Weekend May 9 2015 by LocalWorldGlos

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HOT STONE MASSAGE AT TONIC SPA

CAREY MULLIGAN TAKES HOLLYWOOD BY STORM CIRCUS ACT: NELL GIFFORD ON ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR

Pasha’s passion p FROM SIBERIA TO STRICTLY – WHY LIFE HAS BEEN NO WALTZ IN THE PARK

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The legendary reggae band will have GL1 Leisure Centre in Gloucester rocking as they perform some of their biggest hits including Red Red Wine and Rat In Mi Kitchen. Catch them tomorrow night. For tickets, call 08456 434212.

Al Murray Everyone’s favourite pub landlord returns to Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre tomorrow night with his new show, One Man, One Guvnor.

FASHION & BEAUTY

HEALTH & WELLBEING

Take a trip on the Orient Express with these far eastern fashion picks. Plus, Kate Parker gives us her insight into the latest spring/ summer trends in office wear. P13-16

Clean-eating is all the rage in the world of good nutrition. We take a look at the art of smoothie-making, plus some delicious recipes to try out. We also learn why we should all be eating more wholegrains.

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HOMES & GARDENS

Your patio is a great place to entertain guests when the sun decides to shine. We pick out some colourful outdoor furnishings. P37-41

FOOD & DRINK Modern Italian restaurant Prezzo has just launched their new spring menu, so we had a taste for ourselves. And Sue Bradley finds out more about traditional Spanish gastronomical society – The Txoko club. P25-29

THE BUZZ

Oscar-nominee Carey Mulligan chats about her upcoming flick Far From the Madding Crowd. P49-52

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Who are we? Weekend magazine is published every Saturday by the Gloucester Citizen and Gloucestershire Echo newspapers, part of the Local World stable. Acting Editor Jonathan Whiley Deputy Editor Joyce Matthews joyce.matthews@glosmedia.co.uk 01242 278067

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OW. What a Jazz Festival. The Big Top was buzzing, Prestbury Hills were alive with the sound of music and there was enough prosecco to fill the swimming pool of a Wholefoods shopper’s holiday villa. Well one of them at least. Sadly I missed Van Morrison – I heard he even smiled – but I did manage to catch Caro Emerald’s catchy swing music (I think they call it jazz fusion) and a contemporary tribute to Gershwin’s legendary songs. It wasn’t all for me. The cowbellinfused, organ heavy music of Medeski, Martin and Wood was a little too ‘rainy night in a Swiss mountain village’ but I couldn’t argue with their talent, no matter how avant-garde. The highlight, however, was meeting a certain Gregory Porter backstage – namedrop alert – as he cemented his status as one of the coolest guys on the planet right now.

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As one marquee event finishes, another is set to begin as we count down the days to the start of the Giffords Circus tour. In this week’s edition we catch up with owner Nell Gifford to find out what this year’s offering, Moon Songs, has in store. Elsewhere, we find out why Korean beauty products are taking the world by storm and settle down for a chat with Strictly Come Dancing’s Pasha Kovalev who has feature writer Corrie Bond-French swooning. Plus, find out how one man transformed his life by following the juicing trend and empress of eclairs and sultan of scones, Mary Berry, talks about her food guilty pleasures ahead of her latest TV series. Have a brilliant weekend, whatever you happen to be up to you. Jonathan Whiley weekend@glosmedia.co.uk 01242 278072

This issue’s contributors were asked: Which summer event are you looking forward to most?

Helen Blow

Kate Parker

Nell Gifford

Roger Phillpot

Debbie Pike

“I’m always hugely excited at the prospect of two weeks of solid tennis so Wimbledon is up there as a favourite event,” says feature writer Helen. “Although I’m a bit gutted at not getting tickets this year. “And after interviewing Alex James recently, I’m hoping to visitThe Big Feastival if the weather is good, for a day of music and great food.”

“I always look forward to Glastonbury each year, live from my sofa and will do so again this year,” says personal shopper Kate. “I went to Latitude in Suffolk last year. The weather was the hottest the UK has ever seen. “I can still remember First Aid Kit performing Silver Lining wearing vintage gold dresses that glittered in the sunlight with huge bubbles floating in the air.”

“Summer events clash with the circus so we don’t do much,” says Giffords Circus owner Nell who is this week’s Big Interview. “But we’re looking forward to the Stroud Pony Club week at the end of August because the children will be able to participate in it.”

“The world renowned Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy in London, open to many thousands of entrants, worldwide,” says artist Roger. “A few hundred of these, some often considered lucky, will soon receive their coveted invitation to actually take part. “Works of all genres, which grace the majestic rooms, await the eyes and thoughts of millions of captivated visitors.”

“I’m looking forward to watching some of the music festivals from the comfort of my living room,” says designer Debbie. “I’ve been to a fair few festivals over the years but I’m pretty sure I’m done with all the mud and camping. I’m looking forward to watching Glastonbury. “I went in 2011 and it was phenomenal. It’s not quite the same as watching it on the telly as actually being there, but I’ll be dry!.”

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Life in the

CIRCUS 6

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Jugglers, clowns and an imaginary fairground â&#x20AC;&#x201C; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for Giffords Circus to enchant us all once again. HELEN BLOW finds out the secrets of their success as she chats to owner Nell Gifford

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NEW moon is rising over the Cotswolds this summer as the circus rolls into town. Nell Gifford’s enchanting show opens at her new home near Stroud on Friday for the first in a grand tour to southern venues. Moon Songs takes place in an imaginary fairground called Luna Park, with a series of set pieces inspired by the moon. Jugglers Bibi and Bichu return but this time they bring 13 of their Ethiopian relatives in on the act and magician Odoroff tries to control this giant troupe of dancing gymnasts. Tweedy the clown is shot from a cannon and turns into the man in the moon, while the bear gallops past on a pony. The carousel horses come to life, before the weather turns wintry and chaos reigns in this topsy-turvy world. Giffords combines circus and theatre in their eclectic summer shows, which have been touring the county and beyond since the turn of the century. Nell and Toti Gifford experiment with the circus form, weaving theatre, opera, dance and puppetry into the 90-minute big top shows. They fuse incredible acrobatics with stunning costumes and scenery, winning a loyal following over the last 14 years. In the last throws of rehearsals at their new base at Fennells Farm in Lypiatt, director Cal McCrystal and Nell put the finishing touches to Moon Songs. “It’s inspired by Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon, an early film that used to be screened in fairgrounds at the turn of the 20th century,” says Nell. “People may remember those famous images with a rocket going into the eye of the moon face. “That was the starting point. We wanted to do a show about the moon but not set on the moon because it was too problematic. “So we came up with the idea of Moon Song set in a Victorian amusement park called Luna Park, with the acts performing as part of the fair. “A hundred years ago the circus and the fair weren’t really separate, so it’s just really the showground feel. For three weeks the circus has been furiously practising routines at the

Cotswold Playhouse in Stroud, before they transfer to the big top for final preparations this week. As well as the Ethiopian troupe, the show includes Argentinean magician Maxi, little guy David from Germany, and Katia, a hula hoop act from Hungary, Katia. “She looks like an avatar and is really amazing,” said Nell, who returns to the show astride her beloved horse. “I am in the show again of course and always will be, but I’m older now and there are other performers who are younger than me.” Plenty of animals are also taking part again this year of course, including horses and dogs. “We have three beautiful grey Andalusian horses and a big Friesian,” said Nell.

It’s inspired by Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon, an early film that used to be screened in fairgrounds at the turn of the 20th century Nell Gifford

“We still have the little dogs Griffin and Hades, who we got last year from Birmingham Dogs Home, along with two dalmatians. “We rehomed the dalmatians after the show but the little ones are just so keen and can do so much and I don’t think we could find a better home for them. “The dalmatians needed a family home and a bed to lie on, whereas Griffin and Hades are so active and they need so much training and interaction so this suits them. They are a total joy.”

Choreography is again the charge of former Moulin Rouge dancer Kate Smythe. “She was head girl at the Moulin Rouge for 12 years so she’s really exacting, very disciplined, highly professional and a very nice woman. “It’s going to be great but it’s been quite a complicated, tricky little show to work out this year.” The family, including five-year-old twins Red and Cecil, have settled well in their new home, after moving from Folly Farm, near Bourton-on-the-Water, after last year’s tour. “We really love it here and are having such a nice time. We moved because we needed more space and had outgrown the other place.

“Here there is loads of rooms for all our caravans, developing workshops and storage space. “We are opening here for the first week, which is nice, because everything’s here already.” Other venues include Sudeley Castle at Winchcombe, Daylesford Organic in Kingham, Frampton-on-Severn village green and Minchinhampton Common. They will also be travelling further afield to London, Oxford and Malborough, before returning for a final few performances back at Fennells Farm. Giffords Circus comes to Fennells Farm near Stroud on Friday. The tour goes on until September 20. For tickets and more information visit giffordscircus.com

Top: Inside Nell Gifford's Caravan with the exterior of the caravans (bottom).

CAL MCCRYSTAL'S MOON SONGS

AT the helm of Giffords’ new show – and many before – is acclaimed British director Cal McCrystal. With movies like The World’s End with Simon Pegg, Sasha Baron Cohen’s The Dictator, Spiderman 2, and West End hit One Man, Two Guvnors already under his belt, Cal is widely recognised as a master of comic direction. And he confirms that Moon Songs will have lots of comic sequences and laughs in it – not surprising to anyone who has ever seen Tweedy in action. “This show is going to be really crazy. It’s got so many eccentric performers in it and we’re really basing it on their personalities,” said Cal, who directed last year’s Greek extravaganza, The Thunders, as well as Lucky 13 and The Saturday Book before that. “It’ll be a great contrast to last year’s show which was very beautiful and very ordered,” he said. “This is the opposite; this is chaotic – a bit like the previous two shows I did here. “It’s very heavy on comedy this year. We’ve got Maxi the magician back from two years ago. He and Tweedy fire off each other brilliantly.

“We also have David, the little magician’s assistant, who is or isn’t going to be the human cannonball, depending on his mood. “Tweedy will end up saving the day.” Cal admits he felt slightly apprehensive on the first day of rehearsals. “I was nervous about this one because I loved last year’s show so much, but after the end of the first day I wasn’t nervous any more. “The first day of rehearsals had a lot of great ingredients and no recipe, but very quickly the recipe appeared and by the end of last week we had our show. “Last year we did an awful lot of planning in advance. This year we’ve done as much prep as we can while leaving it really open and seeing what happens when this particular mix of people come together and see how they interact.” Costumes are a medley of 19th century-inspired fairground costumes, while the scenery is based on fairground architecture, with two giant faces staring out at the audience and a talking-face moon.

NELL'S FAVOURITETHINGS RESTAURANT The Woolpack in Slad. I think we’ve been there every weekend of the winter, really good food. Used to go to Curry Corner but it seems a bit further to Cheltenham now. PICNIC SPOT The walk to the Woolpack that goes by Swift’s hill. CAFES The Hobbs House in Nailsworth. SHOP William’s Kitchen in Nailsworth. WALK Walking to the Woolpack – it takes about half an hour.

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FASHION &

BEAUTY

Your guide to fashion in Gloucestershire – direct from the designers themselves

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One’s a 140-year-old British institution, the other’s a thoroughly modern Asian-inspired fashion retailer with its headquarters in Cheltenham. Now Liberty and Superdry have teamed up in a timely collaboration. Out this month, a pair of watches combine the sporty Superdry aesthetic with chintzy Liberty floral prints, in pretty pink and purple. ■ Superdry Urban Featuring Liberty Art Fabrics Watches, £39.99, available from Monday at watchshop.com

CHERRY BLOSSOM PICK

Look east for inspiration this summer with all things Oriental from judo-style jackets to cherry blossom prints.

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.

HEALTH & WELLBEING

What’s your diet like? Give yourself a health makeover with juices, smoothies and more wholesome wholegrains. Check out our recipes and feel better and fitter for summer.

fashion PICK OF THE WEEK

Take sanctuary Perk up your pampering time with the new Sanctuary Spa Cooling Sorbet and Air-Whipped Soufflé bodycare collections, launching this month. These decadent desserts for your body are perfect morning wake-me-up and available at Boots. ■ Cooling Body Sorbet, £7, is a refreshing blend of waterlily, cucumber water and aloe vera. ■ Air-whipped crème soufflé, £10.50 with red seaweed extract, jojoba oil and mango extract for smooth skin.

At a Broadway opening night recently, Helen Mirren seemed to be channelling her most famous role, in a sherbet yellow coat that we reckon the Queen herself would approve of. Her Majesty probably doesn’t shop at Zara though . . . ■ Bell sleeve coat, £89.99, at zara.com

Shanna Hodgetts Shanna, 23, a hairdresser from Pittville, said: “I’ve gone for a smart casual look for work. My boots are from New Look. My gilet is from Blue Inc and scarf is my sister’s. I try to just do my own thing. If I think it looks good I’ll wear it. I don’t really follow anyone. I thought the thigh-high boots look wintery and the gilet has cut out arms so it’s a look that’s in between the seasons.”

SET THE SCENE_ Look out for beautiful prints, from stylised scenes featuring swooping herons to dense florals inspired by Japan’s famous cherry blossoms. ■ Studio Collection patterned silk jacket, currently reduced to £69.99 from £99.99 at hm.com ■ Cherry blossom jumpsuit, £79, from coast-stores.com

Matt Foster Matt, 25, an officer worker from Gloucester, said: “This is my work look – office wear. My jacket is from H&M – a leather jacket is a wardrobe staple. My trousers and shoes are both Topman. My look is all high-street brands. We need a Topman in Cheltenham. I go to the one in Gloucester at the moment.”

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Hayley, 29, who works in House of Fraser, said: “My coat is from ASOS which I got from my boyfriend for Christmas. I like to wear a lot of stripes and my top is from River Island. My jeans are from H&M and bag is French Connection. I’m going for a Beatnik look.”

Lee Fraser Lee, 33, a denim designer from Charlton Kings, said: “I’ve got a rock ‘n’ roll style generally. I’m very influenced by that but also high-end fashion. My leather jacket is from Sandro which is a Paris make. My T-shirt is Weekday which is Scandinavian. I’m wearing a H&M hoodie, G-Star jeans and boots from Cos. I wear black a lot and monochrome colours.”

