... one point I suffered the bizarre hallu cination of thinking that all her lines had been dubbed, although she was clearly speaking in her own voice. How she achieved this phenomenon is beyond me, but it has to be seen to be believed. But then, all the ...

... a harmless strip club inevitably extended into a global enterprise. And while the product remained the same package so to speak of pretty faces and rippling muscles, a bitter power struggle developed between Banerjee and his charismatic choreographer ...

... and abandoning them in the line of duty was stan dard behaviour for the lads in the Flying Squad, but this particular non-speaking artiste in the bed caught my attention. It couldn't be surely not God's teeth, it was true! Inspector Regan of The ...

... peculiar con cept. Its appeal lies in the hope that one of the guests will choke or, more likely with someone eat ing and speaking at the same time (very rude) spit a globule of rood across the table into Mel or Sue's face. It will happen one day, I'll ...

... was charac teristically sharp and occasionally hilarious. Of course, it does help to have such a seriously talented cast to speak your lines, but the show's strength was definitely in the script. Kiss Me Kate (BBC1) was also very promising and has deservedly ...

... but efficient woman police officer plus an indis putably middle-class black male officer. All criminals are well dressed and speak proper. ?BBBjBlBlBaBaBaBaBaBaBaaaaaaaBaBaBsiaMaa^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H And soon The main story concerns Inspector Pat Chappel ...

... brilliant book on slang, Made in America. Before making a fortune as a travel writer Bryson was a cunning linguist, so to speak.) Bryson is as amiable in per son as he is on the page and makes a witty and charming guide. Flannel notwithstanding, his love ...

... Venables was erudite, Lumley gushy, Bruno incomprehensible and we were given a brief insight into the selection policy. As we speak, they are doubtless moulding a Robbie Williams, gambling on his popularity being more enduring than most pop stars. But if ...

... simply fine as manager Bertie Masson, and the programme captured perfectly the seventies scene with its ridicu lous football-speak, flares and long hair. The blend of fictional footage with film from actual games, featuring players such as Billy Bremner ...

... seen fit to bring panto technique to the small screen, striding where a step would suffice and wildly emoting rather than speaking as we humans do. By far the worst offender is Simone Lahbib, who plays the prison governess. You can see why she does it ...

... and respect. Several members of the cast tried to inject some humour into the proceedings by reverting to 'sitcom being' speaking in a silly voice in the hope that it will make the words themselves funny but this just highlighted how desperate the situation ...

... Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran are a journalist's dream. They are so established and so successful they are never shy of speaking their minds. Interviewing them the other day they were scathing about the failure of British drama schools to teach people ...