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Lit Fest Next Friday sees the start of 10 glorious days of the Cheltenham Literature Festival. See p6-10, 57-60.

Malvern Autumn Show Giant pumpkins, seasonal blooms, artisan food and drink, farming displays, crafts and poultry shows . . . it’s a fab family day out at the Three Counties Showground today and tomorrow. Visit www.threecounties.co.uk

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You’d be forgiven for thinking there’s no more difficult job in which to come out than that of a rugby player. Welshman Gareth Thomas took a while, but he did it – and he’s in town to talk about it. P20

Alan Titchmarsh talks royal residences, Sir Roy Strong reveals how he honoured his late wife’s memory by ripping out her beloved kitchen garden, and why texture is the bedrock of this season’s interiors. P33

There’s a reason why Nailsworth chef Mark Payne is getting noticed on the awards circut. We chat to him about his restaurant Mark@Street to find out why. Plus David Everitt-Matthias cooks up a Michelinstarred pumpkin soup and Cheltenham mess. P23

We catch up with celebrated comedian Omid Djalili on his way to the Lit Fest – of which he’s guest director, no less. Plus get those aprons ready for Calamity Jane at the Everyman Theatre, and we’re all fired up for Gloucester’s Strike a Light Festival. P57

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O sooner have we dug out our woolly tights and put the autumn duvets on the beds than the Cheltenham Literature Festival is upon us. It – and this weekend’s marvellous Malvern Autumn Show – is what makes the turning of the year bearable. And what a festival it is this year. From homegrown Michelin star Tom Kerridge through to The Times’ Caitlin Moran, Douglas Adams to Kate Atkinson and Mary Beard to Ranulph Fiennes, it’s a veritable feast for bookworms everywhere. Next week, we’ll be picking out more festival highlights – not least the fabulous pop-up restaurants and bars which spring up to our delight. But today, we bring you a tasty appetiser in the shape of Charles, Earl Spencer, who spent a gritty night in Cheltenham and realised quite quickly why our beautiful town has always been a bit fur

@WeekendGlos coat, no knickers. Welsh rugby ace Gareth Thomas talks openly about the extraordinary double life he led before garnering the courage to come out. Housewives’ choice Alan Titchmarsh gives us a right royal treat with a fascinating insight into the monarchy’s residences – with a soup Ç on of scandal along the way. And another celebrated gardener, Sir Roy Strong, explains why, to honour his late wife’s memory, he’s torn up her beloved garden. Don’t miss the chance to win £100 of Waterstones vouchers – perfect for curling up by the fire on an autumnal Sunday afternoon before Downton returns. And if last week’s shenanigans are anything to go by, you’ll need a stiff sherry to steady your nerves. Naughty but nice, like Weekend. Tanya Gledhill weekend@glosmedia.co.uk 01242 278066

This issue’s contributors were asked: Kindle or paperback?

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Weekend columnist Sali Green says: “I love reading real books, but I’ve taken to listening to audiobooks because I get through a lot more material that way. “I particularly like it if the narrator is the author because you get to hear the book just as they created it, with their genuine tones and humour. My latest choice isThe One Plus One by Jojo Moyes. It’s an enchanting story of a strong, single mum.”

“I love paperbacks and always read them at home,” says Le Champignon Sauvage owner-patron David Everitt-Matthias, who created this week’s incredible recipes. “But when we go on holiday, it has to be a Kindle for the beach and then back to a paperback when we’re in our holiday apartment. “Currently I’m reading The Idiot by 19th century Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky.”

Stroud Life editor Ben reviewed Dinner At Six. “I’m currently upgrading Kindles – my daughter has one of the new versions, so I get the Paperwhite,” he says. “Olympic road cycling champion Nicole Cooke’s autobiography The Breakaway had me hooked on holiday. She’s an inspiring, driven woman. “I read real books too, although I find all that page turning terribly hard work.”

“I was a die-hard real book girl, a bit like I’m a die-hard newspaper girl,” says Weekend editorTanya. “But when I last flew out to the States to see my sister, I downloaded Kindle for iPhone, which converted me. I get through loads more books now because I can pick it up for 10 minutes wherever I am. “I’ve just started Kate Atkinson’s Life After Life. Her BehindThe Scenes at the Museum was extraordinary.”

“As a book group member and avid reader, I’ve always got a couple on the go – one on the Kindle and a proper book,” says Helen, who interviewed Alan Titchmarsh this week. “At the moment our set book is Lolita, which I read as a teenager but, for some reason, am finding much harder now. I’ve just read the superbThe Shipping News by Annie Proulx, and next up isThe Line of Beauty.”

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Charles, Earl Spencer, is no stranger to the headlines – that impassioned speech at Diana’s funeral, his bitter divorce – but now he’s enjoying his moment of glory in the bestseller list. JONATHAN WHILEY asks the questions

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EXPECT him to be suspicious of journalists – but I’m not quite prepared for just how much. I refer to Charles, ninth Earl Spencer, brother of the late Princess Diana and uncle to a future king. I’d been given strict instructions not to ask him any questions relating to his sister or the royal family. I’d be wasting my time, I was told. He wouldn’t even entertain them. It’s perhaps understandable. Rarely has a man been defined so much by another member of his family or a moment in time. His impassioned speech in 1997 at the Princess of Wales’ funeral in Westminster Abbey divided a nation with its embittered, raging rhetoric. Even now, when people refer to the great speeches of our time, his name crops up on an illustrious list spearheaded by Winston Churchill. Ever since, the Earl has become a tabloid punchbag, cast as a selfconsumed Champagne Charlie, cashing in on the memories of his dead sister. Having criticised the press in his infamous eulogy, it was payback time when Fleet Street reported his bitter divorce from his first wife, model Victoria Lockwood, mother of his four eldest children. In court, the knives were out as he was described as a “vicious” and “callous” husband and a “serial adulterer”. Given this backdrop then, a series of questions – does he feel he’s had a rough ride with the press?, what has he learnt about dealing with the media? And really pushing my luck, what are his thoughts on Leveson? – are not well received by his publicist. Other, more trivial, enquiries about his childhood, his life at Oxford, his decision to snub the Bullingdon Club with chums such as Boris Johnson, are given the same cold shoulder. I’m told in no uncertain terms that there is a lot of focus on Lord Spencer’s personal life with questions that are “outside of the parameters of the interview”. Biting my tongue, employing that British stiff upper lip, I steer my questions towards his new book, Killers of the King. A historical account, it reveals the shocking stories and fates of the men who signed the death warrant of Charles I, who was executed in 1649. “I started circling round the

subject two-and-a-half years ago,” he says, content to be on safer conversational ground. “I instantly knew this would be the most fascinating topic I would ever write about, because the more I looked at it, the more intrigued I became – so many characters, so much action. “If I hadn’t been so riveted by it all, a topic this broad might well have taken me five years. As it was, I raced through the research and the writing.” A distant relation to Charles I – four times over – I ask him whether that influenced the way he approached the book? “No, not at all,” he says. “I’m not one for ancestor worship – and, anyway, I’m also descended from one of the killers of the king, Sir Hardress Waller, so I have no family axe to grind as it were. “I find historians who hijack eras of tales from history for their own good quite hard to respect. “I see my job as presenting the facts in an interesting way that draws the reader in. “I don’t like propaganda of any kind. It’s important for historians to drill down into the kernel of any tale and not mislead the reader out of bigotry.

“That sounds an obvious point – but you’d be amazed how many Civil War books are completely hamstrung through prejudice.” He tends to write in the morning – “my mind is clearest at the very start of the day” – before anyone else in the house, Althrop, has stirred. “I also can’t be disturbed,” he adds before going on to describe the process in rather odd terms. “It takes me an hour to even get into a zone where writing is possible. “Then I find I’m in a place where things dribble out of me. Hour number three tends to be when 75 per cent of my output occurs and then it slows down to a trickle again.” He researches for his books in fivehour blocks and writes in four, playing music to distract the “flippant” part

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of his brain. “Writing is my creative outlet,” he says. “So much of my life revolves around duty, and that which is expected. “Writing is playful and cathartic. I’d be a lot less happy if I wasn’t writing regularly. It’s a joy to me. “I felt it a great privilege to bring hugely interesting people and stories back to life. “We live in an era where history, as a subject, is obsessed with Hitler, Stalin and the Tudors. “Fabulously interesting though those topics are, they do tend to eclipse equally great periods of our past. “I hope people who read my book will understand what a key moment in British history the Civil Wars were and that history can be fun.

“Much of my book reads like a thriller – but all the facts are true. History doesn’t need to be dull.” Certainly readers are lapping it up – it’s already at number five in the Sunday Times bestseller list. “My book on the Battle of Blenheim scraped into the bestseller list a decade ago,” he says. “But to go in so high, in a month when Christmas heavy-hitters are rolling out, is truly astonishing, and made me very proud indeed.” It’s easy to forget of course that there was a time before the Eton-educated Earl presided over a sprawling 13,000-acre Althorp estate in Northamptonshire where Diana is buried on a small island. For seven years of his life – before evenings dining on venison from the deer park – he was a young foreign news reporter for American TV network, NBC. One particular assignment saw him among hordes of drunken revellers in the centre of Cheltenham. “I filmed a segment on lager louts in Cheltenham 25 years ago,” he says. “We were shadowing Cheltenham’s police for the night. “It was

Tributes pour in for ‘Debo’

PRINCE Charles was among the first to pay tribute to his close friend ‘Debo’, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire, who died earlier this week. Saviour of Chatsworth House, she was 94 and the last of the six, bewitching Mitford sisters. The girls, daughters of the indomnitable Lord Redesdale, spent their childhood at Batsford. For decades, they transfixed the public with their political exploits – Diana married Sir Oswald Moseley and took tea with Hitler – and romantic scandals. Prince Charles said he and Camilla “adored and admired her greatly”, calling her “a unique personality with a wonderfully original approach”. fascinating, contrasting serene Cheltenham by day, with the drunken aggression of some of its more aggressive citizens, in the early hours. “I can remember nearly every frame of my report back then.” I dwell on this for a moment – it seems like quite a contradiction. The man who has made the news on so many occasions was once the man who provided it. The hunter has become the hunted, which may explain why he’s so wary of his forays into his personal life. Either way, Earl Spencer is never going to be everyone’s cup of tea.

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Charles Spencer is at Cheltenham Town Hall on October 9 as part of the Literature Festival. For tickets, call 08448 808094.

Cheltenham Literature Festival – directors’ picks GOLDEN leaves and an abundance of shiny conkers can only mean one thing –TheTimes andThe SundayTimes Cheltenham Literature Festival is almost upon us. This year’s festival is set to be the most fabulous yet, with an unsurpassed lineup of world-class speakers flocking to town. Here is our pick of the top events for which to buy your ticket now, while you still can. Top novelists Martin Amis, Salman Rushdie and Nick Hornby are not to be missed. As well as his own work, Martin will also be discussing the extraordinary life of his late stepmother,The Cazelet Chronicles author and acclaimed director of Cheltenham Literature Festival, Elizabeth Jane Howard. Top sportsmen, including Olympic medallist Nicole Cooke and controversial cricketer Kevin Pietersen, will be speaking about their spectacular careers, as will DJ and screenwriter Danny Baker and comedian Omid Djalili. Other screen favourites to watch include Brian Blessed in a special Who DoYouThinkYou Are? event, as well as Sheila Hancock, Alice Roberts

and Ranulph Fiennes in different events. Alan Titchmarsh and Roy Strong will be talking gardens, Heston Blumenthal and Madhur Jaffrey will be talking food, while Richard Curtis and Mike Scott will be talking screen and song writing. If politics is your thing then there’s also plenty on offer as the festival takes an in-depth look at the Party Conferences and the race to be President of the United States, as well as asking big questions like what is the future of the NHS, is there such a thing as a good school for all (with Caitlin Moran and Educating Essex’s Mr Drew) and how do we police the police (with Doreen Lawrence and former chief whip Andrew Mitchell). As Festival favourite Andrew Marr said: “The real beginning of the year isn’t January but autumn: when there’s a flurry of new books being published, the political season restarts and there is a bracing freshness in the air. An essential part of my new mental year is the Cheltenham Literature Festival.” For tickets, visit cheltenhamfestivals.com or call 0844 880 8094.

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T’S almost time for this year’s exhilarating Cheltenham Literature Festival. WEEKEND has teamed up with Waterstones to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a £100 gift card to spend on this season’s must-have books. Three lucky runners-up will also each receive a £50 gift card. Mel Harris, from festival bookseller and sponsor Waterstones, says: “As book lovers we get terribly excited about the Cheltenham Festival. So many of our favourite authors gathered in one place, the chance to meet our literary heroes and to get cherished books signed. “This year is no exception, with an outstanding line-up that includes many of the book world’s hottest stars.” Waterstones’ picks include: So, Anyway by John Cleese (Random House, £20) Candid and brilliantly funny, this is the story of how a tall, shy youth from Weston-super-Mare went on to become

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How To Build A Girl by Caitlin Moran (Ebury Press, £14.99) Johanna Morrigan, 14, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that there’s no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde – fast-talking, harddrinking Gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer. As beautiful as it is funny, How To Build a Girl is a coming-of-age novel that makes you realise how odd it is that all the previous ones have been about boys.

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Lit Fest pick: “W1A – where cast and crew from the brilliant BBC mockumentary look back on the series.”

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Lit Fest pick: “Lorraine Pascale, who’s sharing her inspiring journey from a childhood in foster care to one of the nation’s best-lovedTV chefs.”

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Lit Fest pick: “One Day author David Nicholls, who’s talking about his writing, including his latest novel, Us.”

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IMPERFECT POUT With eyes the main draw this season, downplay your lips with a stain.There’s no need for lip liner or precise application, edges are soft and smudged. For a siren autumnal look, dip into deep burgundy or plum tones. Stains are a great multitasking product. Experiment with echoing the same colour on your cheeks for a wintry flush.

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shift for ‘real life’, but these hyper-trends set the focus for autumnal beauty. The season summed up? “A/W14 is all about skin,” says Val Garland, makeup artist for L’Oreal Paris. “There’s a lot of graphics on the eyes but barely a lip in sight.” Update your look for autumn by acing these top trends . . . . Maybelline Colour Sensational Lipstick in Midnight Plum, £7.19

MINIMAL SKIN Juxtaposing this season’s bold eyes, minimal skin is in. Luxuriously naked complexions should look effortless, but technique is everything to achieve that ‘real’ but beautiful finish. Think gentle highlights to bring the features forward, and multiple concealer tones to adapt to your skin. Forgo your fingertips for the precision of make-up brushes.

Lit Fest pick: “Alan Aldridge, graphic designer who designed album covers forThe Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd andThe Beatles.”

MAC Matchmaster Concealer, £17 each. Brushes from £19 (www.maccosmetics.co.uk).

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EYE FOCUS To play on dramatics, look to your eyes rather than your lips this season.The catwalks even used gel textured eye make-up that imitated plastic. While black is the go-to definition shade, the same look can be achieved with dark coffee or deep purple liners and mascaras for a softer spin.

Max Factor Excess Volume Extreme Impact Mascara, £12.99

VIRGIN BROW A model with bold eyes at Gucci AW14

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Untouched eyebrows are the order of the day for AW14 – except you’ll need to do exactly the opposite to achieve the look.Think romantically soft, brushed-up arches. The finished result should look as though your brows have barely even met a pair of tweezers.

One colour is not enough when it comes to this season’s eyelids. Myriad shades beamed from sockets in rich, decadent hues. This painterly trend is more wearable than it sounds. Stick to matte eye shadows and use soft washes of two or three autumnal hues, applied with your fingers.This season’s new-trend palettes will do all the colour combining for you.