Limited edition orange satin Oriental print longline kimono, £55, palazzo pants, £40, top, £30, necklace, £12, shoes, £35, from riverisland.com

GENTLY DOES IT Move over baseball jacket, the latest sports kit to be appropriated by the fashion world is the judo jacket. Traditionally white and fastened with a thick obi belt, the judo jacket has been reworked in a host of colours and cuts and the cinchedin waist works well with highwaisted trousers and skirts. ■ Autograph Jacket, £75, M&S Collection trousers, £35, necklace, £18, from marksandspencer.com

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OH . . . AN OBI The real shortcut to Asian fusion fashion is the obi belt, originally made from heavy brocade and used to fasten kimonos. ■ Leather obi belt, £20, at oasisstores.com

style

Left: Paris shift dress, £149, and Ottoman Stitch dress, £129, below, from Jigsaw

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Right: striped blazer trouser suit and bag from Mango

Do you agonise over what to wear for work each day? Gloucestershire stylist and personal shopper KATE PARKER has some solutions

HERE’S been something of a buzz about what we wear to work. It all started when Saatchi and Saatchi art director Matilda Kahl came out of the workwear closet. The New York-based 27-year-old wrote in Harper’s Bazaar about why, three years ago, she took the decision to wear exactly the same thing to work every day – black trousers, white blouse and a black bow. The only thing she changes is her shoes. Recently her outfit even had its own “Dress Like Matilda Day” when all of her design agency colleagues wore her trademark uniform. BBC Radio Gloucestershire invited me to talk about the ‘Matilda effect’ and whether we should all be doing this? I think the majority of people would love to remove the stress of choosing what to wear on a daily basis. Especially on big occasions when it feels like all eyes are upon us. It was a day such as this that Matilda had her sartorial meltdown. She had a big presentation at work and turned up late and harassed feeling nothing she had put on that morning was ‘right’. After all, what we want from our clothes is to feel great, not compromised. When considering what to wear to work the most important thing is to take the time at the beginning of the season and plan what you actually put into your wardrobe in the first place. That way outfits are ready and waiting. There is

a lot to be said for creating your own signature ‘uniform’. Those looks you can fall back on time after time. My ‘go to’ pieces are a selection of dresses in a style I love. I have both winter and summer versions in a range of colours that work for me. I switch how they look with different footwear and jewellery options. What’s your ‘uniform’? Here I’ve chosen some hardworking pieces for the office. Jigsaw is always great for workwear staples (for men too). Their sleeveless Paris shift dress, £149, and Ottoman Stitch dress with sleeves, £129, both in navy provide great canvasses. And this neat gold-plated bracelet from Toast, £115, looks professional and not too distracting. A neat knit is wonderful for negotiating unpredictable office temperatures. This one is in Cashair from Joseph, £215. Workwear doesn’t have to be dull. These Joseph print trousers, £345, look smart worn with a plain blouse, or knit and jacket. Look to the high street for more purse-friendly options. This striped blazer trouser suit is from Mango. An excellent choice for a trendy environment with shirt, £29.99, trousers, £34.99, blazer £59.99 and shoes, £69.99. Pop your tech in this red bag, again from Mango, £44.99, and wait for your promotion. ■ kateparkerstyle.com

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JUICE JUNKIE

Juicing is a key part of healthy eating, but for Cheltenham dad Neil Martin, it meant so much more. HELEN BLOW finds out how it transformed his life

OST of us know that five servings of fruit and veg a day help us in our quest for a healthy lifestyle. But for Cheltenham dad Neil Martin they have meant brought him back from the brink and literally changed his life. Since embracing juicing as part of his diet, 39-year-old Neil has lost more than five stone and is healthier and fitter than he has ever been. He is now recognised as a leading authority on juicing and runs juicing workshops and seminars both here and abroad. Neil will be talking about how juicing transformed his life and how people can create delicious juices to help them lose weight and improve their health at the Cheltenham Food and Drink festival next month. Just before his 23rd birthday, Neil lost his father and his previously healthy lifestyle spiralled downwards into depression as he piled on the weight and was plagued with ill health. “Losing my dad, who was my hero, at such a young age should have made me focus more on my own health but instead it had the opposite effect,” said Neil, a father-of-two from Cheltenham. Within a short space of time, he changed from a healthy young man who went to the gym most days and felt fit enough to take on the world, to an overweight man, suffering from asthma and IBS. “One day, 10-years down the line, I looked into the mirror and saw a sicklooking fat guy looking back,” he said. “I had reached breaking point and realised that if I continued the way I was going, my own children could lose their father too young as well.” By this stage, Neil weighed 18 stone

and was suffering from various different lifestylerelated conditions. “In 2009, six months after the birth of my second child, I was watching my nine-year-old son hold her in his arms and I thought if I didn’t do something history would be repeating itself. “It was a wake-up call and started me on my journey to rediscover my health. I took control of my own future and changed my lifestyle.” Neil went to a nutritionist and made simple tweaks to his diet including eating a lot more fruit and veg and started to feel healthier very quickly. “I couldn’t keep paying to see them. I wanted to help myself and find out more about it, so I did a lot of reading and research and became my own client. “One of the books talked about juicing and when I read about the concept of juicing vegetables to increase the amount of nutrients I was eating, it immediately made sense to me, so I ordered a juicer.” Within six months, Neil had lost four stone. “I tried the 7lbs in 7 days juice programme and, despite being a little sceptical, lost 10lbs and felt healthy and bursting with energy. “When I first started juicing the weight was literally falling off me but then, after returning to a ‘normal’ diet’ I put two stone back on again,” he admitted. “So I reapplied the diet principles that I had been following and, in the end, I lost a total of five-and-a-half stone.” gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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READY,STEADY,BLITZ!

Here are some tasty, and healthy, smoothie recipes to get you started

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Neil also started exercising again, including taking up running, and has since run the Cotswold Way and several other organised runs, and this summer is planning to run 100km in a single day. Since taking up his new regime, Neil has quit his job in IT and now runs his own company Natural Juice Junkie. “My diet now is healthy but normal and although I don’t drink alcohol these days, I‘m not a martyr to the cause and think people can eat normally as long as it’s part of a balanced diet,” he said. “I juice every day but I don’t live on juice. On most days I will have them twice a day and eat two to four times a day.” Juices include greens with ingredients like lettuce, cucumber, leafy greens and some fruit to sweeten, such as apples or pears. Another favourite juice of Neil’s is the rainbow juice, where you combine fruit and veg of different colours. “A good balance is about 70 per cent veg and 30 per cent fruit,” he said. “The aim is to get a good mix between nutrition and flavour. There’s no point making juices if you don’t enjoy them.” Neil launched Natural Juice Junkie as a blog and it generated so much interest that he made it into his business. And on June 12 at 3pm he will run a juicing demonstration in the Real Food and Drink Theatre during the festival.

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Juicy ingredients

• 10 romaine leaves • 2 apples • 1/3 cucumber • 2 sticks of celery • 1/2 lime (peel the lime if you want the juice less zesty) • 1 thumb-sized chunk of ginger (or a bit more if you are feeling brave.)

How to make in a cold press (masticating) Juicer: 1. Wash / clean all the produce 2. Juice the romaine leaves 3. Juice the cucumber 4. Juice the lime 5. Juice the celery 6. Juice the ginger 7. Juice the apples

Kale, Banana And Kiwi Smoothie (courtesy of Primrose's Kitchen)

1 ripe banana 2 kiwis, peeled and sliced in half 1 cup kale, washed and tightly packed 1/4 cup almond milk 1tsp honey (can add 1tsp of PK Cleanse powder too if you like!) 1/2 cup ice

Basic Recipe For 'Creamy' Smoothie (courtesy of Champneys)

1 cup milk of choice (cows'/goats'/soya/ almond/coconut etc) Handful of mixed berries 1/2 banana 1tbsp ground nuts/seeds 1tbsp of silken tofu, or 1/2 an avocado, or 1 tbsp natural live yoghurt Add any other fruit of choice (mango, kiwi, pineapple etc)

Basic Recipe For Juice Based Veg Smoothie (courtesy of Champneys)

Handful of dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach , kale or broccoli 1/2 stick of celery 1 cup apple juice/water (50/5O) Fresh/frozen fruit such as mango, berries or pineapple Green powder (spirulina/wheatgrass optional) 1tbsp ground nuts/seeds, or 1 tbsp flaxseed oil

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WHOLE(GRAIN) AGAIN

It’s official – we’re not eating enough wholegrain. Top up on that heart health-boosting goodness with these simple tips

HREE slices of bread a day – doesn’t sound too difficult, does it? But according to new figures from Newcastle University, most of us (nearly 80 per cent) are falling short of the recommended 48g of wholegrains a day – that’s the equivalent of three slices of a wholegrain loaf. In fact, it seems many Brits are managing to munch a mere 20g a day, and it could mean we’re missing out on vital health-boosting benefits.

GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN So why are so many of us dodging wholegrains? Some theories point to a general fear of ‘brown food’ being boring, while others wonder whether we’ve become so wary of anything containing wheat and gluten that we’re shunning anything bread/pasta-like. Whatever the possible reasons behind the wholegrain boycott, one fact remains: it needs to change. “Studies have shown that diets rich in wholegrain foods can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (heart disease and stroke}, certain types of cancer and type two diabetes,” says leading nutritionist, Fiona Hunter. “The mechanisms by which wholegrains help prevent these diseases are not fully understood, but may include antioxidant protection.”

WHAT ARE YOU WHEATING FOR? So, now you know the whole(grain) truth about how important it is to up your quota, here are nine ways to do it: Eat porridge Start the day with some wholegrains at breakfast, like porridge or muesli, says Fiona. Still on the oats theme, she also suggests using porridge oats in crumble toppings. Swap white bread Swap white bread for wholemeal bread – look for the words wholegrain or wholemeal on the label. And white rice Choose brown rice instead of white. Look out for brown basmati and quick-cook brown rice. Again, taste isn’t compromised. Ban crackers If you want an easy snack or a better basis for your hummus/cheese/other topping of choice, try oatcakes or wholemeal crackers instead of cream crackers. Avoid couscous It seems super healthy, and in many ways it is, but not as healthy as bulgur wheat for those wholegrain levels. Add barley Add barley to soups and stews – it makes them thicker, creamier and allround better. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

Korean women are famed for their skincare, spending an hour every morning and night and up to 12 products to achieve clear and even skin. We take a peek inside their beauty cabinets

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1. MAKE-UP REMOVAL The first step of the nightly routine is to use a make-up remover, ideally an oilbased one, because it’s more effective at removing waterproof make-up, especially mascara, without irritating skin. The Face Shop Rice Water Bright Cleansing Light Oil, £13.99, at bestbbcreams.co.uk

2. CLEANSING Wash the face with a cleansing foam to get rid of all the leftover make-up residue, as well as dead skin cells. It’s important that every little bit of makeup is removed so there is nothing to clog pores, and to leave a clean canvas for all the following steps. 3W Clinic Brown Rice Foam Cleanser, £5.99, at bestbbcreams.co.uk

3. EXFOLIATION Daily exfoliation is done in the evening, with gentle products. Our Western products are often considered too aggressive. A major craze in South Korea, Silk Finger Balls, made from real silk cocoons, are soaked in warm water and massaged over skin to exfoliate, also sealing in moisture thanks to silk’s super-strength amino acids. CosRx Blackhead Silk Finger Balls, £10 for 12 at cultbeauty.co.uk

4. REFRESHING It sounds like our equivalent of toning, but this is the really hydrating step. Don’t use your usual tonic, as it will dry the skin, choose instead a truly moisturising lotion. Erborian Herbal Energy Lotion Mist, £30 from selfridges.com

5. BOOSTER Boosters and ampoules represent relatively new steps in Korean skincare. Used as a sort of pre-serum, they prepare @WeekendGlos

KOREAN BEAUTY

skin to open up and receive more of the precious actives. Mizon Snail Repair Intensive Ampoule, £27.90, from amazon.co.uk

energising ginseng and herbs to reduce puffiness. Erborian Ginseng Infusion Total Eye Cream, £36, at selfridges.com

6. ESSENCE

9. DAY CREAM

Similar to serum, the essence step delivers the most actives to your skin. Apply a few drops to your face and neck and tap the skin to help penetration. Erborian Dongbaek Camelia Essence, £65 at selfridges.com

7. MASK The sheet mask is used once or twice a week. It’s soaked in a serum that provides intensive care for your skin. Once you take off the mask, gently pat the serum into your skin until fully absorbed. Skin Food Avocado Rich Essence Mask Sheet, £2.49, at bestbbcreams.co.uk

8. EYE CREAM Since the eye area is delicate and prone to dryness, keep skin under the eyes extra hydrated by using an eye cream. Erborian eye cream contains

For daytime, you should switch your moisturiser according to your skin condition and the season, so you’ll need a light gel for summer, a milky lotion or fluid for spring and autumn, and a more creamy formula for winter. If you’re looking to calm redness, try a bee venom cream, an innovation that originates in Korea. Mizon Bee Venom Calming Fresh Cream, £32, from cultbeauty.co.uk

10. NIGHT CREAM The final step of the day is the night cream, which tends to have a thicker consistency. And if acne is an issue, cover any burgeoning blemishes with another genius Korean invention, the pimple patch, which uses wound-healing technology to stop spots in their tracks. Mizon Hyaluronic Ultra Suboon Cream, £7.99, from bestbbcreams.co.uk CosRx Pimple Master Patch, £10 for 24, at cultbeauty.co.uk

A voice from

THE FRONT

A diary kept by an Australian nurse 100 years ago has inspired an author to set her latest novel around the ill-fated Gallipoli campaign. SUE BRADLEY discovers how Sister Muriel Wakefordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own story had a happy ending

URIEL Wakeford had little idea of the horrors that awaited her when she set sail to join the Australian Army Nursing Service. In just a few months the experienced hospital matron was assigned to the hospital ship Gascon bound for the Dardanelles, and for the rest of the year she and her colleagues did what they could for more than 8,000 wounded, sick and dying men brought on board from the Gallipoli battlefields. Throughout this time Muriel, who was in her late 20s and one of seven Australian nurses aboard the ship, constantly battled to treat soldiers suffering from shrapnel wounds and disease within the extremely cramped conditions on board. She recorded details of her experiences, along with descriptions of some of the happier moments snatched outside of her long working days, in her diary and in letters home to her parents, some of which were printed in a column called A Letter from Nurse Wakeford in her home newspaper The Illawarra Mercury. At least 140,000 Allied soldiers were killed, wounded or became sick during the eight and a half months of the Gallipoli campaign, while the Turkish army is thought to have lost double that number. For Muriel, however, her experience of serving on the Gascon had a happy ending: while on board she met her husband-to-be, third mate Raymond Sargeant, and they married in June 1916. The union meant the end of her nursing career and after the war the couple made their home in Mombassa after Raymond was made the port captain. At the age of 56 he returned to active service during the Second World War as a Lieutenant-Commander with the South African Naval Forces while their son, Harry, also saw action in the Second World War. One hundred years after Muriel wrote her diary, her observations and careful noting of dates and locations have provided unbeatable background information for a new novel. Rachel Sergeant, who is married to Muriel’s grandson Nigel, scoured the handwritten pages to gain a real feel for life on board a hospital ship for her book Gallipoli: Year of Love and Duty. And while the resulting story is fictional, its factual accuracy, depth of emotion and sense of realism owe much to Nurse Wakeford. “I keep the diary format in the novel,” explains Rachel, who lives with Nigel in @WeekendGlos

