Entertainment
Eastenders’ Cast Pay Tribute To Mike Reid
Tributes have been paid to actor and comedian Mike Reid who has died aged 67. He played Frank Butcher in BBC One's EastEnders, making his last appearance in December 2005.
Team Bruno Crowned DanceX Champions
On Saturday night the public named Bruno's group as the winners in a nail-biting DanceX final on BBC One, securing them a record deal and nationwide tour supporting chart-topping artist Rihanna.
Revealing The Romance Behind Jane Austen
Olivia Williams, Greta Scacchi and Hugh Bonneville lead an all-star cast in BBC One's feature-length period drama Miss Austen Regrets. Based on the life and letters of Jane Austen, Miss Austen Regrets imagines the story of the novelist's final years.
Davina McCall Comes Out Tops in Life Balance Analysis
The tables have been turned on Davina McCall, the sassy Big Brother presenter and mother of 3, as her personality has been put under the spotlight by a new psychological profiling system which looks at how different types of people deal with stress and life balance.
Leonardo DiCaprio Backs Cut The Carbon March
Actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged his support for Christian Aid’s Cut the Carbon march. Mr DiCaprio’s documentary film The 11th Hour, which explores issues of global warming and climate change, was released on Friday 17 August in the United States.
Kaiser Chiefs To Cover Epic Flowers In The Rain
The popularity of Birmingham combo The Move endures. It has been revealed that the Kaiser Chiefs are to cover their brilliant No.2 single, Flowers In The Rain, for a Radio 1 anniversary album due in October. Flowers In The Rain had just been released when Tony Blackburn selected it to be the first song played on Radio 1 on September 30th, 1967.
Peter Gabriel To Be Honoured As Icon
Peter Gabriel will be honored as a BMI Icon at the U.S. Performing Right Organization’s annual London Awards, set for October 16 in London’s Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane. The black-tie, invitation-only gala will recognize the U.K. and European songwriters and publishers of the past year’s most-played BMI songs on American radio and television.
Big Hearted Bikers Help Jeans For Genes At Ace Café
Bikers from across Europe will be helping to give children with genetic disorders a future when they attend this year’s Ace Cafe Reunion. Thousands of riders make the annual pilgrimage to the legendary Ace Cafe on the old North Circular in London and this year they’ll be aiming to raise £100,000 for Jeans for Genes.
Big Brother’s Aisleyne Becomes Patron Of Brain Tumour UK
Every day in the UK, 49 adults and children are diagnosed with a brain tumour. Twenty percent of all cancer patients develop secondary brain tumours. They are the most common solid tumour in children. Their incidence has increased over the last 30 years, yet the prognosis remains bleak.
Bra Wars - More Than Just A Storm In A ‘D’ Cup
A competition run by Liverpool’s 107.6 Juice FM has given one lucky listener two things to be happy about, a boob job. Nadine Pude, 27, from Rockferry, Wirral, won the ‘Bra Wars’ competition to win new breasts, courtesy of 107.6 Juice FM and the Birkdale Clinic.
The Stereophonics Are Back With A Bang
Stereophonics return on October 1st with the eagerly awaited 6th studio album ‘Pull The Pin’ – their first release in 2 years. Written by Kelly Jones, it looks set to be the definitive album of their 10-year career & features the lead single ‘It Means Nothing’, out on September 24th. Instantaneous and razor-sharp, it’s the perfect re-introduction to one of the UK’s biggest bands and looks set to dominate airwaves this summer.
Jack Peñate Announces Debut Album
Jack Peñate has announced details of his debut album. Out on October 1st, the album is entitled 'Matinée'. Before the release of 'Matinée', Jack will be releasing a new version of 'Second, Minute or Hour' as the next single, due for release on September 24th.
Filming Begins On Doctor Who Series 4
Doctor Who series four filming is underway with Catherine Tate joining the BAFTA award-winning BBC One drama series as The Doctor's brand new companion, Donna Noble. Award-winning actress Tate is reprising her role as Donna, the runaway bride who featured in last year's Doctor Who Christmas special.
Pet Shop Boys Release To Release ‘Disco 4’
The Pet Shop Boys are to release ‘Disco 4’, the fourth album in a continuing series, on Parlophone on September 24. ‘Disco 4’ collects together the Pet Shop Boys’ extended dance mixes of The Killers, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Rammstein, Atomizer and David Bowie, as well as a new extended mix of PSB live highlight “Integral” and their maxi-mix of the single “I’m With Stupid”.
Big Stars, Big Screens, Big Action – BBC Film Festival
On Sunday 9 September, Glasgow Green becomes the venue for the first ever BBC Film Festival – a spectacular free multimedia event celebrating cinema and film-making and offering film fans and families the chance to enjoy, talk about and make their own films.