Hello, its Peter here and welcome to Thursdays Levy Letter. I hope your day is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Well have all the days news, Paul will have the forecast as usual and also tonight, the programme, Question Time, comes from Skegness on BBC1 with David Dimbleby and well be talking about that on the programme tonight. So I hope youll be able to join me as usual at half past six!
Emails Thanks very much for all the emails and oh my word did I drop a little bit of a clanger yesterday by talking about Doctor Who. I think I got the wrong first Doctor Who. I said I could remember as far back as Patrick Troughton. Of course, there was William Hartnell as well and I think that many people remembered that. There have been so many emails about this. Let me just read a few out to you. Well start with one from Sue, Peter, the first Doctor Who was William Hartnell. Patrick Troughton came next. You see Im not as old as you think I am! This one comes from David and he says, You and I are of similar age, (Im just fifty-one) and I remember the very first Doctor Who episode. As far as I recall, the original Doctor was played by William Hartnell for several years and was then followed by Patrick Troughton and then John Pertwee etc. By the way, the original Doctors assistant was called Zoe and Im sure readers of the Levy Letter will know that! Who played Zoe though? Thats a good question. And just one more from Linda, she says, Keep eating the beetroot! Ive just opened my letter. You may look young and beautiful, but even you could be found hiding behind your sofa when the darleks and the first Doctor Who, William Hartnell, some forty-one years ago, was the thing to watch on a Saturday evening. Yes, I remember Frazer Hines too. Maybe he was doing a bit of time travelling too when the speed camera clocked his Merc last year! Ooh naughty, naughty! Well, if it was that long ago, then I was getting on about eight or nine and I do remember building a darlek in my bedroom and I had it on strings across the floor. So indeed I do remember and I should have remembered William Hartnell, so my mistake! Apologies for that one! And one person here, Paul Robinson, gives great detailed dates of all the Doctor Whos. And he says, Christopher Eccleston is my personal favourite! Well, I think we should draw a veil over the subject of Doctor Who now before I put my foot in it again! Just a couple of quick emails on cosmetic surgery now. I mentioned yesterday saying how much it had gone up in popularity almost a third up on last year. This email here from Joanna, she says, If you want it done, go for it! Well, I dont think I mentioned me going for some surgery, but anyway! She goes on to say, I had my first surgery done when I was eleven in Hull Royal for sticking out ears. Not pleasant for a child in school when other children realise that youre a little bit different. Its a very simple procedure and I recommend it to anyone. Then when I was seventeen, I went back to the same surgeon privately for a nose job and again no regrets. My advice to anyone thinking of getting surgery is to see your GP and to get his advice on a reputable surgeon in your area. Joanna, thank you very much indeed for that advice. Just one final email here. This one from Pete Swift, he says, Im quite surprised to read that you have become a regular Big Brother viewer. I have always seen you as being a more discerning person, being above watching the utter tripe that this programme typifies. Other people I know who watch it tell me it is addictive, but I have watched this programme to test this theory only to turn it off after half an hour from sheer boredom. Well, half an hour is half a programme I would say, but Pete, thank you very much indeed for that one. So as you can see, yesterdays Levy Letter certainly got us all going and Im most grateful for all the comments and emails. If you want to write to me, then its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jo Brand The top comic, Jo Brand, is on her way to the region. Shes coming to Grimsby and to York, to the Grand Opera House. Ive got two tickets to give away in a competition in the Levy Letter. This one is only for you, it will not come up on the TV, so its just a question for all you Levy Letter readers. If youd like to go to York to see Jo Brand (youve got to be able to get to York for this prize), then tell me what her job was before she became a comedian. Shes talked about it many times. What was her job, what did she do as a profession, before she went into comedy? If you think you know, then email me straight away with the name of her previous profession to [EMAIL PROTECTED] And I look forward to hearing from you if youd like to go and see Jo Brand! Cost Of Dying The cost of dying in Britain has rocketed by more than two thirds in five years. The average bill for a simple burial has topped £3300 claim researchers and even the cheaper alternative of a cremation is now almost £2000. Experts blame soaring prices on reluctance by grieving relatives to shop around for the best deal from rival funeral directors. The result, they say, are that prices in the funeral industry have been allowed to increase faster than other markets with thriving competition. Funeral directors dispute the findings. They claim that the prices quoted are much higher than most of them charge. The thing about not shopping around is that when youre in that situation youre not going to shop around are you? In fact, I remember from personal experience that business cards are left by funeral directors and you pick up the first one and just book it, because youre grieving and youre in a state of shock. But burial costs now are an average £3300 and again the cost has! gone up by two thirds in the last five years! Any views on that one, then do let me know. Artists Anyone that you would like to have on the programme, that youd like us to interview, who perhaps are coming to the region or who have a connection to the region, then do drop me a line. Thank you for all the emails on the subject of Katie Melua, saying how much you enjoyed having her on the programme last night. Youd asked for her in great numbers. I think its the third time weve had her on the programme in the three and a half years that weve been on air, but for the last two years, shes been the best-selling artist of that year! If youre going to Sheffield to see her next week, then Im hugely jealous, but I do hope you enjoy it. Let me know how it goes. There was an actress, who won several awards at the Comedy Awards - you might have seen it a few weeks back - shes called Ashley Jensen. She was catapulted to fame as Ricky Gervais side kick in his comedy, Extras. Well, it says that shes now being wooed by Hollywood, but she doesnt intend to take the la la land route and turn into a pencil-slim identi-kit glamour puss. She says, I have a Los Angeles agent now, but so far I have no plans to move there. So says Ashley, whos Scottish and thirty-six and she laughed at the after show party for the premiere of the British film, A Cock and Bull Story, in which she co-stars with Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon. Shes a very talented lady, but seems to be extremely down to earth. So a name to look out for Ashley Jensen. Maybe if she comes to our part of the world, then we might be able to get her on the programme. The Ideal Diet Scientists have revealed that a ground-breaking diet will not only help you lose weight, but live longer too. This sounds like too good to be true, doesnt it? But for the first time, scientists have come up with compelling evidence that cutting back on your calories and eating the right foods will slow down the aging process. Unlike previous studies, it is specific to humans and has finally proved what experts have predicted that a good diet will lengthen your life. If this simple diet is adhered to properly, it could mean longer lives for millions of people worldwide. And the answer what do we need to eat? Well, its a Mediterranean diet! Plenty of vegetables, very little red meat and of course plenty of the right oils, of course lots of olive oil! Well, Ive already started. I started on my healthy eating diet on the 1st of January doing Gillian McKeiths diet, which appears to be on the right lines. So, Im looking forward to looking younger and living longer! Well, thats it from me for today. Have a very good day. Join me tonight on BBC1 at 6.30pm. Look out for your Levy Letter tomorrow and dont forget, if you want tickets to see Jo Brand, then send me the answer to that question as soon as you can to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Take care, thanks for reading. 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. 1.94.4
