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The Magic Roundabout

' CONTENTS

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THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT Dougal, Florence and Ermintrude are back! And it’s like they neVer went away. Break out the psychedelic

PREVIEWS

ART ........................ ..66 CLUBS ..................... ..74 FILM ....................... ..23 MUSIC ..................... ..37 TELEVISION .............. ..78 THEATRE .................. ..57

The White Heather Club revisited on rv preview page 80

lISTINGS

surrealism, folks! ART ........................ ..68 CLUBS ..................... ..75 8 FILM INDEX ............... ..26 LISTINGS ........... ..33 o u o a u a u a e o e e a o e o o u a e o n u u-72 John McKay‘s stage play becomes a TV sitcom. We MUSIC CLASSICAL """ “55 witness the process and talk to the principals. 52;;8‘WORL0 """ ROCK & BLu'é's'IIIIM 10 SPORT .................... ..73 TELEVISION .............. ..82 MALCOLM MCLAREN THEATRE .................. ..62 Rock‘s leeriest entrepreneur turns Christmas ghost . CABARET ----------- ~54 story narrator. But what’s with the accent, Maley? ! DANCE -------------- ~55 15 iBACKLlST l l BOOKS .................... .. HOLIDAY SPECIAL ' CLASSIFIED .............. Get through the season with our eight-page extra. F000 ...................... "g4 Including all those Readers’ Poll results in full and a I LETTERS ________________ H 100 quiz to test the smartest Alec. HEALTH ................... ..85 THE BAY CITY ROLLERS: Tartan themselves up 38 ROGER MELLIE: The Viz man takes to the small screen 78 JANUARY FILM RELEASES: All the news and reviews 24

HEALTH: Those alternative therapies examined, plus eat yourself fitter 85

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