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30 March 2008 New wallpaper by Lida Verner Added new wallpaper by Lida Verner who joins our merry band of artists. 26 March 2008 New screencaptures: Long Haul Over 200 screencaptures from the movie Long Haul created by Christa Plot summary (IMDB): This is a tough little Scottish short, downbeat, difficult to watch, unflinching. Two superb performances from the leads. Lahbib is riveting from the moment the truck driver picks her up in the pouring rain after almost running her down. She's running from something, towards a possibly final destination. We don't know precisely why and never learn exactly. Did she do something so ultimately appalling, or have it done to her? 25 March 2008 Simone is set to go in S5 of Wire in The Blood 4/6 Christa reports: On April 6th Simone Lahbib graces the TV sets of the USA once again in an all new season of Wire in the Blood, on BBC America (8pm et/pt). If you have never seen this show you're in for a real treat. It is one of the best written shows on Television in my opinion, and Robson Green and Simone Lahbib are fantastic in it. If you loved Simone on Bad Girls, you will be amazed by her in Wire in the Blood. 24 March 2008 Judge John Deed, S 2, Episode 3: Nobody's Fool Karen from the UK has helped us out and sent Christa the Judge John Deed episodes with Simone. Christa just screencapped Season 2's 3rd episode: Nobody's Fool. 18 March 2008 Judge John Deed, S 2, Episode 2: Abuse of Power Karen from the UK has helped us out and sent Christa the Judge John Deed episodes with Simone. Christa had a chance to watch and screencap Season 2's second episode: Abuse of Power. 12 March 2008 Bad Girls Season 1, Episode 7: Playing with Fire Christa's computer is once again running at full power and she has added screencaptures for Bad Girls Season 1, Episode 7. 7 March 2008 Wire in the Blood: Season 5 screencaps added. Christa has continued to stay busy and has added Episodes 1-4 screencaptures for Wire in the Blood's Season 5. New wallpaper artist, Lianne, joins us. We have added a new artist to the gallery of wallpapers: Lianne who contributed two pieces of art. 5 March 2008 Screencapture roundup ... Christa has added the following screencaptures of three television shows: Young Person's Guide ...: Episodes 1-3 Bad Girls: Season 3 - Episode 2: The Turn Of The Screw Bad Girls: Season 2 - Episode 13: Oh What A Night Wire in the Blood: Season 4 - Episode 4: The Wounded Surgeon 3 March 2008 New Screencaptures for Thief Takers - Season 3 TV Shows Screencaptures - Thief Takers created by Christa Added season 3 screencaptures for the following episodes: Episode 8: Brand Loyalty Episode 7: Black Mist Episode 6: After The Goldrush Episode 5: Road Rage Episode 4: Sisters In Arms Episode 3: One Last Hurrah Episode 2: Fashion Victims Episode 1: Shadows New Screencaptures - The Girl in the Picture 61 screencaptures from the movie The Girl in the Picture created by Christa Plot summary: Alan and Mary are pretty miserable together and split up. As an very presentable Glaswegian photographer Alan soon has chances to find consolation elsewhere, but more and more thinks of Mary. She, however, seems a lot less keen to try again. 7 February 2008 Happy Birthday to Simone! Happy Birthday to Simone on her 43rd Birthday! Check out the gorgeous new artwork by Lucia in honour of Simone's birthday. Simone as Alex Fielding Click here to view 3 February 2008 Screencaptures - Bad Girls, Wire In the Blood... Christa has been a busy bee and has created the following screencaptures: Monarch of the Glen Added Episodes 4 - 8 (Simone Only) Bad Girls Season 1 Added Episode 12 (Facing Up) (Simone Only) Season 2 Season 02 DVD Deleted Scenes Season 02 DVD Extras Season 02 DVD SA Promos Episode07 Rough Justice Season 3 Episode 03 Chains Of Freedom Episode 07 The Great Escape Episode 08 Uninvited Guests  Episode 12 Tough Love Episode 13 Revolving Doors Episode 14 Standing Up Episode 15 Cat and Mouse Episode 16 Coming Out 4 January 2008 New Screencaptures - Red Mercury Added some more screencaptures created by Christa for the following Movie RED MERCURY 122 Screencaptures from the movie Red Mercury Simone's Role: Janet Synopsis: Three young Muslim men, part of a terror cell, are making a bomb in a London flat, when they get a call to vacate immediately with their gear. The police have been alerted and they are under suspicion. Asif, Shahid and Mushtaq grab suitcases, the computer, and a cardboard box containing bomb making equipment and bolt out the door. Shahid's getaway car is clamped so the three are forced to escape on foot from the pursuing police. Cornered, they dive into a restaurant on a busy city street. It is the Olympus Grill and dinner is being served to its well-heeled clientele. With