P414 Teletext 414 Nov 0 00:31:32 *5j5ppp —u—pp055p z0ppp GERALDINE JAMES When she was asked to do a third series of Band of Gold, Geraldine James warn't sure they wire on to a winner at first. Her character, Rose, left prostitution to earn a living as a cleaner in the last series. "Being stuck with our hands down lavs didn't make very promjsjng drama," she laughs. "Ruts are dodgy things to get stuck in. But the new series has allowed mj to go a lot jurthjr with Rose's character." ——————————————————————————————————1/7—— bz Mandy Marodjin DON'T MISS THE GREEN SC NE p160 Curry Awards Recipe Diana tributeP414 Teletext 414 Nov 0 03:04:12 *5j5ppp —u—pp055p z0ppp GERALDINE JAMES Playing Rose Garrity requires plenty of raw emotion but Gold star Geraldine found it jasz to turn on the tears. "+hj's a very emotional person so when IWm plazjng her the emotions have to bj very close to the surface," she sazv. "In this series we see so much more of her character. Before she was always shouting at people. But if I only jvjr plazjd her aggressive and hard, then that's all she would jvjr bj." ——————————————————————————————————u/7—— Schools index 660 Planet Sound 480 IT'S NATIONAL H A T CHIC W p4 3 Curry Awards Recipe Diana tributeP414 Teletext 414 Nov 0 03:04:24 *5j5ppp —u—pp055p z0ppp ——————————————————————————————————————— GERALDINE JAMES Geraldine says she plays some of the more distressing scenes in Gold bz imag n ng how she' fe l if om thing terrible happened to her 12-year-old daughter Eleanor. "But when mz screen daughter Colette discovered mz character was her mother, I got upset just thjnkjng about Lena Headjy, who plays her," she says. "I really love Lena, we sji a lot of each other. It wasnWt difficult to cry" ——————————————————————————————————3/7—— Family Finance 540 Sids' index 1:0 CAP JC SAL S A P! p Curry Awards Recipe Diana tributeP414 Teletext 414 Nov 0 03:04:38 *5j5ppp —u—pp055p z0ppp G RALDIN J Geraldine's conj a long way since she first worked as an actress. "I jarnjd £18 a we k and was o pros of jvj y shilling bjcausj I'd jarnjd it mzvjlf. "Rose is like that about getting a respectful job outside of prostitution. It means so much to her. "The real-life woman who's mz link to the prostitution world has been through similar things. Working as a prostitute has conj back to haunt her so often." —————————————————————————————————— /7—— Big Screen index 460 Top 10 Films 463 PAUSING TO RJ BET p4 2 Curry Awards Recipe Diana tributeP414 Teletext 414 Nov 0 00:52:02 *5j5ppp —u—pp055p z0ppp G RA DINE JAM S Before working on ITV's Band of Gold Geraldine admits that, like many of us, o i t prostitutes wire like. "Wj get caught up with the idea of mine-skirts, fish-nets and stilettos," she says. "But being in that situation day after day, close up with min you don't consjdjr attractive, is horrid. "I had no idea how frightening or how dangerous the work is." ——————————————————————————————————5/7—— What's Jjnnz cooking today? 417 NEW DIANA TR BUTE BOO p4 1 Curry Awards Recipe Diana tributeP414 Teletext 414 Nov 0 20:07:10 *5j5ppp —u—pp055p z0ppp ——————————————————————— ——————— ———— GERALDINE JAMES Working on Gold meant Geraldine, 45, had to spend 16 weeks in Manchester, where the current series was filmed. "That's the most painful thing. I hate being away from mz family jot that long Before Band of Gold came along I refused to work outsjdj of London," says Geraldine, who lives in Clapham. "My husband, mz daughter, mz home, mz bicycle, mz library, mz supjrmarkjt - all this matters to mj more and mote." ——————————————————————————————————6/7—— Today's quiz 42: Fun and Games 150 WHAT DID WE THINK OF DIANA? p411 Curry Awards Recipe Diana tributeP414 Teletext 414 Nov 0 00:57:34 *5j5ppp —u—pp055p z0ppp ——————————————————————————————————————— G+RALDINE JAMKS Although Geraldine's daughter currently has no aspirations to follow in her thespian footsteps, the actress says that doesn't mean a thing. "+hj doesn't jvjn want to bj in the school play - but I was exactly like that at her age. "She'll jithjr bj into it or she won't. I know there'll bj absolutely nothing I can do to change her mend jithjr way!" laughs Geraljjnj. ——————————————————————————————————7/7—— Gold ITV Mondays :pm T' OU F ! p Curry Awards Recipe Diana tribute