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Singer-songwriter Rita Ora joins the judging panel for this year’s contest as more talented hopefuls try to bag an album deal. Buy some popcorn and put your feet up – it’s sure to be an entertaining ride. It starts on BBC1 at 7pm tonight.

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Be the first to catch the snowdrop display at Painswick Rococo Garden which opens its doors to the public today from 11am to 5pm.

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Sydney Harbour is the spectacular setting for Puccini’s infamous opera with a giant sun set to rise from the water to hang above the stage. Watch it live at The Roses in Tewkesbury from 3pm today.

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Feeling a little bodyconscious after the festive period? We pick out shapewear designs to disguise those extra pounds. P13-17

Shape up for the new year by following The Jockey Diet with recipes designed by the Professional Jockeys Association nutrition team. Champion rider Frankie Dettori shares his low-calorie Chinese noodle dish which clocks in at a guilt-free 300 calories. P19-21

This month marks the start of the potato season in Gloucestershire with one nursery in Cheltenham leading the way. We find out what to expect from the annual festival which is a homage to the humble spud. Plus, ring the changes with new hues in your home. P29-34

Herring may be an underrated fish but one man in Wotton-underEdge is on a mission to make sure it doesn’t stay that way for long. P23-27

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Stephen Sondheim’s musical Into the Woods looks to be a big hit at the box office. We chat to James Corden about what’s in store. P49-52

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H Who are we? Weekend magazine is published every Saturday by the Gloucester Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo newspapers, part of the Local World stable. Editor Tanya Gledhill Deputy Editor Lucy Parford lucy.parford@glosmedia.co.uk 01242 278065

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ANDS up if you’re feeling a little guilty at this time of year? You’re not alone. In the Weekend office – usually an Aladdin’s cave of sweet treats – some of us are trying to go cold turkey where sugar is concerned. It’s not going too badly either, aside from the odd piece of chocolate here and there. We like to think of it as a gradual process. My mother must have tried every diet going for the past 20 years in her quest to lose a few extra pounds. But it’s only recently – having discovered the ever popular Fast Diet – that she has finally settled on a formula that really works for her. And that’s the thing I guess. It’s about finding a plan that will work for you in the long-term and won’t have you scrabbling around in the bottom of the Roses tin by day three. Sadly, we’ve all been there. In this week’s edition, we’ve got

@WeekendGlos plenty to help you shape up for spring. Top jockeys help us to shed the extra pounds by sharing their favourite recipes for caloriecontrolled meals. If you’re feeling a little body conscious then we’ve got plenty of fashion cheats that will disguise those extra pounds and there’s a chance to win a treatment at Costwold Lipo Ice which will help you get rid of stubborn fat cells for good. In our big interview we chat to Cheltenham Ladies’ College principal Eve Jardine-Young and catch up with one of its former pupils, Tatler editor Kate Reardon. I’ll be taking the hot seat while Tanya and Lucy are on maternity leave, so do feel free to get in touch. Have a great weekend. Jonathan Whiley, Acting Editor weekend@glosmedia.co.uk 01242 278072

This issue’s contributors were asked: What did you want to be when you were growing up?

Eve Jardine-Young

James Corden

Kate Reardon

Sue Bradley

Kate Parker

Cheltenham Ladies’ College principal Eve wanted to be an author but decided otherwise. “It was the pure pragmatism of thinking I wanted to be financially independent and selfsufficient,” she says. “I felt writing might be a luxury I could indulge in later in life but in the meantime I felt I should probably try and make sure I’m employable.”

“When I was 17 and I was in theatre show Martin Guerre,” says James, who this week chats about his new film, Into the Woods. “It was my first ever job. I was at the back of the chorus and I thought, ‘Oh my god, I’ve just done it. I’ve made it. I’m doing it‘,” he recalls. “If somebody had told that kid that I’d write a sitcom that would be so beloved, and be in plays, what more can I really wish and hope for?“

“If I couldn’t be an international three-day eventer like Lucinda Prior Palmer, I wanted to go into fashion and magazines,” saysTatler editor Kate who opens up about her time at Cheltenham Ladies’ College in this week’s edition. “It worked out quite nicely for me.”

“I used to love Blue Peter and it was my secret ambition to be one of its presenters and work with John Noakes and Peter Purves,” says Sue, who writes this week’s food feature. “When nobody was watching I used to pretend I was talking viewers through the complexities of baking cakes or creating weird and wonderful models using Fairy Liquid bottles and sticky-back plastic.”

“I remember telling my parents that Carol and I from school were going to be nurses,” says personal shopper Kate. “They thought it was the funniest thing they’d ever heard as I was always squeamish around blood. My family still tell me to ‘put my stethoscope away’ if anyone has an ailment, as I will always try and diagnose it for them. “Must have been the nurse’s outfit they bought me as a child.”

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OLLY gosh! The last thing I expect to discuss with the principal of Cheltenham Ladies’ College is pornography, but here we are merrily chatting about erotic novels over tea and fig rolls. I’m almost blushing. Refreshingly, no topic seems off limits with Eve Jardine-Young. I anticipate someone prim and proper and yes, that’s exactly what I discover, but what I didn’t count on was someone quite so warm, friendly and genuine. She doesn’t take herself too seriously either which means – thank God – she’s more open than you might expect for someone in such a position of authority. So here we are talking about Fifty Shades of Grey as if it’s the weather – which since you ask, is sunny but frightfully chilly. Eve hasn’t read any of the EL James books and certainly won’t be picking up a copy anytime soon. “When I was growing up Lady Chatterley’s Lover was the book, it was the sort of thing people were trying to put brown paper covers on,” she says in a hoarse voice beset by laryngitis. “I hope they (the pupils) don’t read Fifty Shades. I refuse to read it on principle. I could only vaguely tell you what it involves.” We have stumbled upon this particular topic of conversation via a series of rabbit holes – gender inequality, her childhood ambition to become an author and a rather bizarre anecdote involving topless women (more on that later). In truth, it’s all a little surreal. We’re sitting in Eve’s office which in truth, is more like a hotel suite with two rooms separated by a set of double doors. A high-backed white chair sits at her desk in the corner of the room overlooking the grounds and there’s a large bookcase with an eclectic selection of titles including a rather large book on Nelson Mandela. Half-an-hour before, Eve greeted me with a warm welcome and apologised for her voice – or rather lack of it – before ushering me towards two small sofas and a table with a pot of tea and plate full of fig rolls and shortbread. She’s dressed in a pinstriped suit and striking pink shoes and her hair is tied back in a businesslike manner. In short, she looks and acts, exactly as you might expect the head of one of the leading independent boarding schools in the country. She took over as principal in 2011 and it marked a return to the grounds where she spent two years as a sixth form pupil. Did she feel worried about coming back? “Gosh (she says that often) that’s a good question,” she says pouring the tea. “It certainly was a consideration when I was applying for the job; is it ever healthy in life to go backwards? “But I think the school had such a positive effect on the rest of my life that I was very happy and grateful for the education I received. “Enough time had passed that I wasn’t going to try and recreate the past nostalgically and it meant I was able to start off knowing my way around and I think that made it easier.” That said, she admits that the weight of history – not to mention the roll call of past pupils, the fees of up to £10,000 a term and its reputation as the girls’ Eton – creates pressure.

“You’re very aware that you’re roll. “You had to wear a skirt above being trusted with the stewardship the knee and boys couldn’t have long of something and that lots of people hair that touched their shoulders. are stakeholders in what they think “You would be arrested in the street the school stands for,” she says. if you were not dressed appropriately.” “You don’t want to be the person Eve said her parents took a lot of on whose watch things go wrong.” the strain and as a child she felt safe. So what does the school stand “People tended to co-operate so it was for? She’s quick to point that “it’s safe and quite relaxed but just beneath actually a very unpretentious the surface there was this very clear place” before revealingly adding “I expectation of your behaviour,” she says. don’t know what the image of the Did she ever rebel? “I didn’t. They were school is like in people’s minds.” pretty quick to crack down on anyone That image – and there’s no getting who tried to push the boundaries. away from it – is posh and privileged. “They actually had a barber at the “I guess there’s things like St Trinian’s airport so that hippy hitchhikers with [the film] where Cheltenham Ladies’ ponytails would be offered a choice.” College features as the opposition, Censorship of the press was such sort of awful girls with jolly hockey that every single printed matter sticks and lacking a sense of that featured pictures of people in humour,” the 43-year-old concedes. swimming suits and bikinis, would be “But the reality then and I hope now, censored before it reached the shops. is that the girls are really grounded.” “I grew up in a little bit of a time warp Surely the image of the college in a sense,” Eve says. “I lived without is important though? TV or mass media. You made your own “Gosh. Working out what that image entertainment; people used to socialise, is is the really important starting point,” you would know all your neighbours she says. “If you think it’s something and would have meals with your family.” and try to change it and you’re wrong “Now I work in boarding schools, you’ve set about on the wrong journey.” there is that great opportunity that the Almost 20 minutes has passed and girls have to get to know people if the latter sentence is the first evidence they come off their screens; make of a stammer. Eve stutters on the word some incredible friendships ‘set’ but doesn’t acknowledge it. She and learn how to relate stutters at least half a dozen more times to other people.” during the remainder of the interview, As a shy girl leading each time continuing unflustered. something of a “What I would hope for, with sheltered life, all school and institutions, is coming to honesty and transparency,” she Britain to says. “There’s no space in the study at the clergy or in politics, for cover-ups. college – It always comes out in the end.” she was Born in Malawi, Eve’s assertion given a of her formative years “as an unusual experience” is something of an understatement. In the 1960s the country became independent and a single party state with no elections was soon established. The president trained in Edinburgh as a doctor and returned to Malawi to lead his country. “He had been in Britain in the 1960s where it was flower power and peace and love and very liberal in terms of the behaviour of society,” Eve says. “He felt very strongly that he had a self-imposed moral obligation to protect his people and his country from the moral degeneracy that accompanies such behaviour.” There were significant controls over the press and a very strict dress code. “As a girl you couldn’t wear trousers in public,” Eve says, reaching for a fig

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I remember being dropped off with my little suitcase. School didn’t open for another day and so I had to stay overnight at The Carlton Hotel where Hotel du Vin is now Eve Jardine-Young

scholarship – proved something was a very “male-dominated dominated by men? I figure it must of a culture shock. environment.” be a concern, given the fact the “I remember Top of the Pops and “When I was working in the Ladies’ College is the fifth biggest Free Nelson Mandela,” she says. “It engineering and construction employer in Cheltenham (nearly was extraordinary; it was like coming industry these were the days in the 600 people on the payroll). into a stadium filled with noise.” 1990s there was a lot of pornography “The girls themselves are very Her mother – a teacher – in all the building sites,” she says. interested in this aspect,” she says, taught her English A-level in “There was lots of topless pouring me a second cup of tea. a year but despite praise for calendars and very few people “They hear what’s in the media her writing, Eve abandoned the spoke to me for weeks. There were and they think about it quite a lot. idea of becoming an author. no female engineers at the time.” In our history of the school we’ve Instead, she followed in Did she feel objectified? She pauses. had quite a large number of girls the footsteps of her dad – an “Probably. If I’m really honest in who have been pioneers so that’s engineer – and used her time at that particular situation, I was in the psyche of the school already the college as her platform. English and I was in Scotland and and the girls do feel that sense of “I remember being dropped off by I came out of Cheltenham Ladies’ confidence that they can do that. my family with my little suitcase,” College which they perceived to “I’m interested in this debate about she recalls. “School didn’t open be a bit posh and aloof. They gave the sticky floor and glass ceiling. Is for another day and so I had to me a wide berth.” I ask her how it that women are being prevented stay overnight at The Carlton she felt about being around the from doing things or is it that they Hotel where Hotel du Vin is now. images and she laughs nervously. don’t put themselves forward?” “I remember at that time this huge “Oh God,” she says. “I’m She’s against the idea of quotas sense of excitement and possibility trusting you not to write scary – “tokenism” – and instead suggests of what the future might hold.” things. I felt quite strongly that it that it’s about creating confidence In the 1990s, Eve trained as a was bad manners and quite rude. in young girls to open a dialogue. structural engineer and spent a “I was working late one night “If you have a young family and gap year in Scotland and I walked to the coffee machine, one of you needs to stop and take in what she they’d all gone home, and I was care of it, the one on the lower admits thinking ‘this is all wrong’. salary is going to be the most likely “I went around with a big black pen one for the benefit of the family. and I actually put tops on everybody. “If there is a pay gap and that They freaked out; they went nuts. is against women that is going to One of them was so upset that exacerbate the existing stereotype.” I had ruined his calendar Eve lives on the college site with that I bought him a her husband – a principal house is Scottish field sort of always provided for every head – and Countryfile calendar in her spare time she enjoys reading to replace it. He and gardening and keeps tabs on was furious.” what the girls like (Twilight). How does she At the minute she’s working feel about her way through a box set of The the gender West Wing as well as Danish TV pay gap series, Borgen – fittingly about the and the empowerment of a woman in the idea of role of Danish prime minister. the top Most recently though she’s been jobs tuning into Gogglebox on her sisterbeing in-law’s recommendation. “Gosh, it’s utterly bizarre,” she says. The director of marketing, Dragana, reappears to let us know our hour is almost up – which leaves just one last question. What would Eve say to those who believe the school – with its school trips to Borneo and NASA and plays directed by the likes of Keira Knightley’s mother – is too posh for its own good? Her eyes narrow. “I’d say please come and spend some time with us and then have a conversation with us after that. I hope we’re not.” Gosh, I think to myself, she might just be on to something.

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Kristen Scott Thomas, 54: The award-winning actress has just been made a dame in the New Year’s Honours list. She won a BAFTA as best supporting actress for her role in Four Weddings and A Funeral and was nominated for a Golden Globe and Oscar for her role in The English Patient. Katherine Hamnett, 67: English fashion designer best known for her political T-shirts and ethical business philosophy. The oversized T-shirts with large block letter slogans were launched in 1983 and worn by many prominent figures in music, including Wham! and Roger Taylor of Queen. Nicola Horlick, 54: British investment fund manager, nicknamed “Superwoman” in the media for balancing her high-flying finance career with bringing up six children. Amanda Wakeley, 52: British fashion designer best known for her glamorous evening and cocktail dresses. Her designs are worn by the likes of Angelina Jolie, Helen Mirren and the Duchess of Cambridge. Rosie Boycott, 63: British journalist and feminist. She co-founded the feminist magazine Spare Rib in 1971 and has since edited several national newspapers, including The Independent and Daily Express. Tamara Beckwith, 44: British celebrity, TV star, and gallerist. She has appeared on many TV shows as guest and presenter and runs a photography gallery in Chelsea. Gareth Peirce, 74: Defence lawyer best known for her work and advocacy in high-profile cases involving miscarriages of justice. She represented the Guildford Four and Birmingham Six, as well as the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was misidentified and shot dead by police two weeks after the July 7 London bombings.

Cheltenham Ladies' College has a glittering roll call of past pupils, including Tatler editor Kate Reardon. HELEN BLOW asked her about her school days Picture: Dan Burn-Forti

S a pupil at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Tatler editor Kate Reardon admits she wasn’t the best-behaved child on the school roll. “I was nearly expelled for piercing the ears of other girls and charging for it,” the 46-year-old revealed as she reminisced about her school days. “I also ran a hair cutting service with no previous experience whatsoever. These days I expect I would be sued by their parents. “As it was, my parents were summoned to make the 200mile round trip from London a couple of times because of my behaviour.” Thirty years later Kate can look back and appreciate the enviable opportunity she was given at one of the UK’s top public schools. But when she was sent there at the age of 11, she was far from Kate, centre, with her staff at Tatler happy at being away from her London home and her parents. “I was quite homesick during my first year or so,” she admitted. “I had been living in London, catching the bus to school on my own from the age of eight and suddenly I was transported 100 miles to a place where, probably quite rightly, we weren’t even allowed to boil a kettle. It was a huge culture shock and I resented the teachers for having down from London every so often to take me such control over my life and taking away my out to tea at the Queen’s Hotel and then send independence. me back to school with a tuck box crammed “But although I wasn’t sensationally full of pure sugar. happy there, the quality of education was “Although I can’t say it was my favourite unsurpassed and, as an adult, I find myself place, I wouldn’t say it scarred me or anything extremely proud to have been a pupil. and once I’d settled in I had great friends.” “I would even go so far as to say I feel quite Kate admits that while her time there stood smug when I tell people I went to CLC. It is her in great stead for her future career, it the most fantastically impressive school, with didn’t help quite so much with life in general. amazing facilities and opportunities.” “CLC prepared me for the rest of my Kate took over as editor of Tatler in 2010 life in the sense that it gave me immense and was at the helm when the BBC cameras confidence and that is the greatest gift you recently went behind the scenes of the society can give a child,” she said. “It made me feel I magazine as part of their Posh People series. could go after anything I wanted; it was very Kate remained at CLC for five years, passing empowering for girls. a decent clutch of O’levels, before moving to “However it didn’t really prepare me for the Stowe School in Buckinghamshire. social melting pot of real life. I had to work Her favourite memories are of being that one out for myself. allowed to get out of playing lacrosse twice a “When I left Cheltenham, I moved to Stowe week to go horse riding instead. School where there were about 60 girls to 600 “It was my passion and that was when I was boys. After five years at an all-girls school, I happiest,” she said. “My parents used to drive thought I’d died and gone to heaven.”

