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Hi @Emelee thank you for the great questions!
What was your favourite tv show when you were a kid?
Dallas. I was a toddler when Dallas started, and although some people don't believe it, I have the proof of my fandom in some of my earliest collections. My Mum and Granny would cut things out from the papers for me and I developed my life long hobby of keeping scrapbooks. I have articles from the beginning of the 80's thanks to them, and made my first Dallas scrapbook at the age of 5. It's still in my Dallas archives, signed Sarah aged 5 and 3/4! My lovely Mum introduced me to the show and my first memory is the Southfork fire and crying because Sue Ellen was inside. OK I admit it, in one of my books I couldn't spell her name and horrifically it is spelt Suellen (@Rove ! ) My primary school teachers would ask me about the show and I remember my Primary 3 teacher, Miss Reid, being a big fan too. I liked the Muppets as well (not to the same extent obviously) and loved Miss Piggy @Toni !
What do you prefer to listen to on the radio?
I love documentaries and chat shows. I listen to music in the car but prefer my own collection which I've saved, as I hate it when DJ's interrupt. My favourite stations are Radio Ulster (local) and Radio 2. On Radio Ulster my favourite show is The Stephen Nolan Show and I love Radio 2 for the chats and some of the pop and musical (theatre) shows they have on. I also find classical music very soothing and my cats like it!
3. Do you like listening to audiobooks?
Not really. I tried it for a while, but I think you have to find the perfect voice to go along with it. I'd much rather just read a book myself. (Unless it's Linda Gray's audiobook of course, which is like my bible and I can flick through the chapters to hear her advice and experience on certain things. Plus it's her own voice, which is like well, bliss to me).
4. Which room is the nicest looking in your home?
My living room. I'm quite bohemian and being an actress, you'll never find any of this shiny- ornate- can't- touch- anything -stuff in my house. My favourite colour is red, so one wall is a splash of that and the rest is neutral. Some black and white throws and some other funky colours, mostly matching but some a mismatch. There are three of us in my house and my felines have to be comfortable too! I love going home especially in the winter and lighting candles, fairy lights and relaxing on the sofa which I lie on facing the tv. I have some nice artwork from America and Paris (nothing expensive!) and it's a nod to my own personality and taste. There's a road sign on the wall telling you the exact amount of miles from my house to Southfork Ranch (4422!)
Thank you so much @Emelee !
5 years of age, that was early!! Although I think I too saw something of Dallas at that age since my mother watched it. But it wasn't until I was 9 that I got into grown-up series. But like you, I also began saving clippings from magazines and newspapers. I have a few binders with material dating back to 1995 (when I was 11). Dallas and The Bold and the Beautiful, then Sunset Beach from 1997. Aren't they awesome to look through today?? I also have 2 binders with autographs of actors and other celebrities. No Dallas actors though as Dallas had already ended when I started collecting autographs, which was around 1998.
