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Lit Fest It’s an all-glamour finale to Cheltenham Literature Festival this weekend with actors Damian Lewis, Helen McCrory and Judi Dench all in town tomorrow.

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They’re off . . . Cheltenham’s racing season begins on Friday with all the leading horses, jockeys and trainers at Prestbury Park to do battle.

Continental Circus Berlin Roll up to Gloucester Park as performers from all over the world stage daredevil fast-moving entertainment. The Big Top is in the city from Wednesday until Sunday.

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The beautiful Cotswolds provide the perfect backdrop for an autumn-winter shoot by local company Outsider, who love to use natural fabrics. We meet another designer who creates styles from unusual fabrics and stylist Kate Parker talks us through the Sixties trend. P13

Feeling a bit under the weather now that autumn has set in? Our experts have plenty of tips on nutrition and exercise to ward off those winter bugs and keep you fighting fit for the chilly months ahead. P2O

It’s been a bumper year for the humble mushroom, so we go foraging with Gloucestershire expert Dave Champion. And we get a taste of the east with vibrant decor from India. P31

That remarkable chef Heston Blumenthal was a hit at Cheltenham Literature Festival – he chats to us about his new book and his passion for the history of food. We also meet Taste of Gloucestershire finalist, eco farmer Ian Boyd, and pop into Bill’s for tea. P23

Chris Tarrant is on his way to Cheltenham Literature Festival tomorrow. He talks movingly about his much-loved war hero father. Plus we preview Lotty’s War at the Everyman which features Lark Rise to Candleford star Olivia Hallinan. P57

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

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HERE have been too many highlights to mention at this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival. Some from famous faces, some not-sofamous. Some earth-shattering revelations. Much genial chit-chat. One of the biggest eye-openers for me was listening to Mark Price, MD of Waitrose, explaining the John Lewis Partnership’s philosophy. One, share with your staff the benefits and profits which come with being an owner of the business; two, give them the inside track on the company so they know exactly what’s going on, and three, give them the power to influence the business, and responsibility to do so. That “unique and potent formula”, as he called it, keeps the staff happy. They in turn keep customers happy. And happy customers spend more. “That’s why we’ve got a fantastically engaged workforce,” he told the festival. It seems so simple.

@WeekendGlos Of course it’s not, as any business owner will tell you. And having the guts to give away your business to your staff, as John Spedan Lewis did 150 years ago, isn’t something most entrepreneurs would feel comfortable with. But listening to his single-minded drive to be the best – not the biggest, nor the most profitable – was just so refreshing. A bit like the free coffee they give away. The idea for which, incidentally, came from a South West Trains clerk called Jackie who once bought Mark a cigar. If you don’t know what I’m on about, go to gloucestershireecho.co.uk and search for his name. He’s fascinating. But I digress. There’s tons on at the festival this weekend, including Rowan Williams, John Cleese and Hilary Mantel. Can’t wait. Tanya Gledhill weekend@glosmedia.co.uk 01242 278066

This issue’s contributors were asked: What and where did you eat last night?

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Chef Heston Blumenthal appeared at the Cheltenham Literature Festival yesterday. In this week’s issue, he’s interviewed by Jonny Whiley. He says: “I had roast chicken with carrots, roast potatoes and green beans and then hazelnut ice cream. I was at a friend’s house for dinner.” Now that’s one brave friend.

“You would have to ask me today,” says Weekend editor Tanya. “I did buy the ingredients for gnocchi with dry-cured smoked gammon, courgettes and a wholegrain mustard, cider and cream sauce. “It’s a quick, easy midweek supper and utterly delicious. But by the time I got home, I couldn’t be bothered. So we had fish and chips from the chippy with mushy peas and Heinz tomato ketchup.”

“OK so last night I ate half of the Waitrose lasagne that I was heating up for my son,” says columist Sali. “Later on, still peckish, I had toasted pitta bread filled with fennel salami, mature organic cheese, Hellman’s mayonnaise, black pepper and celery salt. Accompanied by a bottle of Stella Artois. “Classy. Often I cook but it was a busy evening with working, getting son to karate and writing my Weekend column.”

Deputy Weekend editor Lucy made sweet potato Mexican mole at home. “It’s from my go-to recipe book for midweek meals – Easy Vegetarian One Pot, which bascially involves throwing a lot of ingredients together in a big dish,” she says. “It was just the ticket after a day of battling gale-force winds, with a generous amount of chilli and grated dark chocolate.”

Weekend stylist Kate says: “I was at the Lit Fest yesterday evening seeing Jo Ellison introduce her new book Vogue Gowns – gorgeous. My friend and I headed straight to the newly-refurbished Brasserie Blanc. I had a very delicious gourmet burger, fries and salad with a glass of rosé, followed by a mango and pineapple self-assembly crumble.”

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Seeing red Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s acerbic, waspish and talks at a million miles an hour . . . JONATHAN WHILEY tries to get a straight answer out of the indomitable comedian and mental health campaigner, Ruby Wax

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Holistic Times Janie Whittemore brings news of events at the Isbourne Holistic Centre

CHARLIE Holles came to an Isbourne talk about how to make a living doing what you love. As an audience member, he raised his hand to be a mini case study. He told the room that his love of healing and in particular, healing horses, was the area he most wished to focus on, but that it was difficult to make enough money doing so despite years of experience. The speaker, Marie Claire Carlisle, opened it up to the floor.

NTERVIEWING comedian Ruby Wax is a bit like sticking your head in a washing machine. Not only do her answers send you into a spin but I imagine the two experiences are equally destabilising. She doesn’t mean to come across as difficult, as abrasive as a cuttlefish bone – I’m the budgie in the analogy incidentally – but she just can’t seem to help herself. It’s not that she doesn’t talk. She chatters on in her candyfloss sweet American accent, but she’s not exactly warm. We’re discussing her latest stand-up routine which is based on new book, Sane New World. Having, as she puts it ‘mentally unravelled’ – she suffered a serious bout of depression and was admitted to the Priory in 2004 – she’s well placed to look at why we sabotage our sanity, how our brains work and how we can rewire our thinking to find calm in a frantic world.

‘Is there anyone here who has any thoughts for Charlie? The man next to him slowly raised his hand and said: ‘Yes, I have horses and I am looking for help with them’. Another hand went up, and a lady spoke up: ‘Yes, I manufacture special dietary foods for horses, and I would love to talk to you!’ Since then, Charlie Holles has worked non-stop as a horse healer. He has now written a book , My Healing Journey, which explains his spiritual journey to date.You can hear him as a speaker in his own right at 7pm on Monday in his talk From Healing to Horses to Wholeness. The respected yoga teacher Ruth White will be at the Centre on Friday, offering a practical talk to illustrate how simple postures can lift our energy and change our emotional state.This is especially for those who think they cannot do yoga. Ruth has run yoga centres for over 25 years and runs international teacher training courses.

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“Well I’m not the first to say it,” she says, and I can’t decide whether she’s throwing the question back at me. “The world is busy being wiped out and we’re being wiped out because we’re busy. “They say by 2020 it’s going to be stress that wipes us out, you know. “So why we should be knocking ourselves out is an interesting thing to say but there is stuff you can do to give you the balance, to find some kind of sanity within it because you can’t stop the way the world is. “You can’t stop technology and why should you? You can’t shut

down the sophistication of the whole thing but you can shut down yourself for a few minutes.” At this point I find myself agreeing with Stephen Fry, who on the front cover of her book provides a quote which says how Ruby “has an extraordinary mind”. The 61-year-old darts from one train of thought to the next so quickly that there are several moments where it seems like she’s talking in riddles. There are others where she most definitely is. When I ask her whether we’re investing enough in mental health in the UK, she replies, talking at the speed of light once again. “Oh um, I read a really interesting article yesterday, you know, that Cameron’s making sure you know, taxes are better and all this stuff, and that doesn’t necessarily give us any ease of living. “There’s no money invested to see what it is that’s disturbing people.” Now she’s lost me. “It isn’t capital, it isn’t accumulating more and more,” she says. “It isn’t because if it did it would work, so some money has to be invested either in, let’s talk about mental illness – the hospitals are closing, this isn’t my show – um, good luck finding the right doctor and um, there’s no walk-in places where people can meet. “We don’t have communities which make us feel safe so that has to be created artificially.” In her book there’s a chapter which looks at depression and charts her own story. She talks about how at one point her thoughts bombarded her with an obsession for household goods. She became so fixated with the idea of lamps that she once asked a taxi driver to stop in traffic on six different occasions on the same journey so she could to choose one. “I finally bought a round plastic garden lamp,” she says. “Which is all wrong.” Her own journey led to her to take an MA at Oxford in mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy. But what’s the breaking point? “Let’s look at kids,” she says. “The acceleration of them burning out – and again my show’s gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

comedy – the highest rate of suicide is boys under 30 so something is going wrong so it’s not like I’m just like, you know, fantasising. “I went to study the brain to see how come we were doing this to ourselves. “Usually evolution is there for our survival so what has gone wrong? Even if we had to kill it was for a reason so now I’d like to know why we have created a world where we can’t keep up with it?.”

suggest technology has a role to play. “Yeah but we made it so how can you blame it on that?,” she says. “You’re not going to take it away, it’s not going to stop so you have to learn to deal with it.” I mention my own experience and how my mum, a teacher, was forced into early retirement through stress and illhealth 11 years ago. For years she felt defined by her experience and thought others would define her by it. “There’s something lacking in

your mom’s brain, chemical-wise and it isn’t her fault,” she says. “Medication is all we’ve got. Her feeling is faulty, it’s not a fact. Cognitive therapy is all about just the way you think. “If you label yourself as a victim; an alcoholic, a feminist, a racist, you’re defining it, the world isn’t defining it. “If you decide you’re that, the world will react that way to you.” Ruby lives in London with her husband Ed Bye and has three children in their early 20s. She shot to fame as a comedian and interviewer in the Nineties and the brash style that made her a hit is on display today. In recent years, however, she has become a poster girl for depression, an illness diagnosed two decades ago which she feels dates back to her childhood in America. Back then

it was a taboo subject – is be used as an outlet. that still the case? “It’s “No,” she says, irked. less,” she says. “People “Comedy is a real job, come up to me all the time there’s no outlet. There’s and say ‘I’ve got to tell you no outlet in anything, if about this’ and I love that you live with something because it’s like family.” you live with something, I ask her what advice it’s got nothing to she would give to people. do with your job. “Well that’s what the book “I get sick of it. It’s so is about and that’s what the insulting. One in four show is about, except it’s people have this disease, comedy, so you’re asking what does it have to me exactly what I’m talking do with comedians?” about,” she says, before I play devil’s advocate I rephrase the question and suggest that perhaps and she entertains it. the media are guilty “I guess knowing of picking up on it. where your tipping point “Because they’re stupid,” is and I don’t mean she says. “They want to being lazy,” she says. kind of make things easier “If the next guy is jogging to swallow and blame at four in the morning that somebody because probably may give you a heart attack. they’ve got something That guy can do it and wrong with them.” he thrives on it and you I move things on, have to understand that quickly. How does I actually can’t do this.” she feel about coming Then I really put my foot back to Cheltenham? in it by suggesting – since “I love Cheltenham,” she her stand-up is based a says. I love that place. I’ve book about mental health been to the Literature – that comedy Festival. Everything is soft can and it has a good vibe.” And here’s me thinking she wasn’t into that kind of thing.

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■ Ruby Wax is at Cheltenham Town Hall on Wednesday at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £19. Call 08445 762210.

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

highlights NATURAL CHARM Broadway-based ethical fashion house Outsider took their models out into the Cotswolds to show us how to layer looks for autumn-winter, all using natural fabrics.

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We meet a Stroud designer who makes the most of end-of-roll fabrics and recycled material to create her own stunning collection.

BEAUTY Biker girls

Autumn has swept in and this luxurious olive green leather biker jacket will stay a firm favourite. One of the key pieces in the new range from Danish brand Norr, it’s £239, at Cavendish House, Cheltenham.

WELLBEING

Look after yourself and make sure you’re ready to fight off those winter bugs – our experts have plenty of advice on diet and exercise.

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Planning ahead for the party season? Snap up one of these quirky Cotton Arts clutch bags, now being stocked by AtThe Boutique in Cirencester.The bags, from £49, in a range of colours, are shaped like a bow with a gap between the bag

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and bow to put your hand through. Boutique owner Emma Rowe, said: “Cotton Arts are just one of several British designers we have in store.”

Buy pink for October and support Breast Cancer Awareness Month.This pretty pink coat is £199 from Kaliko, with £10 from each sale going to benefit Macmillan Cancer Support. Visit kaliko.co.uk

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Satin detail Merino wool trousers in grey, £125

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Daniel Morris Daniel, 28, an advertising designer says his style is quite eclectic. “I try to dress in a smart way. If I could afford it, I would just be wearing suits every day. My main inspiration isTom Ford and I also like nautical and military cuts. “Here I’m wearing Replay jeans and Hudson boots.”

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Mailys Morel checks out your style at Cheltenham Literature Festival Jessica Pert

Richard Nutter Richard, 24, an insurance broker, says: “I am influenced by what I read and what’s popular, but I also try to keep it personal. “I am inspired by the biker culture, even if I am not really dressed like that here. I love high-street brands, which are generally cheap but chic. I have got Wolverine 1,000 mile boots, jeans from H&M and the shirt and cardigan are from Burton.”

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“I am wearing a skater skirt, a black and white top and a sheepskin leather jacket. I also have Chelsea boots that are open so they mix classic style with a twist of new.”

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Jessica,19, works atTK Maxx and describes her style as quite classical and old school, mixed with contemporary fashion.