I was nearly expelled . . .

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SLIMLINE TONIC

Who wants to spend hours in the gym when we can whittle down your waist with some clever shapewear? Check out our slimline tricks.

SPOTTED ON THE STREET Have we spotted you out and about in Gloucestershire? We check out your style and find out what you’re wearing.

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BEAUTY The knit knack

Go-anywhere knitted dresses are a musthave for winter. Warm, comfortable and versatile, they tick all the boxes, worn over leggings or with jeans. This cable dress, left, is £98 from Celtic & Co or for a sleeker look, the supersoft slouch dress is £95. Visit celticandco.co.uk

Being a jockey means watching your weight, so who better to come up with healthy recipes than some of our top sports stars.

Bobbi’s makeover Give your make-up bag a clearout and replace old products with the just launched FaceTouch Up Palette from Bobbi Brown. It includes the best-selling corrector, creamy concealer, sheer finish pressed powder and the skin foundation stick. Available in 15 shades, it’s £29 from Cavendish House, Cheltenham or visit bobbibrown.co.uk

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Move over Radiant Orchid, you’re so 2014.The Pantone Colour Institute has decreed that the colour for this year is Marsala, a rusty reddy-brown they say “embodies the satisfying richness of a fulfilling meal”. Dulux has declared that 2015’s top tint is the not dissimilar Copper Blush. ■ Phase Eight’s Beatrix boucle coat is on trend, now £65, reduced from £160 at phaseeight.com

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Eriko, 21, studies tourism in Gloucestershire University. he said: “My style is casual but I try to be smart to go to university. I’m wearing my smartest pair of shoes, which I bought in Japan.

Simple and elegant jersey dress, the perfect day piece from £30, sizes 12-26, at marisota.co.uk

“All the clothes I am wearing today are from my country, except my trousers which are H&M. I am inspired by celebrities, I like Ariana Grand’s style.”

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Lauren, 20, a student, likes to vary her style. “One day I’ll be grungy the other day I’ll be more girly. “I always wear trainers though, I hate heels. “I really like Kim Kardashian’s style and Rihanna is quite stylish too. “I am wearing a Topshop faux fur coat and jeans, a Miss Selfridge jumper and Converse trainers.”

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Andrew, 60, works in the steel business. He said: “My style is modern classic. I usually shop in London, where I’ll find all my favourite brands. I’m colour-blind so I stick to blacks, blues, whites … “I’m wearing Jacob Cohen jeans, my shoes are Russell & Bromley, my jacket is Holland Esquire and my shirt is from Cerruti.”

Eleanor Jennings

Eleanor, 23, works for estate agent Savills. She said: “I’m wearing my work clothes so they are quite smart. “I usually shop at Olive and sometimes in Topshop. “I’m wearing Russell & Bromley shoes, with Club Monaco trousers, Olive scarf, a French Connection beige coat , with a Fendi bag.”

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Do you dream of those elusive key pieces? Gloucestershire stylist and personal shopper KATE PARKER takes us back to basics

REAT basics are the cornerstone for any fully-functioning wardrobe. Those items that you can rely on, time and time again, to provide the perfect backdrop to your look. My personal shops focus on getting a client’s capsule wardrobe really working for them. We seek out those core pieces which suit their body’s silhouette, colouring and equally importantly – their lifestyle. Pieces that can easily be mixed and matched, dressed up or down. Magazine articles regularly try to convince us that we all need certain core items in our closets. These often comprise a trench mac, black trousers, white shirt, black dress, etc. But we might still be at a loss what to wear, because they aren’t our own key pieces. The answer to finding the foundation of your own wardrobe is to consider the following: ■ Does it suit my body shape? ■ Will it work for my lifestyle? ■ Does it flatter my colouring? ■ Does it fit my personality? Here I have chosen pieces for a contemporary lifestyle which could be worn casually or for smarter occasions. They include

some great items but they won’t all suit everyone – you need to be discerning. A pea coat, like this one above from Zara (reduced from £89.99 to £49.99), is a great modern day basic; as is a smart parka. Sales are the perfect opportunity to upscale your basics – the grey Marc by Marc Jacobs skinny jeans are from matchesfashion.com (£180 to £72). Hallhuber is a new brand to House of Fraser – available at Cavendish House, Cheltenham – and a source for great basics. The grey knitted dress (£119 to £79) can be worn with a statement necklace and heels, or with a shirt underneath and flat boots. The boat neck striped tee is £29. Kitten-heel ankle boots from Jigsaw (£149) are dressy enough to lift a look, but comfortable for running around in. The ‘two line’ necklace (Jigsaw, £49) would add polish to this navy three-quarter sleeve knit from Mint Velvet, £49. Reiterating my earlier point, this cropped double-breasted jacket from Zara (£49.99 to £29.99) could be the perfect ‘go to’ for a pear-shape, who needs to visually broaden and vertically divide up her long top half. It is, however, unlikely to work for her busty, short-bodied apple-shaped sister. Use January to edit and review the perfect basics for you. ■ kateparkerstyle.com

Thursday 29th January 2015

Richard Ward, GP at the Regency Clinic

Pilates, yoga, chiropody and massage are just some of the treatments on offer at one Cheltenham clinic. But now, in response to patient demand, it’s added the services of a resident GP. HELEN BLOW found out more

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HILE some people always turn to western medicine when they feel out of sorts, others swear by the benefits of alternative therapies to get them fighting fit. These days more doctors are offering complementary treatments alongside their surgeries, but one Cheltenham clinic has gone the other way. Regency Clinic offers a range of therapies, including chiropractic, massage and chiropody, but now it’s brought in Richard Ward as its resident GP. And as well as offering general surgeries, Richard specialises in skin conditions and cosmetic treatments. “Some people either haven’t got the time to make weekday doctors’ appointments or just want a bit more time to talk about any problems,” said Richard, who also works at a surgery in Wotton-under-Edge. “I can offer them that time and also deal with minor surgical procedures on moles, skin tags and so on. “I am also offering non-surgical cosmetic treatments such as Botox, fillers and skin peels, which are becoming more and more popular.” Clinic owner Rob Grace brought Richard in after patients complained about the long waits to see their GPs. “They were commenting on their frustrations at the long waits so we are delighted that Richard has joined our team,” he said. “We always strive to offer our patients the best possible care and having Richard with us further strengthens out healthcare team.” Richard, who offers patients 30-minute private appointments at the clinic, said: “It’s a pleasure to have time not only to listen and empathise with patients but also more time to examine and diagnose. “It’s very rewarding to know I have given my patient all the time they need, rather than being bound to a normal 10-minute slot.” He can also refer patients to treatment with the clinic therapists as well as vice versa, cutting out the usual long referral times.

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Richard studied medicine in London and then moved to Cheltenham to train as a surgeon. About 10 years ago he joined the Wotton-under-Edge surgery, where he works as an NHS GP during the week, holding his private clinics at Regency on Saturdays. He has a particular interest in cosmetic treatments, in which he will specialise at the Cheltenham clinic. “It seemed like a good way to make a difference and this way people know they are getting advice and treatment from a qualified doctor,” he said. “The benefits of working here means we can refer each other’s patients if they need extra treatment and I can also offer second opinions to people if they have already seen their normal doctor and want

another point of view. “Cosmetic treatments are becoming more and more normal and people aren’t so shy about talking about it with their friends. To be honest, I cannot meet the demand I have at the moment.” Richard is also very aware that many people want their treatment to look subtle. “You want people to see a difference so you look healthier and better but not so much that it looks obvious,” he said.“I would rather do a bit of work and then have the patient return later for more if they want it, rather than do it all at once.” ■ GP appointments are available at Regency Clinic on Saturdays. Ring 01242 222111 to book or visit www.regency-clinic.co.uk

Holistic Times Janie Whittemore brings news of events at the Isbourne Holistic Centre THIS week we’ll see the start of many new courses running for three, four or five-session blocks. If you are interested in discovering a new activity that will increase your wellbeing and motivation, we’ll have something for you with meditation, yoga, reiki, belly dance, tai chi and art classes to name but a few. OnThursday, you can Make a 2015 Mandala, a personal collage of images that you can build into a work of art to illustrate your desires for the coming year. When past students look back on what they created they are often delighted to see how, by focusing on their dreams, and creating a mandala they made magic happen. Would you like to do a little yoga but worry you are not fit enough to start? Wouldn’t it be a good idea to start helping your body to age gracefully? Even if you are not flexible, this weekly class will help you to move safely and with confidence, bringing suppleness back and improving posture and coordination.Yoga and Relaxation for Graceful Ageing is onThursdays at 10.30am. What do you think you can – or cannot – do physically? Yoga teacher Ruth White, student of the late BKS Iyengar, shares her experiences about our attitudes in this special talk, WidenYour Horizons throughYoga, on January 23 at 7pm. Numerology is the science, philosophy and psychology of numbers.You do not need to be a mathematican to know how to use it to gain valuable insight into your life and patterns of behaviour. Using a name and date of birth, Jaye Vickers considers numerology to be the most effective tool for self-development and transformation. Come along on Wednesday for the first of three sessions to understand why.

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Be a winner in the weight loss stakes – The Jockey Diet can help you shed pounds and stay healthy with meals between 300-500 calories. Try these recipes from top jockeys, prepared with the help of the Professional Jockeys Association nutrition team

Richard Johnson’s Pork and Cashew Stir Fry FAMOUSLY the onetime boyfriend of Zara Philips, Gloucestershire born and bred Richard is the second most successful jump jockey of all time. He has won more than 2,000 races, including several at the Cheltenham Festival. His Pork and Cashew Stir Fry has 500 calories and is a healthy meal for those watching their weight. Richard says: ‘’My wife and I enjoy this meal but I prefer to leave out the mushrooms.”

Ingredients Serves 1 2 tsp of vegetable oil 100g lean pork, cut into chunks 2 spring onions, chopped 5 large mushrooms 5 water chestnuts, sliced 50g unsalted cashew nuts

1 garlic clove, crushed 1 tbsp soy sauce 1 tbsp rice vinegar Pinch Chinese five spice powder

Method 1. Heat the oil in a wok or non-stick frying pan. 2. Add the pork and brown for three minutes. 3. Add the spring onions, mushrooms, water chestnuts and garlic. 4. Stir fry for a further three minutes. 5. Add the soy sauce, rice vinegar, cashew nuts and Chinese five spice powder. 6. Stir fry for a further two minutes. Cooking tip Water chestnuts can be bought in any supermarket in a tin.You will also find rice vinegar in most supermarkets in the Oriental cooking section. Serving suggestion Serve with a small portion of white boiled rice (three tablespoons).

Ryan Moore’s Fried Rice with Vegetables RYAN has been crowned champion jockey three times and last year was crowned the Longines World’s Best Jockey having ridden winners in seven different countries. At last year’s Cheltenham Festival his father, trainer Gary and brother, jump jockey Jamie landed the Queen Mother Champion Chase with Sire De Grugy. His recipe has just 300 calories per serving. Ryan says: “My partner is vegetarian and really loves this dish. “I sometimes add chicken or ham.”

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Serves 4 Spray olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 1 egg, lightly-beaten 1 green pepper, finely chopped 200g mushrooms, sliced ½ small cabbage, finelyshredded 1 large carrot, thinly-sliced 800g cooked white rice 1 tbsp chopped parsley Soy sauce to taste Method 1. Spray a non-stick pan with olive oil and heat. Add the egg and mix around to form a thin omelette congloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

Frankie Dettori’s Chinese Noodles with Beef and Green Beans

Richard Johnson’s pork and cashew stir-fry

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Jockey ■ For more details on The Jockey Diet, visit lovetheraces.com/ thejockeydiet/ It also includes tips on eating on the hoof for when you are travelling.

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sistency, turn once. 2. When cooked and set, turn out, cool and cut into thin strips. 3. Spray the pan again with oil and heat. 4. Add the onion and cook for two minutes. 5. Add the remaining vegetables and stir fry for a further two minutes or until softened. 6. Add the cooked rice and stir. 7. Add in parsley, the egg strips and season with soy sauce.

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If you’re prone to flu and colds at this time of year, you might like to try some manuka honey, famed for its antibacterial properties. This organic one from Daylesfrod Organic at Kingham, is thick with a punchy flavour – perfect drizzled on porridge.

Cooking tip Spray oils, from supermarkets, are a good way of saving calories. @WeekendGlos

FRANKIE Dettori has been crowned champion jockey three times and has many of the world’s biggest races to his name. His recipe has 300 calories. Serves 2 Ingredients 125g French beans 1 pack stir fry vegetables 150g ready cooked noodles 1 tbsp vegetable oil 150g lean rump steak, cut into small strips 2 tsp horseradish sauce 1 tbsp soy sauce Method 1. Boil the beans in salted water for about 10 minutes and set aside. 2. Heat the oil in a wok or large nonstick frying pan, add the beef and stir fry for 5-7 minutes, add the cooked beans, the stir fry vegetables, the horseradish and soy sauce. Stir well and cook for further two minutes. 3. Add noodles to the pan, keep stirring and heat. Cooking tip For a more Chinese flavour, replace vegetable oil with sesame oil.

■ Daylesford Organic 15+ Manuka Honey, £12.99, at ocado.com

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Food One man’s mission to get herring back on the menu

Something’s brewing at Montpellier’s new free house

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Herring with potato salad Recipe by Simon Rimmer Ingredients For the herring 100ml/3½fl oz water 2 limes, juice only 100ml/3½fl oz white wine 1 tsp white peppercorns 2 bay leaves 1 tbsp white wine vinegar 1 tsp salt 4 x 100g/3½oz herring fillets For the potato salad 250g/9oz cooked new potatoes 100ml/3½fl oz mayonnaise 1 tbsp chopped fresh dill 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard ½ lemon, juice only ½ tsp curry paste salt and freshly-ground black pepper To serve few sprigs fresh dill lemon wedges Method For the herring, bring the water, lime juice, white wine, peppercorns, bay leaves, white wine vinegar and salt to a slow boil in a pan. Turn down the heat to a gentle simmer, add the fish and poach for about 12 minutes, or until cooked through. For the potato salad, cut the cooked potatoes in half and place into a large bowl. In another bowl, combine the mayonnaise, dill, mustard, lemon juice, curry paste, salt and freshly ground black pepper. Add to the bowl with the potatoes and stir to coat. Drain the fish, then place it on top of the potato salad. Garnish with more dill and lemon wedges.