Maybelline Big Eyes Eye Shadow Palette in Luminous Purple, £6.99

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Gloucester City Council celebrated one year to go until the start of the Rugby World Cup by inviting businesses and charities to a reception at its headquarters.

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Ben Hau and Neil Mackie

Cllr Colin Organ with Alan Bird and Andrew Ollerenshaw

Joe Goatley and Phil Grinnel with Chris Brice

Sarah Blowers, Chris Atine and Ellie Harris

Col Kevin Copsey, Jody Gooding and Command Sgt Major Jason Whitehouse

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

WE were saddened to hear that Dr Masaru Emoto, due to speak at a hotly-anticipated seminar at the Pittville Pump Room on Tuesday, was taken ill with breathing difficulties a couple of weeks ago. Fortunately he is recovering in hospital, and has nominated his long-term collaborator and research scientist of 12 years, Dr Yasuyuki Nemoto, to present his seminar Loving OurselvesThrough Loving Water on his behalf. We hope that the global message of his work, the aims of the Emoto Peace Project and the extraordinary information he has researched and collated using his wonderful photographs of water crystal formations, will entice you to attend this fascinating talk, take advantage of this opportunity to meet his team and obtain his books. The Peace Project provides the children’s version of his bookThe Hidden Messages in Water to schools and children around the world for free. Come and see what you think. Go online for tickets: http://bit.ly/EmotoIsbourne-2014 or call 01242 254321.

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Introduction to Zentangle This form of therapeutic doodling has become a firm favourite for many as a way of relaxing and being mindful by focussing on the detail in the present moment. Beautiful and complex-looking patterns are easy to create, one stroke at a time and the results even for first timers are most rewarding when they discover that they can draw. The four evening sessions begin onThursday with Dr Lesley Roberts.Treat yourself to some creativity.

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tackle Retired Welsh professional rugby player Gareth Thomas, who came out eight years ago, is coming to Cheltenham Literature Festival next week to talk about his searingly honest autobiography, Proud. JONATHAN WHILEY catches up with him

AY after day, year after year, Gareth Thomas would wake up next to his wife Jemma, look into her eyes and tell her he loved her. What the former Wales rugby captain couldn’t bring himself to tell her – at least not until 2006 – was that he had been living a lie ever since they started seeing each other as childhood sweethearts. Marriage and three heartbreaking miscarriages would follow before the lies consumed him and he was forced to accept what he’d known for much of his life – that he was gay. “I became very conscious that a bit of me was lying,” he says in a voice that’s still laced with a certain vulnerability. “When you lie, you create chaos not just for yourself but for all those around you. Unless the truth is told, it’s like a vicious circle, it never ends.” The double life he had created for himself was gnawing away at him and ultimately became too much of a burden to bear. “Part of me was a rugby player and a husband who was the hard guy and the tough guy. “Then there was the other side of me who was the guy that when he had the opportunity would do what I had to do in order to

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survive and to be able to get back to being the nice guy.” His survival technique? “To have sex with a man,” he says bluntly. “I felt if I had an opportunity, the rugby gave me opportunities to be away, I’d use that opportunity as best I could.” His first gay experience – which was his first sexual experience of any kind – took place in his hometown of Bridgend when he was 17. “Your first experience should hopefully be quite a memorable one but for me it wasn’t,” he says. “It was a very scary experience. “Al l of a sudden I acted on something I’d only ever thought about. It became a reality for me and it was a reality I didn’t want. “I was disgusted by myself. I thought about what everybody would think if they found out because it was on my own doorstep. “I remember going home afterwards and washing intensely just to feel like I could somehow get rid of what had just happened. “I wanted to wash away a layer of skin and create a new me.” Eventually, so desperate and ashamed of his actions, he turned to religion. “I was asking so many questions but I wasn’t getting any answers, so I took a leap of faith and gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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became religious,” he says. “I thought if I do what people tell me to do and do the right thing religiously – going to church and sitting and praying and standing in front of God – then miraculously, almost as a final attempt, that I’d be, I wouldn’t say cured, but that all of a sudden I’d be the person who I had created. “I thought I could just carry on as that person without having to worry about lying or being caught.” But he couldn’t. His feelings ran too deep and the lies and deception dated back to his childhood when he realised he was “different.” “For me it was a realisation of the fact that when I was an adult I felt I was different at a young age and as a teenager,” he says. “When rugby was so relevant in my life and other things weren’t too @WeekendGlos

important then I couldn’t think about any kind of life outside of rugby. “But all of a sudden, when life became a bit more relevant to me and you realise rugby is not going to be around forever you have a bit of an understanding of the future. “Then it becomes a scary thing that you’re going to go into the rest of your life having to tell a lie and having to be somebody you’re really not.” Eventually the 6ft 3in rugby legend – who was capped 100 times and in 2005 led his country to their first Grand Slam victory since 1978 – told his wife the truth. Then he watched as his entire world began to crumble around him. “There was a mixture of shock, of crying and not understanding,” he says. “You don’t just tell someone that

and then that’s it. It was about taking time, absorbing exactly what has just gone on and how it had got to that point. “I felt a sense of guilt as you see the chaos you cause. “Al l of a sudden it was in front of me; the tears, the anger, the upset. For me it was probably worse than ever.” The night Jemma left him he sprayed her favourite perfume on the inside of her wardrobe then clambered in and pulled her clothes over his body. Suicide attempts would follow – on one occasion he dressed in his best grey Welsh Rugby Union suit and made for the pool of his house in Toulouse. It’s been a tough journey but Gareth says that he’s in a good place now – he lives with partner Ian in the village of St Brides Major near Bridgend –

which is largely due to support from friends and family. But while his ex-wife has forgiven him, Gareth will never fully forgive himself. “I’d like to think I’m a decent person now and the only reason I think that I’m a decent person is that I know what lies and what deceitfulness is and how it affects people,” he says. “I’ve never totally forgiven myself and as much as they’ve forgiven me I think it’s good for me to have this guilt because it keeps me an honest and good person.” It would certainly explan his decision to be so open about the whole affair in his book, Proud. “It was a very difficult process for me. To do something honestly and to do it justice then you have to be as open and honest as possible and you only get that by reliving the experience.” I ask him whether it has proved cathartic at all and he hesitates. “Yeah, in a way,” he says. “Trying to forget about it and move on is an easy thing to say but it’s a very hard thing to do. “For me I felt this process, where I am now to where I was 12 months ago prior to the book, is a place that is a lot better and that is for going through what I’ve been through.” With a film in the pipeline – rumour has it that Mickey Rourke will step into the shoes of the man known as Alfie – his life story which had been so personally kept in the shadows is now so publicly in the limelight. “For me it’s going to be another document of positivity,” he says. “Of how I think it’s possible for people to be themselves in a world where people sometimes think it’s wrong to be different.” Gareth Thomas is at Cheltenham Town Hall as part of the Literature Festival on Sunday, October 5. For tickets, call 08448 808094.

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Be on the ball all the time TechnoGym’s Wellness Ball – Active Sitting is designed to turn sitting into ‘exercise’ by helping improve posture and give muscles a work-out while you’re sitting down. It consists of an inner ball which you inflate, and a cover made of non-slip, washable fabric. Sitting on a ball forces you to sit up straight and engage your core (abdominal and lower back) muscles, improving posture, strength and balance. Wellness Ball – Active Sitting, costs £230 from technogym.com

WEEKEND has teamed up with Cheltenham Literature Festival to offer two lucky readers the chance to see Gareth Thomas at the Town Hall on October 5. Gareth’s inspiring and moving story transcends the world of sport to tell a universal truth about feeling like an outsider and facing up to who you really are. The event starts at 8.45pm and tickets cost £12. To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets, simply answer the following question: Which part of Wales is Bridgend in? a) North b) South c) West Send your answer on a postcard with your name, address and daytime telephone number to Gareth Thomas competition, Features Department, Third Floor, St James’ House, St James’ Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR. The closing date is Thursday October 2.

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Food Michelin magic with David Everitt-Matthias Living the good life at mark@ street in Nailsworth Dinner is served at new restaurant in Stroud

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Get cooking . . . two Michelin-starred chef DAVID EVERITT-MATTHIAS from Le Champignon Sauvage, in Cheltenham, shows us how in his monthly column

OR this month’s recipes I have tried to come up with ideas using the wonderful ingredients that our countryside and farms have to offer at this time of year. There are still brambles, elderberries and damsons around. Game is coming into season, although I have used wood pigeon which is available most

of the year. The feathered game is appearing now, but wait until the middle to end of October to use them. Then, of course, the first of the pumpkins are appearing, with my favourite, Crown Prince, used in this soup recipe. So get out there. Our local countryside is a wonderful place brimming with culinary goodies.

Crown Prince pumpkin soup, fried sage breadcrumbs When I see the first of the pumpkins outside the front of the Over Farm shop, I know that autumn has truly arrived. I think that anyone who has read either of my books will know that I have a great fondness for this variety of pumpkin. Sweet, less starchy, less fibrous than many other varieties, and the flavour, wow. As far as I am concerned it is the best. Here I am sprinkling it with some fried crisp breadcrumbs with sage running through them. A perfect warming soup for a chilly autumn day.You could roast the pumpkin for a different flavour.

Ingredients Serves 6 For the pumpkin soup 1kg pumpkin flesh 120g chopped onions 125g chopped carrots 2 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed

1 ¼kg chicken or vegetable stock 250g milk 50g chopped smoked bacon 4 sage leaves 100g unsalted butter 50g duck fat 25g cider vinegar Seasoning For the fried sage breadcrumbs 125g fresh white breadcrumbs 20g olive oil 30g unsalted butter 12 sage leaves, chopped Seasoning

Method

For the pumpkin soup Melt the duck fat in a thick-bottomed saucepan and heat until hot. Add the smoked bacon and cook until rendered a little, but with no colour at all.Then add all the vegetables and cook with the lid on for 3-4 minutes, again with no colour. Add herbs and pumpkin flesh and

cook five minutes longer, deglaze with the vinegar and cook until evaporated.Then add the stock and milk and cook for 30-45 minutes on a slow simmer. Liquidise, pass through a fine sieve into another saucepan. Whisk butter in, add seasoning to taste. If it is a little too thin reduce a little, if too thick, add a little more milk or stock to obtain the desired consistency. Pour into six soup plates, shallow ones would be good. Sprinkle with the fried sage breadcrumbs and serve. For the fried sage breadcrumbs Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan, when hot, add the butter, heat until foaming. Add the breadcrumbs and the chopped sage leaves and cook until golden and crisp, stirring all the time so they don’t burn. Season and turn out on to a tray lined with kitchen paper to absorb any

excess fat.

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Wood pigeon dhansak Nearly everyone loves a good curry, me included. Well this is making the most of one of the local birds that most butchers have. Wood pigeon has a wonderfully meaty flavour, not unsimilar to venison. It is very lean and holds strong flavours well, thus the idea of the curry.You could of course use chicken for this or some of the local game birds just coming into season, like partridge or pheasant.The chutney that is served with this provides the dish with a wonderful tang.

Ingredients Serves 4 12 wood pigeon breasts, each breast cut into four 1kg chicken stock 500g tinned chopped tomatoes, chopped finely 50g vegetable oil or ghee 50g yellow lentils 50g red lentils 30g peeled root ginger, grated finely 4 cloves garlic, grated finely @WeekendGlos

1 large spanish onion, finely chopped 1 red chilli, finely chopped 1tsp cumin seeds 1 stick of cinnamon (5cm) 4 cloves 1 bunch fresh coriander (finely chopped) Â˝ tsp ground turmeric 1tsp ground cardamom 1tsp ground cumin 1tsp ground coriander 1tsp red chilli powder 30g honey

Method Bring the chicken stock up to the boil and cook the lentils for 40 minutes until they collapse and break up, giving them a whisk to break them up evenly. In another pan, heat the oil. When very hot, add the cumin seeds, cloves and cinnamon. Cook until popping and aromatic, add the onions and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the finely-chopped red chilli, grated garlic and grated ginger and Turn to page 26

Autumn Cheltenham Mess Â˝ lemon, juiced 30g toasted almonds 25g icing sugar Little wood sorrel, coriander cress or mint to garnish

I have called this Cheltenham Mess as a play on the traditional Eton Mess. I have used the soft fruits available at this time of the year and all from the surrounding countryside. They have more of a depth of flavour, and to go with them, the meringues are cooked with muscovado to give a deeper, caramel flavour that goes well with the fruits. A lovely end to an autumn meal and a little finer than itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer cousin!

Ingredients Serves 6

For the meringue 4 egg whites 200g light muscovado sugar For the brambles 400g wild brambles or blackberries 50g elderberries 50g caster sugar 400g double cream

For the damsons 300g damsons 50g unsalted butter 75g caster sugar

Method For the meringue Preheat the oven to 125C. Make sure your bowl and whisk are clean of grease, or the meringue wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t whip. Whisk the whites until hard peak, add half of the sugar and whisk until smooth and peaky. Add the rest of the sugar and whisk until stiff and hard peak. Spoon eight irregular shapes on to a parchment lined baking sheet. Cook for an hour and 45 minutes to two hours, then turn the oven off, open the door just a little to allow the steam to escape and allow 30 minutes to cool down and finish cooking. Remove from the tray when cool and place in an airtight container till needed. For the brambles

Place the lemon juice, and the caster sugar in a saucepan and heat. When boiling, add the blackberries and the elderberries and gently heat them through until the blackberries start to collapse. Remove from the heat immediately. Cool. Taste and, if needed, add a little more sugar. Whisk the cream with the icing sugar to soft peaks. Drain the berries, keeping the juices. Crush two of the meringues into small bits. Lightly crush the berries, fold the crushed meringue and the berries into the cream, adding most of the juices but keeping a little back for dressing. For the damsons Stone the damsons using a cherry stoner. Heat the butter and the sugar in a pan and when dissolved add the damsons. Cook until they release their juices. Remove from the heat to cool. Presentation Place the six meringues in individual bowls, spoon the damsons around. Top the meringues with the cream and drizzle with some of the reserved berry juices. Scatter with the toasted almonds. I have used some wood sorrel to garnish, but mint or coriander cress would be just as good.

Wood pigeon dhansak continued . . . From page 25

4 cloves 4cm cinnamon stick 4 curry leaves 50g sliced almonds, toasted 1 bunch coriander, roughly chopped

cook for another five minutes.Then add all the ground spices and cook until the oils begin to be very fragrant. Add the pigeon and cook for three minutes, add the lentils, stirring well. Cook over a gentle heat until the pigeon is done and the sauce is a good consistency for 15 minutes. If the pigeon is cooked and the sauce is a little thin, remove the pigeon, reduce the sauce to the desired consistency and then return the pigeon to the sauce. Stir in the chopped fresh coriander. Serve with coriander and mint chutney, naan bread or pilau rice.

Method

Place the rice in a sieve and wash under the cold tap for a minute or so. Heat the butter in a saucepan until melted and cook the onion until softened. Add the spices and curry leaves and cook for a couple more minutes. Add the rice and stir add the stock or water. Bring to the boil and then cover tightly with foil and then with a tight-fitting lid. Boil for five minutes, then turn off the heat. Don't remove the lid; just leave the rice to continue cooking inside the pan for about 10 minutes. The rice will have absorbed all the water. Season and fluff the rice up adding the chopped coriander and the toasted flaked almonds.

