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Celebs in Beds (and Herts and Bucks!)
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there a hint of a split at the Grand Prix Ball? |
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Many
celebs turned up in Beds, Herts and Bucks in 2004. Here's a chance
to re-live the interviews with some of those who we managed to catch
up with! |
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JANUARY
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 After
being a singer in a girl band by way of panto, touring with
Lily Savage and being Shane Ritchie's sister-in-law, Linda
Nolan was having the time of her life in Blood Brothers.
She told us why?
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FEBRUARY
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 When
the popular celebration of comedy double act Morecambe and
Wise arrived in High Wycombe, we spoke to Eric
Morecambe's son Gary about life with a comedy king
in Harpenden and how The Play What I Wrote came about.
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 Sean
Jones
wanted the part of Mickey in Blood Brothers so much, not only
did he write to producer Bill Kenwright asking for an audition,
he even considered becoming an Everton fan! We spoke to him
and his fellow 'brother' Drew
as the show visited Milton Keynes. |
The
actor Sam
Kane put us in a spin when he arrived in the area
to play Billy Bigelow in Carousel! |
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MARCH
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 Othello,
King Lear and Hamlet rolled into one with a touch of Delboy
from Only Fools and Horses. That's how Simon
Callow described his role in The Holy Terror.
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 Hollywood
superstar Joan
Collins went back to her roots and took to the stage
in a national tour of Alan Mellville’s Full Circle. Katy
Lewis faced the woman twice her age with half the crow’s
feet! |
 With
a new album just out and fresh from a St Patrick's Day gig
in London, Ireland's melodic rocksters Hothouse
Flowers paid two visits to Bucks, as part of a UK
tour. |
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APRIL
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 Jonathan
Olliver
is
a real life Billy Elliot, but as he told us ahead of the
Northern Ballet Theatre's arrival in Milton Keynes, most
male dancers are. You've just got to stick to your dreams.
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 Tex-Mex
outfit Los Pacaminos is packed with top musicians, but you
will probably only have heard of one of them. 80s icon Paul
Young told us about the (now) cult band that he started
for fun! |
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MAY
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 Lesley
Joseph
is best known for her role as Dorien in Birds of A Feather
- but her real love is stage, with a plethora of credits
to her name. We caught up with her ahead of her Milton Keynes
visit with The Gingerbread Lady.
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 We
grabbed a little piece of Peter
Andre and got the low down on the goings-on in the
jungle, Peter's inspiration for his music and found out more
about THAT song.... doobie do do do! |
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JULY
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 He
may be best known as Boycie, but John
Challis has always had a secret hankering to be 007!
We got the low down as he prepared to arrive in Milton Keynes
with screen wife Sue Holderness in Neil Simon's London Suite!
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 The
great, the good and lots of nice cars turned out for this
year's Grand
Prix Ball at Stowe House in Buckinghamshire. |
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AUGUST
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 Life
is good for Les
Dennis. Continuing to make a theatrical name for
himself, his latest role is in a national tour of Kiss Me
Kate. He told us all about his flourishing acting career
- plus of course his favourite Family Fortunes' answers!
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We
couldn't resist talking to Principal Northern Ballet Theatre
Artist Jonathan
Ollivier again. Here he tells us about his latest
role in Swan Lake, how he relaxes - and the joys of dancing
in skimpy boxer shorts!
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SEPTEMBER
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 When
Larry
Lamb
revived his critically acclaimed performance in Miller’
s moving comedy The Price, he told us he’d be lucky
to get as satisfying a part again. It was a long way from
‘Triangle’ - but we still couldn't help talking
about it!
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 Michael
Greco was recently been voted the sexiest male soap
star ever, but despite four years in EastEnders, his heart
lies in the theatre. He told us about his latest role and
why he'd never rule out an 'Enders return. |
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OCTOBER
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 Susie
Blake
revealed how Weatherfield may not be that far removed from
the glamorous Philadelphia world of High Society and gives
some advice on the man she should marry!
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 They
named a teenage magazine after her, so it’s clear that
renowned children’s author Jacqueline
Wilson has empathised with young people for many years.
We spoke to her as the stage version of one of her books arrived
in Bucks. |
 As
he prepared to appear in a new adaptation of Wycherley’s
The Country Wife, former EastEnder Mark
Monero told us about the production that was re-opening
the Watford Palace. |
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NOVEMBER
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 Gareth
Hunt
had many hooked on The New Avengers or whether he shot Phil
Mitchell, and he's currently entertaining audiences in Frances
Durbridge's The Gentle Hook. But, as he told us, he wonders
if we will ever get great TV series back again? |
 Vicki
Michelle
is coming to Stevenage’s Gordon Craig Theatre in the
Ray Cooney farce ‘Out of Order’. She told us all
about it – and the classic comedy role that made her
famous. |
A
Happy New Year to all our users - and keep coming back to Beds,
Herts and Bucks!
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We
all loved her as Bev in Brookside and when 
Ralf
Little 
As
a member of the hugely successful pop group Steps, Dunstable's
Omid
Djalili
Legendary
teeny bopper star 
