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1. Out with James C
Get Bracknell, Friday 31 May 2002With one foot planted deeply in the thick undergrowth of the surreal and the other set down in clubland, the Turntable Hell crew arrived at 21 South Street last Tuesday with malevolent intent.
2. Patrick portrays politician with a past
Get Bracknell, Friday 31 May 2002A true son of the Thames Valley, actor Patrick Malahide is at Oxford Playhouse next week, playing an ageing Irish politician with a murky past.
3. Bottom burps get bigger
Get Bracknell, Friday 31 May 2002CHILD STARS Rupert Grint and Bruce Jones have certainly been working hard over the past fortnight promoting this Roald Dahl-inspired tale for children, popping up just about everywhere in a cleverly-executed campaign designed to promote the kids as mischievous miscreants, armed with a whoopee cushion and uncooperative retorts.
4. Fest is the best
Get Bracknell, Friday 31 May 2002Tickets for this year’s Reading Festival are selling faster than last year, and that means another sell-out weekend looks guaranteed.
5. Winning the Star Wars
Get Bracknell, Thursday 30 May 2002Stars Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones topped the American box office with £41 million over the four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend.
The GEORGE LUCAS-directed saga, starring EWAN McGREGOR, NATALIE PORTMAN and HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN, has taken £138 million since it opened in the States.
6. The farce show in village
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 29 May 2002AN EFFICIENT young bank manager finds his life turned upside down when the arrival of an order of Swedish “glassware” at his branch coincides with a visit from the senior manager, a policeman and a bank inspector.
7. So did cowboy actor commit a MURDER?
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 29 May 2002ON June 22, 1929, Alfred Oliver, a tobacconist, was murdered in his shop in Cross Street, Reading.
The crime itself was straightforward — robbery with violence — but the case made national headlines.
8. Sue’s Boyce-strous about Ayckbourn play
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 29 May 2002Happiness for Sue Holderness is working on stage with her old Only Fools And Horses partner John Challis – who plays Boycie in the TV series – in an Alan Ayckbourn comedy.
9. Hoping the sun makes a show-ing
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 28 May 2002Organisers will be praying that the sunshine is set to make an appearance over Rivermead this weekend as the venue plays host to the Reading Hosptials’ Show.
10. Boom-bang-a-bang! Eurovision was fun
Get Bracknell, Monday 27 May 2002Terry Wogan’s normally witty and droll quips during the Eurovision Song Contest (BBC1 Saturday) seemed less barbed than in previous years.