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USTAINABLE fashion for spring/summer next year was showcased at a stylish event in Stroud. Madia & Matilda creates sustainable collections by using one-off textiles, recycled or end-of-line fabrics. They are all designed and hand-sewn by Shalize Nicholas in her studio in Woodchester. Madia & Matilda’s designs are simple and playful, aimed at 18 to 30-year-olds, and many come in muted pastel tones. Creative director Shalize, 26, graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University after working for retailers and designers, including Mary Katrantzou in Paris. Realising her passion for vintage fabric, Shalize set up Madia & Matilda last year to create exclusive designs from limited fabrics. @WeekendGlos

She explains: “When I go looking for fabrics I try to be quite varied in what I look for. “I’m also using end-of-roll fabrics and that makes it more accessible as you can make more quantities. “We are also starting to look at linens and are really trying to use more natural fabric as well.” Madia & Matilda’s Spring Summer 15 Fashion Show took place at Star Anise Arts Cafe in Stroud. The new collection features nearly 50 new pieces which were shown off by aspiring local models. “It was such a nice evening,” Shalize says. “The cafe was the perfect setting for that kind of sophisticated nostalgia.” Shalize says the new collection has been inspired by summer nights and the Riviera, including dresses, blouses, skirts

and trousers, which will be available to buy from May next year. Her AW14 collection, which is available on ASOS Marketplace, is already selling well featuring fitted shift dresses, wrap skirts and tops with prices ranging from £12 to £89. “I’m doing really well on ASOS, selling things all over the world,” Shalize says. “I sold some clothes to somebody in LA which is quite interesting. It seems to be selling quite well in London as well. “People are starting to get to know us more.” In the future, Madia & Matilda plans to hold upcycling workshops for people to bring along their own favourite vintage piece to be upcycled. For more details, visit www. madiamatilda.co.uk or find Madia & Matilda on the ASOS Marketplace, marketplace.asos.com

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1. An A-line mini is a key silhouette. 2.Try cigarettestyle ankle grazer trousers worn with structured tunic tops or neat knits. 3. High necklines. 4. Sixties heels should be flat or block. 5. Structured handbags. 6. Feline flick of eyeliner.

Loving the current Sixties trend? Gloucestershire stylist and personal shopper KATE PARKER shows us how to wear it

HE Sixties trend is a true perennial for both men and women. I was recently chatting to two store assistants in Paul Smith’s menswear in Covent Garden. Both were styled straight from the Sixties – one in particular, the image of Dave Davies (Ray’s brother) from the Kinks. For those wanting to become fully paid-up members of the mod squad there is plenty to choose from this season. This cute sugar pink, turtle neck mini dress from Topshop (£68) is spot on. Complete the look with this powder blue double-breasted coat from Per Una (£99), a pair of flat, navy suede Mary Jane shoes from Mango (£34.99), hop on to a Lambretta and you’re good to go. It’s wonderful to be one of the tribe when you’re young, but the secret to working this trend if you are older is to merely let it influence your look.

This structured cornflower blue shoulder bag with Sixties detailing (£29.50) from Marks & Spencer is an instant, yet subtle, way of nodding to the trend. For a more late-Sixties influence, the blue python print block heel ankle boots (£35) also from Marks & Spencer have stepped straight from Mad Men Series Seven. BHS has been impressive and good value of late and this red tunic style dress (£28) with black roll neck (£15) and boots (£30) is no exception. A store that always has its finger firmly on the trend pulse is Zara. The textured epaulette top (£39.99) is a great piece. Burgundy is a key colour for the season and always looks great with neutrals but can also look good with scarlet red, mustard, burnt orange and hot pink, as shown here with these ankle-grazer trousers (£29.99) again from Zara. ■ kateparkerstyle.com

Nod to the trend with the bag and boots from M&S

BHS tunic dress, left, and burgundy top from Zara

Top Shop dress, Per Una coat and Mary Jane flats

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Healthy Chicken & Vegetable Stew Blue Circle Fitness Try this recipe from Simon O’Connor of Blue Circle Fitness in Cheltenham. For more information on nutrition and weight loss packages, visit Blue Circle Fitness on Facebook or at bluecirclefitness.com Ingredients 2 chicken breasts ½ red onion One third of a yellow pepper ½ courgette 6 cherry tomatoes 6 button mushrooms 1 celery stalk handful of spinach 1 herb stock pot 1 garlic clove 1tsp harissa Method n 1. Dissolve the herb stock pot in water and boil chicken breasts for 15 minutes. 2. While chicken is cooking prepare vegetables. Chop

courgette and onion into half moons, slice mushrooms, tomatoes and celery and dice pepper and garlic. 3. Once chicken is cooked, remove and cut into pieces. Add prepared vegetables to water and herb stock. 4. Add chicken pieces to the mix with a teaspoon of harissa and cook on a low heat with lid for 15 minutes. Serve.

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Food Fantastical feasts with Heston Blumenthal

Eco farmer in the running for Taste of Gloucestershire award Pop round to Bill's for a bright brunch and lunch

ESTON Blumenthal is quite possibly the most interesting person I’ve ever interviewed. He’s friendly, honest, charismatic and down-to-earth and for a man running a three Michelin-star restaurant once considered the best on earth, is remarkably lacking in ego. We chat for just over half an hour but his easy manner and enthusiasm means that it flies by – I suspect I could have sat and listened for most of the day. His latest book, Historic Heston, demonstrates his passion for the history of food as well as the science, with the 48-year-old on a mission to reclaim Britain’s grand old tradition which has been lost over time. “I suppose it goes back to the Georgian period,” he says. “In the Georgian period the court cooks were sort of sidelined and a lot of French took over. “When you look at Victorian cookbooks – Mrs Beeton and people like that – it’s really all sort of French cooking and it stayed like that. “After the Second World War we embraced everything culturally from an arts point of view but food was the only thing which we didn’t. “We developed a fairly rigid idea of what fine dining – I don’t like the term fine dining – what top end restaurants should be serving and the pomp that went with it, so mainly menus without prices, restaurants with dress codes.” It was when he was rifling through a medieval cookbook at a bookshop in London that he came across a recipe dating back to 1300 that caught his eye. “I was flicking through and I found a recipe about how to roast a chicken and bring it back to life again. “You pluck this chicken while it’s alive, baste its skin, put its head under its belly and then you rock it to sleep. “You then put the chicken on your serving platter next to two already roasted chickens and take it to the grand dining room. As you start carving the roast chicken, this poor chicken wakes up and upsets goblets on the table. “You then take the poor bird, kill it, stuff its neck with mercury and sulphur, stitch it up and roast it, and as you bring it back to the table the chemicals in its neck are still making a clucking noise – as if it

were alive.” Heston admits that “it was wrong on so many counts” but finding out that it existed led him to delve further into the history of food. “It struck me that my idea of creativity is a modern thing, but in those days food became very theatrical, it was something to impress,” he said. “From there I met historians from Hampton Court Palace and found this whole wealth of recipes and found out that we did have this very real heritage.” Ever since – through his Historic Feasts series on Channel 4 and his new Dinner restaurant in London – he has sought to bring British food heritage back into the public domain. He says that in the last five years he’s noticed a real change on the culinary landscape. “In the 1980s and early 2000s everything was French,” he said. “But now chefs are happy to take on pubs, it’s an easier, cheaper way of starting a restaurant and there’s a new-found confidence. “It’s okay to serve a steak and kidney pudding or a Lancashire hotpot or a stargazy pie and all those sorts of things which is fantastic. “That is all coming back and I think it’s also in line with this newfound confidence in the way we eat. We don’t want acres of cloth and linen and dickie bows and tail coats and stiff service. “We want to go to a restaurant and eat good food with good service but also be relaxed.” It’s a philosophy he’s embraced since he started out, building his brand at the now world-renowned The Fat Duck in Bray, Berkshire. “We were the first restaurant to get a Michelin star with an outside bog,” he said. “We had no tablecloths which I think was a first. Some customers didn’t like it and complained that somebody wasn’t wearing a jacket and tie. “That’s gone now, but I refused to budge. When we opened Dinner in London – which is based on the historical stuff – we didn’t want tablecloths. “Even the hotel said, ‘are you sure?’.” One of the first chefs to truly push the boundaries – creating dishes such as snail porridge and bacon and egg ice cream – how does he feel about the idea that by putting science above cookery he has created a fashion? “I have certainly been responsible for a change in style in some areas and an

element of that I would agree with,” he says. “But we’re not a group of blokes in lab coats with clipboards. At this level it’s all about getting an emotional response and giving pleasure to people and that can come in the form of surprise, illusion and nostalgia. “But the science must not overtake that, it should be used as a tool. The danger is when a young chef sees me doing all this stuff and forgets the basics – it has taken me years to get an understanding of this.” His thoughtfulness and philosophy on food is intriguing – his latest line of thinking centres on the belief that behavioural problems are directly related to our engagement with food. “There’s more chromosomes in the body for flavour perception than anything else,” he says. “I think there’s a massive correlation between behavioural issues and eating. “For me it’s about an appreciation of nature and somewhere in all of that I think food can play a huge role.” Heston’s latest venture is perhaps his most ambitious to date with his three Michelin star restaurant The Fat Duck set to relocate to Melbourne in Australia for six months in its entirety. It opens in February next year. “I have needed to put a new kitchen in The Duck for 10 years,” he says. “The problem is it’s a six-month job and we’ve got 100 staff and if you take all the admin and HR side of it there about 70 staff. “The wage bill is so high – it runs into millions – there’s no way to close the restaurant and pay the staff for six months not to do anything. “The only way we can do it is to move to somewhere else for six months. “We looked at everything – Dubai, Las Vegas, a hotel in Lake Geneva, we came very close to somewhere in St Tropez but that fell through. “I’ve been going to Australia since about 2002 and since 2010 more than once a year. It has been exploding as a food country and my shows were doing really well. I took over the hosting of MasterChef for a week and MasterChef in Australia is bigger than The X Factor over here.” Genius is a tag often associated with Heston but how does the man himself feel about it? He laughs, “I’m not really sure of the definition of genius and I wouldn’t call myself one but even when I look back at The Fat Duck book which I wrote 10 years ago the last third of that book, even if you read it now, is still ground-breaking. “It’s like I’d fallen down a rabbit hole and found a land that nobody had looked at before.” gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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UNTILTHE Martins Meats is sponsoring the Best Food Producer award at the Taste of Gloucestershire Food and Farming Awards I SET up Martins Meats in 2003 after spotting a gap in the market for locally-produced meat in the restaurant trade. It was in many ways a natural extension of my family business of farming and livestock haulage. We have a great supply of the finest locally-produced meat in Gloucestershire and it was frustrating to visit restaurants in our area and see beef, from Scotland, for example. Having good links with local farmers through our family business I was able to source the meat not just from our farm, but from other farm assured farms in the area. We specialise in supplying high quality dry matured meat. Our beef comes from Longhorns, Aberdeen Angus, Hereford and South Devon cattle which are hung for 28 days so the meat is tender and has an exceptional flavour. Our lamb comes fromTexel crosses kept on our own farm and our pork is from Gloucester Old Swpot pigs. The business has gone from strength to strength and we are now supplying many of Gloucestershire's finest restaurants as well as much further afield in London and Jamie Oliver's Fifteen Restaurant in Cornwall. We have received recognition for the quality of our meat, winning numerous awards in particular the overall winner of the Diamond Awards in 2011 and 2014 and winning the Best Speciality Product in the South West at the widely-acclaimed National GreatTaste Awards in 2013 with our 28 day aged longhorn sirloin steak. I wanted to get involved with the Gloucestershire Food and Farming Awards as I am passionate about championing the fantastic produce that comes from Gloucestershire and to support farmers and businesses in developing this further. These awards are a chance for these people to be recognised for the great work they are doing.

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Farmer Ian Boyd’s herd of Hereford cows lead a colourful life on their pastures high on the Cotswold hills. SUE BRADLEY meets this finalist from the Taste of Gloucestershire Food and Farming Awards to discover how his animals really do spend their lives in clover

HE herd of Hereford cows grazing the pastures around Whittington Lodge Farm are much more than a source of tender and tasty beef. These hardy animals also fulfil an important role in the conservation of wild flowers that were once a common sight throughout the Cotswolds. Farmer Ian Boyd spent a quarter of a century growing arable crops such as wheat and barley on the thin soils around his farm, just as his father had done before him. In 2006, however, he turned over 100 acres to growing wild flowers and subsequently brought in traditional Herefords to graze them. Their presence means that rough grasses in these pastures are kept under control, allowing wild blooms to flourish. In less than a decade the effect on the landscape has been staggering, with field after field filled with jewel-like flowers every summer. Blooms such as clovers, cowslips, sainfoin, yellow rattle, rest harrow, ox eye daisies and horseshoe and kidney vetches have now returned in their droves, along with six different orchids. These flowers are not only enjoyed by scores of walkers following the footpaths that criss cross the

farm but also attract insects and the birds that feed on them. Ian was able to turn over these acres to growing wild flowers with support from the Higher Level Stewardship scheme run by Natural England, but in time he’s keen to develop his Hereford herd so that he does not need to rely on this money to support his work. “This farm has been owned by my family since 1930,” explains Ian, one of the finalists in the Best Farmer category, sponsored by Willans, in the 2014 Taste of Gloucestershire Food and Farming Awards. “For the first 25 years that I was in charge we followed the conventional intensive route of farming because that’s what the subsidies encouraged. “We don’t have the depth of soil here that a lot of farms have and with HLS we realised there was an alternative. “Going for environmental options such as wildflower meadows was quite a ‘no brainer’ for us. We will never produce the higher yields that other places can and it just feels right to be doing this.” Ian’s choice of Traditional Herefords to graze his pastures also goes some way to ensure the future of this native breed, which has been given “minority” status by the Rare Breeds Survival Trust. “These animals are quite small, but the real benefit is they will fatten off relatively poor quality grass,” gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

explains Ian, who is an approved supplier of the recently-formed Pasture-Fed Livestock Association. “They stay outside all year; the grass is there for them all the winter, which makes it cheaper to keep the cattle.” An added bonus for Ian’s animals from grazing wildflower-rich pastures is that some of the plant species they devour, such as sainfoin, help to deter the growth of worms in the gut, which in turn negates the need for preventative dosing. The knock-on effect of this is that the cattle’s manure attracts dung beetles and these provide food for rare horseshoe bats that live at the nearby Whittington caves. While the future of farming subsidies is unpredictable, sales of beef from the Herefords are soaring with Ian and his wife Cathy often seeing demand outstripping supply. “The meat we sell is very different from the cereal-fed beef commonly sold in the UK, which has hard white fat that is high in saturated fats,” explains Ian. “Our pasture-fed animals haven’t eaten any grains or maize, which means their meat is marbled with a soft yellow fat that’s higher in rich omega 3 fats and adds to the flavour, which means it’s good for health as well as being tastier. @WeekendGlos

