom
Hi-De-Hi!
Episodes
comprise:
1.
Labour of Love
2.
Trouble at Mill
3.
Money Talks
4.
The Meldrum Vases
5.
The Wounds of War
6.
Stranger in the
Night
7.
Royal Flush
To pre-order
your DVD at Amazon UK
please click on the
picture.
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February
26, 2006: Looking ahead
to Christmas 2006!! |
It's A Su Online
EXCLUSIVE!! - Su will be
appearing at the Palace
Theatre in Mansfield for
Christmas 2006, in Snow
White & The Seven
Dwarfs. Su will be
reprising her Wicked
Queen. Further
info later in the year.
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February
26, 2006: 'Romeo &
Juliet' - The Argus
Review |
Romeo
& Juliet,
Devonshire
Park Theatre, Eastbourne The
Bard is back. After a
long absence from the
Eastbourne stage, the
classic tale of
starcrossed lovers, Romeo
and JulietĒ opened this
week.
Birmingham Rep
and The Touring
Consortium's stylish
adaptation, directed by
Bill Bryden, is a feast
for the senses. The huge
set looks like it has
crash landed and is at
such a steep rake it
offers an intimate
feel.
The large,
talented cast includes
Gerald Harper, displaying
imposing stage presence
as Friar Laurence, Su
Pollard, who gains laughs
aplenty as the nurse, and
Gus Gallagher as
Mercutio, who has the
teenage girls in the
audience swooning.
Of course, the
evening belongs to Romeo,
RADA graduate and
relative newcomer Jamie
Doyle, and his wideeyed
and beautiful Juliet,
played by Anjali
Jay.
This classy
presentation of
Shakespeare's classic is
a treat. The costumes,
with a modern twist,
deserve note, as does the
music by John Tams and
the effective lighting by
John Harris.
|
February
26, 2006: 'Romeo &
Juliet' - IC North Wales
Review |
Review: Romeo
& Juliet Feb 15 2006
Emma
Brown, South Wales Echo
New
Theatre, Cardiff It
was with an impending
sense of doom I went to
watch The Birmingham
Repertory Theatre's
production of
Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet. And not because I
knew the ending!
Su Pollard of
Hi-de-Hi fame plays the
nurse and I was bracing
myself for a panto-style
adaptation; "Watch
out Romeo, Tybalt's
behind you!"
But the former
chalet maid plays the
part with style and
graceful humour, and sets
the tone perfectly for
this tale of star-crossed
lovers. She shares the
celebrity limelight with
Gerald Harper, better
known as Hadleigh from
the 1960s TV series, who
plays Friar Laurence.
I've seen more
versions of Romeo and
Juliet than you can shake
an apothecary's bottle of
poison at, but very few
which manage to capture
the romance and magic of
Shakespeare's great
tragedy as successfully
as this one. While the
unknown leads seemed
sometimes swamped by the
pressure of the moment,
their hesitancy added an
endearing innocence to
the young lovers.
Whether you're a
fan of Shakespeare or
not, on Valentine's week
this most romantic of
plays is a perfect treat.
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February
12, 2006: 'Romeo &
Juliet' - Left Lion
Nottingham Review |
Dom
Henry went to see Romeo
& Juliet at the
Theatre Royal In
Romeo & Juliet we
have a play that boasts
over 40 film versions and
more stage shows than can
be counted safely without
algebra. While
essentially a good yarn
it has been done to death
over the years and so
its with a cool eye
that we watch the latest
effort to swing by...
The Birmingham
Repertory Company is
touring with a cast of
raw young talent, with
some of the cast fresh
out of drama school,
supported by more
experienced hands,
including Nottingham
entertainer legend Su
Pollard as the Nurse.
Bill Brydon has produced
this with a no frills
approach, and the pace is
quick amongst a sparse
set consisting of a
simple raised stage and a
wooden panelled backboard
complete with retractable
balcony and gate. Alas in
act five, with the grave
scene set within a
trapdoor in the raised
stage, if you are in the
front half of the stalls
and of a shorter
disposition the
view is quite restricted,
so tickets in the balcony
might be an idea if
you're going.
