... I AN McKELLEN is to lead a Royal National Theatre company in a vorld tour of Richard III. in which he has the title role, and King Lear, which has Brian Cox as the King. They will first be seen at the Lyttelton on July 25 and 26 respec tively, and then go on tour, first to Japan, then back to the UK, fol lowed by visits to Hamburg, Milan, Madrid, Paris and Dublin. Richard Eyre directs Richard ...

... Adelphi Me And My Girl Albery Blood Brothers Ambassadors Les Liaisons Dangereuse Apollo Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell Apollo Victoria Starlight Express Arts A Slice Of Saturday Night Barbican As You Like It Cambridge Return To The Forbidden Planet Coliseum The Gambler (10); The Mikado (11); Macbeth (12,14) Comedy Noel and Gertie Duke Of York's Shirley Valentine Fortune The Woman In Black Garrick ...

... ABERDEEN r Aberdeen Arts Centre Speaking For Myself His Majesty's Postman Pat's Happy Days AYR Gaiety Keith Harris (11-12) BAGNOR Watermlll Gaslight BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd Neville And The Time Stone (10-12) BARNSTAPLE Queens Hell Lewis London Ballet (11-12) BASINGSTOKE Haymarket The Cat And The Canary BATH Thetre Royal Totally Foxed BEBINGTON Oval Sports Centre The Winter's Tale (9-11) BEDFORD ...

... IN PRODUCTION CASTLE OF ADVENTURE chil dren's drama serial, on location in Kent. Production company: TVS Films. Cast: Susan George, Brian Blessed, Gareth Hunt, Isobel Black, Richard Hanson, Rosie Mar cel, Hugo Guthrie, Bethany Green wood, Eileen Hawkes. Executive producer: Nigel J. Pickard. Produc er: Ted Francis. Executive in charge of production: Dickie Bam- ber. Co-producer: John Price. ...

... LINDSAY DUNCAN plays the title role in Neil Bartlett's new translation of Racine's Berenice, opening at the Cottesloe on May 9, with Tim Albery directing. The cast also includes James Fleet, David Haig. Kevin O'Donohoe, Siobhan Stanley and Owen Teale. RICHARD HARRIS. Sarah Miles, Ian Hogg and Harold Innocent lead the cast in Pirandello's Henry IV, opening at Wyndham's on May 7 for a ten-week ...

... NEW SERIES MON, APRIL 9 ITALIAN REGIONAL COOKERY BBC2 six-part cookery series (7.25-- 7.55pm) Presenter: Valentina Harris. TUES, APRIL 10 FUN AND GAMES Yorkshire puz zle show for ITV network, times vary Presenters: Rob Buckman, Celia Hoyles. Producers: Julian Dismore, Paul Bader. Director: Len Lurcock. Executive producer: Adam Hart- Davis. RAW BBC Northern Ireland talent series (10.20pm) ...

... BARB Ratings THE NATIONAL TOP THIRTIES For week ending April 8 Individuals viewing BBC1 (Millions) 1 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 19.78 2 EASTENDERS (TUE/SUN) 18.96 3 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13.31/17.37) 18 20 4 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 13.31/17.36) 17.80 5 NEIGHBOURS (WED 13.31/1 7 36) 17.14 6 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13 30/17.36) 16.94 7 NEIGHBOURS (FR1 13.29/17 36) 16.17 8 JOINT ACCOUNT 10 66 9 SIX O'CLOCK NEWS (MON 18.00) ...

... THURS, APRIL 5 THE LAST DAYS OF DON JUAN by Tirso de Molina, new version by Nick Dear. Swan, Stratford-upon- Avon. Management: Royal Shakespeare Company. Cast: Linus Roache, George Anton, Sally Dexter, Ciaran Hinds, Paterson Joseph, David Killick. Raymond Bowers, Michael Gardiner, Katrina Levon, Sylvester Morand, Julie Saunders, Clarence Smith, Yolan- da Vazquez, Catherine White. David Austin, ...

... NEW SERIES WED, APRIL 25 WORDS APART BBC Scotland debate and discussion series (6.50- 7.30pm) Presenters: Kirsty Wark, John Hold- sworth. Producer: Neil McDonald. FRI, APRIL 27 MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE BBC1 seven-part interview series (1.50-2. 20pm) Presenter: Alan Titchmarsh. THE BBECHGROVE GARDEN BBC1 Scotland gardening series (9.30- 10.00pm) Presenter: Bill Torrance. Gardening expert: Sid ...

... NEW SERIES FRI, APRIL 20 BANGKOK HILTON BBC 1 three- part mini-series (9.30-1 1.05pm). Pro duction company: Kennedy Miller Productions. Cast includes: Dcnholm Elliott, Judy Morris, Nicole Kidman, Jerome Ehlers, Hugo Weaving. Wri ter: Terry Haynes. THE CHIEF Anglia drama series for ITV network (9. 00-10. 00pm). Cast includes: Tim Pigott-Smith, Karen Archer, Judy Loe, Jeremy Clyde, Julian ...

... SHOWCALL WHO'S WHERE OVERLAP No. 54 Overlap rules: Enter answers clockwise Each starts with the last letters never fewer than 2 nor more than 3 of the preceding answer (thus CONE NEST ESTEEM would be entered as CONESTEEM and the answer to the illustrated clue overlaps the first. This week's clues: Unlawful (7): Quote (4): White ant (7): Beverage and meal (3): Every (4): Spell enthrall! (5): ...

... i i Adelphi Me And My Girl Albery- Blood Brothers Aldwych Look, Look Ambassadors- Les Liaisons Dangereuses Apollo Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell Apollo Victoria Starlight Express Arts- A Slice Of Saturday Night Barbican As You Like It 1 6-1 7) All's Well That Ends Well (18-21) Bloomsbury- La Gran Scena Cambridge Return To The Forbidden Planet Coliseum Macbeth 1 8. 21 The Mikado (19); Ariadne Auf ...