“All of our meat is dry aged for 28 days to intensify its flavour and remove moisture, which means it doesn’t shrink when it’s cooked. “Once people taste it they come back for more. In time I hope to have more grassland with more beef on it. ” Ian and Cathy currently have some 500 customers on their books, all of whom are contacted when an animal is about to be sent to Eastington-based Broomhalls, the closest local abattoir that deals with organically-produced meat. “We sell through meat boxes: it’s very flexible and we sell different types so that the entire carcass is used,” explains Cathy, a former primary school teacher who also runs a bed and breakfast business from the farm. “The whole cow is pre-sold before it goes to the abattoir. I phone or text my customers and they pick up their boxes from the farm, where they can talk to us about how to cook it. “Each meat box has a QR (quick response) code so that people can find out more about it.” Turning over several acres to wildflower pastureland is just one of the measures that Ian has adopted to make his farm more wildlife friendly. Others include the introduction of

insect-friendly 12m-wide conservation headlands seeded with wheat and interspersed with annual wild flowers around his arable crops, along with areas sown with plants such as mustard, kale and fooder radish to produce winter feed for birds. The wildlife-friendly approach to farming at Whittington Lodge Farm has attracted several awards but Ian says his key motivations are neither praise nor financial gain. “It’s ironic to think that my father’s generation of farmers worked hard to eradicate grass=suppressing plants such as yellow rattle as they knew it would affect their grass yields, while I encourage it,” says Ian, who is also a keen photographer. “You have to be interested to do this. It’s not about the money. It will only work if you put passion into it. “It’s difficult to measure the overall value of the environmental and ecological work we do here; they are services for the public good but it’s difficult to fully appreciate until they are not there.” ■ www.whittingtonlodgefarm.com ■ www.cotswoldbeef.com ■ www.ianboydphotography.co.uk

celebrates... At Creed we love all things to do with food, especially from Gloucestershire AS we speed towards mid-October next week, here are a few fresh produce items to look out for on menus and on the shelves in shops. Parsley roots French parsley roots resemble a small slender parsnip and can be used in exactly the same way.They are slightly hotter and spicier than a parsnip. Quince Fresh, ripe quince will be in season from now until spring next year. These are inedible raw, but are a superb seasonal ingredient cooked with game dishes and for tart-tasting chutneys. Curly Kale – purple and green Look out for curly kale from local growers.The curly kales have fared better than most brassicas during the summer. A popular vegetable with Sunday roasts. Cavelo Nero Another locally-grown brassica, Cavelo Nero or ‘black cabbage’ originates from Italy, where it’s a favourite served with fish. Best steamed and tossed in garlic butter with black pepper and pine nuts. Jack-be-Little Pumpkins These smaller French pumpkins are popular served as a stuffed vegetable option, adding a little theatre to diners’ plates as we approach Halloween this month.

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F it was sightly disappointing to see La Tasca close down in Cheltenham, the feeling was soon replaced with excitement when we realised a Bill ’s restaurant was going to replace it. The chain already has a presence around the country in London, Bath, Bristol and Oxford, so it ’s great to have one on our doorstep. Situated in Regent Street, near the Everyman Theatre and Jamie ’s Italian, it ’s a great pre-theatre and central spot. La Tasca had become a little tired over the years so we were interested to see the kind of transformation which had taken place inside. The gaudy reds and yellows have gone and been replaced with a stylish, urban interior with exposed bricks and pipework. There are old wooden school chairs, bunches of dried chillies hanging from the ceiling and a mix of mood lighting from chandeliers to large drum shades. Since it opened, tables have been hot property, but as the place is open all day, from 8am to 11pm, you ’re bound to get one at some point without too much trouble. In the early mornings, Bill ’s looks enticing from the street with bistro tables outside with vases of gerberas and colourful throws to keep your shoulders warm. It serves breakfast until noon including classic fry-ups through to homemade bluberry and buttermilk pancakes and eggs royale.

Lunch and dinner is the same thing, served from 11.45am right through the night which is great if you want to avoid the peak evening rush. It ’s perfect for families too, with children welcome and mum and dad able to enjoy some grown-up sophistication at the same time. The soundtrack in Bill ’s is nice and loud, with Motown and other feelgood music, which all parents appreciate as it means no one else can hear what commotion might be going on at your table. We were seated in a cosy spot behind a pillar with a burgundy leather banquette. As well as the chillies, sheets of purple tissue paper hang from the ceiling in case you feel the need to purchase some of Bill ’s sidelines which include tea, coffee and chocolate. Come Christmas, it ’s the perfect excuse for stocking filler shopping with a glass of wine in hand. They even sell their own Bill ’s beer (£3.75). For dinner, we were spoiled for choice but ordered some marinated olives (£2.75) and a flavoursome rosemary and sea salt flat bread (£4.50) to get us started, which arrived on a rustic wooden board. Mains range from hamburgers and pies to salads. It ’s definitely comfort food with a modern spin. My other half went for the mac ‘n ’ cheese with leeks, asparagus and mozzarella (£8.75) as did our threeyear-old, who had the simplified kids ’ version (£5.95). On the side we had some tenderstem broccoli with red chilli and toasted sesame seeds (£3.25) gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

BILL'S Location: 70 Regent Street, Cheltenham Food: Trendy comfort food Price: Starters from £4.95, mains from £8.50 and puddings from £3.95 Service: Keen Atmosphere: Lively Contact: 01242 220775

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(£4.75). My cheesecake was served in a glass pot with blueberries and a rich cream topped with amaretti biscuit. It was novel, but I found some of the blueberries had a rather strange aftertaste. I much preferred the look of my husband ’s chocolate brownie, served with ice cream and warm chocolate sauce. After all, you can ’t go wrong with classic comfort food like that. Lucy Parford

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Garden centres are awash with violas at this time of year, their dainty blooms providing a splash of colour in pots. Violas are much daintier than brash pansies which have large rounded blooms. But how do you tell a viola from a pansy? Pansies have bigger flowers, elongated leaves and flower with a short spur and no scent. Violas have rounded leaves, short-jointed stems, long flower spurs – and fragrance. @WeekendGlos

Meet Dave Champion – Gloucestershire’s fungi expert. From bright green toadstools to glorious cerise specimens, this autumn is a bumper year for the humble mushroom

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THISWEEKEND’S JOBS Continue to harvest earlyripening apple varieties including ‘Discovery’ and ‘Blenheim Orange’. Plant wallflowers, forget-me-not, and other spring bedding plants in prepared ground. Keep them well watered if no rain is forecast. In the greenhouse, pot up annuals sown in late summer which are grown for early inside colour. Scarify your lawn with a rake to remove thatch and moss. Check stored onions and potatoes to make sure they are not rotting and remove signs of disease. Sow sweet peas in a cold frame. Clear out summer containers, saving tender plants if you have space to overwinter them. Stop feeding and reduce watering for plants in the greenhouse. Plant winter lettuce in cold frames, keeping them ventilated.

Vegging out Most root veg, including carrots, parsnips, beetroot, turnip and leeks, stay freshest where they grow. The winter months provide natural refrigeration, but you should give them extra protection from frost by earthing them up, covering them with straw or leaves or placing a cloche over them. Winter varieties are best for keeping in the ground, as they grow more slowly. Parsnips become sweeter if kept in the ground during the winter, while swedes and turnips can become coarse and fibrous if left.

From the striking green Parrot-waxcap to the blushing pink Rubinoboletus, Gloucestershire is awash with unusual fungi at this time of the year. MANDY BRADSHAW goes on a mushroom hunt

E Brits have always had an uneasy relationship with the fungus that grows in our gardens and countryside. While our European neighbours don’t distinguish between the edible and non-edible, referring to both as fungi, we label them either mushrooms or the slightly sinister toadstools. “It is purely an English thing,” says fungi expert Dave Champion. “They’re exactly the same thing really.” Dave is chairman of the Cotswold Fungus Group, which aims to educate people about fungi and their importance. The group is one of a number across the country that organise regular fungi forays and send in information about finds to the national database at the British Mycological Society. This year has been particularly good thanks to the very wet winter, with many rarely seen varieties popping up. “Stuff has come up that has not been seen for decades.” Among them is the tiny, carmine red Rubinoboletus, which was discovered at Batsford Arboretum last month. Nationally rare, Dave first found it at Batsford late one evening eight years ago and decided to return the next day to photograph it. “I discovered it had all been stepped on,” he says ruefully. “I’ve waited eight years to find it again.” It’s not the only fungus to show that even toadstools can be beautiful. The Parrot-wax-cap, which is found on ancient, unimproved grassland, gets its name from its striking green colour,

which turns to red as it ages. “It changes colour as it grows, like traffic lights. It’s an incredible thing.” More commonly seen are sulphur-tufts, which appear on rotting wood, and bracket fungus, which grows on trees. Some, such as the larch bolete, grow around specific trees only while others are less fussy about their habitat. Among the largest are parasol mushrooms, which can be up to a 1ft high and 1ft in diameter. They were found last year at Batsford under cedar and redwood trees. “They can be quite spectacular,” says Dave. Large fungi specimens can last for a few weeks but smaller ones may be around for only a few days, making their discovery a hit-and-miss affair. “It means being in the right place at the right time.” At Batsford, a move over recent years to using wood chip to mulch beds has resulted in many more varieties being seen. The Cotswold Fungus Group aims to teach people about the importance of fungi as well as their beauty. “The world would not exist as it does without them,”

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Inset: Dave Champion, chairman of the Cotswold Fungus Group

explains Dave, pointing out that fungus is used in everything from bread-making to penicillin. In the soil it is vital for helping plant and tree roots to take up nutrients and it is fungus that breaks down plant matter. “We would be walking around on 6ft of leaves without them because nothing would ever break down.” Education is also important when it comes to knowing which fungi are edible. While there are around 10,000 species in Britain, nine are dangerous and four usually fatal if eaten. “You have got to learn what is safe from someone who knows. Go out with a group like ours that has the knowledge,” says Dave. “But if there’s any doubt, don’t.”

Cotswold Fungus Group is running two Fungi Forays tomorrow at Batsford Arboretum.To book, or for more information, call 01386 701441. For more information on Cotswold Fungus Group, visit www. cotswoldfungusgroup.com

India plays a huge role in the life of designer Ruth Guise. SUE BRADLEY sees how the influence of this extraordinary country can be found throughout her home

From top, an orchid in a china pot on an antique wrought iron stand gives an Eastern feel to the hallway; jars of pulses and spices sit on shelves in the cosy kitchen; a photograph of charity worker Amma sits underneath a traditional Indian carving

HERE’S something of an Indian vibe pulsing through designer Ruth Guise’s Cotswold stone

cottage. It can be found in the colourful covers adorning her beds, along with carved masks and photographs on her walls and beads and other trinkets dotted around her rooms. Ruth travels to India for several weeks each year to spend time with the skilled craftspeople who make her clothing designs in vibrant silks. It’s a relationship that’s grown from the years she lived there and she says she relishes each visit. “India is so in my heart, it really is,” says Ruth, who runs Shibumi Style. “It’s one of those places that gets under your skin. It’s beautiful and absolutely chaotic but the chaos is part of its own beauty. “Everything about India inspires me: the smells, the colours, the people, the innocence and the spiritual side of it. “My business makes me feel like I have a very earthly connection to India. It’s important to understand that there is a different pace of life over there: this can drive me mad but you have to have respect for the people.” Ruth’s business is built on the principle of paying a fair wage in return for the beautiful dressing gowns, jackets and throws that skilled Indian workers make to her designs. She also donates 10 per cent of profits from her online sales to the charity set up by Mata Amritanandamayi, known to the world as Amma, to help with work to build a better future for those suffering extreme poverty. Ruth, who keeps a photograph of Amma by her bed, savours her

memories of meeting the Indian holy woman. “The first time I went to see her it felt as though I was going to see Father Christmas,” she says. “She has the power to bring out emotions that are stuck inside, just by hugging people. She’s a very giving person and I know that the money I send to her charity will go to the right places.” Ruth’s family’s connection with Gloucestershire dates back more than seven centuries; her brother, Anselm, now lives in their ancestral home at Elmore Court and she herself has spent a lot of time there, as well as in London. But when the time came to really put down roots she chose Horsley, being particularly drawn to finding a home there after a chance encounter with a child who was around the same age as her daughter, Coco. “It was my friend’s birthday and we went along to a bonfire night,” she explains. “While I was there I met my daughter’s friend Layla. I thought she was an amazing kid and I felt I just had to meet her mother. “I’m a single parent and there are a lot of single parents here. It’s got a really good vibe and I don’t have to get in the car every time I want to do something, as I used to have to when I lived in Elmore.” Ruth was in India shortly after the purchase of her home went through, but before departing she hired Quedgeley-based builder Peter Headland to renovate the property. “He would send me pictures while I was abroad,” she explains. “It was quite hard to make decisions on different aspects of the work while I was away but I came back and was able to pretty much move in.” gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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Ruth Guise in her bedroom surrounded by vibrant Indian shawls and dressing gowns from her design company, Shibumi Style

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Ruth says she’s slowly getting her home to how she wants it to be. “I wanted to start afresh in this home and have my own kind of feel,” she says. “I’ve been doing it on a budget but I’ve been able to add a few nice touches: I’m really pleased by the way some nice tiles have made all the difference within

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my very affordable kitchen. “I’ve also been finding furniture for it, which has been quite a long process. I want my home to have a temple-like feel, with colour coming from bright cushions and throws. “Colour brings vibrancy to life and it’s very healing. It reminds me of India.”

Ruth says that while there is still much to do in her cottage, it already feels like home. “It’s my base,” she says. “When I walk in, I feel glad to be home.” Visit www.shibumistyle.com to see Ruth’s latest collection.

A spacious 3 bedroom apartment forming the major wing of this handsome Grade II listed Regency villa of c.1820-50 and retaining many period features. The property benefits from a private entrance, parking, garaging together with a large lawned and walled rear garden and lovely views.

