NEWS SHOPPER Leisuretime always gets the big exclusives, and this week is no exception. Fresh from a BAFTA award, actress Judi Dench will be coming to Sevenoaks.

Well, nearly coming to Sevenoaks. To honour the actress who won an award at the recent BAFTA's for her performance in smash movie Iris, the Stag Theatre in London Road, Sevenoaks, is showing a Dame Judi Dench triple-bill of films.

The festival starts on March 1 with Iris, in which Dench plays the novelist Iris Murdoch who suffered from Alzheimer's Disease. The role has won the actress a nomination for an Oscar in the Best Actress category.

There will be a showing of the critically-acclaimed film, Chocolat, on March 5 followed by screenings of The Shipping News, an adaptation of Annie Proulx's Pullitzer Prize-winning novel.

The Shipping News runs for two weeks from March 22.

Tickets are available from the box office, 01732 450175.