Entertainment
Money Programme First BBC Show To Broadcast In Second Life
The Money Programme will be the first BBC Television programme broadcast in virtual online world Second Life. Reporter Max Flint and his spiky-haired alter-ego, MP Masala, travel deep into cyberspace to meet its virtual entrepreneurs, and find out how real fortunes are made. The programme will explore two different examples of these virtual worlds.
You're Not Joseph! Craig Chalmers Is Voted Off
On Saturday night, the public decided live on BBC One's Any Dream Will Do that Craig Chalmers will not be Joseph. After some excellent performances last week, the five remaining Josephs had to show the five traits of Joseph which are arrogance, courage, vulnerability, betrayal and being a dreamer.
Davina McCall Just Wants To Laugh
Not many people have squeezed as much into their first 39 years as Davina McCall. She has been, at various points, a singer, a restaurant manager, a model-agency booker, and a singing waitress. In the last ten years, she’s become one of the highest-profile presenters on British television, as well as becoming a mother to three children.
Big Brother 8: The Countdown Begins
The countdown begins to a new summer series of Big Brother, starting 30 May on Channel 4 & E4, and this summer, Big Brother returns with an even bigger eighth series. On Wednesday 30 May, a brand new gaggle of housemates will move into a transformed Big Brother house and viewers will be able to watch their every move on both Channel 4, E4 and online.
Dermot O’Leary – The Nice Guy Of TV
The Dermot O’Leary who appears on TV is friendly, sociable, funny and cheerful. Away from the cameras, Dermot O’Leary is an interviewer’s nightmare. It turns out he’s so friendly, sociable, funny and cheerful, that he can’t help but spend the day chatting to anyone and everyone, spreading his own brand of cheeky-chappy bonhomie wherever he goes.
Help Toby Anstis Make A Million For Cancer Research UK
Radio presenter Toby Anstis today urged West Londoners to help make a million pounds by joining the London Pride Walk and Fun Run for Cancer Research UK. The Heart DJ said: “You can walk, run, jog, hop, skip or jump – just be there to be part of raising £1m for Cancer Research UK.”
The Fray Announce Extra London Live Date
Due to unrelenting public demand, million-selling 4-piece The Fray have added a second London date to their eagerly awaited forthcoming UK tour. Already performing at London’s Hammersmith Apollo on Monday, November 5th, they’ll now return for a second night on November 6th. Tickets for the new date are on sale today.
Filming Underway On Series 2 Of The Street
The second six-part series of The Street, penned by one of British television's most prolific and influential writers, Jimmy McGovern, made for BBC One by ITV Productions has started filming in the North West and completes shooting this August.
Grease Isn’t The Word - Joseph Sales Outstrip By 9 To 1
Any Dream Will Do is not only pipping Grease is the Word in the ratings war – Joseph CDs and DVDs have also been flying off the virtual shelves of Amazon.co.uk, giving a clear indication as to where the public’s support lies, with sales of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat products up to 9 times greater than those related to Grease.
BBC Drama Develops Outcasts
BBC Drama today announces that Outcasts – a brand new high concept series from Kudos Film and Television and Ben Richards (Spooks, Party Animals) – is in development by BBC Wales for BBC One. Set in space with the future of earth looking increasingly precarious, the race is on in Outcasts to find an alternative home in the universe.
An End To Celebrity Big Brother Racism Controversy?
Channel 4 has released a transcript of previously un-aired material relating to the racism storm surrounding Celebrity Big Brother 5. The transcript, provided to Ofcom, reveals how Jo O’Meara, Jade Goody and Jack Tweed instigated a racist rhyming game in reference to housemate Shilpa Shetty.
Faithless Get Fired Up
On paper, Faithless shouldn’t work. One key member, Rollo Armstrong, doesn’t sing or play an instrument so doesn’t play with them live – and after the first couple of years, he stopped doing interviews, too, preferring to be seen as an enigma.
Amerie's Gotta Work
2007 is Amerie’s year. Having already achieved her second top ten hit with ‘Take Control’; she’s about to take it to the next level with the monster track ‘Gotta Work’.
David Tennant To Star In New BBC Drama
BBC Drama, HBO and Company Pictures are proud to announce Einstein And Eddington, a film which takes a closer look at the story behind the creation of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and the personal lives of the men behind it. The film will be broadcast later this year on BBC Two.
Stereophonics Announce Pull The Pin Tour
Stereophonics – one of the UK’s biggest and best bands – have announced a major tour to promote their eagerly anticipated new LP ‘Pull The Pin’. Their first tour since 2005, tickets will go on sale Friday, May 25th at 9am.