Fishing FOR COMPLIMENTS

There's certainly something fishy about a gallery owner in Wotton-under-Edge. SUE BRADLEY investigates

LANDLOCKED market town in the Cotswolds may not seem the most obvious place to go looking for a passionate champion of herrings. Yet Wotton-under-Edge is the location where ‘Kipperman’ Mike Smylie has set anchor and from where he travels to food festivals all over the country and Europe to promote a fish that he believes is woefully neglected in the 21st century. Mike, who runs the aptlynamed Fish out of Water gallery in the town with his partner Moe Morgan, is famous in the food world for his travelling herring exhibition, known as Kipperland. At the heart of the display is his homemade smoke house, from which he produces scores of kippers (split smoked herrings) and bloaters (whole smoked herrings), creating an enticing oak smoke aroma that never fails to draw people in his direction. And once he metaphorically has them in his net he’s able to talk about the benefits to be had from eating the oily fish and highlight its rich history. Mike is especially well-known for attending the Clovelly Herring Festival, held to promote the ‘Silver Darlings’ for which the Devon harbour is famed, while in Gloucestershire he’s become a fixture at events such as The Cotswold Show and the Frampton Country Fair. He knows many of the UK’s leading fish chefs and food show presenters, including Hugh Fearnley –Whittingstall who is said to credit Mike with showing him how to correctly fillet a herring. Cheshire-born Mike says his passion for herring grew from his long-held ‘healthy interest’ in boats, a subject on which he’s

written no fewer than 22 books. He trained as a naval architect before going into the building industry but spent a lot of his spare time sailing off Anglesey, where he lived for some time. As a young man he skippered a boat in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic for two years. At one time he acquired a Loch Fyne Skiff called Perseverance, built in 1912, and it was while he was researching the history of the boat that his interest in the herring industry was ignited. “I realised how huge this industry had been,” says Mike, who won the best food campaigner/educator accolade at the 2004 BBC Radio 4 Food & Farming Awards. “In parts of Britain it employed a quarter of the population, which was a huge number of people. “There used to be bands of roving women who gutted fish by the millions. They followed the fishing fleets down the country, from Shetland to Great Yarmouth. “The peak of the UK herring industry was 1913. In the 1600s the industry had been controlled by the Hanseatic League, made up of German merchants. The Dutch commanded it for a while before the British jumped into it during the 1700s. It stopped during the Second World War when boats were requisitioned for the war effort and then carried on again until the collapse in the 1970s. “Nowadays it rumbles along but most of the fish is processed and goes into feeding farmed salmon: sometimes it’s impossible to buy herring.” Intriguingly, much remains unknown about the lives of herrings, which appear to travel gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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have shown links between the fall in eating herring with an increase in depression and aggression.” Mike and Moe’s arrival in Wotton from Bristol stemmed from their desire to create a more rural lifestyle for their children. They are now a well-established part of town life, with their gallery providing a platform for the work of local artists and crafts people, alongside people from around the world who make items from recycled materials. One of their most popular lines is art created by Ocean Cole from discarded flip flops cleaned from beaches to prevent them from damaging the environment. Mike has also become a governor at The British School, at which his children Ana, eight, and five-yearold Otis are pupils, and is hoping to organise a food festival to promote local produce in the coming months. Sometimes the entire family joins Mike on his kipper crusades. “Many people know Moe as the ‘herring hag’ and our children are the ‘kipper nippers’, says Mike, who is currently writing a book titled Travels with Kippers. “It’s amazing to think how something that started as a one-off has grown to involve the entire family.”

Mike Smylie who travels to food festivals with his herring exhibition

from one location to another as the year progresses. “Herring moves around the country, starting in the Shetlands in spring,” Mike explains. “We know they return to their spawning grounds but exactly what they do the rest of the time is not known.” Mike’s interest in the herring industry switched from private fascination to personal campaign after he offered to take his collection of photographs and other materials to Bristol’s Festival of the Sea in 1996. It was at this point that he realised that his display was missing an important feature – the unforgettable smell created when fish are smoked – and took it on himself to build a smoke house. Almost 20 years on he’s still using the same homemade structure, @WeekendGlos

which can be packed flat for transporting to food events. “We call it The Amazing Travelling Kipper House,” laughs Mike. Mike, who is also involved in a campaign to save old fishing boats, never tires of his work to promote herring. He believes there is scope to increase the amount of the fish eaten in the UK in a sustainable way. “For me it’s all about the history and the health benefits to be had from eating it,” he says. “I want to remind people how big the industry once was. The herring was once an important part of the British diet but was regarded as ‘poor man’s food’ and fell out of favour in the 1950s. “Herring is packed full of Omega 3, which makes it good for the heart, the eyes and the body in general. At the same time studies

Where to try herring SWEDISH cafe Svea, in Cheltenham, serves a variety of traditional specialities featuring herring. For lunch its Arboga dish features assorted herring of the house served with new potatoes, creme fraiche and crispbread. Evening starters include Bohuslän – assorted herring of the house with Applewood cheese and Peter's Yard crispbread. Or go the whole hog for dinner with a Smörgås Platter of herring, gravad lax, meatballs, Falukorv, egg halves with caviar, new potatoes, beetroot salad and skagen. Svea is located in Rodney Road.

Future looks rosy THE village pub in Ebrington has maintained its second AA rosette for food for the fourth year running. Claire Alexander, landlady of The Ebrington Arms, says: “We’re so chuffed to have maintained our second rosette for four years now because it shows consistency and quality. “We’ve got the best team ever and are really proud of them.” Head chef Jonny Mills has been at The Ebrington Arms for just over a year. This month, the pub is running a special Frugal Menu of two courses for £15 or three courses for £19 with dishes such as soup of the day, fillet of cod, salt cod wonton, buttered spinach and kale, fish cream and honey and bay panna cotta, parsnip, candied oats and lemon balm.

Head chef Jonny Mills

Special deliveries

HOBBS House Bakery has come up with a new range of sweet treats, including fresh, handmade lardy cakes, fruit bars and brownies, that are designed to fit through letterboxes. The cakes, which arrive in specially-designed packaging including a panebois that can be used for baking a loaf of bread, are perfect for a ‘pick me up’ or a gift for a friend. Prices for Hobbs House’s letterbox cake range start at £7. They can be ordered through the Hobbs House website www. hobbshousebakery.co.uk

BACKTO ITS FORMER

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WAS surprised when I heard O’Neills in Cheltenham’s fashionable Montpellier district was closing to have a dramatic facelift. It’s been such a mainstay of Montpellier Walk for so many years – beloved of racegoers, sports fans and young professionals alike – what could they possibly replace it with? Fears of yet another pseudo gastro pub sprang to mind, but the reborn Harry Cook Free House is actually, dare I say it, a vast improvement of what went before. Gone is the tired decor, slightly shabby seats and huge TV screens and in its place is a sophisticated palate of teal, dark wood and sparkling chandeliers. It feels much more spacious, some of the cluttered tables and chairs have been taken out, so you don’t have to worry so much about a pint being spilled down your coat as you make your way to the bar. One of the most striking new features is a hand-painted blue and white mural on one of the walls of the bandstand in Montpellier Gardens. Harry Cook now specialises in craft beers from around the world, rather than just Guinness, and whereas O’Neills’ food menu was rather limited to Irish-themed classics such as Steak and Guinness Pie and Sausage and Colcannon Mash, Harry Cook’s classic pub food menu has gone up a notch or two. Main courses include wild salmon fishcakes with lemon creme fraiche or an 8oz 21-day aged rib-eye steak with fries and watercress. There are also monthly specials and a bar snacks menu, if you just want a taste of something, featuring small dishes of pulled pork sliders and whitebait with tartare sauce. Lunch is now much more of a family affair, with buggies and young diners welcomed.

Choose from light lunches of sharing boards, soup or sandwiches or go for something more substantial. We decided to try the mozzarella fondue with bread (£5.50) from the bar snacks menu along with a starter of warmed houmous with bread, baby beetroot, carrots and turnips (£5.75). Both looked impressive when they arrived – the houmous board had plenty to share. The houmous was homemade and earthy with dainty little beetroot on the side and whole mini carrots, complete with their tops to dip. Turnips are quite an acquired taste and weren’t a favourite, especially of our three-year-old. The mozzarella fondue was also a great novelty dish – creamy melted cheese served with paprika sprinkled on top, with plenty to go around. Saturday is supposed to be ‘all about burgers’ with eight to choose from at £12, so my husband duly ordered the lentil and spinach burger topped with houmous and coleslaw, only to be told it wasn’t available as the kitchen was short-staffed. Someone else behind us tried to order the same thing only to be told they’d run out of the ingredients. So burgers aside, he ordered the roast winter vegetable tart with blue cheese and caramelised onion in olive pastry (£10.75) with a side of fries (£3), which came in the ubiquitous steel bucket. It was perfect comfort food, with chunky veg smothered in a rich cheese sauce. I went for the roasted squash, tomato and baby gem salad with toasted seeds and a chilli jam dressing (£7.75). Ordering salads in a pub is a notoriously precarious affair as you often feel short-changed. However, this time I was thrilled to have a large bowl of fresh, crisp leaves interspersed with perfectly-cooked chunks of butternut, all doused in a delicious chilli dressing. I was still eating when my husband had finished his tart. The desserts are just as good. Gone gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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The bar has been given a sleek new makeover

are the mass-produced fudge cakes and pies, replaced with interesting combinations such as raspberry and peach crumble with apple sorbet and chocolate praline profiteroles with salted caramel ice cream. I chose the lemon tart with raspberry sorbet (£4.75), which was beautifully presented and tasted divine, my daughter instantly drawn to the brightly-coloured sorbet. It will be interesting to see how Harry Cook fares during the Festival in March. There will probably be a few confused punters around, but with its revamped interior and menu, it’s now an allyear-round treat. Lucy Parford

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HARRY COOK Location: 23 Montpellier Walk, Cheltenham Food: Gastro pub Atmosphere: Relaxed Price: Lunch menu – starters from £4.75, mains from £9.50, desserts from £4.75. Bar snacks from £2.75. A range of main meals in January all cost £8.50, Monday to Saturday Contact: 01242 236857

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White Stuff’sTop of the Pots recipe book is filled with 80 winning recipes from itsTop of the Pots campaign when customers were asked to bring in their cherished pickles, jams and jellies. All profits will go to charity. It’s available from White Stuff stores in Cheltenham and Cirencester.

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Spuds you like Celebrate the start of the potato season with Dundry Nurseries’ annual potato weekend

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TREE-MENDOUSWORK GROUND works have begun on what will become the new WolfsonTree Management Centre at Westonbirt, The National Arboretum. An important development in the history of the arboretum, the WolfsonTree Management Centre will greatly improve the way the Forestry Commission looks after the internationally-important tree collection. The new centre will also explain to visitors how the arboretumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trees are cared for in a changing climate. The first building to be constructed will be made out of wood primarily sourced from the arboretum through routine tree maintenance. The construction work is expected to last around 11 months, with completion in the autumn.

Weekend jobs Wash old pots and seed trays so they are ready for seed sowing. Check greenhouse plants for grey mould, or botrytis, a fuzzy, grey growth which can quickly spread. Remove all affected material and destroy it and try to boost air circulation by opening greenhouse vents on dry days

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Chris Evans, at Dundry Nurseries in Bamfurlong Lane, Cheltenham, which is holding its annual Potato Festival next weekend with more than 150 different varieties of seed potato available. Below: Sarah and Adam Lees, with daughter Emily, 13 months

Start to plant lily bulbs in pots for summer colour and scent Take root cuttings of shrubs and perennials and keep them in a cold frame Give roses a feed of fertiliser, scattered around their base Nip out the tips of autumn-sown sweet peas in the greenhouse once they have five leaves Prune summer-flowering clematis to a bud low down on each stem Order seed potatoes and onion sets Use a weeding blade to extract weeds from the cracks in paths and paving Sharpen your tools with a sharpening stone before winter pruning begins

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F snowdrops herald the start of a new season in the flower garden then it’s the humble spud that gets the ball rolling for vegetable growers. At a time when there’s little to do beyond ordering seeds and readying beds, the chance to start seed potatoes into growth is a welcome glimpse of spring. Not only that but potatoes, while far from glamorous, are one of the easiest crops, with no need for specialist equipment or – contrary to popular belief – even that much space, making them ideal for the novice gardener. To top it all, the taste of a home-grown spud is quite unlike anything a supermarket can supply. This month sees the start of the potato season in Gloucestershire with Dundry Nurseries’ annual potato weekend. Now in its 18th year, it is the perfect way to begin with expert advice and the chance to choose as little as one tuber from a staggering array of around 132 varieties covering everything from old favourites, such as Maris Piper, to novel spuds including ‘Red Emily’, ‘Violetta’ and ‘Salad Blue’ where both skin and flesh are coloured. Around 2,000 people are expected to visit the two-day event next Saturday and Sunday, some making their second visit in a week. “They come in the week before to get the varieties they want and come back the following weekend for the atmosphere,” explains Dundry’s manager Steve Mercer. And it is quite an atmosphere with growers swapping advice, discussing new varieties and meeting up with fellow enthusiasts that they haven’t seen since the previous potato event. “It’s what I look forward to most,” admits Steve, who is sometimes given impossible-to-buy rare varieties by collectors, among them ‘Gloucester Black Kidney’. Also growing in popularity is the online ordering scheme with the nursery now sending seed potatoes all over the country. Dundry has been taking deliveries since just before Christmas and hopes to have around 28 tonnes in stock by Saturday. The exact amount and even varieties on offer is not confirmed until the last minute as orders are placed with specialist growers in September, long before many tubers are lifted. “It’s down to how much they can lift and how good they are. If most are rubbish, the grower will keep the stock for the following year.” The nursery sources most of its potatoes from Scotland and has several new varieties on offer this year. Leading the way is ‘Jazzy’, a second early that Steve says is a potato to watch. @WeekendGlos

“It’s expected to be the next big thing.” It has waxy, smooth skin, good blight resistance, can be boiled, steamed or roasted and came top in taste tests. Such is the interest in this spud it even has its own website. Also new to Dundry this year is ‘Bikini’, a main crop potato with pink-splashed skin. Ideal for roasting, chips and mash, it has slightly floury flesh and stores well. Another new main crop is ‘Manitov’, which has good blight resistance. A red skinned variety, it produces large, flat tubers that make good mash or chips. Newcomers to potato growing would do well to start with early salad varieties as these crop when new potatoes are at their most expensive in the shops. Among the best are ‘Anya’ and ‘Annabelle’. Among the second earlies ‘Gemson’ has a particularly good flavour while main crop variety ‘Harlequin’ has won taste tests. For something different, try ‘Pink Fir Apple’ or ‘Ratte’, which produce knobbly, finger-like tubers, or be the first to harvest with ‘Rocket’ or ‘Swift’, which are ready just 10-12 weeks after planting, depending on the weather. If space is at a premium, plant three tubers in a large bucket or even an old compost bag with drainage holes. Cover, water and keep adding more compost as the plants grow just as you would with plants in the open ground. Yields may not be enormous but it’s a great way to try out a new variety or even take the first steps in potato growing. The only danger is it can be addictive and with so many varieties on offer limiting yourself to just one or two is difficult. “Every year I say I’m not going to grow so many,” says Steve, “but I always do.” ■ The potato weekend at Dundry Nurseries, Bamfurlong Lane, Cheltenham, runs from 9am to 4.30pm next Saturday and Sunday. There will be refreshments, advice about growing and stalls run by gardening societies. Visit www. dundrynurseries. co.uk

Grow your own Always use certified diseasefree tubers. Tubers should be chitted to develop shoots before planting. Place, eyes uppermost, in a light, frost-free place, such as a conservatory or porch. Old egg boxes are an ideal container. Potatoes can be planted in the ground or in containers from mid-March to early April. Ground should not be freshly manured – prepare it in the autumn. Pelleted chicken manure is a popular fertiliser when planting. Plant tubers 5in deep. First and second earlies should be 12in apart, maincrop 18in apart. Space rows 2ft apart. Earth up tubers to protect from frost and to stop light getting to them. Keep well watered. Harvest first and second earlies from June, when the potatoes are egg-sized. Harvest main crop from September when the flowers go over. A 35l bucket can be planted with three tubers. Keep well watered and either fill the bucket immediately or earth up as the tubers grow.

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This stalwart shrub with deep glossy evergreen, holly-like leaves and spikes of brilliant yellow flowers brings not only colour to the border but also a delicious fragrance. The flowers are followed by bunches of round, deep purple berries. Mahonias thrive in dappled shade, although they will tolerate sun if you keep the soil moist. Hide its woody stem with spring flowering bulbs and small shade-loving perennials. Good varieties include Mahonia x media ‘Winter Sun’ and ‘Charity’.

