Hello there, Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your days going well and that youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Last night we were talking to the magician, Geoffrey Durham. Tonight, hes still riding high after having a resurgence with Is this the way to Amarillo? Tony Christie will be joining me tonight. Hes on the way to the region. Hes also got a new single out. Ill be talking to Tony tonight, BBC1 at 6.30pm.
Jungle I wasnt going to mention it, but so many people have been emailing me asking me what I think of Im A Celebrity. Well, Ive actually only seen the first programme. The one where the former Eastenders star spent less than forty-eight hours in the camp and of course fainted twice and had all that trouble on the wire. Well, I see from the news today that she was in the show less than forty-eight hours, but shes actually negotiated to receive her full fee. Shes not going back to the jungle by the way, ITV have said she wont go back, but she has allegedly negotiated a fee of £65 000, which is a lot more than most of the contestants. Shes the second highest paid celebrity on the programme. Most of the other celebrities are getting the standard fee of £25 000. Elaine Lordan has negotiated a fee of £65 000 allegedly! She was only in the show for forty-eight hours, so that works out at £1500 an hour! So maybe shes having the last laugh! The reason she gets the money is that ITV! has to pay in full, because the decision for her to leave is theirs and not hers. She was quite happy to go back. But I think perhaps they knew what was lined up for her in the show. But anyway, a little bit of jungle talk in there. Thanks to everyone whos emailed in on that one. And Ive got an email here, Would it be possible to add this to the Levy Letter. This one comes from Liz. Would it be possible to add this to the Whats On Guide? The Kingsway, Princes Cleethorpes Brass Band are inviting everyone to a Christmas concert called Bells, Baubles and Brass. Its at St Andrews Church, Mill Road in Cleethorpes at 7.30pm on Friday 9th December. Its filled with lots of good music and Christmas entertainment. So there we are, get along to that one at St Andrews Church in Cleethorpes. And by the way, the day before on the 8th December, Ill be at the Street Life museum in Hull for a special Christmas carol service. They call it a celebrity carol service. If you can make it along, then I look forward to seeing you at the museum on Thursday night, the 8th at 7.30pm. Sprouts If you have trouble getting the children or grandchildren to eat sprouts, then never fear. There is a solution at hand. Growers have produced a purple version, which they believe will make the vegetable more appealing and appetising to young ones, especially over Christmas. Originally a mutation of the kale plant, the purple sprout has slowly been developed and has the same structure and taste as the green variety. With your eyes closed, you would know no difference, but with your eyes open, youll be surprised to see youve got no greens on your plate, but instead youve got purple sprouts for Christmas. And talking of Christmas. You know these lists of presents you can buy? One of the most bizarre things you can buy for £10 is a DVD called the Fantastic Instant Fireplace. If like me, you live in a flat and you havent got a fireplace and you havent got a cosy fire burning away in the corner, you can play the DVD and you can have a lovely burning fire on the TV instead! ! Wouldnt that be wonderful? Sad or what?? Is anyone actually going to buy it? Or has anyone got an Instant Fireplace DVD? If you have, then we would be interested to know all about it? Do you all sit around, put the television on and sit and watch your fire on the TV? You couldnt make it up could you?? Write Dont forget if you want to drop me a line about anything at all, then the usual address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] And I look forward to hearing from you. Christmas TV Just going back to television just for the moment, Ronnie Barkers last television show will be broadcast on the BBC over Christmas. The comedian finished recording the Two Ronnies Christmas Special just months before he died six weeks ago at the age of 76. The show features many of the pairs best-loved sketches from previous festive specials. It will include an interview with Ronnie Corbett and with a specially-recorded tribute, the comedian will talk about their partnership, which spans some forty years and ninety-eight shows. So there you are, the last new materials from Ronnie Barker will be shown on a special TV programme on BBC1 over Christmas. Calendar I dont want to labour the point, but just a reminder that the BBC Children In Need Calendar is still available. If you can get down, then you can pick one up from either of our receptions in Lincoln, Grimsby or Hull. Or from one of our buses at £5. All the money raised will go to Children In Need and hopefully, shortly I will be able to have an update for you on just how much money has been raised by the sale of the calendar. Dont forget, theyre £5 or if you want to send me a cheque payable for £6 to the BBC and send it in to BBC Look North Calendar, Queens Court, Queens Gardens, Hull, HU1 3RH. Well, thats all from me for today. Keep warm! And dont forget there are regular updates on the travel and weather situation throughout the day and particularly at breakfast time and tea time on your local BBC radio station. BBC Radio Humberside or BBC Radio Lincolnshire are on the air now! Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Ill see you later Bye for now 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.
