1. Hanging around this half-term?

Deep in the Bracknell forest, you can banish those winter blues by going for a swing through the trees.

2. ‘It sounds like a Guy Ritchie film mixed with Shakespeare’

Rehearsals haven’t yet begun, but soon South Hill Park will receive the premiere of an intense and dramatic Steven Berkoff play based on a classic Greek tragedy. Will it be all right on the night?

3. Also showing: Things We Lost In The Fire (15)

After Audrey Burke’s husband Brian is killed in a random act of violence, she turns to Jerry Sunborne, a down-and-out addict who has been her husband’s close friend since childhood.

4. Crittenden deserved to go, says new boss

BYRON WALTON admitted Justin Amey had no choice but to dismiss Adam Crittenden after the midfielder “barged” into the referee which marred his first game in charge as manager of Bracknell Town in the Southern League Division One (South & West).

5. Jasik and Rocky give Bees edge

BRACKNELL BEES were indebted to Peter Jasik at one end and Gregg Rockman at the other for stretching their winning streak to four games, according to player-coach Dwight Parrish.

6. Raising a glass to the return of Happy Hour

COMEDY on ITV has perked up of late, with the return of Al Murray’s Happy Hour alongside the new improvisation show Thank God You’re Here.

7. Also showing: Sweeney Todd - The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (18)

Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter team up for this Tim Burton-directed film based on the classic Stephen Sondheim Broadway musical about a Victorian barber intent on revenge.

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9. Designer classics

IN A world of interior indulgence and extravagance, those wishing to take themselves back to basics may have found a home.

10. Familiar faces put in unfamiliar places

BASED on an Australian show that’s been franchised to our shores, Thank God You’re Here is somewhat reminiscent of classic comedy like Whose Line Is It Anyway?