The costumes
were novel, while the
ladies sported simple
dresses, the men wore
tight denim jeans with
modern jackets chopped
and laced together into a
quasi classic style, an
interesting take you
might say mixing the old
and the new but matching
denim codpieces? steady
on. Combine this with a
youthful cast and the
effect is Hollyoaks meets
the Renaissance,
experimental artistic
statement? tiny budget?
who knows.
Romeo in this
production was played by
a youthful Jamie Doyle
for whom this is his
first professional tour
after graduating from
RADA, good for him.
Its nice to see
Romeo, a young good
looking buck, played in
the story by a young good
looking actor. Jamie
seems to play the role
with a serious hand, more
young Hamlet than Romeo
perhaps, and while there
are some good angst
riddled moments with him
I would have liked to
have seen more love
smitten body language.
The young Juliet, she's
fourteen in the story, is
played by Anjali Jay, who
captures the feel of a
young girl well but fails
to connect with the
audience, the octave
range of her delivery and
her movement was
unexpressive, perhaps
accurate for a young
girl, rather than a
hormonal fuelled teen,
but I was unmoved.
There were some
good supporting
performances which made
the show worthwhile,
Friar Laurence played by
veteran actor Gerald
Harper was the rounded,
compassionate and sincere
paternal voice in Romeos
ear. Su Pollard as Nurse
was great fun, her
bustling vocal energy
combined with a good
appreciation of the bawdy
Shakesperian humour was
refreshing, this is her
first Shakespeare outing
on the stage and she fits
neatly into her role,
nice one Su. Other nods
go to an imposing Tybalt
played by Daniel Williams
and Wendy Morgans
Lady Capulet. One of the
highlights of the show
was Gus Gallagher as
Mercutio, his animated
style and sharp
appreciation of the wit
and comic timing of the
part was a real pleasure
to watch, he was clearly
enjoying himself and
reminded me of a sharp
and bawdy version of John
de Lancies 'Q' from Star
Trek, excellent.
On the whole
there seemed to be a
noticeable lack of pathos
amongst some members of
the cast with certain
sections of dialogue
seeming wooden and
emotionless, patchy in
some characters yet a
real problem for others,
Paris being an example.
Some of the 'raw young
talent' need to relax and
enjoy themselves more
perhaps, its one of those
plays which is often
scoffed at for over
acting but under acting
and lack of emotion is
just as much an issue.
While I can sympathise
with their position, I
would be bricking myself
in their shoes, the
audiences sympathy
is tempered with the fact
that they are paying for
the privilege and expect
a high standard, which
sadly in this show
wasnt universal.
Nonetheless it was an
interesting performance
and it will be
interesting to see how
the casts careers
develop, Su Pollard as
Lady Macbeth perhaps?
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February
12, 2006: 'Romeo &
Juliet' - Cast/Crew
information |
Friar
John/Sampson: Philip
Bulcock
Lady:
Lucy Cudden
Romeo:
Jamie Doyle
Paris:
Gabriel Fleary
Montague:
Keiran Flynn
Mercutio:
Gus Gallagher
Friar
Lawrence: Gerald Harper
Juliet:
Anjali Jay
Peter:
Tim Lewis
Lady
Capulet: Wendy Morgan
Nurse
Su Pollard
Lady
Montague: Mary Ryder
Capulet:
Simon Scott
Benvolio:
Alex Waldman
Tybalt:
Daniel Williams Director:
Bill Bryden
Designer:
Hayden Griffin
Lighting:
John Harris
Music:
John Tams
Fight
director: William Hobbs
|
February
12, 2006: 'Romeo &
Juliet' - Wycome Swan
Press Release |
The
recently issued Romeo
& Juliet Press
Release from the Wycombe
Swan. Bill
Bryden, whilst Associate
Director at the National
Theatre, directed
Larkrise to Candleford,
The Iceman Cometh,
Glengarry Glen Ross and
American Buffalo. Bill
also formed an artistic
company within the
National Theatre which
produced The Mysteries, a
landmark production with
music by John Tams which
won the Olivier, the
Evening Standard and the
Variety Club awards for
Best Director. Bill has
also directed films,
including John Hurt and
Brian Cox in Six Characters
in Search of an Author.