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property details Location : Lansdown Price : Guide Price ÂŁ695,000 Agent : Hamptons Contact : 01242 639414

A substantial detached former farmhouse believed to date from 1650 which was the subject of a comprehensive renovation in 2006 with much care and attention taken to preserve original features. The accommodation flows beautifully, with well proportioned rooms offering plenty of storage. A large reception hall leads to a spacious dining room, utility room and large farmhouse kitchen. Upstairs there are 5 bedrooms and 3 bath/ shower rooms. The gardens surround the property and electric double wooden gates provide access into a sweeping drive up to the parking area.

property details Location : Tredington Price : ÂŁ995,000 Agent : CJ Hole Cheltenham Contact : 01242 255101

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10 Rotunda Terrace is a delightful Grade II listed building in the heart of Montpellier. It is currently divided into both commercial (A1 use) and residential. The residential apartment is over the upper two floors with the commercial side occupying the ground floor and basement. Outside to the rear the property is laid out as garden but potential to also create off road parking. The property is also eligible for permit parking.

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property details Location : Cheltenham Price : Guide ÂŁ850,000 Agent : Savills Cheltenham Contact : 01242 548 000

A remarkable detached country residence within 0.70 of an acre in a splendid semi-rural location with easy access to Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Gloucester. Its delightfully appealing accommodation comprises a hall, a marvellous kitchen/breakfast/sitting room, a dining room, music room, a 25' drawing room, an impressive conservatory, utility, cloakroom, study/home cinema room, a master bedroom with an en-suite and dressing room, three further double bedrooms, an en-suite and two bathrooms. F

property details Location : The Leigh Price : ÂŁ650,000 Agent : Errington Smith & Co Contact : 01242 575805

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Green Ginger Cottage is a detached five bedroom property located near the village of Forthampton, just a few miles from the medieval market town of Tewkesbury. This black and white timber framed cottage is believed to date back to 1685. The property is set in approximately half an acre of grounds and offers stunning views of open countryside.

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property details Location : Forthampton Price : ÂŁ475,000 Agent : Peter Ball & Co Contact : 01684 293 161

Westmucket is an extremely attractive and hugely characterful property that occupies a prime location on the fringes of Woodmancote. Over the years it has been extended and beautifully renovated and it is now a very spacious and comfortable family home. A large master bedroom with two further bedrooms sits on the first floor with three reception rooms on the ground floor. This home also offers a large double garage and off road parking as well as stunning views. EPC - E

property details Location : Woodmancote Price : ÂŁ695,000 Agent : Fine & Country Contact : 01242 220080

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A magnificent raised ground floor apartment with superb proportions and a wealth of character, situated in the heart of the Suffolk's. Immaculate communal areas. Reception hall, 33' drawing room, kitchen/dining room, master bedroom with en suite, two further bedrooms and bathroom. Ample storage, south facing courtyard garden and parking for 2 cars.

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property details Location : Suffolk Square Price : ÂŁ750,000 Agent : Knight Frank Contact : 01242 354996

An excellent level parcel of land with great scope and potential situated at Cross Farm, Morse Road, Drybrook, Gloucestershire Extending to 1.74 ACRES FOR SALE BY INFORMAL TENDER Tenders to be returned by 12 noon Friday 26th September 2014

property details Location : Drybrook Agent : RG & RB Williams Contact : 01989 567233 www.rgandrbwilliams.co.uk

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Much loved 2 bedroom detached bungalow with recent improvements to assist ease of maintenance. Modern electric heating system recently installed with thermostats in each room for excellent control. UPVC soffit and gutters for ease of maintenance and Double Glazed windows to make this a cosy home. Lovely rear garden. Excellent location level walk of comprehensive local shops and just 2 miles of Cheltenham centre with a large supermarket 0.5 miles of the property. Local bus routes provide a regular service to town centre. Contact us for further details or book an appointment at one of the upcoming viewing days, Energy rating F(23).

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Why buy new? Q: What are the major benefits of buying a new-build home? There are so many advantages to buying a new home now and the vast majority would offer the following: • Progressive design with more light and higher ceilings to improve quality of life • More energy efficient so cheaper to run with lower bills • A higher standard specification often with kitchen appliances included, and other choices are available to tailor make your new home • Every new home comes with a 10 year warranty for peace of mind • Chain free, and the purchase can be pushed through extremely fast if necessary • A variety of useful schemes and incentives to help fund deposits and sale of existing home Q: What are the first questions potential buyers of new-build properties should ask? Buyers should discuss their own circumstances with the site sales advisers so they can advise how best to proceed. So for example, if the

buyer has a property to sell, the developer might be able to offer Part Exchange or an Assisted Move (pay for the estate agent’s fees). Often developers can offer incentives and promotions so the buyer should ask which plots are applicable where flooring might be included, or Stamp Duty paid. Finally, the buyer would be wise to find out when the new home is predicted to be ready to occupy so they can prepare for the move and arrange a mortgage for that period. Q: What other factors are there to consider when looking at a new-build home? Buyers should always consider what stage of the development they are buying at as some sites might well be building for several years. This could affect when the new school, doctors surgery, bus stops etc will be built particularly on larger sites. Q: Do new-build homes tend to be better value for money? Why? They certainly can be when all of the specification installed as standard is taken into account. So for example, the marketing price will usually be higher than a like for like

second hand property, but the new home may have the latest kitchen appliances throughout, quality ceramic tiled/carpeted flooring, a fully equipped utility room, landscaped garden etc. Q: Why is now a better time than ever to move into a new-build home? Not only is there so much choice in Gloucestershire now, there are a lot of exciting developments going through the planning system and projects about to be started in key areas of Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud and Tewkesbury. Many of these sites are really pushing the boundaries to offer buyers better lifestyle options in their homes. Q: What can Andrews Land & New Homes offer potential buyers? Our New Homes team only sells new homes, so we can advise buyers with a great deal of experience and detail to help them make the right choice and as we are selling so many sites locally, we really can be a one-stop-shop for your new homes search.

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Buying a new home has never been easier with most developers offering a range of incentives and schemes to help out. Talking to Andrews’ experts at the estate agency’s Gloucestershire new homes department can help you get started.

David Packwood, regional manager at Andrews Land and New Homes, said homehunters should take into account what could work best for them. He said: “…if you’ve got your heart set on a new home but need some assistance to help make your move, then developers really will bend over backwards with a variety of options. There’s specific help to boost a buyer’s deposit using HelpToBuy or sometimes with Stamp Duty Paid, and if you’ve got a property to sell there’s always Part Exchange and Assisted Move.” Help with Deposit The Government’s Help to Buy scheme is open to both first-time buyers and homeowners purchasing new-build homes with a

purchase price of up to £600,000. Buyers will need to contribute at least five per cent of the property price as a deposit, and then The Government will provide a loan for up to 20 per cent of the price which is interest free for the first 5 years. A mortgage of up to 75% covers the rest on the bases that you have a 25% deposit.*

Mr Packwood added: “Many buyers look at this scheme and think it’s too good to be true, but thousands of buyers are taking advantage so we would urge anyone considering a move to contact us before the funding runs out”. Meanwhile, with Stamp Duty Paid, those that buy a new home could have tax charged by the Government paid for them by the developer freeing up these funds for extra deposit or new furniture etc. The stamp duty rate depends on the price of the home, so between £125,000 and £250,000 it stands at 1% of the property’s value, and from £250,000 to £500,000 it is 3%!* Similarly the developer might offer a Gifted

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Part-Exchange by developers means they will offer to buy your existing property at a price agreed following at least 2 independent valuations. This can remove the stress and inconvenience of selling a house on the open market, worrying about house-buying chains and paying estate agents’ fees.* Assisted Move is also another option where your preferred plot is secured for you whilst the new homes developer organises the sale of your existing home with a local estate agent, and pays their fees.* To find out more, contact Andrews Land and New Homes on 01242 248975 or at NewHomesGloucestershire@ AndrewsOnline.co.uk. * Terms and conditions apply.

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New Homes Highlights: Hardwicke LAST FEW AVAILABLE AT HARDWICKE Hardwicke, Gloucester New Dawn Homes was delighted to welcome the first residents to its private development in Hardwicke village last week – and urges buyers looking for a practical and spacious new home to pay a visit to the show home before it’s too late. New Dawn Homes has brought its popular and thoughtfully designed new homes to Hardwicke in a new cul-de-sac tucked away

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in the heart of Hardwicke. There are only seven traditionally designed four, five and sixbedroom detached houses to consider, all of which come with off-road parking and garages. New Dawn Homes are creating a delightful street-scene perfect for homebuyers looking for the practicality of a modern home in an established residential setting. Four of the seven traditionally designed houses have already been reserved so don’t hesitate to visit now. David Packwood, regional manager for Andrews Land & New Homes said: “There has been a significant shortage of smaller new homes developments built in this area over recent years so just seven traditional family houses like these are proving popular. New Dawn Homes has cleverly designed these homes to appeal to a wide audience with fantastic kitchen/family rooms, integral storage and well-proportioned bedrooms.” All of the homes come with a 10-year warranty and buyers can also take advantage of variety of schemes such as Part Exchange, HelpToBuy

and Smooth Move if they need a helping hand. Terms and conditions apply so please enquire for details. These homes are in Elmgrove Road East off Bristol Road in Hardwicke, an established residential street rather than a large new homes development. There are plenty of local convenience stores, a supermarket and other amenities. There is a variety of schools with Hardwicke Parochial Primary School, Field Court Junior School and Severn Vale School, all within two-thirds of a mile from the development. The highly regarded Kings School also offers a private school alternative. This location also has excellent transport links with convenient access to Junctions 11A and 12 of the M5, and Gloucester city centre. For further details of this great new development, please contact Andrews Land & New Homes on 01242 248975 or email NewHomesGloucestershire@ andrewsonline.co.uk.

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Case Study: Manor Farm, Up Hatherley Mother-of-one March Wilmot enjoyed selling new homes at a new homes site so much that she ended up buying a house there. March, who has a husband and five-year-old daughter, began working at Manor Farm in Up Hatherley, Cheltenham and fell in love with the Redcliffe Homes development. She said: “I grew up in this area and very soon after I started working here I knew I wanted to come back, and that Manor Farm was where I wanted to live – it’s just such a lovely place. “Of course for us this house move didn’t have the element of doubt that buying a new home often entails, because I understand Redcliffe Homes’ way of doing things. “I have total confidence that my family’s new home doesn’t just look good, it will also have been well-built and – as always – it’s beautifully finished. We couldn’t be happier.” The four-bedroom Andoversford property has an exterior carefully designed to

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March Wilmot enjoyed selling new homes at Manor Farm so much that she ended up buying a house there.

complement the style of the neighbouring 350-year-old farmhouse and other traditional farm buildings which have now been released for sale. March, who works at Andrews Land and New Homes, said: “It wasn’t easy to choose, because all the designs are really nice. Though I knew we’d have a good-sized kitchen and plenty of space everywhere, it’s only now we’ve moved in that I really appreciate what a lovely flow there is to the lay-out of the rooms. “And my husband Russell and I love the luxury of our en-suite bathroom!” Her daughter, Lucy, happily supervised the installation of fairy lights in her new bedroom, and helped settle the family cats, Ronnie and Henry. The property is located next to a small park, making it an ideal place for families, who can also enjoy the nearby countryside and excellent

Land Wanted Many people all over Gloucestershire could be in possession of a valuable asset without even knowing it. Demand for development land has increased notably in the past few years and even a smallish plot, with planning permission, can realise a substantial sum, as Richard Styles, who is the Land and Development Manager at Andrews Land and New Homes in Cheltenham points out.

“Following the floods of 2007, then the banking crisis of 2008, many developers reined in expenditure on land, because of general uncertainty about the overall economy, the housing market, and the fact that banks were often reluctant to lend. “Now we’re in a much more optimistic climate. Demand for homes is stronger and, coupled with a general shortage of developable land, the price of land with planning permission, or planning potential, has risen appreciably. Richard added: “So, if you had a piece of land valued five or six years ago and were perhaps disappointed then, it may well be worthwhile having it assessed again.” Land with potential can come in all shapes

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and sizes. It could presently be occupied by redundant buildings, land that was previously in commercial use – known as brownfield land – or perhaps an area that might have some opportunity, next to an existing property. Rather than possibly miss out in this respect, and perhaps see someone else exploit the chance, it makes sense to seek expert advice and guidance while you’re still in control of matters.

“We are always keen to hear from people who have land and are thinking that they might like to find out more about planning possibilities,” he said. “We’re more than happy to visit the site to carry out an initial investigation and give a sense of whether the land has some potential.” The Government is making a push to build on previously developed sites suitable for housing to make the best possible use of brownfield land in a way that protects our countryside. So, Cotswold Homes’ Prestbury Mews scheme that comprises 11 brand new 3 & 4 bedroom detached and semi-detached homes

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local schools. March added: “I knew in advance that we were going to have some great neighbours, because I’d already met them all. Everyone’s very friendly, and there’s a good community feel to the place already.” Details on the development are available from Andrews Land and New Homes on 01242 248975 or via email: NewHomesGloucestershire@andrewsonline. co.uk .

has been welcomed by local residents taking into account their views on design and the housing needs of this community. Comments on the proposed style and specification have been very positive, and the developer’s ambition to improve the site has been praised. The first homes at Prestbury Mews are expected to be ready for occupation from this autumn and four have already been sold. In the meantime seriously interested homebuyers are encouraged to book an appointment with the on-site sales team to discuss their requirements and review the homes and specification available in detail. Andrews Land & New Homes are based in Leckhampton, Cheltenham, and cover most of Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire, and also have divisions covering Bath and Bristol. Richard Styles FNAEA CPEA can be contacted at Andrews Land and New Homes on 01242 248975, or by email at rstyles@ andrewsonline.co.uk

Antiques & Auctions Sale dates TODAY Tayler & Fletcher Royal British Legion Hall, Bourton-on-the-Water. Antique, modern and reproduction furniture and household effects. 10am TUESDAY Wotton Auction Rooms Tabernacle Road, Wottonunder-Edge. Two-day sale. Antiques and collectables. 10am. Kidson-Trigg Friars Farm, Highworth, Swindon. Oriental, ceramics, silver, jewellery. 10am.