Author Rachel Sargeant of Gloucester has written a set of novels set in Gallipoli based on diaries written by her husband's grandmother

Abbeymead. “January begins as a grand adventure for my character, Sara, and five other newly enlisted army nurses. “They head off into the unknown to do their bit in a distant war. They arrive in Egypt where they fit nursing duties around sightseeing trips to the Pyramids and coffee at Shepheard’s Hotel. “But everything changes in April when they join a hospital ship. The nurses face an unrelenting barrage of death and disease with only the bravery and humour of their patients – shrapnelscarred men scraped off the hostile cliffs of the Gallipoli peninsula – to keep them going. Sara doesn’t just see war; she touches, tastes and breathes it.” Rachel was always aware of the diary kept by Muriel during her time on the Gascon, but actually had cause to pick it up and read it while she was working on a World War One exhibition at Sir Thomas Rich’s School. “I was absolutely fascinated by it,” she says. “Just 48 hours after she arrived on board the bombardment of the Dardanelles started. “The way Muriel describes her experiences is pretty matter of fact. She would record somebody had died, and fairly often it was somebody she had met on her journey from Australia or officers she had met in Egypt. “She was stoical and hard-working. It

was in her letters that she really lets rip. “In one she wrote: ‘I would use a dum dum bullet on every German and Turk I could get a shot at. It’s time Britain gave up fighting like gentlemen and paid Germany back in some of their coin’.” Rachel spent two years researching and writing her novel and published under her own imprint Abbeymead Books so that it would be available during the centenary of the Gallipoli Campaign, is her second novel. Over the years she has won Writing Magazine’s Crime Short Story competition and been shortlisted in various competitions, including the Bristol Short Story Prize. Her stories have appeared in women’s magazines and her first novel was published by Robert Hale Ltd. For Nigel, Muriel’s diary is a cherished and unique family record of a key period during the First World War. “I am proud to read it and know what an important role she played in saving lives at Gallipoli,” he says. “I’m thrilled that Rachel has embraced the spirit of the diary to create a novel about the campaign.” Gallipoli: Year of Love and Duty is available as an ebook from Amazon and other platforms and from Rachel’s website rachelsargeant.co.uk

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Sue Bradley discovers more about this fast-growing Spanish tradition

Enjoy a taste of the Far East with our crispy chicken salad recipe

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The txoko club is a Spanish tradition that is fast gaining popularity across the UK. SUE BRADLEY finds out what it’s all about

HE idea of one person cooking for a group of friends is so yesterday. In northern Spain it has long been the fashion for people to congregate in a kitchen and get stuck into the task of preparing the food that they will eat while enjoying a glass of wine and catching up on the latest gossip. It is also common for the friends to sing while or after devouring their meals. The idea has evolved from the tradition of the txoko (pronounced chock-oh) clubs, or gastronomic societies, started in the 19th century by men who had moved to cities from rural areas in search of work and wanted to recapture the sense of camaraderie and appreciation of good food they had known in the cider bars they the countryside. Now people in Gloucestershire can get a taste of the food and wine enjoyed at these gatherings, and learn how to make it, when the Beronia Txoko Club takes over the Joseph and Kingsley Kitchen Theatre during the Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival. “People in northern Spain approach eating with friends quite differently,” explains Stephanie Hill from the Beronia wine company. “Yet while Spanish food is gaining popularity around the UK, as a nation we’re out of our comfort zone when it comes to preparing it at home. We also struggle to find new recipe ideas when it is our turn to have our friends around for dinner, which is where the Beronia Txoko Club can help.” Txoko clubs are a popular feature in Rioja, where Beronia’s wines are made,

Warm salad of roasted chicken, peppers, courgettes with feta cheese Ingredients • 4 free-range chicken breasts, cut into 4-5 chunks each • 300g mixed sweet baby peppers or 3 large red/ orange/yellow peppers • 2 large yellow courgettes • 2 large green courgettes • 3 heaped teaspoons of dried thyme • 5 tablespoons of garlic oil • Zest of 2 unwaxed lemons

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with many holding long waiting lists of people wanting to join. “It is very much a matriarchal society in northern Spain: the women are in charge,” laughs Stephanie. “It’s said that men would go along to these gastronomic societies to escape their wives and it’s still true that there are still only three of these societies that let women in as members. Women can come as guests but are not allowed in the kitchen. “There are around 119 txokos in San Sebastian and 150 in northern Spain. A prospective member has to be recommended by another member to get into one. Every club has a waiting list and people have to wait for members to die or leave before they can join. “In Spain it’s the tradition for all the txokos to open to everybody on San Sebastian Day, January 20, when everybody dresses up as chefs.” Txoko club members take it in turns to go to the markets and stock up with ingredients ahead of each meeting. “It’s local, seasonal and simple food, great wine and good fun,” explains Stephanie. “Men are good cooks in Spain. “The atmosphere at these clubs is brilliant because everybody gets involved. Singing is quite common and they can get quite rowdy. “Most txokos have a theme, whether it’s music, sports or racing.” Txokos hold a special place within the Beronia wine company, as it was through a group of friends getting together to cook and enjoy food and wine that the business was founded. In time the pals started making their own wines and went on to plant vineyards.

Beronia Wines is working with the San Sebastian Cookery School, based in the five star Marie Christina hotel, to run its txoko club. The sessions will include advice on assembling pintxos, traditionally a piece of bread with a small portion of food on top that’s held in place with a skewer. Among the most popular of these is the gilda – pronounced ‘hilda’ – a combination of anchovies, pickled olives and green chilli peppers. “In the pintxo bars of northern Spain the staff calculate how much a customer has eaten by the number of sticks on their plate,” says Stephanie. “It’s very common that cuadrillas, the name given to a group of friends who have been together since childhood, will meet and go on a pintxo and txikito tour, enjoying a pintxo and small glass of wine at each bar.” The Beronia Txoko Club will be demonstrating how to prepare the food of northern Spain on Friday June 12 at 2.30pm, Saturday June 13 at 2pm and Sunday June 14 at 11.30am at the 2015 Cheltenham Food and Drink Festival in Montpellier Gardens. Other great chefs at this year’s event include Stefan Gates and the much acclaimed multi-Micheelin star winner Jean-Christophe Novelli. Also appearing will be chefs from Turtle Bay, Daylesford Cookery School, Montpellier Chapter and The King’s Head in Cirencester. For tickets and more information visit gardenevents.com or telephone 01242 521997.

strips from root to tip). Cut the courgettes diagonally across into inch-thick slices and put both the peppers and courgettes into a large mixing bowl. Pour over the garlic oil, thyme, lemon zest, lemon juice and salt and pepper and mix well.

• Juice of half a fat lemon • 3 generous pinches of Maldon sea salt flakes • Black pepper to taste • 200g feta cheese • A few generous handfuls of mixed lettuce leaves to serve • Extra drizzle of olive oil to serve

Line the largest baking tray you can find with oven/baking paper and place the courgettes and peppers (skin side up) onto the baking tray, evenly spread out.Then using the remaining marinade in the bowl, add in the chunks of chicken breast and coat them quickly in the marinade and add them to the

Method Preheat the oven to maximum temperature (usually around 270 degrees Celsius). Halve the sweet baby peppers (or if you’re using normal sized large peppers, cut each one into four

baking tray also. Place the baking tray in the oven and roast the contents for 16 minutes, until the peppers have browned and the chicken has lightly golden edges. Arrange the peppers and courgettes onto a platter, interspersed with mixed leaves of your choice. Add the chicken to the platter, crumble the feta cheese over the plate, drizzle with olive oil and serve. Can also be enjoyed as part of a picnic too and stored in airtight containers.

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JONATHAN WHILEY turns hipster as he samples the new spring menu at Italian restaurant Prezzo

IPSTERS. They’re the ones to blame. You must have spotted them – they’re as ubiquitous as the pulled pork which they’ve given birth to. I say birth – it could be a renaissance – perhaps their salt and pepper beards are merely a nostalgic nod to the statesmanlike qualities of Abraham Lincoln. Good old Abe eh? Ahead of his time. The biggest issue I have with hipsters – apart from the fact that they think anyone who doesn’t read The Guardian votes for the BNP – is that they create trends. These are the same type of trends that allowed Bucks Fizz to win Eurovision (ask your parents, kids), Spam to become a much-loved mealtime staple (even after the war) and Russell Brand to become Camden’s answer to Che Guevera (God help us all). All of the above have one thing in common – they’re all irrelevant. As irrelevant as the thick black-trimmed glasses that serve no medical use,

as irrelevant as the plant pot that contains their latest bourbon cocktail and irrelevant as their excessive use of brightly-coloured braces. Buzzword to the wise guys – it’s not 1920s America and you’re not Jay Gatsby. Honestly. Have some decorum old sports. Right, so now that’s out of the way – and breathe – allow me to be a hypocrite. I didn’t want to be. When I saw the new spring menu at Prezzo I almost twirled my imaginary handlebar moustache in glee as if it was 2009 and I was living it large in the city. Except I was in The Brewery in Cheltenham and it was a Tuesday lunchtime so the irony would have been lost on the two other tables.

Anyway. Pulled pork. It’s everywhere on their latest menu. It’s even – wait for it – fennel-infused. Ooo. You can have it as a starter – on flatbread – on their classic pizza or even on their VIP offering which I assumed would arrive on a red carpet, chaperoned by two heavies and accompanied by a note telling you it’s a pizza you can’t refuse. You can imagine my disappointment. Then there’s the ever trendy N’duja – a spicy sausage paste – which is scattered liberally on seemingly every course and there’s even truffle fries available as a side. Trouble is – and it almost pains me to type out these words – it’s all really good. My porcine-heavy pizza (£10.25) gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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– with beautiful tender pork, crispy, smoky pancetta and a liberal helping of sunblushed tomatoes, red onion and mushroom, is delicious. Crispy leaves of sage and the fennel are great bedfellows for my trendy piggy friend and the base is light and crisp just as you’d want. Other mains are received in much the same vain – a VIP Tre Gusti (the wooden chopping board ensures its paparazzi status – £12.15) is packed with pepperoni, strips of chicken, pancetta and enough rosemary to fill a window box. The combo isn’t classic – but it’s received in much the same way as its name suggests. The seabass (£13.95) meanwhile is all pearly white flesh, falling apart into a bed of vibrant basil pesto, asparagus, cherry tomatoes and salty olives. Served with glistening minted baby potatoes, it’s spring on a plate. Not quite as light, but equally tasty, is a generous bowl of lobster and crab tortellini (£12.50). Enveloped by a silky smooth saffron sauce, it packs the type of punch that Floyd Mayweather would be proud of. The chicken and asparagus risotto (£12.45) is mild and creamy with a generous amount of chicken, freshened up with just tender asparagus tips and peas, adding a welcome flash of greenery to the sea of rice. It’s pleasant enough but, as is always the danger with risotto, it could have done with something to liven the tastebuds – perhaps more flavour on the chicken. I should save a mention for the starters we devoured too. A selection of four flatbreads with assorted toppings – N’duja sausage and mozzarella; mini bruschetta; prosciutto, mozzarella and tomato; and a mini pane con cipolla, all served with a rocket salad – was excellent value at £7.95 and the proscuitto, buffalo mozzarella and asparagus salad proved a magnificent mouthful. We made a token gesture towards dessert – a mini banana and nutella calzone and a square of creamy vanilla cheesecake served with lashings of ultra trendy salted caramel sauce. Oh my it was good – the type of food every hipster takes a picture of and sticks on their Instagram account within seconds. We didn’t have time sadly. We were off to sample a jam jar cocktail at a rooftop bar. Well if you can’t beat them...

VIETNAMESE CRISPY CHICKEN SALAD

For the chicken

4 large garlic cloves, not peeled 1 thumb-sized piece root ginger, not peeled 1tsp coriander seeds 1 star anise 1 green chilli, roughly chopped Grated zest and juice of 1 lime Good handful of fresh coriander leaves and stalks 1tbsp fish sauce (preferably Vietnamese) 8 boneless chicken thighs, well trimmed (skin on) 1tbsp sunflower oil For the dressing: Finely grated zest and juice of 1 lime 3tbsp fish sauce (preferably Vietnamese) 2tbsp caster sugar 1 small redThai chilli, very finely chopped (remove the seeds if you don't like the heat)

For the salad 50g fresh beansprouts Good handful fresh mint leaves Good handful fresh coriander leaves 200g Chinese cabbage leaves, trimmed and finely shredded 2 large carrots, cut into fine julienne (on a mandolin is best) Good handful of salted peanuts, roughly chopped

Method To prepare the chicken, place the garlic and ginger on a grill rack and place under a hot grill to char on all sides. Leave to cool, then peel and roughly chop before putting into a pestle and mortar.Toast the

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coriander seeds and star anise in a dry frying pan over a medium heat until they become aromatic.Tip into the pestle and mortar and add the chilli, lime zest and coriander. Bash to a paste, then mix in the lime juice and fish sauce. Smear the paste all over the flesh side of the chicken thighs, then arrange on a plate and cover with cling film. Chill for at least four hours (or preferably overnight). To cook the chicken, heat a large heavy-based frying pan over a medium heat. Add the sunflower oil to the pan, then place the chicken thighs in it, skin-side down. Reduce the heat to very low and cook for 20-30 minutes until the skin is nice and crispy. Don't touch them while they are cooking or shake the pan, just leave them alone and you will produce the most fantastic crisp skin and succulent flesh. When you can see that the chicken thighs are nicely browned, and the flesh is almost but not quite cooked through, turn them over and cook for another five to six minutes, until completely cooked through and tender.Transfer to a carving board and leave to rest for at least five, and up to 10, minutes. Meanwhile, mix all the dressing ingredients together and put to one side until needed. Put all the ingredients for the salad into a large bowl, except the peanuts, and toss lightly to combine, then toss to coat in the dressing. To serve, divide the dressed salad onto plates and then quickly carve the chicken into slices and pile on top. Scatter over the peanuts to serve.

