... NEW SERIES THURS, FEB 24 It's Only TV.. .But I Uke It BBC1 comedy quiz (10 10.30pm) Production company: Open Mike. Chairman: Jonathan Ross. Team captains: Julian Clary, Phill Jupitus. Producers: Andy Davies, Jon j Naismith. Director: Paul Wheeler. Executive producer: Addison Cresswell. FRI, FEB 25 Goodness Gracious Me BBC2 comedy series (9 9.30pm) Cast includes: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir ...

... SNAPS TIm late Tony Doyl* will appear in its adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden, Radio 4 has revealed. One of the last projects before his death in January, it will be transmitted at the end of this month. Elizabeth McGovem, Buffy Davis and Geraldine James will also star in an adaptation of Michael Cunningham's The Hours. Stephen Tompkinson. Harriet Walter and Phil Davies are among ...

... U Boheme, by Giacomo Puccini. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden WC2 tonight, then February 28 and March 8. 10 and 13. Management: Royal Opera. Company includes: Ramon Vargas. Dalibor Jems. Quentin Hayes, Tomas Tomasson, Elena Kelessidi, Catherine Naglestad. Grant Dickson, Ryland Oavies. Conductor: Massimo Zanetti. Director: John Copley. Designer: Julia Trevelyan Oman. Lighting: William Bundy. ...

... I The Society of Ticket I I Agents and Retailers I will address the issue of credit card fraud with other industry leaders at a conference later this month. Representatives from the banking community will join producers, theatre managers, directors and promoters at the Theatre Royal. Drury Lane on February 29. Speakers include Ticketmaster direc tor of operations, Steve Riley, Natwest's Mike ...

... ABERDEEN Hit Majesty's Scottish Ballet Lemon Tree Making Room for Camille BAGNOR WatermlH Travels with My Aunt BANGOR Theatr Gwynedd Badfinger (7-8) BARNSTAPLE Queen's Adonais Ballet Company (10-11) BASINGSTOKE Haymarket The Rivals BATH Theatre Royal Some Explicit Polaroids BELFAST Grand Opera House The All New Adventures of Noddy Lyric Dealer's Choice BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Theatre Les Liaisons ...

... SNAPS l Department of Trade and Industry minister Steven Byers has referred the proposed £7.8 billion merger between United News and Media and Carlton Commu nications to the Competition Commission. The decision buys valuable time for Granada Media chairman Gerry Robinson, who has expressed his interest in acquiring either of the companies. The Commission must report its findings by May 16. ...

... The Pearl Fishers, by Bizet, text by Carre, after Cormon. London Coliseum. St Martin's Lane WC2. Management: English National Opera in a cc-production with Opera North. Company includes: John Hudson. Rhys Melrion, Alycia Fashae. Robert Salvatori, Mark Richardson. Conductor: Alex Ingram. Director/designer: Philip Prowse. Lighting: Gerry Jenkinson. Original choreo grapher: Geoffrey Cauley. ...

... The London premiere of Wit, by Margaret Edson, opens at the Vaudeville Theatre on April 3 following its acclaimed runs in both New York and Los Angeles. American actress Kathleen Chalfant re-creates the role of Vivian Bearing, a professor specialising in the Holly Sonnets of John Donne, alongside a British company comprising Jaye Griffiths. Ed Stoppard, Malcolm Tiemey and Irene Sutcliffe. ...

... SNAPS TIib Esntom Anihwvs' Binary Award, overseen by the Catholic Stage Guild, has this year been given to The Irish Women's Theatre Workshop production of Eclipse. The play by Patricia Burke Brogan and directed by Rosalind Scanlon, will premiere at London's Riverside Studios on March 1 2. Richard Eyre will give the first LAMDA lecture on March 22. The former National Theatre artistic director ...

... NEW SERIES THURS, MARCH 2 Remembering Du*ty Springfield BBC Radio 2 four-part music series (10 10.30pm) Production company: Howlett Media. Producer: Kevin Howlett. Qlrite* BBC Birmingham comedy series for BBC Radio 4 (11 11.30pm) Cast includes: Sakuntala Ramanee. Bharti Patel. Zita Sattar. Sudha Bhuchar, Shaheen Khan. Writers: Sudha Bhuchar, Shaheen Khan. Producer: Kristine Landon-Smith. SAT, ...

... British Airways Cabin Craw Entertainment Society ADDRESS/TELEPHONE: 6 Munnings Drive. College Town. Cambertey, Surrey GU15 4FN CATCHMENT AREA: Hillir^don ASSOCIATION: NODA PATRON: Sir Henry Marking, Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge. David Jacobs PRESS CONTACT: David Bowditch NUMBER of MEMBERS: 60 approx AMATEUR or PRO-AM: Amateur SPECIALITIES: Pantomime. Group 64 Youth Theatre Putney Theatre Co ...

... ABERDEEN Arts Centre The Angel's Share (13-14) HI* Majesty's Soul Train ALNWICK Playhouse The Rag (17-18) AYR Gaiety The Angel's Share (15-16) BARNET Bui Macbeth False Memory (15-17) BASINGSTOKE Haymarket The Rivals BATH Rondo Evolution: Mind (15-16); Passion (17-18) Theatre Royal. Ustinov Studio She Stoops to Conquer BELFAST Grand Opera House Women on the Verge Get a Life Lyric Dealer's ...