... OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Hit Majesty's The Slab Boys 1 2-20) AYR Gaiety Mother Goose BAGNOR Watermill Gilbert and Sullivan Evening (12-13) BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd A Christmas Carol 1 2-1 3) BARNET Old Bull Arts Centre Never C8n Say Goodbye (11-12) BARNSLEY Civic- Alice In Wonderland BASINGSTOKE Haymarket- The Importance of Being Earnest (11-13) BATH Theatre Royal Babes in the Wood BELFAST Grand ...

... THURS, JAN 4 ROMEO AND JULIET by William Shakespeare. The Pit. Manage ment: Royal Shakespeare Com pany. Cast: Mark Rylance. Georgia Slowe, Patrick Brennan, Patrick Godfrey. Rob Heyland, Bernard Horsfall. David O'Hara, Vincent Regan, Linda Spurrier, Peter Carr, Richard Doubleday, Jared Harris, Jennie Heslewood, Michael Howell, Francis Johnson, Griffith Jones, Michael Loughnan, Ben Miles, ...

... MON, JAN 1 COUNTDOWN Channel 4 game show (4.30 pm) Presenters: Richard Whiteley, Carol Vorderman, Carol Thatcher. Produc tion company: Yorkshire Television. Producer: John Meade. THURS, JAN 4 PAINTERS TO THE PEOPLE Channel 4 art programme, six parts (8.00-8.30 pm) Production company: Nebraska. Pre senter: Christopher Wood. Producer: Brian Harding. Commissioning editor: Gwynn Pritchard. ONE ...

... THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week ending December 17 Individuals viewing BBC1 (Millions) 1 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13.31/17.36) 19.49 2 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13.31/17 36) 19.40 3 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13.29/17 36) 19 12 4 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 13.30/17.37) 18.97 5 NEIGHBOURS (FR1 13.30/17.36) 18.70 6 EASTENDERS (TUE/SUN) 16.92 7 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 16.81 8 VICTORIA WOOD 13.87 9 NEWS AND WEATHER (SUN 2057) 12.21 10 ...

... THURS, JAN 11 DON PASQUALE by Donizetti. Grand, Leeds. Management: Opera North. Cast includes: Judith Howarth, Adrian Martin, Robert Hayward, Andrew Shore. Conduc tor: David Lloyd-Jones. Press: Julie Taylor, 0532 439999. LE PHOENIX, originated and per formed by Deborah Padfield. French Institute, Queensberry Place, SW7 to January 13. Direc tor: Eleanor Zeal. Music: Graham Treacher. SAT, J AN ...

... NEW SERIES M0N.JAN8 SNUB BBC2 pop series for DEF II (6.30-7. 00pm) Production company: Snub TV !>ro- ducers/editors: Brenda Kelly, Peter Fowler. A TO Z OF BELIEFS BBC North ern Ireland religious series for DEF II (7.00-7. 30pm) Producer: Jackie Hamilton. NELLIE THE ELEPHANT Cen tral children's series for ITV network (4. 00pm j Production company: 101 Film Pro ductions in association with ...

... OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Hi Majesty's The Slab Boys 1 2-20) *YR 3aiety- Mother Goose 3ANGOR Matermill The Great Kovari 1 9-20) 9ARNET Did Bull Arts Centre Habur and Meik( 19-20) BARNSLEY Civic Alice In Wonderland BASILDON Townaate- RaRa Zoo (18-20) BASINGSTOKE Haymarket The Importance Of Being Earnes' BATH Theatre Royal Babes In The Wood BELFAST Grand Opera House- Aladdin Lyric Players Little Shop ...

... THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week ending December 24 A great line-up-The cast of Dad's Army No. 14 on BBC1 ...

... TUES, JAN 16 SPY GLASS Grampian environmen tal studies series for schools (11. 39am) Presenter: Bill Duncan. Writer: Tom Adair. Director: Eileen Doris Bremner. THURS, JAN 18 PRESS GANG Central children's drama series (4.45 pm) Production company: Richmond Films and Television. Cast: Julia Sawalha, Dexter Fletcher, Lee Ross, Kelda Holmes, Mmoloki Chrystie, Gabrielle Anwar, Paul Reynolds, Joan ...

... THE national TOP thirties For week ending December 31 Individuals viewing BBC1 (Millions) 1 CROCODILE DUNDEE 21.77 2 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13.18/17.36) 20.85 3 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 20 31 4 ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES 20.12 5 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13.16/17.36) 20.06 6 NEIGHBOURS (FRI 13.14/17.36) 19.30 7 BREAD 16.51 8 R ABBOT XMAS SHOW 15.01 9 EASTENDERS (TUE/SUN) 13.88 10 TEENWOLF 13.02 11 TOP OF THE POPS '80s ...

... OUT OF TOWN] ABERDEEN Aberdeen Arts Centre Catwalk (23-24) His Majesty'#- Beyond Reasonble Doubt (22-27) AYR Gaiety Mother Goose (6.12--27.1) BARNET Old Bull Arts Centre Radio Sing Sing (26-27) BASINGSTOKE Haymarket The Importance of Being Earnest (11-27) BATH Theatre Royal Babes in the Wood (21.1 2-- 28.1) BELFAST Lyric Players The Iceman Cometh (24.1-24.2) BIRMINGHAM Alexandra South Pacific ...

... THURS, JAN 18 IN PURSUIT OF THE ENGLISH by Katie Campbell, adapted from the novel by Doris Lessing. Lyric Stu dio, Hammersmith. Management: Cut and Thrust. Cast: Richard Av ery, Jonathan Dow, Pippa Guard, Ceiia Imrie, Melanie Jessop, Ben Porter, Ian Reddington, Sheila Reid. Director: Matthew Francis. Designer: Howard Burden. Press: Sue Rolfe, 741 0824. FRI, JAN 19 BENT by Martin Sherman. ...