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WOTTON Auction Rooms has been named Fine Art and Antique Auctioneers of the Year 2014 at the annual NAVA (National Association of Valuers and Auctioneers) awards evening. Auctioneer Joe Trinder collected the award on behalf of the company from NAVA president Paul Bridgeman and Simon Berti from ATG Media, who sponsored the event. The company was praised for its focus on customer service, its social media and online profile together with development initiatives and strategies.

FRIDAY Moore Allen & Innocent The Salerooms, Norcote, Cirencester. Antique and textiles sale. 9.30am.

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NEXT SATURDAY Wellers Auctioneers Masco Salvage, Cirencester Road, Aston Down, Stroud. 850 vintage and period lots. 10am. Simon Berti, JoeTrinder and Paul Bridgeman

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Motown records will keep bidders on their toes

Motown is a temptation M OTOWN records and a Georgian pistol are among an eclectic mix to tempt collectors at Cotswold Auction Company’s sale in Cheltenham on October 21. The auction includes militaria, postcards, stamps, scientific instruments, cameras, collectables and antiquarian books. Auctioneers expect keen bidding for Thomas Hale’s “A Compleat Body of Husbandry . . . the Whole Bufinefs of the Farmer, and Country Gentleman . . .” published in 1756 with woodcut engravings. It’s expected to fetch between £100-£200. And with the Cheltenham racing season warming up “75 years, the Aga Khan’s Racing and Breeding Studs 1922-1997” should also be a good bet, while Joseph Miller’s “Herbal Compendium” is estimated at £200-£300. Militaria always generates interest and an extensive collection of French medals built up over a lifetime is on offer, as is a late 18th century flintlock pistol, beautifully made by W Parker, maker to his Majesty. A rare example in unrestored condition, it’s expected to sell for £1,500-£2,000. Among the collectables is a particularly poignant lot from the First World War – a bottle of 1914 Croizet Grande Reserve cognac with an estimate of £300-£500. Small novelties always attract @WeekendGlos

attention and a Victorian carved bone whistle in the shape of a dog’s head is expected to fetch £100-£150, while the vintage camera section boasts some top names. One of the valuers was delighted to find a Russian silver purse with applied motifs of a pistol, skull and facsimile signatures on a home visit and is waiting with anticipation to see what the bidding public will make of it. Records don’t always attract a great following these days but the Motown albums offered in this sale may tell a different story.

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Sale hits a high note

A COLLECTION of accordions and other musical instruments hit the right note with bidders at Moore Allen & Innocent in Cirencester. Best of the bunch was a Marcus Music, Ty Tredegar concertina which made £650, the top price of the day. Other notable musical lots included a Lachenal type concertina which sold for £340, and an Alfred Weaver four-and-a-half string banjo, which fetched £320.

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If you want a luxurious night away, not too far from home, The Wild Rabbit in Kingham ticks all the right boxes, says EMMA LUTHER

T’S been dubbed the poshest pub in Britain by the Daily Mail and snarled at by The Times’ restaurant critic Giles Coren for not making room for him for dinner. So one thing’s for certain – this is a place that gets people talking. With that in mind, it was with some curiosity I pulled up on the gravel drive at this Cotswolds pub with rooms to see just what all the fuss is about. There’s no denying it does create an impression. Nestled in the heart of the postcard-perfect village of Kingham, the first thing you notice is just how stylish the place is. We’re talking manicured shrubs in the shape of bunnies, straw hats strung from string outside the windows, shabby chic garden furniture and bales of hay covered in cushions and sheltered under draped white awnings. Not your everyday boozer then. It continues to impress as you stroll inside, the stylist has an allencompassing eye for delightful detail. Dark wooden tables sitting on flagstone

floors are dotted with terracotta pots overflowing with a variety of herbs, candles glow inside frosted chunky glass holders, while all around the walls are nods to its namesake – two stuffed rabbit heads stare out from the mantelpiece and preserved boxing hares sit high up on the huge old farmhouse dresser. There’s funky artwork and all shapes and sizes of cream jugs piled above the fireplace, a centrepiece rustic table with sizeable leafy oak branches reaching out of a huge vase. Even the staff look great strolling about in their jeans, trainers, logo T-shirts and aprons. As we were shown up to our room, gorgeous rustic details kept catching my eye – blossoms and plum branches in vases, cracked old mirrors – it wouldn’t be out of place in any of the top homes magazines.

When our bedroom door swung open we were delighted by the exposed wooden beams and Cotswold stone panelling on the bath tub. Branches as hooks on the back of doors, little touches that mirrored the pub – a glazed pot with herbs on the dressing table and not just one flat-screen TV, but two. We were in the Hedgehog family room and thoughtful teddies had been left on the child’s bed, with games and toys tucked away around the corner, everything in this place is most certainly well thought out. A nicely chosen mini bar held a few select treats for not unreasonable prices (a bottle of Peroni at £3.50 didn’t seem too steep), and lovely toiletries from nearby Daylesford farm shop gave the bathroom a luxury feel – both places are owned by the Bamford family. A quick spritz under the rainfall gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

From left:The 12 rooms combine pared-down style with creature comforts;The 18th century pub and terrace has stripped back walls and open fires;The menu celebrates seasonal produce

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Address: Church Street, Kingham, Oxfordshire, OX7 6YA Rates: A small double starts from £135 for bed and breakfast, standard double £170 B&B and large double £220 B&B Contact: 01608 658389/thewildrabbit.co.uk shower, clothes flung into the little fabric wardrobe and we were ready to see if the food was as good as the styling of the place. In a word it was outstanding. Boy did we feel spoilt – strawberry, basil and Torrontes fizz (£8) just to kick things off was like a taste of summer – fresh, uplifting and clean on the palette, it gave selecting from the menu some zing. My partner’s cucumber water, sauvignon and mint cooler aperitif (£8) went down a storm too – ‘refreshing’ was his seal of approval. Some chunky home-baked bread and delicate cheese straws got our appetites going, while the recommended bottle of dry Picpoul de Pinet was certainly lively and a not too eye-wateringly expensive £19.50. My chilled pea soup with goat’s curd and cured ham (£8.50) to start was poured in front of me, allowing a purple flower placed in the centre of the bowl to rise up and float prettily in the centre. Vibrant in colour (my partner reckoned it was the green of a summer’s meadow), it was delicate in flavour with the goat’s curd adding a welcome tang and ham some salty texture. Lasagne of crab and scallop, girolles and broad beans (£13.50) gave my partner an impressive start. But it was the pork tenderloin, confit belly, mustard and onions with toffee apple puree (£24) that he declared the best pork dish he’d ever had. The toffee apple addition proved such a taste sensation, his eyes grew wider with every mouthful. Roast duck breast, peaches and fennel with a pastilla of confit leg (£24) was @WeekendGlos

summery, not too heavy, and gorgeously presented for me. Layers of yellow fruit, pink meat and green veg resembled a work of art and were rich in flavour. I often leave dessert, as I struggle to squeeze it in, but the enticing selection proved too tempting to refuse and to my surprise I found my Pimm’s jelly, elderflower and lemonade sorbet, with a sprinkling of popping candy and slithers of apple (£8) my favourite dish. Fresh, light and singing with the flavours of summer it brought a genuine smile to my lips as my inner child did cartwheels at such a delightful pud. I was certain it would inspire food envy but my partner’s vanilla panna cotta with strawberries, meringue and pistachio (£8) was making him smile just as much. As we climbed the stairs to bed, we loved how relaxed and friendly the vibe was, particularly the downto-earth smiley staff. My mind mulled over the ‘poshest pub’ label and I could only conclude it’s down to the styling. Of the clientele, some people wore flip flops to dinner and no one batted an eyelid. That’s not super posh is it? Settling down into the wonderfully comfy

king-sized bed, with my favourite tunes on the iPod docking station floating through the air, I could understand Giles Coren’s frustration at not getting a table for the night, having tasted how good it was, I’d be pretty jealous too. He’d whined at the pricing but from £135 a night for bed and breakfast it’s really not too over the top (the continental breakfast included in the rate is overflowing with colourful juicy fruits – we really loved it). So I’d leave it to the Mail and Times’ critics as to just how posh and pricey they think this place is and say for me it’s pretty much perfect.

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As the 600th anniversary of the battle of Agincourt approaches, adventurer and endurance athlete Sir Ranulph Fiennes recounts his ancestors’ heavy involvement on both the English and French sides of the HundredYears’ War. Drawing on parallels from his time serving in the armed forces and as a leader of men on expeditions, Fiennes is able to tell the story from a unique vantage point. Most fascinating is the extent to which his family contributed to the shaping of England and France, as knights, noblemen and even those that sat on thrones.

It’s been five years, two months and about seven days since One Day was published, selling five million copies around the world and arguably making David Nicholls a household name. Now the wait is finally over for his new book, Us. Douglas Peterson is a scientist who’s been married to free-spirited artist Connie for 21 years. Their son Albie is about to leave home for university, so they’ve planned a GrandTour of Europe. But before the trip, Connie tells Douglas she’s thinking of leaving him and he embarks on a mission to win her back.

The importance of Gloucester’s rugby team to those who support them can never be overstated, as anybody who has witnessed the city centre full to bursting with cherry and white-striped shirts on match days can testify. Forest of Dean-based author Robert Harris has delved deep into the history of the club to come up with a book that provides all the facts, statistics and trivia that it’s possible to know. The Gloucester Rugby Miscellany contains hilarious and insightful interviews with players, along with a wealth of information.

Thomas Maggs is an awkward 13-year-old with a club foot whose parents run the Blue Anchor pub in a sleepy Suffolk village. His life is abruptly turned upside down by two events; the arrival of a mysterious artist, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and the outbreak of the First World War. ‘Mac’ and his flame-haired wife Margaret soon become a source of fascination for youngThomas and Freud tenderly explores this unlikely friendship and the parallels between the boy and the artist. Freud creates a vivid fictional world that lingers in the memory.

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LITERATURE FESTIVAL The sports world is all of a Twitter (if you’ll excuse the pun) about KP’s controversial autobiography. Was there bullying in the ranks? Did Andy Flower really rule with an iron fist? Find out tomorrow night at Cheltenham Literature Festival. Other highlights this weekend include Dame Judi Dench and John Cleese.

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Alan Digweed – best known as Tweedy the Clown – stars in this courtroom comedy at Cheltenham’s Everyman Theatre from Tuesday. @WeekendGlos

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TV presenter Chris Tarrant puts his fishing rod down to talk to HELEN BLOW about his war hero dad, coming to Cheltenham Literature Festival – and the stroke that almost finished him off

HEN I ring to speak to Chris Tarrant ahead of his Lit Fest appearance, his voice sounds distant, a bit blurry. Turns out he’s speaking to me from the middle of a Northumbrian beach, where he’s busy casting his rod. “I’ve got a couple of days off so I thought I’d fit in a bit of fishing,” he tells me. “But it is a bit fresh up here.” A keen fisherman, Chris has presented his own fishing show on TV and is close friends with fellow angler Robson Green, him of Extreme Fishing and now Grantchester fame. “Robson charges around the place all the time,” he says. “He’s very energetic and never seems to stop, while I’m happy to take things a little easier these days.” As the son of a war hero, Chris spent two years researching his father’s World War Two life. During the conflict, he won the Military Cross. The result is Dad’s War, a heartfelt and moving account of a much-loved father and his involvement in some of WWII’s most significant campaigns, including the Dunkirk evacuation and D-Day landings. “Dad never talked about his experiences in the war to us; he just came back from fighting and got on with finding a job,” says Chris, 67. “I once asked mum if he ever had nightmares about it and she said, ‘Your father? Of course not’. “People just had to get on with it in those days, so they did, but didn’t talk about what they’d been through. “It must have been hell, seeing your friends and colleagues killed and facing the possibility of death every day, but it was a different time and they were a different breed.” Chris will be discussing the book at

the festival tomorrow night. It’s one of the final talks of this year’s event. “This will be my first appearance at the festival and I’m really looking forward to it,” he says. “I love Cheltenham. When I was working in the local media in Birmingham as a young man, we were all given patches to cover and I volunteered for Cheltenham and the Cotswolds.” Born just after the war in 1946, Chris was an only child. He was sent to boarding school, read English at Birmingham University and had a brief time as a teacher in London, before moving into broadcasting. One of British television’s most prolific broadcasters, he famously fronted one of its most successful game shows ever, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? for 15 years. It has been sold to more than 120 countries and at its peak it pulled in a staggering 19 million viewers, but by June last year, that had dwindled to fewer than 2.4 million. “It was a phenomenon and I really enjoyed it, although after all that time, it was the right time to end it,” says Chris. He says people still ask him about Charles Ingram, the Army major who was convicted of cheating his way to the million pound prize in 2001, along with his coughing friend in the audience. “Neither the producer nor I noticed anything untoward going on during the recording and anyway it was the last thing I expected anyone to do. “People just didn’t do that kind of thing and anyway, he was a serving Army major, so he was the last person you would expect to cheat.” Since then he has added Extreme Railways to his CV, where he explores some of the world’s oldest and most scenic railways, including the coast of India, Australian outback and Africa.

