The third episode of a new chat show presented by regional television personality Mike Neville. In this programme Mike is joined by two of the Northeast’s most famous sons, musician and founder of the phenomenally successful group Dire Straits Mark Knopfler and Newcastle born actor Tim Healy. Title: The Mike Neville Show To the applause of the studio audience presenter Mike Neville comes out on to the stage and introduces the programme describing his first guest as one of the region’s...

The third episode of a new chat show presented by regional television personality Mike Neville. In this programme Mike is joined by two of the Northeast’s most famous sons, musician and founder of the phenomenally successful group Dire Straits Mark Knopfler and Newcastle born actor Tim Healy. Title: The Mike Neville Show To the applause of the studio audience presenter Mike Neville comes out on to the stage and introduces the programme describing his first guest as one of the region’s best loved actors. A clip follows from the Tyne Tees Television drama The World Cup: A Captain's Tale staring Tim Healy and Dennis Waterman. Coming out on stage Tim Healy takes a seat beside Mike and the two talk about the drama which was Tim’s big-break and is the true story of West Auckland in County Durham winning of the first football World Cup. He talks about the challenges of his latest role in the ITV drama The Grand followed by Mike asks him about getting into acting professionally and what his work colleagues and family thought at the time. He talks about how his families acting background with his father being an amateur at the Birtley Amateur Operatic Society and his grandfather being a famous comedic contortionist. He talks about one of his first jobs as a court jester at Langley Castle and the work he has done as a founder member of Live Theatre Company in Newcastle to help nurture young acting talent. Taking the programme into a commercial break Mike describes his next guest Mark Knopfler as an international acclaimed guitarist and songwriter. Title: The Mike Neville Show Following Mike explaining that it is a great privilege to have Mark Knopfler in the studio a clip of him performing on stage with Dire Staits their hit Money for Nothing. Coming to sit beside Tim, Mike reminds Mark that he first interviewed him when he was sixteen. As Mark talks about his upbringing being born in Glasgow before moving to Newcastle aged seven, he smiles at his uncle Kingsley and aunty Winnie who are sitting in the audience. He talks about developing his Geordie accent and attending Gosforth Grammar School and being a journalist in Leeds. Mike asks him about performing at folk clubs around Newcastle and the incident that got him thrown out of the People’s Theatre. As well as the incident, Mark talks about meeting fellow Northeast actor Alum Armstong there. He talks about his big-break and the album Sultans of Swing in 1977, the difference between success and fame and playing with his hero Bob Dylan. Mike asks about his friendship with Tim who explains how they met a few years earlier at a charity event. Mike asks both men about the future with Tim providing details on a new BBC comedy Heartburn Hotel while Mark talks about a new album he’s working on, taking a break from working on two films including the Barry Levinson’s Wag the Dog which is about to be released. Mark ends the interview with a smile as she talks about becoming a dad and his newborn daughter Isabella. Mike introduces tonight’s special guest Alan Clark who as well as being the keyboardist for Dire Staits also wrote the theme tune for The Mike Neville Show. With Mark on guitar the two perform Going Home: Theme of The Local Hero. Bringing the programme to an end Mike thanks his guests as well as the studio audience and details on next week’s guest’s Coronation Street star Denise Welsh and mountaineer Alan Hinkes. Title: The Mike Neville Show Credit: Title Music Alan Clark Floor Manager Herbie Newton Vision Mixer Tony Barber Cameras Mike Parker Jimmy JIB Operator Ken Moulson Sound Mixer Charles Heath Lighting Director John Mason Production Co-ordinator Sarah Howie Production Manager Barbara Buglass Research Gaye Slater Designer Tim Trout Executive Producers Peter Mitchell, Malcolm Wright Producer Jo Mapplebeck Series Producer / Director Keith Cheetham Title: A Zenith North production for Tyne Tees Television. © Tyne Tees Television MCMXCVIII End title: A Tyne Tees Television programme for Channel 3 North East