Ace fillers; Entertainment Editor Gordon Barr has some CDs, DVDs and ticket ideas for stocking fillers this Christmas.

CDS 1. Up To Now, Snow Patrol 2. The Performance, Dame Shirley Bassey 3. Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful?, Paloma Faith 4. Reality Killed The Video Star, Robbie Williams 5. Believe, Katherine Jenkins 6. Celebration, Madonna 7. Crazy Love, Michael Buble 8. The Pursuit, Jamie Cullum 9. I Am Sasha Fierce, Beyonce 10. I Look To You, Whitney Houston DVDS An Evening With John Bar rowman Release date: November 16 RRP: pounds 15.99 Runtime: 80 mins+extras DVD includes the surprise chart hit I Made it Through the Rain. A note from John Barrowman: "Welcome to my concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall. I am happiest when I'm performing, and it doesn't matter if my audience is large, small, or just you watching me at home. This DVD of my sold-out concert at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall in May 2009 lets you experience all the excitement, laughter and performance surprises of my live show. Please join me and my special guest, Daniel Boys, my J4 dancers, and lots of my music. This DVD will put you in the front row."

Last Chance to See: A search for Animals on the Edge of Extinction Out now.

Retail price: pounds 24.99 Two disc set The BBC series Last chance to See on DVD plus exclusive DVD extras. Stephen Fry follows in his great friend Douglas Adams's footsteps, along with zoologist Mark Carwardine, to remote parts of the earth in search of some of the rarest and most threatened animals. The pair look for man-eating Komodo dragons, a fat, flightless parrot called the Kakapo and the majestic Blue Whale. They also risk kidnap in search of the Northern White Rhino; seek out a gremlin-like creature, the Aye-Aye, that is thought to bring bad luck; and search for the large, gentle Amazonian Manatee. Their journey is a unique insight into the disappearing animals of the world.

Johnny Vaughan's Own Goals & Gaffs III Out now Retail price: pounds 15.99 The follow-up to Johnny Vaughan's Own Goals and Gaffs and More Own Goals and Gaffs, Own Goals & Gaffs III: Hits & Misses. This is a choice collection of footballing mishaps and mayhem from 17 years of the Premier League. Even in the dynamic and highly-paid world of English football's elite division, things can go wrong and here, in all their glory, are the beautifully executed own goals and appalling misses that have been talking points for some time, and will remain so if Johnny Vaughan has anything to do with it.

ON STAGE THE run-up to the festivities is always called the party season here in the North East, says Gordon Barr.

There is a wealth of shows to go to - from pantos to the best gigs going.

But what about after Christmas and there seems little to look forward to? Put a smile on the face of someone you love by getting them tickets to show to beat those post-Christmas blues.

GORDON'S TOP 10 SUGGESTIONS: 1. Mamma Mia!, Metro Radio Arena, until January 17 2. JLS, Newcastle City Hall, February 3 3. The Nutcracker, Theatre Royal, February 3 to 6 4. Never Forget, Journal Tyne Theatre, February 2 to 6 5. George's Marvellous Medicine, Playhouse Whitley Bay, February 23 to 27 6. Editors, O2 Academy, March 15 7. Lady Gaga, Metro Radio Arena, March 4 8. La Boheme, Theatre Royal, March 2 9. Dara O'Briain, Newcastle City Hall, April 30 10. Charley Boorman, Journal Tyne Theatre, February 26.