... Big Jim and the Figaro Club RADIO 4 RADIO 4'S brand new comedy tells of the adventures of a gang of builder's labourers and is based on the characters created in the 1982 TV series of the same name. It goes back in time to the forming of the Figaro Club just after the war when Big Jim, the natural leader of the pack, played by Norman Rossington, tells those who don't know how it all started ...

... Cliffhanger BBC RADIO 4 THIS IS the second series (Saturdays, 11.30 to midnight) of the Cliffhanger Theatre Company in which the cast of four write and perform spoof versions of well-known cinema films. Robin Driscoll, Peter McCarthy, Tony Haase, and Rebecca Stevens are the guilty parties and began with a two-parter about The Dog Who Ran For President. The programme is topically amusing rather ...

... An evening of Christopher Bruce SADLER'S WELLS FOR A LONG time Christopher Bruce has been one of our most consistently interesting choreographers, and though he works with companies at home (including London Festival Ballet) and abroad, his name will always have links with Ballet Rambert. He trained at the old Rambert school, joined the company in its classical era, crossing over to its ...

... Ives, Songs NEW YORK A cross between his Dances at a Gathering and Ashton's Enigma Varia tions, with a touch of Tudor's Echoing of Trumpets, Jerome Robbin's new ballet, Ives, Songs, is a highly original mixture. The dances illustrate, not always literally, 18 charming songs by Charles Ives. These are sung on the side of the stage by New York City Opera baritone Timothy Nolen with such clear ...