THE programme for the 45th Ludlow Festival is full of don't-miss events. Here are a dozen of the best:

June 19. Gala opening of Twelfth Night.

June 20. The 18th Century Orchestra - music by candle light.

June 21. Tim Smit talks about how he created the Eden Project and restored the Lost Gardens of Heligan.

June 22. First night of Cymbeline.

June 25. An audience with Antonia Fraser.

June 26. Beryl Bainbridge and Richard Ingrams illuminate the life of Doctor Johnson.

June 28. An audience with Esther Rantzen.

June 29. Clarinettist Michael Collins.

July 1. Tosca, with London City Opera.

July 4. Bob Geldof.

July 9. Sir Trevor McDonald in conversation with Anthony Howard.

July 11. Grand Festival Firework Finale, featuring Showaddywaddy.

Booking for Friends of the Ludlow Festival begins in March and public booking in April