Stephen Ladyman is a former health minister and is now a director of Oak Retirement Ltd. In this article he explains the benefits of making an early choice to move to retirement property

Need to ‘right size’? Then don’t delay THE new year is a time when a lot of people think about moving and this is true of older people too. With all the work involved in preparing for Christmas, the holiday season can be the first time that you start to feel the strain of managing in your old family home. And, when the cold weather really kicks in it is only natural to consider the savings that could be made by moving to a modern, insulated and warm apartment. Unfortunately, a lot of people put off moving into retirement property. It is understandable – your current home is familiar and at present you can manage it without too many problems, but delay the decision to move to retirement property too long and you may regret it. There is plenty of evidence that people who make the choice to “right size” before they have developed the need for additional help, live longer and enjoy better health and they are more able to cope with the strain of moving. So if the evidence is so clear why do people delay? One reason is that they don’t know what types of retirement property are available and think that they are giving up their independence. They don’t realise that in developments like Honeybourne Gate they will be living in a completely self-contained, luxury apartment. They have the chance to make use of the extensive communal facilities if they want, but no one forces you to do anything you don’t want to do. In fact, the lifestyle available in good quality retirement developments is one reason that many people who make the move wish they had done so earlier. They find they make new friends,

enjoy the social life and don’t need to worry about who will help them if they need assistance. Another reason is worry about the service charge. The service charge covers the cost of having staff on-site 24 hours a day to respond if you need help and to operate the communal areas of the development in the way you would expect a good quality hotel to be operated. But at Honeybourne Gate it also covers the cost of 90 minutes per week service in your own apartment, such as cleaning and laundry, and a range of other expenses that you will already be incurring in your current property such as building maintenance and insurance. Once you tally up the savings over your current expenditure the service charge represents good value for money. Of course, not all developments are the same and there is always the hassle of moving. So shop around and don’t be afraid to ask whether the selling agent can offer help with the move – at Honeybourne Gate we will help you sell your old home, deal with estate agents and solicitors for you, find the removal firm and even a consultant that will help you declutter before you move. We even make a contribution to the cost of the move. Oak Retirement is working with the Markey Group to develop Honeybourne Gate, a luxury retirement development in Cheltenham that will follow the extra-care model.

Throw away the paint charts and embrace a bold new future. Leading paint companies Pantone and Dulux predict Marsala, an earthy wine red shade, and Copper Blush, an orangey coppery tone, will rule this year

N-your-face colour may not be for the faint-hearted, but there’s no better time to play with a warmer palette, with rich but subtle hues giving a much-needed glow through the chilly months. Pantone’s Colour Institute, which has nominated a colour of the year since 1990, has picked berry-rich Marsala to bring a different look to our walls. It’s a shade to “enrich our mind, body and soul, exuding confidence and stability”, says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Colour Institute. And Dulux is putting forward Copper Blush, a “heart-warming shade with real depth, which creates an easy-to-live-with atmosphere but with a touch of elegance”. So if your taste is for Marsala – it took its name from the Italian fortified wine – or you want to bang the drum for copper, check out these ways to colour up at home.

■ Find out more at honeybournegate.co.uk or telephone 0800 4714793. Show apartments are now open, Tuesdays to Saturdays 10am to 4pm.

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Warm up your room with Copper Blush by Dulux, seen here on the back wall, complemented by the cream sofa and copper accessories

This stylish Tesco hammered storage canister, in copper, belies its £10 price tag

Kitchen-maker Burbidge has been quick to spot the trend. Its Tetbury fitted kitchen, with units in Marsala, costs from £12,000. Visit burbidge.co.uk or call 0247 667 1600 @WeekendGlos

Slim and stylish copper hanging pendant, £125, from Luma at lumalighting.co.uk or call 0115 9444 664

For a statement piece, this nine-door cabinet is a stunner. It’s £700 from Out There Interiors at outthereinteriors. com. Above: Oslo towels, from £12, at kingsleyhome.com

Get the look . . . Katie launches new collection

COTSWOLDS interiors expert Katie Bonas has launched her first collection of new furniture. The 22 pieces in her County Collection combine the elegance of French-style furniture, with a contemporary country look, to give the French farmhouse feel. The weathered finish blends in perfectly with all colour schemes and the range will also soon be available with a hand-painted finish. Katie runs her vintage furniture painting studio and online business from the pretty village of Yanworth, near Northleach, where she also runs workshops. Visit katiebonas.co.uk

Capture a more bricky red tone with this decorative mirror, £2,210, from Lladro at lladro.com

Are you Masala or Copper Blush? Update your home with these latest buys in earthy hues and copper tones

Faux fur cushion, £7.99, from dunelm-mill.com

Copper glass star votive, £6.95, from idyllhome.co.uk Bold and contemporary, this Kartell Componibili storage unit is from £67-£192, at Design 55 Interiors. Visit design55online.co.uk

Dunelm’s Newport Sofa, in Linso Red, has a down-toearth price, starting from £599.99, from Dunelm Mill in Cheltenham and Gloucester

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Claire Townsend, Julia’s daughter and another of the company’s directors. “That way, customers can see exactly how the design of their choice will look when completed. Many people are amazed by just how much we can fit into a relatively small space and how attractive i it looks, l k as well ll as the th problembl solving solutions we can incorporate.” Another area where Severn Vale Bathrooms excels is mobility. Varying degrees of disability mean that discreet changes to the standard fittings are required and absolutely anything can be incorporated into your new bathroom’s design. From simple handrails and lever-operated taps to shower cubicles with full wheelchair access – the team will provide as much or as little as the individual needs. The days of cleaning mouldy grouting are gone too. Tiles are never used by Severn Vale Bathrooms. Instead, they use top quality UPVC wall panelling, which is much more cost-effective and very low in maintenance. “The showers we install are from Cheltenham-based Mira,” said Nikki Laugharne-Jones, Claire’s sister. “We use them exclusively because the name is well-known, the company is local and above all, they provide us with the same level of service that we wish to give our customers.”

O matter what line of business you are in, hard work, enthusiasm and commitment to customer service are the keys to success. This tried and tested policy has certainly worked for Severn Vale Bathrooms, which is still thriving after almost a quarter of a century and is a ‘family business’ in every sense of the word. The team at Severn Vale Bathrooms have not only had to overcome the UK’s difficult economy but immense personal tragedy, which makes the fact that the company is so successful even more remarkable. Julia Lomax, Severn Vale’s Managing Director, takes up the story. “A short time ago, my husband suddenly passed away and I was left with a business which, frankly, I knew little about. Some people advised me to close down but my daughters and I felt a strong commitment to the people we employed, as well as not wishing to let down our customers, so we persevered. “As we never use sub-contractors, all of the fitters who carry out the installations are employed by us and have been with us from between 15 to 25 years. It was thanks to their help and dedication that we were able to carry on providing the level of service we are known for.” From its new, extended showroom, in Bristol Road, Gloucester, Severn Vale Bathrooms can design, supply and install bathrooms as entire projects and can also provide numerous space-saving solutions. All initial consultations and design work are carried out by Kevin Esson, who – as a former fitter – knows exactly how to bring a customer’s ideas to life. A big part of getting a new bathroom fitted is ensuring you make the most of the space you have, something which Severn Vale Bathrooms does to perfection. “For that reason, we’ve made sure that all the showroom settings are laid out in the size of ‘real life’ bathrooms,” said @WeekendGlos

Find the new, attractive showroom in Pearce Way, off Bristol Road, Gloucester, just behind the Ford dealership. For more details, visit www.severnvalebathrooms.co.uk or call 01452 330852.

IT’SA DOG’Slife No one day is the same for photographer Pam Langrish, from Bisley, who specialises in portraits of dogs for some of the country’s top calendar companies. JONATHAN WHILEY met up with her

OR as long as I can remember there has always been a calendar of West Highland White Terriers, pride of place in my grandma’s kitchen. She had her own dog – Bonnie – for 16 years and much like her owner, she was quite a character. Even in her dotage with her eyesight fading, she still had an extraordinary fascination with the television and would sit for hours yapping and barking and lunging at it whenever any animals would make an appearance. As soon as Pet Rescue would flicker into focus all hell would break loose. Bonnie died several years ago but the calendars have continued and remain as much of a reminder as the bitemarks on the sideboard next to the TV. Gloucestershire photographer Pam Langrish, who lives in Bisley, knows all about big personalities when it comes to man’s best friend. For the past six years she has been capturing their spirit with her lens and has recently started working alongside some of the biggest calendar companies in the world such as Brown Trout, the Calender Company and Carousel. “Some want you to excite them and others you need to be quiet and calm with,” the 57-year-old says of working with dogs. “I like to capture the individual character; a picture that really talks to you from a little face. “I like it when they are suddenly alert; I was with baby pugs the other day and your heart just melts. “They were six weeks old. How I didn’t walk away with bulges in my coat I will never know.” The grandmother-of-two worked as a contract assistant with the NHS for seven years before she was made

redundant in 1999. She took up a course in garden design the same year but it proved less than rewarding in the face of some very tricky clients. “They’d say ‘I do not like what you have produced’ even though you’ve followed the brief to the letter. “It was hurtful. You put your heart and soul into something and then it’s just a slap in the face.” In 2003, Pam took on the role of personal assistant for best-selling author Jilly Cooper and admits that it was a job she “adored and found very hard to leave” after six years. Pam, who has lived in Gloucestershire for 13 years – she previously lived in the French Alps for eight – first found her passion for photography when her husband, equestrian photographer Bob Langrish MBE, bought her a camera as a Christmas present six years ago. Since then, she has been honing her skills and can often be seen at some of the most scenic spots in the county such as Crickley Hill, Westonbirt Arboretum,

Rodborough and Minchinhampton Common. “I want to capture that pride for the owner so they think ‘my dog is gorgeous’,” the mum-of-two says. “For a lot of people who can’t have children their dogs are their babies.” Pam has her own dog, a two-and-halfyear-old boxer by the name of Kaya, and clearly has a passion for her work. “There was one dog that looked like Zsa Zsa Gabor, the way it looked at me with its thick hair, it was like a film star,” she says. “It was a real thrill when a rescue dog made the front cover of a calendar. “It took six months before it could even bear being in the same room as the owner. “It had been beaten with a metal pole and they had starved it.” Snapping pictures of cute dogs isn’t always straight forward though. Pam says there was a period where some calendar companies had very particular needs that she needed to cater for. “At one stage it was really stupid,” she says. “There was a whole list of what they didn’t want; no dogs in water, no puppies in snow, no dogs with sticks in their mouths or toys or standing next to trees. “I thought ‘when is a dog supposed to be a dog?’. They’ve relaxed it more now so you can do more natural shots.” This morning she’s been with a particularly boisterous Irish grey terrier – a puppy – who has eaten all her flowers. She laughs – in this job it’s par for the course. Pam is inviting owners of pure bred dogs to get in touch for a free photo shoot of their beloved pet. ■ For more details, email bobandpam@ ka9photo.co.uk or call 01452 770140.

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BOURTON-ON-THE-WATER The Royal British Legion Hall Saturday 17th January at 10.00am MONTHLY SALE BY AUCTION OF ANTIQUES, FURNITURE, CHATTLES AND SELECTED ESTATE CLEARANCES With Antique & modern Furniture, Porcelain (inc. large Moorcroft Vase), Metalware, Paintings, Clocks & Watches, Jewellery, Collectables, Mirrors, Silverware, Glassware, Soft Furnishings, Lighting, Persian Rugs, Electricals, Books, 16 large pine Church Pews, Tools, & many assorted ‘outside’ lots etc.

(450 assorted & varied selected lots)

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RARE coins come up for sale at Smiths Newent Auctions this month. An 1847 Gothic Crown – reputed to be ‘the most beautiful coin every minted’, depicts a young Victoria within Gothic styled decoration. Only 8,000 of these crowns were minted and it’s estimated to fetch between £1,200 and £1,800. Also in the sale on January 30 is an even rarer 1934 Wreath Crown, which was made in a very limited edition batch of 932 and should attract bids in the range of £1,500 to £2,000. A client who visited the saleroom with a purse full of coins was amazed to discover there were 14 gold sovereigns worth £3,000 plus a large 1909 gold 20 dollar coin estimated at £600 to £800. Furniture entries include Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian pieces such as dining tables, chairs, bookcases and

chests of drawers. Further entries are invited, especially for fine jewellery which is always in strong demand in January when dealers have a shortage of stock. Smiths Auctions are giving valuations and receiving entries on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am to 3pm or by appointment. Call 01531 821776. The auction house saw some spectacular results last year with high prices for fine jewellery where there is a strong demand for large diamonds and good quality items. Other areas which have seen growth include paintings, textiles and postcards while markets such as coins and medals have remained buoyant. Most collectables markets have performed well while furniture and ceramic continue to prove tricky.

1934 wreath crown, left, estimated at £1,500-£2,000 and 1847 Gothic crown, estimated at £1,200-£1,800

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TODAY Wessex Auction Rooms Westbrook Farm, Draycot Cerne, Chippenham, Wiltshire. Antiques and collectables. 10am.

Mendip Auction Rooms Rookery Farm, Roemead Road, Binegar, Somerset. Antiques, fine art and collectables. 10am. TUESDAY Universal Philatelic Auctions

4 The Old Coal Yard, West End, Northleach. Postal auction UPA56. WEDNESDAY Stroud Auctions Ltd Unit J, Bath Road, Trading Estate, Bath Road, Stroud. 10am.

THURSDAY Gardiner Houlgate Auction Rooms 9 Leafield Way, Bath. Vintage and general. 11am. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

An 18th century Indo-Portuguese silver filigree casket went under the hammer for £6,000

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STRONG Indian market saw fierce competition between internet and phone bidders in The Cotswold Auction Company’s specialist sale. An 18th century Indo-Portuguese silver filigree casket, thought to originate from Goa or Gujarat, proved very popular at the Chapel Walk Saleroom. Exquisitely decorated with all over fine filigree scrollwork, it was once the gift of the Archdeacon of Gloucester, Canon Walter T Wardel. Kept in its own glazed case, it easily passed its conservative estimate of £1,500 to £2,500 – eventually going under the hammer for £6,000. Strongest local interest was reserved however for a rare collection of furniture by Oliver Morel, a member of the Cotswold School movement, who lived and worked near Moreton-inMarsh in the mid-to-late 20th century. Very few examples of his work have

ever come up at auction. The stand-out piece in the collection was a captivating marquetry inlaid mahogany cabinet on a bog oak stand. It raced past its estimate to sell for £4,400 to a local collector. His Sussex oak chest of four drawers with the typical vertical chamfered wood handles and on sledge feet, sold for £1900, while two dining tables on distinctive cluster supports made £1,650 and £1,000. Amongst the smallwork was a beautifully made figured and burr applewood casket, rectangular with inset panels, which found a home at £1,050, while a small parquetry inlaid oval occasional table fetched £520. Entries are now being taken for the spring specialist sale of silver jewellery, ceramics and glass with a special Oriental section. It will take place at Bingham Hall in Cirencester on March 27. Call 01242 256363.

