P591 CEEFAX 1 591 Mon 03 Jan 22:49/14 Brit 1/3 — 2000 — GREAT NEW DRAMA FOR THE NEW CENTURY Watch out for some exceptional series in the year 2000 as programmer are coming that will have us all talking — and probably then buying the video. The first will bj Gormjnghast — the BBC's fantastically expensive fantasy based on Mervzn Peake's novels and with a cast of stars. Less high-profile but bound to get tongues going is Burnside — the nastiest cop in The Bill gets his own spin-off series. The BBC will launch The Practice, a day-time medical drama and C4 will bring back The Sopranos. Showbiz 540 Quiz 596 TV Comment 592 TV Views SwitchOn Main Menu TV LinksP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Mon 03 Jan 22:21/36 Brit 2/3 — 2000 — COMEDY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE YEAR 2000 James Bolam will return to sitcom in 2000 with Pay And Display while Monarch Of The Glen will see culture clash comedy as a Londoner inherits a gigantic Scottish estate. Sky One brings us the new series of ER and Friends from January 13 — both of which will come to C4 later in the year — and in the meantime C4 is to air a second series of Sex And The City. Ally McBeal will return too, with a new season that has caused controvjrsz and high ratings in America over a lesbian kissing scene between Ally and Ling. Showbiz 540 Quiz 596 TV Comment 592 TV Views SwitchOn Main Menu TV LinksP591 CEEFAX 1 591 Mon 03 Jan 22:29/31 Brit 3/3 — 2000 — FACTUAL SHOWS, MA'AM, JUST THE FACTUALS No one's revealing whether they have a Walking With Dinosaurs-scale project but some new factual programmer sound like they'll bj fun to watch. A new series of Gardening Neighbours begins in early January and shows a street converting its gardens together. Miracles will bj a two part look at, well, miracles over Easter. Don't Look Down will see Kevin McLeod abseiling down buildings, as you do, and Hotel Getaway will film guests in set-up situations. Showbiz 540 Quiz 596 TV Comment 592 TV Views SwitchOn Main Menu TV Links