... 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, ...

... ?^i^i^i^i^i^i^i^H-a^i^i^i^ FORMER Brookside duo Sue Johnston and John McArdle Sheila and Billy Corkhill in the soap series take their two han- der play To into the West End with a London pre mier at the Young Vic the atre starting on November 8 and running until December 22. JOHN Slancy, operations man ager at Poole Arts Centre has died following a short illness. He joined the centre when it ...

... COVENTRY City Council launches a unique new pro ject for young people with the opening of The Depot Studios this week. The new audio and video recording facility, attached to the Belgrade Theatre studio, is intended as a training centre and a platform for regional and local companies and will be handed over to a man agement board of young people once fully operational in 1992. PANASONIC audio ...

... 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 ...

... JME Groap of Conapaat*. SHOWCASE Monday Tuesday 1 5th 16th October 1990 1 Bulling I S..merwet World) Mlnehead 1 el 0272 B44777 PREMIERE PROMOTIONS SHOWCASE Tuesday 16th October 1990: at r emeham Hall. Fareham. HaM> Tel: 0329 2VO0M The IVOR BENNETT NIGHT OF ENTERTAINMENT Wed l7Octooer 1990: al the Cadbury House Country luo Conor esbury. Brlatol TeF 0272 83388 1 BRIAN LAYNE SHOWCASE 17th October ...

... WED, OCT 10 MAD FOREST by Caryl Churchill. Royal Court to October 27. Management: Quick Change Theatre Company. Cast: Victoria Alcock, Gordon Anderson, Sarah Ball, Joseph Bennett, Lucy Cohu, Nicola Gibson, Philip Glenister, lain Hake, Mark Heal, David MacCreedy, David Mestecky. Director: Mark Wing-Davey. Designer: Antony McDonald. Lighting: Nigel H.Morgan. Press: Tamsin Thomas, 071 730 2652. ...

... THE PROPOSED con troversial merger between Newcastle's Metro Radio and the Yorkshire Radio Network will be put to YRN ordinary sharehold ers on Friday October 19. Metro presently owns or has received acceptances in respect of nearly 85 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital. DESPITE Iraqi jamming attempts, new research has shown that the BBC World Service has doubled its Gulf Arab ...

... THE national TOP thirties For week ending September 30 Individuals Individuals Originating Individuals Individuals viewing Viewing Programme viewing Viewing BBC1 (Millions) 8BC2 (Millions) ITV Company (Millions) CHANNEL4 (Millions) 1 EASTENDERSITHU/SUN) 16.20 1 STAR TREK NEW GEN 5.07 1 CORONATION STREET (WED/SAT) GRANADA 17 13 1 BROOKSIDE (WED/SAT) 5 14 2 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13 30/17.36) 15.57 2 ...

... LONDON Weekend Television is to up its local output with a LWT News Weekend, a half-hour weekly magazine broad cast on Sundays and inde pendently produced by Chrysalis Television. ATTENDANCE figures for the MIPCOM television programme market in Cannes this month rose by over 22 per cent com pared to the previous year, with the number of British partici pants up by nearly ten per cent. THE BBC ...

... the national TOP thirties For week ending October 14 Individuals viewing BBC1 (Million*) 1 EASTENDERS (THU/SUN) 15.97 2 -NEIGHBOURS (WED 13.30/17.36) 15.94 3 EASTENDERS(TUE/SUN) 15.78 4 NEIGHBOURS (MON 13.33/17.37) 15.55 5 NEIGHBOURS (TUE 13.31/17.36) 15.46 6 NEIGHBOURS (THU 13.30/17.36) 15.05 7 NEIGHBOURS(FR1 13.30/17.36) 14.10 8 ALLO ALLO 13.29 9 BREAD 11.68 10 GENERATION GAME 11.05 11 ...