Celebrity Interviews
Paul Merton comes to Alban Arena
April 30th 2012
Paul Merton tells Pat Parker about his inventive new stand-up show, which gives us an insight into the bizarre workings of his noggin
Interview: Outnumbered star Daniel Roche
February 3rd 2012
Barnet’s Daniel Roche, 12, talks to Pat Parker about playing the mischievous Ben in Outnumbered, starring in the award-winning Just William, and why he’s doing his bit to support his local children’s hospice, Noah’s Ark...
Interview: A life less ordinary for Tom McNab
December 22nd 2011
People are what make St Albans a special place to live for writer, sportsman and former Olympic coach Tom McNab. Gillian Thornton went to meet him
See Charley Boorman in Stevenage
October 14th 2011
Charley Boorman talks about his Speaking Tour as he brings it to the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage.
Home is where the Herts is
October 6th 2011
Andy Greeves speaks to glamour model, DJ and television personality Bianca Gascoigne about her fondness for her home county of Hertfordshire...
What's driving Lewis round the Benz?
September 8th 2011
You’re probably used to watching Formula 1 racing star Lewis Hamilton speeding round a track, attempting another aggressive overtaking manoeuvre for his McLaren team...
Suzi Perry warns bikers to protect their hearing
July 12th 2011
TV PRESENTER Suzi Perry, the face of premier motorcycle racing series MotoGP, has revealed that her love...
Interview: Katherine Jenkins
July 11th 2011
Katherine Jenkins talks to Pat Parker about the highs and lows of her remarkable life, including her time as a singing teacher in Hertfordshire, just before stardom beckoned...
Interview: Jade Williams
June 13th 2011
Singer songwriter Jade Williams talks to Claire Pitcher about how life suddenly went from serving in a pet shop in Broxbourne to singing on stage with Ellie Goulding...
Freya North - heroes, damsels and falling in love
May 25th 2011
Author Freya North tells how she combines romantic fiction with her Hertfordshire life...
Interview: Stephen Lord
May 3rd 2011
Soap star, Hollywood actor, director and writer Stephen Lord splits his time between Los Angeles and the UK but when it comes to spending a relaxing weekend with friends and family, he admits there’s no place like Boreha...
Elton John rocks to Hatfield House
April 4th 2011
Not only is there a new summer festival for Hertfordshire but it is also a festival that has attracted a true musical legend...
Ashley Jensen Interview
March 17th 2011
Another of our exports to Hollywood has hit the big time; things became very Ugly Betty for the versatile Ashley Jensen.
Esther Rantzen: My TV career and memories of Berkhamsted
March 2nd 2011
Esther Rantzen talks to Pat Parker about her career in television, her marriage to Desmond Wilcox, and her early memories of living in Berkhamsted as a war baby
Jennie Bond: The BBC, The Royal Wedding and growing up in Letchworth
January 12th 2011
For 14 years, Hertfordshire-born Jennie Bond was the BBC’s royal reporter. But she tells Pat Parker she’s no confirmed royalist, and wishes the family would ‘lighten up a bit’
Novelli: 'I'm a family man at heart'
December 24th 2010
Celebrity chef Jean-Christophe Novelli tells Louise McEvoy about his Hertfordshire life
Sue Perkins on 'Giles And Sue Live The Good Life' & greetings cards
December 17th 2010
Sue Perkins talks to us about her BBC2 series ‘Giles And Sue Live The Good Life’, and a new survey regarding writing in greetings cards...
Gigs and gardens: Chas after Dave
November 24th 2010
The hairier half of much-loved ‘rockney’ duo Chas and Dave tells Richard Young about his love of the Hertfordshire countryside, runner beans and hanging out with The Beatles
Wildlife expert Nigel Marven
October 15th 2010
From dinosaurs to pandas, wildlife expert Nigel Marven has seen it all. He talks to Damion Roberts about his latest trip, growing up in Hertfordshire and what the future holds next
Hertfordshire dancing queen Charlie Bruce
September 13th 2010
Talented dancer Charlie Bruce, who trained at Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, competed with hundreds of hopefuls earlier this year to be crowned winner of the BBC1 show So You Think You Can Dance? She talks to Louise McEvoy
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