Heyden
Griffins career in
British theatre and film
spans 30 years; including
Plenty, A Map of The
World and Pravda with
David Hare and Glengarry
Glen Ross with David
Mammet.Hayden has also
designed opera and ballet
for the Royal Opera
House, ENO and Birmingham
Royal Ballet.
John Tams is
described by MOJO as
one of the ultimate
British songwriters
with a career
spanning
4 decades in every
medium. A member of The
Albion Band and Home
Service, he is also known
for playing Daniel Hagman
in the TV series Sharpe.
This production
brings together a team of
young actors including
recent RADA graduate
Jamie Doyle whos
making his professional
theatre debut as an
extremely handsome, young
Romeo.
Playing his
Juliet is Anjali Jay who
appeared in the
RSCs highly
acclaimed Midnights
Children and the BBC TV
series Doctors.
The young couple
are joined by some of
Britains finest
theatre actors; Su
Pollard in the role of
Juliets nurse,
National Theatre stalwart
Wendy Morgan as Lady
Capulet, Peter Straker
a unique and
versatile performer plays
her husband and Gerald
Harper will be Friar
Laurence.
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February
12, 2006: Su on TV |
Hi-De-Hi!
and You Rang, M'Lord?
are both all over the
UKTV Drama schedules
againin the coming weeks,
including a triple
helping of Hi-De-Hi! the
Saturday afternoon after
next (25th February). Please
check TV listings
magazines for exact days
and times.
|
February
4, 2006: 'BBC Nottingham'
- Su interview online-
Listen now! |
Su
was interviewed earlier
this week by BBC
Nottingham. She has been
back in her home town
with Romeo &
Juliet. The
interview is available to
listen to online at the
'BBC Nottingham' website.
Lots of talk
about castles, canoes,
Nottingham, acoustics,
train journeys, Gerald
Harper, and playing the
character of the Nurse in
Romeo & Juliet:
"She's got a really
good heart and there are
some great scenes".
Su mentions that
she was offered the role
two years ago but
couldn't accept then as
she was already working
in another production.
There's also
talk about Hi-De-Hi!,
The Pirates Of
Penzance, Gary
Wilmot, growing up in
Nottingham in the 50s:
"I remember it being
very cold, and
discovering my first
supermarket Fine
Fares!"
There was even
time for a spin of
'Starting Together' -
Su's big hit from 20
years ago. Su said:
"Kept off the top by
Diana Ross!"
Please click
on the picture to listen
to this entertaining and
fun interview.
|
February
4, 2006: 'Croydon
Guardian' - Down-to-earth
Su not put off by Bard's
verse |
Su was
interviewed recently by
the 'Croydon Guardian'.
The interview took place
while Su was playing at
the Wimbledon Theatre
with Romeo &
Juliet. Down-to-earth
Su not put off by Bard's
verse
Su Pollard, a
household name thanks to
cult BBC comedy, Hi De
Hi, is back keeping
campers happy this week
in a new production of
Romeo and Juliet at New
Wimbledon Theatre, writes
Nancy Groves.
Amazingly the
part of Juliet's nurse is
Pollard's first
Shakespearean role. While
Pollard has been offered
several bites at the Bard
over the years, she never
wanted to end up doing
Shakespeare for the sake
of it.
But rereading
the play she realised the
nurse was not a million
miles away from Peggy
Ollerenshaw, the role
that made her famous,
with some Sybil Fawlty
thrown in for good
measure.
"She is
like a seaside landlady
in my view she does
things for the right
reasons but it still
manages to turn on its
head," says Pollard
of the put-upon nurse,
who provides some
much-needed light relief
in the essentially tragic
play.
"Our
director Bill Brydon's
view is that until Tybalt
gets murdered the play is
quite a romantic
comedy."
Of course, as
the Capulets and
Montagues begin to
self-destruct, the love
story quickly turns in on
itself and Pollard is
surprised by how much it
affects her, despite the
complex language.
"We try to
keep the detail as finely
tuned as possible but
it's very well thought
out," she
says.
"If you've
got any semblance of the
wordsmith about you, you
can make something of it.
