... Snaps THE memorial service for Sir Rex Harrison will be held at 11am on Septem ber 12 at St Martin-in- the-ficlds, Trafalgar Squ are. Harrison died at the age of 82 in June. EQUITY says it will block plans by the producers of the musical Children of Eden to cast black American Ken Page in the role of God. The union says a British artist should be found to play the part in the show which opens ...

... FORTHCOMING SHOWCASES GREAT WESTERN ENTS SHOWCASE (Bristol A rea) at Lawrence Wton Social Club, Lawrence Weston Bristol _ on September 23rd 1 990 2pm- 8pm Ticket only Tel 037361666 N.V.B. ENTERTAINMENTS SHOWCASE 10th October '90 at Leagrave it Limbury Koyal British l.eqion. Luton. Beds. Tet: 0582 873623 JME Group of Companies SHOWCASE Monday Tuesday 15tk 16th October 1990 at Butlins (Somcrwest ...

... Snaps GRANADA Television In ternational has sold its dra matic thriller, Murder East, Murder West, to British Air ways to be shown in the fea ture film slot on its world wide routes. First screened on Channel 4 on July 30 this year, Murder East, Murder West achieved viewing fig ures of 7.62 mUlion and is the second film to be made under a new joint develop ment agreement between Granada ...

... NEW SERIES TUES, SEPT 4 ON THE UP BBC 1 seven-part comedy series (8.30 9.00 pm) Cast includes: Dennis Waterman, Sam Kelly, Jenna Russell, Joan Sims, Judy Buxton. Writer: Bob Larbey. TRIVIAL PURSUIT BBC1 game show (7.00 7.30 pm) Production company: Initial Film and Television Productions. Presenter: Rory McGrath. FILM 90 BBC 1 film series (11 .00 11.30 pm) Presenter: Barry Norman. ROD, JANE AND ...

... OUT OF TOWN ABERDEEN Aberdeen Arts Centre Dantons Death His Majesty's The Steamie AYR Gaiety Gaiety Whirl BAGNOR Watermill Ghosts BASILDON Towngate Hamlet (14-15) BATH Theatre Royal Private Lives BIRMINGHAM Hippodrome The Circle Midland Arts Centre Equus (10 14) BLACKPOOL Central Pier Maggie May's Grand Rock With Laughter North Pier Alio Alio Opera House Freddie Starr South Pier Danny La Rue ...

... Snaps GORDEN KAYE, Barb ara Windsor, Jerry Hall, Eric Sykes and Larry Grayson are a few of the faces which plan to 'pop- in' to the Stars Autumn Fayre this afternoon (Thursday), hosted by The Variety Artistes Ladies' and Children's Guild at the New Con- naught Rooms, Great Queen Street, WC2. The target isto raise £4,000 to help fellow entertainers less fortunate than those personalities who ...

... KEITH WATERHOUSE'S new comedy Bookends opens at the Apollo on October 31, produced by Michael Redington and directed by Ned Sherrin. In the cast are Michael Hordem. Dinsdale Landen and Magdalena Buznea THE ENGLISH Shakespeare Company, which is already touring Coriolanus and The Winter's Tale, is launching a 20-week parallel tour of The Merchant of Venice and Volpone at the University of ...

... I I IN PRODUCTION I l l NORTHWOOO six-part drama series for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, on location in Vancouver Production company: Soapbox Productions. Cast includes: Lochlyn Munro. Byron Lucas, Deanna Milligan, Maggie O'Hara, Sarah Sawatsky, Tamsin Jones, Scott Swanson, Ric Reidas, Gabrielle Rose. Writers: Hart Hanson, Nancy Isaak, Ori Kowarski, Ian Weir Directors: Neill Fearnley, ...

... NEW SERIES TUES, SEPT 25 THE PARADISE CLUB BBC1 drama series (9.30 10.20 pm) Cast includes: Leslie Grantham, Don Henderson, Jack Galloway, Leon Herbert, Peter Gowen, Kevin Williams. BOON Central 13-week drama series for ITV network (9.00 10.00 pm) Cast includes: Michael Elphick, David Daker, Neil Morrissey, Elizabeth Carling. Producer: Simon Lewis. Executive producer: Ted Childs. THE ...

... GREAT WESTERN ENTS SHOWCASE (BrIMol Area) Lawrence Wrtion Social Club. Lawrence W-M- Bristol on SeplembrT 23cd 1 990 2pnv 8ptn. ticket only Tt: 037361666 N.V.B. ENTERTAINMENTSSHOWCASE 10h October 90 at Lragrave Limbury Royal B lit tab Legion. Luton. Beds. 1*1:0582 8736*3 JME Group off Companies SHOWCASE Monday Tuewtay 15th 16th October 1990 at Butlim (Somerweat World). Mlnehead Tel: 0272 ...

... OVERLAP No. 76 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: Cricket team (6): Planet of beauty? (5): Employ (3): Transmit (4): Survive (6): Repose (4): Attitude (6): Made, for ...

... Snaps THE BBC has dropped English National Opera's musical director Mark Elder as conductor of Last Night Of The Proms after he told London's Evening Standard that he might drop patriotic songs from the event in the light of events in the Gulf. Elder is to be replaced by the BBC Symphony Orch estra's chief conductor, An drew Davis. GLORIA Hunniford, The Joh nny Howard Band and Singers and The ...