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EMMERDALE
WRITTEN BY JANE PEARSON
28 April 2022
Jane Pearson's latest ep of EMMERDALE is a big one! Catch it at 7.30pm on Wednesday 4th May on ITV. It's Radio Times Choice of the day. Noah's warped feelings result in him stalking Chloe, swipes her keys and lets himself into her house. But as he snoops around her room, she returns unexpectedly. Meanwhile, Rhona is heartbroken when Marlon takes a step backwards. Faith convinces Cain to let her take Kyle to the allotment.
EDGE OF CIVILISATION by TONY McHALE
Tony's gripping new crime novel published today!
26 April 2022
Tony McHale's exciting new thriller, EDGE OF CIVILISATION is published today (26th April) and available in all good bookstores, Amazon and on-line outlets. Detective Inspector Wordsworth has been called in for an interview with the Internal Investigation Unit. They are making enquiries into his handling of Operation Clayton, an extensive operation originally sparked into life by the disappearance of fifteen-year-old Jodie Kinsella. The case, while at first seemingly run-of-the-mill involving a runaway teenager, soon became so much more. It was immediately evident to Wordsworth and his partner DS Redhead that Jodie was just one of a number of teenage girls that are missing. If it hadn't been for Jodie's disappearance, then there would have been little chance that anybody would have ever seriously looked into the other missing girls. Their detective work leads them eventually to three boys from wealthy, influential families who all attend a local private school and all had a connection with Jodie and the other missing girls. Do they have a teenage serial killer on their hands? And more importantly: if he can find the culprit, can Wordsworth even make a conviction stick in the face of institutional discrimination?
CASUALTY:
WRITTEN BY DAVID BOWKER
20 April 2022
David Bowker's new episode of CASUALTY, "Burning Love", broadcasts at 8.35pm on Saturday 23rd April on BBC1. It's judgement day for Stevie as the investigation into her alleged sexual harassment of Matthew concludes. The episode is Radio Times Choice of the day.
ONE MOONLIT NIGHT by CARADOG PRICHARD
THE BIG JUBILEE READ
19 April 2022
We're delighted that classic novel, UN NOS OLA LEUAD/ONE MOONLIT NIGHT by Caradog Prichard, features in The Big Jubilee Read. First published in 1961, it was voted Greatest Welsh Novel by a panel of literary experts and readers of Wales Arts Review. The Welsh edition is published by Y Lolfa and the English translation by Canongate. To mark Her Majesty's Platinum Jubilee, The Reading Agency have compiled a list of seventy novels, short story anthologies and poetry collections published in the Commonwealth since 1952. An expert panel of librarians, booksellers and literature specialists has chosen seventy titles from a “readers’ choice” longlist with ten books for each decade of Her Majesty The Queen’s reign. The list offers brilliant, beautiful and thrilling writing produced by authors from a wide range of Commonwealth countries over the last seventy years to engage all readers in the discovery and celebration of great books. Spanning 31 countries and six continents, this truly international collection is a fitting tribute to the most widely travelled monarch in history.
TURBOZAURS animation series
DEVELOPED FOR TV and LEAD WRITER: CHRIS TRENGOVE
12 April 2022
Pre-school CGI animated series, TURBOZAURS, features very special dinosaurs that can transform instantly into amazing machines. Chris Trengove developed the 78 x 7' ep series and is Lead Writer on the show which has now sold to major territories worldwide.
HOLBY CITY farewell
CREATOR: TONY McHALE
01 April 2022
There was a lovely tribute to HOLBY CITY's co-creator, Tony McHale in the final episode on Tuesday. As the episode wraps, Bernie and Serena can be seen working in Sir Anthony M.C Hale City Hospital. A fine and subtle tribute. Tony also received a "Created by" credit at the end of the episode.
EMMERDALE
WRITTEN BY JANE PEARSON
24 March 2022
Jane Pearson's next episode of EMMERDALE broadcasts at 7.30pm on Tuesday 29th March on ITV and available on ITV Hub. Paddy buckles under pressure. Moira refuses to give Charity a second chance. Meantime, Laurel gives in to her feelings.
EMMERDALE
WRITTEN BY JANE PEARSON
09 March 2022
Catch Jane Pearson's latest episode of EMMERDALE on Tuesday 15th March at the new time of 7.30pm on ITV. Owen has a big decision to make. Noah plans to use Amelia to make Chloe jealous.
THE CITY UNDERGROUND by MICHAEL RUSSELL
Seventh title in Michael's period thriller series
24 February 2022
The striking cover art for Michael Russell's seventh Stefan Gillespie thriller, THE CITY UNDERGROUND (Constable/Little Brown) is up on-line and now available to pre-order. It's published in UK and Ireland in hardback and ebook on 26th July. Ireland 1941. A German spy escapes from Mountjoy Prison with an ease that convinces the head of Garda Special Branch he had inside help. The spy is protected not only by the IRA but those meant to catch him. Special Branch is told to stay out of it. But when Stefan Gillespie's boss sends him to investigate anyway, he is thrown together with an untrustworthy, alcoholic private detective and a woman IRA courier full of hatred for the Irish police. This web of deceit and betrayal is only the beginning. The trail through Ireland starts with an IRA plot to attack British interests and ends with Stefan trying to save the IRA Chief-of-Staff from his own men. In war-torn Northern Ireland, abandoned by Special Branch in Dublin, Stefan finds himself a rogue policeman to the Royal Ulster Constabulary, and a spy to the IRA.
KATHY by STEVE CASEY
STAGE PLAY PREMIERE
24 February 2022
Steve Casey's original stage play, KATHY, premieres at 7.30pm on Friday 11th March at Redbridge Drama Centre (Churchfields,South Woodford E18 2RB) Tickets are available on-line here: https://visionrcl.org.uk/event/kathy/ It’s the mid 1960s and East End singer Kathy Kirby is a huge star. Dyed blonde hair and red lip gloss wrapped in a fur coat, she is Britain’s answer to Marilyn Monroe. Having starred in her own TV series and now living in a Mayfair flat, she’s come a long way from humble beginnings as an Ilford Ursuline schoolgirl with a big voice and big dreams. But with her lifestyle and career choices tightly controlled by her mentor, manager and lover, Bert Ambrose, tensions are starting to build and claustrophobia is setting in. And having developed an unexpected and intense attraction to fellow performer, Bruce Forsyth, Kathy now faces a life and career defining crossroads. Kathy reimagines the inspiring life of one of Redbridge’s favourite daughters, Kathy Kirby. This new original play dramatizes key events in Kathy’s life and asks questions about personal compromise, love, obligation and the price of fame. A remarkable woman and one of the greatest singers of her generation, Kathy was one of our own. KATHY is supported by Arts Council England and Vision, Redbridge Culture and Leisure.
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