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OK, so anyone under 35-ish will struggle to remember this but there was a sports-based show in the 1970’s called Superstars and it was a right laugh. It now looks that the enormous success of the Olympics may see it return to our screens. Superstars was presented by the late David Vine and basically involved [...]...More
Bosses at the X Factor have confirmed that the final of the upcoming series will move from its traditional London base to the Manchester Central Centre. Show sponsors TalkTalk will be giving away 10,000 tickets to the final, which will feature this year’s judging panel Gary Barlow, Nicole Scherzinger, Tulisa and Louis Walsh. Walsh said: [...]...More
The BBC have confirmed that they are planning a biopic about the origins of the Doctor Who TV series. The show will be along the same lines of the BBC 4 Road To Coronation Street drama, which told the back stage story of the development of Corrie. The 90-minute show, tentatively titled An Adventure In [...]...More
Finally, at long last, after months of worry that the whole thing would be a storm in a teacup, the video for Mr Zip’s magnificent ‘Where’s me keys, where’s me phone?’ has arrived. When the song first aired on the last series of Britain’s Got Talent it caused a frenzied reaction. People all over the [...]...More
The BBC have announced that star of Withnail & I Richard E Grant will appear in the upcoming new series. Grant had been touted as a possible Doctor himself before Mat Smith’s appointment an even provided the voice of the time traveller in an animated version of the show. Now the BBC are saying that [...]...More
After his superb 3-part comedy series Black Mirror aired earlier this year, screenwriter Charlie Brooker returns with cop comedy ‘A Touch Of Cloth’, which will air on Sky 1 in August. The show stars John Hannah and former Corrie star Suranne Jones and id described by Brooker as ‘just Airplane-style daftness” He continued: The inspiration [....More
The actor behind one of the best-loved Coronation Street characters has passed away. Geoffrey Hughes, who played lovable rogue Eddie Yeats from 1974 to 1983, died over the weekend after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was 68. Geoffrey brought a charm and likeability to the character of Eddie and his partnership with Stan [...]...More
So, the 2012 London Olympics finally gets underway tonight. After years of excitement , anticipation, hype and hyperbole we can finally settle down on our settee with a bag of crisps and a brew and watch the fittest athletes on the world run round tracks, swim up and down pools, jump over things, bounce around [...]...More
It has been announced that Count Dracula is to return to the small screen in a major new 10-part adaptation, the NBC/ Sky Living production will star Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the famous vampire. Created by author Bram Stoker in 1897, Dracula has been the subject of hundreds of film and TV adaptations over the [...]...More
Tonight sees the start of Mad Week on Channel 4, when it shows a series of programmes looking at attitudes to mental health. This being Channel 4, though, the shows are generally celeb-fronted and appear light-hearted. First up tonight at 10PM, depression-sufferer Ruby Wax follows a number of successful business people as they reveal their [...]...More
It’s been announced that Britain’s Got More Talent host Stephen Mulhern will front a revived version of classic 80’s & 90’s quiz show Catchphrase. The show was originally hosted by Irish comic Roy Walker but Mulhern will take presenting duties on the new pilot, which will be shot in August. To be honest we’re not [...]...More
Former Rogue Traders presenter Dan Penteado has been sentenced to 12 weeks in jail after being found guilty of benefit fraud. Penteado fronted the consumer interest show from 2008 and 2012 and was paid over £56,000 for his efforts. During that time, though, he continued to claim housing and council tax benefits amounting to over [...]...More
Outgoing Doctor Who companion Karen Gillan has told fans at San Diego’s Comic-Con that she cried for two weeks after shooting her final scenes on the show. Karen, who has played ‘Tardis Totty’ Amy Pond for the last 2 series, will leave the show during the next run, as will co-star Arthur Darville who plays [...]...More
If you’re one of those people that turns the TV over whenever the Proms are on, maybe this year you should give it a go; it’s one of the most extraordinary celebrations of music in the world and a uniquely British event. ‘Promenade’ concerts (where musicians play in parks and open spaces while listeners walk [...]...More
There are rumours circulating the internet that the new BBC director general George Entwistle my be considering returning 90’s super-flop soap to our screens. In what may be either be a bad joke, a malicious rumour or a genuine piece of crazy thinking, a former member of the show’s crew, Paul Davies, has written in [...]...More
After the BBC shows ‘I’d Do Anything’, ‘How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria’ and ‘Any Dream Will Do’ showed how TV companies could make hugely popular shows by creating extended plugs for Andrew Lloyd Webber stage productions, ITV have finally got their own addition to the canon starting this weekend. Superstar will find [...]...More
Eric Sykes, who has died age 89, was one of the most respected figures in radio, TV and film comedy. A writer, performer and director he worked with almost every significant comic in post-war Britain. He appeared with, wrote for or directed (among many other) Tommy Cooper, Tony Hancock, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan and [...]...More
Eric Sykes died today aged 89 after a short illness, his manager Norma Farnes said. One of the most endearing and popular comic actors of his generation, Sykes was still appearing on the West End stage into his 80s, even though he became almost totally deaf and nearly blind. Sykes found fame in a series [...]...More
It’s being reported that long-time BBC football presenter an notorious crisp-flogger Gary Lineker is being courted by BT, who are looking for an anchor for their upcoming Premiership coverage. BT will be showing 38 premier league games next year and Lineker will be out of contract at the Beeb around the same time. He has [...]...More
The Daily Star are today claiming that ITV may be looking to replace their Saturday night megahit the X Factor. The last series was deemed by many to have been a relative disappointment and, with Simon Cowell again missing from this year’s judging panel, it looks like there are plenty of people around ready to [...]...More
From:Set The Video: NASA: Triumph and Tragedy, BBC Two, Wednesday, 24 June, 9pm