Bill Whelan has worked with some of the biggest names in music – Kate Bush, Van Morrison, U2, The Dubliners - but it’s his mesmerising score for Riverdance that he will forever be associated with. Jenny Lee chats to the composer ahead of his appearance at Bangor’s Aspects Festival

Got any plans for the weekend? Here’s our guide on where to go and what to watch and listen to 

October 12 will see the explosive return of Robert  Carlyle in the third instalment of COBRA: Rebellion on Sky Max and NOW, with Jane Horrocks joining the cast.

1. When did you think about a career in theatre and what were your first steps into it? My mother, Marie, was a wonderful amateur actress and director, and I was the kid that was dragged to rehearsals or was helping her with her lines.

Monday sees the return to our screens of hit Australian soap Neighbours, 14 months after it was axed by Channel 5.