Pilau rice

Ingredients

450g Basmati rice 700g chicken stock or water 50g unsalted butter 200g onion, finely chopped 4 cardamom pods

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LADIES' LUNCH

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A Ladies' Lunch Club was held at Ellenborough Park hotel, near Cheltenham, including a demonstration from Ben Axford of Benjamin Chocolatier

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Susan White and Val Cripps

Head chef David Kelman with chocolatier Ben Axford

Kate Jeffries and Nicole Clarke

Adrienne Wood and Debbie Furniss

BrendaThomas and Pat Cocks

Jan Clark, Jean Phillips-Lamb, Christine Malone and Linda Whybrow

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celebrates... At Creed we love all things to do with food, especially from Gloucestershire. This week, try rustling up a wild mushroom fricasse with tagliatelle and wilted baby spinach THIS is a tasty and flavoursome dish to enjoy during the transitional month of September with a glass of white wine.

Ingredients

Serves 4 300g wild mushrooms 150g of chopped shallots Â˝ clove of chopped garlic Chopped tarragon, parsley, chervil 300g tagliatelle 500ml vegetable stock 150g baby spinach

Method

SautĂŠ the shallots and garlic until soft, then add the prepped and washed wild mushrooms and season lightly. When soft, add 75ml of vegetable stock from the poaching pot and bring to boil, simmer for 2-3 minutes and pull off the heat ready to serve. Blanch the tagliatelle in a pan of salted boiling water. When cooked, place into another pan with a small knob of butter, ready to finish. Wilt the spinach and place into the middle of four large pasta bowls. Warm up the fricassee and drop in the fresh chopped herbs. Roll the tagliatelle in the butter, season to taste and place in the bowl. Finish by scattering the wild mushrooms around the dish and share out the tasty liquid from the pan evenly between the four dishes.

Welly TO BELLY

Mark Payne of mark@street in Nailsworth uses fresh produce from his own allotment in his cooking

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Finalist in the Taste of Gloucestershire Food and Farming Awards’ Best Chef category Mark Payne really puts in the spadework to find the finest ingredients for his Nailsworth restaurant, as SUE BRADLEY discovers

HEF Mark Payne’s approach to food preparation starts with a seed catalogue. The owner of the Nailsworth restaurant mark@street is so determined to serve the freshest possible ingredients to his diners that he grows a lot of them himself. And after three years of living the dream of running his own business he’s convinced that his “welly to belly” style of cooking is one of the secret ingredients that keep his customers coming back for more. “My life revolves around food,” laughs Mark, who honed his skills at London restaurants such as Claridges and The Atlantic. “I am either in the kitchen or at the allotment or dashing between the two. “My vegetable patch provides my biggest inspiration: from browsing through seed catalogues and choosing what to grow, through to sowing, harvesting and then, the best bit of all, coming up with imaginative ways to showcase the ingredients. “The freshness of the produce really impacts on the taste and, with ingredients coming in from the allotment, it’s not uncommon for the menu to change up to five times a week.” Mark regards his asparagus bed as one of his biggest triumphs. “While it does not supply all the asparagus on the menu, it does supplement the Evesham asparagus I use when it’s in season,” he says. Mark’s determination to find the best possible ingredients has led to him building close relationships with all his suppliers. For his meat he turns to local butcher Country Quality Meats, a shop located just down the road from his restaurant in Market Street. “They are a traditional butcher with the same values as me,” says Mark. “They rear some of the @WeekendGlos

animals themselves and have close ties with farmers around here. “I can go around to their shop and pick the meat I want rather than picking up a phone.” Fish comes from Fairford-based New Wave Seafood, with whom Mark has worked since his days at the renowned Gloucestershire hotel Cowley Manor. “It’s all about trust,” he says. “I need to be able to trust any company I’m dealing with and having gone to New Wave for fish for six years I know that the quality will be there.” Other locallybased suppliers include Stroud Brewery, whose ‘Teasel’ ale is great with good food in Mark’s eyes; the Cotswold Brewing Company in Bourton-onthe-Water for lager and Severn Cider. Cheese served at the restaurant is often especially local, with Minchinhampton-based Melissa Ravenhill’s Hampton Blue and Forester often appearing on the menu along with Simon Weaver’s Cotswold Brie and Charles Martell’s Stinking Bishop. “We frequently have cheeseboards containing all Gloucestershire cheeses,” says Mark. “I think my regular customers appreciate that the food I serve has been sourced carefully and come summertime when there are a few tourists about, it’s nice to tell them that the cheese they are eating has been made just up the road. “Provenance is very important to people who are serious about their food, especially in a town like Nailsworth.” Mark receives help from apprentice chef Jack Dowdeswell at the weekends and on particularly busy nights in the week and from Judith Sales, who helps him prepare his ingredients a couple of mornings a week, but for the rest of the time the food he serves is solely down to him. Among his most popular dishes

are lamb sweetbreads, served in a number of guises; chocolate fondant, lovage mousse with hay-smoked Bibury trout. “I think people appreciate that I am always on site and that the quality of the food I serve is consistent,” he says. Mark’s dedication to his restaurant has led to a number of accolades: he is listed in the Good Food Guide for the second year running and has been included in the Michelin Guide since he opened. Being named as a finalist in the Best Chef category, sponsored by Spice Lodge, of the Taste of Gloucestershire Food and Farming Awards is a further feather in his cap. “I think it lets my customers know that I am not just sitting around; I am still pushing forwards and always trying to improve on what I do,” says Mark. “For me, the best part of being a chef-owner is the rapport I gain with customers and the feedback I get from my regulars on what combinations they have liked.” Despite his long hours in the kitchen and on his vegetable patch, Mark says he could not be happier. “My aim is always to provide quality food which celebrates the diversity of what can be supplied from the locality,” he says. “I am determined to show that quality food speaks for itself. “I believe my job as a chef is to enhance the natural flavours and allow them to enthuse the taste buds. “I set up my restaurant during a recession but have continued to grow: I think people come back because the food does speak for itself.” ■ www.marketstreetnailsworth.co.uk

An apple a day IT’S proving to be an exceptional year for British apples thanks in part to the mild winter and warm spring, although a short chilly snap earlier in the year means there will be fewer pears. Speaking at the launch of the English apple season, head of the growers’ group Adrian Barlow pronounced 2014 to be a “terrific year”. “The volume of apples is extremely good and the taste is exceptional,” said the chief executive of the English Apples and Pears Ltd, who lives near Ross and represents several Gloucestershire growers. “They benefited from a very mild winter and warm spring, which meant flowering was early. “Ever since then we have had predominantly good sunshine, which means they are tasting fantastic, while the long growing season means they have a good texture. “They also have good levels of juice because there was no shortage of rain, while the very cold nights in the middle of August were hugely beneficial in creating a good deep skin colour. “This year’s crop of apples is three to four weeks earlier than 2013, which was very late, and a week ahead of average.” Varieties such as Discovery have hit the shops, with Worcester Permain and Delbard d’Estivale now appearing on the shelves, soon to be followed by Early Windsor, Cox’s Orange Pippin and Gala. Meanwhile pear picking is currently under way, with the first of the English crop expected in the shops. “It’s not a terribly good crop as unfortunately the time of flowering coincided with a drop in temperatures, leading to a smaller yield, but the quality is good and the size of individual fruits is excellent,” said Adrian. Supermarkets are increasingly choosing to stock more English apples and pears. “Concerns over global warming and climate change means a lot of people are giving preference to English over apples from other countries,” explains Adrian. “We’ve also been successful in getting the message across that English apples taste better because of our climate.”

HERE is an element of the ‘new place in town’ about Dinner at Six but the novelty of top notch dining at reasonable prices is not likely to wear off. Owners Wesley Birch and Richard Dunlop, and head chef and collaborator-in-chief Kylie Hughes, have come up with an ever-changing menu which holds a candle to the very best in and around Stroud. Their signature dish, braised ox cheek with shallot mash and vegetable crisps (£15.50) was sublime – sweet and rich. And I wished I had had more than a taste of my dining partner’s dish. She loved it. Not that there was anything to complain about over my choice – beetroot risotto. The only vegetarian choice on the menu, I opted for it out of curiosity rather than necessity. It looked a picture in bright maroon, and was not too sticky, nor too sloppy. With a small amount of French blue cheese, some of it deep fried, and watercress, it tasted like no other risotto. Which is what you would expect at £13. The mussel chowder starter (£8) could have sufficed, having feasted on fine homemade bread and olive oil beforehand. The mussels were of the big and tasty variety – and plenty of them too. The menu changes very regularly and if any of the starters of pumpkin ravioli with sage (£6.50), Welsh Rarebit soufflé with candied walnuts and apple matchsticks (£7), pea veloute with wild mushroom and truffle bread (£7) or pigeon breast salad with Parmesan arancini and pancetta (£7) come up again, I’d be delighted to try them. Likewise the mains. The ox cheek is a signature dish, and that and steak frites

with Béarnaise sauce (£17) are usually available. How about sweet potato and spring onion croquette with tomato sauce and salad, wild mushroom Wellington butternut squash puree, or confit of duck with pearl barley, spinach puree and wild mushrooms (all £13.50)? Servings are not over the top, and I am glad we had room for pudding. Kylie knows her stuff, particularly when it comes to puds (all £6.50) and she did not disappoint. There is only one way to do crème brûlée, and that’s the right way. I’ve not had much experience of honeycomb pyramid but I can’t imagine there is much better out there either. Other options included chocolate and Amoretti tart with mascarpone cream and strawberry and elderflower jelly with a Champagne syllabub. In a very short space of time, Dinner at Six has become the place to eat in Stroud town centre and given its most regular menu changes, it is likely to stay there, bringing back diners who have been before. Ben Falconer

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WEEKEND JOBS Cover r ows of perpetual varieties of strawberries with cloches or fleece at night to help them ripen. Continue to plant up containers for winter displays, including cyclamen, winter-flowering heathers and pansies for colour. Lift tender perennials such as osteospermums, argyranthemums and fuchsias for over-wintering. Remove rubbish that has built up at the base of climbers to allow winter rain to reach the soil below. Order trees, bushes or cane fruits. Plant garlic outdoors in mild areas in light, well-dug soil. In cold areas or where the soil is heavy, start it off in modular trays.

Books for gardners

The Writer’s Garden by Jackie Bennett (Frances Lincoln, £25) is a glorious tome for gardeners, history buffs and enthusiastic readers, with Roald Dahl and Beatrix Potter.

The English Country House Garden by George Plumptre (Frances Lincoln, £25) could happily grace any coffee table with its wonderful pictures of English country house gardens of the 21st century.

Autumnal colour STUNNING Highnam Court, near Gloucester, opens its garden next weekend in aid of Gloucestershire children’s charity Pied Piper. Thomas Gambier Parry’s restored 19th century plot includes a rose walk, winter garden, Monet garden, wildflower meadow and lakes. They’re open from 11am-4pm on Sunday, October 5, refreshments are available and it’s £5 to get in.

OR someone who left school with just one O-level – in art – Alan Titchmarsh has done remarkably well for himself. Living proof that experience is as important as qualifications, Britain’s best known gardener has cultivated a hugely successful career in television and radio through hard work and passion for his subjects. “I shared an interest in gardens and gardening from the age of about eight with another boy in my street, and no doubt the other kids thought it a bit odd,” he said. “I suppose it’s not a thing many young children are passionate about but I also liked playing football and cricket too.” He will be sharing his enthusiasm with his fans at the Cheltenham Literature Festival, although this time he will be talking not about gardening, but about another of his interests, royal stately homes. His new book The Queen’s Houses takes readers on a tour of Britain’s royal residences to reveal the fascinating family stories behind these magnificent buildings. “I’ve always been interested in stately homes and gardens,” Alan says. “I love looking around these places to see how other people live. As a child I’d get packed into the car by my dad at weekends and we used to go off to places like Castle Howard and, although I probably moaned, I did enjoy it. “I’ve written a lot of books and programmes about the Royal family over the years and have always been interested in the monarchy. I’ve quite a library of it at home, but realised I didn’t have a book about all the houses, so I thought I’d like to write one.” Alan, 65, has been writing for years and loves the contrast with his presenting work. “I enjoy both aspects. TV is very social whereas writing in a solitary thing, so they are a great counterpoint to each other,” he says. “The book took me the best part of a year to finish, but once I’m up and running I sit down and write every day if I can. “Appropriately, I suppose, I used to write in a shed at the bottom of the garden but now I have a room in a barn where I write. “I have a busy career and I fit everything in with difficulty but I suppose I am fairly organised – you have to be really.” Alan took his first steps into the career that has made him so well-loved after leaving school at the tender age of 15. He spent time at college and as an

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apprentice before working at Kew Gardens as a student for three years. After moving into television as a gardening expert, including heading up BBC Gardeners’ Question Time – from which his exit, in favour of Monty Don, has proved fairly controversial – Alan was approached by the head of daytime TV. “He suggested I audition for a different programme, so I did and I got the job,” he said. “I said I couldn’t possibly do all week so I did just Fridays. They got another up and coming young chap to do the other days and he was called Eamonn Holmes.” Despite all his commitments, Alan always finds time for his own garden. “I potter around it every day; I always have time for my garden, no matter what,” he says. Alan has been married to Alison for almost 40 years and they share a love of gardens, particularly theirs. “She tells me what she thinks. It’s not all my territory,” he says. Which brings us on to the subject of Alan Titchmarsh – heartthrob; a subject which always makes him smile. “I get fan mail, yes; and I’m stopped in the street, but that’s fine. I like being approachable although I find the heartthrob thing a bit baffling. “I appreciate it though; the older you get, the more grateful you are for the attention.” Most of his fans, though, are still interested in him for his gardening skills. “I was at one Gardeners’ Question Time and a woman sitting in the front row beckoned me over to ask me a question about her plum tree. I had about 15 seconds before we were going live on air, which she seemed oblivious to. But I like the fact that people talk to me about their gardening problems.” And he is adamant programmes like Groundforce, when a team comes into a home or garden to transform it in record time, are not dumbing down gardening. “They’re making it accessible to everyone rather than being elitist; helping to make gardening more popular and that in turn helps to improve the environment,” he says. As each season comes around, Alan takes delight in anticipating the displays from the flowers that will bloom in his garden. “I don’t have favourite flowers or plants but what I do love is the seasonality of this country,” he said. “I like waiting in anticipation for the snowdrops at the end of winter, followed by daffodils and tulips in the spring, a summer of roses and sweetpeas, and then winter crocuses. There’s always something new to watch out for.” Meanwhile, he is in demand all over the country at talks and festivals. “I’ve appeared at the Literature Festival many times talking about my books,” he said. “They always wheel you out when you have another book to plug.”

