DIDA: Rt Hon Betty Boothroyd MP Sun, 13 Jun 93 Duration: 37 mins Sue Lawley's castaway is Speaker of the House of Commons Betty Boothroyd.
There are only 12 shopping days until Christmas, and the British public is going present-shopping crazy. But some parents might have left it too late to buy the present their child really wants for Christmas. Every year there seems to be a certain cr
DIDA: Frank Bruno Sun, 6 Jun 93 Duration: 34 mins Sue Lawley's castaway is boxer Frank Bruno.
DIDA: Kaye Webb Sun, 30 May 93 Duration: 37 mins Sue Lawley's castaway is publisher Kaye Webb.
DIDA: Lord Weinstock Sun, 23 May 93 Duration: 38 mins Sue Lawley's castaway is businessman Lord Weinstock.
DIDA: Eva Burrows Sun, 16 May 93 Duration: 38 mins Sue Lawley's castaway is General of the Salvation Army Eva Burrows.
DIDA: Raymond Seitz Sun, 17 Oct 93 Duration: 37 mins Sue Lawley's castaway is American ambassador to the UK Raymond Seitz.
Though many people think it is an American festival, Halloween is a festival which began in Ireland thousands of years ago called Samhain. It was a celebration of the end of the harvest season, when livestock was killed to store for winter. People be
DIDA: Lesley Garrett Sun, 10 Oct 93 Duration: 38 mins Sue Lawley's castaway is opera singer Lesley Garrett.
Ballroom dancing in the UK used to be seen as something rather unfashionable that old people might do. For the past five years though, the popularity of ballroom dancing has soared thanks to a reality TV show. Strictly Come Dancing is one of the BBC'
While everyone in China, and in fact around the world, is getting excited about the upcoming 2008 Olympics, lots of people in Britain are pleased that two major sporting events will be taking place here in the future. First there was the announcement
How would you celebrate your wedding anniversary? A party with your friends perhaps, or maybe a dinner for two in a small intimate restaurant? Britains reigning monarch Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip have celebrated their 60th weddi
Victoria Beckham, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Melanie Brown, Geri Halliwell; those names mean only one thing, the Spice Girls, and they are back! Seven years after splitting up, the Spice Girls have performed the first night of their comeback tour
Actor Jet Li has hit the headlines this week because he has broken the record for the highest salary earned by a Chinese film star. Chinas highest-earning star will receive 100m yuan (£6.5 million) for his latest movie, 'The Warlords (投名状)'.
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