There's now just
four days to go until the start
of the Annie tour.
Su, David and the Annie
company have been busy rehearsing
for the past fortnight. They open
at the Theatre Royal, Lincoln on
Thursday for a three day run of
performances.
1 - 3
September • Theatre Royal,
Lincoln
Box Office: 01522 519999 • Website
Please check back to Su Online
later in the week when our new
"Celebrating Su as
Miss Hannigan"
section will go live. A
collective tribute to Su making
the character her own, her final Annie
tour and Su Online's 11th
birthday!
View further info on the new
tour, full dates and links to buy
tickets, here. Please also keep
an eye on the official Annie
tour Twitter for latest updates.
.Su on
TV: Little Robots
Sunday
28th August, 2011
Television
Little
Robots : BBC2 - Sunday 4th
September : 6.00am Where's Teddy?
Stop-frame animation about Tiny
and his Little Robot friends, who
create their own world from the
scrapheap on which they find
themselves abandoned. Stripy
loses Teddy and everyone joins in
the search.
.Su
Guesting on BBC Radio
Manchester/Lancashire TONIGHT!
Wednesday
24th August, 2011
Radio
Interview
Su is guesting on The
John Barnes Show tonight on
'BBC Radio Manchester' and 'BBC
Radio Lancashire'. John's show
airs on both stations
simultaneously.
John Barnes: 10.00pm -
1.00am Su Pollard: Famous for
playing Peggy in Hi Di Hi,
actress Su Pollard is John
Barnes' guest.
Listen online here. The full show will
be available to listen to at BBC iPlayer after it airs.
.Telegraph
& Argus: Star Turn: From
Peggy To Annie in Bradford
Wednesday
24th August, 2011
Interview
An interview with
Su, from Bradford's 'Telegraph
& Argus', published at the
beginning of the month.
Actress's long and varied
career
Su Pollard was the first –
and possibly only – woman to
sing Ava Maria in hotpants in a
working men’s club.
On Opportunity Knocks she sang
I’m Just A Girl Who
Can’t Say No, and came
runner-up to a performing dog.
So when she says she’s had
more embarrassing moments in her
career than most people have had
hot dinners, I’m inclined to
believe her.
This was the girl whose first
taste of the spotlight was
standing on a box, aged six, to
announce the arrival of the Angel
Gabriel in the school nativity
play. She fell straight through
the box, the audience howled with
laughter and Su has been hooked
on entertaining audiences ever
since.
She returns to Bradford this
summer, starring in
rags-to-riches musical Annie.
• Read the full interview at
the 'Telegraph & Argus'
website, here.
.This is
Lincolnshire: 'It All Started
When I Fell Through A Box On
Stage'
Friday
19th August, 2011
Interview
Su Pollard's first
adventure into acting gave her
not only a taste for the
profession but also the thrill of
getting a laugh from an audience.
Just six at the time, Su was
playing an angel in the school
nativity play. When she stood on
a box to announce the arrival of
Angel Gabriel, Su fell through
the top.
"The director wanted me to
stand on it as a makeshift
platform," she says. "I
was the Angel Gabriel's
messenger, but my foot went
through the lid.
"I just ad-libbed,"
says Su – quite brave for
someone so young.
Su remembers the audience
laughing, but knew they weren't
being unkind. It gave her a buzz
that stuck.
"I'm sure that was the start
of it," she says. "I
thought 'I could take to
this'."
• Read the full interview at
the 'This is Lincolnshire'
website, here.
.Love
Lincoln: Meets Su Pollard
Friday
19th August, 2011
Interview
Su Pollard chats
to LoveLincoln.co.uk about her
upcoming show Annie, landing on
the stage of the Lincoln Theatre
Royal on the 1st September.
How does it feel to be
starring in Annie – one of
the best-known musicals –
for the last time? Why do you
think it’s so popular?
I’m just so happy to have
been in a show that brings a lot
of warmth to people. Annie is a
story of hope which appeals to
everyone I think.
It’s popular for lots of
reasons in my opinion. It’s
full of great numbers and
interesting characters – the
list is endless. The dog Danny
who plays Sandy in our show is
great too, a real crowd pleaser.
People love him!
• Read the full interview at
the 'Love Lincoln' website, here.