From left, head gardener Shaun Cadman, ‘Girl Friday’ Fiona Fyshe, Sir Roy Strong and gardener Philip Teague at The Laskett. Left, the remodelled kitchen garden

LD age, declares Sir Roy Strong, is the last great fling. And what a fling he’s having. At a time when many gardeners would be downsizing, turning their backs on large plots or at the very least simplifying them, he’s undertaken a comprehensive remaking of his garden. His zest for growing and indeed creating are undiminished. “I can’t stand anybody who thinks old age is nothing but cutting down,” he says emphatically. For him, life is all about moving forward and embracing change. “Change is the essence of a garden,” he explains. “There’s no such thing as a static garden. It doesn’t exist. “You have to remake it every so often and with large gardens you’re always in a state of perpetual remaking because you can’t do it just like that. You do it bit by bit.” This lack of sentimentality has enabled him to radically alter the four-acre Herefordshire

garden he created over 30 years ago with his late wife, the distinguished theatre designer Julia Trevelyan Oman. Far from preserving it as a tribute to her, he has taken out hedges they planted together and even removed her kitchen garden. “I only know one thing about my wife,” he says, “and that is that top of her priorities is that I should be happy. You can’t create a shrine, the results are fatal.” Sir Roy, 79, will be talking at Cheltenham Literature Festival about the redesign at The Laskett, a long, slow process started in 2005, two years after Julia’s sudden death from cancer. It began with the removal of some conifers and the thinning and reducing in height of other trees, opening up hitherto unseen vistas. There followed eight years of reshaping or removing hedges, the creation of new gardens and rethinking of the planting. The transformation was captured by photographer Clive Boursnell, who visited the garden every month for

eight years. His pictures form the basis of a book, Remaking a Garden: The Laskett Transformed, that outlines the journey. One of the areas to see the greatest change has been the former kitchen garden, now a formal parterre and a classical colonnade designed to shelter visitors; last month’s debut opening for the National Gardens Scheme drew 1,200 people. Elsewhere, a gravel area has replaced the overgrown ‘Nutcracker Garden’, named for Julia’s production for the Royal Ballet, cutting a swag in a yew hedge in the ‘Hilliard Garden’ has reinstated views of the V&A Temple and removing boundary hedges has given the garden new perspectives on the world outside. “I’ve been bringing in light and opening the garden by lowering hedges so you can see beyond to the Herefordshire landscape, which is beautiful.” It’s a complete contrast to the feel of the original, started in 1974 at the height of industrial unrest. “It was the most difficult period of my career with vast Government cuts,” recalls Sir Roy, who had just become Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum. “The garden at that stage was very inward looking.

“We were trying to create a private world of happiness against the unhappiness of the time.” While Julia was a knowledgeable plantswoman, Sir Roy “became a gardener” but both brought in their considerable design skills. “This garden is the product of a marriage.” It is also a record of their careers with the idiosyncratic naming of the different areas after events that influenced, or even paid for them, lending a humorous element. Hence the Pierpont Morgan Rose Garden was funded by lectures Sir Roy gave at the Pierpont Morgan Library while two walks named Die Fledermaus and Tatiana gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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magnifica. It’s a style that chimes with Sir Roy’s view that “you should make a garden from the heart”. Yet, this injection of self into the project should not stop you changing it. People, he believes, are paralysed when it comes to their gardens, reluctant to take out things they have planted. “I’ve just cut down a yew hedge I waited 35 years to train into an arch but I didn’t hesitate.” He is planning to leave The Laskett to the nation but has no wish for it to be

preserved unchanged. “You cannot keep a garden as it is,” he says. “The most important thing is that the person in charge can work within the spirit of the original creators. “That doesn’t mean nothing changes. It means having the courage to dig something up, throw it away and put in something new.” And his message to the Literature Festival audience? “Go home and chop something down.”

Catch this Sir Roy Strong will be talking about The Laskett to gardening writer Tim Richardson at Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 3 at noon. (www.cheltenham festivals.com) Remaking a Garden: The Laskett Transformed by Sir Roy Strong, photographs by Clive Boursnell, is published by Frances Lincoln Ltd, priced £30.

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This beautifully presented attached country house with gardens, stables and paddock has evolved into a wonderful home with space enough for any family. There is accommodation on three floors offering three receptions, five bedrooms and three bathrooms with adaptable accommodation on each level. Each room has its own character and there are charming and unique features throughout. This is definitely a house which needs to be seen to be appreciated. There are additional paddocks which can be rented if more land is required. EPC - E.

property details Location : Stone, Nr Berkeley Price : Guide Price ÂŁ750,000 Agent : Fine & Country Contact : 01242 220080

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A stunning home with elegant proportions overlooking a green. The flexible accommodation is set over three floors comprising, Reception hall, Drawing Room, Sitting room, Dining room, Kitchen, Master suite with en suite, Guest suite with snug and en suite, Two further bedrooms, Family bathroom and a Beautiful walled garden, Garage and Off road parking.

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property details Location : Cheltenham Price : ÂŁ850,000 Agent : Kingsley Evans Contact : 01242 222292

This fabulous, light and spacious Georgian family home has been recently extended and refurbished by the present owners who have created a home with a blend of contemporary and period charm. The property provides well proportioned accommodation with a flexible floor plan which enables you to use the rooms to suit your lifestyle. Accomodation comprises of 5 bedrooms, Kitchen/family room and family bathroom. To the rear the garden is private with a terrace, lawn and a lovely log cabin. Energy Rating D.

property details Location : Prestbury Price : ÂŁ635,000 Agent : Peter Ball & Co Contact : 01684 293161

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A spectacular barn conversion in this popular village between Stroud and Cheltenham. Accomodation comprises of 2 Reception rooms, Kitchen/ breakfast room, 4 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, Annexe with Bedroom, Garage, Enclosed private garden and Parking. EPC Rating D

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property details Location : Bisley Price : ÂŁ795,000 Agent : Stroud Office Contact : 01453 755552

An impressive and substantial Grade II Llisted Victorian country manor house having been sympathetically and beautifully restored by the current owners retaining many of its distinctive original features. The property dates back to 1854, five generations of families have had the privilege of enjoying the lifestyle it affords. Gardens and grounds of 14.5 ACRES.

property details Location : Tibberton Price : ÂŁ1,950,000 Agent : Steve Gooch Contact : 01531 820 844

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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

AUCTION

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18 Brunswick Square, Gloucester to go to Auction A substantial period property situated in one of Gloucester’s best locations is shortly to go under the hammer. 18 Brunswick Square is to go to auction with AMS Auctions at one of their regular property auctions on the evening of 8th October at Gloucester Rugby Club. The grade II listed property occupies an excellent location looking over Brunswick Square gardens in an area popular with both residential and commercial occupiers. Previously used as offices the building would suite continued office use or may also lend itself to conversion to residential use as apartments or even as a single dwelling, subject of course to gaining any necessary planning consents. Further details on the property and the auction are available from Kurt Wyman Surveyors on 01452 313347.

Business Centre Comes Of Age One of Gloucester’s most innovative and popular office parks is celebrating its 21st anniversary year. The Steadings Business Centre in Maisemore, originally developed from a range of Victorian farm buildings was one of the first rural office schemes to be developed locally. The Steadings benefits from high quality and distinctive buildings set within a pleasant rural environment, yet only a few minutes drive from Gloucester City Centre. From its inception, the owners were keen that ‘green issues’ and energy efficiency should be a high priority. Heating and hot water is fuelled by waste timber, a third of the sites electricity is supplied by solar panels and water is supplied by a borehole. As a result the site has been awarded the ‘Green Apple Gold Award’ for environmental best practice. There are currently a number of units available on the site ranging in size from 170 sq ft (15.79 sq m) to 2,335 sq ft (216 sq m). Contact Kurt Wyman Surveyors on 01452 313347 for further details or to arrange a viewing. ©LW

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TUESDAY Cotswold Auction Company St Barnabas Church Hall, Stroud Road, Gloucester. Antiq collectables and interiors. 10am This small Victorian painted rocking horse is estimated at £200/£400. Below: Interesting collectables include these twoTroika vases

Collecting is child’s play H AVING had a very successful September antique sale, Smiths Auction Rooms in Newent have emptied out and then filled up again in double quick time for their sale on Friday. In the course of two consecutive calls one day last week, more than 200 lots were catalogued for auction including a vast array of interesting collectables, a collection of antique silver and a number of items of fine china. The range of items included in the sale is very varied with a really good cross section of antiques such as a George III low dresser, a selection of Moorcroft, Worcester and Troika, a fine Regency porcelain tea service and a Victorian microscope estimated at £200/£300. Popular furniture items include a large Edwardian painted pine scullery cupboard, various bookcases, a George III tilt top table and a selection of chairs and occasional tables. A particularly small Victorian painted rocking horse is bound to attract interest from collectors and doting grandparents – it is estimated at £200/£400. A large number of silver items are on offer this sale including a fine Elkingtons oval serving bowl, a very @WeekendGlos

attractive silver rose bowl and a huge variety of smaller silver items ranging from enamel and silver compacts, cruet sets and Georgian cream jugs. Small collectables include a good selection of ink pens, an early 20th century pathologist’s kit and a group of three carved Meerschaum pipes in the form of a bird’s claw, a man’s face and a woman’s leg.

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WEDNESDAY Chorley’s Prinknash Abbey Park, Prinknash. Two-day sale of fine art, antiques, jewellery and silver. 1

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FRIDAY East Bristol Auctions Hanham Business Park, Memorial Road, Hanham. Games and automobiles, toys. 10.30am.

www.antiquecrystalchandeliers. co.uk Cheltenham Antique Chandeliers has 300-year-old/vintage chandeliers in stock, all rewired and fully restored. Sourced from England, Italy, France, Belgium and Holland. Find Cheltenham Antique Chandeliers at 54 Suffolk Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2AQ.Tel 01242 529812.

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If it’s good enough for Audrey Hepburn, it’s good enough for ROBIN BROOKS, who enjoyed a delightful visit to the south Devon coast

OTELS that stay in the memory long after you’ve checked out are almost always family run. They have character. The rooms are different. They reflect the way the owner likes things to be done. You feel like a guest, rather than a statistic on a corporate database. The illustrious Mrs B and I have stayed in some memorable family-run hotels and now we have another to add to the list. It’s a gem too. Soar Mill Cove Hotel sits above a secret sandy beach on the south Devon coast three hours down the M5 from Gloucestershire. The single storey building seems to grow out of the landscape, hunkered down, built from local stone and timber with full length windows from which to drink in the view. And what a view. The hotel has been owned and run by the Makepiece family since 1978, each of the three generations making their mark. This year the 22-room hotel has undergone refurbishment and additions have been made that include an indoor salt water swimming pool, which at a constant 86 degrees F is a delight, a gym, sauna, plus a new spa suite. On our recent stay the restaurant,

freshly decorated in seaside eggshell blue, was lively with people of all ages from little ones to those of riper years. It contrasted favourably with our stay not so long ago at an adults-only hotel where dinner times were like eating in the reading room of the British Museum. The four star Soar Mill Cove is popular with families, not only because there are family suites, but because there’s always something to keep the kids occupied. A beach for sandcastle making/ paddling/rockpooling is two minutes away, while there’s the swimming pool, tennis court, pitch and putt, or a trip to nearby Salcombe should such pleasures tickle the fancy. The hotel also serves a high tea especially for youngsters. Lots of walkers pop in for lunch, or a drink at the hotel’s café. The South West Coastal Path is at the end of the garden, or you can do as we did and explore the numerous footpaths that criss-cross the gentle Devon landscape. One walk took us to South Sands from where we boarded the ingenious sea tractor that decants passengers on to the ferry that then chugs up the estuary to Salcombe. All rooms and suites at the hotel have a private outdoor terrace with chairs and sun loungers. In the dark days of

winter ahead of us, I’ll think of sitting there, the sun setting on the evening sea, an untroubling breeze ruffling the agapanthus lilies in the hotel garden, debating whether to have the Start Bay scallops or the Soar Bay chowder from the evening menu, a pre prandial drink in prospect. Mrs B chose the Salcombe crab, I chose the chowder. The latter is a speciality that’s been on the menu for 35 years and having experienced it I can understand why. Another speciality is the strawberry and raspberry summer pavlova, which Audrey Hepburn enjoyed so much when she stayed at the Soar Mill Cove she asked for the recipe. It’s hard to imagine the delicate Ms Hepburn ever eating anything more robust than a small wafer. But I expect she was so pleased by the sights, sounds, smells and feel of her surroundings at the hotel that she thought she might as well tick the taste box by having pudding for a change. Mention of Audrey Hepburn reminds me that Mrs B visited the new spa while we were at the hotel and thought she’d embrace the seaside theme by having a seaweed facial. She emerged 45 minutes later. “How was it?” I asked. She replied that after cleansing, a special dried gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

The luxury Devon hotel is neatly nestled into the hillside; there are secluded suites for couples or family suites and an indoor swimming pool exclusivley for guests

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Address: Nr Salcombe, Devon TQ7 3DS Rates: From £159 per night for a Garden View room, including bed and breakfast, in low season Contact: 01548 561566/ www. soarmillcove.co.uk

seaweed recipe was mixed into a cooling gel then applied to her face. While this set and did its work, Shirley the beautician, gave her an Indian head massage. Mrs B said the whole business was relaxing and that she felt glowing. And I can vouch for the fact that she didn’t smell of seaweed. Having said that the Soar Mill is a favourite with families, it has a great deal to offer grown-ups too, particularly those who understand that there’s no shame in self indulgence from time to time. Head chef Ian MacDonald compiles the seasonally fresh menu for the award-winning two rosette restaurant from locally-sourced ingredients. Consequently at breakfast I was able to enjoy Salcombe Smokies, a discovery so successful I ordered them again the following morning to just make sure the first delicious encounter was no fluke. It’s difficult to imagine a more romantic and picturesque spot, so it’s appropriate that the hotel has a wedding @WeekendGlos

licence. Once again it covers all the options, whether a couple want a quiet hideaway to tie the knot, or a cracking venue for a large family knees up. One last word must be said about the staff at the Soar Mill Cove who are friendly, helpful and plainly happy in their work. Matt on the front desk had the cheerful knack of being able to provide a jug of milk to the lady who wanted some for her tea, while answering the telephone to a couple whose sat nav had packed up and were lost, giving me our room key and telling the barman which guest in the lounge had ordered the Martini cocktail – all at the same time, while smiling.

But then I suppose if you are fortunate enough to be in such splendid surroundings, it’s impossible not to be as happy as a sandboy.

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The Taxidermist’s Daughter Kate Mosse, Orion, £16.99

TWO years after Kate Mosse completed her Languedoc Trilogy, she returns with a love letter to her home village of Fishbourne, near Chichester, on the Sussex coast. It is 1912 and 22-year-old Connie Gifford lives with her father in Blackthorn House with her widowed, alcoholic father. He once owned a successful taxidermy museum, but stuffed animals, once loved by Victorians, are

Hopeful

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The Bone Clocks David Mitchell

now out of fashion and father and daughter live a strange, isolated life. Connie finds herself caught up in a web of mystery, secrets, blackmail and murder. Mosse’s homage to home is a delicious, gothic page-turner with an engaging heroine that will delight her fans.

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My Old Man’s a Busman

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Growing up in a London ‘guesthouse’ for sick Iranians could have provided stand-up comic Omid Djalili with a variety of different career paths – perhaps into the medical profession, languages or even social work. Either way, it would have seemed unlikely at the time that he would go on to have parts in Hollywood blockbusters like Gladiator, Sex AndThe City and The Mummy. Hopeful is a warm insight into the diverse life Djalili has had, charting the struggles of any youngster, along with the added pressure of trying to find his own cultural identity.

Award-winning author David Mitchell returns at his mind-bending best withThe Bone Clocks, his Booker Prize-nominated sixth novel. The English writer’s latest offering charts the life of protagonist Holly Sykes, from teenage runaway in 1980s Essex, to an elderly woman eking out a frugal existence in a not-toodistant future where Europe has run out of oil. The Bone Clocks is a metaphysical thriller whose themes are as ambitious as its genres are varied. Catch David at Cheltenham Literature Festival on Friday at 8.30pm.

Elmore Green is adored by his parents, he can watch whatever he chooses onTV and eat all his jellybeans by himself. But one day, all this changes, when a new small person arrives at his house, who knocks Elmore’s things over, follows him around and licks his prized jellybeans. Elmore’s animosity towards his brother continues until one night, he has a nightmare and the small person gets into his bed to comfort him. It’s heartwarming and funny by turns and beautifully illustrated. See Lauren at Cheltenham Literature Festival on October 11 at 4.30pm.

