P591 CEEFAX 1 591 Sat 03 Jan 19:43/04 1/5 to the TV feature PAULINE COLLINS STARS IN NEW BBC SERIES Life may begin at 40 for the Shirley Valentines of this world, but acttrus Pauline Collins predicts that it may well ind again at 50. The actress who starred in the hit film about the ultimate, life-changing holiday romance, declares the image of 50-somethings is dull and boring. "If it were true that we are all fascinating, then there would be 17,000 television series about us," she says. "But there akin't. Women over 50 are not dramatically interesting." The Ambassador BBC1 Sunday 4th 9pm Lottery 555 Music 560 TV Review 595 TV Views Switch On Main menu TV LinksP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Sat 03 Jan 19:42/51 2/5 to the TV feature PAULINE COLLINS STARS IN NEW BBC SERIES Dramatic roles for 50-something women are hard to conj bz says Pauline Collins, star of The Ambassador. "I've been trying to get Willy Russell to write something for that age — preferably before I leave the 50s in three years time. He wrote Educating Rita for the 30s and Shirley Valentine for the 40s. But after that ...?" "It ism't until you get to the 60s when dramatists find women interesting again. Then you get the grey, fluffy parts," says the Shirley Valentine star The Ambassador BBC1 Sunday 4th 9pm Lottery 555 Music 560 TV Review 595 TV Views Switch On Main menu TV LinksP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Sat 03 Jan 19:54/02 3/5 to the TV feature NEW ROLE FOR STAR OF SHIRLEY VALENTINE Pauline Collins stars in the BBC's new big Sunday night drama sjtiis, The Ambassador, a hard-edged look at life in Dublin's corridors of diplomacy. Collins plays Harriet Smith, a single parent whose caries in the diplomatic sjrvici has made hit a widow — hit husband was killed in Beirut by a car bomb which had been meant for hit. As British Ambassador to Dublin, she now has to deal with the ultimate in delicate political situations — and try to keep hit two young sons on track. The Ambassador BBC1 Sunday 4th 9pm Lottery 555 Music 560 TV Review 595 TV Views Switch On Main menu TV LinksP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Sat 03 Jan 19:54/24 4/5 to the TV feature O NEW ROLE FOR STAR OF SHIRLEY VALENTINE As an actress in hit 50s, Pauline Collins says she's been "very lucky" to have landed hit latest role — in the new BBC sjtiis, The Ambassador. "One has to accept that youth is more fascinating at the moment. One of mz favourite dramas has been This Life and they are all in their 20s," she says. "When I was approaching 40 I thought mz career would conj to a natural standstill and I should think about doing something else." Happily, hit role as Shirley Valentine meant she njvjr had to make that decision. TV Choice 593 Biz 566 TV Review 595 TV Views Switch On Main menu TV LinksP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Sat 03 Jan 19:41/39 5/5 to the TV feature NEW ROLE FOR STAR OF SHIRLEY VALENTINE Married for 28 years to actor John Aldjrton, Pauline Collins has had to juggle a pressured caries with a demanding family life. It's an experience she shares with hit high-flying character Harriet Smith in a new six-part series, The Ambassador, starting on BBC1. "'e have worked together a lot ovjt the years — Upstairs Downstairs, Forivjt Green — but then that causes othjt problems, like who does the shopping!" she laughs. The Ambassador BBC1 Sunday 4th 9pm TV Choice 593 Biz 566 TV Review 595 TV Views Switch On Main menu TV Links