It's the same ordinary
chat that we have now and
you shouldn't be daunted
by it."
|
February
4, 2006: 'IC Croydon' -
Clean break from
Maplin's |
Clean break
from Maplin's With
a CV littered with
tea-time TV comedies and
panto appearances the
last thing you would
expect Su Pollard to turn
her hand to is
Shakespearean tragedy.
Only three days
ago she was playing the
Wicked Queen to packed
audiences but already Su
is throwing herself into
rehearsals for Romeo and
Juliet - and loving every
minute of it.
"This will
be my virginal appearance
as far as Shakespeare
goes," she laughs.
"I have read things
and seen lots of
productions, of course,
but this will be the
first time I have taken
to the stage.
"I have
been asked to do other
productions but have
never seemed to find the
time. But this production
has a great director and
obviously a fantastic
writer so I thought it
would be a good job to
do."
Su's bubbly
character and
kind-hearted nature make
her perfectly suited for
the part of Juliet's
nurse - one of the more
humorous parts in the
play.
"I thought
the role of the Nurse
would suit me. It is a
fun thing and she is a
kind soul who tries to do
her best," she says.
"I suppose
Shakespeare can be a bit
of a shock, I have had to
just forget I have ever
done panto. But it is
just the same as doing
any kind of job even if
it is not the same sort
of silliness. You just
take on board what you
have to do and you do
your best. I will just
take it in my
stride."
And Su is not
short of varied projects
to keep her busy. With
plans for a one woman
show, radio sketches and
voice-overs for a new
series of children's
programme Little Robots
in the pipeline, it is a
wonder she ever gets time
to herself.
But she still
makes sure she has time
to stay in touch with her
fellow survivors from her
Hi-De-Hi days.
The popular
sitcom set in post-war
holiday camp Maplin's
dominated TV screens
throughout the 1980s and
made Su, who played
cleaner Peggy Ollerenshaw
who dreamt of being a
Yellowcoat, a household
name.
"If we
don't get the chance to
see each other we will
always stay in touch by
text," she says.
"I have
just seen Ruth Maddoc -
she was playing the same
part as me in panto in
Blackpool. We went out
for dinner and had a
great time. I am also
hoping to see Paul Shane
soon in Derby.
"When we
first started out
together hardly any of us
were known. We all
learned from each other
how to handle it. There
was a great camaraderie.
"We went
wine tasting so we could
learn to be more
sophisticated. We had
competitions and I would
always get it wrong - I'd
call something a Hock
when it would be some
wonderful concoction from
Chile."
Now as a refined
Shakespearean actress
such carefree days must
seem a long time ago but
as long as Su is doing
work she can be proud of
she is content.
"I like to
do anything I feel is
good stuff - you should
not limit yourself and
try anything within your
scope. I try to take on
all sorts."
Joe Maplin would
be proud.
[ News Source:
www.iccroydon.icnetwork.co.uk
]
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February
4, 2006: 'Romeo &
Juliet' - BBC Nottingham
Review |
Romeo
and Juliet
Review
by Rachel Read Two
star-crossed lovers take
their lives
and not
even a mildly damp eye in
the house.
Like a cup of
coffee from a service
station, this production
of 'Romeo and Juliet' is
decidedly lukewarm.
The cast
Have
a quick perusal of
on-line reviews and you
will see that poor Jamie
Doyle, fresh out of RADA,
is saddled with most of
the blame. In my
opinion, this is unfair
he strikes the
right note between
teenage angst and real
passion and he deserves
to be proud of this
thoroughly respectable
performance.
It is Anjali
Jay's affected, mannered
interpretation of Juliet
that I had more problems
with; I found her
performance lacked range
and subtlety, with
everything delivered
speedily and squeakily.
She "acts"
whilst Doyle is real.
Chemistry between the two
is neglible I've
seen bigger sparks fail
to light a match.
I've never
thought that Romeo and
Juliet was a play in
which small parts could
scene-steal, but Tim
Lewis defiantly proves me
wrong.
In the part of
Peter, which barely
registers upon a reading
of the text, he generates
humour with ease. Praise
also for Alex Waldmann as
the oft-overlooked
Benvolio, creating an
endearing and really
quite lovely character.
The set
Design
is most disappointing.
