Chorley Citizen | TV

Review: Top Gear, BBC2

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:14:43 +0000

HAS the unthinkable happened? Have Messrs Clarkson, Hammond and May actually grown up a bit?

Burnley actress Alice Barry swaps Shameless for tennis

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:25:46 +0000

EAST Lancashire actress Alice Barry swapped the Chatsworth estate for the tennis court to recreate a famous poster for charity.

Young Bolton-by-Bowland gardener named one of the best in the country

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:07:03 +0000

A TALENTED young gardener is to show off his green-fingered skills after being named one of the top in his profession.

Review: Masterchef, BBC1

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:00:20 +0000

WELL that’s the nightly viewing sorted for the forseeable future. Yes, the utterly compelling Masterchef is back with its collection of amateur eccentrics, would-be wonders and nervous wrecks.

Chorley couple in church TV revamp

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:02:54 +0000

A couple from Adlington are to star on a nationally broadcast restoration show tomorrow.

Come Dine with Me returns to East Lancashire

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:52:25 +0000

HIT TV show Come Dine with Me has returned to East Lancashire, with hilarious antics on view all next week.

Review: Take Me Out, ITV1

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:00:44 +0000

A SPONTANEOUS outbreak of ‘Paddy love’ swamped our TV screens as Take Me Out returned for prime time viewing on Saturday night.

Ribble Valley teenager to feature on 'top young farmer' TV show

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:40:00 +0000

A TEENAGER from East Lancashire has been named one of the most talented young farmers in the country.

Review: Sherlock, BBC1

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:44:03 +0000

WORK of genius or totally self-indulgent?

Burnley man appears in E4 reality TV show

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:32:59 +0000

THE STAR of a TV reality show has described how he was recruited for the “dream experience” as he walked through a shopping centre.

Review: Boardwalk Empire, Sky Atlantic

Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:18:46 +0000

FORGET Downton, Doctor Who or the perennial gloomfest that is EastEnders

Review: Wonderland, BBC2

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:03:28 +0000

IN the week that Little Mix were crowned winners of X Factor, the Beeb came up with a timely reminder of what can happen to those who dream of a career in showbusiness.

Review: My Child’s Not Perfect, ITV1

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:23:24 +0000

I WAS curious to see My Child’s Not Perfect

Review: That’s Britain! BBC1

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:00:09 +0000

NEVER trust a TV programme which has an exclamation mark in its title.

Antony Cotton: I'm A Celebrity is humiliating

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:00:00 +0000

Antony Cotton has reached the end of his tether as he threw a series of strops in the I'm A Celebrity jungle - complaining that it is "boring" and "humiliating".

Blackburn woman in new E4 show Desperate Scousewives tonight

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:20:00 +0000

A GLAMOROUS go-getter from Blackburn is to star in a ‘dramality’ TV show Desperate Scousewives which starts on E4 tonight.

Review: Continental Drifters, BBC 4

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:37:25 +0000

ANOTHER little gem from BBC4 this week when comedian Rich Hall presented Continental Drifters, his own distinct take on the history of the road movie.

Absolutely Fabulous! Rawtenstall actress Jane Horrocks in new series

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:23:18 +0000

EAST Lancashire actress Jane Horrocks is to revive her most famous role when the iconic sitcom Absolutely Fabulous returns to screen at Christmas.

Ribble Valley newsreader Mike West becomes new voice of BBC Final Score

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:53:32 +0000

A LANCASHIRE journalist and newsreader becomes the new voice of the classified football results on Saturday.

Review: Timewatch - Double Agent: The Eddie Chapman Story, BBC2

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:44:20 +0000

UNLESS you are a Second World War buff the name Eddie Chapman probably means nothing to you.

BBC Politics Show to feature Darwen social housing

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:38:01 +0000

SOCIAL housing in Darwen will be featured on this week’s BBC Politics Show.

The Lancashire lad writing scripts for Yorkshire soap Emmerdale

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:49:16 +0000

East Lancashire writer Paul Roundell tells us how he found his big break across the Pennines on Yorkshire’s most famous soap — Emmerdale.

Review: Frozen Planet, BBC1

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:18:10 +0000

IT is rare these days for a TV programme to be so compelling that you positively look forward to it coming round to its time of the week.

X-Factor reprieve for Chorley soldier Jonjo Kerr

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:50:00 +0000

UPDATE: Chorley soldier Jonjo Kerr has been handed a shock return to the X-Factor.

I’m A Celebrity 2011: Antony Cotton to face his phobias

Wed, 09 Nov 2011 15:02:53 +0000

ROSSENDALE actor Antony Cotton will be facing up to his phobias in the new series of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!

Review: The X Factor, ITV1

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:05:59 +0000

AT last, the great British viewing public is beginning to come to its senses.

East Lancashire bailiffs chief defends firm following TV documentary exposure

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:00:11 +0000

THE managing director of an East Lancashire bailiff firm has defended her company following a critical documentary.

Review: Young Apprentice, BBC1

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:39:03 +0000

LORD Sugar has set himself a new challenge - he is now moulding the future generation into mini entrepreneurs.

Review: Mary Queen of Frocks, Channel 4

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:35:54 +0100

MOTHERS don’t want to dress like their daughters and daughters don’t want to dress like their mothers, according to fashion guru Mary Portas.

Ramsbottom butcher's taste of TV fame

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:48:02 +0100

BUTCHER Thomas “Tommy” Topping is tasting fame after cooking up a stir on television.