.Bury
Free Press: TV Stars Celebrate
Milestone
Friday
19th August, 2011
Press
Clips
A glamorous
star-studded event was held at
the Honington home of Dad’s
Army writer David Croft at the
weekend.
More than 150 guests attended the
party at Honington Hall on
Saturday which was organised to
celebrate 35 years of Mr
Croft’s television
production company, Worldwide
Theatrix Ltd - thought to be one
of the oldest still in existence.
Ann Croft, David’s wife,
said: “It was a marvellous
party and went extremely well. I
have thrown a lot of parties and
I think it’s probably one of
the best.”
The party, which had a 1930s
theme, treated guests to food,
drink, live music and fireworks.
Mayor of St Edmundsbury, Cllr
Christopher Spicer, joined a
guest list of friends, family and
stars, including Su Pollard,
Amanda Donohoe, Jimmy Perry and
Ian Lavender.
Writer and producer David Croft,
89, is famed for creating
Dad’s Army, Are You Being
Served? and ‘Allo
‘Allo.
.Suite
101: Interview with Actor,
Michael Knowles
Friday
19th August, 2011
Interview
An interesting new
interview with, It Ain't Half
Hot, Mum, legend and Su's
longtime friend, Michael Knowles
has just been published by 'Suite
101'.
The RADA graduate who worked with
writer, David Croft, on a variety
of projects talks to Suite 101
about the man and gives his views
on the comedy of today.
Captain Ashwood in It Ain't Half
Hot Mum and The Honourable Teddy
Meldrum in You Rang M'Lord? -
these are two of the characters
portrayed by the
seventy-something actor for which
he will always be remembered.
After early stints on Dad's Army
and Are You Being Served?, David
Croft entrusted Michael Knowles
to step into the breach and take
on key roles in two of his
greatest sitcoms.
• Read the full interview at
the 'Suite 101' website, here. They also
interviewed Oh Dr Beeching! co-creator,
Richard Spendlove last year too.
Read that here.
.Newark
Advertiser: Annie Stages Its Last
Tour
Thursday
18th August, 2011
Interview
One of the most
successful musicals of all time
is back on tour for the last
time. The timeless tale of Little
Orphan Annie returns to the
Theatre Royal, Lincoln, from
Thursday, September 1 to
Saturday, September 3, presented
by Chris Moreno, as part of its
final tour.
This production sees Su Pollard
return to her role as the cruel
and crooked Miss Hannigan and
David McAlister as Daddy
Warbucks.
Su, who became a household name
after starring in the hit
comedies Hi-de-Hi and You Rang
M’Lord, said she was looking
forward to returning to Lincoln
as this is where she first
performed as Miss Hannigan.
She said: “Producer Chris
Moreno first asked me to play the
role seven years ago and I took
over from Ruth Madoc. I was then
asked to reprise the role two
years ago and again for the last
tour as Chris’s rights to
produce the play finally run out.
• Read the full interview at
the 'Newark Advertiser' website, here.
.Messenger:
Su Pollard Talks About Playing
Annie At The Palace
Thursday
18th August, 2011
Interview
It doesn’t seem
23 years since Su Pollard last
played Hi-de-Hi’s Peggy, the
chambermaid, whose uniform she
still keeps. Unbelievably,
she’s about to play Miss
Hannigan in Annie for the fifth
time in seven years on the
musical’s final tour.
"It’s nice to do
acting, nice to have fun and nice
to dance even at my age,"
she says. "A good
choreographer will design
movements to suit you."
She believes being Peggy has
helped her get other parts - even
Shakespeare. Five years ago she
played nurse in Romeo and Juliet.
"If it wasn’t for
Peggy, I wouldn’t have my
lovely house or the work I have
done since,” says the bubbly
mistress of stage and screen. If
every new character you play is
believable, people will forget
Peggy."
• Read the full interview at
the 'Messenger' website, here.
.This
Morning: Screen Captures
Tuesday
16th August, 2011
Television
As
previously mentioned, Su guested
on This Morning last
Friday. She joined Matt Evers of Dancing
On Ice to chat about the fun
topics included in that day's
newspapers, with guest hosts
Colleen Nolan and Paddy
McGuinness. Please click on our
screen captures for larger
versions.
