Entertainment
Lemar Returns To Africa For Christian Aid Week
Lemar travelled to northern Uganda to see for himself how Christian Aid partners are dealing with HIV and AIDS, climate change and the effects of 21 years of civil war.
BAFTA Winners Announced
At yesterday evening’s ceremony at the London Palladium, Victoria Wood was a double winner, collecting her first-ever BAFTA in the Actress category for Housewife, 49 ahead of Anne-Marie Duff (The Virgin Queen), Samantha Morton (Longford) and Ruth Wilson (Jane Eyre). The adaptation of the diary of a Lancashire housewife, written by Wood, was also victorious in the Single Drama category. The Actor BAFTA went to Jim Broadbent for his portrayal of the campaigning Labour peer in Longford.
Get The Best Of Van Morrison
EMI Catalogue Marketing are honoured to release The Best of Van Morrison Volume 3 on 11th June 2007, preceded by a new single on 4th June. A 2 CD collection featuring 31 tracks, The Best of Van Morrison is a comprehensive collection of Van’s later material and includes two previously unreleased tracks and duets with Tom Jones, John Lee Hooker, B.B. King and Ray Charles among others. It is a must for fans old and new.
Bryan Ferry Announces Second Night At Tower Festival
Due to huge demand, Bryan Ferry has confirmed a second show at the Tower Music Festival for July 3rd. The shows are hot off the back of his Dylan tribute album ‘Dylanesque’ which was released in March.
A Special Performance From Tom Jones
Hampton Court Palace Festival 2007 is delighted to announce that the legendary Tom Jones will give a special performance on Monday 18th June to support youth charity The Prince’s Trust.
Neighbours Moves To Five
Five has secured the rights to hit Australian drama Neighbours, it was announced on Friday. Five’s deal with the show’s producers FremantleMedia will see Neighbours joining Five’s main channel and digital offering Five Life in 2008.
The British Soap Awards 2007
The British Soap Awards 2007 is gearing up to celebrate another year of tears, trials, tribulations and tantrums from the nation’s biggest TV shows and will be broadcast on ITV1 on Wednesday 30 May 2007 between 8.00pm and 10.00pm.
Mumbai Calling
Mumbai may not be on your doorstep, but it’s certainly on the end of a phone line. Baskhar’s hilarious one-off comedy lifts the lid on a call centre a mere eleven taps on your phone keypad and a short 4,500 mile flight away from Blighty’s cool shores. For that overdraft extension, insurance quote or fuzzy TV screen complaint, Mumbai will certainly be called.
Coleen McLoughlin Signs Exclusive TV Deal
Style icon, columnist and TV presenter Coleen has signed an exclusive two year television deal with ITV that will see her presenting shows across ITV’s family of channels.
New Documentary Follows East 17 Reunion
At the height of boy band hysteria in the pop fuelled 1990’s, ‘bad boys of pop’, east London’s East 17 gained instant success as an anecdote their clean-cut nemesis, Take That.
Prince’s Purple Reign Over London
Tickets for Prince shows are the hottest in town. The initial seven shows announced at The O2 Arena sold out in a matter of minutes when they went on sale this morning and promoters AEG Live immediately put another 8 concerts on sale to cope with unprecedented ticket demand for Prince’s ground breaking 21 nights in London. Previous records for quickest selling arena shows held by the likes of Pink Floyd were in danger of a being totally eclipsed to the Dark Side of the Moon.
New Drama Marks Decriminalisation Of Homosexuality
Clapham Junction is a powerful new single drama for Channel 4 Television to be broadcast as part of a season to mark the 40th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales. Clapham Junction is to be broadcast in July 2007.
Barbra Streisand Hasn’t Lost Her Appeal
After a lightening quick sell out of Barbra Streisand’s first two London engagements at The O2 Arena, a third show on July 25th has been added due to overwhelming demand. The tour has also extended to include a date in Rome on June 15th.
Ian Brown Announces UK Tour
In anticipation of his new album, due for an Autumn release, Ian Brown has announced a mammoth 22 date tour of the UK for Septemberember and October. Brown’s 5th studio album, the follow-up to 2004’s Solarized, has the working title The World is Yours and is being recorded at London’s RAK studios with Ex Smiths bassist Andy Rourke and Big Arm’s and Happy Mondays’ Paul Ryder.
Ewan McGregor Is Back On His Bike - This Time For BBC2
Three years after Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman circumnavigated the globe on their motorcycles in Long Way Round, the long time friends are ready to get on their bikes again – in Long Way Down, a new six-part documentary series, this time for BBC Two.