... FLYING MUSIC is present ing Gerry's Christmas Cracker, featuring Gerry and the Pacemakers, the Foxes, Brothers Demented and Classique, starting at The Dome, Doncaster on December 2 and continuing to Hanley, Tunbridge Wells, Croydon, Dartford, East bourne, Oxford, Wcymouth, Cardiff, Swansea, Hemel Hempstead, Folkestone, Ips wich, Lincoln, Bradford, Peterborough, Hull, Birmingham (Town Hall), ...

... THU, NOV 29 DOWNSIDE UP by Frank McField. The Base, Carnberwell to December 15. Management: ACT Theatre Company. Cast: David Carr, Isilda Corbett, Jennyfer McLean, Michael Palmer, Fari. Director: Geoffrey Cresswell. Press: Maureen Cresswell, 081 671 2909. ARMS AND THE MAN by Bernard Shaw. Chelsea Centre, World's End Place, SW10 to December 1. Management: Kensington Drama Company. Director: ...

... MON, NOV 26 CLYDE BUILT BBC Scotland three-part documentary series (10.10 1 1 .00 pm) Narrator: William Mcllvanney. THURS, NOV 29 EYE 2 EYE Channel 4 five-part panel game (8.00 8.30 pm) Production company: Planet Pictures in association with DDA Television. Presenter: Steven Taylor. Producer/director: Ultan Guilfoyle. Commissioning editor: Waldcmar Januszczak. FRI, NOV 30 THE DAY London ...

... THE NATIONAL TOP thirties For week ending November 18 Individuals Originating Individuals vjewjng Programme viewing BBC1 (Millions) ITV Company (Millions) 1 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 18.39 1 CORONATION STREET (WED/SAT) GRANADA 18.23 2 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 13.30/17.36) 17.20 2 CORONATION STREET (MON/WED) GRANADA 17.51 3 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13.30/17.37) 17.05 3 CORONATION STREET (FRI/SAT) GRANADA 17.32 4 ...

... Snaps FOR THE first time since the famous singing family first set foot on a stage all six Nolan girls are appearing in different pantomimes! Linda Nolan will be joining Bobby Davro and Geoff Capes in Wolver- hampton while fellow sis ter Denise will be in Southend. The four remaining group members are scat tered all over the country Maureen in Liverpool, Anne in Nottingham, Bernadette in Sout ...

... NEW SERIES THURS, NOV 8 HARRY ENFIELD'S TELEVISION PROGRAMME BBC2 six-part comedy scries (9.00 pm) Production company: Hat Trick. Writers: Harry linfield, Charlie Higson, Paul Whitehouse, Geoffrey Perkins. Director: John Birkin. Producers: Mary Bell, Geoffrey Perkins. Executive producer: Denise O'Donoghuc. FRI, NOV 9 THE TRAVEL SHOW GUIDES BBC Manchester travel series for BBC2 (8.30 -9.00 pm) ...

... IN PRODUCTION THE FIRST CIRCLE four-hour mini-series, shooting in Montreal, Paris and Moscow. Production company: Primedia and Claude Heroux (Canada) and Technisonor (France). Cast includes: Robert Powell, Christopher Plummer, F.Murray Abraham, Vernon Dobtcheff. Script: Max Cohen. Producer: Claude Heroux. Director: Sheldon Larry. MEDICS Granada six-part drama series, on location in Manchester ...

... OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Haddo House Lady Windermere's Fan His Majesty's Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet ABERYSTWYTH Arts Centre Annie AYR Gaiety Gaiety Whirl BAGNOR Watermill Moll Flanders BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd Salad Days ...

... Snaps BOB Monkhousc headlines an all-itar charity perfor- I mance at Sunderland Em- I pire on November 4 in aid of the Star* Organisation for Spas tics. The line up includes Leslie Crowther, Little and Large, Larry Grayson, Barry Cry- cr, Roy Hudd, Russ Conway, Geoff Love and orchestra, the Whitley Bay Gang Show and many more. Producer is Jack Seaton of the British Music Hall Society and ...

... IN PRODUCTION i i LONDON BY NIGHT one-hour pilot for projected series on night life Presenters: Nina von Altendorf, Peter Stringfellow. Reporters: Kate Bellamy, Sean Langhan, Peter Davalle. SLEEPERS BBC film, on location in Scotland, Manchester, Oxford and London for 1 1 weeks from October 7. Production company: Cinema Verity. Cast: Nigel Havers, Warren Clarke, David Calder, Joanna Kanska, ...

... THE Victoria and Albert Museum this week announced it has taken over Europe's largest drama archive, the British Theatre Asso-cia- tion Lib-rary. The BTA has faced mounting financial pressure which left it unable to rent a suitable home for its 350,000 volumes. AN INQUEST on Jill Bennett has been adjourned to November 14 at West minster coroner's court. Police said the 59 year old actress was ...

... SHOWBIZZ Artists have announced that their lat- est member of staff, David Rogers, is the rec- i ipient of the Livingston Development Corpora- tion Trophy Award. The award is given to the student who has achieved the most during the year long Music i Management course at the West Lothian College of Further Education in Bathgate. NORWICH Union is to spon sor four record releases by the English ...