Saving The Titanic (DVD)

titanic S Saving The Titanic (DVD)There cannot be many people who do not realise that the pride of the British Empire The RMS Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg one hundred years ago on the 14th April 1912.

It has already been documented over the years by many film makers including the Kate Winslet, Leonardo DeCaprio 1997 epic version which has just been re-released

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Barney McKenna - Last of The Dubliners

Feature writer Seamus Doran pays his own personal tribute to Barney McKenna

 

Barney McKenna M Barney McKenna Last of The DublinersThe last of the original founder members of The Dubliners has died.

I learnt with some sadness that legendary banjo player Barney Mc Kenna died yesterday at the age of 72 at his home in Howth just outside his beloved Dublin.

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Titanic - Soundtrack Anniversary Edition

titanic S Titanic Soundtrack Anniversary EditionFilm Director James Cameron, as well as going travelling to the deepest part of the Ocean this week  launches the release of his epic box office smash hit Titanic in 3D.

This coincides with the one hundred year anniversary of  the Titanic itself setting sail and the opening of The Titanic Centre in Belfast where the ill fated boat

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Charles Dickens

Dickens M Charles Dickens In the year when many appreciators of literary arts celebrate the two hundreth anniversary of the birth of Charles Dickens and an ‘In Love with Charles Dickens Week’ on Sky Arts TV, we asked our feature writer Seamus Doran (a solicitor in his own right) to take a look at some of the

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Theatre Royal free Birthday Blaze

Theatre royal S Theatre Royal free Birthday BlazeTo mark the Newcastle Theatre Royal’s 175th birthday and as a way of saying thank you to the people of the North East a special free event is set to light up the night sky over Grey Street tomorrow and Sunday (18th/19th Feb).

Timed between 6pm until 10pm visitors can arrive and leave as and when

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Gala Celebrations at the Theatre Royal

TRweb images425x319gala S Gala Celebrations at the Theatre RoyalGeorge the Third as well as losing America gave the Theatre Royal its charter and February marks the Queen of Grey Street’s 175th birthday.

What was lost with America we gained here in the North East with perhaps the best theatre in the country.

To mark this milestone and to celebrate the old girls

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The Story of Hollywood - An Illustrated History

HOLLYWOOD S The Story of Hollywood An Illustrated HistoryHollywood is the centre of movie land, an industry town which has created stars and reflected the changing lives of mankind for over one hundred years.

Why Hollywood ?

Blessed with fine sunshine that could be relied upon and varied scenery that could provide believable backdrops for films money walked and money talked

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Cook's Tours - Tales Of A Tour Manager

cooks tours tales of a M Cooks Tours Tales Of A Tour ManagerOver my thirty plus years of broadcasting I’ve had the pleasure and privilege in may cases of talking and meeting some of the greats from the world of music.

Many of the interviews are made available through press contacts, publicists, managers and one of the most important when artists

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Charles Dickens - A Christmas Celebration

merry christmas S Charles Dickens A Christmas CelebrationThe New Year marks the two hundredth anniversary of Charles Dickens’ birthday.

The creator of the  traditional Christmas as we know it and timeless characters such as ‘Oliver Twist’ and ‘Little Nell’ has never gone out of fashion.In  every passing decade the subjects and stories that he told remain as fresh and timely as ever.

He

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'Heartbeat'-The Complete Fifth Series

Heartbeat DVD 5th series S Heartbeat The Complete Fifth SeriesSunday Evening will Never Be The Same Again !
From 1992 to 2010 ‘Heartbeat’ was king of Sunday evening television with viewing figures  regularly in excess of 14 million.

Based in the Sixties and set in the fictional village of Aidensfield in the very real and very beautiful North Yorkshire Moors it told

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