A fusion of family stories, encounters with celebrities and musings puts the last few decades under the spotlight in former Cheltenham resident Peter Gilbert’s book. This autobiography of an ‘ordinary everyman’ takes readers back to the classic cultures of yesteryear; from the excitement of settling down to watchTop of the Pops to cheering on England in World Cup football tournaments. The book sets out to be a humorous and nostalgic tale, with a generous smattering of celebrities, including Robbie Williams, Hazel O’Connor and Prince Andrew.

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LITERATURE FESTIVAL Celebrities from the world of literature, sport, film and gastronomy, will descend on Cheltenham from Friday onwards. Much-loved actress Judi Dench tops the bill. We chat with festival guest director Omid Djalili on page 58.

WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (12A) Out today, Cineworld, Cheltenham and Gloucester Quays Times and prices vary

STRIKE A LIGHT FESTIVAL

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THE EQUALIZER (15) Out today, Cineworld, Cheltenham and Gloucester Quays, Times and prices vary

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From sharing an intimate moment with Oliver Reed to being shot at by Irish Protestants, comedian Omid Djalili tells Jonathan Whiley about his instinct for survival

OR millions of people, Oliver Reed will forever be remembered as Hollywood’s foremost hellraiser; the actor who drank 106 pints over two days with chasers of Chanel No 5. For comedian Omid Djalili however, there are much more painful, personal and, dare I say, intimate memories that he’ll associate with the star. During filming on Oscar-winning epic Gladiator – Reed would die of a heart attack before the final cut – they shared a scene together in which Reed was required to punch Djalili’s slave trader. But instead, Reed decided to grab him by the balls and held on for three takes. “By take four, I became slowly and unnervingly aware of a massaging sensation,” says Omid who is guest director at this year’s Cheltenham Literature Festival. “The majority of the crew were from The Mummy, amazingly, and I’d stupidly mentioned I was scared of Oliver. “Ridley Scott said, ‘we’ve changed the script, I hope you don’t mind. He’s gonna grab your balls.’ I went, ‘Fine!’ You want to impress a big-time director so you get on with anything. I didn’t know it was all a set-up.” Even more bizarrely, the producers then decided that as he seemed game for a laugh, he could be a useful “bridge” to help lead actor Russell Crowe come out of his shell and relieve tension on set. But it backfired when Crowe misinterpreted Omid’s friendly advances. “He thought the producers

assumed he was gay and had sent me as a gay guy to befriend him. “It was the way I said, ‘We’ll take off our shirts, play a bit of pool...’” It’s one of several showbiz anecdotes in Omid’s autobiography Hopeful – he hangs out with Brad Pitt in Morocco and injures himself trying to show off in front of Kate Winslet. The A-list tales are only a small part of what is a fascinating life story and for Omid, their inclusion was used to make a wider point. “I didn’t want the book to be a celebrity memoir but I’ve put in a couple of meaningful stories,” he says. “The Kate Winslet story is a lesson in pacing yourself socially. I came out of the social blocks quickly because I wanted everyone to like me. “It was a feverish need for attention fuelled by neurosis and paranoia.” It’s the first of many pearls of wisdom from the 48-year-old throughout our interview and his thoughts on the perils of celebrity culture – and whether it will end – provide food for thought. “It will never end because we are living celebrity culture in our lives without even knowing it,” he says. “It’s an unconscious thing.” The crux he argues, is that we all have a friend who in our own world – because of money or popularity – is something of a celebrity. “It’s the model of Western Society; everybody is jostling and everybody is nervous and neurosis is everywhere,” the father-of-three says. “Nobody feels good enough, everyone feels they need to be better because of celebrity culture and a

friend who you believe is better than you.” The son of Iranian parents, Omid grew up in a large flat in London’s Kensington district where his parents ran a “sort of guest house” for fellow Iranians seeking medical care in the UK. He retook his A-levels four times before finding himself at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland at the height of The Troubles. “I was aware of The Troubles but I was amazed at how much hatred there was between the two factions,” he says. “It was quite disturbing. You would go in the university toilet, I’ll never forget on my first day, there was a Union Jack and someone had smeared their own excrement all over it.” He also had a near-death experience on one occasion when he was shot at by drunken Protestants. Having earned himself a 2:1 in humanities, he auditioned unsuccessfully for 16 drama schools and drove limousines for the likes of Arab royalty around London for a decade to make ends meet. Having spent much of his life in the capital, he admits that from a young age he developed a survival instinct. “There was a lot of people, a lot of multi-culturalism and you grow up with this real sense of survival. “I will have no hesitation at all if I’m in traffic in London and an ambulance will shoot through, to follow the ambulance.” “Only Londoners understand that but if you speak to people outside London and they say ‘you do what?’. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

“A policeman stopped me in Derbyshire and he said ‘do you really think it’s morally right to take advantage of someone’s suffering and I said ‘that’s my wife in the ambulance’. “To people in London, that’s normal and that’s having a sense of humour.” Although now best known for his stand-up, he only came to it aged 30 and even now – almost two decades later – he’s still learning things about himself. “There is something about me that’s very impatient. You see it in my comedy, I get to the gag. “I see these lyrical comics in Ireland who can talk for hours and I say f****** just get to the joke. “I’m trying to calm down but I think it’s a curse.” In his book, he reveals he “craved the limelight” from a young age, which was spurred on, in part, by his mother’s visit to a psychic, who predicted that her third child would @WeekendGlos

be “known throughout the world.” The title of his autobiography Hopeful he tries to convince me, is simply a translation of his name. “My name, Omid, means hope in Iran,” he says. “It’s a shame that Djalili means less,” he says before letting out a great big belly laugh. “I might bring that joke back.” The real reason, however, is much more profound. “I came across an obscure Winston Churchill quote that said success is failure after failure but with no loss of enthusiasm,” he says. “And I think that is the essence of hope.” He adds that he was delighted, yet surprised, to be asked to take on the role of guest director in Cheltenham. “I was utterly shocked,” he says. “But I immediately started bossing everyone around and took over and now I think I’m a big pest to everyone. “I’m cancelling people, booking my mates, I think they’ll regret it.”

On a more serious note, he is delighted at the prospect. “It really is a wonderful exchange of ideas,” he says. “As a stand-up comedian we are all neanderthals talking about our bollocks and doing dick jokes. This is a lovely, welcome change.” Omid is so likeable, funny and engaging that it’s one of those interviews you never want to end. Does he feel the same about his stand-up career – can he ever imagine calling it a day? “The fear is that you become obsessed with your own health,” he says of growing old. “I was brought up to believe work is worship so I worry that the day I stop working is probably the day I’ll die pretty quickly.” Omid appears at The Times Forum in Montpellier Gardens, Cheltenham, on Thursday, October 9. For tickets, call 08448 808094.

comedy JON RICHARDSON, THE CENTAUR, CHELTENHAM RACECOURSE THE stand-up comic and TV panel regular – you can catch him on Channel’s 4 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown – makes a stop in Cheltenham tomorrow as part of his Nidiot tour. Having made a name for himself with his obsessive compulsive personality, grumpiness and pessimism, Jon has recently found true love. It’s formed part of his current three-part series, Jon Richardson Grows Up, in which he has to face up to the adult realities of mortgages and marriage with the help of his friend Matt Forde. Tickets for his show cost £21.50 and are available at www.cheltenham.co.uk

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WHIP-CRACKING her way to Cheltenham, singing star Jodie Prenger steps into the cowboy boots of Calamity Jane on stage at the Everyman Theatre. The I’d Do Anything winner hitches on her gunbelt to take on the role of the Deadwood sure-shot who can outrun and outshoot any man. In the role made famous by Doris Day in the 1953 movie, Jodie joins a cast of actor/musicians in this new production that comes to the Everyman on Tuesday for five nights. Hard, boastful and desperate to impress, Calamity Jane travels to Chicago to recruit a star, Adelaide Adams, for the Deadwood Stage. But things don’t go too smoothly for Calamity, as everyone in town favours the new girl and she struggles to keep her jealousy and pride in check. Calamity Jane is a dream role for Jodie, who says she has been singing the award-winning Secret Love for many years. “It’s always been a song I have loved, so it’s great finally to be able to sing it in this musical,” she said. “So many people know the songs from the musical and I hope they will be singing along in the audience.” Calamity Jane runs from Tuesday to Saturday, with performances at 7.45pm and 2pm. Tickets cost from £28 to £36 from 01242 572573.

A FEAST of ground-breaking drama and dance continues to light up Gloucester. The Strike A Light Festival brings exciting and challenging performances to the city aimed at people of all ages. The festival kicked off on Thursday with a launch night at the OlympusTheatre with events scheduled to take place until Monday. Today sees Kings Walk Shopping Centre host three free events -–The Incredible Book Eating Boy, The Incredible Book Making Workshop and Folk In a Box. The Incredible Book Eating Boy tells the tale of Henry, a boy who loves to eat books, and realises the more books he eats, the smarter he gets. An Open Conversation tomorrow at the Olympus

Theatre sees guest speakers discussing what role the arts community plays in conflict through performance. Ballad OfThe Burning Star follows, with multi-award winningTheatre Ad Infinitum examining the life of an Israeli man called Israel, who executes a story of victimhood, persecution, aggression and love. The festival comes to a close on Monday with Gloucester – Culture Matters? at Blackfriars Priory, where residents can discuss how art and culture can make a place unique and help build strong communities and meaningful lives. Tickets for the performances range from £3 to £7 and can be bought from Gloucester Guildhall box office on 01452 503050.

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THE SUBWAYS, GLOUCESTER GUILDHALL EXCITING live band The Subways take Gloucester by storm next week with their explosive rock sound. Renowned for their wild stage performances, the three-member band will be performing their new single My Heart Is Pumping to a Brand New Beat to an audience at the Guildhall gig

on Thursday night. Back in 2005, with an average age of just 16, Billy, Charlotte and Josh crashed on to the international music scene with their now cult debut album Young for Eternity. The Subways play at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £10. Call 01452 503050. gloucestercitizen.co.uk/weekend gloucestershireecho.co.uk/weekend

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Cornish Coast in St Ives October 6th ~ 4 nights from £299

Malvern Autumn Show* Sunday September 28th ~ £30

Dirty Dancing Wolverhampton Grand Wednesday October 8th ~ £59

Blackpool Illuminations Sat Oct 4th & Sun Oct 26th ~ £24

Disney On Ice NIA, Birmingham Saturday October 25th ~ £45

Abergavenny Market Tuesday October 7th ~ £17

Top Hat Bristol Hippodrome Tuesday November 25th ~ £59

National Memorial Arboretum & Lichfield Friday October 10th ~ £18

Birmingham Tattoo NIA, Birmingham Saturday November 29th ~ £45

Weston-super-Mare Carnival Friday November 7th ~ £17

The Nutcracker Birmingham Hippodrome Saturday December 6th ~ £59

Craft for Xmas, NEC* Saturday November 8th ~ £28

White Christmas London Thursday December 18th ~ £65

Children (15 and under) receive a discount of £5 on all our Day Trips. * Entry included.

Children (15 and under) receive a discount of £10 on all our Theatre Trips.

Isle of Wight in Sandown October 13th ~ 4 nights from £359 Blackpool Illuminations October 31st ~ 3 nights from £199 Devon Turkey & Tinsel in Sidmouth November 4th ~ 4 nights from £365 Thursford Christmas Spectacular in Cromer December 2nd ~ 4 nights from £449 Sussex Christmas in Eastbourne December 23rd ~ 4 nights from £539

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Family of four - only £46 (2nd child goes free!!)

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Saturday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 10.00 Saturday Kitchen Live (S). 11.30 The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice (R,S,HD). 12.00 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) 12.10 Football Focus (S,HD). 12.50 Saturday Sportsday (S). 1.00 Sailing: World Championship Highlights (S,HD). 2.00 Live Cycling: Road World Championships (S,HD). 4.00 Final Score (S,HD). 5.20 Celebrity Mastermind (R,S,HD). 5.50 Regional News (S,HD)

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6.15 Film: Magnificent Doll (S). (1946) ●● 7.45 Film: The Island at the Top of the World (S,HD). (1974) ●●● 9.15 The Trials of Life (R,S,HD). 10.10 The Trials of Life (R,S,HD). 11.00 Map Man (R,S). 11.30 South Africa Walks (R,S). 12.00 Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: Talking Pictures (R,S). 12.50 Film: Swing Time (S). (1936) ●●●●● 2.30 Film: Strictly Ballroom (S,HD). (1992) ●●●● 4.00 Live Cycling: Road World Championships (S,HD). 5.00 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 CITV. 9.25 The Hungry Sailors (R,S,HD). 10.25 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.25 ITV News (S); Weather 11.30 Film: The Mirror Crack’d (S,HD). (1980) ●●●● 1.35 The X Factor (R,S,HD). The search for a star continues at Wembley Arena. 2.35 Film: Field of Dreams (S,HD). (1989) Baseball fantasy, with Kevin Costner and Ray Liotta. ●●●● 4.30 The X Factor (R,S,HD). The six-chair challenge begins. 5.35 Off Their Rockers (R,S,HD).

Channel 4

6.10 How I Met Your Mother (R,S,HD). 6.35 Trans World Sport (S). 7.30 The Grid (S). 7.55 The Morning Line (S,HD). 9.00 Weekend Kitchen (S,HD). 10.00 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 10.30 Frasier (R,S). 11.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 12.30 The Simpsons (R,S). 1.00 Gadget Man (R,S,HD). 1.30 Channel 4 Racing (S,HD). Live coverage of races at Newmarket and Market Rasen. 4.10 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 10.00 Access. 10.10 Never Teach Your Wife to Drive (R,S,HD). 11.10 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (R,S,HD). 12.10 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (R,S,HD). 1.10 Storage: Flog the Lot! (R,S,HD). 2.15 Film: Cromwell (S,HD). (1970) Historical drama, starring Richard Harris and Alec Guinness. ●●●● 5.00 Film: The Long Ships (S,HD). (1963) Viking adventure, starring Richard Widmark and Sidney Poitier. ●●

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6.05 Regional News (S); Weather 6.15 ITV News (S); Weather 6.30 New You’ve Been Framed! (S). 1/18. New series.

6.15 Come Dine with Me (R,S,HD). 70/140. A hairdresser hosts the final dinner party in Wakefield. 6.45 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 Strictly Come Dancing (S,HD). 2/14. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman host the second of this weekend’s live shows, in which the remainder of the couples take to the floor.

6.00 Restoring England’s Heritage (S). Historic buildings in the east of England in need of restoration. 6.30 Gardeners’ World (R,S,HD). 26/31. 7.00 Flog It! Trade Secrets (S,HD). 18/30. 7.30 Hilary Mantel: Case Histories (S,HD). The author chats about her new collection of short stories.

7.00 The Chase: Celebrity Special (S,HD). 5/8. Bradley Walsh hosts.

7.15 Sarah Beeny’s Double Your House for Half the Money (R,S). 8/10. Adding more space to a tiny cottage in Bow Brickhill near Milton Keynes.

7.30 5 News Weekend (S,HD) 7.35 World War II in Colour (R,S,HD). 3/13. Britain remains defiant after the retreat from Dunkirk.

8.00 The X Factor (S,HD). 10/22. The six-chair challenge continues in the second of three boot-camp shows, as the hopefuls battle it out for places at the judges’ houses stage of the contest. Dermot O’Leary hosts.