The bleached wood balcony
structure that pretty
much entirely composes
the spartan set looks
like something that
Changing Room's Handy
Andy would be proud of,
whilst the costumes are a
curious mix of gherkins
and jeans, codpieces and
hoodies.
The
conclusion
But
the thing that this play
lacks is spark - save for
the excitingly
choreographed fight
scenes (complete with
menacing music a
welcome change from the
horrific pan-pipe CD that
toots at us for any
romantic moments) and Su
Pollard's tender but
dynamic Nurse.
As a result it
drags on to an oddly
unmoving conclusion
well not so odd
when you consider that
you strip away
practically all drama,
tension and poignancy by
hiding Juliet in an
out-of-sight underground
tomb. Likewise, is it too
much to ask for Romeo to
accompany, 'Thus with a
kiss I die' with an
actual kiss?!
This play never
goes as far as being
bad. But it never
ventures anywhere near
very good territory
either. I found it static
and staid, despite the
best efforts of a
hard-working cast and a
crew that strive to give
us a 'no-frills'
Shakespeare.
Like that
service station cup of
coffee, it'll fill you up
for now but given the
ingredients (one of the
most powerful scripts in
Shakespeare, admittedly
not to be found in
coffee), you just know
that something much more
satisfying could have
been produced.
[ News Source:
www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham
]
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February
4, 2006: 'Romeo &
Juliet' - Indie London
Review |
Romeo
& Juliet
Review
by David Munro Romeo
and Juliet is probably
the best known and most
hackneyed love story in
English Literature.
The Birmingham
Repertory Company has
elected to tell it in a
straightforward manner
with no frills. Bill
Brydens muscular
and brisk production of
the tale was well suited
by Hayden Griffins
austere set, a bare stage
with an ingenious
superstructure which
emerged from the rear for
the interior scenes. This
forced the actors to
create the reality of the
scenes by their
performances which by and
large they did with great
success.
As with any
production of this play,
the focus is on the two
lovers and I dont
intend to add to the
plethora of opinions as
to whether or not it is
reasonable to have actors
with something
approximating the
characters age with
minimum acting
experience, or whether it
should be played by
actors with the scope and
ability to encompass the
verse, if not the
characters ages.
Bill Bryden
opted for the first
opinion with a Romeo,
Jamie Doyle, making his
professional stage debut
and a Juliet, Anjali Jay,
with a little more
experience but still
young. Both these young
actors coped extremely
well, giving a
street cred
reading to the roles
which fitted in with the
overall rough and ready
telling of the story
which had been opted for.
Although one
lost some of the poetry
in this conception of the
roles, at least the
intense romance was
preserved and gave some
credibility to the
melodramatic finale of
the play.
Jamie Doyle, in
particular, handled his
lines with skill and made
his Romeo a young,
coltish yet endearing boy
who falls for a pretty
face without realising
the consequences.
On occasions,
particularly in the
second act, he managed to
give the role back its
poetry without losing his
overall concept of the
character which I found
impressive. He certainly
justified Mr
Brydens selection
of him and I look forward
to seeing how he and his
career develop as I
suspect it will be well
worth watching.
Anali Jay did
not quite impress me as
much. She read her lines
well but her Juliet was
too little
girly for my taste.
I felt if she thought a
little less about
the acting
and was more spontaneous
she would have been a
better counterpart for Mr
Doyle. But it is a
difficult role and I
thought that, given my
expressed reservation,
she coped well.
As did the
rest of the cast,
although one had to admit
that the two featured
players deserved their
billing. Su Pollard was a
down to earth Nurse; the
fact that her previous
job and experience in
some renaissance holiday
camp had left its mark on
her bustling movements
and forms of speech did
not detract from the
warmth and sincerity she
brought to the role.
Edith Evans
she was not, and all the
better for it, I say. Her
playing of the part
fitted in with the
carry-on in Verona as
portrayed by Mr Bryden
and very good she was in
it.
Gerald Harper,
too, showed what an
experienced thespian can
make of Friar Lawrence.
This was no bumbling
cleric but a sincere
churchman with compassion
and authority. His
handling of the situation
was that of an
understanding
schoolmaster faced with a
difficult problem in the
classroom and his
distress when the
solution went wrong was
understandable; a lovely
performance.
