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The Holly and The Ivy, Lighthouse, Poole

10:41am Saturday 14th February 2009

SIXTY years after it made its debut as a stunning piece of contemporary theatre, Wynyard Browne’s powerful domestic drama The Holly and the Ivy still buzzes with home truths.

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Ken Russell

10:19am Thursday 21st June 2007

KEN Russell is one of Britain's best-known and most influential film directors.

Sir Alec Guinness

10:19am Thursday 21st June 2007

DEPENDING on your age you will have a different view on what Sir Alec Guinness' most significant role was.

Jeremy Irons

10:18am Thursday 21st June 2007

FILM and West End star Jeremy Iron's glittering career is a far cry from his fairly sheltered childhood on the Isle of Wight.

Anthony Minghella

10:17am Thursday 21st June 2007

ANTHONY Minghella was born into a famous family - well, famous on the Isle of Wight, anyway.

Arthur English

10:15am Thursday 21st June 2007

ARTHUR English's stage career got off the ground when he was still very young, with him appearing in amateur shows, but it was not until he had turned 30 that he began working as a professional entertainer.

Amanda Holden

10:15am Thursday 21st June 2007

A GAP-TOOTHED six-year old singing Somewhere Over the Rainbow reduced Amanda Holden to tears last week.

Benny Hill

9:39am Thursday 21st June 2007

FAMED for his saucy brand of seaside humour, Benny Hill was a comedy icon for a generation of British television fans.

Danny La Rue

9:39am Thursday 21st June 2007

HIS career as a flamboyant female impersonator spanned more than half a century.

Sheila Hancock

9:38am Thursday 21st June 2007

SHEILA HANCOCK is a well-respected star of the stage and screen who has been entertaining television, cinema, West End and Broadway audiences for more than 50 years.

Tommy Cooper

9:38am Thursday 21st June 2007

It was enough just for him to walk on stage and the audience would be in hysterics even before Tommy Cooper said a word let alone fumble his way through his version of magic.

Nicholas Lyndhurst

9:37am Thursday 21st June 2007

GANGLY teenage plonker' Rodney Trotter was brought to life by Nicholas Lyndhurst in classic British comedy Only Fools and Horses.

Colin Firth

9:36am Thursday 21st June 2007

A COLLECTIVE swoon swept the land when Colin Firth - and his dripping wet britches - emerged from a lake during the BBC costume drama Pride and Prejudice.

Cary Grant

3:38pm Wednesday 20th June 2007

He was perhaps the most dashing of all Hollywood film stars who managed to steal the hearts of millions and for a short time Cary Grant called Southampton his home.

Peter Sellers

3:37pm Wednesday 20th June 2007

PETER Sellers was born Richard Henry Sellers but his parents gave him the nickname Peter after his stillborn elder brother.

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