8.10 Grand Designs (R,S). 4/10. Kevin McCloud follows an architect’s project to build a house out of shipping containers, welded together to form a giant cross and cantilevered on the family farm in Co Derry.

8.30 The Patriot (S). (2000) Action adventure, with Mel Gibson and Heath Ledger. ●●●

9.20 Through the Keyhole (S,HD). 5/7. Craig Charles, Fearne Cotton and Dave Berry make up this week’s panel as Keith Lemon tours mystery properties and challenges them to guess the identities of the famous homeowners.

9.15 End of Watch (S,HD). (2012) Premiere. Two Los Angeles cops get in over their heads when they stumble on evidence that could bring down a drug cartel. Crime thriller, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena. ●●●

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6.05 Pointless Celebrities (S,HD). 6/10. With famous faces from the world of theatre.

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8.00 Dad’s Army (R,S). 9/13. Jones loses a £500 donation. 8.30 Golf: The Ryder Cup (S,HD). Highlights of day two from the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire.

9.15 Casualty (S,HD). 4/46. A wedding ends in disaster when the floor collapses.

10.05 The National Lottery Live (S). 10.30 Margin Call (S,HD). (2011) Premiere. An executive 10.15 BBC News; Weather (S,HD) dismissed from an investment 10.30 Match of the Day (S,HD). Gary bank leaks news of an Lineker presents highlights of impending crisis, which soon the latest Premier League spreads throughout the clashes. Followed by National company. Drama, starring Lottery Update. Kevin Spacey. ●●●●

10.20 ITV News (S); Weather 10.35 Shaun of the Dead (S,HD). (2004) An aimless man decides to get his life back on track just as zombies start to roam the streets of London to feast on the living. Comedy horror, with Simon Pegg. ●●●●

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8.30 Doctor Who (S,HD). 6/12. The Time Lord goes undercover at Clara’s school.

12.05 The Football League Show (S). Highlights of the latest games in the Championship, League One and League Two. 1.25 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 1.30 BBC News (S,HD).

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12.10 TOTP2 (R,S). Performances by Culture Club and Deep Purple. 1.10 Film: X the Unknown (S). (1956) Hammer sci-fi horror, starring Dean Jagger. ●●● 2.30 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

World War II in Colour, 7.35pm

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

11.25 Rude Tube (R,S,HD). 1/8. Alex Zane presents a countdown of 50 viral clips of merry mishaps, including a parallel parking fail marathon and the infamous Wealdstone Raider.

11.35 Lost Heroes of World War One (R,S). 1/5. Archived interviews telling the story of the conflict.

12.25 Alan Carr: Chatty Man (R,S). With Lionel Richie, Nick Grimshaw, Jessie J and Ella Eyre. 1.20 Film: Hot Rod (S,HD). (2007) Comedy, starring Andy Samberg. ●● 2.50 Homeland (R,S,HD). 3.40 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Omnibus. Nico is suspicious as Sienna remains missing. 5.50 NFL: Rush Zone (S).

12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Age Gap Love: He’s 70, She’s 37 (R,S,HD). 4.00 House Doctor (R,S). 4.25 Make It Big (R,S). 4.50 Make It Big (R,S). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.30 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.35 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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Sunday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 7.30 Match of the Day (R,S,HD). 9.00 The Andrew Marr Show (S,HD) 10.00 Sunday Morning Live (S,HD). 11.00 Sunday Politics (S). 12.15 MOTD2 Extra (S,HD). 1.00 BBC News (S,HD) 1.15 Bargain Hunt (R,S). 2.15 Escape to the Country (S,HD). 3.15 The Great British Bake Off (R,S,HD). 4.15 Points of View (S,HD). 4.30 Songs of Praise (S,HD). 5.10 Deadly on a Mission: Pole to Pole (S,HD). 5.40 Pointless Celebrities (R,S,HD).

FILM RATINGS

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BBC2

6.00 Countryfile (R,S,HD). 7.00 Great British Garden Revival (R,S,HD). 8.00 Gardeners’ World (R,S,HD). 8.30 The Beechgrove Garden (S,HD). 9.00 The Football League Show (R,S). 10.20 Saturday Kitchen Best Bites (S). 11.50 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook (R,S,HD). 12.20 Rick Stein’s Mediterranean Escapes (R,S,HD). 1.20 Live Cycling: Road World Championships (S,HD). 4.00 Canoe Slalom: World Championship Highlights (S,HD). 5.30 Rugby League: Super League Play-Offs (S,HD).

ITV

6.00 CITV. 9.25 ITV News (S) 9.30 Dickinson’s Real Deal (R,S). 10.25 Murder, She Wrote (R,S,HD). 11.25 ITV News (S); Weather 11.35 Film: Carry On Girls (S). (1973) ●● 1.15 Film: Fletch Lives (S,HD). (1989) Comedy sequel, starring Chevy Chase. ●● 3.00 The X Factor (R,S,HD). The six-chair challenge continues. 4.15 Downton Abbey (R,S,HD). Thomas gives Baxter an ultimatum. 5.45 All Star Family Fortunes (R,S,HD).

Channel 4

6.15 British F3 (R,S). 7.05 Ironman Wales (S). 7.35 NFL: The American Football Show (R,S,HD). 8.30 Everybody Loves Raymond (R,S). 9.00 Frasier (R,S). 9.30 Sunday Brunch (S). 12.30 George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces (R,S,HD). 1.30 The Big Bang Theory (R,S,HD). 2.55 Film: She’s the Man (S,HD). (2006) ●●● 5.00 Channel 4 News (S) 5.30 American Football Live at Wembley (S,HD).

Channel 5

6.00 Milkshake!. 9.55 Access. 10.00 Police Interceptors (R,S). 10.55 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 11.50 Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 12.45 Ultimate Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). 1.45 Film: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (S,HD). (2009) ●●● 3.30 Film: Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco (S,HD). (1996) ●● 5.10 Film: Paul Blart: Mall Cop (S,HD). (2009) Comedy, starring Kevin James. ●●●

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6.30 Jungle Atlantis (R,S,HD). 1/2. Part one of two. The rise and fall of the medieval city of Angkor in Cambodia.

6.35 Regional News (S); Weather 6.45 ITV News (S); Weather

7.00 Countryfile (S,HD). The programme plays host to One Man and His Dog, the contest showcasing the skills and traditions of sheepdog training and handling.

7.30 Golf: The Ryder Cup (S,HD). Highlights of day three from the Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire.

7.00 Sunday Night at the Palladium (S,HD). 3/6. Jack Whitehall hosts the variety show.

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9.00 Our Girl (S,HD). 2/5. Molly strikes up a friendship with a young Afghan girl, in spite of Capt James’ warnings against becoming too involved with the locals, threatening her ability to remain impartial.

10.00 Regional News (S,HD) 10.30 Match of the Day 2 (S,HD). Featuring highlights of West Bromwich Albion v Burnley.

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8.00 Antiques Roadshow (S,HD). 3/27. A return visit to Kirby Hall in Northamptonshire, where items include Art Deco enamel, a toy football team, a stuffed dog, a Venetian drug jar and an elaborate carved chair.

10.00 Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (S). (2009) Premiere. Biopic of punk singer Ian Dury, focusing on the impact his rise to fame and volatile personality had on his relationship with his son. With Andy Serkis and Bill Milner. ●●●

8.00 The X Factor (S,HD). 11/22. As the boot-camp triple bill concludes, the 24 remaining acts know they have to raise their game to stand out at the forthcoming judges’ houses stage of the competition.

8.00 Operation Maneater (S,HD). 2/3. Mark Evans explores attempts to stop polar bears attacking locals on the shores of Hudson Bay, Canada, including an aerial drone early warning system and a loudspeaker deterrent.

9.00 Downton Abbey (S,HD). 2/8. Robert faces a difficult decision, Thomas’s meddling threatens Baxter’s friendship with Molesley, Lord Merton continues his hot pursuit of Isobel, and Mary risks her reputation.

9.00 Magic Mike (S,HD). (2012) Premiere. A male stripper teaches a young dancer the tricks of the trade, and introduces him to his hedonistic world. Comedy drama, starring Channing Tatum and Matthew McConaughey. ●●●●

11.20 Flightplan (S). (2005) A woman 11.55 The Children (S,HD). (2008) A 11.15 Premiership Rugby Union on board a flight with her (HD). Highlights of the latest family Christmas at a remote daughter wakes up to find the top-flight fixtures. cottage turns deadly when a girl has disappeared – but no virus transforms the children one else remembers having into bloodthirsty killers. Horror, seen her. Thriller, with Jodie starring Eva Birthistle. ●●● Foster. ●●●

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1.15 Sign Zone: Countryfile (R,S). Matt Baker hears about a Second World War bomber that crashed on Dartmoor. 2.10 Holby City (R,S). Serena struggles to cope with her increasingly volatile mother. 3.10 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

Police Interceptors, 10am

7.05 5 News Weekend (S,HD) 7.10 10,000 BC (S,HD). (2008) A young mammoth-hunter crosses the wilderness to rescue his lover and fellow villagers from slave raiders. Prehistoric fantasy adventure, starring Steven Strait and Camilla Belle. ●●

9.00 Gone in 60 Seconds (S,HD). (2000) A veteran car thief is forced to pull off an extremely complex heist to save his brother from the gangster holding him hostage. Thriller, starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie. ●●

10.05 ITV News (S); Weather 10.20 I Married the Waiter: Love in the Sun (R,S,HD). Stories of enduring holiday romances.

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9.30 Mock the Week (R,S,HD). 9/14. With Rob Beckett, Milton Jones, Romesh Ranganathan and Holly Walsh.

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12.10 The Store. Home shopping. 2.30 Motorsport UK (HD). Highlights from Knockhill. 3.20 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences. 4.05 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

11.15 Indecent Proposal (S,HD). 11.15 Bangkok Dangerous (S,HD). (1993) A penniless couple (2008) A hitman in Thailand accept $1million for the wife to questions his way of life, while sleep with a billionaire, but his employer plots to have him their marriage suffers as a killed when his work is done. result. Drama, starring Robert Action thriller remake, with Redford. ●●● Nicolas Cage. ●● 1.20 American Football Live (S,HD). Dallas Cowboys v New Orleans Saints (Kickoff 1.30am). 5.00 Ironman Wales (R,S). Highlights of the race in Pembrokeshire. 5.25 Win It Cook It (R,S,HD). Hosted by Simon Rimmer. 5.55 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). Beat-the-banker game show.

12.55 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 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). 5.20 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.30 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.35 Angels of Jarm (R,S). 5.40 Roary the Racing Car (R,S). 5.50 Roary the Racing Car (R,S).

Mondayâ&#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 (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 (S,HD).

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BBC2

6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.05 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 7.50 Caught Red Handed (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: The Housing Enforcers (R,S). 9.05 Russiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lost Princesses (R,S). 10.05 Animal SOS (R,S). 10.35 Click (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 Daily Politics Conference Special (S) 1.00 Fred Dibnahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World of Steam, Steel and Stone (R,S). 1.30 Celebrity MasterChef (R,S,HD). 2.15 Ready Steady Cook (R,S,HD). 3.00 The Life of Mammals (R,S). 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys (R,S,HD). 4.30 Pressure Pad (S,HD). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With Gareth Thomas. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Real Deal (S,HD). David Dickinson and the team arrive in Wilmslow, Cheshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.45 Will & Grace. 7.10 The King of Queens. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.30 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed. 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). Officers track a gang of burglars. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Deadly Honeymoon (S). (2010) Mystery, starring Zoe McLellan. â&#x2014;?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). 14/21. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Finnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s trial begins, and Ste feels the pressure while supporting John Paul.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Phoebe is upset with Casey about Josh moving in. 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). 49/100. Quiz, hosted by Dermot Murnaghan. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; It Takes Two (S,HD). New series. Zoe Ball looks back at the first two live shows. 7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 14/20. Actors Christopher Timothy and Patrick Robinson hunt for antiques in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). A woman turns up with shocking news for Jimmy and Nicola. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Neil tells Andrea and Lloyd he is leaving the country for good.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 The Gadget Show (S,HD). The team creates an assault course to test four leading pressurewashers. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). Phil and Sharon prepare to wed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; only for events to conspire against them. 8.30 Born Asleep: Panorama (S,HD). Doctorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; claims they can lower the UKâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stillbirth rates.

8.00 University Challenge (S,HD). 11/37. Student quiz. 8.30 Only Connect (S,HD). 5/27. A team of coders takes on a trio of video-game enthusiasts.

8.00 The Undriveables (S,HD). 3/6. A matchmaker and a motorcyclist get behind the wheel. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Kylie pours her heart out to Eva.

8.00 Jamieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Comfort Food (S,HD). 5/6. A hearty fish pie, gnudi and hummingbird cake. 8.30 Gadget Man (S,HD). 6/8. Richard Ayoade tackles property conundrums with the help of gadgets.

8.00 Ultimate Police Interceptors (S,HD). An armed assailant leads officers from Lincolnshire Policeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s specialist team on a wild goose chase, while a pursuit takes an explosive turn when a driver takes out a gas main. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 New Tricks (S,HD). 7/10. The team reopens the case of a pub landlord killed in a fire, officially ruled as suicide. The veterans wonder why, however, his live-in barmaid disappeared on the same night.

9.00 Horizon: Is Your Brain Male or Female? (S,HD). Michael Mosley and Alice Roberts use a team of human guinea pigs and a troop of Barbary monkeys to examine new research that suggests menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s and womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brains are wired differently.

9.00 Cilla (S,HD). 3/3. A failed attempt to crack the US, a tempestuous relationship with Bobby and the unravelling of Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s private life all threaten to derail Cillaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success. Last in the series.

9.00 24 Hours in Police Custody (S). 1/5. New series. This documentary from the makers of 24 Hours in A&E follows the work of Bedfordshire Police round-the-clock. A man is arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder.

9.00 Too Tough to Teach? (S,HD). 1/2. Part one of two. Documentary following the stories of five boys with severe and complex behavioural problems who attend Ian Mikardo High School in Bromley, east London.

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10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 Never Mind the Buzzcocks 10.20 Jon Richardson Grows Up (S). 10.00 Under the Dome (S,HD). 6/13. (S,HD). New series. Rhod Gilbert 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 3/3. On the final leg of his road Barbie and Sam are trapped takes over as host as the trip, the comedian explores while investigating a 10.40 The Chase (R,S,HD). Bradley comedy music quiz returns. parenthood as he and Matt mysterious tunnel. Walsh presents as four Forde are challenged to look 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Evan Davis 10.55 The Terminator (S,HD). (1984) contestants answer general after a virtual baby and a reports from the Conservative A cyborg from the future is sent knowledge questions and work toddler football team. Last in Party conference. Followed by back in time to kill a woman as a team to take on ruthless the series. Weather. whose unborn son is destined quiz genius the Chaser. to save the human race. Sci-fi 11.40 Goodwood Revival 2014 11.25 NFL: The American Football 11.20 Today at Conference (S). thriller, with Arnold (S,HD). Steve Rider and Show (S,HD). Highlights from News from the second day of Schwarzenegger and Linda Amanda Stretton present the fourth week of the NFL the Conservative Partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual Hamilton. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? highlights of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only campaign. gathering. vintage motor racing event set 11.50 Long Shadow (R,S,HD). 1/3. totally in the glamorous postwar years. 12.50 Sign Zone: Scrappers (R,S). Terry and Lyndsay Walker head off on a luxury holiday to Tenerife. 1.20 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

12.40 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 UEFA Champions League Weekly (R,S,HD). 3.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 4.10 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.20 Film: Ship of Theseus (HD). (2012) Premiere. Drama, starring Aida Elkashef. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 3.00 Mammon (HD). Peter realises that his brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s involvement runs deeper than first feared. 3.55 Sarah Beenyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Selling Houses (R,S,HD). 4.45 Kirstieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vintage Gems (R,S,HD). 5.05 The Million Pound Drop (R,S).