He's everyone's favourite on Strictly – Pasha Kovalev is charming, humble and undisputed king of the dance floor. With a new show coming to Tewkesbury on Tuesday, CORRIE BOND-FRENCH found out how this Russian boy made it all the way from Siberia to Strictly

E is the unrivalled star of Strictly, the Russian Prince Charming who has the nation rooting for him when he steps out under the glitterball. But despite his sparkling success, Pasha Kovalev is possibly the most humble but driven gentleman you could ever hope to meet, and it is small wonder that he gets the best out of his Strictly partners. Because the whole point with Pasha is that he just loves dancing and nothing gives him greater pleasure than sharing the joy. So we are all in for a taste of Pasha’s passion for dance when he brings his Life Through Dance show to Tewkesbury’s Roses Theatre next week. Strictly winners: Pasha with Caroline Flack But despite his success as a dancer, Pasha’s early years were no waltz in Gorky park. Pasha was immediately drawn to Hailing from an industrial town in ballroom dancing when he tried it. Siberia where they manufactured atomic “Ballroom dancing is very popular in submarines and the mercury speeds down Russia, it is as popular as ballet, even to minus 20 in the winter, sizzling Latin though it originated in England. and ballroom dancing aren’t the first “It has a beautiful sensuality and it is pastimes that would spring to mind. beautiful to look at, it kind of resonated But little Pasha found his dancing feet in the Russian soul,” says Pasha. at just eight years old, and he did it all off But despite winning the last series of his own bat. Strictly with Caroline Flack and being “No one else in my family was a the undisputed king of the dance floor dancer, I was just an artistic child, I with more 10s to his name than any guess,” said Pasha. other professional, Pasha is typically self“At that time in Russia there was art, effacing about his early talent. music, sport, anything you wanted to try, “I don’t remember my dance teacher you could do it, so I tried the dancing, then saying anything about me being and I loved it.” good, and my Mum didn’t interfere, but I But despite the cultural activities think I was basically the worst one in the available, times were tough. class – honestly, I was like Pinocchio.” “People didn’t have much, you had to “I never thought of myself as talented, I stand in line for hours just to get a loaf was just working and developing my skill, of bread, and I can remember my mum and my tools, which is basically my body. always making soup from a type of grass, You have to work really hard to get your but I don’t know what it would be called core strength. in English,” said Pasha. And Pasha’s work ethic and “It was a huge transition to democracy determination saw him excel as he grew for Russia and things were hard for older. everyone.” He became a professional dancer,

moving to the States in 2000 with his professional partner Anya Garnis, who has herself appeared in Strictly and is a guest dancer in Pasha’s show. “We danced professionally for 13 years, it will be really cool to reunite.” Then Strictly came calling, and Pasha crossed the pond. He has now been in the UK for more than four years and he is embracing it as much as the Brits have embraced him. “I love this country, I love the people, I love that they appreciate culture and art. It’s gorgeous and I love the people that go to the theatre to see my shows. “The show is about the events and encounters in your life through dance, like falling in love, your first kiss, all of these things. “Dancing is so suited to that. Dancing is an international language, a great medium to express and dig deep into those emotions. “The show has all of the dance styles and it is suitable for the entire family – there’s something for everyone from classic to modern and all the dances that people see on Strictly.” So does Pasha sympathise with his Strictly co-stars when he has to put them through their paces? “After the first week they soon realise, even the professional sports people, that it is really extremely hard, you really have to give it everything “It’s different to sports exercise and training, but also the more you put into it the better. “When I danced with Caroline, we started off slowly, then she said we’ve got to do more and more and we ended up doing from 10am until 9pm every day. Strictly doesn’t have many days off.” So what is Pasha’s secret of success? “I love the energy exchange, the silent communication, I feel that energy and I react and connect with it “I still love it. I realise that I am a performance junkie, I love having the chance to meet the audience “Dancing in front of a live audience is really magical for me, it might sound corny but it’s true.” It might be corny, but he’s cuter than any meerkat. ■ Pasha is at The Roses in Tewkesbury on Tuesday. For tickets, call 01684 295074. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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ILLIAN Potts isn’t someone who baulks at a challenge. One of the first women to live and train at Sandhurst, she left the Army to help fight drug trafficking. Now, having taken up gardening seriously only 18 months ago, she’s faced TV cameras in a bid to design for Chelsea. “I’m stunningly naive about such things,” she says of her application to BBC2’s The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge programme. “I thought, ‘what have I got to lose?’ and I didn’t really think through the process of the competition.” As a result, she found herself facing five other designers in a knockout challenge set in some of the country’s top gardens, including Painswick Rococo Garden and Sudeley Castle, with the prize of a spot on Main Avenue at this year’s Chelsea show.

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Gillian’s conversion from a member of the then Serious Organised Crime Agency to a student at Pershore started with Christmas working in Kabul. “It was a very introverted place and gave you the chance to think about your life. It’s rare to have the opportunity to do that.” With SOCA soon to become the National Crime Agency and uncertain about where her career would go, she decided to take the early retirement. However, back home in Shipton Oliffe, near Cheltenham, she found it difficult to work up enthusiasm for any job applications. It was her father who pointed out that all she ever talked about was gardening and suggested retraining. Typically, at Pershore College’s open day she refused to take no for an answer when told that year’s course had already started and began just four days later on the diploma in professional gardening.

Now in her second year, she is relishing the rigour of the course, which covers everything from soil structure and plant propagation to pruning, design and plant selection. Her love of gardening began almost by accident when she bought her current house and suddenly discovered the garden was far larger than she had realised; it was an easy mistake to make as the extra ground was blocked off behind the garage. “The weeds were chest-high and the first thing I did was clear it,” recalls Gillian. “Eventually I found the stream, which was completely overgrown.” Researching what would grow in the sodden soil, she discovered bog plants and today this part becomes a summer jungle of gunnera, astilbe, lysimachia and Lysichiton americanus. Meanwhile, the Pershore course has introduced Gillian to propagation and last year saw her sowing her first seeds gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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and introducing fruit and veg to the garden thanks to raised beds and a greenhouse. When it came to the BBC challenge, it was her fledgling design skills that were put to the test. The six contestants were given just four days and a limited budget to build a themed show garden, which was assessed by award-winning designer Ann-Marie Powell and RHS judge James Alexander Sinclair. On hand to offer guidance was Gardeners’ World stalwart Joe Swift, who is no stranger to the pressures of impressing judges having won gold at Chelsea. “He was helpful but also challenging in some of his comments. @WeekendGlos

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He gave you food for thought but not solutions.” Gillian admits the first day was daunting when they were presented with a 3x4m space and told to make a garden: “I thought ‘I have no idea what to do. I don’t even know where to start.’ But once you start you do forget the cameras are there.” The contestants were whittled down to a final three through four rounds that included cottage, formal and conceptual gardens and the winner will build a feature garden at Chelsea near the RHS stand. The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge starts on BBC2 on Monday at 8pm.

A CHANCE to see Barnsley House, created by the late Rosemary Verey, is just one of the highlights of Barnsley village’s garden festival next weekend (16/17). Head gardener Richard Gatenby will be giving tours and Davina Wynne-Jones, daughter of Mrs Verey, will present a slide show and talk about the world famous garden, which will open along with others in the village. Prizes for the best plots will be presented byTamsin Westhorpe, editor ofThe English Garden magazine. The two-day event will also include a jazz band, choral singing, the Salvation Army band, a cricket match, Gloucestershire Morris Men, craft stalls and refreshments. Entrance is £7, free to children under 14 with festival passports, available at the free car park and in the village.

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ART way along Gloucester’s Westgate Street, between the Coventry Building Society and a vacant shop, is an unassuming little alleyway that most people pass by without a second thought. Before Roger Phillpot puts down his paintbrush and considers one of his artworks finished he steps back for a moment and consults a little boy standing beside him. Is the work finished? Is it right, he asks? The answer comes as a feeling, rather than a spoken word. The boy is Roger’s eight-year-old self, the child through whose eyes he sees his painted world. Now aged 73 that lad is at the heart of everything Roger paints and draws. The scenes he captures are half-memories from this age; a child squished between three of his six siblings in bed, fighting for mum and dad’s attention, always surrounded by noise and belongings, a hard but happy life. “I’ve got this notion that there’s this little boy watching me. It’s not a phantom, it’s just imagination but when I stand back I’m asking him if it’s finished and I can feel him saying yes. Most artists paint for somebody. I paint for the child I once was,” he says. Having previously exhibited at the Royal Academy his work is now going on show at Winds of Change gallery in Winchcombe. But despite more than a decade as an artist he still gets a thrill to see his work on gallery walls. “I never had much confidence as a painter but I don’t think many painters do,” he says. “You wake in the middle of the night and go downstairs thinking what you’ve done is awful. Then you get there, switch the light on, and find it’s not so bad after all.” Roger loved painting and drawing as a child but it was a hobby left behind when he had to get a job to start paying his way.

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It wasn’t until he was 57 and took an early retirement from his career as a building surveyor that he picked up a paintbrush again, enrolling on to a fine art degree course. “When I went to art school I was terrified,” he recalls. “At first I was making splodges on canvas. I painted cows for six months. The bloody things wouldn’t keep still. I started writing about my childhood, pages and pages, and suddenly I had something to say.

“I mucked about trying to find some correlation between how I thought I drew as a child and I tried to emulate that. Everybody had their hands sticking out at right angles. It was very naive. Now it has evolved.” He graduated with first class honours. Roger’s chaotic and happy childhood in Brighton provides an abundance of subject matter and conversation. The boy’s uncomplicated recollections are all captured on canvas in his Winchcombe home and sprinkled with adult imagination. culture of the city. Organiser Carrie Horwood said: “It is possible as masons have an ability to work above capacity, almost like a burst of energy and adrenalin. “If we worked like this all year long we probably wouldn’t survive the year, as it’s physically very hard work. “But with about 14 hours, good food and company, it’s amazing what we can carve.” An auction of the carvings will be at 3pm on May 24 and any profits will be given toThe Llanthony Secunda Priory

“There were seven of us kids. I was the fifth. I have a twin but I’m an hour older so he is the sixth child,” Roger says. “Our house was small, rooms no bigger than 10ft by 10ft and there were only two bedrooms, my parents had their own room and we fitted in to the other so we were three or four in a bed. “Saturday night was bath night and we had a tin bath in front of an electric fire. We’d take it in turns, the soap scum on the top of the water was scooped out between each one. That’s a whole area of my work. I look back on those days with fondness but it was difficult.” He remembers, too, the punishments his father meted out for crimes such as making a mess, not smacks, but making the children pick up all the paper, ripping it to pieces and sprinkling it across the room for them to pick up again only to have it ripped into even smaller pieces and scattered. Each time the children collected it until the room was filled with confetti. Lesson learned. Today he says he is a ‘tidy’ artist who can’t abide the thought of having pots of paint everywhere. “I think when you grow up in a jam-packed house where everything and everyone was crammed in together it leaves you wanting things tidy.” In latter times he has pondered whether his late mother was happy with her lot or desperate to get away for a while. A packed suitcase features repeatedly. Roger Phillpot’s exhibition is at Winds of Change gallery, High Street, Winchcombe. It starts on May 18 to coincide with Winchcombe Festival of Music & Arts and runs until June 6. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 5pm. For details, visit windsofchangegallery.co.uk or call 01242 603836.

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In The Footsteps of Anne Boleyn by Sarah Morris

Amberley Publishing, £14.99 Almost 500 years since Anne Boleyn met her death at the Tower of London, a book tracing her travels across 16th century England has been published. In The Footsteps of Anne Boleyn takes the reader through the stately homes, castles, chapels and artefacts with a connection to the second wife of Henry VIII. Published by Stroud-based Amberley, the book features many locations in Gloucestershire, including Sudeley and Berkeley castles, Tewkesbury Abbey and her progression through Gloucester and Painswick. Authors Natalie Grueninger and Sarah Morris have produced a kind of guide book to the

All I Know Now

Carrie Hope Fletcher

Sphere, £12.99 Carrie originally started posting covers of popular songs toYouTube. But as her audience grew – to half a million subscribers no less – so did her content, and she began to post vlogs and sit-down videos. A 22-year-old Carrie, otherwise known as ‘Tom from McFly’s sister’ or her channel name ‘ItsWayPastMyBedtime’, has taken a different approach to otherYouTuber’s literary debuts by writing a book about growing up, full of help and advice she wished she had as a young teenager. Not only is her offering hilariously witty and well written, she also delves into her own life, including what it was like growing up with a famous big brother and her journey to becoming a singer and West End star. It’s a mustread for all teenagers... that’s if you can grab a copy quick

Breakthrough

locations around the UK that are connected to this ill-fated queen. Amy Greaves, of Amberley, said: “Because of the popularity of TV series such as the BBC’s Wolf Hall, the general public has never been more interested in the scandalous history of our monarchy.” Accompanied by a range of images, including photographs, floor plans and sketches, the book brings the 16 century vividly to life. Each location of covered by an accessible and information narrative, which unearths previously untold stories and documents the artefacts.

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A Robot In The Garden

Jack Andraka with Matthew Lysiak

Scribe, £12.99 It’s a rare 15-year-old who finds additional homework for himself. Rarer yet is one who sets his mind to and discovers an early detection test for pancreatic cancer. But in Breakthrough, Jack Andraka does just that. Now 18, Andraka’s memoir details the events leading up to his innovative discovery. Born into a clever and supportive family who fed his passion for learning, Andraka spent many happy days with them and his adored UncleTed. But at school, it was a gloomier picture. Andraka found solace in his studies. WhenTed died from pancreatic cancer, Andraka galvanised his efforts into finding a way to diagnose the disease, potentially saving lives and money in the process. A heartening and inspirational read.

Villa America

Deborah Install

Liza Klaussman

Doubleday, £12.99

Picador, £14.99

Ben Chambers is a mess: unable to accept his parents’ accidental death six years ago, unable to keep his job and unable to understand his wife, Amy. When they discover a broken robot,Tang, in the garden, an unlikely friendship develops and the pair set off on a globe-trotting road trip to findTang’s creator. Set in a technologically advanced, yet recognisable future, Install’s debut novel is a sweet metaphor for parenthood, with Tang’s increasing sentience and innocent confusion mimicking a toddler’s tantrums and joy. The travel buddy concept is fun but a little weak, and the big reveal in the second third of the novel is cartoonish, but the book’s strength isTang, who – like Pixar’s Wall-E – captures the imagination.

Liza Klaussman’s follow-up to her 2012 debutTigers In Red Weather takes its name from the Antibes home of Sara and Gerald Murphy.This is a novel littered with the glitterati of that time: we watch John Don Passos, Picasso and the Fitzgeralds themselves pass through Villa America as the Murphys create a utopian ideal of America in France, drawing others to them. It should be made clear, though, that this is a book about the Murphys beginning with Sara and Gerald as children, exploring the way that their friendship progressed to understanding, then to love, marriage and children.This is one to read slowly, on a beach in the South of France with a sherry in hand.

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highlights OFTHEWEEK

SPOOKS: THE GREATER GOOD

Game of Thrones heartthrob Kit Harrington – who studied in Worcester – stars in a thrilling spinoff of the hit TV show Spooks. In cinemas now.

DARA O’BRIAIN

The Mock The Week funnyman brings his Crowd Tickler tour to Cheltenham. He’ll be at Cheltenham Racecourse tonight from 8pm. Tickets cost £25. Call 08445 793003, @WeekendGlos

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SHOW OFTHEWEEK

MOSCOW STATE CIRCUS

The BigTop is back in town with its most dazzling show to date – Zhelaniy. Prepare to be wowed by a 13-person springboard troupe, a ballerina on the high wire and a lot lot more.The Moscow State Circus will be at Cheltenham Racecourse until tomorrow night. Visit moscowstatecircus.com to book tickets.