It is perhaps
invidious to single out
any of the other well
played performances.
Keoran Flynn was a fine
upstanding Montague which
matched Simon
Scotts Capulet.
Both their ladies were
well represented by Wendy
Morgan as a fire-eating
Lady Capulet and Mary
Ryder as a more
understanding Lady
Montague; Mercutio and
Tybalt were made
excellent sparring
partners by Gus Gallagher
and Daniel Williams. In
fact, a fine cast who
played their part,
whether big or small,
well.
Mention should I
suppose be made of Mr
Brydens coup de
theatre in making the
Prince of Verona a voice
from above with the
sonorous yet mellifluous
tones of Sir Donald
Sinden but this was just
one of the many
directorial touches which
went to give lustre to
the production. My only
reservation is that I
found the opening street
brawl a little to close
to home in view of some
of the recent unhappy
events on the London
streets but perhaps I am
a little too
oversensitive.
All in all this
was a good, well played,
understandable evening of
theatre and, judging from
the applause at the end
from a mostly school aged
audience, one that is
very acceptable to the
next generation of
theatre goers.
I know if I were
doing the
play for my GCE this
production would be all
that I would need to make
sense of Mr.
Shakespeares doomed
love story; a good mark
to all concerned!
[ News Source:
www.indielondon.co.uk ]
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January
31, 2006: 'You Rang,
M'Lord?' - Complete
Series Two DVD + 'YRM'
News |
Less than
a week until the You
Rang, M'Lord?
Complete Series One DVD
is available to buy,
comes news that The
Complete Second Series
DVD will be released on
Monday 3rd April 2006.
Artwork for this
second DVD is still under
wraps. Thanks to everyone
who sent emails to Su
Online over the last few
weeks. All your support
and encouragement is much
appreciated and with this
level of interest it
would appear that these
DVDs are going to be very
successful. Here's hoping
the other series' will
see DVD releases too.
Don't forget
that You Rang, M'Lord?
is being shown each
weekday morning on the
UKTV Drama channel this
week, and the following
two Saturdays at midday
too. [See below for
further details]
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January
31, 2006: Su on TV - You
Rang, M'Lord? |
You Rang,
M'Lord? : UKTV Drama -
Tuesday 31st January :
10.15am
Come
to The Ball. Chortles
with the gang whose faces
you'll recognise from
'Hi-De-Hi'. Mabel finds a
purse in the street and
Ralph decides to hold a
ball for all the
servants. Many hearts
begin fluttering as
everybody hopes to seize
the opportunity to dance
and flirt with others.
Lady Lavender, who is
still pining for her dead
parrot, begins to cheer
up and breaks the
formality of the occasion
by adding a variety of
ingredients to the punch.
Starring: Paul Shane, Su
Pollard, and Jeffrey
Holland. You
Rang, M'Lord? : UKTV
Drama - Wednesday 1st
February: 11.00am
The
Truth Revealed. Perry and
Croft set in the
Twenties. When Sir Ralph
discovers the truth about
George and Lady Agatha he
decides to put an end to
his rival. The perfect
occasion arises when Sir
Ralph invites the Meldrum
household, including the
servants, for a weekend
at his country home.
Starring: Paul Shane, Su
Pollard, and Jeffrey
Holland.
You Rang,
M'Lord? : UKTV Drama -
Thursday 2nd February :
10.55am
You
Rang, M'Lord? : UKTV
Drama - Friday 3rd
February : 05.10am
Mrs
Lipton's Nasty Turn. Club
singer, entertainer and
general funnyman Paul
Shane stars as the cheeky
scoundrel Alf in the
sitcom from the minds of
Perry and Croft, who's
comedies 'You have been
watching'. Ivy finds out
the truth about Alf's
orphans, and Miss Cissy
decides to go into
politics. Starring: Paul
Shane, Su Pollard,
Jeffrey Holland, Brenda
Cowling, and Catherine
Rabett.
You Rang,
M'Lord? : UKTV Drama -
Friday 3rd February :
10.55am
Well
There You Are Then...!.
