... SAT, OCT 28 Friends Uke These BBC1 enter tainment series (6.50 7.45pm) Presenters: Ant and Dec. Producer: Mike Agnew. Deviser and executive producer: David Young. Series producer: Marion Farrelly. SUN, OCT 29 Pam Ayros' Open Road BBC Radio 2 eight-part travel series (4 4.30pm) Presenter: Pam Ayres. Producers: Simon Elmes, Jill Marshall. All the Rage BBC Radio 4 music series (1.30 2pm) ...

... FRI, OCT 13 Alan Jay Lemer The Street Where I Uve BBC Radio 2 six-part music theatre series (7 7.30pm) Production company: MRM. Presenter: Henry Goodman. Producers: Adrian Edwards. Mark Rowles. SAT, OCT 14 Later with Jools Holland BBC2 music series (10.55 11.55pm) Presenter: Jools Holland. Producer: Mark Cooper. Top Ten Year* Channel 4 four-part music nostalgia series (9 10.30pm) Production ...

... ABERDEEN Hi* Majesty's Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell Lemon Trm Antigone (24-25) BAGNOR Watanntli The Prisoner of Zenda BARNSTAPLE Quean's Why Me? BASINGSTOKE Haymarket Perfect Days BELFAST Lyric Daaali (26-28) BEXHILL De U Warr Pavilion Hidden Laughter (26-28) BILLINGHAM Forum Pinocchio: A New Musical Adventure (27-28) BIRMINGHAM Alexandra Annie Repertory The Ramayana Repertory, Door Studio The ...

... Simon Callow continues to star in The Mystery of Charles Dickens which will transfer to the Albery Theatre on October 30. The show, by Peter Ackroyd. is booking to January 2001. Lyn Paul has returned to Willy TLjr CTA^C nTTADCD 4 CL OAT Russell's Blood Brothers, at the Phoenix Theatre, to play the role of Mrs Johnstone. The show, which is directed by Bob Tomson and now in its 12th year, has a ...

... --?Bam- t^^^^^^^^^^^-- Disney on Ice: Jungle Adventures. London Arena. Limeharbour E14 to October 29, then tour. Management: Feld Entertainment. Cast includes: Craig Horowitz. Robin Johnstone. Joel Mangs, Stephane Morel. Mark Naylor, Emrah Polatoglu, Lesley Rogers. Besarion Tsintsadze. Doug Barnhart. Andrew Jason Graetz. James Pieta, Maxim Katchanov. Director: Jerry Bilik. Choreographer: ...

... NEW SERIES WED, OCT 18 The Scarlet Pimpernel BBC1 three-part drama series (8.30 10pm) Production company: BBC Birmingham, London Rims, ABC Australia. Cast includes: Richard E Grant. Ronan Vibert, John McEnery, Emily Bruni, Nicholas Geeks. Stuart Bunce, Jonathan Coy, Bhasker Patel, Gerard Murphy, Ron Donachie, Joanna Roth, Anton Lesser, Jim Cartwright. Simon Williams, David Birkin, Caroline ...

... Ranter Hersch travels the country with new show Bach to Basics until December 30. Dates include: October Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham (12), Old Town Hall. Hemel Hempstead (20), Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Winder-mere (21): Novem ber Arts Centre, Swindon (3), Arts Link Theatre. Camberiey (4). Arts Centre, Bridgwater (10). Arts Centre. Windsor (11). Live Theatre. Newcastle (12). Quay ...

... ABERDEEN Hb Majesty's L'Elisir D'amore (34) ASHTON-UNDER-LYME TamesMe Hippodrome Sooty' s Magic Farm BAGNOR Wateimlll The Prisoner of Zenda BARNET Bull The Boy Who Left Home (i4); Daughter of the River BASINGSTOKE Haymarket Perfect Days BATH Theatre Royal Conversations After a Burial BELFAST Grand Opera House The Royal Ballet of Flanders Lyric La Chunga BILLINGHAM Forum The Phantom of the ...

... Russ Abbot is currently starring in Doctor Dolittle which continues its run at Kings Theatre. Glasgow until November 4 and will then tour to Empire Theatre, Sunderland (November 7-25): Opera House, Blackpool (November 29- December 16): Apollo, Oxford (December 19-January 20), starring Phillip Schofield; Regent. Stoke-On-Trent (February 6-24): Alhambra. Bradford (February 27-March 17): His ...

... Noises Off, by Michael Frayn. Lyttelton Theatre. South Bank SE1. Management: Royal National Theatre in association with the Ambassador Theatre Group and Act Productions. Cast: Susie Blake. Patricia Hodge. Christopher Benjamin, Peter Egan. Aden Gillett, Selina Griffiths. Jeff Rawle, Paul Thornley. Natalie Walter. Director: Jeremy Sams. Designer: Robert Jones. Lighting: Tim Mitchell. Sound: ...

... Patrick Marber directs the 40th anniversary production of The Caretaker by Harold Pinter, opening at the Comedy Theatre on November 15 for a ten week season. The play, which was originally produced at the Arts Theatre Club in 1960. will also celebrate Pinter's 70th birthday and stars Michael Gambon, Rupert Graves and Douglas Hodge. Produced by Robert Fox Limited, designed by Rob Howell and lit ...

... SNAPS United News and Media was preparing tor Granada Media to officially take over management of the com pany's television interests as The Stage went to press, after the £1.75 billion merger deal was given the go-ahead by shareholders last week. BBCl's news bulletin will move to 1 0pm on October 16, the BBC confir med this week. Governors met on Monday to agree the decision which has been ...