By her own admission, Carey Mulligan has led a ‘charmed’ life - but that’s why she finds complex characters so appealing. SUSAN GRIFFIN catches up with the British star who is taking Hollywood by storm

AREY Mulligan’s latest role is one of Thomas Hardy’s great heroines, Bathsheba Everdene, the fiercely independent young woman who inherits her uncle’s farm, and the actress reveals she couldn’t wait to get stuck in and get her hands dirty. “Lots of my mother’s side of the family lived on farmland, so I milked things when I was younger,” the 29-year-old – who’s seen gamely wading into a sheep bath in the new adaptation of Far From The Madding Crowd – points out with a laugh. The London-born actress, who shot to fame after being Oscar-nominated for 2009’s An Education, hadn’t read the book before seeing the script, nor watched the 1967 movie starring Julie Christie. “It’s never a great idea if you’re retelling a story,” she explains. “But I will now we’re done.” Hardy’s not known for happyever-afters, but this story is relatively upbeat for the Victorian author, and explores Bathsheba’s relationships with three very different suitors: the rugged and steadfast shepherd Gabriel Oak (Matthias Schoenaerts), the mature and prosperous William Boldwood (Michael Sheen), and the dashing but arrogant soldier Frank Troy, played by her good friend Tom Sturridge. “Bathsheba’s an incredibly modern woman. The decisions she makes are spontaneous. It’s her great quality but also her biggest downfall.” You could argue she’s manipulative too, but the actress was keen to portray her naivety and vulnerability, “and how she doesn’t really know herself, like none of us really do when we’re 18”, she notes. Carey turns 30 in late May, but there will be little time to celebrate as she’s currently treading the boards

in Skylight. “I’m working [on my birthday],” she reveals. “I think it’s even a two-show day, so I don’t think it’ll be a big party.” The production recently opened on Broadway, following a successful London run. “In New York, it feels like it’s not as intimidating as doing it in London, where I know family members or friends could be out there every night,” remarks the actress, who’s ploughing on through a cold, admitting: “I’m falling apart here!” She’s looking forward to this new chapter and, laughing, admits she’s embracing ageing. “I spent a lot of my early 20s playing teenagers because of my baby face. My agent in the last couple of years has started saying, ‘You’ve been offered this part, she’s 19, you’re too old’, and I’m like, ‘I’m too old? Brilliant! I’ve never been too old’. All the great parts come now, I think, so I’m excited.” Carey, who lived briefly in Germany as a child, excelled at school. But despite her parents’ protestations, she decided against university. “You can’t stop someone doing something they want to do. I don’t think my parents could’ve stopped me trying to be an actor.” Instead, she sent letters to Kenneth Branagh, and Julian Fellowes, asking for advice on the acting industry. It was at a dinner hosted by Fellowes that she met a casting agent, which led to the role of Kitty in 2005’s Pride and Prejudice, but she doesn’t recommend this approach. “When people write to me, I say, ‘Go to university and get a back-up’, because it’s so difficult.” By her own admission, she worked “manically” in those early years. “I think that’s normal in acting. You just work and work, terrified of where the next job’s going to come from.” But then, disappointed by her experience

on 2010’s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, she heeded her agent’s advice to not go for a role unless she couldn’t bear the idea of someone else doing it. She’s subsequently starred in Steve McQueen’s critically-acclaimed Shame with Michael Fassbender, Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive alongside Ryan Gosling, and Baz Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. “I like dark characters, and it’s fun to do things that are difficult, because I’m very happy and have had a very lovely, charmed life, lovely parents, lovely family and lovely education. That sounds like Schadenfreude, but it’s not that. It’s very easy to play things that you know, it’s when you have to play things that you don’t really understand that it gets fun,” she reasons. Carey is notoriously protective of her private life and rarely speaks of her husband Marcus, of the folk band Mumford and Sons, who she married in 2012. She does, however, reveal that she’d like children (“Yeah, definitely”), and admits she’s in the “privileged position” of being able to stop work for a period of time. “But I don’t think you can ever be worried about your career when it comes to stuff like that [having a family]. You’ve got to have some perspective.” She’s gained a new outlook on promotional tours too, having once described chat shows and carpets as cripplingly nerve-racking. “I think I took everything a bit too seriously. Ultimately, if you fall over on a talk show, it doesn’t matter, nobody cares. If there’s a bad photo, if you look a bit fat, you look a bit whatever, no one cares. There are much bigger things in the world.” She’ll be on the campaign trail next year, no doubt, for her new movie gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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Carey Mulligan as Bathsheba Everdene

Suffragette, which isn’t released until October but is already garnering awards buzz. “It’s a story about the militant suffragettes in London and based on real life women, although the character I play is fictional.” The cast includes Meryl Streep and Helena Bonham Carter, and Carey confesses to being “talent struck” on @WeekendGlos

set. The movie also marks the project she’s most proud of in her career thus far. “I feel lucky to be telling the story of what these women did,” she explains. “It hasn’t been told, and is long overdue.” Far From The Madding Crowd is in cinemas now.

Carey Mulligan at the premiere of Far From A Madding Crowd in London

INTERVIEW

Spotlight on:

MARY BERRY

As baking idol Mary Berry returns to screens to share her all-time favourite recipes, WEEKEND catches up with the national treasure to talk fond childhood memories and guilty pleasures

IN the company of Mary Berry, it’s easy to become completely mesmerised. She’s as neat as a pin, pale bob coiffed to perfection, set off by her trademark hot-pink cardigan. And then there are the idyllic-sounding, Famous Five-esque tales of childhood holidays by the sea, and catching and cooking her own fish for her latest television series, all delivered in her clipped, warm grandmotherly voice, with smiles and a small hand reaching out every so often to pat you affectionately on the arm. If it weren’t for the arm pats, I’d have forgotten why I was with her entirely, happy just to smile back and listen, basking in the Berry glow. But there’s the rather pressing matter of her new non-Bake Off series to discuss. Absolute Favourites sees Berry, who’s just celebrated her 80th birthday, travel from the seaside to the countryside, to farmers’ markets, allotments and herb gardens, and then back home to share the inspirations behind some of her most beloved recipes with her family -– and the nation. In the first of six episodes, she indulges

in one of her favourite seaside passions, prawning on the Kent Coast, before cooking up a new dish of seafood linguine, which she tops off with a knickerbocker glory, after a visit to an ice cream parlour in Broadstairs, that hasn’t changed since she was a child. “I loved childhood holidays by the sea. We used to stay on a farm in Devon and we walked to the beach every day, did the same thing paddling, castles, picnic – and then came back at about 4 o’clock and helped with milking and gathering eggs and had tractor rides,” she says. It was on such trips that she learned to forage for blackberries, mushrooms and sloes for sloe gin, and she still makes sure she’s prepared when she goes out walking today. “The other day, we saw some mushrooms and my son said, ‘Mum, have you got your bag in your pocket?’ I’ve always got one in my pocket, just in case. You never know what you’re going to find.” Episode two takes her into the countryside to forage for wild mushrooms, which she cooks in garlic and serves on toasted brioche, before achieving a long-held ambition learning to fly fish.

“It was such an exciting day! We went down to a widow’s house and her stretch of water on a tributary of the River Test; her husband had been a great fisherman. “I’ve never seen anything so beautiful. As you looked down, it wasn’t very deep, the bottom was crystal clear and you could see [the fish] – it reminded me of the river at Lacock when I was child, and leaning over the bridge and seeing that shallow water.” Mary did catch a fish, and holds up her hands to illustrate how big it was: “I’m not exaggerating, it was this size!” It was so big, in fact, it didn’t fit in the pan she was meant to be cooking it in. “I had to take it off the bone and fry the fillet. If only I’d caught one smaller and just put three slashes in, it would have looked so much better. But it was live, it was real, it was delicious.” Mary, whose enduring and wide appeal is

evident in the fact she’s just been voted number 73 in FHM’s Top 100 Sexiest Women 2015 list, grew up in Bath, the daughter of a surveyor dad and housewife mum. “My childhood was very conventional, I was a wartime baby, so brought up in frugal times, and I was fortunate enough to have a mum who did everything from scratch. “We had rationing, so we had to have goat’s milk, but we didn’t know any different. We had eggs, we had vegetables from the garden and we kept pigs, so we had a lot of pork and chicken. “It was very happy, quite different from childhood nowadays. We did things at home. We just had friends round to play and made things, we carved things out of wood and did hopscotch. The biggest treat in the school holidays was going swimming, and I remember the smell of the swimming pool in Bath, it was always chlorine.”

The first thing she remembers cooking is a treacle pudding in her cookery class at school. “I took it home and my father said, ‘It’s as good as your mother’s’, which was real praise.” In her mid-20s, she went to Paris to study at Le Cordon Bleu, which, at the time, she says, was “pretty phoney” – and she was “lonely”, living in a hostel on the city’s South Bank. In 1970, she published her first of many cookbooks, the Hamlyn All Colour Cookbook, and the rest, as they say, is history. Surprisingly for someone who has to test an endless array of cake every year on The Great British Bake Off, she doesn’t have much of a sweet tooth. “I used to have a very sweet tooth, but at home, I eat very little sugar. To be honest, I don’t eat a lot of cake. I have to watch my waistline very carefully, and I have no wish to get large.” Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites starts on BBC Two on Friday.

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live (S,HD). 11.30 Paul Hollywood’s Bread (R,S,HD). 12.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 12.10 Football Focus (S,HD). 12.50 Saturday Sportsday (S). 1.00 Live Athletics: Great CityGames Manchester (S,HD). 3.00 Final Score (S,HD). A round-up of this afternoon’s football results. 5.10 Formula 1: Spanish Grand Prix Qualifying – Highlights (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

8.00 How We Won the War (R,S,HD). 8.30 How We Won the War (R,S,HD). 9.00 The Lancaster: Britain’s Flying Past (R,S,HD). 10.00 Wellington Bomber (R,S). 11.00 Churchill: The Nation’s Farewell 12.00 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial 1.00 Bargain Hunt 1.30 Escape to the Country 2.15 Hitchcock’s Leading Actors: Talking Pictures 2.50 Film: Vertigo (1958) ●●●●● 4.55 Flog It! 5.25 Newsnight Special 5.55 Gardeners’ World

ITV

6.00 CITV. 8.25 ITV News (S) 8.30 Weekend (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 10.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 11.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 12.30 ITV News (S); Weather 12.35 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). 1.40 Doc Martin (R,S,HD). 2.45 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (R,S,HD). 3.45 Film: Cats & Dogs (S,HD). (2001) ●●● 5.30 Regional News (S) 5.45 ITV News (S); Weather

Channel 4

6.15 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 7.05 Challenge Wanaka (S,HD). 7.30 The Grid (S). 8.00 The Morning Line (S,HD). 9.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 10.30 Frasier (R,S). 11.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.30 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD The story of May’s transformation into ‘The Cavalry’ is revealed. (R,S,HD). 1.25 Channel 4 Racing (S,HD). 4.10 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 10.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (R,S,HD). 10.35 Chinese Food in Minutes (R,S). 10.45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs (R). 11.45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs (R). 12.45 Film: Attack on the Iron Coast (S). (1968) ●● 2.35 Film: Columbo: A Trace of Murder (S). (1997) Crime drama, starring Peter Falk. ●● 4.30 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (R,S,HD). 5.30 Britain’s Horror Homes (R,S,HD).

Britain’s Got Talent, 8pm

The World’s Most Extreme, 8pm

Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It … 6.25pm

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6.25 Dad’s Army (R,S). 6/6. The lastever episode. Last in the series.

6.00 New You’ve Been Framed! Reloaded (S). Comical clips, narrated by Harry Hill.

6.10 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 20/23. Surveillance cameras are installed in Springfield. 6.35 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

6.25 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (R,S,HD). 9/10. Brian and Graham try to recover £20,000 from the owner of a health spa.

7.35 Atlantis (S,HD). 11/13. Aeson undertakes a brave and deadly mission to rescue his son.

7.00 BBC Young Dancer 2015 (S). 5/5. Zoe Ball and Darcey Bussell host the final of the talent search. Last in the series.

7.00 Ninja Warrior UK (S,HD). 5/8. Competitors from across the UK test their strength, speed and courage in this obstacle-course challenge.

7.00 For the Love of Cars (R,S,HD). 3/8. Philip Glenister and Ant Anstead focus on the 1980s “hot hatch”.

7.25 5 News Weekend (S,HD) 7.30 NCIS (R,S). 6/24. Kidnappers strike on Halloween.

8.00 Britain’s Got Talent (S,HD). Ant and Dec host the latest round of the nationwide talent search, as a succession of acts compete for the chance to win a cash prize and a slot at the Royal Variety Performance.

8.00 The World’s Most Extreme (S,HD). 4/6. An exploration of the most dangerous rivers on the planet, including the Panama Canal and the Congo River, where white-water rafters try to beat undefeated rapids.

8.25 NCIS (R,S). 7/24. A marine colonel is killed in an explosion.

9.15 Play to the Whistle (S,HD). 5/7. With Pat Cash, Bob Mortimer and Natalie Anderson.

9.00 Robin Hood (S,HD). (2010) An archer returning from the crusades faces a plot by a traitorous knight to bring about a French conquest of England. Medieval adventure, with Russell Crowe and Cate Blanchett. ●●●

9.15 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S,HD). 16/18. A body is found in the woods, covered in chrome paint.

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6.20 BBC News (S,HD) 6.35 Regional News (S) 6.45 Pointless Celebrities (S,HD). Featuring Ulrika Jonsson and Gyles Brandreth.

8.20 The National Lottery Live (S,HD). 8.30 VE Day 70: A Concert to Remember (S). Chris Evans hosts a live concert to mark the 70th anniversary of VE Day.

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10.55 QI XL (R,S,HD). 3/16. Extended 10.00 ITV News (S); Weather 10.25 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) edition, with Josh Widdicombe, 10.15 American Gangster (S,HD). 10.45 Match of the Day (S,HD). Gary Phill Jupitus and Katherine (2007) Fact-based crime drama. Lineker presents highlights of Ryan. Starring Denzel Washington the latest Premier League and Russell Crowe. ●●●● clashes. Followed by National Lottery Update.

10.10 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R,S,HD). 22/22. A man is suspected of multiple killings.

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12.10 Film: DOA (S). (1988) Thriller remake, starring Dennis Quaid. ●●●● 1.45 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 1.50 BBC News (S,HD).

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11.40 The Way (S,HD). (2010) Comedy drama, starring Martin Sheen, Deborah Kara Unger and James Nesbitt. ●●●●

1.45 This Is BBC Two (S,HD). Preview of upcoming programmes.

1.00 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.

11.45 Lee Mack Live (R,S). The comedian’s live show, performed at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre.

11.05 The NCIS Movie: Judgement Day (R,S). 18&19/19. The funeral of a special agent in Los Angeles leads Shepard on a covert mission to finish some classified business she began a decade previously in Europe.

