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As if by magic . . .

As if by magic . . .

9:33am Friday 3rd April 2009

LEGENDARY magician and entertainer Paul Daniels is coming to Central Studio this month – and he’s looking forward to weaving his magic in front of a Basingstoke audience again.

Heading back for seconds

Heading back for seconds

10:40am Sunday 8th March 2009

Light Lounge Three on Thursday

Jane's plain excited to be back in town

Jane's plain excited to be back in town

9:40am Friday 6th March 2009

SHE’S been dazzling audiences across the country, and now national treasure Jane McDonald is heading to The Anvil.

Why Drew's into herself

Why Drew's into herself

2:00pm Wednesday 18th February 2009

IT ALL started out as a line from an episode of Sex And The City, when Carrie’s date Jack Berger gave Miranda some straight-talking relationship advice.

Girls' night out with Lesley and friends

Girls' night out with Lesley and friends

9:00am Tuesday 10th February 2009

A NEW musical, starring Lesley Joseph and Sam Kane, is popping into The Mayflower theatre, Southampton for two nights only next month.

Mum's the word...

Kate Winslet

6:30pm Tuesday 3rd February 2009

KATE Winslet has already won a Golden Globe and is nominated for a Bafta for her portrayal of 1950s housewife April Wheeler in Revolutionary Road, in cinemas now. The British actress talks about working with her husband Sam Mendes and former Titanic co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.

Oh, Danny Boyl-e-wood

Oh, Danny Boyl-e-wood

12:56pm Thursday 22nd January 2009

BRITISH director Danny Boyle reveals why he loved shooting the Oscar-hyped Slumdog Millionaire in Mumbai and what it was like working with the all-Bollywood cast.

Martha still has us all Dancing in the Street

Martha still has us all Dancing in the Street

3:40pm Monday 19th January 2009

WITH Motown’s 50th anniversary on the horizon Martha Reeves talks about her time with the iconic label

Ricky Gervais reveals all about Ghost Town

Ricky Gervais reveals all about Ghost Town

3:44pm Monday 20th October 2008

AS SOON as the first series of The Office aired to great acclaim in the UK back in 2001, Ricky Gervais was inundated with film roles - and he turned them all down.

Top Titanic exhibition opens in Basingstoke

A postcard from the time of the Titanic

1:13pm Monday 20th October 2008

AN EXHIBITION which was voted one of the top five in the country by The Times has just taken up residence at Milestones, Hampshire’s Living History Museum in Basingstoke.

George Lucas talks about Star Wars: The Clone Wars

George Lucas talks about Star Wars: The Clone Wars

12:36pm Thursday 16th October 2008

Questions and answers with the star director.

Rainn Wilson is The Rocker

Rainn Wilson is The Rocker

3:49pm Tuesday 14th October 2008

IT IS every teenage boy’s dream: becoming a rock god, playing on stage to an audience of screaming teenage girls.

Shia LaBeouf talks about Eagle Eye

Shia LaBeouf

3:33pm Tuesday 14th October 2008

HOLLYWOOD’s hottest young actor Shia LaBeouf has had an exciting year.

Emma takes control of role

Emma Thompson (centre) as Lady Marchmain in Brideshead Revisited

10:53am Monday 13th October 2008

British period film veteran Emma Thompson talks to JOANNE MACE about how she managed to relate to her role as Lady Marchmain, and how she enjoyed filming at one of England’s most historic properties

Keira Knightley on The Edge of Love

Keira sings the blues

4:46pm Wednesday 2nd July 2008

THE Edge of Love is about the friendship and complicated love lives of four young people in the Second World War; Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, his wife Caitlin, Dylan's childhood friend Vera Phillips, and her husband William Killick, a war hero.


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