the police outside, Asif, Shahid and Mushtaq have nowhere to go. Mushtaq, thinking quickly, declares that they will hold the restaurant goers hostage. The diners are forced to get up from their tables where they have been enjoying the delicious Greek cuisine. They are lined up against a wall. Electra, the young waitress, is also forced to stand in line. Her mother, who is the restaurant owner, comes out from the kitchen brandishing a rolling pin to find out what is going on. She is Penelope and a rather formidable woman. Penelope at first thinks the three boys want to steal money until they reveal their true intentions. Outside a sophisticated police/MI5 operation is underway to release the hostages. Leading the operation is Sofia Warburton, a 45 year old woman with a strong character, who has sacrificed domestic harmony for her career in the security services. Sofia begins to assemble data gleaned by the police and information from voice samples and fingerprints to create a profile of the hostage takers. She discovers that Shahid, from a single-parent family, grew up in a rough working class Birmingham council estate, and was a bad boy until he found religion. Asif got a double first in Natural Sciences at Cambridge. He was brought up by his widower father who was prone to beating his kids. Asif works at his father's wine warehouse and was a good taster until he took up Islam and. Mushtaq is the natural leader of the three and has a PhD in physics. The big fear is learning that the terrorists are in possession of red mercury which can be used to make a dirty bomb with the potential of unleashing untold damage and horror. The three youths have the knowledge and skills to make the bomb. Sofia checks the physics with her estranged husband Lindsey who confirms that it is possible. Time is of the essence. Meanwhile, inside the restaurant tension mounts as the hostages remain under threat of death from the three gun wielding terrorists. The hostages are: Sidney, a middle-aged American management consultant, Amanda, a 34 year old physiotherapist, Neil Ashton, a children's author and his wife Gerry, his daughter Jemma who is a nurse and his adopted mixed-race son Timothy; John, 45, head of a large chemical company and his mistress Janet. And strangely, as days go by and nerves are frayed, the barriers between the hostages and their captors begin to come down. Behind the blank face of terror is scared, confused, and misled youth. 3 December 2007 New Screencaptures - Monarch of The Glen TV Shows Screencaptures - Monarch of the Glen created by Christa Added Season 6 - Episode 1 Screencaptures Added Season 6 - Episode 2 Screencaptures Added Season 6 - Episode 3 Screencaptures 28 November 2007 New Screencaptures - Taggert and Bad Girls Screencaptures Created by Christa Added screencaptures from the TV show Taggert - Nest of Vipers Bad Girls Extras Simone moments from Season 1 Extras #1 - also features Simone in South Africa on a Bad Girls promo tour Simone moments from Season 1 Extras #2 - features behind the scenes of Bad Girls   25 November 2007 Wire In the Blood Season 4 DVD News TVShowsonDVD.com site reported the following about the upcoming release of Wire In the Blood Season 4 for the US: Wire in the Blood - Koch Announces 4th Season Set: Date, Cost & Cover Art Coming to Stores this February - Koch Entertainment has set a release date of February 5th in the USA (and 2/19 in Canada) for Wire in the Blood - The Complete 4th Season. The 4-DVD set will run $56.98 SRP in the USA and CA$59.99 SRP in Canada. Here's the front cover art: You can now pre-order Season 4 from Amazon.com 19 November 2007 Simone Bad Girls Screencaptures - Season 3 Added screencaptures (by Christa) of the following Bad Girls Season 3 episodes: Episode 8 - Uninvited Guests Episode 12 - Tough Love Episode 13 - Revolving Doors Episode 14 - Standing Up 3 November 2007 Simone Not Going To The US in November... AfterEllen.com reports that Simone will not be going to the US to see her brother and his band at Whiskey A Go Go... "What Simone wants right now is for you to see her brother Stephen's band, Mama Mayhem, play at the Whiskey-a-Go-Go on L.A.'s Sunset Strip on November 8.... Unfortunately, Simone won't be able to provide that level of support to her brother next week. She says, “I'm gutted that I won't be there to see Mama Mayhem play their first gigs in the states and to go party with them after. It would have been great to meet a few U.S. fans of Bad Girls too, and see if they're just as crazy and fun as fans in the U.K. and South Africa.” Instead of being at the shows, Simone has to be in the U.K. to prepare for the next season of Wire in the Blood. (Sorry if you heard rumors to the contrary.) One positive note: Those of us in New York might — and I emphasize might — have a chance to see both Simone and the band in New York in the spring. She said, "There's a good chance there's going to be a New York mini-tour next year around May. If that comes off, I'll do absolutely everything I can to get there!" Read the entire article on AfterEllen.com 15 October 2007 Simone Bad Girls Screencaptures - Season 3 Added screencaptures for the following Bad Girls Season 3 episodes - Screencaptures created by Christa: Episode 03 - The Chains of Freedom Episode 05 - Back from the Brink Episode 06 - Do Or Die Episode 07 - The Great Escape Episode 10 - Chapel of Love Episode 11 - Battle Lines 2 October 2007 New Articles - 2007, 2006, 2004 Articles - 2007 Sunday Express - 1 June 2007 - Life as I know it - Simone Lahbib. Wire in the Blood star Simone, 42, lives in London with her actor husband Raffaello Degruttola and daughter Skye, 22 months...   Articles - 2006 Radio Times 16-22 September 2006 - No Glory In Gore - review of Wire in the Blood Articles - 2004 Saturday Magazine (Daily Express) 18-24 September 2004 I'd love a clan of my own! She may be looking for a fling in Monarch Of The Glen, but off screen former Bad Girl Simone Lahbib can't wait to start a family   28 September 2007 New Screencaptures - Bad Girls Bad Girls - Season 1 Screencaptures for Bad Girls Season 1: Episode 02 - Drug Wars by Judi Mair Screencaptures for Bad Girls Season: Episode 03 - Love Rivals by Judi Mair   New Article Scans and Transcripts Articles 2007 Brisbane Times 21 September 2007 - Brief review of upcoming Wire in the Blood episode on the ABC (Australia). New promo pic of Simone with Robson Daily Express Saturday Magazine 1 June 2007 Simone Lahbib loved working with bubbly Robson Green on the new series of Wire In The Blood. He made the whole studio sparkle, she tells Paula Kerr 2001 Evening Standard 16 March 2001 - Simone Interview: So, how does it feel being a lesbian icon? ... She's straight, but a role in Bad Girls has made Simone Lahbib a sex symbol with a gay following. Sunday Mail 21 January 2001 - That lesbian kiss didn't scare me; Bad Girls' Simone on why she thrives on controversy. 23 September 2007 Wire In the Blood DVD News - Season 4 You can now pre-order from Amazon UK season 4 of this amazing show featuring Robson Green and Simone Lahbib. The DVD set will be released on 22 October 2007. There are 3 disks - not sure if there is any extras (there is nothing on Amazon about that but there might be). Season 4 Pre-order from Amazon.co.uk - to be released: 22 October 2007 New Artwork, Promo Images & Screencaptures Artwork Added new artwork by Christa Added new artwork by Calli Promo Images Added promotional images from Wire In the Blood Screencaptures Added screencaptures from Bad Girls - Season 1: Episode 01 - Them and Us by Judi Mair   Simone TV Alert for Kiwis Movie - Heartless TV1 on the 30th September airs the absolutely wonderful movie "Heartless" with Simone. Click here for a synopsis of the movie TV Series - Monarch of the Glen TV1 will be showing Monarch of the Glen at 12:45 pm on Sundays. Simone is in this series (Season 6 only). Click here for more 20 September 2007 Simone TV Alert for Aussies - Wire in the Blood TV Alert for Aussie Simone Lahbib Fans Season 5 of Wire in the Blood will be shown on the ABC starting on Friday, 21 September at 8:30 pm. This is a SUPERB show and although at times can get very grissly and gory, it's well worth a look - keep the kiddies in bed for this show. Simone Lahbib is DI Alex Fielding and she is amazing in this show. The Sydney Morning Herald has a review of the first episode of Season 5. Beware Spoilers! Click here to view 19 September 2007 New Article Scans Closer Magazine (UK) 7-13 July 2007 Wired Up! Robson Green and Simone Lahbib are back to solve more gory murders in this brilliant crime drama New Images - Promos & Photoshoot Photoshoots Added 2004 Photoshoot - Photographer Mark Bourdillon Promotional Images Added promo image from the 1997 tv series "Thief Takers" Added promo images from Wire In the Blood 17 September 2007 Older Articles - 2004 and 2005 Articles - 2004 Daily Record 13 March 2004 - I'll make it Glam-bogle; Sassy Scots Bad Girl Simone to take a little bit of bling to Monarch. SEXY Scots actress Simone Lahbib wants to bring some glamour to the sleepy Scottish Highlands and she'll not let the midges stop her. Articles - 2005 Daily Record 4 November 2005 SIMONE GETS WIRED IN AS A COP - Exclusive Star's new role SCOTS actress Simone Lahbib will replace Cold Feet star Hermione Norris in the new series of ITV thriller Wire In The Blood next year... Sunday Mirror - 20 February 2005 - Baby joy for Glen's Simone; TV WRITERS IN SCRIPT FLAP. MONARCH of the Glen beauty Simone Lahbib is pregnant with her first child. The sultry Scots actress and her Italian actor husband Raffaello Degruttola are set to become parents in September. They have been trying for a family for some time.   