12.50 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S,HD). With Anna Kendrick and Clean Bandit. 1.45 Hollyoaks (R,S,HD). Omnibus. Dylan’s bullies reward Harry for his silence. 3.50 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses (R,S,HD). 4.45 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (R,S,HD). 5.00 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.55 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD).

12.55 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Autopsy: The Last Hours of River Phoenix (R,S,HD). Richard Shepherd investigates the events surrounding the 23-year-old actor’s death. 4.00 World’s Busiest Hotel (R,S,HD). 4.50 Make It Big (R,S). 5.15 Make It Big (R,S). 5.45 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.50 Angels of Jarm (R,S).

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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 VE Day 70: The Nation Remembers (S,HD). 1.30 Sunday Politics (S,HD). Presented by Andrew Neil. 2.45 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 3.15 Shark (R,S,HD). 4.15 Points of View (S,HD). 4.30 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 5.05 Formula 1: Spanish Grand Prix – Highlights (S,HD). Action from the Circuit de BarcelonaCatalunya.

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BBC2

7.00 Countryfile (R,S). 8.00 Gardeners’ World (R,S,HD). 8.30 The Beechgrove Garden (S,HD). 9.00 Alex Polizzi: Chefs on Trial (R,S,HD). 10.00 The Big Questions (S,HD). 11.00 Athletics: Great Manchester Run (S,HD).; Weather for the Week Ahead. 1.05 MOTD2 Extra (S,HD). 2.00 Equestrian: Badminton Horse Trials (S,HD). 4.00 The Olympic Journey: Born Winners (S,HD). 4.30 Athletics: Great Manchester Run Highlights 5.30 Flog It!

ITV

6.00 CITV. 8.25 ITV News (S) 8.30 Weekend (S). 9.25 Judge Rinder (R,S). 10.25 Judge Rinder (R,S). 11.25 Judge Rinder (R,S). 12.25 ITV News (S); Weather 12.35 The Unforgettable Hattie Jacques (R,S). 1.05 All Star Family Fortunes (R,S,HD). 1.50 Britain’s Got Talent (R,S,HD). 3.05 Film: Mannequin (S,HD). (1987) Fantasy comedy, starring Andrew McCarthy. ●● 4.50 The Chase (R,S,HD). 5.50 Ninja Warrior UK (R,S,HD).

Channel 4

6.20 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 7.05 British GT (S,HD). 7.35 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 8.30 Frasier (R,S). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S,HD). 12.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (R,S,HD). 1.35 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 2.25 The Simpsons (R,S). 3.30 Film: Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (S,HD). (2011) Children’s comedy sequel, starring Zachary Gordon. ●●● 5.30 A Place in the Sun: Home or Away (S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.30 Dora and Friends (R,S,HD). 10.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (R,S,HD). 10.35 Chinese Food in Minutes (R,S). 10.50 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 11.50 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 12.45 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 1.45 Film: National Security (S). (2003) ●● 3.25 Film: Big Momma’s House (S,HD). (2000) ●●● 5.15 5 News Weekend (S,HD) 5.20 Film: Spider-Man 3 (S,HD). (2007) ●●●

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6.00 VE Day 70: The Nation Remembers – Highlights (S,HD). Today’s service of thanksgiving at Westminster Abbey and parade of veterans.

6.50 Regional News (S); Weather

6.30 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

7.00 Countryfile (S,HD). A celebration of farming heroes past and present. Including Weather for the Week Ahead.

7.00 Britain’s Greatest Generation (R,S). 1/4. The extraordinary stories of some of the British men and women who fought or lived through the Second World War.

7.00 ITV News (S); Weather 7.15 Celebrity Squares (S,HD). 4/8. Guests include Jonathan Ross, Tony Law, Nina Conti and Union J.

7.00 Three in a Bed (S,HD). Rival B&B hosts in North Yorkshire, Warwickshire and Dartmoor compete.

8.00 The British Academy Television Awards (S,HD). Graham Norton hosts the ceremony from the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London, with shows including Happy Valley, Line of Duty and The Missing.

8.00 Hunters of the South Seas (S,HD). 3/3. Will Millard heads to the Trobriand Islands, 150 miles off the east coast of Papua New Guinea, where he discovers a trading network called the Kula Ring. Last in the series.

8.00 Sunday Night at the Palladium (S,HD). 2/5. Alexander Armstrong hosts the variety show, with performances by Andre Rieu, Josh Groban, Meghan Trainor, Lee Nelson and Ethiopian acrobats AAC Boys.

8.00 For the Love of Cars (S,HD). 4/8. Philip Glenister and Ant Anstead enter the world of micro cars, driving a 1960 Messerschmitt, 1960s bubble cars and the ill-fated Sinclair C5, as well as restoring a Fiat 500.

9.00 Wellington: The Iron Duke Unmasked (S). 1/2. First in a two-part portrait of the Duke of Wellington, with Richard E Grant starring in a series of dramatic reconstructions aiming to discover the man behind the public image.

9.00 Home Fires (S,HD). 2/6. Drama about a wartime Women’s Institute group. As Frances and Joyce battle for leadership, Pat struggles with her unhappy marriage and Miriam tries to stop David enlisting.

9.00 Prometheus (S,HD). (2012) Premiere. A spacecraft travels to another world in search of aliens that may have created the human race. Ridley Scott’s sci-fi thriller, with Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender. ●●●●

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6.30 BBC News (S,HD) 6.50 Regional News (S)

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Countryfile, 7pm

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Celebrity Squares, 7.15pm

11.30 The Mothman Prophecies (S). 11.00 W1A (R,S,HD). 3/4. Anna is 11.35 Premiership Rugby Union (2002) Supernatural thriller, (HD). Highlights of the latest crowned as the Head of Better. with Richard Gere and Laura top-flight matches. 11.30 Smart People (S). (2008) Linney. ●●● Comedy drama, starring Dennis Quaid, Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church. ●●●

1.20 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 1.25 BBC News (S,HD).

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10.00 ITV News (S); Weather 10.00 Modern Times: For Richer For Poorer (S,HD). Every year, 10.35 Perspectives: In Charlie half-a-million new businesses Chaplin’s Footsteps (S,HD). are launched in Britain and 40 4/6. Monty Python star Terry per cent of them will be run by Jones, offers a personal couples. Cameras follow four of appraisal of the man who these brave, enterprising arguably changed the face of twosomes. film comedy in the 1920s.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.20 Regional News (S) 10.30 Match of the Day 2 (S,HD). Mark Chapman reviews the latest Premier League action.

Three in a Bed, 7pm

1.00 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). The team explores the effects of spring on the senses. 1.55 Holby City (R,S). Two familiar faces return to work at Holby. 2.55 This Is BBC Two (S,HD). Preview of upcoming programmes.

ACCESSIBLE COACH TRIPS

12.30 The Store. Home shopping. 2.30 Motorsport UK (HD). Highlights from Brands Hatch. 3.20 British Superbike Championship Highlights (S,HD). 4.10 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

Chinese Food in Minutes, 10.35am

8.00 Grown Ups (S,HD). (2010) Five friends attend the funeral of their high-school basketball coach, and decide to relive their childhood over a weekend at a lake house. Comedy, with Adam Sandler and Chris Rock. ●●

10.00 Safe (S,HD). (2012) A former cage fighter protects a 12-yearold girl holding valuable information that several criminal factions want. Action thriller, starring Jason Statham and Catherine Chan. ●●● 11.25 Piranha 3DD (S,HD). (2012) Premiere. Comedy horror sequel, starring Danielle Panabaker and Matt Bush. ●●

11.45 Soldiers of Fortune (S). (2012) Premiere. A group of wealthy thrill-seekers pay big bucks to experience a military-style mission. Action adventure, starring Christian Slater. ●●●

1.00 24 Hours in A&E (R,S,HD). A 23-yearold groom-to-be is examined following a seizure. 1.55 Film: Naalu Pennungal. (2007) Premiere. Drama, starring Geethu Mohandas. ●●● 3.40 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD). 5.50 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). Beat-the-banker game show.

1.35 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (R,S,HD). 4.00 House Doctor (R,S). 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Make It Big (R,S). 5.15 Make It Big (R,S). 5.45 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.50 Angels of Jarm (R,S).

Lin's Leisure Trips is a Community Interest Company offering leisure outings for both able bodied and disabled people. A wheelchair accessible coach will be provided if required and will pick people up from central locations in or around the Gloucestershire area as requested. For details of any of the listed trips please contact us on 0117 9372364. If you are interested in going to a destination that is not listed, please ask. WED 13th MAY CADBURY’S WORLD £ 39 (£37 CONC) AGE 17 OR UNDER £30 leave 8 a.m. return 4 p.m. - price includes entrance fee FRI 22ND MAY NOAH’S ARK ZOO FARM £28 (£25 CONC) AGE 17 OR UNDER £18 leave 9 a.m. return 4 p.m. - price includes entrance fee THUR 28TH MAY BREAN - LEAVE 9 A.M RETURN 4 P.M - £15 (£12 CONC) AGE 17 OR UNDER £7 SUN 31ST MAY BURNHAM-ON-SEA - leave 9 a.m. return 3 p.m. - £17 (£14 CONC) AGE 17 OR UNDER £9 TUE 2ND JUNE WESTON - LEAVE 8 A.M RETURN 3 P.M - £17 (£14 CONC) AGE 17 OR UNDER £9 MON 8TH JUNE WEYMOUTH - LEAVE 8 A.M RETURN 5 P.M - £30 (£27 CONC) AGE 17 OR UNDER £20 MON 15TH JUNE MINEHEAD - LEAVE 8 A.M RETURN 5 P.M - £30 (£27 CONC) AGE 17 OR UNDER £20 If you cancel once a coach or minibus has been booked your money can only be returned if your seat reservation is resold. Coach may be cancelled if less than half full. ©LW

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Monday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 The Housing Enforcers (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom (S,HD). 11.45 Oxford Street Revealed (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD); Regional News. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Land Girls (R,S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Decimate (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

7.00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom (R,S,HD). 7.45 Oxford Street Revealed (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: Wanted in Paradise (R,S). 9.15 Victoria Derbyshire (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 Coast 1.10 Cagney & Lacey 1.55 Glorious Gardens from Above 2.40 Great British Garden Revival 3.40 Are You Being Served? 4.10 ’Allo ’Allo! 4.45 Just Good Friends 5.15 Vintage Antiques Roadshow

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). 10.55 ITV News (S) 11.00 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Judge Rinder (R,S,HD). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.45 Will & Grace. 7.35 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.30 Frasier. 9.25 Undercover Boss (HD). 10.30 Come Dine with Me (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (HD) 12.05 Come Dine with Me (HD). 1.05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD). Properties on the island of St Lucia in the Caribbean. 2.10 Countdown (HD). 3.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). Beat-the-banker game show. 4.00 Posh Pawnbrokers (HD). 5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs (S,HD). 12.40 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.45 Secrets of Great British Castles (R,S,HD). The history of Carrickfergus Castle in Co Antrim. 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: The Devil’s Teardrop (S,HD). (2010) Premiere. Crime drama, starring Tom Everett Scott. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Coronation Street, 7.30pm

Hollyoaks, 6.30pm

The Gadget Show, 7pm

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6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 33/70. Quiz show. 6.30 Beat the Brain (S,HD). 1/30. New series. Quiz, hosted by John Craven.

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 2/21. Homer challenges Marge to a cooking competition. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Dr S’Avage confides in Sienna.

6.00 Car Crash TV (R,S,HD). 3/10. Clips of motorists having to avoid giant craters in the road. 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. Followed by BBC News.

7.00 Antiques Road Trip (R,S,HD). 1/20. Charlie Ross and Christina Trevanion set off on a journey seeking out bargain antiques.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Alicia is worried for the safety of Lachlan’s girlfriend. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Steve sells his share of the Rovers to a mystery buyer.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

7.00 The Gadget Show (S,HD). The gang looks at the latest smartphone deals. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Linda falls down the stairs of the Vic. 8.30 Panorama (S,HD). Live edition following the General Election.

8.00 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge (S,HD). 1/4. New series. Six people compete for a chance to design a garden for the Chelsea Flower Show 2015, and begin by plotting individual cottage gardens at Harlow Carr in North Yorkshire.

8.00 Wild Ireland (S,HD). 5/6. Christine Bleakley reaches Co Kerry. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Tony tells Tracy he’s the Rovers’ mystery buyer.

8.00 Damned Designs: Don’t Demolish My Home (S,HD). 1/3. New series. Documentary following the eccentric individuals who have fallen foul of planning laws. This episode features a farmer who secretly built his own castle.

8.00 World’s Angriest: Caught on Camera. New series. Footage of extraordinary outbursts filmed by members of the public, beginning with a selection of disputes between neighbours. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 New Tricks (R,S,HD). 4/10. The team’s feathers are ruffled by the arrival of a retired detective from Glasgow brought in to help reinvestigate one of his original cases. Denis Lawson joins the cast.

9.00 Horizon (S,HD). Modern technology is used to scan Egyptian animal mummies from museums across the world, and find out why so many of the creatures were originally buried.

9.00 Safe House (S,HD). 4/4. Joe and Sam find themselves caught up in a terrifying ordeal as Robert and Mark work to resolve the situation. Drama, starring Christopher Eccleston. Last in the series.

9.00 Benefits Street (S). 1/4. New series. Documentary following the lives of people who are heavily reliant on welfare payments, revealing the daily challenges they face in tough economic times.

9.00 Gotham (S,HD). 20/22. The detectives continue to investigate the ogre, who makes his move on someone close to Gordon, while Bruce and Selina team up to expose a corrupt employee. Starring Ben McKenzie. 10.00 Person of Interest (S,HD). 8/23. Finch receives 38 numbers simultaneously from the Machine. 10.55 Death Sentence (S). (2007) Thriller, starring Kevin Bacon and Kelly Preston. ●●●

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6.00 BBC News (S,HD); Weather 6.30 Regional News (S); Weather

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10.00 Episodes (S,HD). 1/9. New series. The comedy drama returns as Beverly and Sean find themselves returning to LA. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Evan Davis.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 The Agenda (S,HD). Tom Bradby and guests discuss the week’s big issues.

10.00 The Night Bus (S,HD). 1/3. New series. Documentary exploring the unique role London’s night buses play in the lives of the capital’s residents, beginning with their capacity to facilitate romantic rendezvous.

11.30 Regional Programme (R,S,HD).

11.15 Weather (S,HD) 11.20 The Women’s Football Show (S,HD). 11.50 Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods Are Made (R,S,HD). 1/3.

11.20 Newzoids (R,S,HD). 4/6. The puppets poke fun at politicians on the eve of the election. 11.50 Slow Train Through Africa with Griff Rhys Jones (R,S,HD). 5/5.

