The eighth episode of a chat show presented by regional television personality Mike Neville that this week features Whitley Bay born journalist and war correspondent Kate Adie and singer and founder of Cockney Rebels Steve Harley who performs an acoustic version of his hit Make Me Smile at the end of the programme. Title: The Mike Neville Show To the applause of the studio audience presenter Mike Neville comes out on to the stage and introduces tonight’s programme describing his first...

The eighth episode of a chat show presented by regional television personality Mike Neville that this week features Whitley Bay born journalist and war correspondent Kate Adie and singer and founder of Cockney Rebels Steve Harley who performs an acoustic version of his hit Make Me Smile at the end of the programme. Title: The Mike Neville Show To the applause of the studio audience presenter Mike Neville comes out on to the stage and introduces tonight’s programme describing his first guest as a woman who has carved out a career in a field that is traditionally a male preserve and that her name has forever become associated of our image of a war correspondent. A clip from a BBC news report on the Gulf War changes to Kate Adie coming out onto the stage and taking a seat next to Mike. They talk about knowing each other for many years both having worked at Radio Durham. Kate talks about her first flirtation with journalism reporting on two prisoners escaping from Durham Prison. She is asked about the event which made her a household name that of the Iranian Embassy siege in 1980. She talks about being a war correspondent in places like Bosnia, Kuwait and Iraq and the need to take calculated risk when deciding if a story is worthwhile. She is also asked about causing controversy because of her reporting of the bombing of the Libyan capital Tripoli in 1986. Taking the programme into a commercial break Mike states that after the break he will be speaking with singer Steve Harley. Title: The Mike Neville Show Returning from the break Mike Neville describes his next guest as having recently celebrated 25-years in the music business and who is known for his theatrical stage presence. A clip from the Tyne Tees Television music-based children’s programme Razzmatazz featuring Steve Harley and the Cockney Rebels performing. Coming out onto the Stage Steve Harley comes to sit beside Kate Adie and is asked by Mike if he still likes performing. Definitely he replies talking about the adrenaline of recently performed at forty-five venues over just 50 days. He is asked about is most famous hit Make Me Smile which is in the top-20 most played records of all time. He talks a little about the writing process and why it was a mistake for him to move to America. Turning to Kate, Steve jokingly tells her that unlike her he is a trained journalist and talks about his time working for a local South London newspaper. Mike asks Kate if she’d ever been made to cover a story she didn’t want to do? She said once been told to cover the Miss World competition. Mike thanks his guests as well as the studio audience and provides details on next week’s programme when he will be joined by comedian Mickey Hutton and cartoonist and founder of the comic Viz Chris Donald. Bringing the programme to an end Steve Harley and guitarists Nick Pynn performing an acoustic version of Make Me Smile that continues over the closing credits. Title: The Mike Neville Show Credit: Title Music Alan Clark Floor Manager Herbie Newton Vision Mixer Eileen Young Cameras Mike Parker Jimmy JIB Operator Ken Moulson Sound Mixer John Cook 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 and 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