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Clarissa Philip London, Henry Hitchings's rating Description: A revival of Jim Cartwright's comedy-drama about a gifted young singer whose talent attracts unwanted attention.

Paul Smith; Mike Leigh; Rene Fleming; Tony Bennett; Michael Palin. Not the line-up for the next celebrity reality show : they might seem a disparate bunch, but these five individuals have each had an indelible impact on our culture, art and collective consciousness.

Mike Leigh has buried the caricatures and obsessive bleakness to make a sentimental, human melodrama.

Gina Mckee is nothing like the damaged women she portrays, writes Alice Jones Elegant, alabaster-pale and with a measured murmur of a voice, Gina McKee is, initially at least, regally inscrutable.

TV18 and Taxsmile.com is introducing "Taxpertise", an expert's perspective on tax planning and filing on June 20, 10 a.m. onwards at Mother Tekla Auditorium, No.

Smiling through. Sally Hawkins is a tad too sunny in Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky. Here's a name: Poppy Cross.

THE great British writer and director Mike Leigh is known for being rather caustic and difficult in interviews, but in Mark Lawson Talks to Mike Leigh, he was perfectly engaging, voluble and candid.