IT can be something as simple as grinning when you see the late Pete Postlethwaite in a film like Brassed Off or The Usual Suspects.

You might also get that same warm feeling if you tune in to see footage of Lymm's Ian Brown on stage with the Stone Roses in front of thousands.

Occasionally you just get a really strong reminder of how many talented people were brought up in Warrington and that happened again on Sunday when Tim Curry picked up his Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show actor may now live in Hollywood and the awards ceremony may have been in Los Angeles but he grew up in Grappenhall and went to Lymm High School.

Tim is also known for Monty Python's Spamalot and The Hunt for Red October but he has been rarely seen since suffering a stroke in 2012.

The coverage of the award ceremony has been startling in a way because it sadly shows how frail Tim has become.

After seeing actors so many times on screen you often have a picture in your mind of them in their heyday.

For me, Tim will always be battling Kermit the Frog as Long John Silver in 1996's Muppet Treasure Island.

A TV and film veteran with almost 50 years' work under his belt, Tim is very much worthy of his Lifetime Achievement Award at the Tony Awards.

Not that he has let his illness slow him down. Tim continues to be active mostly as a voice actor on animated series.

From one former Warringtonian to another, Chris Evans will be presenting a one-off anniversary special of TFI Friday this week.

The show, which was originally synonymous with the Brit pop era, will be filmed live this Friday at 9pm.

You can expect plenty of chaos with Oasis's Liam Gallagher set to form a 'super-group' with The Who's Roger Daltrey. What could possibly go wrong?

Evans, a former Padgate High student, has also said that the Stone Roses will make an appearance.

But all eyes will be on former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson who is making his first TV comeback on the TFI Friday special since being fired from the show for assaulting a colleague.

Clarkson broke his silence on the issue when he was interviewed by Evans on Radio 2 and the pair, both motor enthusiasts, are a natural fit.

Still it will be strange to see them together considering Evans is the man tipped to take Clarkson's Top Gear job and debate rages on about whether Clarkson should be back on TV at all.