New Images - Simone at 2005 BAFTA Awards Images Added med res pics of Simone on the red carpet at the BAFTA (The Pioneer British Academy Television Awards) April 17, 2005 - Royal Theatre, London, Great Britain 16 September 2007 New Screencaptures - Bad Girls TV Shows - Bad Girls Added screencaptures from Season 1 - Episode 06 A Big Mistake - screencaptures by Judi Mair New Articles - 2006 and 2007 Articles - 2007 Press Release 13 July 2007 Press Release:  Wire In The Blood Ratings Success The fifth instalment of the popular crime franchise Wire In The Blood, premiered strongly for ITV1 United Kingdom on Wednesday 11th July at 9.00pm, delivering an outstanding 5.9 million viewers and a 26.9% market share.... Articles - 2006 Sydney Morning Herald 10 August 2006 - Review of Wire In The Blood Daily Record - 2 August 2006 - Horror storylines hurt more now I'm a mum; Scots star Simone had baby blues in new role as tough cop. SCOTS actress Simone Lahbib plays a tough detective in her latest TV role - but has admitted the thought of leaving her baby reduced her to tears.   12 September 2007 Premieres & Events: 2004 Beyond The Sea Premiere Added medium res images from the Beyond The Sea Movie Premiere 25 November 2004 New Lucia Artwork and Bad Girls Screencaptures Artwork Added a new portrait of Simone by Lucia. Actually it's an older piece of artwork that Lucia created some time ago and was on her Lucia Artwork subsite on ausxip but now has a new home on this site. Check it out here Screencaptures Bad Girls - Season 1 Added screencaptures for Episode 4: The Victim - Screencaptures created by Judi Mair Added screencaptures for Episode 5: Tangled Web - Screencaptures created by Judi Mair   New Articles - 1997 and 2007 Articles - 2007 Press Release 13 July 2007 Press Release:  Wire In The Blood Ratings Success The fifth instalment of the popular crime franchise Wire In The Blood, premiered strongly for ITV1 United Kingdom on Wednesday 11th July at 9.00pm, delivering an outstanding 5.9 million viewers and a 26.9% market share.... Articles - 1997 Daily Record 18 October 1997 - Action girl is kept on her toes. Scots beauty Simone Lahbib's ballet training helped her put her best foot forward when she was transformed into TV's latest action girl. Sunday Mail - 21 September 1997 - Simone's the new long arm of the law. Despite appearances, Scots actress Simone Lahbib isn't hanging about. In fact, her fast-moving career doesn't even need scaffolding - it was built in Scotland from girders. 10 September 2007 New Articles - 1996 Articles - 1996 Sunday Mail 19 May 1996 LADY AND THE VAMP. It's Lady Chatterley as you've never seen her... not the sex-starved English rose but a lusty Scots lass. "Not many people realise that Connie in Lady Chatterley's Lover is the daughter of a Scots aristocrat," says Simone Lahbib. Sunday Mirror 4 February 1996 - A drama out of a crisis; for Simone Lahbib, the star of London Bridge, art is uncomfortably mirroring life New Images: Screencaptures & Promo Images Promotional Images Added two high resolution promotional images for Bad Girls (Simone with Mandana Jones (Nikki Wade) Many thanks to Di Bauden for the pics! Screencaptures Bad Girls - Season 2 Added screencaptures from Episode #2 - Sh*t Happens - Screencaptures created by Judi Mair Monarch of the Glen Season 6 Added screencaptures from Monarch of the Glen - Season 6 - Episode 2 (Only Simone) - Screencaptures created by Lucia 8 September 2007 Thanks To Everyone.... Wow that was some response from people who wrote in about this new site! Thanks to everyone who wrote in. Always nice to know someone is reading. We have plans for this site and for those that a aware of my Xena, Lucy, Renee and other sites, the sites do tend to grow. Just need to feed it! Having said that, we've got some wonderful Simone goodies coming up. If you would like to contribute any art, music videos, articles, pictures etc - we would love to have them! Email them to me at ausxip@gmail.com New Images: Screencaptures & Artwork SCREENCAPTURES Added 172 screencaptures from the movie Heartless (only Simone) Heartless it the movie Simone was in back in 2005 as Amanda MacNaughton. It's such a great film. ARTWORK I watched Heartless the other night - what a great movie and Simone was just superb in it. It inspired me to create some artwork for it. Check it out here Added some new artwork by Judi from Bad Girls of Simone as Helen Stewart with Mandana Jones as Nikki Wade. 6 September 2007 Simone Nominated For Best Actress... Many thanks to the simonelahbib.net site for the following info Simone has been nominated for Best Actress in the National Television Awards. These awards are nominated