TV
Class of 92: Out of Their League
If like me you’re a United fan, you’ll have watched the legendary Class of 1992 reign over football for more than 20 years.
Lights, Camera, Action! When Hollywood pays a visit
Where there’s muck there’s money. A film shoot was going on in our street and the crew paid us to let them squeeze the lavatory trailer onto our drive.
Our Deirdre: a love letter to the Street’s first modern woman
I’ve been trying to work out why I was terribly moved by the death and subsequent tributes to Anne Kirkbride.
Feeling the Sci-Fi love: my first Comic Con
I’ve got a big, big confession to make – I’ve never seen the original Star Wars films.
Exclusive: Basil Brush talks to Northern Soul
On election day, Northern Soul had a very unusual To Do list. Firstly, vote, obviously. Then do a bit of a shop. Then interview Basil Brush.
Michael Brandon takes A View from the Bridge
Northern Soul’s Rich Jevons talks to actor Michael Brandon (known to many as Dempsey from TV’s Dempsey and Makepeace) about his career and current role of Alfieri in Arthur Miller’s A View from the Bridge, set in Brandon’s birthplace, Brooklyn.
Willy Russell: “writers have to be mavericks”
In an exclusive interview, Northern Soul’s Cathy Crabb chats to playwright, musician and novelist Willy Russell.
Cucumbers and Canal Street: Russell T Davies talks to Northern Soul
There’s a real lump-in-the-throat moment part-way through the first episode of Russell T Davies’s new Channel 4 drama Cucumber.
Moving Stories: Type Motion at FACT, Liverpool
I have a friend who has just finished training as an archivist. I have an idea what this means: I think it involves blowing cobwebs off boxes of old photos while wearing a pair of rave-style white gloves, then occasionally appearing on Who Do You Think You Are? and talking Richard Madeley through his tear-jerking past.
Here’s One We Made Earlier: The Story of BBC Children’s Broadcasting
Children’s TV: you watch it for about ten years, then you spend the rest of your life sitting in the pub reminiscing (in fact, if your passport lists your occupation as ‘bad stand-up comic’, you might even make a living making cracks about it).
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
Hurrah and huzzah! Entries for the 2018 Northern Soul Awards, to be held at Manchester Cathedral on November 15th, are now open. And it won’t cost you a penny. Click HERE to enter – or purchase tickets to this brilliant event.
#NSAwards18
The Northern Soul Poll
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