Hello, its Peter here and welcome to the start of another week and another Levy Letter. I hope your weekend was good! Whatever you got up to, then I hope it went well. Yesterday was certainly a very beautiful day. Its the start of another week, so I hope youre going to join me tonight, BBC1 at 6.30pm.
Before I talk about tonight, just a reminder, that on Thursday I was talking to Aled Jones. Aled has got a new album out today and hes also got a huge number of dates for his big tour, all throughout October, November and December and the first of his tour dates is this Friday in Grimsby. Thats the 21st October. Nice chap, so all the very best to Aled Jones. Talking of showbiz, a couple of emails here from June Will we be seeing you on Strictly Come Dancing Peter? yeah yeah yeah not with my two left feet! I think this has come about because Bill Turnbull, a BBC news presenter, is on Strictly Come Dancing. He says hes never danced before and he too is fifty. But he probably hasnt got two left feet! Strictly Come Dancing was back at the weekend. Tonight on the programme at half past six, as well as all the days news, well be talking about that singing legend Eva Cassidy. There is a tribute show to Eva and I shall be talking to the lady who plays Eva Cassidy tonight at the usual time on BBC1, 6.30pm if you can join me then. Dadzone I had a letter from Steve Smith, whos the chairperson of Dadzone. Let me just read it to you, its sort of self-explanatory. Im writing to you, Peter, on behalf of a brand new group, which has recently established, called Dadzone. Weve set up a group to offer support to Dads and also male carers on the Longhill and Bilton Grange estates. In support, we offer help with gardening, DIY, amongst other things. We organise coffee mornings and also a social evening once a week at the Acorns Community Centre on Bilton Grange. We would very much appreciate it if you could give our group a mention and include it in the Levy Letter. We have an address set up that you can give out on behalf of us if you choose to give us a mention. Its called [EMAIL PROTECTED] So if youre a Dad or a male carer on the Longhill or Bilton Grange estate then do get in touch with the group. It sounds excellent. Recently established, so good luck to Steve Smith with that one. The Voice of Wallace About three years ago, as you may or may not know, I had a small part in Last of the Summer Wine. It was hugely exciting to go along to the filming, but one of the most exciting things for me was meeting Peter Sallis. Peter, of course then, was eighty-one when I met him three years ago doing Last of the Summer Wine. Hes been an actor all of his life and is hugely talented, but of course now hes the voice of Wallace and Gromit and now once again theyre right up there at the top with their Hollywood success. And Peter Sallis is eighty-four now and he has been celebrating the success of the film and what I hadnt realised was that hes been working with Nick Park for twenty-two years on Wallace and Gromit! But a wonderful actor so well done to Peter Sallis. Joss Stone Ive had several requests to get Joss Stone on the programme. Well if she comes to our region, or if shes doing a tour in our area, we will certainly try and get her. Shes hugely popular of course the eighteen year old singer with her trademark husky voice and barefoot stage performances. Ive just been reading as well that shes worth around, bear in mind that shes only eighteen, shes worth a fortune now of £4.5 million pounds. Shes also just bought herself a house. She could of course have anything she wanted, but shes actually bought herself a modest terraced house near her family home in Devon for £195,000 even though shes worth £4.5 million pounds already at eighteen! Addiction I suppose we all have an addiction to something at some point in our lives, of course this can be more serious for some people than for others. For the stars of course, if theyve got an addiction to drink or to drugs, then they check into the famous Priory. Well now the clinic is treating people who are actually hooked on the internet auction site, ebay! Apparently its becoming very addictive and if you have a problem with that then you know where to go. The Priory apparently will sort you out! Pictures Dont forget to keep those pictures and photographs coming in to me for the Big Screen on the programme. If youve got a photograph that you think is good of a local scene or view then send it to me: either a hard copy in the post to BBC Look North Photographs, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH or email it to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave it to Levy And also another reminder if youve got a problem or an issue that you think we may be able to help out with on the programme then give me the details and let me know what the issue is with the full story and Ill see what I can do. Also if you could send me a contact telephone number that would be good also. Send your story to the usual address, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Les Mis I was listening last night to Jonathan and Marcus doing Westenders. Of course, its always a great listen if youre in the BBC Radio Humberside area with songs from the shows on a Sunday evening. (Lovely music to do the ironing by!) And I see from the paper as well that Les Miserables is twenty years old. And theres one story in the paper about Jayne OMahony. Jayne was the first Cosette when the show first opened - a little nine year old, who played the part of Cosette. Well, shes now twenty-nine and has just gone back to a special anniversary performance. But Les Mis has been running, and is still running in the West End for twenty years! Christmas Lights An email here, this one comes from Leslie Pounder. Thank you Leslie. It says Have you been around Leeds lately? Theyre putting their Christmas Lights up already! Do you think its a bit early for all that? What will the people reading the Levy Letter think? Well let us know is it too early for Christmas Lights? Im sure its going to happen here any day now. But Leslie, thank you very much indeed for your email. Birthdays One final mention today goes to, what must be the furthest birthday greeting weve given out so far on the Levy Letter! I had an email from David Cornwall, who writes Its my sons 21st birthday on Monday, any chance you could mention it in the Levy Letter? Well these birthday greetings are being sent all the way to Cumbria where David and his son are living, so happy birthday! Well thats all from the Levy Letter for today. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm and look out for your next Levy Letter tomorrow round about the same time. Have a good day! 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