11.00 The Island with Bear Grylls (R,S,HD). 9/14. After the women feast on a pig, one of their precious water cans is discarded – an action that sets off a chain reaction with huge consequences.

12.15 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 12.20 BBC News (S,HD).

12.50 Sign Zone: Question Time Election Special (R,S). A debate on the result of the election. 1.50 Back in Time for Dinner (R,S). How people will shop, cook and dine over the next 50 years. Last in the series. 2.50 Channel Patrol (R,S). 3.35 This Is BBC Two (S,HD). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S).

12.45 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 UEFA Champions League Weekly (S,HD). A review of the semi-final first-leg matches. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.00 The Shooting Gallery (S). 12.35 The Secret Millionaire (R,S). 1.55 Embarrassing Bodies Down Under (R,S,HD). 2.50 Supersize vs Superskinny (R,S,HD). 3.45 You Can’t Get the Staff (R,S,HD). 4.40 Double Your House for Half the Money (R,S,HD). 5.35 The Common Denominator (R,S,HD).

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.30 Regional News (S) 10.45 Have I Got a Bit More News for You (S,HD). 5/9. Jo Brand hosts the topical quiz.

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1.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 The Last Days of Jesus Christ (R,S,HD). Writers and historians examine the events surrounding Christ’s death. 4.00 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). 4.25 Great Scientists (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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Tuesday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 The Housing Enforcers (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 11.00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom (S,HD). 11.45 Oxford Street Revealed (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD); Regional News. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Land Girls (R,S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 Decimate (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

7.45 Oxford Street Revealed (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: Collectaholics (R,S). 9.15 Victoria Derbyshire (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S,HD) 1.00 Coast (R,S). 1.10 The Super League Show (S,HD). 1.55 Glorious Gardens from Above 2.40 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 3.40 Are You Being Served? 4.10 ’Allo ’Allo! 4.45 Just Good Friends 5.15 Vintage Antiques Roadshow

ITV

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.40 Will & Grace. 7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.25 Frasier. 9.25 Undercover Boss (HD). 10.30 Come Dine with Me (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary (HD) 12.05 Come Dine with Me (HD). 1.05 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD). Properties in Antigua. 2.10 Countdown (HD). 3.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). Beat-the-banker game show. 4.00 Posh Pawnbrokers (HD). 5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs (S,HD). 12.40 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.45 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (R,S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.10 Rosamunde Pilcher’s Shades of Love (R,S). Romantic drama, starring Eileen Atkins and Charles Dance. 5.00 5 News at 5 The day’s headlines with Emma Crosby. (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Emmerdale, 7pm

CCTV: Caught on Camera, 11pm

Britain’s Horror Homes, 8pm

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6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 34/70. Quiz show. 6.30 Beat the Brain (S,HD). 2/30. Four members of a steel orchestra compete in the quiz.

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 3/21. Marge invites Nelson Muntz to stay. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Dr S’Avage catches Mariam in his office.

6.00 Car Crash TV (R,S,HD). 4/10. A motorist risks life and limb to rescue an injured pigeon. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical reports. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Linda goes into labour. Followed by BBC News.

7.00 Antiques Road Trip (R,S,HD). 3&4/20. Antiques experts Christina Trevanion and Charlie Ross travel down through North East England towards their fourth auction.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

7.00 Police Interceptors (R,S). A runaway suspect puts Gary’s life in danger. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 31/52. Adele intervenes to bring Mo and her dad together, and Zosia offers to assist Annabelle with her ground-breaking experimental procedure.

8.00 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge (S,HD). 2/4. Joe Swift takes the remaining designers to Sudeley Castle in Gloucestershire, where they have to create formal gardens to impress James Alexander Sinclair and Ann-Marie Powell.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Alicia sees Lachlan being threatened by a gang. 7.30 Live UEFA Champions League (S,HD). Bayern Munich v Barcelona (Kick-off 7.45pm). Mark Pougatch presents all the action from the semi-final second-leg encounter at the Allianz Arena.

8.00 Kirstie and Phil’s Love It or List It (S,HD). 3/6. Michelle is tired of the Bradford bungalow she shares with Andrew, so Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp attempt to sort out their problems.

8.00 Britain’s Horror Homes (S,HD). West Sussex couple Bob and Val discuss fears of their beach-front home being swept away, and Surrey’s Carol and John recall the time their garden was flooded. Last in the series. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 24 Hours in the Past (S,HD). 3/4. Zoe Lucker, Anne Widdecombe, Alistair McGowan, Colin Jackson, Tyger Drew-Honey and Miquita Oliver endure the painful inequality in the factories of the Industrial Revolution.

9.00 Wastemen (S,HD). 3/3. Better solutions to waste problems are needed and Newcastle and the Northeast are helping to lead the way, with incinerators that turn rubbish into electricity. Last in the series.

9.00 No Offence (S). 2/8. Deering and her squad lose the serial killer case to Maclaren’s team after Dinah becomes personally involved with Cathy Calvert, the girl who survived the attack.

9.00 Big Brother: Timebomb Live Launch. New series. Emma Willis kicks off the 16th season of the reality show, ushering in the diverse group of individuals chosen to entertain the nation over the summer months.

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10.00 Later Live – with Jools Holland (S,HD). 5/8. With Paul Weller, Father John Misty, Lianne La Havas and Curtis Harding. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Evan Davis.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.45 UEFA Champions League: Extra Time (S,HD). Bayern Munich v Barcelona.

11.45 Live at the Apollo (R,S,HD). 4/6. Comedy sets by Jon Richardson, Sara Pascoe and Nathan Caton.

11.15 Weather (S,HD) 11.20 Ashya: The Untold Story (R,S). 11.50 Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods Are Made (R,S,HD). 3/3.

11.35 Benidorm (R,S). 6/8. Donald 11.00 CCTV: Caught on Camera and Jacqueline take revenge on (R,S,HD). 1/3. The work of Mateo. surveillance operators who keep an eye on Britain’s public spaces and – in some cases – private homes. The first edition explores life in a tower block.

11.00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side. New series. Rylan Clark presents the Big Brother companion show, getting the audience’s immediate thoughts on this year’s housemates.

12.15 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 12.20 BBC News (S,HD).

12.50 Sign Zone: Antiques Roadshow (R,S). The team visits Lowther Castle in Cumbria. 1.50 Rip Off Britain: Food (R,S). How illegal oyster-pickers are risking people’s health. 2.35 Channel Patrol (R,S). A giant cargo ship braves treacherous shipping lanes. 3.20 This Is BBC Two (S,HD). 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

12.00 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 Loose Women (R,HD). Topical debate from a female perspective. 3.50 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.00 Poker (S,HD). 12.55 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). 1.25 Challenge Wanaka (R,S,HD). 1.50 The Grid (R,S). 2.20 British GT (R,S,HD). 2.45 Shameless USA (R,S,HD). 3.40 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses (R,S,HD). 4.35 Double Your House for Half the Money (R,S,HD). 5.35 The Common Denominator (R,S,HD).

12.00 Big Brother: Live from the House. Coverage of the housemates’ every move. 1.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 The Hotel Inspector (R,S,HD). 4.00 Michaela’s Wild Challenge (R,S). 4.25 Great Artists (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.30 Regional News (S). Followed by Regional Programme. 10.45 Del Boys & Dealers (R,S,HD). 4/4. Danny from Lancashire decides to hold a house auction. Last in the series.

10.00 Benefits Street (R,S). 1/4. Documentary following the lives of people who are heavily reliant on welfare payments, revealing the daily challenges they face in tough economic times.

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Wednesday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 The Housing Enforcers (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom (S,HD). 11.45 Oxford Street Revealed (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD); Regional News. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Land Girls (R,S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Decimate (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

7.45 Oxford Street Revealed (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: An Island Parish: Falklands (R,S). 8.45 Cowboys and Angels 9.15 Victoria Derbyshire 11.00 BBC News 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 Coast 1.10 Cagney & Lacey 1.55 Glorious Gardens from Above 2.40 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 3.40 Are You Being Served? 4.10 ’Allo ’Allo! 4.45 Just Good Friends 5.15 Vintage Antiques Roadshow

ITV

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.40 Will & Grace. 7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.25 Frasier. 9.25 Undercover Boss (HD). 10.25 Come Dine with Me (HD). 11.55 Channel 4 News Summary (HD) 12.00 Come Dine with Me (HD). 1.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD). 2.00 Channel 4 Racing from York (HD). Live coverage of the opening day of the spring festival. 4.00 Posh Pawnbrokers (HD). 5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.45 Big Brother: Timebomb Launch (R,S,HD). 1.40 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS: New Orleans (R,S,HD). The team works with the Coast Guard Investigative Service. 3.10 Rosamunde Pilcher’s Shades of Love (R,S). In a flashback, Laura Aird withdraws from society after tragedy strikes. 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Give a Pet a Home, 8pm

The Island with Bear Grylls, 9pm

Autopsy: The Last Hours … 9pm

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 4/21. Marge bumps into an old school friend. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Simone tries to tell Holly what she has seen.

6.00 Car Crash TV (R,S,HD). 5/10. Pedestrians who are not afraid to fight back against bad driving. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the live magazine show featuring topical reports from around the UK and big-name studio guests.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 35/70. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Beat the Brain (S,HD). 3/30. Four students from Roehampton University compete against the Brain. 7.00 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5&6/20. Christina Trevanion and Charlie Ross begin the final day of their road trip in the town of Spalding, Lincolnshire.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Alicia makes a life-changing decision. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Anna worries about Faye’s motherhood skills.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

7.00 GPs: Behind Closed Doors (R,S,HD). Dr Ali tries to make a diagnosis while a noisy 10-yearold is tearing up his consultation room. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Inspector George Gently (S,HD). 3/4. The detective is called out when a body is found on a rubbish pile under the Tyne Bridge and evidence reveals the victim was dead before he landed. With Jim Moir (aka Vic Reeves).

8.00 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge (S,HD). 3/4. The four remaining contestants head to Painswick Rococo Garden in the heart of the Cotswolds, where they have to create conceptual gardens that showcase their creativity.

8.00 Give a Pet a Home (S,HD). 5/6. Amanda Holden reveals which of last week’s celebritychampioned animals have found a new home with viewers, and six more potential pets are put up for adoption.

8.00 The World’s Most Expensive Food (S,HD). 1/2. First of a twopart documentary following the food suppliers who cater to London’s super-rich, examining how businesses must adapt to win a foothold in this lucrative market.

8.00 Cats Make You Laugh Out Loud 2. Presenters Dave Spikey and Zoe Lyons introduce a second compilation of the internet’s most popular cat videos. With animal behaviour therapist Professor Peter Neville.

9.30 Peter Kay’s Car Share (S,HD). 4/6. Kayleigh has exciting news about the previous night’s events.

9.00 Modern Times: The Great British Garden Watch (S,HD). Documentary about a new breed of amateur naturalists who go to extreme lengths to capture the secret lives of the animals in their gardens.

9.00 Newzoids (S,HD). 5/6. The puppets poke fun at politicians in the aftermath of the general election. 9.30 The Delivery Man (S,HD). 5/6. Matthew discovers an abandoned baby.

9.00 The Island with Bear Grylls (S,HD). 10/14. The men are malnourished, exhausted and under pressure and begin to fight among themselves, with Vic tearing strips off cameraman Sam, who he believes is shirking.

9.00 Autopsy: The Last Hours of Marilyn Monroe (S). Forensic pathologist Dr Richard Shepherd examines the events leading up to the death of actress Marilyn Monroe in August 1962.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.30 Regional News (S). Followed by Regional Programme. 10.45 A Question of Sport (S,HD). 28/31. Guests include Denise Lewis and Dietmar Hamann.

10.00 Rory Bremner’s Election Report (S). A satirical look at the general election. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Evan Davis.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 Come On Down! The Game Show Story (R,S). 1/4. Bradley Walsh interviews some of the biggest names in showbiz.

10.00 Gogglebox (R,S). 12/12. Capturing the households’ instant reactions to what they are watching on TV from the comfort of their own sofas. Narrated by Caroline Aherne. Last in the series.

10.00 Big Brother: Timebomb. Highlights from launch night as Emma Willis ushered a new group of hopefuls into the house that for some of them will be their home for the summer.

11.15 Margin Call (S,HD). (2011) Drama, starring Kevin Spacey and Paul Bettany. ●●●●

11.15 Weather (S,HD) 11.20 Missed Warnings: The Bradford City Fire (S). 11.50 Inside the Factory: How Our Favourite Foods Are Made (R,S,HD). 3/3.

11.45 Corfu: A Tale of Two Islands (R,S,HD). 6/8. A Kavos club promoter talks about her job.

11.00 Bodyshockers: My Piercing Hell (R,S,HD). 2/4. Katie Piper meets a girl with a tattoo, piercings and stretched earlobes who wants to restore her natural look.

11.00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side. Rylan Clark presents the BB companion show, including a debate on the burning issues, celebrity guests’ thoughts on the latest developments and behind-the-scenes insights.

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

12.50 Sign Zone: Portillo’s State Secrets (R,S). 1.20 Sex and the Church (R,S). How attitudes to sex have changed over the past 300 years. Last in the series. 2.20 Channel Patrol (R,S). 3.05 This Is BBC Two (S,HD). 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. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.00 Music on 4: Street Sound and Style (S,HD). 12.35 Embarrassing Bodies Down Under (R,S,HD). 1.30 Film: Amelia (S,HD). (2009) ●●● 3.20 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses (R,S,HD). 4.15 Double Your House for Half the Money (R,S,HD). 5.15 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (R,S,HD).

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Thursday’s Television Guide BBC1

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

7.00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom 7.45 Oxford Street Revealed 8.15 Sign Zone: Great British Garden Revival 9.15 Victoria Derbyshire 11.00 BBC News 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 Coast 1.10 Cagney & Lacey 2.00 Glorious Gardens from Above 2.45 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 3.45 Are You Being Served? 4.15 ’Allo ’Allo! 4.45 Just Good Friends 5.15 Vintage Antiques Roadshow

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). 10.55 ITV News (S) 11.00 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Judge Rinder (R,S). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.40 Will & Grace. 7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.25 Frasier. 9.25 Undercover Boss (HD). 10.25 Come Dine with Me (HD). 11.55 Channel 4 News Summary (HD) 12.00 Come Dine with Me (HD). 1.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD). 2.00 Channel Four Racing from York and Salisbury (HD). Featuring live coverage of the second day of the spring festival. 4.00 Posh Pawnbrokers (HD). 5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs (S,HD). 12.40 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.45 Big Brother: Timebomb (R,S,HD). Highlights of the housemates’ first evening together. 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.10 Rosamunde Pilcher’s Shades of Love (R,S). Laura Aird’s grandmother dies. 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 36/70. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Beat the Brain (S,HD). 4/30. Quiz, hosted by John Craven.

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 5/21. Bart creates a range of novelty T-shirts. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Cindy and Dirk head to the register office.