.This
Morning: Watch Online At 'ITV
Player'
Tuesday
16th August, 2011
Television
Friday's This
Morning, including a guest
apppearance from Su, is available
to watch at 'ITV Player'. It will
only remain online for the next
three days so please catch it
while you can.
.The
Lincolnite: Su Pollard Lights Up
Lincoln’s Stage
Saturday
13th August, 2011
Interview
A great new
interview with Su, from 'The
Lincolnite', published yesterday.
Su Pollard of Hi-de-Hi!
fame returns to Lincoln this
September to reprise her role as
Miss Hannigan in the hit musical
Annie.
The show kicks off a four-month
tour on September 1 at
Lincoln’s Theatre Royal
where Pollard will be treading
the boards as the devious Miss
Hannigan for the final time,
having played the character for
the best part of a decade.
Pollard is no stranger to
Lincoln, having performed here on
numerous occasions.
“I’ve been here loads.
I’ve been coming to Lincoln
probably since about 1974. For me
it’s changed so much for the
better. They’ve made it
really pretty.
“Of course there’s a
fantastic university and I love
the shops. I’ve always loved
the Bailgate. They seem to have
spent a lot of money around
Lincoln. The people are always
great. They say ‘eh up
duck’.”
• Read the full interview at
'The Lincolnite' website, here.
.Su on
TV: This Morning
Saturday
13th August, 2011
Television
Su guested on
yesterday's edition of This
Morning on ITV1.
Unfortunately we couldn't bring
you details on this beforehand.
However, do check back soon for
some screen caps from Su's
appearance.
The programme should also be
available to watch soon at ITV Player, and Su may
possibly feature in one of This
Morning's weekend highlights
shows on ITV1.
.Telegraph
& Argus: TV Star Su Pollard
Visits Stage 84
Friday
12th August, 2011
Press
Clips
Actress Su Pollard,
who will star in rags-to-riches
musical Annie at the Alhambra
Theatre, met these young actors
who will join her in the
production.
Nine young pupils at the Stage 84
performing arts school in Idle
will play orphans in the show,
under the watchful eye of the
Hi-De-Hi actress’s dastardly
Miss Hannigan.
Annie runs at the Alhambra from
September 6 to 10. For tickets,
ring (01274) 432000.
• View the full article at
the 'Telegraph & Argus'
website, here.
.Su To
Record 'Tallulahballoo' for '
There's Something About You' CD
Sunday
7th August, 2011
Music
Su will be guesting
on Richard Kates' forthcoming new
album 'There's Something About
You: More Words And Music Of
Richard Kates', performing the
track 'Tallulahballoo'.
Richard's latest album will be
released later this year, and
features more West End stars
singing 13 brand new songs.
As well as Su, others include
Lynda Baron, Jessica Martin,
Craig Revel Horwood and Lucy
Benjamin.
Su previously guested on
Richard's 1995 album ' Among
Friends: The Words And Music Of
Richard Kates', performing the
song 'I Wanna Be In London'.
View some fantastic
footage of Su, in fine voice, at
her first rehearsal for
'Tallulahballoo' over at 'You
Tube'. Please click on the screen
caps below for larger versions.
.Su on
TV: Daily Cooks Challenge
Sunday
7th August, 2011
Television
ITV's Daily
Cooks Challenge which
featured Su re-airs again later
this month on ITV3. This was
originally broadcast on ITV1
August 2009.
Daily Cooks Challenge :
ITV3 - Thursday 18th August :
4.05pm
Daily Cooks Challenge : ITV3 +1 -
Thursday 18th August : 5.05pm
Gino D'Acampo and Jo Pratt
compete to impress actress and
presenter Su Pollard with their
menu of crispy tarragon chicken
and calves' liver with rosemary
and garlic sauce. Antony Worrall
Thompson hosts. Also airing on
ITV3 HD.
.Loose
Women: Screen Captures
Thursday
4th August, 2011
Television
A selection of
screen captures from Su's Loose
Women interview, which aired
earlier today.
This was, yet another, fun filled
and fantastic guest appearance
from Su. She arrived to the
audience chant of "Su!, Su!,
Su!" and is surely one of
the ITV show's most popular
visitors?