12.50 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (S). 1.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 James Bulger: Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worst Crimes (R,S,HD). The murder of the two-year-old in 1993. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Great Scientists (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Rip Off Britain (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 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 (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

6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.05 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 7.50 Break-in Britain â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The Crackdown (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: The Housing Enforcers (R,S). 9.05 Natural World: Attenboroughâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Fabulous Frogs (R,S). 10.05 Food & Drink (R,S). 10.35 HARDtalk (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics Conference Special (S) 1.00 Fred Dibnahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s World of Steam, Steel and Stone (R,S). 1.30 Celebrity MasterChef (R,S,HD). 2.15 Ready Steady Cook (R,S,HD). 3.00 The Life of Mammals (R,S). 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys (R,S,HD). 4.30 Pressure Pad (S,HD). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With guest Charlie Lawson. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Real Deal (S,HD). The team visits Barnsley in South Yorkshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.45 Will & Grace. 7.10 The King of Queens. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.30 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). A couple search for a second home in Portugal. 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed. 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 Ultimate Police Interceptors (R,S,HD). An armed assailant leads officers on a wild goose chase. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S,HD). 3.15 Film: Class (S). (2010) Romantic drama, starring Jodi Lyn Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe and Justin Bruening. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;? 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 50/100. Quiz, hosted by Dermot Murnaghan. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing â&#x20AC;&#x201C; It Takes Two (S,HD). With Zoe Ball.

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 15/21. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Darren finds comfort from an unexpected source.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Andy admits to Casey that he still owes $5,000 to his suppliers. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Live chat and topical reports. 7.25 EastEnders (S,HD). The wedding day revelations continue at the Vic. Followed by BBC News.

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 15/20. Journalist Sian Williams and weather presenter Carol Kirkwood embark on a quest to unearth collectibles in Essex.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 Meerkat Manor (R,S,HD). 4/13. Pregnant Kinkajoo becomes the groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dominant female. 7.30 The Secret Life of Pets (S,HD). Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Holby City (S,HD). 51/52. The day of Harryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hearing arrives, with a vengeful Raf determined to destroy his rivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career once and for all. Elliot makes plans for retirement, and Dominic is feeling lonely.

8.00 The ÂŁ100K House: Tricks of the Trade (S,HD). 5/6. Kieran Long and Piers Taylor help a woman who needs more space now that her fiance has moved in and advise a charity worker on building her dream kitchen.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Jimmy struggles over the news Juliette is pregnant. 7.30 Live UEFA Champions League (S,HD). Manchester City v AS Roma (Kick-off 7.45pm). Adrian Chiles introduces coverage of the matchday two Group E fixture from the Etihad Stadium.

8.00 Posh Pawn (S,HD). Prestige boss James Constantinou meets an entrepreneur friend in Spain about a ÂŁ100,000 loan on a luxury yacht, while a widow considers parting with her late husbandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vintage car.

8.00 Sarah Payne: Britainâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Worst Crimes (S,HD). The abduction and murder of eight-year-old Sarah Payne in 2000, and her motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s subsequent campaign to protect other children from convicted paedophiles. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 The Driver (S,HD). 2/3. Vince is beginning to feel way out of his depth, and as wife Ros becomes increasingly suspicious of what he is up to, he tries to piece his family back together by visiting son Tim.

9.00 The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane (S,HD). 4/4. Construction manager Mark Sutton oversees the ÂŁ190million redesign of Catthorpe Interchange, which links the M1 and A14 to the start of the M6. Last in the series.

9.00 Ramsayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Costa del Nightmares (S). 2/4. Gordon Ramsay heads for Capbreton in south-west France, where he discovers management issues, a bloated menu, massive overheads and chaotic leadership in a coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s restaurant.

9.00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (S,HD). 18/22. A man is found unconscious in a suburban house and claims that the homeowners hired him to do odd jobs, but that they left a month ago with their two children and never returned.

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10.00 Later Live â&#x20AC;&#x201C; with Jools Holland (S,HD). 3/8. Featuring Wimbledon singer-songwriter Jamie T. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Evan Davis reports from the Conservative Party conference. Followed by Weather.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 Gogglebox (R,S). 1/12. Return of the weekly TV review 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather programme, which captures 10.40 UEFA Champions League the householdsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; instant Highlights (S,HD). Action from reactions to what they are tonightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fixtures in matchday watching. Narrated by Caroline two. Aherne.

10.00 Secrets & Lies (S,HD). 2/6. Ben finds an unlikely ally when he presents Jess with compelling evidence suggesting her ex-husband Paul could be the killer, and he decides to track him down.

11.35 Honeymoon in Vegas (S,HD). (1992) A private detective races against the clock to win back his fiancee after losing her as a betting stake in a card game. Romantic comedy, with Nicolas Cage. â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?â&#x2014;?

11.20 Today at Conference (S). News from the third day of the Conservative Partyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual gathering. 11.50 Horizon: Is Your Brain Male or Female? (R,S,HD).

11.40 Life of Ryan: Caretaker 11.00 Educating the East End (R,S). Manager (R,S,HD). Focusing on 4/8. Headmistress Ms Smith, Ryan Giggsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; four matches in deputy Miss Hillman and charge of Manchester United at English teacher Mr Bispham the end of last season. have to find a multitude of ways to engage with pupils.

11.00 The NCIS Movie: Enemies (R,S,HD). 8&9/24. Featurelength episode. Ziva confronts her past when the team is ordered to protect her father.

1.10 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 1.15 BBC News (S,HD).

12.50 Sign Zone: Hotel India (R,S). The lives of staff and guests at the Taj Mahal Palace in Mumbai. 1.50 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes. 4.00 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD).

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

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12.00 Poker (S). 12.55 NFL: Hard Knocks (S). Documentary following the Atlanta Falcons. 1.55 KOTV Boxing Weekly (S). 2.25 Ironman Wales (R,S). 2.50 Trans World Sport (R,S). 3.50 The Grid (R,S). 4.15 British F3 (R,S). 4.45 SuperScrimpers (R,S,HD). 5.00 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

12.35 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (S). 1.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Armed & Dangerous: Caught on Camera (R,S,HD). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Great Scientists (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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Wednesday’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

6.00 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S,HD). 7.00 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 7.45 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (R,S,HD). 8.15 Sign Zone: The Housing Enforcers (R,S). 9.00 Operation Stonehenge: What Lies Beneath (R,S). 10.00 Penguins on a Plane: Great Animal Moves (R,S). 11.00 Daily Politics Conference Special (S) 1.00 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 1.30 Celebrity MasterChef (R,S,HD). 2.15 Ready Steady Cook (R,S,HD). 3.00 The Life of Mammals (R,S). 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys (R,S). 4.30 Pressure Pad (S,HD). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD). 5.55 Party Political Broadcast (S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With comedian John Bishop. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). David Dickinson and the team visit Ilkeston, Derbyshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.45 Will & Grace. 7.10 The King of Queens. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.30 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed. 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). An army veteran who was attacked with a knife. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: They Come Back (S). (2007) Supernatural drama, starring Mia Kirshner. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

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Sarah Beeny’s Double … 8pm

The Nightmare Neighbour … 8pm

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 16/21. Moe joins an online dating agency. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). A nervous Ste takes to the witness box.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Sophie turns Nate against Leah. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Matt Baker and Alex Jones present the live magazine show. Followed by BBC News.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 51/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). How the contestants are shaping up for Saturday. 7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 16/20. Gloria Hunniford and Angela Rippon embark on a hunt for collectibles around Kent and Sussex.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Kylie heads back to her old neighbourhood to find Max’s dad.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 Police Interceptors (R,S). South Yorkshire Police’s interception unit pursues an armed drink-driver through a graveyard. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 The Great British Bake Off (S,HD). 9/10. The bakers demonstrate their patisserie skills in the semi-final, coming up with the Greek pastry baklava, the German multilayered cake schichttorte and two French entremets.

8.00 Long Shadow (S,HD). 2/3. David Reynolds looks at how the First World War gave birth to an age of turbulent mass democracy, polarising much of continental Europe between right and left in the 1920s and 30s.

8.00 Celebrity Squares (S,HD). 4/6. Jonathan Ross, Louis Walsh, Christine Bleakley, Adam Hills, Jimi Mistry, Ellie Taylor and Louise Hazel join regulars Tim Vine and Joe Wilkinson in the grid. Warwick Davis hosts.

8.00 Sarah Beeny’s Double Your House for Half the Money (S). 9/10. A Birmingham couple take a huge gamble with their plan for a double-height extension.

8.00 The Nightmare Neighbour Next Door (S,HD). A dispute with the residents of a mobile home leads to a man being attacked with a hammer, and a woman decides to tackle a dog mess problem in her council block. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Our Zoo (S,HD). 5/6. George’s dream is shattered when planning permission for the zoo is denied, until he receives a lifeline from Lady Katherine, who offers to use her Whitehall connections to help.

9.00 This World: Rwanda’s Untold Story (S,HD). Documentary examining the events surrounding the Rwandan genocide of 1994, investigating President Paul Kagame’s role in it and his claims to have ended the killings.

9.00 Scott & Bailey (S,HD). 4/8. When a woman is found dead in a hotel room, a series of personal ads on a website look like they might hold the answer. Meanwhile, a speeddating night leaves Janet unfulfilled.

9.00 Grand Designs (S,HD). 5/10. A couple build a shed-like family home and workspace at an old milk yard in south-east London, but their choice of unconventional, industrial-style materials proves challenging.

9.00 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away (S,HD). 3/8. Paul and Steve have to call in the police after opening a locked wooden case they find while carrying out an eviction notice at a flat in London’s Docklands.

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

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10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather 10.40 Through the Keyhole (R,S,HD). 5/7. Craig Charles, Fearne Cotton and Dave Berry make up this week’s panel.

10.00 The Paedophile Hunter (S). Documentary following online vigilante Stinson Hunter and his associates, who pose as children on social networking sites to draw out men they suspect are sexual predators.

10.00 Wentworth Prison (S,HD). 5/12. Bea persuades Linda to lie about seeing Simmo’s daughter with Brayden, while Franky tries to recruit Maxine to be her bodyguard, promising to help with her case.

11.05 Cocaine Capital of the World: Stacey Dooley Investigates (S,HD). 1/3. New series. Previously shown on BBC3.

11.20 Today at Conference (S). News from the final day of the Conservative Party’s annual gathering. 11.50 The Motorway: Life in the Fast Lane (R,S,HD). 4/4. Last in the series.

11.40 The Undriveables (R,S,HD). 3/6. A matchmaker and a motorcyclist get behind the wheel.

11.05 999: What’s Your Emergency? (R,S,HD). 9/10. How Blackpool’s emergency services deal with incidents involving people visiting the town.

11.10 Never Teach Your Wife to Drive (R,S,HD). Three women learning the rules of the road from their partners.

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

12.50 Sign Zone: Who Do You Think You Are? (R,S). Martin Shaw tries to find out more about his mysterious grandfather. 1.50 Doctor Who (R,S). The Time Lord goes undercover at Clara’s school. 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. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S,HD). Guests air their differences.

12.05 Music on 4: Four to the Floor (S,HD). 12.30 Undercover Boss Canada (S,HD). 1.30 Film: The Good Road. (2012) Premiere. Drama, starring Keval Katrodia. ●●● 3.05 Film: The Sons of Katie Elder (S,HD). (1965) Western, starring John Wayne. ●●●● 5.05 Sarah Beeny’s Selling Houses (R,S,HD).

12.05 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (R,S,HD). 12.45 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (S). 1.15 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Police Interceptors (R,S). 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Great Scientists (R,S). 4.45 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

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10.00 The Great British Bake Off: 10.00 BBC News (S,HD) An Extra Slice (S,HD). 9/10. 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed Including an interview with by National Lottery Update. tonight’s eliminated baker. 10.35 A Question of Sport (S,HD). 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented 36/36. With Danny Care and by Evan Davis. Followed by Hannah Miley. Last in the series. Weather.

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Thursday’s Television Guide BBC1

6.00 Breakfast (S,HD) 9.15 Rip Off Britain (S,HD). 10.00 Homes Under the Hammer (S,HD). 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 ●●●●● Excellent ●●●● Very good ●●● Good ●● Average ● Poor

BBC2

6.05 Homes Under the Hammer (R,S). 7.05 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 7.50 Break-in Britain – The Crackdown (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: The Housing Enforcers (R,S). 9.05 Escape to the Continent (R,S). 10.05 Gardeners’ 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 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 1.30 Celebrity MasterChef (R,S,HD). 2.15 Ready Steady Cook (R,S,HD). 3.00 The Life of Mammals (R,S). 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys (R,S,HD). 4.30 Pressure Pad (S,HD). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). With guest Sheree Murphy. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). The team visits Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.45 Will & Grace. 7.10 The King of Queens. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.30 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed. 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 Storage: Flog the Lot! (R,S,HD). Four more trucks arrive bearing mysterious cargo. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). 3.15 Film: Love Will Keep Us Together (S). (2010) Drama, starring David James Elliott. ●●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Paul O’Grady … 8.30pm

Location, Location, Location, 8pm

Dallas, 11pm

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 17/21. Bart tries to win the affections of a girl at his school. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD). Robbie is questioned in court.

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Chris tries to kiss Denny. 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). Shirley, Phil and Sharon face off – ending in a gunshot. Followed by BBC News.

6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 52/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Fanzine devoted to the ballroom dancing show. 7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 17/20. Robert Powell and Liza Goddard hunt for antiques in and around Stratford-upon-Avon.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). 7.30 When Interest Rates Rise: Tonight (S,HD). Joel Hills investigates the expected increase in mortgage repayments.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S)

7.00 The Gadget Show (R,S,HD). The team creates an assault course to test four leading pressure-washers. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 Your Home in Their Hands (S,HD). 2/3. Amateur interior designers come to the rescue of two couples whose homes are plagued by unpapered walls and unfinished DIY projects. Presented by Celia Sawyer.

8.00 Jungle Atlantis (S,HD). 2/2. Part two of two. The experts discover a sophisticated network of roads and canals that reveal the true scale and splendour of the abandoned medieval megacity of Angkor.

8.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Zak fears the worst when he visits Lisa in hospital. 8.30 Paul O’Grady: For the Love of Dogs (S,HD). 5/11. The comedian meets a former breeding dog too scared to leave its kennel.

8.00 Location, Location, Location (S). 8/8. Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer guide prospective buyers through the complex world of viewings and agents. Last in the series.

8.00 Benefit House: Me & My 22 Kids (R,S,HD). This edition of the programme focuses on large families who depend on the benefits system, including an Ipswich couple who have 13 children. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Who Do You Think You Are? (S,HD). 9/10. Comedian Billy Connolly traces his family tree, travelling in the footsteps of his army ancestors from his home town of Glasgow to India, where he makes an extraordinary discovery.

9.00 Peaky Blinders (S,HD). 1/6. New series. The period drama returns as Thomas tries to expand his empire into the south of England, but an enemy from his past looks set to stand in his way. Cillian Murphy stars.

9.00 Blenheim Palace: Great War House (S,HD). Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes tells the stories of the men and women above and below stairs at the stately home, whose lives were changed for ever by the First World War.

9.00 Educating the East End (S). 5/8. Three boys at different stages of their school lives – a boy who plays truant, a rap music lover who often gets into trouble and a band member experiencing panic attacks.

