... SNAPS HTV drama A Mind to Kill has been criticised by the Broadcasting Standards Commission for the use of bad language in an edition screened in December last year. Although the complaint was upheld, the broadcaster said in its defence that the edition dealt with a murderer who had been abused as a child and that the language contributed to the dramatic effect. TIm Writers' QuiM of Great ...

... Personate which received its British premiere at London's New End Theatre in September 1998 will open in the West End at the Apollo Theatre on June 15. With book and lyrics by the cre ators of the hit television series Friends. David Crane. Marta Kauffman, together with Seth Friedman, and music by William K Dreskin, Joel Phillip Friedman, Seth Friedman, Oscar-winners Alan Menken and Stephen ...

... SNAPS Montreux Roses went to two UK comedies this week. Chris Langham's BBC2 show People Like Us. which was exported wholesale from the Radio 4 show of the same name, won the Silver Rose. Channel 4 comedy Trigger Happy TV. starring Dom Joly, won a Bronze Rose. Chris Evans' Virgin break fast show has been censured by the Radio Authority for making constant references to cannabis and oral sex in ...

... Everything Mint Go, by Patrick Jones Lyric Theatre. Hammersmith, King Street W6 to May 27, as part of a national toui until June 4. Management: Sherman Theatre Company. Cast includes: Russell Gomer, Director: Phil Clark. Designer: Jane Linz Roberts. Lighting: Ceri Jones. Soundtrack: Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia. Super Furry Animals. Stereophonies. Press: Ben Chamberlain. 020 8858 5545. ...

... National Theatre newt: Arthur Miller's All My Sons, directed by Howard Davies, opens at the Cottesloe Theatre on July 6, with Julie Walters. James Hazeldine. Catherine McCormack. Ben Daniels, Charles Edwards. Beveriey Longhurst and Paul Ritter in the cast: Ken Campbell's History of Comedy Part One: Ventriloquism has an 11-show run only, also at the Cottesloe, from August 25, directed by Colin ...

... NEW SERIES MON, MAY 8 Black Cab BBC2 series of short films (10.20 10.30pm) Production company: World Productions. Cast includes: Stephen Tompkinson, Harriet Walter, Phil Davis. Lesley Manville, Phil Comwell, Marc Warren. Clive Russell, Gillian Kearney. Philip Jackson, Diane Abbott. Series creator: Amelia Bullmore. Series devisers: Amelia Bullmore, Simon Heath. Writers include: Mark Ravenhill, ...

... SNAPS Sir John Gielgud and his family were remembered in a Eucharist service at St Paul's Church, Covent Garden, on Wednesday at 1.1 0pm. A candle and Gielgud's name have been placed on the altar at the church in thanksgiving for his life and work in the theatre. Really Useful Group has denied reports that Andrew Lloyd Webber is interested in buying the former Imperial Theatre in Brighton. The ...

... THURS, MAY 25 Rockin' with Suzi Q BBC Radio 2 eight-part music series (10-10.30pm) Production company: Howlett Media Productions. Presenter: Suzi Quatro. Producer: Kevin Howlett. Top of the pops Suzi Quatro appears on Radio 2 Arrested Development BBC R4 drama series (11-11. 30pm) Cast includes: Letitia Dean. Susannah Doyle, Phil Cornwell, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Maggie McCarthy, Roger Walker, Mark ...

... ABERDEEN His Majesty's Carl Rosa Opera ARMAGH. IRELAND The Market Place Ruby (25-27) AYLESBURY CMc Centre Sing-a-Song-of- Sixpence (26-27) BAGNOR Watermill Up TV Under BASINGSTOKE Haymafket Sense and Sensibility BATH Rondo Betty and Danny's Wake (27-28) Theatre Royal The Browning Version/The Twelve-Pound Look Theatre Royal, Ustinov Studio Tis Pity She's a Whore BECKENHAM The Studio Voluspa (25 ...

... SNAPS Theatre Woricshop in Edinburgh has been highly praised by the National Lottery Charities Board as part of a report by the auditor general on fulfilling grant obligations. Agent Sylvia Thorley has died from leukaemia after a lengthy illness. The 64- year-old, based on the Isle of Wight, passed away on Monday after decades of working in the light enter tainment industry. Her funeral is to ...

... Mlndganw. a new thriller by Anthony Horowitz, creator of the acclaimed ITV series Midsomer Murders, opens at the Vaudeville Theatre on June 5. following selective tour dates nationally. Starring Simon Ward. Christopher Blake and Helen Hobson, the play is directed by Richard Baron who later this summer will direct two productions at Nottingham Playhouse and presented in the West End by Julius ...

... Albert Spew, by David Edgar, based on the book Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth, by Gitta Sereny. Lyttelton Theatre, South Bank SE1. Management: Royal National Theatre. Cast: Roger Allam, Chloe Angharad, Patrick Baladi, Stephen Ballantyne, Tilly Blackwood. Cathryn Bradshaw, Sally-Ann Burnett. Martin Chamberlain. Elizabeth Conboy. Jonathan Cullen. Simon Day. Pip Donaghy, William Gaunt, Alex ...