“I’ve loved doing these journeys and found all the different places I have visited amazing, but the one place I would never go back to is the Republic of Congo,” he says. “Although it is an incredible country, it was also seriously scary and you found yourself looking over your shoulder all the time.” Indeed he was returning from one of his trips in March when he suffered a stroke on the flight home and ended up paralysed, with his speech affected for some time. “I was very lucky because I seem to have recovered from it but it’s taken some time,” he says. “I now take lots of pills and haven’t had a whisky for seven months – the longest ever time I’ve abstained.” Chris first came to the public’s attention when he fronted the cult children’s show TISWAS on Saturday mornings in the Seventies. “It was an absolute blast and, although there was a script of sorts, it was usually pretty chaotic and as mad as it appeared,” he says. “It’d never happen like that now because of all the health and safety rules, but it was tremendous fun.” Since then he has hosted several other TV shows, including the longrunning Tarrant on TV showing clips from unusual programmes from around the world, and he also played himself in the movie Johnny English. “I keep myself busy but I also don’t overdo things, particularly now after having the stroke,” he says. “Hence these few days off up here in Northumbria with the fishing. “Although I’ve never appeared at the Literature Festival before, I talked about the book at the Hay Festival recently, so I guess it will be pretty similar. “Plus I’m really looking forward to returning to Cheltenham.” gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

Dad’s Army Festival highlights TODAY Growing Your Own Cookery writer and BBC2’s The Big Allotment Challenge judge Thane Prince helps you squeeze every ounce of goodness out of your plot. Times Forum, 10am, £8 Rod Liddle: Selfish Whining Monkeys How we all ended up greedy, narcissistic and unhappy. The Salon, 10am, £8

Rowan Williams: Law, Rights and Religion The former Archbishop of Canterbury on whether religion and human rights can co-exist. Garden Theatre, 11.45am, £10 Alan Johnson The MP talks about the new instalment of his honest and moving memoir, Please, Mister Postman. Town Hall, 5.15pm, £10 Martin Amis The author introduces his new novel, a violently dark love story. Times Forum, 5.15pm, £12

John Cleese The legendary Python regales us with tales from his new book, So Anyway. Times Forum, 7pm, £29.50

Judi Dench Hear this national treasure reflect on her career and new book, Behind the Scenes. Times Forum, 1.30pm, £18

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Damian Lewis Homeland’s Lewis and Helen McCrory discuss great love poems. Times Forum, 3.15pm, £18

Ruth Rendell The author celebrates 50 years of her most famous creation, Chief Inspector Wexford. Garden Theatre, 11.45am, £8 Jacqueline Wilson Wilson talks about her 100th book, Opal Plumstead. Town Hall, 1.30pm, £7

Hilary Mantel The Man Booker Prize-winner unveils her latest work, The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. Times Forum, 5.30pm, £12

exhibition AHEAD OF THE CURVE, THE WILSON, CHELTENHAM EXQUISITELY crafted ceramics and glass from China go on show at a Cheltenham art gallery today. Ahead of the Curve is an exhibition of contemporary china from emerging and established Chinese artists at The Wilson. More than 45 pieces of unusual and work make up the display, which runs until November 30. Alana Hopkins, from The Wilson, said: “From pieces referencing Chinese landscape, to abstract work, to figurative pieces, this collection is an intriguing fusion.” A number of events will run at the same time, including an introductory talk, ceramic workshop, two poetry events and a children’s workshop exploring Chinese culture.

stage LOTTY’S WAR, EVERYMAN THEATRE, CHELTENHAM A MESMERISING story of passion, courage and sacrifice lights up the Everyman Theatre stage next week. Lotty’s War is a thriller set in the enemy-occupied Channel Islands during the Second World War. Written by Guernsey-born Giuliano Crispini, the drama is based on unpublished dairies about the German occupation of the islands, the only part of Britain captured by the Nazis. The cast includes Silent Witness’s Mark Letheren, who plays Rolf, and Olivia Hallinan, last seen in the hit BBC adaptation of Lark Rise To Candleford (pictured below, right), as Lotty. On June 28, 1940, German bombers raided Guernsey’s main harbour, killing 44 islanders, including Lotty’s father. With the last boat to England gone and the brutal Germans taking hold, Lotty is housed in close quarters with the enemy, in particular General Bernberg. In a struggle between her loyalty to her homeland and the temptations of forbidden love, Lotty dares to tread a passionate and dangerous path. Based on true events, Lotty’s War is a fascinating story of love and betrayal and comes to Cheltenham prior to its arrival in the West End. Lotty’s War runs from Monday for six days, with performances at 7.45pm and matinees on Thursday and next Saturday at 2pm. Tickets cost £13 to £28 from 01242 572573.

roll UP FOR CIRCUS BERLIN, GLOUCESTER PARK HIGH wire acts, fire limbo stunts and a wheel of death will be astounding crowds in the big top in Gloucester Park next week. Continental Circus Berlin brings brilliant circus acts, live music and performers from all over the world together for a thrilling new show. With no special effects, pre-recording or electronically-created wizardry, the circus offers real-life feats and skills to take the watcher’s breath away. The show runs for five days and features a mix of circus talent from across the globe, including Bulgaria, Spain, Romania, Hungary andTanzania. Watch out for Keyla Ramache, the gyrating hula hoop queen, Valentin and Partica, who not only walk the high wire but do so on stilts and even ride a bike along the wire. British star Rowan Caeron-Brown rides the flying cloud swing, while the Diamond Duo fromThe Czech Republic perform on the jaw

dropping Wheel of Death. Other acts include hand-balancing and back flipping, as well as clowns from Spain and a parade of pop and rock hits from the past four decades. Shows take place twice a day from next Wednesday to Friday at 5pm and 7.45pm, Saturday at 3pm and 6pm and Sunday at 2pm and 5pm.Tickets from £7 are available on 07763 937668.

nostalgia TEA AT FIVE, STROUD SUB ROOMS TAKE a step into US high society via the Sub Rooms in Stroud, where Katharine Hepburn will be hold court. Tea at Five is the story of the rise and fall of the four-time Academy Awardwinning Hollywood star The audience is invited to the Fenwick estate, Connecticut, where Hepburn serves up

reminiscences, fiery wit and patrician verve. Actress Meg Lloyd takes on the onewoman tour-de-force as she reflects on her life. Tea at Five is based on Hepburn’s own memoirs, Me: Stories of My Life. Tonight’s performance starts at 7.30pm and tickets, £12, are available from 01453 760900. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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6.00 Milkshake!. 10.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (S). 10.35 The Secret Life of Pets (R,S,HD). 11.00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (R,S,HD). 12.00 Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Pay? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Take It Away (R,S,HD). 1.00 Film: Vera Cruz (S,HD). (1954) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 2.50 Film: The Magnificent Seven Ride! (S). (1972) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 4.45 5 News Weekend (S,HD) 4.50 Film: Operation Crossbow (S,HD). (1965) Second World War adventure, starring George Peppard. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

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6.10 Stars at Your Service (S,HD). 4/4. Pixie Lott, Dave Berry and Tim Vine take part. Last in the series.

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1.30 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). Text-based information service.

12.35 Film: Gangster No 1 (S). (2000) Thriller, starring Malcolm McDowell. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 2.20 Homeland (R,S,HD). Carrie and Brody seek refuge as security forces close in. Last in the series. 3.25 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Omnibus. Myra gets hold of some incriminating evidence. 5.35 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD).

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6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.00 The Andrew Marr Show (S,HD) 10.00 Sunday Morning Live (S,HD). 11.00 Live Formula 1: Russian Grand Prix (S,HD). 2.15 Sunday Politics (S). Presented by Andrew Neil. 3.30 Strictly Navratri (S,HD). 4.00 Points of View (S,HD). 4.15 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 4.50 The Great British Bake Off: Class of 2013 (S,HD). Catching up with contestants from last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s series. 5.50 Regional News (S,HD)

FILM RATINGS

BBC2

8.00 Gardenersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; World (R,S,HD). 8.30 The Beechgrove Garden (S,HD). 9.00 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). 10.30 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass (R,S,HD). 11.30 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass (R,S,HD). 12.35 Film: Dances with Wolves (S,HD). (1990) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 3.25 Escape to the Continent (S,HD). 3.55 Gymnastics: World Artistic Championships 5.30 Rugby League: Super League Grand Final (S,HD).

ITV

6.00 CITV. 9.25 ITV News (S) 9.30 Dickinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Real Deal (R,S). 10.30 ITV News (S); Weather 10.45 Film: Carry On Matron (S). (1972) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 12.30 The X Factor (R,S,HD). The contestants sing number ones in the first live studio round. 3.00 Downton Abbey (R,S,HD). 4.00 Regional News (S) 4.15 ITV News (S); Weather 4.30 Live International Football (S,HD). Estonia v England (Kick-off 5.00pm).

Channel 4

6.00 NFL: The American Football Show (R,S,HD). 7.00 Cardiff Half Marathon (S). 7.55 FIM Superbike World Championship (S). 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S). 12.30 George Clarkeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Amazing Spaces (R,S,HD). 1.35 Deal or No Deal (S,HD). 2.40 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 4.10 Film: A Monster in Paris (S,HD). (2011) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 10.00 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (S). 10.25 Access (R). 10.30 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 11.25 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 12.25 Ultimate Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 1.20 Film: Daddy Day Camp (S,HD). (2007) Comedy sequel, starring Cuba Gooding Jr. â&#x2014;? 3.00 Film: Along Came Polly (S,HD). (2004) Romantic comedy, starring Ben Stiller and Jennifer Aniston. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 4.40 Film: Tarzan (S,HD). (1999) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

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6.30 Flog It! Trade Secrets (R,S,HD). Advice on making money from antiques and collectibles.

7.20 Strictly Come Dancing: The Results (S,HD). 4/14. The two couples with the lowest scores dance again, and Donny Osmond performs.

7.00 Human Universe (R,S,HD). 1/5. Professor Brian Cox explores the past, present and future of mankind.

7.15 Sunday Night at the Palladium (S,HD). 5/6. Bradley Walsh hosts the variety show.

8.00 Antiques Roadshow (S,HD). 5/27. The team visits the Roundhouse, Derby, where items include Clarice Cliff bookends, a picture by a renowned British artist and a silver christening cup with a surprising history.

8.00 Wonders of the Monsoon (S,HD). 2/5. The effect of the rainy season on wildlife in Asia, with floods forcing animals to flee from a national park in north-east India in search of the safety of the hills.

8.15 The X Factor Results (S,HD). 16/24. Dermot Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary presents the first live results show, including at least one elimination from the latest pack of hopefuls. Plus, a performance by Pharrell Williams.

9.00 Our Girl (S,HD). 4/5. As the unit prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan, the captain and Smurf both declare their feelings for Molly. But then the entire platoon is sent on one final, terrifying mission.

9.00 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve (S,HD). 2/3. The adventurer travels along the Ganges from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal to explore how Indiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s booming economy has affected its religious culture.

9.15 Downton Abbey (S,HD). 4/8. Sarah continues her onewoman war against the Crawleys â&#x20AC;&#x201C; only to push them too far. Thomas is struck down with a mystery illness, and Violet tells Isobel the truth about her past.

9.00 Homeland (S). 1/13. New series. Carrie is back in the Middle East, working as the Chief of Station in Kabul, where she faces a critical decision after receiving intelligence about a prominent target.

10.20 ITV News (S); Weather 10.35 International Football Highlights (S,HD). Estonia v England. Action from the Euro 2016 Group E qualifier at the A Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, where the sides played their third match of the campaign.

10.05 Law Abiding Citizen (S,HD). (2009) A district attorney is stalked by a vigilante who wants revenge on the justice system for failing to punish his familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s killers. Thriller, with Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

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6.20 Countryfile (S,HD). Music special, including a profile of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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10.00 Mock the Week (R,S,HD). 11/14. With Rob Beckett, Ed Byrne, Milton Jones and Zoe Lyons. 10.35 Kinky Boots (S,HD). (2005) Comedy drama, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor and Joel Edgerton. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

11.10 The Recruit (S,HD). (2003) A hacker is recruited into the CIA and is given a top-secret assignment to root out a mole within the agencyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s training programme. Thriller, starring Al Pacino and Colin Farrell. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

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

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Police Interceptors, 10.30am

6.00 Channel 4 News (S) 6.30 Alan Carr Does Deal or No Deal (S). The comedian and presenter takes on the Banker for charity.

6.20 5 News Weekend (S,HD) 6.25 Spider-Man 3 (S,HD). (2007) Superhero sequel, starring Tobey Maguire. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

7.30 Guy Martinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spitfire (S,HD). Guy Martin joins a two-year project to rebuild a Spitfire which was shot down over northern France in 1940. 8.55 Gotham: Exclusive Preview (R,HD). A look ahead to the crime thriller based on characters from the Batman comics.

9.00 2012 (S,HD). (2009) As the human race faces extinction in a global cataclysm, a writer tries to get his family to the last safe refuge. Disaster movie, starring John Cusack and Chiwetel Ejiofor. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

11.35 Premiership Rugby Union (HD). Highlights of the latest top-flight fixtures, which included Leicester Tigers v Harlequins, Saracens v Gloucester and Wasps v Bath.

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12.15 Film: Stolen (S,HD). (2010) Factbased drama, starring Miriama Smith. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 1.40 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). 2.35 Holby City (R,S). Elliot is determined to keep his new project out of Jacâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hands. 3.35 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

12.35 The Store. Home shopping. 2.35 Motorsport UK (S,HD). Highlights from Rockingham. 3.25 British Superbike Championship Highlights (S,HD). The 11th and penultimate round of the season from Silverstone. 4.15 ITV Nightscreen (HD). 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

12.10 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S). With Hugh Grant, Davina McCall, Christian Jessen and Noel Fielding. 1.05 American Football Live (S,HD). Philadelphia Eagles v New York Giants (Kick-off 1.30am). 5.05 FIM Superbike World Championship (R,S). 5.35 Countdown (R,S,HD). With guest Tony Jacklin.

12.00 Film: Alien Hunter (S). (2003) â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 1.35 SuperCasino. 3.10 The Gadget Show (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 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.30 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).

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Monday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Rip Off Britain (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Home Away from Home (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

7.50 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown 8.20 The Housing Enforcers 9.05 James May’s Cars of the People 10.05 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook (R,S). 10.35 Click 11.00 BBC News 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 A Taste of My Life 1.30 Ready Steady Cook 2.15 The Rockford Files 3.00 Cagney & Lacey 3.50 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.50 Great British Railway Journeys 5.20 Flog It! (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). Judy Finnigan joins the panel. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S,HD). From Swindon, Wiltshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Daily Brunch (HD). 11.00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals (HD). 11.30 Come Dine with Me (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me (HD). 2.10 Countdown (HD). 3.00 Fifteen to One (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 No Foreigners Here – 100% British (R,S,HD). Trainee solicitor Sharaquita holds a christening for her daughter. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Deadly Visions (S). (2004) Thriller, starring Nicollette Sheridan. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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Gadget Man, 8.30pm

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 3/23. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). A manipulative Sienna thwarts Maxine’s plans to propose to Dodger.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). John’s daughter arrives in town three weeks early. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

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

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 59/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 11/60. Zoe Ball chats to the second couple to be voted out. 7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (R,S,HD). 10/20. MasterChef judges Gregg Wallace and John Torode find out who has the best nose for a bargain.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Charity is ostracised by her friends and family. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Rob tries to avoid attending Peter’s trial.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S) 7.55 Lloyd’s Story: Stand Up to Cancer (S,HD). 4/7. Short films telling a range of cancer stories.

