Entertainment
Billi Evicted From The Big Brother House
Since last Tuesday, the public have been voting to decide whether Billi, Carole or Tracey should be the third housemate to be publicly evicted from the Big Brother house. During Friday night’s 8.30pm show, Davina McCall announced live to the house that the next person to be evicted would be Billi, who received 55.1% of the total votes cast.
DanceX – The Mother Of All Dance-Offs Comes To BBC1
Two giants in the world of choreography come face to face across the dance floor in the biggest clash of dance titans British TV has ever seen. Spurred on by host Ben Shephard, top choreographers Arlene Phillips and Bruno Tonioli strut back on to our screens and go head-to-head as they search for a sensational new dancing and singing group in DanceX.
Freema Agyeman Returns As Martha Jones In 4th Doctor Who Series
The BBC has announced the first casting details for the fourth series of Doctor Who following the acclaimed end of the third series - widely hailed by critics and public alike as the best series yet.
Coleen McLoughlin Searches For “Real” Women
This summer Coleen McLoughlin is searching the UK for “real” women to win top modelling campaigns. Coleen says: "Starting my mission to find real women to put into some fantastic and glamorous modelling campaigns is really exciting. I'm made up to be able to give other women the same opportunities I have had and I really want to try and change industry perceptions about what being beautiful is all about!
The Spice Girls Announce World Tour Dates
Signed to Virgin Records in the early 90s, the feisty fivesome that is The Spice Girls immediately took the UK by storm, rapidly becoming the biggest girl band of all time globally with their unique brand of girlpower having an impact on popular culture that is still felt to this day.
You Can’t Fire Me, I’m Famous! The Truth Behind Celebrity Sackings
Journalist, broadcaster, writer, Piers Morgan returns BBC One to present the second series of the compelling confessional, You Can’t Fire Me I’m Famous. Jade Goody, Louis Walsh, Donny Osmond, Abi Titmuss, Richard Bacon and Anne Robinson, and have all made headline news for their tales of success and sorrow. This series goes behind the scenes, to expose the dramatic events that altered the course of their lives forever.
Cirque Du Soleil Brings Varekai To London
Cirque du Soleil is thrilled to announce, for the first time ever, the arrival of Varekai in London in January 2008. The incomparable Varekai is completely new to the UK and will be hosted at the Royal Albert Hall for a limited time only. Plus, in another UK first, the wonder of Delirium is set to tour arenas in Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield this autumn.
Channel 4 To Screen Tony Blair’s Last TV Interview As Prime Minister
Channel 4 today announced that it will screen Tony Blair’s last television interview as Prime Minister on Monday 2 July at 8pm. The interview forms part of an extensive documentary covering the final months of Blair’s premiership, The Last Days of Tony Blair.
A-Cig-Nations – Coming To A Pub Near You
Outdoor pub smoking areas are set to become the new hub of gossip and flirting. Smoke may not be in the air but love could be once the English smoking ban comes into force next week, a new study shows. With smokers forced to step outside to light up, smoking shelters across England are set to be the backdrop for flirtatious fellas and gossiping girls, according to research by leading pub group Greene King.
Kate Moss Tops Poll Of Celebrities Most Recognised For Smoking
In a massive countrywide survey by leisure giant X-Leisure, Kate Moss topped the poll as the celebrity who was most recognised for smoking. Her on-off boy friend Pete Doherty was in second place with Britney Spears a close third. Members of the public also named these three as particularly bad role models for smoking.
Fiona Bruce To Take Over Antiques Roadshow
BBC One is pleased to announce that Fiona Bruce is to take over one of the BBC's longest running factual strands, The Antiques Roadshow, when Michael Aspel steps down after the next series in spring 2008.
2 Hot New US Drama Series For Channel 4
Channel 4 and E4 have acquired exclusive broadcast rights to the eagerly anticipated new drama series Dirty Sexy Money and Reaper from Disney-ABC International Television.
ITV And BBC Win Joint Rights For Euro 2008
ITV and BBC have agreed a joint deal with UEFA for the rights to the Euro 2008 Championships. An agreement has been reached with Sport Five, representing UEFA, for exclusive live UK television and new media rights to all 32 matches at the tournament in Austria and Switzerland in June 2008.
Victoria Beckham - A Girl's Girl
"I’ve never been one of these girls that does FHM, that all the men fancy," Victoria Beckham told GMTV’s Fiona Phillips at the Graduate Fashion Week earlier this month.
ITV Celebrates The Harry Potter Phenomenon With Special Programmes
As Warner Bros prepares to release the latest Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter And The Order Of The Pheonix, ITV gives viewers some fantastic programmes to gen up on all the magic behind the scenes. In early July there will be two TV specials, presented by Ben Shephard, as well as a screening of the movie in which the magic all began, Harry Potter: The Philosopher's Stone.