9.00 No Foreigners Here – 100% British (S,HD). 1/3. New series. Following the lives of the residents of Manchester suburb Cheetham Hill, identified by the 2011 census as being one of Britain’s most ethnically diverse areas.

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10.00 Mock the Week (S,HD). Quiz show, with Dara O Briain. 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented by Laura Kuenssberg. 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). 3/6. Jack Whitehall hosts the variety show.

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

11.20 Ian Paisley Obit (S,HD).

11.40 River Monsters (R,S,HD). 2/10. 11.35 24 Hours in Police Custody Jeremy Wade investigates (R,S). 1/5. This documentary America’s killer catfish. from the makers of 24 Hours in A&E follows the work of Bedfordshire Police round-theclock.

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

12.20 This World: Rwanda’s Untold Story (R,S,HD). 1.20 Sign Zone: Born Asleep: Panorama (R,S). 1.50 Live Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix – First Practice (S,HD). 3.40 This Is BBC Two (S). 3.55 BBC Learning Zone (R,S,HD). 5.55 Live Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix – Second Practice (S,HD).

12.10 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 When Interest Rates Rise: Tonight (R,HD). Joel Hills investigates the expected increase in mortgage repayments. 3.20 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Text-based information service. 5.05 The Jeremy Kyle Show (R,S). Guests air their differences.

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12.50 One Born Every Minute USA (S,HD). 1.45 Dogs: Their Secret Lives (R,S,HD). 2.40 Operation Maneater (R,S,HD). 3.35 Unreported World (R,S). 4.00 Phil Spencer: Secret Agent (R,S,HD). 4.55 Kirstie’s Vintage Gems (R,S,HD). 5.05 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD).

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10.00 Scrotal Recall (S). 1/6. New 10.00 Mummy’s Little Murderer series. Comedy about a (R,S,HD). Documentary using twentysomething with a newly covert police recordings and diagnosed STI. surveillance footage to examine the events surrounding the 10.30 Bouncers (R,S,HD). 3/3. The murder in 2011 of Emily police face crowd-control issues Longley by her boyfriend Elliot in Colchester. Last in the series. Turner.

11.00 Dallas (S,HD). 5/15. Sue Ellen tries to rein in John Ross. 11.55 Access.

12.00 SuperCasino. Live interactive gaming. 3.10 Too Tough to Teach? (R,S,HD). Part one of two. An east London high school for boys with behavioural problems. 4.00 Wildlife SOS (R,S). 4.20 Great Scientists (R,S). 4.50 House Doctor (R,S). 5.10 House Doctor (R,S). 5.35 House Doctor (R,S).

The Spanish Riding School of Vienna

Back by public demand Departing Nov 2014 Our price includes • Return coach travel • One night’s bed & continental breakfast accommodation in a good hotel in the Greater London area • A ticket for the Spanish Riding School of Vienna at Wembley Arena • The services of a tour manager

Friday’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).

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BBC2

7.35 Saints and Scroungers (R,S,HD). 8.20 Sign Zone: The Housing Enforcers (R,S). 9.05 The £100K House: Tricks of the Trade (R,S). 10.05 Sweets Made Simple (R,S). 10.35 The Travel Show (S,HD). 11.00 BBC News (S,HD) 11.30 BBC World News (S,HD) 12.00 Daily Politics (S) 1.00 Cash in the Attic (R,S). 1.30 Celebrity MasterChef: The Final (R,S,HD). 2.15 Ready Steady Cook (R,S,HD). 3.00 The Life of Mammals (R,S). 4.00 Great British Railway Journeys (R,S,HD). 4.30 Pressure Pad (S,HD). 5.15 Flog It! (R,S,HD).

ITV

6.00 Good Morning Britain (S,HD). 8.30 Lorraine (S). 9.25 The Jeremy Kyle Show (S,HD). 10.30 This Morning (S). 12.30 Loose Women (S,HD). Topical debate from a female perspective. 1.30 ITV News (S); Weather 1.55 Regional News (S) 2.00 Dickinson’s Real Deal (S,HD). 3.00 The Alan Titchmarsh Show (S,HD). 3.59 Regional Programme (S). 4.00 Who’s Doing the Dishes? (S,HD). 5.00 The Chase (S,HD).

Channel 4

6.00 Countdown (HD). 6.45 Will & Grace. 7.10 The King of Queens. 8.00 Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.00 Frasier. 10.30 Undercover Boss Canada (HD). 11.30 Four in a Bed (HD). 12.00 Channel 4 News Summary 12.05 Four in a Bed (HD). 2.10 A Place in the Sun: Summer Sun (HD). 3.10 Countdown (HD). 4.00 Deal or No Deal (HD). 5.00 Four in a Bed. 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 Never Teach Your Wife to Drive (R,S,HD). Three women learning the rules of the road from their partners. 1.15 Home and Away (S,HD). 1.45 Neighbours (S,HD). 2.15 NCIS (R,S). A woman is buried alive. 3.15 Film: Sub Zero (S). (2005) Action adventure, starring Costas Mandylor. ●● 5.00 5 News at 5 (S,HD) 5.30 Neighbours (R,S,HD).

Alan Carr: Chatty Man, 10pm

Storage: Flog the Lot!, 8pm

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6.00 Eggheads (S,HD). 53/100. Quiz show, hosted by Jeremy Vine. 6.30 Strictly Come Dancing – It Takes Two (S,HD). Analysis of the couples’ progress.

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

6.00 The Simpsons (R,S,HD). 18/21. Homer suffers the consequences of trying to copy a fire-eater. 6.30 Hollyoaks (S,HD).

6.00 Home and Away (R,S,HD). Phoebe warns Chris to stay away from Denny. 6.30 5 News Tonight (S,HD)

7.00 The One Show (S,HD). Hosted by Matt Baker and Alex Jones. 7.30 A Question of Sport (R,S,HD). With Danny Care and Hannah Miley. Last in the series. Followed by BBC News.

7.00 Celebrity Antiques Road Trip (S,HD). 18/20. Natasha Kaplinsky and Michael Buerk embark on a quest to unearth collectibles in Sussex.

7.00 Emmerdale (S,HD). Rakesh encourages Zak to sue Jai. 7.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Liz tells Eileen that Jim is blackmailing her into visiting him.

7.00 Channel 4 News (S) 7.30 Unreported World (S). 2/8. How thieves have infiltrated Vietnam’s dog-meat trade.

7.00 World War II in Colour (S,HD). This episode looks at Hitler’s plans to push his forces into the Soviet Union. Followed by 5 News Update.

8.00 EastEnders (S,HD). The dust settles on the shooting. 8.30 Would I Lie to You? (S,HD). 4/8. With Miles Jupp, Heston Blumenthal, Emilia Fox and Ed Byrne.

8.00 Mastermind (S,HD). 8/31. 8.30 Lorraine Pascale: How to Be a Better Cook (S,HD). 4/6. The food writer helps a man who lacks the patience to prepare his own meals.

8.00 Gino’s Italian Escape: A Taste of the Sun (S,HD). 5/6. Gino D’Acampo travels through the landscape of Tuscany. 8.30 Coronation Street (S,HD). Eileen urges Liz to tell Ken and Deirdre that Jim is blackmailing her.

8.00 Stars at Your Service (S,HD). New series. As part of the Stand Up to Cancer fundraising campaign, this series gives viewers the chance to book some of Britain’s best-loved celebrities for any bespoke service.

8.00 Storage: Flog the Lot! (S,HD). One dealer tries to shift a truckload of vintage toys, while another attempts to buy two of the world’s most iconic firearms for an astonishing amount of cash. Followed by 5 News at 9.

9.00 Have I Got News for You (S,HD). 1/10. New series. Jennifer Saunders hosts as the comedy news quiz returns. 9.30 Big School (S,HD). 5/6. Mr Church and Mr Gunn try to smuggle a dead body out of the school.

9.00 Tom Kerridge’s: Best Ever Dishes (S,HD). 1/6. New series. The chef demonstrates how to make classic British food even better. 9.30 Gardeners’ World (S,HD). 27/31. Monty Don offers advice on planting onions and garlic.

9.00 The X Factor (S,HD). 12/22. As the judges’ houses stage begins, the remaining 24 acts jet off to glamorous destinations around the world to compete for places in the live shows. Dermot O’Leary hosts.

9.00 Gogglebox (S). 2/12. Capturing the households’ instant reactions to what they are watching on TV from the comfort of their own sofas. Narrated by Caroline Aherne.

9.00 Body of Proof (S,HD). 3/13. Megan and the team discover that a 17-year-old girl who suffered a fatal heart attack had been subjected to an exorcism, performed at the request of her father. Dana Delany stars.

10.00 BBC News (S,HD) 10.25 Regional News (S). Followed by National Lottery Update. 10.35 The Graham Norton Show (S,HD). 2/13. With Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Luke Evans and Lenny Kravitz.

10.00 ITV News at Ten (S) 10.00 QI (S,HD). 1/18. New series. 10.00 Alan Carr: Chatty Man With Sarah Millican, Ross Noble 10.30 Regional News (S); Weather (S,HD). 4/15. The host is joined and Colin Lane. by Liverpudlian comedian John 10.40 The Job Lot (S,HD). 2/6. Trish Bishop ahead of his new 10.30 Newsnight (S,HD). Presented pulls out all the stops to impress Supersonic arena tour. by Laura Kuenssberg. a hot-tub company boss.

10.00 NCIS (R,S,HD). 5/24. A coastguard officer is found dead on board an abandoned cargo ship. 10.55 NCIS (R,S,HD). 6/24. A Navy lieutenant dies of overhydration.

11.25 Live at the Apollo (R,S,HD). 6/6. With Lenny Henry, Mike Wilmot and Tommy Tiernan.

11.00 Weather (S) 11.05 Never Mind the Buzzcocks (R,S,HD). Rhod Gilbert takes over as host as the comedy music quiz returns. 11.35 Later – with Jools Holland (S,HD). 3/8.

11.10 The Nutty Professor (S,HD). 11.05 Jon Richardson Grows Up (1996) A shy, overweight (R,S). 3/3. On the final leg of his professor invents a potion that road trip, the comedian transforms him into a slim, explores parenthood. Last in loud-mouthed charmer. the series. Comedy remake, starring Eddie Murphy. ●●●●

11.50 True Crimes: The First 72 Hours (S). 34/45. Solving cases across Canada and America.

12.10 EastEnders (S,HD). Omnibus. Phil and Sharon prepare to wed. 2.05 Weather for the Week Ahead (S). 2.10 BBC News (S,HD). 5.00 Live Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix – Qualifying (S,HD). Suzi Perry presents the battle for pole position (Starttime 6.00am).

12.40 Film: My Year Without Sex (S). (2009) Comedy drama, with Sacha Horler and Matt Day. ●●● 2.10 This Is BBC Two (S). 2.55 Live Formula 1: Japanese Grand Prix – Third Practice (S,HD). 4.05 Sign Zone: Question Time (R,S). 5.05 This Is BBC Two (S). Preview of upcoming programmes.

12.55 Jackpot247. Interactive gaming. 3.00 The Jeremy Kyle Show USA (R,S). The host takes his successful talk show stateside. 3.45 ITV Nightscreen (HD). Textbased information service.

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12.05 Film: Wall Street (S,HD). (1987) Oscar-winning drama, starring Michael Douglas. ●●●●● 2.05 Boss (S,HD). 3.05 Anna & Katy (R,S,HD). 3.35 The Inbetweeners USA (S,HD). 4.00 Very Important People (R,S,HD). 4.25 Win It Cook It (R,S,HD). 4.50 Deal or No Deal (R,S,HD). 5.45 Close

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Prague Christmas Markets

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final word COLUMNIST SALI GREEN

VERY morning I peel a carrot for my son’s lunchbox. Some days he even eats them. I am limited as to what raw veg he will accept as a healthy snack because the choice is between carrot and cucumber, and most days he refuses cucumber (which may even be a fruit for all I know) so we are left with the carrot option. While carrot-peeling this morning I started to think of a subject to write about. We haven’t covered meditation yet have we? The concept of meditation originated in India around 1500BC and gradually spread to China, Israel and most other parts of the world in the centuries that followed. There are many types of meditation, some of the best known being Zen, Taoist and Buddhist forms. It can also be combined and flow well with other practises such as yoga and, as I have learnt, can be done in all sorts of situations – even housework. Upon Googling, meditation is explained in many definitions. Here are some: ‘A state of deep peace that occurs when the mind is calm and silent.’ Freemeditation.com ‘Meditation is a means of transforming the mind using techniques that encourage and develop concentration, clarity, emotional positivity and a calm seeing of the true nature of things.’ The Buddhist Centre. ‘A variety of mental disciplines used to induce specific modes or states of consciousness. An individual trains the mind, either to realise some benefit or as an end in itself.’ Wikipedia. ‘Meditation means awareness. Whatever you do with awareness is meditation. Watching your breath is meditation; listening to the birds is meditation. ‘As long as these activities are free from any other distraction to the mind, it is effective meditation. ‘Meditation is not a technique but a way of life. Meditation means ‘a cessation of the thought process. It describes a state of consciousness, when the mind is free of scattered thoughts and various patterns.’ Health & Yoga. Liking the sound of this higher state of consciousness,

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some friends and I began a small weekly meditation group and we are already loving how it has transformed our daily lives. Once the dog has stopped scratching and pacing around and licking itself, quiet prevails and our teacher Sharon takes us off on a journey of the mind and imagination. It is so peaceful that Jo actually fell asleep at this week’s session and produced some mild snoring noises. We all feel a little spaced out and floaty after the meditation and come back next time with positive stories of how it has affected our routines, clarity and relationships. We have decided to stick at it. After all, meditation is the way to world peace . . . .

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What would you eat?

I’d probably take a picnic or food with me and find somewhere pretty to stop and eat lunch and then after a day hiking or cycling, it would be nice to wind down with a glass of wine and a nice meal. Some of the ‘Capanna’ (mountain huts) in Switzerland have a chef and the food can be really good using the local ingredients.

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What would you drink?

Water to keep hydrated during the day, then in the evening I’d normally have wine with dinner and if I’m in Switzerland or in Italy, dinner often finishes with a local liqueur such as Grappa or Nocciolino and some gelato or espresso coffee.

NICOLE COOKE

How often do you get to experience your ideal weekend?

I feel lucky that even on a normal weekend I can usually do some sport which takes me into the countryside and leaves me energized, and I’m happy to explore things close to home if I’ve only got a day spare.

Cyclist and Olympic gold medallist How would you describe your ideal weekend?

I would want to feel both relaxed and energised ready for the week ahead with some great memories to remember it by.

Who would you spend it with? With friends and family, the more we are the merrier!

What would you read?

If I am exploring somewhere new, then I’d probably read a travel guide or a novel based in the region. Otherwise, some good classics like Wodehouse always put me in a good mood with their light humour.

What are your favourite things to watch on TV?

I don’t watch a lot ofTV, perhaps the news, films or the odd series on DVD and I enjoyed the recent Sherlock series. I also like watching nature documentaries and finding out about the natural world. I watch a bit of sport every now and again.

If you could go anywhere for the weekend, where would you go?

I enjoy exploring new places. It would either be an active weekend hiking or cycling in the mountains or a city break to go to museums and shows. In the UK, I like the Gower, Brecon Beacons and the Malverns, and if I could go abroad, I’d go to Switzerland where I lived during my cycling career as there will always be somewhere new to explore with spectacular views wherever you look, either hiking or on the mountain bike. @WeekendGlos

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