The Meldrum family
fortune hits rock bottom,
and Lord Meldrum is
forced to sell the family
silver. Any faint hope of
salvation lies in Lady
Lavender and Cissy, who
are full of practical
suggestions. The reality
of the situation dawns on
Lady Agatha who realises
she is better off with
her rich husband. And
James Twelvetrees finally
realises he needs Ivy.
Great British sitcom,
from Perry and Croft.
Starring: Paul Shane, Su
Pollard, and Jeffrey
Holland.
You Rang,
M'Lord? : UKTV Drama -
Saturday 4th February :
12.00pm
Fair
Shares. Paul 'Ted Bovis'
Shane is a decidedly more
devious character in the
butlers and maids sitcom
from the masters, Perry
and Croft. Upstairs
everyone is wondering
whether Ivy has told Sir
Ralph that she saw his
wife in bed with Lord
Meldrum. Meanwhile
downstairs, Alf Stokes is
still wheeling and
dealing to get the best
return on the shares he's
been promised. Starring:
Paul Shane, Su Pollard,
and Jeffrey Holland.
You Rang,
M'Lord? : UKTV Drama -
Saturday 11th February :
12.00pm
Beg,
Borrow or Steal. Alf the
butler pawns his
Lordship's silver
cigarette case in order
to get the money to buy
the Union Jack Rubber
Company shares which Lady
Lavender has now given to
Henry. Starring: Paul
Shane, Su Pollard, and
Jeffrey Holland.
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January
28, 2006: 'Romeo &
Juliet' |
The
first week run of Romeo
& Juliet, at the
New Wimbledon Theatre,
finishes this evening.
It's been a fantastic
start to the new UK tour
of the production. Su
is relishing her role as
Nurse and hopes as many
of you as possible will
make it to one of the
theatres along the way.
The passion
of Romeo and Juliet is
destined to end in
tragedy. A fast-paced
production from
Birmingham Repertory
Theatre and The Touring
Consortium, of
Shakespeare's tragedy.
With Su Pollard as the
Nurse and Gerald Harper
as Friar Lawrence.
Directed by Bill Bryden.
Next week Romeo
& Juliet will be
playing at the Theatre
Royal in Su's hometown of
Nottingham.
Theatre Royal,
Royal
Centre, Theatre Square
Nottingham
NG1 5ND
Tel:
0115 989 5555
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January
28, 2006: Su, Andy &
the crew! |
A
dressed-down Su and Andy
Collins, and the crew of
the Rhyl lifeboat.
Photo by RNLI.
Please click on the
picture to visit the RNLI
website where you can
donate to this wonderful
organisation. Your
support is vital in
training and equipping
volunteer lifesaving
crews.
|
January
28, 2006: 'Tayside
Courier' - Lifeboats send
out own SOS |
The Royal
National Lifeboat
Institution charity has
issued an urgent SOS to
help its volunteer
crews. It
is appealing to schools,
shops and other
businesses to sign up to
its annual fund-raiser,
entitled Save Our Soles,
on January 27.
The SOS day
encourages people to wear
trainers to their school
or workplace and, in
doing so, donate a
minimum of £1 each to
the charity. Limited
edition RNLI SOS day
shoelaces are also
available for those who
are not allowed to wear
trainers.
Television
favourites, including Su
Pollard and Andy Collins,
have already lent their
support. Funds raised go
to the vital training of
volunteer crews.
The charity
pointed out that training
is more important than
ever as fewer than 10% of
new volunteer lifeboat
crews come from a
professional maritime
background. RNLI crews
need the best training
available but this costs
money and, as a charity,
the RNLI relies on public
support.
Su Pollard said,
I was shocked to
learn the RNLI rescues an
average of four children
a day, but without the
support of the public the
volunteer crews would not
be able to continue to
save lives.
Those wishing to
register for a
supporters pack
should contact RNLI
Scotland on 01738 642999
or Email sos@rnli.org.uk.
|
January
28, 2006: 'My
Pembrokeshire' - Panto
stars put best foot
forward |
Panto
stars put best foot
forward for RNLI Save our
Soles (SOS) Day Hi-de-Hi!
star Su Pollard and Andy
Collins, of Garden SOS
and Family Fortunes, are
urging people from school
pupils to office workers,
across Wales, to banish
the January blues and
start 2006 by having fun
and raising cash for the
RNLI.
