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1. Lesser spotted Potter
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 29 December 2004A new documentary about Dennis Potter, marking the 10th anniversary of his death, was screened by BBC2 on Christmas Day.
2. Phantom unmasked
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 22 December 2004ACTOR Gerard Butler says that auditioning for composer Andrew Lloyd Webber was the most nerve-wracking experience of his life.
3. TRIED AND TESTED FORMULA STILL GETS THEM LAUGHING
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 22 December 2004Aladdin, Yvonne Arnaud, Guildford, until January 9
Yvonne Arnaud’s festive offering is a simple and traditional pantomime which uses the tried and tested formula aimed mainly at children — but then, that is what Christmas is all about.
4. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS ONE
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 22 December 2004Christmas with the Kranks (PG)
Stars: Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd
Director: Joe Roth
Luther (Tim Allen) and Nora (Jamie Lee Curtis) are your bog-standard typical American family.
5. BLONDIE'S DATE WITH READING IS BACK ON TRACK
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 22 December 2004Blondie, live at the Reading Rivermead, Friday, November 25
BY STEVEN HUGHES
Almost as if they knew it would burn a sour hole in The Beat’s annual review of the year, Blondie’s management has announced the star will fulfil her cancelled 2004 gig next year.
6. Down to earth look at top-flight aviator
Get Bracknell, Tuesday 21 December 2004WINGING IT – Leonardo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes with Cate Blanchett as Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator
7. Sorry children, but the butler’s done it...
Get Bracknell, Thursday 16 December 2004A COUPLE of years ago, Kathy Burke and Harry Enfield did a comedy sketch where Wayne and Waynetta Slob won the Lottery jackpot.
8. All aboard with Tom
Get Bracknell, Thursday 16 December 2004FANCY seeing Tom Hanks as Florence Nightingale? Well, now you can thanks to an amazing new breakthrough in movie technology.
9. JAZZED-UP JONNY BRINGS HIS TALENTED BAND TO JAGZ
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 15 December 2004By Steven Hughes
THE vibrant London jazz scene will be spreading to Ascot next week when up-and-coming saxophonist Jonny Boston brings his band to Jagz.
10. Most important song or worst single ever?
Get Bracknell, Wednesday 8 December 2004Do They Know It’s Christmas? has been described as the worst song ever written – it may also be, as co-writer Bob Geldof claimed, the most important song in the history of pop music.