6.00 Car Crash TV (R,S,HD). 6/10. Footage involving bizarre attempts at parking. 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). Dot takes to the witness box in her trial. Followed by BBC News.

7.00 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 7&8/20. Paul Laidlaw and Margie Cooper embark on the second and third legs of their antique-hunting quest.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). 7.30 How to Get Into a Good School: Tonight (S,HD). The extreme measures some parents take to get their children into good schools.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD)

7.00 World War II in Colour (R,S,HD). The effectiveness of the German blitzkrieg. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Watchdog (S,HD). 2/8. Claudia Winkleman discusses the Halloween 2014 accident that left her daughter badly burnt, as the team investigates the rules on safety testing for fancy-dress costumes.

8.00 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge (S,HD). 4/4. The finalists visit the RHS Headquarters in Wisley for one last clash. Last in the series.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Ross is forced to leave the party with Charlie. 8.30 You’ve Been Framed! (R,S). 16/20. Featuring exploding toilets, airborne chainsaws and a drummer cat.

8.00 Born Naughty? (S). 1/2. Dr Ravi Jayaram and Dr Dawn Harper investigate troubled children, to diagnose whether their behavioural problems might be the result of undiagnosed medical conditions.

8.00 The Last Days of Guy Fawkes (S,HD). Counter-terrorism expert Haras Rafiq, author Alice Hogge and historian Ronald Hutton explore the downfall and legacy of disaffected 17th-century Catholic rebel Guy Fawkes.

9.00 Shark (S,HD). 2/3. Examining the shark’s intricate social life, involving complicated courtship rituals, surprising ways of raising their young, and their powers of navigation.

9.00 The Game (S,HD). 3/6. The team discovers a sleeper agent with lethal connections in the US military, but as Operation Glass continues to unfold, Joe and Jim are left wondering who they can really trust.

9.00 Fraud Squad (S,HD). 3/3. The crime documentary concludes with an insight into a police operation to shut down a large-scale bank-cheque fraud empire run by a Zimbabwean gang. Last in the series.

9.00 The Island with Bear Grylls (S,HD). 11/14. Hunger and disorganisation prompt Lauren and Beth to suggest electing a leader for the women’s island, but some of the survivors are less than keen on the idea.

9.00 The Hotel Inspector (S,HD). 6/8. Alex Polizzi visits the Grant Arms Hotel in Ramsbottom, Manchester, which is struggling to make a profit, and has developed a bad reputation as a hang-out for a “rough crowd”.

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.30 Regional News (S) 10.45 Question Time (S,HD). 31/38. David Dimbleby chairs the debate from Uxbridge, as a panel of guests faces topical questions from the audience.

10.00 W1A (S,HD). 4/4. New Head of 10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) Inclusivity Lucy Freeman tries to 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather “viralize” Muslim BBC Weather. 10.40 Newzoids (R,S,HD). 5/6. The Last in the series. puppets poke fun at politicians 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented in the aftermath of the general by Emily Maitlis. election.

10.00 The Secret World of Tinder 10.00 Big Brother: Timebomb (S,HD). Documentary exploring (S,HD). Highlights of the new how the digital world has housemates’ first full day at the integrated itself into the dating mercy of Big Brother – and they scene, giving people seeking will no doubt all be out to make romance a chance to find love – an impression on the voting or lust – at the touch of a public. button.

11.45 This Week (S,HD). The past seven days in politics.

11.10 Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: 11.15 Weather (S,HD) Felicity Kendal (R,S,HD). 5/6. 11.20 Wastemen (R,S,HD). 3/3. Better The actress talks about her solutions to waste problems are eventful personal life. needed and Newcastle and the Northeast are helping to lead the way. Last in the series.

11.05 The Night Bus (R,S,HD). 1/3. Documentary exploring the unique role London’s night buses play in the lives of the capital’s residents, beginning with their capacity to facilitate romantic rendezvous.

11.00 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (S). Rylan Clark presents the BB companion show, including celebrity fans’ thoughts on the latest developments and behind-the-scenes insights.

12.30 Holiday Weatherview (S,HD). 12.35 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: Panorama (R,S). 12.50 Inside Harley Street (R,S). The world of private medicine. 1.50 Channel Patrol (R,S). A Royal Navy Sub Lieutenant goes on a spotting mission. 2.35 This Is BBC Two (S,HD). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

12.05 The Secret Millionaire (R,S). 1.05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA (R,S). 1.55 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? (R,S,HD). 3.50 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses (R,S,HD). 4.45 Hugh’s 3 Good Things: Best Bites (R,S,HD). 4.55 Double Your House for Half the Money (R,S,HD). 5.50 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

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Friday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 The Housing Enforcers (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 11.00 Don’t Get Done, Get Dom (S,HD). 11.45 Oxford Street Revealed (R,S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD); Regional News. 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Land Girls (R,S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Decimate (S,HD). 4.30 Flog It! (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (S,HD).

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7.45 Oxford Street Revealed 8.15 Gardeners’ World 8.45 Cowboys and Angels 9.15 Victoria Derbyshire (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S,HD) 1.00 Coast (R,S). 1.10 Cagney & Lacey (R,S). 2.00 Glorious Gardens from Above (R,S,HD). 2.45 The Great Chelsea Garden Challenge 3.45 Are You Being Served? 4.15 ’Allo ’Allo! 4.45 Just Good Friends 5.15 Vintage Antiques Roadshow

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S). 10.30 This Morning (S).; 10.55 ITV News (S); Regional News. 11.00 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Judge Rinder (R,S). 3.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Paul O’Grady Show (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.40 Will & Grace. 7.30 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.25 Frasier. 9.25 Undercover Boss (HD). 10.25 Come Dine with Me (HD). 11.55 Channel 4 News Summary (HD) 12.00 Come Dine with Me (HD). 1.00 A Place in the Sun: Winter Sun (HD). 2.00 Channel Four Racing from York and Newbury (HD). Featuring live coverage of the third day of the spring festival. 4.00 Posh Pawnbrokers (HD). 5.00 Couples Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.45 Cowboy Builders & Bodge Jobs (S,HD). 12.40 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.45 Big Brother: Timebomb (R,S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S). 3.10 Rosamunde Pilcher’s Shades of Love (R,S). Longforgotten scandals from the Aird clan’s history are exposed. Last in the series. 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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Alan Carr: Chatty Man, 10pm

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6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 37/70. Quiz show. 6.30 Beat the Brain (S,HD). 5/30. Quiz, hosted by John Craven.

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S). 6/21. Homer tries to smuggle drugs into the country. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

6.00 Car Crash TV (R,S,HD). 7/10. Clips of incidents caused by snow and ice. 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). Guests include Denise Lewis and Dietmar Hamann. Followed by BBC News.

7.00 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 9&10/20. Antiques experts Paul Laidlaw and Margie Cooper begin last two days of their road trip together in Newport, south Wales.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Robert has worrying news for Chrissie. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Anna makes Faye face up to her responsibilities.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S,HD) 7.30 Unreported World (S,HD). 7/8. An all-female anti-poaching unit battling to save the rhino in South Africa.

7.00 The Gadget Show (R,S,HD). The gang looks at the latest smartphone deals. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). The jury delivers its verdict in Dot’s trial. 8.30 The Vicar of Dibley (R,S). 1/8. The villagers of Dibley discover their new vicar is a woman.

8.00 Mary Berry’s Absolute Favourites (S,HD). 1/6. New series. A selection of favourite recipes. 8.30 Gardeners’ World (S,HD). 10/31. A nectar-rich border to attract a host of pollinating insects.

8.00 Weekend Escapes with Warwick Davis (S,HD). 5/6. The family visits Camp Bestival in Lulworth, Dorset. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Jackson finally admits he is Miley’s father.

8.00 Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (S,HD). 18/22. Coulson and Hunter turn to Grant Ward, and Skye and Lincoln find themselves drawn into the conflict as the war between SHIELD factions continues. Starring Clark Gregg.

8.00 Lusitania: 18 Minutes That Changed World War One (S). Docu-drama about the sinking of the liner by a U-boat in 1915, which resulted in the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew and was a factor in the US’s entry into the First World War.

9.00 Have I Got News for You (S,HD). 7/9. Panellists include Robert Peston. 9.30 Mrs Brown’s Boys (R,S,HD). 5/6. Dermot gets cold feet in the run-up to his wedding.

9.00 Britain’s Greatest Generation (S). 2/4. The united spirit of the Second World War, which saw women adopt roles previously filled by men, and rescue workers and volunteers risk all to save those injured in the Blitz.

9.00 Man and Beast with Martin Clunes (S,HD). 1/2. Part one of two. The comedy actor travels to Nepal, where he meets a farmer whose cows not only provide milk, but also the fuel for lighting and cooking in his home.

9.00 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (S,HD). Jimmy Carr hosts the comedy panel show’s version of the famous quiz, with team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson joined by guests Kathy Burke and Kevin Bridges.

9.00 Big Brother: Timebomb (S,HD). Daily round-up of highlights, featuring the latest tasks, games, arguments, laughs, diary room visits and bedroom chit-chat.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (S,HD). 9/13. Actress Billie Piper 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather talks about the new series of 10.40 Cape Fear (S,HD). (1991) the British-American horror Thriller remake, starring Robert drama Penny Dreadful, in De Niro and Nick Nolte. ●●●● which she features. Plus, Charli XCX performs her new single Famous.

10.30 Big Brother’s Bit on the Side (S,HD). Rylan Clark presents the BB companion show, including a debate on the burning issues, celebrity guests’ thoughts on the latest developments and behind-the-scenes insights.

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10.00 The Clare Balding Show (S,HD). 7/12. With guests Pat Cash and Susie Wolff. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Emily Maitlis.

11.20 Peter Kay’s Car Share (R,S,HD). 4/6. Kayleigh has exciting news about the previous night’s events. 11.50 I Love You, Man (S,HD). (2009) Comedy, starring Paul Rudd. ●●●

11.00 Weather (S,HD) 11.05 Later – with Jools Holland (S,HD). 5/8. Extended edition.

1.30 Weather for the Week Ahead (S,HD). 1.35 BBC News (S,HD).

12.05 Sign Zone: Question Time (R,S). Topical debate from Uxbridge. 1.05 Secret Britain (R,S). Ellie Harrison and Adam Henson explore the Scottish Highlands. Last in the series. 2.05 Channel Patrol (R,S). 2.50 This Is BBC Two (S,HD). Preview of upcoming programmes.

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11.05 Virtually Famous (S,HD). 5/10. 11.30 Big Brother: Live from the With actress Denise Van Outen House. Coverage of the and Olympic gymnast Louis housemates’ every move. Smith. 11.55 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (S,HD). 18/23. Jake’s seldom-seen father seeks time with his son. 1.00 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.

12.25 Film: (500) Days of Summer (S,HD). (2009) ●●● 2.00 Shameless USA (R,S,HD). 2.55 Phil: Secret Agent Down Under (R,S,HD). 3.55 Sarah Beeny’s Double Your House for Half the Money (R,S,HD). 4.50 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (R,S,HD). 4.55 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

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Spitting feathers over language

MG! GET OUTTA HERE! SHUTTUP! The season finale of my favourite American TV show is coming up. It’s just ‘totes amazeballs’. Translation: I’m very excited because the last in the present series of my favourite programme is on television soon. I studied English for my degree. Can you tell from the way I speak? Probably not. I am, however, quite fascinated by words, their meanings and, more importantly, their appearance in our language. I’m also a hypocrite. On one hand I can be fiercely protective of what I believe to be true British words and phrases. I get quite cross, for example, when I hear people uttering any part of the phrase with which I opened today’s column. Why, I ask myself, are we leaning towards adopting phrases such as ‘season finale’ and ‘amazeballs’ when we already have adequate British equivalents: ‘last in the present series’ and ‘rather spiffing’ (OK – I’m pushing it with the last one. I went to Sunderland Poly not Eton!)? On the other hand, I love travel, love languages and embrace the multiculturalism of our nation. I was quite surprised to learn that many of our words that have been in existence for years come from unexpected languages: alcove and mufti for example which are both Arabic apparently. And then there is the generational effect. It was OK for me to pick up such phrases as ‘cool’ and ‘ace’ when I was

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a teenager (and have them stick with me like a bad 1980’s hairstyle) but I tutt to myself when I hear the phrase ‘you’re my bae!’ (Translation for those without a teenager: you are my favourite person). And that’s why I’m a hypocrite. Some words and phrases just slip into my day-to-day chatter such as: “Absolutely!” and “I wish I could get rid of that earworm” while others just don’t roll off my tongue quite as easily as they might from the mouth of a much younger person: “LOL!” and “bants” being two examples. (I shuddered when I heard a politician use the latter on Radio 4). There are always the embarrassing situations too of course – when the English language moves on without informing you. During a conversation with a friend whose first language is not English, I fell into the trap of pointing out that her understanding of the phrase ‘spitting feathers’ was incorrect. “It doesn’t mean ‘angry’, it means: ‘thirsty; in need of a drink’.” I told her politely and rather smugly. “Oh really?!” She said and swiftly pulled out her phone to Google. To my dismay I read the definition she thrust under my prematurely turned up nose which stated that most people know ‘spitting feathers’ to mean ‘angry’ while those of the ‘older generation’ understand it to mean ‘thirsty’. Well hush my mouth and talk to the hand!

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my ideal

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

Beatrix Potter. I simply admire the woman, for her children’s books, favourites of my childhood (particularlyTheTailor of Gloucester) for her drawing talent and her love of the Lake District.

What do you need to get through the weekend?

A paid commission to write a poem to be submitted by Monday.

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And finally, what’s the best weekend you’ve ever been on?

Wells for our 40th wedding anniversary. It’s a jewel of a place.The Swan Hotel upgraded us to their palatial Cathedral Suite.

PETERWYTON BBC Radio Gloucestershire’s Breakfast Bard and Winchcombe Festival poet

Peter Wyton performs with Anna Saunders and Matt Black in a witty evening entitled Voices.The event is on Wednesday May 20 atThe White Hart Inn, High Street, Winchcombe as part of Winchcombe Festival of Music and Arts. For details of the festival, which runs May 18-25, visit the website at www. winchcombefestival.co.uk or pick up a programme and book tickets atTourist Information Centre in Winchcombe High Street.

How would you describe your ideal weekend?

Fine weather and little likelihood of having to go into Gloucestershire Royal Hospital pharmacy stores where I work to catch up on a backlog of work.

Who would you spend it with?

My wife, Linda and my grandchildren Patrick and Anika.

What would you watch on TV?

Sport, Antiques Roadshow and anything withTimothy Spall in it.

If you could go anywhere for the weekend, where would you go? The island of Jethou, in the Channel Islands. When we first went there, before we were married and again on honeymoon.

What would you read?

Probably something historical.

What would you drink? Rum and coke.

What is your guilty pleasure? Buttermilk pancakes. @WeekendGlos

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