Friday 16th January 10.00am Bingham Hall, King Street, Cirencester, GL7 1JT On View: Thursday 15th January 10am -7pm and on morning of sale from 8.30am

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THURSDAY 22ND JANUARY 2015 Sale at 11.15am Entries now invited for the Catalogue. REARING CALVES AT 10.30AM DAIRY COWS AT 11.00AM Tel: RG & RB WILLIAMS (01989) 762225

JANUARY SALE OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE & EFFECTS Including: CHINA, GLASS, PICTURES, JEWELLERY, SILVER & PLATE, MISCELLANEA, MODERN & REPRODUCTION FURNITURE, PINE. IN ALL ABOUT 800 LOTS. on WEDNESDAY 14TH JANUARY 2015 at 10.00am VIEW DAY – Tuesday 13th January 1pm – 7pm BUYERS PREMIUM (15%+VAT) CATALOGUES AVAILABLE Tel: RG & RB WILLIAMS (01989) 762225 www.rgandrbwilliams.co.uk

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T’S not a typical morning in our house to wake up looking for a heron out of the living room window. We’d be lucky to see a sparrow in our urban residence in Cheltenham, but every morning when our three-year-old woke up on holiday in Cornwall it was the first thing she rushed to the patio doors to see. We were staying at Forest Holidays’ Deerpark resort, near Liskeard, which is set in a stunning woodland location with many of the lodges sitting around a pretty millpond. It was our base for a few nights and was great for spotting all kinds of wildlife during our stay, including the resident heron who would come to fish a stone’s throw from our terrace, overhanging the water. He was joined by a family of mallards who our daughter could feed straight off the decking of our lodge, without us even having to put our shoes on. Simplicity is one of the big selling points of Forest Holidays. Their various sites around the country, including one near Coleford in the Forest of Dean, are set in the depths of woodland with log cabins providing the cosy accommodation. Deerpark in Cornwall doesn’t have any mobile reception, we soon discovered when trying to meet up with friends, so you’re forced to shed modern technology for a few days and sit back and appreciate the beauty of the scenery around you. Roe deer are known to roam between the trees and you can take part in a host of Forest Ranger activities day and night to discover geology, bush skills and spot bats and moths on the Twilight Walk. There is also bike hire if you’re feeling energetic and the Great Deerpark Duck Race is also a lot of fun for young children, with dozens of plastic ducks launched into a stream with prizes for the winners. Unlike other family resorts, there isn’t a lot of evening entertainment on site, a @WeekendGlos

torchlight walk to the Forest Retreat to pick up some supper is about as thrilling as it’s going to get, but when you are three, walking alongside a lake at dusk with crackling twigs underfoot is just like being part of the Gruffalo story. The Forest Retreat at Deerpark sells meals from the COOK range so you’ll never go hungry, as well as oven-baked pizzas which you can have delivered to your lodge. It also hosts a quiz once a week and has a licensed bar. During the day, there are plenty of attractions nearby to wear little ones out so they will be ready for bed when the sun goes down. The Cornish coast is less than a 15-minute drive away with the popular tourist spots of Polperro and the pretty harbour town of Fowey, with its chic boutiques and bistros, on your doorstep. The Eden Project, near St Austell, will also take you an entire day to get around. It’s home to the world’s largest undercover rainforest with a canopy walkway where you can take a walk among the treetops. When it all gets too hot, you can sit down for a smoothie made from fresh baobab or head to the Eden Med Terrace

Above: The Eden Project is a mustsee attraction; The pretty fishing harbour of Polperro; Top right: The lodges at Deerpark enjoy a waterside setting

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If you want to escape modern technology and get back to nature, you can’t beat Forest Holidays’ Deerpark resort in Cornwall, where there isn’t mobile reception but a great sense of adventure, as LUCY PARFORD discovers

in the Mediterranean Biome which serves fairly-traded and organic pizzas, paellas and salads. You can book a trip to the Eden Project at the Forest Retreat reception to save a few pounds off admission. Continuing on the eco theme, the Wild Futures Monkey Sanctuary isn’t far away either, on a quiet country road near Looe. The last time I visited the sanctuary was 30 years ago on a family day out and I was delighted to discover it’s still going strong, rescuing mistreated monkeys and providing them with a safe haven. The charity celebrated its 50th anniversary last year with the birth of a rare baby woolly monkey which we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of. After a busy day of sightseeing and tackling the windy Cornish lanes, your lodge is the perfect home-from-home to relax in. We had two bathrooms, the one on the top level had a bath in front of a large window looking out over the millpond and surrounding trees, which was the perfect spot for a chilled out

morning soak, and there is a hot tub outside too. Steep stairs led down to the lakeside living accommodation, with a modern kitchen, two bedrooms, a double and a twin, and second bathroom, this one with a shower. Don’t forget to take your own towels, although bedding is provided. It was all very cosy, with electric heaters in all the rooms keeping it nice and warm. Our only criticism was the sofas weren’t the biggest or most comfy we’ve ever sat on and there wasn’t a DVD player either, but there was a game of Scrabble. If you really want to push the boat out for a special occasion and go for the wow factor, you can upgrade and book a treehouse with wooden walkways between the trees. These sleep eight and come with fluffy robes, en suite bathrooms and a log burning stove. Everyone enjoys the same unspoilt outlook though, and I, for one, can’t think of a better way to start a long weekend than by gazing out over water with towering pine trees behind and a glass in hand in a hot tub.

Forest Holidays Locations: Deerpark, Cornwall; Forest of Dean; Blackwood Forest, Hampshire; Thorpe Forest, Norfolk; Sherwood Forest; Keldy and Cropton, North Yorkshire; Strathyre and Argyll, Scotland Rates: A weekend break in Deerpark, Cornwall in a luxury two-bedroom Silver Birch cabin starts from £410; a week costs from £599 At The Forest of Dean, prices are from £490 and £618 respectively Contact: 0845 1308223 or visit www. forestholidays.co.uk Where to visit: Eden Project (www. edenproject.com), Fowey, Polperro READER OFFER WEEKEND readers can receive five per cent off the cost of a luxury cabin with Forest Holidays by quoting GLOUCWEEKEND15. Holidays must be booked by February 28 2015 and taken during 2015. This discount may not be used in conjunction with any other offer and must be applied at the time of booking.

Top destinations Planning the holiday of a lifetime? Check out the must-see destinations of the year from Steppes Travel of Cirencester INDONESIA: As more and more of the archipelago opens up, Indonesia continues to grow in popularity For travellers wanting understated luxury but something more off-piste than Bali, they should travel to Sumba and stay at Nihiwatu. Due to its isolated location, Sumba has retained its ancient traditions and lifestyle and so offers an authentic insight into a fascinating culture.

JAPAN: The fall of the yen makes the country an increasingly affordable destination Next year is the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaskai – two cities synonymous with the dawning of a new atomic age but in recent times are proving increasingly popular with travellers in the know. Nagasaki offers outstanding trekking along the Kirishima chain and in Mount Aso, has the country’s most active volcano. Shikoku is a well-known pilgrim site and the 1,200 km long trail gives trekkers the chance to stay in basic temple accommodation with pilgrims.

USA: Adventurous families with older children Combine self-drive with a number of guided excursions in America’s national parks. The US has world-class guides offering a variety of exhilarating activities from trekking in Yosemite and wolf tracking in Yellowstone to rafting in the Grand Canyon.

INDIA: New palaces and camps With Hotel Marigold II set to hit the big screen in 2015, the new Bujera Fort in Udaipur, brainchild of an English couple will no doubt draw comparisons with Hotel Marigold.

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ARGENTINA: Space travel, MasterChef and wildlife Argentina has long had a reputation for fine wine and food and Mendoza is the epicurean heart of the country. A stay at the new Casa de Uco or a visit to a vineyard where wine buffs can mix their own blends is a great option for gourmets and gourmands alike.

PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Go now before it changes While remote and little-visited, stereotypes of primitive, un-contacted tribes are outmoded. Already by the late-1960s the lowland peoples were no longer wearing traditional dress. Although the peoples of the highlands were, they would only do so for another 30 years, traditional dress having faded out by the turn of the millennia.

ZIMBABWE: Fewer tourists, better prices and phenomenal wildlife

Home to some of the finest safari guides, exquisite lodges and dramatic scenery, it won’t be long before Zimbabwe is rightfully back as one of the finest safari destinations in Africa. Huge herds of elephants can be filmed at close quarters from subterranean hides at Bomani in Hwange; for something completely different Changa Safari Camp in Matusadona offers the chance to see big game strolling along the beaches of Lake Kariba and the soon-to-be-launched Elephant Express in Hwange National Park promises to bring a sense of fun to the safari experience.

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WILD This year the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition marks its half century with yet another remarkable insight into the marvels and magnificence of nature. HELEN BLOW pays it a visit at Nature in Art in Twigworth

OR 50 years the talents of wildlife photographers across the world have been showcased in a stunning collection of images. From the plains of Africa and the slopes of the highest mountains to the depths of the world’s oceans, wildlife in all its glory is celebrated in this global competition. Opening at Nature in Art from Tuesday, the exhibition features 100 awe-inspiring images of flora and fauna from the Natural History Museum in London. From fascinating animal behaviour to breathtaking wild landscapes, the Wildlife Photographer of the Year is the most prestigious photography event of its kind. It has provided a global platform that has showcased the natural world’s most astonishing and challenging sights for 50 years. The winning images reveal the abundance, beauty, resilience and vulnerability of life on Earth. Launched in 1965 and attracting 361 entries, today the competition receives almost 42,000 entries from 96 countries highlighting its enduring appeal. This year there are three new categories, including a People’s Choice @WeekendGlos

award, a TimeLapse award and a Rising Star portfolio award. The Wallsworth Hall gallery is one of the first venues for the exhibition during an international tour that allows the images to be seen by millions of people across six continents. It is also the most popular exhibition for the Twigworth gallery, pulling in up to 8,000 visitors during its three-month run. Marketing officer Sarah George said: “Annually Nature in Art has around 25,000 visitors to the museum and it is this exhibition that is consistently our most popular. “We have also seen numbers also increasing year-on-year for it as more and more people hear about it. “I think its popularity is partly due to the fact that, unlike art, photography is accessible to far more people and they can relate to that. “Everyone has a camera or a phone and so they can see these images and appreciate their quality, while not being intimidated by them. “During the exhibition run I hear visitors discussing the photographs; how they were taken, what they like about them, which they feel more qualified to do rather than when they come to see fine art.”

This year’s overall winning photograph by US photographer Michael Nichols is of a pride of lions resting on a rocky outcrop in Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. He photographed the lions in infrared, which he says “cuts through the dust and haze, transforms the light and turns the moment into something primal, biblical almost”. Former winner and chair of this year’s judging panel, Jim Brandenburg, said: “It takes courage to put your photos forward, but the rewards for those who do are enormous. “When I won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 25 years ago, it opened doors for me. The publicity it generates is astonishing, so I really want to encourage every professional and dedicated amateur to think about entering.” Alongside the images on display at Nature in Art this year will be a video montage of the past 50 years of the competition, so visitors can relive previous winning photographs.

The exhibition runs until March 15. Nature in Art is open from Tuesdays to Sundays, 10am to 5pm. Entrance costs £5.25 for adults and £4.75 for children under 16 (under eights are free).

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A unique and rare Victorian encyclopaedia of apples and pears created by a group of botanists in Herefordshire has been published as a facsimile edition. Members of the Woolhope Naturalists’ Field Club originally commissioned The Herefordshire Pomona in 1874 after becoming concerned over the sad decline of orchards. The publication was painstakingly illustrated by local women Alice Ellis and Edith Bull and original editions currently fetch as much as £12,000 at auction. It is hoped that the new edition will allow more people to enjoy the exquisite artwork.

Tony Schumacher’s debut novel is a bleak thriller that imagines life in a Great Britain which has fallen into Nazi hands. It is a world in which disillusioned war heroes wind up working for the Gestapo and resistance groups fight each other rather than their common enemy. The discovery of a young Jewish boy destined for a death camp turns his collaborator lead character into a one-man resistance movement and sends them scurrying across a beaten down London pursued by all sides. It’s a story that will keep you guessing until the very end.

This starts off as a simple whodunit: NewYork risk assessor Ray Campbell discovers a man he once knew in the fictional African country Lubanda has been found dead outside a New York hotel. Ray turns detective to find out why he was in the country, but the novel’s richness comes from his memories as an aid worker two decades before, in particular his relationship with white Lubandan Martine. What follows is a critique of the effect of Western aid, the naivety of ‘doing good’ and the insidiousness of racism on the very edge of the crime genre.

A controversial novel that puts forward challenging theories about the Lockerbie plane crash has been published by a Gloucestershire writer who has had a long career in film production. UNSAFE-–The Script of One-Zero-Three tells the story of a screenwriter and his quest to involve directors and producers in his script about the tragedy and its aftermath. Paddy Carpenter gives a flavour of some of the eccentric characters often found in the world of filmmaking and sets out to demonstrate his belief that the victims have been denied justice.

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Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp – the star names are endless in this Stephen Sondheim musical which is in cinemas now. Read our interview with James Corden on page 50.

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DICK TURPIN Panto season isn’t over just yet. The Hardwicke Players perform this classic at the Kings Theatre in Glouester from Thursday to Saturday. @WeekendGlos

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James Corden is on the brink of conquering America, but don’t expect him to be cocky about it. In fact, as he tells THE BUZZ he’s a bit nervous – but he’s determined to enjoy the ride

FEW years ago, it would have been hard to imagine James Corden taking a pragmatic and modest attitude towards cracking America. He was admittedly going through a bad time during the height of his fame, culminating in a “bratish” turn at the 2008 Baftas, where he used the acceptance speech for Gavin & Stacey winning the Audience Award to question why the show hadn’t been nominated for best comedy. But fast forward a few years and he’s a changed man. Married to charity worker Julia Carey and father to three-year-old Max and baby daughter Carey, he has a starring role in Disney’s new musical Into The Woods, alongside Meryl Streep, and is replacing Craig Ferguson on the long-running American series The Late Late Show in March. Every reason then, to feel a bit smug – but the James of today isn’t going to play that card. Instead, he is accommodating, cheerful and – whisper it – resoundingly humble. As well as his successes, TV triumphs and Tony Award for his role in West End play One Man, Two Guvnors, he has admittedly had his failures too. “My experience of ‘having a moment’ is that they’re very quickly followed by sharp twists into unpleasant times,” explains the 36-year-old. There’s been the poorly received Horne and Corden sketch show with his Gavin and Stacey co-star Mathew Horne, followed by their film flop Lesbian Vampire Killers, and an altercation with Patrick Stewart (who provoked the spat by ribbing fun at Corden’s belly) at the Glamour Awards. So although this might be his big moment to break the US, he’s been in the fame game long enough to keep a cautious cool about it. For instance, he is still surprised he landed the sizeable straight man role of Baker in Into The Woods, a Stephen Sondheim musical which blends the lives

of famous fairy tale characters into one story, and also stars Emily Blunt, Anna Kendrick and Johnny Depp. “I thought they’d go and get someone very famous to play my part,” he says. But despite thinking a line of Disney executives were going to pressure the director Rob Marshall to find someone better-known internationally, to his “joy and amazement,” the role was his. “I’ll always be indebted to Rob for it,” says the actor, who is smartly dressed in a fitted blue blazer, dark jumper and jeans. Growing up in Buckinghamshire, he loved theatre as a child. In his early 20s, he starred in Alan Bennett’s The History Boys, alongside Dominic Cooper and Russell Tovey, and went on to land a role in Teachers and then ITV comedy Fat Friends, where he met his future Gavin and Stacey co-writer Ruth Jones.

resenting “juggernaut of a TV show” The Late Late Show was never part of his plan, but it’s a move he’s chuffed about, not least because it gives his family life a “consistency”, which is hard to find with hectic film and theatre schedules. “Here’s a job where someone is saying you can really be around and be a present father and husband,” says the actor, who’ll live in California with his young family. “That’s incredibly precious. All your children want is for you to be around. “They really don’t care what car you drive or what house you live in, or anything like that, they just want you to be around, and I’m thrilled that until the show gets cancelled, I will be able to.” He’s up for the challenge of presenting the talk show, but admits he’s not entirely sure how things will work out. “It feels like someone came and tapped me on the shoulder and went, ‘Well done, you’ve joined Sky’s Tour De France team’,” he says, grinning. “And before you know it, you’re on a bike in Lycra going, ‘You know I don’t do this guys?‘

“I do feel a little like that, but it’s going to be a real adventure.” When he’s considering work, it sounds like the worst case scenario is always on his mind. “Well, I think it’s important to ‘Google Earth’ yourself from time to time, and see how irrelevant a lot of it is,” he replies. “That makes me feel a bit better. It makes me go, ‘That’s a pretty high-class problem, if your late night show on CBS gets cancelled...’ “It’s not a big a deal really, it’s just my career. The things that are actually going to shake me and hit me are things I will never ever be able to control. It’ll be the 3am phone call one day when something has actually happened.” Looking back now, Corden’s career has “surpassed any expectations” he had for himself. “When I was 17 and I was in [theatre show] Martin Guerre, it was my first ever job. I was at the back of the chorus and I thought, ‘Oh my god, I’ve just done it. I’ve made it. I’m doing it’,” he recalls. “If somebody had told that kid that I’d write a sitcom that would be so beloved, and another one which is so well received, and be in plays, which will probably be performed long after we all die. What more can I really hope for?” And far from being “pessimistic”, he says the more he can “prepare” himself if things don’t take off, the “happier and healthier” he will be. “I’m going to give it my absolute best and give it everything I’ve got to try and make a show that will make America smile before, or more likely, while they fall asleep,” he says. “But I’m under no illusions that it will be anything other than a disaster, because what are the chances? “I’m 16st, from High Wycombe and I’ve never really been on American network TV before, but I’m going to enjoy the ride.” Into The Woods is out now. Catch it at Cineworld in Cheltenham or Gloucester. gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend

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Eclectic mix From Elton John to Tom Odell, we preview some of the best shows in Gloucestershire this coming year THIS MONTH And Then There Were None Agatha Christie thriller. Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham, Jan 26-31 Cajun and Zydeco Festival The popular event returns for its 22nd anniversary. Gloucester Guildhall, Jan 23-25 Stephen K Amos The master of feel-good comedy returns. Cheltenham Town Hall, Jan 28 FEBRUARY Folk at Three Eliza Carthy and Seth Lakeman top the bill at the three-day festival. Cheltenham Town Hall, Feb 13-15 Elkie Brooks A journey through the singer’s extensive back catalogue. Everyman Theatre, Feb 19 I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue Jack Dee and Barry Cryer star in the popular BBC Radio 4 show. The Centaur, Cheltenham Racecourse, Feb 21 Omid Djalili The Iranian-born comic drops in. Cheltenham Town Hall, Feb 17 MARCH The Roving Crows The festival folk-fusion favourites

will have you dancing all night. Gloucester Guildhall, March 14 Twelve Angry Men Shirley Valentine star Tom Conti stars in an adaptation of the award-winning 1957 film. Everyman Theatre, March 2-7 Andy Parsons The Mock the Week favourite brings the laughs. The Roses, Tewkesbury, March 27 APRIL Toyah Willcox The punk princess performs with The Humans. Gloucester Guildhall, April 14 MAY Pasha Kovalev The Strictly Come Dancing star provides a masterclass. The Roses, Tewkesbury, May 12 UB40 Dance the night away to hits such as Red, Red Wine. GL1 Leisure Centre, May 10 JUNE Elton John Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester. June 7 Tom Odell Expects all hits including Another Love. Westonbirt Arboretum, near Tetbury, June 20

watch OUT FOR LEWIS SCHAFFER, GLOUCESTER GUILDHALL IT’S time to fasten your seatbelts when NewYork’s Lewis Schaffer rolls up for a free comedy gig at Gloucester Guildhall. Described as a cross between Joan Rivers and Jackie Mason, selfconfessed ‘International Man of Misery’ Schaffer (pronounced Shay-fer) will bring his own unique brand of Big Apple schtick to Gloucester on Friday. In his newest tour, Free until Famous, Lewis’ shows are quite literally free – and the comic will not charge for them until he is famous. A voluntary collection will, however, be made at the end of the show, so donate what you think he deserves. But be prepared for his quick-fired delivery; Lewis is a true New Yorker who swapped Manhattan for Peckam 15 years ago. Describing himself as ‘a lazy Woody Allen’, his neuroses-ridden freewheeling style has won him a legion of fans following his numerous Edinburgh Comedy

Fringe appearances. He has impressive comedy credentials. He was house compere of the Comedy Cellar and the Boston Comedy Club in NewYork and in London, he has the longestrunning residency at the prestigious Leicester SquareTheatre. Doors will open at 7.30pm on Friday. Free admission, but call 01452 503050 to reserve your tickets.

music BEVERLEY CRAVEN, BISHOP’S CLEEVE TITHE BARN BRIT-Award winner Beverley performs as part of her extensive UK tour. It’s hot on the heels of the release of her new album, Change of Heart, which was launched last summer. She’ll treat fans to a selection of her new songs as well as timeless classics such as Promise Me, Holding On,

Woman To Woman, Love Scenes and many more. With a witty narrative and unforgettable melodies, her poignant sentiments will leave you with a warm glow of nostalgia, or maybe even the odd tear. The gig takes place at 7.45pm tomorrow. Tickets cost £20. Call 08445 762210. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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6.00 CITV. 7.30 Scrambled! (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (S). 10.20 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.15 ITV News (S); Weather 11.25 Ejector Seat (R,S,HD). 12.25 Britain’s Best Back Gardens (R,S,HD). 1.25 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (R,S,HD). 2.25 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 3.25 Diversity Live (R,S,HD). 4.25 Regional News (S) 4.35 ITV News (S); Weather 4.55 Film: Mamma Mia! (S,HD). (2008) ●●●●

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6.10 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 7.00 Cycling: Revolution Series (S,HD). 8.00 The Morning Line (S,HD). 9.00 The King of Queens (R,S). 9.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 10.30 Frasier (R,S). 11.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.30 Speed with Guy Martin (R,S,HD). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S,HD). 4.00 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 5.30 The Simpsons (R,S,HD).

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6.00 Flog It! Trade Secrets (R,S,HD). 19/30. Advice on military memorabilia. 6.30 Sacred Wonders of Britain (R,S,HD). 3/3. Last in the series.

7.00 The Voice UK (S,HD). New series. R’n’B singer Rita Ora joins coaches Tom Jones, Ricky Wilson and Will.i.am in the return of the chair-spinning singing contest.

7.30 The Last Days of Anne Boleyn (R,S,HD).

8.30 The National Lottery: Win Your Wish List (S,HD). 3/8. Game show, hosted by Shane Richie.

9.20 Casualty (S,HD). 15/46. Connie is torn between Grace and a demanding patient.

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6.10 Regional News (S,HD) 6.30 Now You See It (S,HD). 1/8. New series. The best and worst of the magic world, narrated by Mel Giedroyc.

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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 1/25. Lisa discovers Bart’s demented twin. 6.30 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

6.10 Scariest Weather (R,S,HD). 2/4. Tornados, wildfires and tsunamis caught on camera.

7.00 Harry Hill’s Stars in Their Eyes (S,HD). 1/6. New series. The comic hosts this updated version of the show.

7.00 The Restoration Man (R,S,HD). 1/6. George Clarke meets Russell Edwards and Nadia Smith.

7.00 Worst Weather Ever? (R,S). Documentary examining the current spate of extreme climatic events. 7.55 Secrets of the Egyptian Pyramids (R,S,HD). 1/3.

8.30 Dad’s Army (R,S). 1/6. The platoon has a steam engine problem.

8.05 Take Me Out (S,HD). 2/10. Chocolate factory worker Peter, city slicker Liam, oil rig engineer Colin and gymnast Chris vie for the attentions of 30 single women. Paddy McGuinness presents.

8.00 Tsunami: 10 Years On (S,HD). Documentary studying the aftermath of the Boxing Day 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, a decade after it took place. Featuring archive footage and interviews with experts and eyewitnesses.

8.55 5 News Weekend (S,HD)

9.00 Britain’s Tudor Treasure: A Night at Hampton Court (S). Historians Lucy Worsley and David Starkey present a re-creation of the christening service of Henry VIII’s son Edward on October 15, 1537.

9.20 Skyfall (S,HD). (2012) James Bond hunts the mastermind behind a terrorist attack on MI6, and discovers a former agent with revenge in mind. Action thriller, starring Daniel Craig. Continues after the News. ●●●●●

9.00 Bad Teacher (S,HD). (2011) A cynical, hard-drinking teacher hopes to seduce a wealthy substitute, making an enemy of a squeaky-clean colleague in the process. Comedy, with Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake. ●●●

9.00 Celebrity Big Brother (S,HD). Highlights of the famous housemates’ past 24 hours under the all-seeing eye of Big Brother, as they try to get used to living alongside one another.

10.50 Sarah Millican: Chatterbox Live (R,S,HD). Stand-up show recorded at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre in 2011, in which the comedienne shares humorous insights into her life, including the perils of living alone.

10.00 Mr & Mrs Smith (S,HD). (2005) Married assassins are hired to kill each other – a situation that restores some much-needed excitement to their relationship. Comedy adventure, with Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. ●●●

10.00 The Other Boleyn Girl (S,HD). 10.10 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) (2008) A bitter rivalry develops 10.30 Match of the Day (S,HD). Gary between two sisters as they Lineker presents highlights of compete for the affection of the latest Premier League King Henry VIII. Historical clashes, including Everton v drama, starring Natalie Manchester City at Goodison Portman, Scarlett Johansson Park. Followed by National and Eric Bana. ●● Lottery Update.

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12.00 The Football League Show (S). Highlights of the latest games. 1.20 Film: Kevin and Perry Go Large (S,HD). (2000) Comedy, starring Harry Enfield and Kathy Burke. ●●● 2.35 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 2.40 BBC News (S,HD).

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11.05 ITV News (S); Weather 11.50 Darts: BDO World Championships (S,HD). The 11.20 Skyfall (S,HD). (2012) ladies’ final and the men’s semiConcluded. ●●●●● finals.

11.50 Cocktail (S,HD). (1988) An ambitious bartender with dreams of running his own establishment is torn between the waitress he loves and a wealthy older woman. Drama, starring Tom Cruise. ●●

12.40 Film: Lady Caroline Lamb (S). (1972) Romantic historical drama, starring Sarah Miles and Richard Chamberlain. ●●● 2.40 Film: Love (S,HD). (2011) Sci-fi drama, starring Gunner Wright. ●●● 3.55 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

1.50 Queer as Pop: From the Gay Scene to the Mainstream (R,S,HD). How the gay scene has influenced music. 2.45 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). Omnibus. The Roscoes struggle to move forward after the events of New Year. 4.55 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (R,S,HD). 5.00 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.55 NFL: Rush Zone (S,HD).

12.20 Off Their Rockers (R,S,HD). A pensioner’s wheelchair is clamped. 12.45 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.40 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service.

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Sunday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 7.30 Match of the Day (R,S,HD). 9.00 The Andrew Marr Show (S,HD) 10.00 The Big Questions (S,HD). 11.00 Sunday Politics (S). 12.15 MOTD2 Extra (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD) 1.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 2.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 2.45 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.35 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 4.10 Film: Shrek 2 (S,HD). (2004) Animated adventure sequel, with the voice of Mike Myers. ●●●● 5.30 Regional News (S,HD)

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BBC2

6.15 Great British Garden Revival (R,S,HD). 7.15 Glorious Gardens from Above (R,S,HD). 8.00 Countryfile (R,S,HD). 9.00 The Football League Show (R,S). 10.20 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). 11.50 Food & Drink (R,S,HD). 12.20 James Martin: Home Comforts (R,S). 12.50 Live Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). Mark Selby v Shaun Murphy. 5.00 Ski Sunday (S,HD). 5.45 Live Darts: BDO World Championships (S,HD). The men’s final.

ITV

6.00 CITV. 7.30 Scrambled!: Scrambled! (S). 7.35 Nerds & Monsters (R,S). 7.50 Ultimate Spider-Man (S). 8.30 Horrid Henry (R,S). 8.50 Deadtime Stories (R,S). 9.25 ITV News (S) 9.30 Film: Columbo: Butterfly in Shades of Grey (S,HD). (1993) ●●●● 11.25 ITV News (S); Weather 11.30 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 12.30 Harry Hill’s Stars in Their Eyes (R,S,HD). 1.30 Catchphrase (R,S,HD). 2.15 Midsomer Murders (R,S). 4.15 Film: Diamonds Are Forever (S,HD). (1971) ●●

Channel 4

6.20 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 7.35 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 8.30 Frasier (R,S). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S,HD). With Ana Matronic and Marvin Humes. 12.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 1.30 Film: Astro Boy (S,HD). (2009) Animated sci-fi adventure, with the voice of Freddie Highmore. ●●● 3.15 Film: The Princess Diaries (S,HD). (2001) Family comedy, starring Anne Hathaway. ●●● 5.30 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.50 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (R,S,HD). 10.25 Access (R). 10.30 Monkey Life (R,S,HD). 11.00 The Hotel Inspector (R,S,HD). 12.00 The Hotel Inspector (R,S). 1.00 Film: Mrs Caldicot’s Cabbage War (S,HD). (2003) Comedy drama, starring Pauline Collins. ●● 3.10 Film: The Pursuit of Happyness (S,HD). (2006) Fact-based drama, starring Will Smith. ●●● 5.30 Film: Aladdin (S,HD). (1992) ●●●●

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6.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (S,HD). 3/15. Sara Damergi searches for a holiday home in Florida.

7.30 Still Open All Hours (S,HD). 4/6. Granville’s plans to open a coffee shop cause a stir in the neighbourhood.

7.00 All Star Family Misfortunes (S,HD). Vernon Kay reviews clangers and bloopers from the long-running quiz show.

7.00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (S,HD). 3/6. The property expert heads to Bath to assist Robert and Angela, who have had their home on the market for five years.

8.00 Foyle’s War (S,HD). 2/3. The son of a high-profile Jewish businessman is attacked in the grounds of a university, leaving Foyle to consider the possibility that the attack was racially motivated.

8.00 The Hotel (S,HD). 3/8. Mark makes plans to stage a Scottishthemed event so a coachload of guests will stay put at the Cavendish and not be tempted to take their money elsewhere.

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6.00 Celebrity Mastermind (S,HD). 9/10. With Gemma Cairney, Anthony Ogogo, Tina Malone and Dominic Laurie. 6.30 Countryfile (S,HD).

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8.00 Antiques Roadshow (S,HD). 14/27. The team returns to Waltham Forest Town Hall in east London, where items include an Art Deco pendant with a hint of ancient Egypt and a purse that saved a German soldier’s life.

8.00 Kate Humble – Into the Volcano (S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two. Kate joins a team of geologists on another research expedition in the Vanuatu archipelago.

9.00 Last Tango in Halifax (S,HD). 3/6. Celia tries to improve her relationship with Alan and accepts Gary into her life. Despite their tense relationship, she stands by Caroline when some devastating news is received.

9.00 Racing Legends: John Surtees (S,HD). High-profile car enthusiasts pay tribute to British motorsport greats and re-enact one of their most iconic races. Last in the series.

9.00 Celebrity Big Brother (S,HD). The ups and downs of life in the BB house as friendships and alliances are made, battle lines are drawn and arguments erupt.

10.00 ITV News (S); Weather 10.00 QI XL (S,HD). 14/16. Extended 10.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does edition. With Richard Osman, Countdown (R,S,HD). 1/5. 10.15 The Kyle Files (R,S,HD). 1/6. Lucy Porter and Phill Jupitus. Jimmy Carr hosts the irreverent Jeremy Kyle tackles high-profile quiz, with team captains Sean issues, beginning with legal 10.45 Billionaire’s Paradise: Inside Lock and Jon Richardson joined highs. Necker Island (R,S,HD). by guests from the worlds of Documentary going behind the 10.45 The Undriveables (R,S,HD). comedy and entertainment. scenes at Richard Branson’s 1/6. Necker Island.

10.00 A Lonely Place to Die (S,HD). (2011) Premiere. Five mountaineers rescue a Serbian girl held captive in the Scottish Highlands, only to be attacked by her kidnappers. Thriller, starring Melissa George and Ed Speleers. ●●●●

11.35 The Apprentice USA (S,HD). 11.45 Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). 2/12. Surviving candidates Meat Stuart Bingham v Marco Fu. Loaf, Marlee Matlin, Dionne Warwick and others are tasked to create a children’s book and perform its contents to a group of youngsters.

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1.00 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 1.05 BBC News (S,HD).

12.35 Snooker Extra (S). Mark Selby v Shaun Murphy. 2.35 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). A look at rare-breed farm animals. 3.30 Holby City (R,S). Guy’s world is rocked by the arrival of a familiar patient. 4.30 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

11.15 Premiership Rugby Union (HD). Highlights of the latest top-flight fixtures.

11.05 Machine Gun Preacher (S). 11.55 Winter Road Rescue (R,S,HD). (2011) Premiere. A former gang 1/3. Documentary following the member seeks to protect work of snowplough drivers, children who have been RAC patrols and heavy-recovery orphaned during a civil war in specialists toiling to ensure the east Africa. Fact-based drama, UK’s roads are kept clear. starring Gerard Butler. ●●●

12.10 The Store. Home shopping. 2.10 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 2.55 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

1.30 The Last Leg (R,S,HD). A comic review of the past seven days. 2.25 Film: The History of Mr Polly (S). (1949) Period comedy, starring John Mills. ●●●● 4.05 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (R,S,HD). 5.00 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (R,S,HD). 5.05 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD).

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9.00 Walking the Nile (S,HD). 2/4. Levison Wood meets members of the Mundari tribe, who have set up a cattle camp on an island in the middle of the River Nile and lead an isolated yet tranquil existence.

10.00 Regional News (S,HD) 10.30 Match of the Day 2 (S,HD). Mark Chapman presents action from the latest Premier League fixtures.

