This musical comes with a brilliant pedigree with music by the ABBA boys and lyrics crafted by Sir Tim Rice.
A triumph on Broadway and London’s West End you are guaranteed a great night of musical theatre with this clever take on the game of chess, political rivalry and two men battling for the love of a
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Film heavyweight in Courtroom Drama .
Orson Welles, famous for Citizen Kane once quipped about his career, “I started at the top and have been working my way down ever since”.
Always something of a gun for hire, when not directing , he always turned in interesting performances adding a touch of class to some very ordinary material.
Now and again
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I’ve always related that country music crosses the boundaries of any musical genre.
It also crosses the boundaries of Canada and America, and apart from all the musical output from the States, Canada has always played a big part in producing its fair share of country talent.
Names like Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, Lisa Brokop, Michelle Wright, Hank
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These DVD’s are made up of four separate films assembled from original World War II footage under the general title Victory at Sea.
Each film takes as its theme a particular stage of the War that was waged at sea .
In ‘Sea and Sand’
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On this weeks show there’s a reminder that it’s your last chance to win a double CD release from Randy Travis as I’ll be making the draw on next weeks show.
In our On This Day feature I’ll be mentioning The Beatles, Bob Dylan, potatoes,Gerri Halliwell and breastfeeding.
Our Album of the Week comes from a country legend who is instantly recognised
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Love and romance on the dance floor or in the comfort of your living room.
Who can forget the great Al Pacino playing a blind Colonel, taking a beautiful girl on to the dance floor to tango in the film,’Scent of a Woman’.
What romance! What splendour and grace, as he leads and she follows,
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English pop, skiffle and rock n’ roll started in a handful of South London pubs and clubs.
That Liverpool lot came a bit later.
What started out as a teenage craze with no career plan in mind conquered the world.
It is fantastic to think that a handful of these teenagers are still with us
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Have you ever wondered why we have trains and how it is that jet planes fly with compressed hot exhaust air?.
These DVD’s take you on an amusing, informative journey explaining that many of the machines that define our lives are in fact home grown inventions.
Necessity they say is the mother of
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On today’s show there’s a mixed bag of country goodies.
I’ll be introducing you to a new outfit called Train and I’ll be playing a track from someone you know but perhaps haven’t heard of for a while, I’ll even challenge you to try and identify him before his song finishes…as a clue you’ll have to think ‘sixties’ and ‘pop’ artist.
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If you’re looking for a great historical thriller based on The Dead Sea Scrolls this book from the pen of James Fitzsimons may fit the bill.
In a multi million prestigious London property development, work is brought to an expensive stop when a scroll is dug up. It looks real, but it could
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