7.00 The Gadget Show (S,HD). Ortis, Jason and Amy use a motion-tracking technology to help knock down a building. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Peter finds out about Ian’s whereabouts when Lucy died. 8.30 The Farage Factor – Panorama (S,HD). Darragh MacIntyre profiles Ukip leader Nigel Farage.

8.00 University Challenge (S,HD). 13/37. Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, takes on York. 8.30 Only Connect (S,HD). 7/27. A team of orienteers takes on a trio of romantics.

8.00 The Undriveables (S,HD). 5/6. A woman who struggles with reverse parking. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Ken is furious with Rob for raising Simon’s hopes.

8.00 Jamie’s Comfort Food (S,HD). 7/8. 8.30 Gadget Man (S,HD). 8/8. Richard Ayoade tackles property conundrums with the help of gadgets. Last in the series.

8.00 Police Interceptors (S,HD). Documentary following the work of a specialist pursuit team using an array of highperformance cars equipped with technology for catching law-breakers. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 New Tricks (S,HD). 9/10. An elderly amateur sleuth who was a friend of Danny’s is murdered, and he becomes convinced the secret to her death lies within the last case she was working on.

9.00 The Kitchen (S,HD). 2/3. The Barry-Powers face an uphill battle to get eight-year-old Cerys back to school, while Hamish Mitchell Cotts rushes to get his six children fed, watered and out the door.

9.00 Grantchester (S,HD). 2/6. Sidney reluctantly agrees to attend Amanda’s engagement dinner, where tensions run high when the bride-to-be’s engagement ring goes missing – and the next day a guest is found dead.

9.00 24 Hours in Police Custody (S). 3/5. The work of the team focusing on child abuse cases at Luton Police Station as they respond to news of a suspected paedophile trying to abduct children on their way home from school.

9.00 Gotham (S,HD). 1/16. New series. Crime thriller based on characters from the Batman comics, following James Gordon’s rise from rookie detective to police commissioner. Starring Ben McKenzie.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 The Agenda (S,HD). 2/10. Tom Bradby and guests look to the week ahead.

10.00 8 Out of 10 Cats (S,HD). 2/9. With guests Tess Daly, Henning Wehn and Romesh Ranganathan. 10.45 Up All Night: The Nightclub Toilet (R,S,HD). 1/3. The first of three documentaries following life after dark across Britain.

10.00 Under the Dome (S,HD). 8/13. Barbie discovers his father knows more about the Dome than he is letting on. 10.55 The Descent (S). (2005) Horror, starring Shauna Macdonald and Natalie Mendoza. ●●●●

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10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S) 10.35 Ten Years of The Apprentice (S,HD). A light-hearted look back at the past decade of hirings and firings.

11.35 Our World War (S,HD). 1/3. 11.20 Long Shadow (R,S,HD). 3/3. New series. Drama based on the David Reynolds explores the experiences of British soldiers upsurge in nationalism after during the First World War. the Great War. Last in the Previously shown on BBC3. series.

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10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (S,HD). Music quiz. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Evan Davis. Followed by Weather.

12.35 The Graham Norton Show (R,S,HD). With John Cleese, Taylor Swift, Neil Diamond and Kevin Pietersen. 1.20 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 1.25 BBC News (S,HD).

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12.20 Sign Zone: Scrappers (R,S). Terry tries to persuade the lads to disrobe for a semi-naked calendar. Last in the series. 12.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

11.10 Billy Connolly’s Big Send Off 11.45 NFL: The American Football (R,S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two. Show (S,HD). Vernon Kay The comedian visits a cemetery presents highlights from the in his native Glasgow. sixth week of the NFL campaign, while Nat Coombs looks at the media reaction and latest headlines. 12.15 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 UEFA Champions League Weekly (S,HD). 3.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 4.10 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

12.45 Film: Sulemani Keeda (HD). (2014) Premiere. Comedy, starring Naveen Kasturia. ●●● 2.20 Mammon (HD). 3.25 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (R,S,HD). 4.20 Kirstie’s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD). 4.40 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.35 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (S). 1.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Night Crime UK: Caught On Camera (R,S,HD). The use of CCTV to fight crime. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). 4.50 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 Rip Off Britain (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 Home Away from Home (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

7.50 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown 8.20 A Taste of Britain 9.05 Antiques Roadshow 10.05 Building Dream Homes 10.35 HARDtalk 11.00 BBC News 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics 1.00 A Taste of My Life 1.30 Ready Steady Cook 2.15 The Rockford Files 3.00 Cagney & Lacey (R,S,HD). 3.50 Who Do You Think You Are? (R,S,HD). 4.50 Great British Railway Journeys (R,S,HD). 5.20 Flog It! (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With guest Shane Filan. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S,HD). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Daily Brunch (HD). 11.00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals (HD). 11.30 Come Dine with Me (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me (HD). 2.10 Countdown (HD). 3.00 Fifteen to One (HD). General knowledge quiz. 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (R,S,HD). 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Time of Death (S,HD). (2013) Premiere. Thriller, starring Kathleen Robertson. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Spandau Ballet: True Gold, 9pm

Obsessive Compulsive … 8pm

Jill Dando: Britain’s Worst … 8pm

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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 4/23. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). The Blakes and Savages are shocked by recent events.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Andy and Brax set off to bargain with the kidnappers. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical reports. 7.30 EastEnders (S,HD). Aleks meets a face from the past and begins to play a dangerous game. Followed by BBC News.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 60/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 12/60. Zoe Ball is joined by the couple who narrowly avoided elimination. 7.00 Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment (R,S,HD). The first of three-part scientific study into the behaviour of cats.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). The police come looking for Charity – unaware she has been abducted. 7.30 Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears (S,HD). 2/6.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S) 7.55 Shannon’s Story: Stand Up to Cancer (S,HD). 5/7. Short films about the impact of cancer.

7.00 Meerkat Manor (R,S). 6/13. 7.30 The Secret Life of Pets (S,HD). The wild characteristics exhibited by domestic animals. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 1/52. Consultant surgeon Michael Spence is back to tie up a few loose ends, Raf struggles on his return to AAU and new doctor Fleur Fanshawe makes quite an impression on the staff.

8.00 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade (S,HD). 6/6. Kieran Long and Piers Taylor help a couple who have outgrown their warehouse apartment and encourage them to adopt an ambitious architectural solution. Last in the series.

8.00 Long Lost Family: What Happened Next (S,HD). 3/3. Davina McCall and Nicky Campbell revisit life-changing stories from the show, including a woman’s meeting with the brother and sister she did not know existed.

8.00 Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners (S). 2/9. A woman who goes through two vacuum cleaners a year helps a crossdresser clear out his home, and an extreme cleaner comes to the help of a widower who shares his home with 37 owls.

8.00 Jill Dando: Britain’s Worst Crimes (S). Documentary delving into the unsolved murder of Crimewatch presenter and newsreader Jill Dando, who was shot outside her house in Fulham, west London, in April 1999.

9.00 The Apprentice (S,HD). 1/14. New series. Alan Sugar begins another search for a business partner, offering a fresh group of candidates the chance to win an investment to get their idea off the ground.

9.00 Human Universe (S,HD). 2/5. Professor Brian Cox heads to India to explore the origins of rational thought, before investigating the idea that there are an infinite number of universes being made all the time.

9.00 Spandau Ballet: True Gold (S,HD). Spandau Ballet celebrate 35 years since their first gig, playing some of their biggest hits and talking to Christine Bleakley about the ups and downs of their career.

9.00 Ramsay’s Costa del Nightmares (S,HD). 4/4. Gordon Ramsay visits a restaurant in the mountain village of Gaucin, southern Spain, which is heading for disaster despite having been open for only eight weeks.

9.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S,HD). 20/22. Nick and Greg investigate when it appears a cannibal is targeting members of an online community of fetishists.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 Swap My Council House (S,HD). The growing trend of social housing tenants swapping homes.

10.00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired (S,HD). 1/11. New series. Dara O Briain talks to the first candidate ejected from the show. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Evan Davis. Followed by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 Elizabeth: The Golden Age (S,HD). (2007) Historical drama sequel, starring Cate Blanchett and Clive Owen. ●●●●

10.00 Gogglebox (R,S). 3/12. Capturing the households’ instant reactions to what they are watching on TV from the comfort of their own sofas. Narrated by Caroline Aherne.

10.00 NCIS (R,S,HD). 11/24. The team provides protection for a pregnant marine. 10.55 NCIS (R,S,HD). 12/24. The death of a Navy commander brings the team back into contact with NCIS agent and Tony’s ex-lover EJ Barrett.

11.25 The Street (S,HD). 2/3. Savoy manager Jim begins to worry about his health, while psychic Chris gets more than he bargained for at a house party. Chef Nick’s right-hand man disappears at a crucial time.

11.20 Wonders of the Monsoon (R,S,HD). 2/5. The effect of the rainy season on wildlife in Asia, with floods forcing animals to flee from a national park in north-east India in search of the safety of the hills.

11.05 Alan Carr Does Deal or No Deal (R,S). The comedian takes on the Banker and tries to guess the values of the famous mystery boxes for a chance to win £250,000 for charity. Hosted by Noel Edmonds.

11.55 Secrets & Lies (S). 4/6. Ben discovers his neighbours Vanessa and Tim are hiding a dark secret.

12.25 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 12.30 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: Hotel India (R,S). Following preparations for a couple’s wedding at the Taj Mahal Palace. 1.20 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

12.05 Embarrassing Bodies: Cancer Special (R,S,HD). 1.00 Poker (S). 2.00 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). 2.25 Trans World Sport (R,S). 3.25 Cardiff Half Marathon (R,S). 4.20 The Grid (R,S). 4.50 FIM Superbike World Championship (R,S). 5.15 River Cottage Bites (R,S,HD). 5.35 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (S). 1.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Benefit Brits by the Sea (R,S,HD). People living on state welfare in Great Yarmouth. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

7.45 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown 8.15 A Taste of Britain 9.00 Jungle Atlantis 10.00 Building Dream Homes 10.30 See Hear (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 A Taste of My Life (R,S). 1.30 Ready Steady Cook (R,S,HD). 2.15 The Rockford Files (R,S,HD). 3.00 Cagney & Lacey (R,S,HD). 3.50 Who Do You Think You Are? (R,S,HD). 4.50 Great British Railway Journeys (R,S,HD). 5.20 Flog It! (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). Singer Donny Osmond drops by. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S,HD). From Stevenage, Hertfordshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Daily Brunch (HD). 11.00 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals (HD). 11.30 Come Dine with Me (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me (HD). 2.10 Countdown (HD). 3.00 Fifteen to One (HD). General knowledge quiz. 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.05 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). The work of a specialist pursuit team. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS: Los Angeles (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Secrets of an Undercover Wife (S). (2007) Crime drama, starring Shawnee Smith. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Trust Me I’m a Doctor, 8pm

Scott & Bailey, 9pm

Curing Cancer, 10pm

Wentworth Prison, 10pm

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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 5/23. Marge becomes a sex symbol after posing for a calendar. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Tony and Sinead plan a romantic break.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Phoebe finds out Ricky and Brax are trying for a baby. 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). 61/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). 13/60. Ian Waite analyses the couples’ training. 7.00 Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment (R,S,HD). The second programme of the three-part scientific study examines the feline hunting instinct.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Charity discovers her captor’s identity. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Carla prepares to take the stand.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S) 7.55 Pauline’s Story: Stand Up to Cancer (S,HD). 6/7. Short films about the impact of cancer.

7.00 Police Interceptors (R,S). A drug dealer who has been driving dangerously reveals a surprising amount of information when he is pulled over.

8.00 Waterloo Road (S,HD). 1/20. New series. The classroom drama returns for a fresh term, with a new headmaster arriving to shake things up, while Darren’s world falls apart after a shocking incident at home.

8.00 Trust Me I’m a Doctor (S,HD). 1/3. New series. The team returns to investigate the truth behind more health stories, with Gabriel Weston witnessing a remarkable surgical procedure giving hope to the paralysed.

8.00 Celebrity Squares (S,HD). 6/6. Guests including Bradley Walsh, Eamonn Holmes, Ruth Langsford and Alex Brooker join regulars Tim Vine and Joe Wilkinson on the grid. Warwick Davis hosts. Last in the series.

8.00 The Supervet (S,HD). 1/4. New series. The return of the documentary about a pioneering veterinary practice. Noel Fitzpatrick operates on a cat whose thigh bone was shattered after being hit by a car.

8.00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (S,HD). A dispute over a new driveway that ended with two pensioners fighting in the street. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 The Apprentice (S,HD). 2/14. The candidates design wearable technology, then pitch their prototypes to retailers, coming up with a hi-tech jacket and a sweatshirtvideo camera. The Apprentice: You’re Fired follows on BBC2.

9.00 Swallowed by the Sea – Ancient Egypt’s Greatest Lost City (S,HD). A team of maritime archaeologists investigates the remains of the lost city of Heracleion, which sank into the Mediterranean around 1,200 years ago.

9.00 Scott & Bailey (S,HD). 6/8. Syndicate 9 investigate when a couple are shot dead in their pub in the early hours of the morning, while Rachel is troubled by Gill’s remarks about her relationship with Will.

9.00 Grand Designs (S). 7/10. Kevin McCloud follows software executive Andy Bruce and garden designer Nicki Bruce, who are planning to build a “floating” house on the River Thames.

9.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S,HD). 5/8. High Court enforcement officers Paul, Steve and Ben make a shocking discovery when they break into a home while serving an eviction notice on a single mother and her two children.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 A Question of Sport (S,HD). 8/31. Guests include Scott Quinnell and Asmir Begovic.

10.00 The Apprentice: You’re Fired 10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 Curing Cancer (S,HD). Cutting (S,HD). 2/11. Dara O Briain chats 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather Edge documentary following to the second candidate to be patients at University College 10.40 Through the Keyhole eliminated. Hospital in London who are (R,S,HD). 7/7. Keith Lemon tours taking part in clinical trials of 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented mystery homes. Last in the some of the world’s most by Kirsty Wark. Followed by series. advanced cancer treatments. Weather.

