Sharon Gless Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature. Between 2000 and 2005, Gless appeared as Hal Sparks's mother, Debbie Novotny, in her biggest and most critically acclaimed role since Cagney & Lacey in the acclaimed Showtime cable television series "Queer as Folk." In 2000, she was on an episode of "Touched by an Angel" entitled "The Perfect Game". On May 26, 2005, Gless was one of the mourners at Eddie Albert's funeral, along with ex-"Switch" co-stars Robert Wagner and Charlie Callas. In 2006, Gless starred in the BBC television series "The State Within". The following year she co-starred in the USA
Tyne and Wear News former Metro Radio presenter Anna Foster, who left in March 2015 to join BBC Radio Newcastle. The station's then-head of news, Sarah Colley, presented the programme, until her departure in March 2016. She was replaced by long-serving reporter Zoe Muldoon (now at ITV Tyne Tees. "Bulletin" was relaunced as "Tyne and Wear News" on Monday 26 September 2016. In November 2017, following a restructuring of the Made Television network's operations, the programme was axed and local production was cut. A replacement programme, "Made TV News" - combining local and national news stories - was produced from Leeds but axed in