Hello, its Peter here and welcome to todays Levy Letter. I hope your Wednesday is going well and I hope youll be able to join me tonight on BBC One at 6.30pm. Ill have all the days news from around the region including looking at the controversial subject of whether or not the NHS should pay to help drug addicts beat their addiction. I'll be investigating a new unlicensed implant that could help drug users beat the cravings. Ill have the full story on that tonight.
Also on Look North, I'll be reporting on the inquest into the drowning of a holidaymaker at Ingoldmells Point. We'll be asking what lessons should be learnt from this incident. More on that later. I'll be meeting the teenagers, who are mad about modified cars. They need your help to try and find a new meeting place. Tune in tonight to find out how you could help with their hobby. Well meet the Grantham woman, who has started a special course to help parents communicate with their babies from just four months old through sign language. Plus find out why Cleethorpes beach could be disappearing. And I'll be chatting to the writer and broadcaster, Clive James, ahead of his tour to Pocklington and Louth. And of course, Paul will have the forecast. He did say last night that yesterday was probably going to be the best day of the week. Some bad news for us then is that were off to the seaside this week. The programme will be coming live from the beach at Skegness on Friday. So if youre around, then please come along and join us. Watch the programme go out live from Chapel St Leonards! And get your fingers crossed for fine weather for us! Thanks for the emails on a variety of subjects. One of the things I was talking about yesterday was the fact that analogue radio was no longer going to be sold by a major retail chain. Theyre now only going to be selling digital radios. Theres one here from Vince. My wife bought a digital radio for my birthday. Itll only work in one place in the room and thats about five feet up and miles from anything that I can stand it on. Needless to say that it went straight back to the store. I continue to enjoy my old three band analogue radio, which can get Radio Two, Radio Four and Five and anything else I want to listen to, anywhere in the house. With digital there is no middle course its always crackling reception. It either works or it doesnt. So there you are. Strong words against digital radio from Vince. Thanks very much indeed for that. If youd like to email in on any of the subjects weve talked about or if youve got a problem or an issue that you think we might ! be able to tackle on Leave it to Levy, then drop me a line. Its [EMAIL PROTECTED] Noel I was talking yesterday about finishing Noel Edmonds book about the Cosmos and Cosmic Ordering. Ive put my orders in and well have to wait and see if I get any delivered. Noel, of course, came back to our screens hitting the ground running back at the beginning of the year with Deal Or No Deal. Hes now making a BBC comeback. His return to the BBC is after more than seven years. Hell headline a series of live programmes beginning with the National Lottery Special next month. He hasnt appeared on the BBC since Noels House Party was axed in 1999. After leaving the BBC, Edmonds took a career break and he made a triumphant comeback last year with the Channel 4 quiz show Deal Or No Deal. This has earned him a Bafta nomination. But now after seven years in the abyss, Noel Edmonds is back and joining the BBC once more. Tom And Jerry The PC police are on the prowl again. This time theyre looking at Tom and Jerry. The classic cartoon has become the latest victim of political correctness. Last night television watchdogs were condemned for imposing a ludicrous ban on smoking in cartoons. Cuts were ordered after the media regulator, Ofcom, received a complaint from a parent over scenes in two cartoons, Texas Tom and Tennis Chumps, which were shown on a childrens channel. In the first, Tom tries to impress a female cat by making a roll up cigarette and smoking with just one hand. Tennis Chumps sees Toms opponent in the game smoking a large cigar and that is not allowed these days by the PC police and is going to be cut out of the cartoon. So your views on this latest political correctness scandal, then get in touch. All your comments are gratefully received to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Pictures Dont forget, if youve got a picture or a photograph that you think we should see to show on the programme, then let me take a look. It doesnt matter how funny it is the more unusual the better, just like those scarecrows at Flamborough. Just send it in and let me see it to the usual address. Street Stars The cast of Coronation Street were threatened with the possibility of having some pay cuts. Some of the soap stars salaries were likely to be cut by as much as £26,000 next year. But they went to the actors union, which is called Equity and they have won. Top earners on the Street I think the highest earner is Barbara Knox, alias Rita Sullivan and Bill Roach, who plays Ken Barlow. Both will now retain their salaries. What do you think they get for playing Rita and Ken? Well, apparently, according to the article I read - £260,000 a year! Worst TV Show Ever The fifty worst TV shows of all time are out today. The first place on the list goes to Naked Jungle. Its a bizarre naturist game show for Channel 5, which featured the presenter, Keith Chegwin, wearing only a fig leaf! That is the one programme that we hated the most! Viewers turned off in their thousands, appalled by what is called one of the smuttiest stunts ever aired on British TV. Last night, Keith Chegwin defended the show, saying, It was just a bit of fun, adding that people kept shouting rude things at me in the street, but even my Mum and Dad were quite happy about me showing off my body at the time. There you are. Naked Jungle was the most hated TV show. Mini Pops was number two. I dont know what that is. Triangle was number three. Quick Fire Balls was number four. I dont remember that either. Annies Bar at five. Love Thy Neighbour was at seven, Thomas The Tank Engine at eight Im sure quite a few people wont agree with that one. Through The Keyhole was! at nine, of course hosted by David Frost and made in Yorkshire for many a year. The Year In Provence was number ten, which was, I have to admit, truly awful. What else would you put in there? What names spring to mind? Eldorado, of course, was bound to be in the list and that was at number thirty-six. Heartbeat is in there as well at thirty-eight. And Clive James Postcard From is at number forty-three and Clive James is our guest on the programme tonight. Well, that's it from me for today. Join me tonight for Look North on BBC One at 6.30pm as usual. And of course after the One Show, Look North will return for a quick news update with the forecast from Paul as well at twenty-five past seven. So look out for that as well. Well be getting all of your comments together on the subjects weve discussed in the main programme, and Ill be reading out your emails at 9.25pm. So look out for that and of course watch out for your Levy Letter again tomorrow. 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