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Monday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Wanted Down Under (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (S,HD). 11.30 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Father Brown (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 James Martin: Home Comforts (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

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BBC2

6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.05 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 7.35 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Oxford Street Revealed (R,S). 9.05 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (R,S). 10.05 Claimed and Shamed (R,S). 10.35 Click (R,S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 Live Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). Judd Trump v Stephen Maguire.

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). Celebrity interviews and topical studio discussion. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Judge Rinder (S,HD). Reallife cases in a studio courtroom. 3.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Mel & Sue (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.45 According to Jim (HD). 7.10 The King of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Undercover Boss. 11.00 Shipping Wars (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me: Costa Del Sol Special (HD). 1.10 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Come Dine with Me. 5.30 The Simpsons.

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Celebrity Big Brother (R,S,HD). The ups and downs of BB life. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). The team uncovers a case of identity theft. 3.15 Film: Nora Roberts’ High Noon (S,HD). (2009) Crime thriller, starring Emilie de Ravin. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.30 ITV News (S); Weather

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 13/22. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Robbie goes off the rails, while Nancy has a proposition for Trevor.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Maddy is stunned when she discovers why she collapsed at the movie night. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker. 7.30 Regional Programme (S). Followed by BBC News.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 84/100. 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (S,HD). 6/20. Michael Portillo embarks on the first leg of a journey through London and its environs. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 5/10. Diarmuid Gavin tries to revive the public interest in lavender.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Cain is urged to have surgery without delay. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Gavin’s ex-girlfriend calls at the bistro looking for him.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

7.00 Criminals: Caught on Camera (S,HD). 1/8. 7.30 Car Crash TV (S). New series. Events caught on film by dashboard-mounted cameras. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Charlie and Roxy keep a vigil by Ronnie’s hospital bedside. 8.30 Trouble at Tesco – Panorama (S,HD). Kamal Ahmed investigates the problems facing the supermarket.

8.00 University Challenge (S,HD). 24/37. Two more teams battle it out for a place in the quarterfinals. 8.30 Only Connect (S,HD). 17/27. Three chess enthusiasts take on a trio of cat lovers.

8.00 Richard Wilson on the Road (S,HD). 2/6. The actor explores Co Durham. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Michael decides it is time he expressed his true feelings for Gail.

8.00 How to Blow Your Pension – Channel 4 Dispatches (S,HD). Upcoming changes to the pension industry. 8.30 Food Unwrapped (S,HD). 1/7. New series. How prebiotics work in the gut.

8.00 Storage: Flog the Lot! (S,HD). A rare James Bond novel signed by Ian Fleming is hidden in one of the lots as four more trucks arrive bearing mysterious cargo for professional antiques dealers to fight over. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Silent Witness (S,HD). 3/10. Part one of two. A man is run down and killed by a tube train, and not long after a female vicar is murdered on the Underground, leaving the team searching for a link. Continues tomorrow.

9.00 What’s the Right Diet for You? A Horizon Special (S,HD). 1/3. New series. The first of a three-part special in which Chris van Tulleken and Tanya Byron investigate the benefits of diets that address individual causes of overeating.

9.00 Broadchurch (S,HD). 2/8. DI Alec Hardy and DS Ellie Miller continue their investigative work while dealing with the consequences of their earlier case. Meera Syal guest stars in the crime drama.

9.00 The Undateables (S,HD). 2/5. A man with a mild learning disability has planned his wedding before even going on a date, while a 22-year-old with dwarfism feels nervous when he meets a potential partner.

9.00 Celebrity Big Brother (S,HD). Marcus Bentley narrates as the famous housemates lie in their beds, chat on the sofas and argue in the kitchen – all for the enjoyment of the viewing public.

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10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 Backchat with Jack Whitehall and His Dad (S,HD). 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 2/6. With guests Noel Fielding 10.40 The Cube (R,S). 1/7. Another and John Prescott. chance to see the very first 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented episode of the game show. by Evan Davis. Followed by Weather.

11.35 The Graham Norton Show (R,S,HD). 13/20. With Meryl Streep, James McAvoy and Hozier.

11.20 Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). Neil Robertson v Robert Milkins.

11.40 A Great Welsh Adventure with Griff Rhys Jones (R,S,HD). 2/8. The funnyman explores the Gower Peninsula.

11.00 Shut-Ins: Britain’s Fattest People (R,S,HD). Two obese people, who never leave their homes, set out to turn their lives around with the help of their partners and a team of specialists.

11.00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (HD). Rylan Clark presents the CBB companion show.

12.20 Film: Klute (S). (1971) Thriller, starring Donald Sutherland and Jane Fonda. ●●●●● 2.10 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 2.15 BBC News (S,HD).

12.10 Snooker Extra (S). Judd Trump v Stephen Maguire. 2.10 Sign Zone: Snow Wolf Family and Me (R,S). Part one of two. Gordon Buchanan explores the lives and habits of Arctic wolves. 3.10 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

12.05 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.40 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

12.00 NFL: The American Football Show – The Playoffs (S,HD). 1.05 Walking the Nile (R,S,HD). 2.05 Rhod Gilbert: The Man with the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo (S,HD). 3.00 Grand Designs Australia (S). 4.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (R,S,HD). 4.55 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (R,S,HD). 5.05 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.00 Botched Up Bodies (R,S,HD). A man who was left with a deformed and disfigured ear. 1.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Winter Road Rescue (R,S,HD). 4.00 Great Artists (R,S). 4.25 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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Tuesday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Wanted Down Under (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (S,HD). 11.30 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Father Brown (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 James Martin: Home Comforts (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.05 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 7.35 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Oxford Street Revealed (R,S). 9.05 James May’s Toy Stories: Action Man at the Speed of Sound (R,S). 10.05 Claimed and Shamed (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (R,S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 Live Snooker: The Masters (S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With guest Robert Lindsay. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Judge Rinder (S,HD). Real-life cases in a studio courtroom. 3.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Mel & Sue (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.45 According to Jim (HD). 7.10 The King of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Undercover Boss (HD). 11.00 Shipping Wars (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (HD) 12.05 Come Dine with Me (HD). 1.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Come Dine with Me. 5.30 The Simpsons.

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Celebrity Big Brother (R,S,HD). The famous housemates continue their on-camera holiday. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Deadly Isolation (S). (2005) Thriller, starring Sherilyn Fenn. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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Emmerdale, 7pm

Ramsay’s Hotel Hell, 10pm

Benefit House: Me & My … 7pm

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 85/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (S,HD). 7/20. Michael Portillo travels on London’s first railway. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 6/10. Rachel de Thame champions the delights of irises and uses them for inspiration in a piece of floral art.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.30 ITV News (S); Weather

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 15/22. Homer becomes the owner of the power plant. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Trevor has a job offer for Robbie.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Sophie is furious when she sees Nate kissing Hannah. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Ross is involved in a fight. 7.30 River Monsters (S). 2/6. Reports of a terrifying predator in the Amazon.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

7.00 Benefit House: Me & My 26 Kids (R,S,HD). This edition of the programme focuses on large families who depend on the benefits system. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 14/52. Jonny is distraught when Jac considers a new start in the USA with Emma. Sacha’s daughter Rachel is brought in, while Mary-Claire and Harry try to hold back their mutual attraction.

8.00 Nature’s Weirdest Events (S). 1/3. New series. Chris Packham investigates more peculiar natural events, including scores of pigs swimming in the Caribbean and a tiny tick that is turning Americans to vegetarianism.

8.00 Britain’s Best Back Gardens (S,HD). 2/3. Alan Titchmarsh reveals his 10 favourite working gardens, which he defines as gardens that not only look pleasant but enhance the lives of their owners in other ways.

8.00 Weighing Up the Enemy (S,HD). Field sports enthusiast and huntsman Andrew takes on Karl, a vegan dog groomer and animal lover in a challenge to see who can lose most weight. Presented by Christian Jessen.

8.00 The Secrets of the Tea Chimps (S,HD). Documentary about the chimps who appeared in adverts for PG Tips, revealing how they came to be on the nation’s TV screens and what happened to them afterwards. Followed by 5 News.

9.00 Silent Witness (S,HD). 4/10. Part two of two. As security on the Tube is stepped up, the witnesses are brought in for interview – and one of them turns out to be unwittingly close to a suspect in the killings.

9.00 What’s the Right Diet for You? A Horizon Special (S,HD). 2/3. The volunteers leave the lab and go home, where they face the challenge of sticking to their diets while dealing with all the stresses and temptations of their real lives.

9.00 The Wonder of Britain (S,HD). 2/5. Julia Bradbury explores the wonder of the Industrial Revolution, visiting the Pontcysyllte aqueduct, near Wrexham, the SS Great Britain, Blackpool Tower and Manchester Town Hall.

9.00 24 Hours in Police Custody (S,HD). Two teenage girls sleep off their excesses in the cells after being involved in a nightclub fight, while a 61-year-old man is arrested after arguing with a flatmate.

9.00 Celebrity Big Brother: Live Eviction (S,HD). Emma Willis presents the first eviction, revealing the least favourite nominee and chatting to them about their CBB experience.

10.00 W1A (R,S,HD). 3/4. Ian’s salary comes under intense scrutiny in the press. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Evan Davis. Followed by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 The Mighty Mississippi with Trevor McDonald (R,S). 2/3. The broadcaster’s journey continues in Clarksdale, Mississippi, where he meets actor Morgan Freeman.

10.00 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell (S). 5/8. 10.00 Suspects (S,HD). 1/4. New series. An art teacher is found 10.55 The Undateables (R,S). 2/5. A with life-threatening head man with a mild learning injuries at a sixth-form college. disability has planned his The return of the crime drama, wedding before even going on starring Fay Ripley and Damien a date, while a 22-year-old with Molony. dwarfism feels nervous when he meets a potential partner.

11.40 Secrets from the Sky (R,S,HD). 2/6. The remains of Old Sarum, the earliest settlement of Salisbury.

11.55 Poker (S,HD). The Pokerstars. com Shark Cage. Further action from the final table of the lucrative event, which features a first prize of $1million.

11.00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (HD). Rylan Clark and his guests discuss the first eviction, debating whether the public made the right decision.

12.05 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 Loose Women (R,HD). With guest Robert Lindsay. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

12.55 NFL: The American Football Show – The Playoffs (R,S,HD). Vernon Kay presents highlights of the Divisional Playoffs. 1.50 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). 2.45 Cycling: Revolution Series (R,S,HD). 3.40 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD). Making money on the side. 4.40 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.30 Face the Clock (R,S,HD).

12.00 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R,S,HD). 12.55 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Winter Road Rescue (R,S,HD). 4.00 Great Artists (R,S). 4.25 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical reports. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Charlie is horrified by his mum’s revelations. Followed by BBC News.

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11.05 MOTD: FA Cup Highlights 11.20 Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). (S,HD). Action from the latest Barry Hawkins v Ali Carter. third-round replays, as the clubs involved aimed to book their places in the last 32.

12.05 Film: Primeval (S). (2007) Thriller, starring Dominic Purcell. ●●● 1.35 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 1.40 BBC News (S,HD).

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12.10 Snooker Extra (S). Ronnie O’Sullivan v Ricky Walden. 2.10 Sign Zone: Secrets of the Castle with Ruth, Peter and Tom (R,S). How stonemasons, blacksmiths and carpenters co-ordinated their efforts while building a castle. 3.10 This Is BBC Two (S). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

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This is your chance to soak up the unique atmosphere of Wimbledon over the final weekend, savouring those famous strawberries and cream – celebrity spotting, before taking your seat on No.1 Court, to watch the stars of tomorrow and yesteryear compete in the finals of the Junior and Veterans’ events.

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• Return coach travel • One night’s bed and continental breakfast accommodation at a three-star hotel in the London area • A full day at Wimbledon with a reserved seat on No.1 Court • A visit to Windsor • The services of a tour manager

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Wednesday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Wanted Down Under (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (S,HD). 11.30 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Father Brown (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 James Martin: Home Comforts (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

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BBC2

6.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.00 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 7.30 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: Oxford Street Revealed (R,S). 9.00 Great Continental Railway Journeys (R,S). 10.00 Claimed and Shamed (R,S). 10.30 See Hear (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 Live Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). Mark Allen v John Higgins; Party Political Broadcast.

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). Topical debate from a female perspective. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Judge Rinder (S,HD). Real-life cases in a studio courtroom. 3.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Mel & Sue (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.45 According to Jim (HD). 7.10 The King of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Undercover Boss (HD). 11.00 Shipping Wars (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (HD) 12.05 Come Dine with Me (HD). 1.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Come Dine with Me. 5.30 The Simpsons.

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Celebrity Big Brother: The Eviction (R,S,HD). Emma Willis presents the first eviction. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). Ziva and Tony pose as assassins. 3.10 When Calls the Heart (S). New series. Period drama, starring Erin Krakow. 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Midsomer Murders, 8pm

Music on 4: Launched at … 12.30am

Cowboy Builders, 7pm

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather 6.30 Regional News (S); Weather 6.55 Party Political Broadcast (S). By the Conservative Party.

6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.25 Party Political Broadcast (S). By the Conservative Party. 6.30 ITV News (S); Weather

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 17/22. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Maxine and Theresa team up to save Dodger.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Maddy admits to Roo she is dreading telling Josh about her pregnancy. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted by Matt Baker and Alex Jones. 7.30 Match of the Day Live (S,HD). Coverage of an FA Cup thirdround replay (Kick-off TBA).

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 86/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (S,HD). 8/20. Michael Portillo explores the legacy of the Olympic Park in Stratford. 7.00 Great British Garden Revival (S,HD). 7/10. Carol Klein flies the flag for conifers by heading to Derbyshire to create an island installation in a Matlock park.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Emma heads to Moira’s farm for a showdown. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Audrey urges Gail to accept Michael’s proposal.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

7.00 Cowboy Builders (S,HD). New series. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Nature’s Weirdest Events (S). 2/3. Including a crab that is being milked for its blue blood, stones that mysteriously move by themselves across the desert and a Japanese island swarming with rabbits.

8.00 Midsomer Murders (R,S,HD). 5/5. Barnaby and Nelson team up with a pair of female detectives in Copenhagen to investigate the murder of factory boss Eric Calder. Neil Dudgeon and Gwilym Lee star.

8.00 The Restoration Man (S,HD). 2/6. George Clarke heads to Essex to observe the work of Jim and Bee Goody as they transform a derelict Victorian school into their dream property.

8.00 He Left Me for My Mother & Other Betrayals (S,HD). New series. Stories of infidelity, with the first edition looking at the experiences of people betrayed by their partners and a family member, including Ryan Giggs’ brother Rhodri.

9.00 24 Hours in A&E (S,HD). 2/7. A 45-year-old woman undergoes an emergency procedure to unblock an artery after collapsing with a heart attack and a 53-year-old man is rushed in following a seizure.

9.00 Celebrity Big Brother (S,HD). Highlights of the famous housemates’ past 24 hours under the all-seeing eye of Big Brother, including a chance to see their reactions to the first eviction.

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9.00 What’s the Right Diet for You? A Horizon Special (S,HD). 3/3. The results of the study reveal how successful the personalisation approach has been for the dieters. Last in the series.

10.00 W1A (R,S,HD). 4/4. Siobhan and 10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 Angry, White and Proud her team unveil their idea for a 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather (S,HD). Documentary new BBC logo. Last in the investigating the growth of 10.40 Bring Back Borstal (R,S,HD). series. right-wing splinter groups. 1/4. In a social experiment, 13 Film-maker Jamie Roberts 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented trouble-makers – some of recalls a year in which he got to by Evan Davis. Followed by whom have criminal convictions know activists on the far Weather. – volunteer to become borstal fringes of politics. boys.

11.05 Film 2015 (S,HD). New series. Reviews of Wild, and Whiplash. 11.35 Keeping Up with the Steins (S). (2006) Comedy drama, with Daryl Sabara and Jami Gertz. ●●

11.20 Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). Ding Junhui v Joe Perry.

11.40 I Never Knew That About Britain (R,S,HD). 2/8. Paul Martin discovers how the British invented the toilet.

11.00 Steph and Dom Meet Nigel Farage (R,S,HD). The Gogglebox couple invite the UKIP leader to their posh B&B. 11.30 Sex Party Secrets (R,S,HD).

