Recently added articles from Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England):
Out of this world.
Jul 05, 2009 ... Funtime Frankie - PAGE 3 Let's get rocked! ...
PICK OF THE FLICKS 7 TO WATCH.
Jul 05, 2009 ... SUNDAY: Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (Channel 4, 11.25pm). Another so-so film from Jack Black's patchy film career. He plays rock wannabe JB, who teams up with busker Kyle Gass to form a band. They break into the Rock and Roll History Museum to steal the guitar pick of destiny. There ...
Jack's back; 7 heaven treat of the week.
Jul 05, 2009 ... AN ORDINARY day turns into a nightmare when every single child in the world suddenly stops dead. Then a message is sent to all global governments, with the sinister message: "We are coming." That's the gripping plot of a new Torchwood story, shown every night from Monday. ...
Square-eyed Charlie.
Jul 05, 2009 ... CELEBRITY comedy panel shows are popular with TV producers because they're cheap and easy to make yet usually attract high ratings. That's just the sort of cynical comment critic Charlie Brooker would make - yet now he's hosting just such a show, casting a sardonic eye over the ...
PRINCELY TALK.
Jul 05, 2009 ... HE may be slightly more tactful than his father, but we know Prince Charles isn't slow in speaking his mind. Which is why his thoughts on the key problems facing the world may ...
BBC GOES TO WAR.
Jul 05, 2009 ... MARTIN Jarvis, Doon Mackichan and Lloyd Owen play BBC journalists who arrive in Karibu to cover a small African war in this new comedy drama, ...
PAXO'S POSERS.
Jul 05, 2009 ... JEREMY Paxman is back barking questions in the cerebral quiz. After last year's winners had their prize taken away after it emerged one of the team had graduated, ...
Topical trouble.
Jul 05, 2009 ... Byline: FRANKIE BOYLE WITH the recession, swine flu and terrorist scares, we all need something to laugh at. Thankfully one of TV's funniest and edgiest comedy shows returns this week to cheer us up. Dara O'Briain hosts Mock The Week and is joined by regulars Frankie ...
FOOD 7 TO WATCH.
Jul 05, 2009 ... WHAT TO EAT NOW, BBC2, 8.30pm: Chef and passionate foodie Valentine Warner returns for a second series of his guide to seasonal cooking. Each week Val will be taking us through the very best of summer's ingredients, showing us the food we should be eating now, how it grows and how to cook ...
SPORT 7 TO WATCH.
Jul 05, 2009 ... SUNDAY: Wimbledon (BBC1, 1.30pm). Sue Barker presents coverage of the men's singles final at the All England Club. Andy Roddick dashed dreams of British glory, but can the American stop superman Roger Federer? MONDAY: Live Cycling: Tour de France (Eurosport, 12pm). The tour ...
KATIE OPENS UP.
Jul 05, 2009 ... SHE desperately needs to put her side of the story across, as almost everyone sympathises with her estranged husband Peter Andre. So Katie Price has ...
AS IF BY MAGIC LOOK [...].
Jul 05, 2009 ... AS IF BY MAGIC LOOK closely and you'll see this is TV presenter Ben Shephard, dressed as a wizard for a cameo role in the new Harry Potter movie. He goes ...
WITTY WARDS.
Jul 05, 2009 ... BBC4's Grey Expectations season continues with a fly-on-the-wall style comedy devised and written by its cast - Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlan and Vicki ...
CORONATION STREET.
Jul 05, 2009 ... DID Jason really think that David would quietly accept his relationship with Tina? He sent rival Gary Windass to prison, remember, so you can imagine he gets just a little wound up when he finds out who's seeing his ex. Especially as Jason is his brother-in-law. So he reacts in ...
EMMERDALE.
Jul 05, 2009 ... NATASHA and Mark's romantic break has the opposite effect this week. Their kids booked them into a posh hotel so they could spend time together, but they come back ready to announce their divorce. But then Natasha has a change of heart and tells Mark they can get their marriage ...
home & away ADEN [...]; this week.
Jul 05, 2009 ... home & away ADEN thinks the time is right to propose to Belle, and puts down a deposit for a ring, even though he's strapped for cash. Then Lou's boat is sunk, putting him out of a job and worried how he's going to pay for it. When he's approached by dodgy loan shark Clint, he ...
PHIL GLAD TO GO.
Jul 05, 2009 ... PHIL Daniels has voiced what many of us believe about EastEnders - it doesn't do comedy nearly as well as Corrie. He says he's glad his character of ...
IS TINA THE ONE?
Jul 05, 2009 ... AFTER all the problems Corrie's Jason has had with women - recent conquests include his stroppy wife Sarah, mouthy Becky and his own aunt (eww) - let's hope ...
BLONDE V BLONDE.
Jul 05, 2009 ... GET ready for yet more fireworks in Albert Square with the arrival of Danniella Westbrook, who's reprising her role as Sam Mitchell. Rita Simons, who plays Roxy, predicts that ...
Phil's bizarre appeal; eastenders the one to watch.
Jul 05, 2009 ... I'VE said it before and I'll say it again. What on earth is the strange power that Phil Mitchell holds over the women of Albert Square? Personally I can't see anything attractive about this thug, who's forever showing us his failings, from addiction to alcohol to letting down ...