by the public (and voting has now closed). -- I don't know much about these awards so I went looking at Wikipedia for some info: The National Television Awards is a British television awards ceremony, sponsored by the ITV network and initiated in 1995. Although not widely held to be as prestigious as the British Academy Television Awards, the premier UK television acolades, the National Television Awards are probably the most prominent ceremony for which the results are voted on by the general public. Because of the way the awards are decided, winners are not given the title "Best", but rather "Most Popular". The ceremony is held annually in October, with the 2007 ceremony due to take place on 31 October. Preliminary voting has now closed for the 2007 awards, with the final nominations being announced in October 2007, when voting will begin again for the shortlists. Simone To Be At Whisky A Go Go 8 Nov 2007 Many thanks to the SimoneLahbib.net site for the following information: Simone is to follow her brother's band as they go on mini tour in the USA. Mama Mayhem will be playing the Whisky a Go Go November 8th, 2007 in Hollywood, California. More LA venues will be posted as the contracts are signed, and AfterEllen will be covering their mini LA tour in an article on their site very soon. -- New Simone Images and Artwork Added some wonderful Simone images and artwork. The images are high resolution photos from the Bad Girls Booksigning event, promotional images for Bad Girls and Heartless. Artwork and wallpapers were created by Lucia Nobrega and Judi Mair. More images and artwork will be posted shortly. If you would like to contribute any images or artwork, please contact me at ausxip@gmail.com Images Promotional Images for Bad Girls Promotional Images for Heartless Premieres & Events: Booksigning Event Artwork Artwork by Lucia Nobrega Artwork by Judi Mair Simone Articles and Interviews These are a few articles I have listed in the articles section. You can see more by going to the main articles page - More will be added once they are scanned in. Interview with Simone Lahbib - AfterEllen.com Simone Struggles With Baby Blues. Lesbians lusted after me.. Skye kept baby blues at bay Why Simone Is Leaving Monarch Of The Glen If you would like to submit any articles, please email them to ausxip@gmail.com - all articles will be credited. Welcome to A Bonny Lass - Simone Lahbib Site! Quite a few years ago, I sat down to record a new show for a friend which only resulted in me getting hooked. That show was called Xena Warrior Princess and it's stars Lucy Lawless and Renee O'Connor.  That was in 1996 and the birth of AUSXIP. In 2007 a friend wanted me to get a show for her with an actress I've never heard of before. I said fine, I can do that. It didn't occur to me that I would be interested in this show. That show was Wire In the Blood. She urged me to see it, imploring me to have a look at the actress who plays Alex Fielding. She is superb, a gifted actress. Well I relented. I watched the show. Something extraordinary happened. I got a severe case of deja vu - it was 1996 all over and I had been hooked on an actress by the name of Simone Lahbib. Simone is EXTRAORDINARY and one of the most gifted actors out there. She's gorgeous, has the cutest Scottish accent that reminds me of my favourite school teacher and talent that ooozes out. The person to thank for getting me hooked is my partner in crime, Christa. Christa would not give up on urging me to watch this amazing actress. Thanks mate, I owe ya <g> We are working together on this site to bring you all the latest news, magazine articles, images and anything else we can come up with. Lucia did the gorgeous banner art of Simone on the couch that you see up the top. You should all check out the artwork in the main image galleries for work from Lucia and Judi Mair. Speaking of Lucia Nobrega - a gifted Brazillian artist who I've known for eight years and a mischief maker extraordinaire! Lucia urged me to watch Bad Girls (TV show from the UK). You know boys and girls you would think that I should have been wary of friends urging me to watch other shows but nooooo that didn't happen. I was hooked on the whole show but the love story between Nikki and Helen (Simone Lahbib) was extraordinary. A slow burn of a love story that was just amazing. The more I saw of Simone, the more I wanted to dedicate a site for her. Watching Bad Girls on the back of Wire in the Blood tipped me over the edge. So in the tradition of giving in to your urgings, A Bonny Lass - The Simone Lahbib News and Multimedia Fan Site was born. I hope you all enjoy the site! If you would like to contribute to the site, please we would love your submissions! Please send your scans, articles, images and artwork to ausxip@gmail.com MaryD