Su chatted about Annie, Benidorm,
and working on putting her
one-woman-show back on the road
next year. Su rounded off her
guest slot by giving a mini, 30
second, makeover to a very under
dressed man, amidst more chants
of "Su!".
Please click on the caps for
larger versions. This edition of Loose
Women will be repeated on
ITV2 tomorrow morning and may
also be available on the ITV
Player.
Loose Women : ITV2 -
Friday 5th August : 7.15am
Topical debate from a female
perspective. Su Pollard joins
Kate Thornton, Denise Welch,
Carol McGiffin and Lynda
Bellingham to chat about current
events this lunchtime. (Also
airing on ITV2 +1 at 8.15am).
.Su on
TV: Loose Women - Tomorrow!
Wednesday
3rd August, 2011
Television
Further to Monday's
news update on Su guesting on Loose
Women, we can now confirm
that she will be appearing on
tomorrow's show. This airs at
12.30pm on ITV1, with repeats on
ITV2 later in the day and next
morning (full times and details
below).
Loose Women : ITV1 - Thu
4th Aug : 12.30pm
Loose Women : ITV2 - Thu 4th Aug
: 4.40pm
Loose Women : ITV2 - Fri 5th Aug
: 7.15am
Topical debate from a female
perspective. Su Pollard joins
Kate Thornton, Denise Welch,
Carol McGiffin and Lynda
Bellingham to chat about current
events this lunchtime. (Also
airing on the respective +1
channels).
.Su
Newsy Bits & Pieces!
Wednesday
3rd August, 2011
Newsy
Bits
• Little
Theatre Company's Hi-de-Hi!
had a successful week's run at
the Brewhouse, Burton upon Trent
last month. Elaine Pritchard, at www.badac.org, said :
"Little Theatre Company
has won support from comedy
writer David Croft ahead of
tonight’s opening of their
production of the stage version
of his television classic
Hi-De-Hi.
David Croft (who also co-wrote
Dad’s Army and ‘Allo
‘Allo which Little Theatre
Company have previously
performed) spotted details of the
show on the social network
“Twitter” and has been
“re-tweeting” it to his
followers.
A few weeks ago the company
received a personal ‘break a
leg’ message from actress Su
Pollard who found fame playing
chalet maid Peggy."
• Su recently attended the
Press Night of Bewitched,
Bothered and Bewildered at
the Jermyn Street Theatre,
London. The show runs until 13th
August.
• The latest series of Celebrity
Big Brother launches later
this month on Channel Five.
Various websites and forums have
already went into overdrive on
who will be appearing and, as
always happens, there is much
mention of Su being a celebrity
housemate... Su will soon begin
rehearsals for Annie's
UK tour which opens at the
beginning of September, so unless
she can be in two places at the
one time...
.Su on
TV: Loose Women
Monday
1st August, 2011
Television
Su is scheduled to
guest on ITV1's Loose Women
at some point this week. The show
airs each weekday lunchtime at
12.30pm.
Su's Loose Women
interviews are always highly
entertaining so please do tune
in, or record, each day if you
don't want to miss her. Apologies
that we can't bring you the
specific day.
This will be Su's first visit to
the Loose Women studios
for around a year.
Loose Women
: ITV1 - Weekdays : 12.30pm
Join the Loose Ladies for some
fiery non-stop lunchtime chat and
fun, with celebrity guests every
day.
There's now just
four days to go until the start
of the Annie tour.
Su guested on
yesterday's edition of This
Morning on ITV1.
Su will be guesting
on Richard Kates' forthcoming new
album 'There's Something About
You: More Words And Music Of
Richard Kates', performing the
track 'Tallulahballoo'.
ITV's Daily
Cooks Challenge which
featured Su re-airs again later
this month on ITV3. This was
originally broadcast on ITV1
August 2009.
A selection of
screen captures from Su's Loose
Women interview, which aired
earlier today.
Further to Monday's
news update on Su guesting on Loose
Women, we can now confirm
that she will be appearing on
tomorrow's show. This airs at
12.30pm on ITV1, with repeats on
ITV2 later in the day and next
morning (full times and details
below).
Su is scheduled to
guest on ITV1's Loose Women
at some point this week. The show
airs each weekday lunchtime at
12.30pm.