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THE CITY OF LIES by MICHAEL RUSSELL
PAPERBACK PUBLICATION
02 May 2018
Michael Russell's fourth Stefan Gillespie adventure, THE CITY OF LIES, is published in paperback in the UK on 3rd May. The hardback was picked as one of Irish Times' Best Crime Novels of 2017 .................. Dublin, September 1940. An IRA attempt to capture the British diplomatic bag on its way from Ireland to England leaves a Guard dead on the streets of Dublin. Two days later a pitched battle between warring gangs erupts at one of Ireland's biggest race meetings. In the Irish countryside, the cremated bodies of a family of four are found in their burned-out house. Connections between these events become clear to Detective Inspector Stefan Gillespie when he is dispatched to investigate the four dead bodies - or is he there to cover something up? He is soon treading on the toes of Ireland's burgeoning Intelligence industry - Irish, British and German, all playing against each other, all watching each other, all plagued by rogue operators they can't control. Meanwhile certainty grows that Hitler is about to invade England, with Ireland in the firing line. And then Stefan is asked to go to Berlin on a sensitive mission the Irish government doesn't want anyone to know about. The journey will take him not only to Berlin and the heart of the war, but to a murder that touches the city's small Irish community and opens a window on to the heart of Europe's darkness...
RASTAMOUSE: Da Missin Masterpiece
written by Lee Pressman
01 May 2018
The easy crew must come up with an arty plan to track down a missing masterpiece. Find out if they do in Lee's episode on Wednesday 2nd May at 17.00 on Cbeebies.
PETER RABBIT: Tale of the Go Kart Getaway
written by Darren Jones
01 May 2018
Sammy Whiskers and Tommy Brock steal the rabbits' go kart while Cotton-Tail is on board in Darren's episode airing on CBeebies on Wednesday 2nd May at 7.50am.
UTOPIA remake
MARK ALDRIDGE
27 April 2018
Amazon Studios has handed out a nine episode straight to series order for remake of cult UK drama, UTOPIA. Mark Aldridge original developed the show and received a "Based on an Original Idea by" credit on Series 1 & 2.
EMMERDALE
WRITTEN BY JANE PEARSON
25 April 2018
Start the week with Jane's latest episode of EMMERDALE on Monday 30th April at 7pm on ITV. Rishi is nervous about going on a date so Frank steps in to help. Daz tells Kerry about his past.
MIDSOMER MURDERS: Worm in the Bud
written by Michael Russell
24 April 2018
The apparent suicide of a childless farmer's wife puts Barnaby on the scent of an ancient land feud over Setwale Wood. Starring Wendy Craig you can catch it on ITV3 at 9pm on 28th April2018.
HALFWAY TO PARADISE: THE LIFE OF BILLY FURY
BY CAROLINE AND DAVID STAFFORD
17 April 2018
Following hot on its launch at the London Book Fair last week, Caroline and David Stafford's new biography, HALFWAY TO PARADISE: THE LIFE OF BILLY FURY is published in hardback by Omnibus Press on 19th April and available in all good bookstores and on-line retailers. Here's the Press Release: ""There's only ever been two English rock 'n' roll singers," Ian Dury said, "Johnny Rotten and Billy Fury." Butter adverts have tainted Johnny's status, but Billy's combination of beauty, sex, innocence, talent, charisma and vulnerability has never been matched. The Sound of Fury, his first L.P., is still widely revered as the best British rock'n'roll record ever made. When he first appeared on TV, a generation of teenagers found true love, and his post-rock'n'roll heartbreak ballads were the essential soundtrack to adolescent angst. In 1973, he was brought out of semi-retirement to play Stormy Tempest - to some extent a parody of himself - in the movie “That'll Be The Day”. The magic rose above the parody. He never knew how not to be magnificent. David and Caroline Stafford guide the reader through Billy's troubled childhood in Liverpool, via gold and silver lame, to his later years as a farming ornithologist, and his comeback cut short by his premature death. Billy Fury was a key figure on that watershed between post-war privations and sixties excess. He knew everybody, auditioned the Beatles to be his backing band, met and outhandsomed Elvis, partied with Keith Moon and hosted acid parties. Yet, throughout the mayhem, he always remained true to himself- diffident and amused. Halfway To Paradise tells the full story with the compassion and affection due to an artist who, decades after his death, still has the power to command admiration and adoration."
ODDBODS: Hypnobod
written by Lee Pressman
13 April 2018
Pogo tries his new hypnosis machine out on Jeff who scoffs at it - that is until he finds himself compelled to act like a dog. Don't miss Lee's episode on Tuesday 17th April on CITV at 2.30pm.
MR BEAN: Where Did You Get That Cat?
written by Jimmy Hibbert
12 April 2018
Mr Bean chases Scrapper around Mrs Wicket's flat but her sideboard tumbles over, and when Bean sees a bit of fur poking out from under it, he is horrified to think he has squashed poor Scrapper. Not realising that it is only his landlady's furry hat, Bean rushes what he thinks is a flattened cat across town to the vet in a desperate attempt to save his feline friend's life. Catch his antics on Saturday 14th April at 9.25am on Channel 5's Milkshake! strand.
DINOPAWS 'The Thing Called Bob
written by James Mason
12 April 2018
The Dinopaws can hear someone shouting Bob's name. Who could it be and what do they want? Find out in on Saturday 14th April 2018 at 6.45am on Cbeebies.
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