11.00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (HD). Emma Willis presents the CBB companion show, featuring a celebrity panel and the studio audience giving their thoughts on the housemates.

1.00 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 1.05 BBC News (S,HD).

12.10 Snooker Extra (S). Mark Allen v John Higgins. 2.10 Sign Zone: See Hear (R,S,HD). The barriers faced by deaf people in the field of medicine. With voiceover. 2.40 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

12.10 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.40 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

12.30 Music on 4: Launched at Red Bull Studios (S,HD). 1.00 Ramsay’s Hotel Hell (R,S). 1.50 Film: The Girl Next Door (S,HD). (2004) ●●● 3.35 One Minute Past Midnight (R,S). 3.50 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD). 4.45 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.35 Face the Clock (R,S,HD).

1.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Botched Up Bodies (R,S,HD). A man who was left with a deformed and disfigured ear. 4.00 Great Artists (R,S). Peter Paul Rubens. 4.25 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 A Question of Sport (S,HD). 11/31. With Matt Le Tissier and Ugo Monye.

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10.00 Suspects (S,HD). 2/4. A badly burnt woman is fished out of the Thames and the detectives discover a link to the disappearance of an eight-yearold girl nearly a decade previously.

Neil Diamond in Concert

At the LG Arena, Birmingham, departing Jul 2015 Our price includes • Return coach travel from your local area • One night’s bed and English breakfast based on a twin room with private facilities at a good quality hotel in the Midlands • A seated ticket for the Neil Diamond concert at The LG Arena, Birmingham (face value £65). Ticket upgrades available • Return coach transfers between your hotel and the concert venue • Visit to Stratford upon Avon • The services of a friendly tour manager gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

Thursday’s Television Guide BBC1

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.05 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 7.35 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Oxford Street Revealed (R,S). 9.05 The Great Interior Design Challenge (R,S). 10.05 Claimed and Shamed (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (R,S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 Live Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). The opening quarter-final.

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With Coronation Street actress Kym Marsh. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Judge Rinder (S,HD). Reallife cases in a studio courtroom. 3.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Mel & Sue (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Celebrity Big Brother (R,S,HD). Highlights of the famous housemates’ past 24 hours. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). Tony is accused of murder. 3.15 When Calls the Heart (S). Elizabeth helps a mute student. 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Location, Location, Location, 8pm

Botched Up Bodies, 10pm

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6.00 Regional News (S); Weather 6.30 ITV News (S); Weather

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 19/22. Santa’s Little Helper becomes the Duff Beer mascot. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Tony offers to help out with Daz Cabs.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Matt avoids spending time with Sasha. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Topical stories from around the UK. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Stan is upset at the decision to move Sylvie into a care home. Followed by BBC News.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 87/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (S,HD). 9/20. Michael Portillo heads to London’s West End. 7.00 Live Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). The second quarterfinal. Jason Mohammad introduces coverage from Alexandra Palace in London.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Lisa accuses Belle of theft. 7.30 The Kyle Files (S,HD). 2/6. Jeremy Kyle investigates knife crime.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

7.00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (R,S,HD). One-off edition of the programme. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Watchdog: How to Save £1,000 (S,HD). A money-saving special, with advice on cutting down on bills and shopping more efficiently, with the aim of helping viewers knock at least £1,000 off their annual spend in 2015.

8.00 Nature’s Weirdest Events (S). 3/3. Featuring a virgin snake that gave birth, a sea serpent that washed up on the Californian coast and 12 goats that were found in a tree in Morocco. Last in the series.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Zak and Lisa are rocked to discover what Katie witnessed. 8.30 Birds of a Feather (S,HD). 4/8. Tracey and Sharon vie for Auntie Vera’s Pearly Queen title.

8.00 Location, Location, Location (S,HD). Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp help two couples search for new homes in Scotland, focusing their searches on the Lowlands near Loch Lomond and the West End of Glasgow.

8.00 My Big Benefits Family (S,HD). The documentary focuses on three generations of a family living in one of the most deprived parts of Sheffield and claiming tens of thousands of pounds in benefits each year. Followed by 5 News Update.

9.00 Death in Paradise (S,HD). 2/8. A surf school owner is shot dead in his workshop and Humphrey notes the door was locked from the inside with no other obvious means of entry. Kris Marshall stars.

9.00 The Super-Rich and Us (S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two. Jacques Peretti looks at the destabilisation of work life in the 1970s to drive a new profit culture, and how acceptance of huge executive bonuses was manufactured.

9.00 Bring Back Borstal (S,HD). 2/4. The nine remaining trouble-makers learn to take responsibility for the running of the institution, taking on some of the more mundane chores such as cooking, laundry and washing.

9.00 Cyberbully (S). A teenager is targeted by an advanced computer hacker, revealing the dark depths of the internet. Maisie Williams stars in this chilling thriller inspired by reallife cases.

9.00 Celebrity Big Brother (S,HD). Highlights of Wednesday’s antics in the star-studded bungalow, as the celebrity housemates continue their attempt to live harmoniously under the all-seeing eye of Big Brother.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S) 10.35 Question Time (S,HD). 14/38. David Dimbleby hosts a topical debate from Lincoln.

10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (S,HD). 13/13. Highlights of the 28th run of the comedy music quiz. Last in the series. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Kirsty Wark. Followed by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 The Brits Are Coming (S,HD). The nominations for next month’s music awards ceremony.

10.20 My Granny the Escort (R,S,HD). A portrait of three of Britain’s mature escorts – older women who choose to sell sex from hotel rooms and their homes, all completely legally.

10.00 Botched Up Bodies (S,HD). 2/4. A woman who needs treatment to avoid contracting a deadly infection after the permanent filler she had injected into her forehead, jaw, cheeks and temple began to migrate.

11.35 This Week (S). The past seven days in politics.

11.20 Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). The second quarter-final.

11.40 Ade at Sea (R,S,HD). 4/6. Adrian Edmondson explores the Bristol Channel.

11.20 24 Hours in Police Custody (R,S,HD). Two teenage girls sleep off their excesses in the cells after being involved in a nightclub fight, while a 61-year-old man is arrested after arguing with a flatmate.

11.00 Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (HD). Emma Willis presents the CBB companion show.

12.20 Skiing Weatherview (S). 12.25 BBC News (S,HD).

12.10 Snooker Extra (S). The opening quarter-finals. 2.10 Sign Zone: Trouble at Tesco – Panorama (R,S). Kamal Ahmed investigates the problems facing the supermarket. 2.40 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

12.20 Up All Night: Britain on Call (R,S,HD). 1.15 One Born Every Minute (R,S,HD). 2.10 Weighing Up the Enemy (R,S,HD). 3.05 Food Unwrapped (R,S,HD). 3.35 How to Blow Your Pension – Channel 4 Dispatches (R,S,HD). 4.00 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD). 4.55 River Cottage Bites (R,S,HD). 5.05 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Race to the Pole (R,S,HD). Richard Parks trains for an unassisted ski to the South Pole. 4.00 Great Artists (R,S). Spanish painter Velazquez. 4.25 House Doctor (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 Wildlife SOS (R,S).

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Classical Spectacular

A Royal Albert Hall Concert Break! Departing Mar 2015 Our price includes • Return coach travel • One night’s bed and continental breakfast accommodation in a good hotel in London • A choir seat for Classical Spectacular (upgrades available) • A sightseeing tour of London or time to shop and sightsee • The services of a tour manager

Friday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Wanted Down Under (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Caught Red Handed (S,HD). 11.30 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Father Brown (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 James Martin: Home Comforts (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.05 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 7.35 Rip Off Britain: Holidays (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: Oxford Street Revealed (R,S). 9.05 The Great Interior Design Challenge (R,S). 10.05 Food & Drink (R,S). 10.35 The Travel Show (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 Live Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). The third quarter-final.

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S,HD). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With Johnny Vegas. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Judge Rinder (S,HD). Real-life cases in a studio courtroom. 3.00 Tipping Point (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Mel & Sue (S,HD). With Dr Christian Jessen and Jo Brand. 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.45 According to Jim (HD). 7.10 The King of Queens. 8.00 Frasier. 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 10.00 Undercover Boss. 11.00 Shipping Wars (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (HD) 12.05 Come Dine with Me (HD). 1.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Come Dine with Me (HD). 5.30 The Simpsons.

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S,HD). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Celebrity Big Brother (R,S,HD). Highlights of Wednesday’s antics in the star-studded house. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 3.10 When Calls the Heart (S). New miners arrive in town. 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 21/22. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Life is set to change for ever for the Blakes and the Savages.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Ash urges Brax to tell his family what happened in prison. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted by Chris Evans and Alex Jones. 7.30 A Question of Sport (R,S,HD). With Matt Le Tissier and Ugo Monye. Followed by BBC News.

7.00 Live Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). The fourth quarterfinal. Hazel Irvine introduces coverage from Alexandra Palace in London.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Belle reluctantly accepts she needs treatment. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Luke nervously prepares for his outing with Maria and Liam.

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7.00 Race to the Pole (S,HD). 2/4. Richard Parks competes in the Jungle Ultra.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Nancy and Shirley argue over the decision to let Dean move into the Vic. 8.30 Room 101 (S,HD). 3/8. With Ray Mears, Fiona Bruce and Katherine Ryan.

8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 21/31. Specialist subjects include Breaking Bad, the Spanish Civil War and the Clash. 8.30 Food & Drink (S,HD). 3/10. Tom Kerridge and guest Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall discuss classic British food.

8.00 The Martin Lewis Money Show (S,HD). 6/9. How to maximise credit to cut the cost of existing debt. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Michael demands answers from Steph and Gavin.

8.00 Jamie and Jimmy’s Friday Night Feast (S,HD). 3/6. Hugh Bonneville joins Jamie Oliver and Jimmy Doherty to relive his Far Eastern travels and prepares an authentic pad thai. Plus, the waste of food caused by sell-by labels.

8.00 Ice Road Truckers (S,HD). Art tenders his resignation, Lisa tries to extricate a trailer that has been snowed in since last season and Alex retrieves a cement-making unit worth more than $500,000. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 The Musketeers (S,HD). 3/10. A Spanish general offers the Musketeers the formula of a unique and deadly gunpowder if they will help rescue his kidnapped daughter. Luke Pasqualino stars.

9.00 The Big Allotment Challenge (S,HD). 3/6. The seven remaining contestants must present five perfect pods of peas, grow lilies and incorporate them in a floral candelabra, and make dips and crisps. Fern Britton presents.

9.00 Benidorm (S,HD). 3/7. The Oracle and his mother return to the resort, having heard about the big quiz Lesley is hosting. Clive’s sister Terri also arrives, while Blow & Go branches out into botox.

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S,HD). 2/5. Jimmy Carr hosts the comedy panel show’s version of the wordsand-numbers quiz, ably assisted by Sean Lock, Jon Richardson, Joe Wilkinson, Rachel Riley and Susie Dent.

9.00 Celebrity Big Brother: Live Eviction (S,HD). Emma Willis presents the second eviction show, announcing the least popular housemate and chatting to them about their time on the show.

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6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 88/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Great British Railway Journeys (S,HD). 10/20.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 The Graham Norton Show (S,HD). 14/20. Light-hearted chat and music.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 The Last Leg (S,HD). 2/8. Alan Davies joins Adam Hills, Josh 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather Widdicombe and Alex Brooker 10.40 Couples Retreat (S,HD). (2009) to review the main talking Comedy, starring Vince Vaughn, points of the week with Malin Akerman and Jon irreverence and satire. Favreau. ●●

11.25 Bluestone 42 (S,HD). 1/6. New 11.00 Weather (S) series. Simon and Bird argue 11.05 Never Mind the Buzzcocks over a book. (R,S,HD). 13/13. Highlights of 11.55 EastEnders (R,S,HD). Omnibus. the 28th run of the comedy Dot encourages Charlie to music quiz. Last in the series. spend time with his new son. 11.35 Snooker: The Masters (S,HD). The fourth quarter-final.

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10.00 QI (S,HD). 15/18. With Suggs, Claudia O’Doherty and Jimmy Carr. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Emily Maitlis.

1.50 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 1.55 BBC News (S,HD).

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12.25 Snooker Extra (S). The concluding quarter-finals. 2.25 Sign Zone: Question Time (R,S). Topical debate from Lincoln. 3.25 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

12.50 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.40 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service.

11.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (S,HD). 1/23. New series. Peralta and Boyle track down a mobster who escaped arrest. 11.35 Rude Tube (S,HD). 1/8. New series. The internet clip show returns, hosted by Alex Zane.

11.30 Big Brother: Live from the House (HD). Events unfolding in real-time at the Big Brother compound.

12.30 Film: Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (S,HD). (2006) ●●●● 1.55 The Ricky Gervais Show (R,S,HD). 2.50 Mesh: Love Tube (R,S). 2.55 Grand Designs Australia (S). 3.55 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD). 4.50 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.45 Face the Clock (R,S,HD).

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final word COLUMNIST SALI GREEN

Everyone was thoroughly loosened up at our dinner party by then and my bestie Ruth was up and dancing to ‘We Are The Champions’ with the lovely Angela (aka Chewbacca in the game) who she’d bonded with earlier over nibbles. We were totally glad we’d stayed in and missed the mayhem, queueing and expense of a night in town. A lovely way to start the new year. Then after most of our guests had left, the remaining three of us started to watch the film Snatch and us hosts fell asleep on the sofa even before Brad Pitt had asked “D’ya loik dags?” I hope yours was a happy celebration too and that all things good are coming your way for 2015 and beyond.

LIKE reading the New Year messages on Facebook. Everyone becomes philosophical, even those who normally keep a lid on things have some reflective words to offer. Some had a tough 2014, some had an amazing one overall, some had babies or fell in love (or fell in love, then had babies.) There are a few pledges for a ‘dry January’ and some have signed up for charity runs and even marathons. It’s like we get a chance to turn over a new leaf, start a new page, have a clean slate and try a bit harder to get the best out of ourselves. Some people are having to recommit to something they took for granted or let their focus slip. Whatever your aim is for 2015, may the force be with you. For New Year’s Eve we had five friends over to dinner who hadn’t met each other properly before. Apart from those in couples who, of course, knew each other very well. After dinner we played the Rizla/Who Am I game (guessing what famous person’s name is written on the cigarette rolling paper stuck to your forehead). Our famous people were Bjorn Borg, Lady Gaga, Keith Lemon, James Brown, Johnny Rotten, Pussy Galore and Chewbacca. After a few glasses of fizz and a couple of cocktails that seems hilarious. Then we attempted a couple of rounds of Balderdash, but by that stage the wheels were coming off a little. Luckily Jools Holland came on the telly and eased us through into 2015 with his gathered guests. Even if it is filmed in the flipping summer and not live on New Year’s Eve at all. Quick channel change for the London fireworks – how good was that DJ who mixed the accompanying music? Some people noticed and filmed a red and green UFO-like firework during part of it. What was that about?

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everything – burgers, chicken, pizza. I’m also very fond of eggs, cooked any way.They’re a great source of protein.

What would you drink?

Gallons and gallons of water. I don’t drink a lot of alcohol but if I did, it would probably be a glass of cider.

If you could invite anyone for a dinner party, dead or alive, who would you invite?

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Margaret Thatcher, Winston Churchill, Henry Vlll and his six wives. Now that would certainly be an interesting combination

Do you have a new year’s resolution?

I need to declutter this year. I’ve got so much stuff that I don’t really need.

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I’d go somewhere where I could spend one day being active; cycling, skiing or walking through the countryside; and the other day relaxing in the sun, reading and having a massage. I used to hate sunbathing but I’ve really got into it now.

Who would you spend it with?

My daughters, Ottilie, 10, and Honey, seven.They are quite active and would enjoy cycling with me.

What you watch on TV?

I usually watch things on catch-upTV and I like series like Silent Witness and Downtown Abbey, and also Coronation Street. I’ve heard a lot about Breaking Bad and I’d like to see what that’s like too.

What would you read?

I like reading text books on things like psychology, medicine or law. I still like reading my old books from my law degree.

What film would you watch?

I like anything modern – action, romance, comedy. I’m not really into graphic violence and I don’t like old films.

What would you listen to?

I prefer listening to Radio 4, but I also like current music, such as Sam Smith, Adele and Ed Sheeran.

What would you eat?

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