Archives for January 2008

Laura McMonagle, who plays Zoe, has contributed to a piece in the Daily Record about prostitution. You can read it on the Record's website now.

Raymond has a new lurve interest this week! Polly arrives in the Tall Ship to sell bar snacks and she ends up giving Raymondo her number. Karen Fraser, who plays Polly, has been interviewed by the Evening Times.

Read all about it on the paper's website.

The popular River City Tours return in 2008 from April to September. This year there are even more tours added to offer more chances for you to walk through Shieldinch, and explore the front rooms of your favourite characters!

The tours operate from April to September on the first and last Saturday of each month. Additional tours will run in June and July on both Saturdays and Sundays, every weekend.

Four tours are held per day with visitors getting the chance to walk round the streets of Shieldinch and explore the studio sets. Adult tickets cost £5.00, child & concession tickets cost £3.50. Registered charities may book free of charge by supplying the registered charity number at time of booking.

The tour takes approximately 1.5 hours and involves a lot of walking. The set is accessible. Each tour can accommodate a maximum of 15 people but please note that, if booking for young people, only children of ten and over are permitted. A group tour booked for under 16s must have at least four accompanying adults.

Please be aware that the tours take place outwith the filming schedule and, as such, cast will not be present during the tours.

To make a booking please call the booking line 0870 603 0304. Textphone for hearing-impaired callers: 0870 903 0304.

All tours must be pre-booked. Bookings for the 2008 Tour Schedule can be made from February 4th 2008.

River City will be shown as Tuesday double bills until further notice. We're sorry for any inconvenience and we promise to let you know the minute that anything changes.

Don't forget that you don't have to be a slave to TV schedules any more! River City is available on the iPlayer for 7 days after transmission so you can watch it online, or download it to your computer. Don't say we're not good to you ;)

Lisa Gardner, who took over the role of Jo Rossi last month, was interviewed by the Evening Times recently. Read all about it on the paper's website.

River City will continue to go out as a double bill for the next couple of weeks on BBC ONE Scotland. It will go out on the following dates:

Tuesday 22nd January - 8pm double bill

Tuesday 29th January - 8pm double bill

Apologies for the changes in the schedule, we'll keep you all posted once everything has settled down.

The omnibus will continue to be shown on Sundays as usual. Keep an eye on the messageboard to check when it's on every week.

You can now watch River City on the internet! The show is available on the new BBC iPlayer for 7 days after it airs on TV so you can watch it online, or download it to your computer. So if you've missed the show, or you've moved to another part of the UK and desperately miss your Scottish soap fix, then your problems are over!

Play with it now!

River City on iPlayer

On Friday 11th January from 9.30am, River City writer Sergio Casci will be on Radio Scotland's MacAulay & Co programme to discuss catty and bitchy scripts for women! He wrote Tuesday's episode of River City that featured the catfight between Roisin and Shona.

Then on Friday 18th January, Eileen McCallum (Liz) will be on the show to talk about a concert she's arranged for muscular dystrophy. It'll be held in Glasgow on the 20th and will feature a few of the River City cast. Find out more on Fred's show!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/programmes/macaulayandco/

Angus MacInnes, who plays Sonny, has worked with some very big names including a Mr Darth Vader. Anyone heard of him?! The Evening Times ran an interview with Angus yesterday so you can read all about his impressive career.

Over the next couple of weeks, River City will be shown as Tuesday double bills on BBC ONE Scotland. It'll go out like this:

Friday 4th January: 8.30pm

Tuesday 8th January: 8pm - 9pm

Tuesday 15th January: 8pm - 9pm

The omnibus will show on Sundays as usual. Keep an eye on the messageboard to check when that's on every week.

Lisa Gardner, who has recently taken over the role of Jo Rossi, appeared on MacAulay & Co this morning on Radio Scotland. They had an interesting chat about other soap characters who have been recast over the years! Does anyone else remember Home & Away's Pippa changing face, and Miss Ellie in Dallas's transformation? And several actresses have played Sam Mitchell in Eastenders.

Listen again to the show to hear what Lisa and Fred's team had to say about it all.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/radioscotland/programmes/macaulayandco

Happy New Year! We want to start 2008 with some exciting news about a new cast member. Louise Jameson is joining the show as Viv, who becomes Shirley's partner-in-crime and business partner at the salon.

Her face will be familiar to most of you as she's been in loads of TV shows including Eastenders, Bergerac, Tenko and Dr Who, not to mention films and stage productions.

Louise has already filmed her first scenes, which you can see in March. This is what she has to say: "I was quite nervous about beginning filming, but everything has just been fantastic because of Barbara Rafferty. She's just so lovely and couldn't have been more welcoming. The character of Viv is wonderful - she is everything I'd like to be but don't dare. I'm really enjoying this role because it's so well-written for middle-aged women in today's society. The scenes where Viv and Shirley get drunk and behave badly in the pub have been such a laugh. There's a lot more trouble to come!" We can't wait!