10.00 Wentworth Prison (S,HD). 7/12. Fletch is suspected of smuggling drugs, while Franky discovers the truth about Simmo’s death. Maxine makes a desperate bid to see her boyfriend, and Doreen takes a pregnancy test.

11.05 The Great British Bake Off: Class of 2013 (R,S,HD). Contestants from last year’s series talk about their experiences of life inside the tent.

11.20 Sacred Rivers with Simon Reeve (R,S,HD). 2/3. The adventurer travels along the Ganges from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.

11.40 The Undriveables (R,S,HD). 5/6. A woman who struggles with reverse parking.

11.05 24 Hours in Police Custody 11.00 Kids Who Kill (R,S,HD). (R,S). 3/5. The work of the team Documentary examining the focusing on child abuse cases at personalities of children who Luton Police Station as they have been convicted of murder respond to news of a suspected and analysing their paedophile. motivations, including one teenager who killed his mother.

12.05 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 12.10 BBC News (S,HD).

12.20 Sign Zone: See Hear (R,S,HD). 12.50 Who Do You Think You Are? (R,S). Billy Connolly traces his family from Glasgow to India. 1.50 Doctor Who (R,S). 2.40 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

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

12.05 Music on 4: Four to the Floor (S,HD). 12.30 Educating the East End (R,S). 1.25 Film: Paar. (1984) Drama, starring Naseeruddin Shah and Shabana Azmi. ●●● 3.45 Film: Thunder Bay (S,HD). (1953) Action adventure, with James Stewart. ●● 5.35 Countdown (R,S,HD).

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Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Rip Off Britain (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Break-in Britain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Crackdown (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (R,S,HD). 3.45 Home Away from Home (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

BBC2

7.50 Break-in Britain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Crackdown 8.20 A Taste of Britain (R,S). 9.05 Long Shadow (R,S). 10.05 Gardenersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; World (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 A Taste of My Life (R,S). 1.30 Ready Steady Cook 2.15 The Rockford Files (R,S,HD). 3.00 Cagney & Lacey 3.50 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.50 Great British Railway Journeys 5.20 Flog It! (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With guest Jonathan Ross. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Real Deal (R,S,HD). From Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.00 Daily Brunch (HD). 11.00 Jamieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Money Saving Meals (HD). 11.30 Come Dine with Me (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Come Dine with Me (HD). 2.10 Countdown (HD). 3.00 Fifteen to One (HD). General knowledge quiz. 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). The air ambulance is scrambled when a school bus crashes on a country road. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: A Trick of the Mind (S). (2006) Thriller, starring Alexandra Holden. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 6/23. Bart befriends a former schoolboy prankster. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Theresa and Sienna prepare to fight dirty.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Ricky confronts Brax about letting their secret out. 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). Lindaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mum arrives to try to help her daughter. Followed by BBC News.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 62/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; It Takes Two (S,HD). 14/60. A look ahead to the weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s action. 7.00 Cat Watch 2014: The New Horizon Experiment (R,S,HD). Part three of three. Liz Bonnin and the team examine how cats communicate.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Charityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s situation becomes even more perilous. 7.30 Tonight (S,HD). Reports on current talking points.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S) 7.55 Davina McCall: Stand Up to Cancer (S). 7/7. Short films about the impact of cancer. Last in the series.

7.00 The Gadget Show (R,S,HD). Ortis, Jason and Amy use a motion-tracking technology to help knock down a building. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 The Great British Bake Off Masterclass (S,HD). 3/4. Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood tackle challenges from the second half of the series, including chocolate and orange tart, Swedish princess torte, dobos torte and kouign amann.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Charityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desperate cries are overheard. 8.30 Paul Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Grady: For the Love of Dogs (S,HD). 6/11. Paul helps remove matted hair from a neglected German shepherd.

8.00 Location, Location, Location (S). 10/10. Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer revisit two sets of house-hunters in Sussex and Reading, Berkshire, who had very specific search criteria. Last in the series.

8.00 Benefits, Babies and Jail (R,S,HD). The documentary examining the lives of unemployed people visits South Yorkshire, where benefits caps, sanctions and the bedroom tax are hitting those at the poorer end of society.

9.00 Crimewatch (S). An appeal to find the gang that raided the home of businessman Jason Cropper. Plus, the work of antiterror police in the UK. Presented by Kirsty Young.

9.00 Peaky Blinders (S,HD). 3/6. Tommy hatches a plan to take control of the southern racecourses, while Major Campbell and London gangster Darby Sabini both plot the downfall of the Shelbys.

9.00 The Great Fire (S,HD). 1/4. New series. Drama about the fire that devastated the heart of London in 1666. The kingâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s baker learns he is unlikely to be paid, owing to the expense of the war. With Andrew Buchan.

9.00 Educating the East End (S). 7/8. With GCSE exams on the horizon, staff at Frederick Bremer become concerned about two year 11 boys, who are both at risk of failing to reach their full potential.

9.00 No Foreigners Here â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 100% British (S,HD). 3/3. Muslims in Cheetham Hill observe the holy month of Ramadan, while thoughts are turning to romance across town at the Nicky Alliance Day Centre. Last in the series.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S) 10.35 Crimewatch Update (S). Responses to the earlier programme. 10.45 Question Time (S,HD). 4/38.

10.00 Later Live â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with Jools Holland (S,HD). Live version of the music programme. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Emily Maitlis. Followed by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 Sunday Night at the Palladium (R,S,HD). 5/6. Bradley Walsh hosts the variety show.

10.00 Scrotal Recall (S). 3/6. Luke attends an upmarket party in the countryside. 10.30 8 Out of 10 Cats (R,S,HD). 2/9. With guests Tess Daly, Henning Wehn and Romesh Ranganathan.

10.00 Hey Big Spenders! Shopaholics Exposed (R,S,HD). The stories of people who have become addicted to shopping.

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

11.20 Swallowed by the Sea â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ancient Egyptâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Greatest Lost City (S,HD). A team of maritime archaeologists investigates the remains of the lost city of Heracleion.

11.40 Wilderness Walks with Ray Mears (R,S,HD). 2/6. The bushcraft expert explores the Thames Path by canoe.

11.20 Ramsayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Costa del Nightmares (R,S,HD). 4/4. Gordon Ramsay visits a restaurant in the mountain village of Gaucin, southern Spain. Last in the series.

11.00 Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Pay? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Take It Away (R,S,HD). 5/8. High Court enforcement officers Paul, Steve and Ben make a shocking discovery.

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

12.20 Sign Zone: The Farage Factor â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Panorama (R,S). Darragh MacIntyre profiles Ukip leader Nigel Farage. 12.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S).

12.10 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 Tonight (R,HD). Reports on current talking points. 3.25 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

12.20 The Sex Clinic (R,S,HD). 1.15 One Born Every Minute USA (S,HD). 2.10 Curing Cancer (R,S,HD). 3.05 Unreported World (R,S). 3.30 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (R,S,HD). 4.25 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.20 Kirstieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Handmade Treasures (R,S,HD). 5.35 Countdown (R,S,HD).

12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). The air ambulance is scrambled when a school bus crashes on a country road. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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9.15 Rip Off Britain (R,S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 11.00 Saints and Scroungers (S,HD). 11.45 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (S,HD). 12.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S,HD). 1.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 1.30 Regional News (S) 1.45 Doctors (S,HD). 2.15 Perfection (S,HD). 3.00 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.45 Home Away from Home (S,HD). 4.30 Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 5.15 Pointless (R,S,HD).

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BBC2

7.50 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown 8.20 A Taste of Britain (R,S). 9.05 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade 10.05 Sweets Made Simple 10.35 The Travel Show 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News 12.00 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 A Taste of My Life (R,S). 1.30 Ready Steady Cook 2.15 The Rockford Files 3.00 Cagney & Lacey 3.50 Who Do You Think You Are? 4.50 Great British Railway Journeys 5.20 Flog It! (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S,HD). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With the Hairy Bikers. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S,HD). From Birmingham. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Tipping Point (R,S,HD). Quiz show, hosted by Ben Shephard. 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.20 The King of Queens. 7.10 3rd Rock from the Sun. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.55 Frasier. 9.55 Daily Brunch (HD). 10.50 Come Dine with Me (HD). 11.55 Channel 4 News Summary 12.00 Come Dine with Me (HD). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing: Dubai Future Champions Day (HD). Coverage of five races from Newmarket. 4.30 Jamie’s Money Saving Meals (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed (HD). 5.30 Come Dine with Me (HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.15 The Wright Stuff (HD). 11.10 Cowboy Builders (R,S). 12.10 5 News Lunchtime (S,HD) 12.15 Hey Big Spenders! Shopaholics Exposed (R,S,HD). People addicted to shopping. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Deadliest Sea (S,HD). (2009) Drama, starring Sebastian Pigott. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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7.00 World War II in Colour (S,HD). Examining Mussolini’s decision to push Italy’s forces into North Africa. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Linda grows further away from Mick. 8.30 Would I Lie to You? (S,HD). 6/8. With Gareth Malone, Amanda Abbington, Richard Osman and Phill Jupitus.

8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 10/31. 8.30 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook (S,HD). 6/6. The food writer helps a woman who lacks the confidence to cook for anyone except herself. Last in the series.

8.00 Secrets from the Sky (S,HD). 1/6. New series. An aerial perspective on some of Britain’s most beloved heritage sites. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). The judge sums up Peter’s case.

8.00 Andy Murray in Andy Murray: the Movie: for SU2C (S). Andy Murray and Richard Ayoade screen-test celebrities, including Pharrell Williams, Gordon Ramsay, Michael Sheen, Ed Sheeran, and Britney Spears.

8.00 Titanic: Three Hours that Shook the World (R,S,HD). Drama-documentary telling the story of the 1912 disaster from the point of view of those below decks – from the men working in the machine rooms to the third-class passengers.

9.00 Have I Got News for You (S,HD). 3/10. Frank Skinner hosts the topical quiz. 9.30 Not Going Out (S,HD). 1/10. New series. Lee tries to prove his masculinity after failing to stop a gang of muggers.

9.00 Tom Kerridge’s Best Ever Dishes (S,HD). 3/6. The chef demonstrates special recipes for the weekend. 9.30 Gardeners’ World (S,HD). 29/31. Monty Don has timely advice on getting gardens ready for winter.

9.00 Lewis (S,HD). 2/6. Part two of two. After the prime suspect in the neurosurgeon’s murder is killed, Lewis must call upon all of his experience to try to help Hathaway close the case.

9.00 Gogglebox: Celebrity 10.00 Body of Proof (S,HD). 5/13. Special for SU2C (S). Special Two recently released killers are edition of the weekly TV review murdered. programme, in which famous 10.55 NCIS: Los Angeles (S,HD). faces join the show’s families. 15/24. The team investigates Plus, fun with Alan Carr as the when a terrorist group in Iraq comedian creates a celebrity steals a truck with $5 million fashion show. dollars of US cash.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 The Graham Norton Show (S,HD). 4/13. With Robert Duvall, Robert Downey Jr and Stephen Fry.

10.00 QI (S,HD). 3/18. With Lloyd Langford, Victoria Coren Mitchell and Jack Whitehall. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Emily Maitlis.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 The Job Lot (S,HD). 4/6. The team is put under pressure to meet its targets.

11.20 The Secrets (R,S,HD). 2/5. 11.50 EastEnders (S,HD). Omnibus. Peter discovers the truth about Ian’s whereabouts on the night Lucy died.

11.00 Weather (S) 11.05 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R,S,HD). Music quiz. 11.35 Later – with Jools Holland (S,HD). Extended edition of the music programme.

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12.35 Film: Archipelago (S,HD). (2010) Drama, starring Tom Hiddleston. ●●●● 2.25 Sign Zone: Question Time (R,S). Political debate from Newbury in Berkshire. 3.25 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 5.35 Formula 1 (R,S,HD). Action from a recent Grand Prix.

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11.55 Access (R). Showbiz news and gossip.

12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Jill Dando: Britain’s Worst Crimes (R,S). The unsolved murder of the Crimewatch presenter and newsreader. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Divine Designs (R,S). Gothic revival churches. 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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final word COLUMNIST SALI GREEN

DON’T half pick my subjects. Today’s is tattoos; a subject that people can be quite passionate about. A bit like Marmite, we either love or hate them – I haven’t come across many people who sit on the fence or have no view at all on this matter. Whilst having a ‘boudoir shoot’ with Susie Mackie today, from My Sensuality, I brought tattoos up for discussion with her and Donna Banfield who

was doing our hair and make-up. It was such a treat and made us feel really feminine and confident. It was relaxed and fun and we can’t wait to see the finished images once they are edited. So back to the tattoos. Donna’s view is that they can be attractive on men and less so on women. She recounted how she recently did make-up for a shoot for a Sun newspaper article about a woman who couldn’t get her chosen job because of tattoos. Susie felt that they are too much of a commitment and will not look good on old skin and that people can go too far with them. I said that so far I have never been able to think of a design that I could commit to forever, even though I find them attractive. We agreed that some ‘body art’ can be really beautiful, and commented on the delightful toned arms of Jake Quickenden on The X Factor, which are undeniably enhanced by his multitude of tattoos. Apparently the first tattoo noted in history was a thin moustache on a male adult’s upper lip in Peru. A guy recently commented to me about Cheryl Cole’s wholebottom tattoo and wondered if perhaps a lover would get bored of seeing the same all-consuming flower design day in, day out, on what had already been a pert and perfect bum. I once read an article by a lady in her 60s who was initially horrified when her daughter got a tattoo, yet when she saw it she was moved to tears by its beauty, and pleased to discover that it was on the sole of her daughter’s foot.

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She decided to go against what was expected of a lady her age and get one herself, on her wrist, in beautiful script. Several friends have shown me their tattoos new and old, and I have loved every one of them. I think it’s daring to get inked and each one is unique, carefully chosen by its owner and tells its own story. Yes, some are regretted, and it would be interesting to know whether more are liked forever by their owners than not, but they are an ancient tradition and they add art to the one possession that stays with us forever – our body.

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