The celebrity
pair who are currently
starring in Snow White at
the Pavilion Theatre in
Rhyl, visited the
resort's RNLI boathouse
yesterday (5 January).
They urged the Welsh
public to ditch their
formal footwear on SOS
Day - 27 January and pay
at least £1 to wear
their trainers.
Su and Andy met
with the volunteer RNLI
lifeboat crew who give up
their own time to save
lives at sea. They found
out how important it is
for the crew to be fully
trained to do their job
in the safest way and
that is why every penny
raised during the RNLI's
second SOS day will fund
that training.
Su says: 'We've
seen so many children
come in through the doors
over the pantomime
season. It's such a good
feeling to see them
laughing and having fun
but it's important to
remember that being young
and vulnerable also has a
darker side. The dangers
of the sea are often
neglected and sadly it's
children that are at most
risk.
'I was shocked
to learn the RNLI rescues
an average of four
children a day, but
without the support of
the public the volunteer
crew would not be able to
continue to save lives.
That's why it's so
important for everyone to
banish those January
blues and have fun on SOS
day to raise funds for a
very worthy cause.'
Andy says: 'The
RNLI provides a vital
voluntary lifesaving
service to the coastal
areas in the UK and
Ireland. I most strongly
support the RNLI's SOS
campaign to help educate
children and to raise
awareness of the RNLI's
work amongst the younger
generation.'
For further
details and a support
pack to join in with RNLI
SOS day, visit
www.rnli.org.uk/sos,
email sos@rnli.org.uk or
call 0845 121 4999.
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January
14, 2006: 'Romeo &
Juliet' - Revised dates |
Here are the
revised, and confirmed,
dates for Romeo &
Juliet, along with
Box Office numbers for
each theatre: 24th
- 28th January - NEW
WIMBLEDON THEATRE [ 0870
060 6646 ]
31st
January - 4th
February - THEATRE
ROYAL, NOTTINGHAM [ 0115
989 5555 ]
6th
- 11th February -
LIGHTHOUSE CENTRE, POOLE
[ 01202 685222 ]
14th
- 18th February - NEW
THEATRE, CARDIFF [ 029
2087 8889 ]
21st
- 25th February -
EASTBOURNE THEATRE [
01323 412000 ]
28th
February - 4th March -
CIVIC THEATRE, DARLINGTON
[ 01325 486 555 ]
7th
- 11th March - SWAN
THEATRE, HIGH WYCOMBE [
01494 512000 ]
14th
- 18th March - THEATRE
ROYAL, GLASGOW [ 0141 240
1133 ]
28th
March - 1st April - GRAND
THEATRE, WOLVERHAMPTON [
01962 429 212 ]
Touring
the UK in Spring 2006,
this fresh, stylish
production is directed by
Bill Bryden, best known
for his landmark
production of 'The
Mysteries' at the
National Theatre which
won an Olivier, Evening
Standard and Variety
Award for Best Director.
Joining
a talented young cast are
Su Pollard as The Nurse
and Gerald Harper as
Friar Laurence, both
highly regarded stage
actors whose television
credits include
'Hi-De-Hi!' and
'Hadleigh'.
|
January
14, 2006: 'Snow White
& The Seven Dwarfs' |
Snow White
& the Seven Dwarfs,
Su's panto for Christmas
2005, is done and
dusted, Su thanks
everyone who took the
time to go along to a
perfromance. the show was
a rip-roaring sucess! |
January
14, 2006:
'Hi-De-Hi!' & 'You
Rang?' Double Bills!! |
The UKTV Drama
channel is treating
comedy fans to a double
bill of Hi-De-Hi! and
You Rang, M'Lord?
every mid-morning this
coming week. Please
check your listings and
set your viseos/hard
drives or Sky + to make
sure you don't miss out.
|
January
4, 2005: Confirmed 'You
Rang, M'Lord?' DVD
artwork |
Here is
the confirmed artwork for
the, long awaited, You
Rang, M'Lord?
Complete Series One DVD.
As you can see the from
the cover this does,
indeed, include the Pilot
Episode.
The DVD is
available to buy from
Monday 6th February 2006.
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