Hello there. Its Peter here. Welcome to another week of Levy Letters. I hope your weekend was good whatever you did. The weather was certainly better on Saturday, as advertised by Snow Whites little helper.
I went to see Blood Brothers on Saturday night. We interviewed Linda Nolan on the programme a couple of weeks back. The musical still fills theatres wherever it goes. Hull New Theatre was sold out the whole week, which was great news. Blood Brothers is still running in the West End after about eighteen years. It really is a fabulous musical. And unlike so many others, it actually has a very strong story line. So we got there on Saturday night. The theatre was absolutely full. Just before the performance was going to start, there was an announcement to say who was playing what. But one of the parts, Mrs Johnstone, wasnt being played by Linda Nolan. She was off and nobody knew about this and of course there were all the usual whispered voices saying ooh they didnt tell us and oh we didnt know. Anyway they made the announcement of the name of the woman who was the understudy, the performance started and it was brilliant. The understudy was absolutely magnificent and I w! ould go as far as to say that she was better than Linda Nolan when I saw her a couple of weeks back. Absolutely brilliant. Unfortunately though, I cant remember her name, if anyone can help me out with that, wed certainly like to give her a mention on the Levy Letter and indeed on the programme. Tonight at 6.30pm On tonights programme, therell be of course all the days news, and Im also embarrassed to say that Paul Hudson (can you believe this) is on weeks leave! Its hard to believe isnt it? But he is. I understand that this is his last holiday for some while. Its probably a permanent one! And Lisa Gallagher will be with us at half past six. Photos Keep your photos coming in for the Big Screen. If you like taking photographs and have some particularly scenic views from around the region that you think would look good on the programme then send them to me. The usual email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or if youve got a hard copy of a photograph that you wouldnt mind me having that you think we could use on the programme then send it to me at BBC Look North, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. Fraisthorpe I had a letter this morning from a sand yachter asking for some coverage of sand yachting on the programme. Thank you for that one. And Im glad the letter was sent to me, because a few weeks ago I went to Fraisthorpe beach and I completely forgot to mention it in the Levy Letter. What a great place that is! Its probably no more than 25 minutes from Hull. They do a lot of sand yachting on the beach there and a lot of kite flying and its a brilliant place for swimming. But its such a long beach and its just so unspoilt, the beach is fab and it just goes on forever. Great place and probably no more than 25 places from Hull. Im not sponsored by the tourist board you understand, I just think its a fab place. If youve not been yet, then its well worth a visit. Completely unspoilt. Theres nothing there. Theres no cafes there or amusements, theres just the beach, but it is terrific. Katie Melua Last week, was the 21st birthday of one of the most talented singer/songwriters that weve got around at the moment her name is Katie Melua. And her new album is out today. Its called Piece by Piece and again its another collaboration with Mike Batt. The single 9 million bicycles in Beijing, which is getting lots of airplay at the moment on the radio, is from this album. Because several people have asked to have Katie on the programme, we are of course looking into it. Shes hugely busy and is now becoming a real big star. Well were trying and Im told by one of the producers of Look North that we may have Katie on the programme in the next few weeks. So certainly looking forward to that! Katie Melua her new album is out to buy today! And just finally a mention that last week, we had some really big stars on the programme, and it looks like weve got even more this week! Tomorrow, Tuesday, on the programme, we shall be talking to the one and only Linda Barker. Of course, she is everywhere, is Linda. Shes also in East Yorkshire that is now her home - and well be talking to Linda tomorrow night on the programme at half past six. Thats it from me. Enjoy your day and join me tonight at 6.30pm for Look North on BBC1. And look out for the Levy Letter tomorrow. And dont forget that if you know someone whod like a Levy Letter and is not yet subscribed then point them in the direction of one of the two addresses at the bottom of this email. And Ill see you tomorrow. Take care! Bye Peter And for the latest news and more where you live, go to: http://bbc.co.uk/humber and http://bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the BBC Look North newsletter, go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/looknorthhull/newsletter/newsletter_index.shtml, enter your email address in the unsubscribe box.
