1. Bike post coding in town

Local PCSO's Matt Wright and Carl Francis will be post coding bicycles at the Town Centre Bandstand on Friday 18th January.

2. Cinnamon Tree

OUR surroundings were the quintessence of leafy England. It was lashing down, so after splashing through puddles on the dark country lanes between Maidenhead and Ascot, it was lovely to relax at our corner table, the downpour relegated to a cosy percussion on the conservatory-style roof.

3. This is a cut above the rest

Having existed for some years as a stage musical, it was only a matter of time before it was adapted for the screen and who better to take on the task than cult filmmaker Tim Burton?

4. Purple reign

Dust off those old denim jackets and tune up those air guitars; the Purple are in town.

5. Also showning: Sunday (12a)

What if a person is unable to recall the happenings in a single particular day in his life? How extremely desperate would that individual feel?

6. Messiah returns to former glory

Harrowing drama Messiah has been an occasional TV fixture since 2001, when the first of five mini-series was broadcast.

7. Man of many guises

Johnny Depp has played everything, from a pirate to a cut-throat barber.

But the only role he ever actively pursued was a guest part in a UK sketch show Johnny Depp could just about be everybody’s favourite actor.

8. What next for the Fez Club?

So, what next for Reading, following the closure of the town’s best-loved touring venue? 

9. For medicinal purposes, take one documentary

MICHAEL Moore’s documentaries and books are legendary, and prompt mixed feelings of disdain and respect.

10. Taken for a ride

Lady Godiva marks the first feature film from young director Vicky Jewson whose astonishing marketing techniques and refusal to play by the book secured her the £1.4 million funding she needed to make her self-penned modern day re-imagining of the Lady Godiva legend.