Entertainment
Bath Bar to offer new drinking and dining experience
The UK’s favourite cocktail bar, Revolution is bringing change to Bath after choosing its venue on George Street as the latest bar to receive a complete overhaul. A six-figure investment will transform the existing site to enhance its offer as a premium drinking and dining venue.
The Voice UK spins-off to BBC Two for exciting new sister show
Hit BBC One entertainment series, The Voice UK, is to have a spin-off show on BBC Two for the first time in its three year history.
Top Gear leads pack as BBC iPlayer hits record 3 billion requests in 2013
BBC iPlayer saw a record three billion programme requests in 2013 – up 33 per cent on 2012, with 2.2b requests for BBC TV shows and 800m BBC radio requests across all platforms.
Another record breaking year at The Cornerhouse
It has been another record-breaking year at The Cornerhouse in Nottingham with over 9 million of us visiting the city’s premier leisure and entertainment complex.
Six Nations 2014 on the BBC: Sir Ian McGeechan joins the team
The 2014 RBS Six Nations kicks off on Saturday 1 February and the BBC is bringing audiences every moment of the tournament across TV, radio, online and mobile.
Introducing The Bar at Big Easy Covent Garden
Big Easy Covent Garden is set to open in February 2014. The jaw-dropping, nine-metre bar will be situated on the ground floor and will boast over 500 bottles with a focus on brown liquor of all types, including American, Scotch & world whisk(e)ys, Tequila & Mezcal, Caribbean rum, aged gin, French and Spanish brandy.
Liverpool bar to be transformed by major investment
The UK’s favourite cocktail bar, Revolution is bringing a change to Liverpool after choosing its Cavern Quarter bar as the latest to receive a six figure investment and complete overhaul - activity which has seen the creation of two new jobs.
Inspector George Gently and Bacchus return to BBC One
It’s 1969 and Gently and Bacchus are both suffering from their own physical and mental scars several months after the horrific shootings that nearly claimed their lives in Durham Cathedral.
Third series of Death In Paradise returns to BBC One
Bringing some much-needed sunshine to UK screens in January, BBC One returns to the idyllic Caribbean island of Saint Marie, for the third series of hit murder mystery, Death In Paradise.
Beyonce shatters iTunes store records with 828,773 albums sold in three days
Apple has announced that Beyonce has become the fastest selling album ever on the iTunes Store worldwide with an unprecedented 828,773 albums sold in just its first three days. Beyonce also broke the US first week album sales record with 617,213 sold and proved to be a global success going to number one in 104 countries.
Home Alone voted best Christmas movie ever
Home Alone has been named as the number one Christmas film of all time, a new survey has shown. The 1990 family favourite sees Macaulay Culkin as the inventive youngster left to defend the family home from two hapless crooks.
BBC Three commissions new dating show Sexy Beasts
BBC Three has commissioned Lion TV’s entertainment team (Playing It Straight, World Series Of Dating, Officially Amazing) to make a broadcast pilot of a brand-new dating show called Sexy Beasts.
Entourage the Movie: What you need to know
Since 2004, hit series Entourage has built up a huge fan base, with millions eagerly tuning in to every episode. It came as no big surprise, then, when Warner Bros announced that the series - about a young(ish) Hollywood film star and his eight childhood friends from Queens - would be coming to the big screen. While the process of creating said movie has taken longer than was anticipated, it’s now going into production and fans are now gearing up to enjoy the results.
Ten of the best Hawaiian hotels
In honour of the much-anticipated release of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, hotel comparison website trivago.co.uk has compiled a list of its top ten Hawaiian hotels.
Joanna Lumley meets will.i.am in BBC One documentary
In a one-hour film, Joanna Lumley returns to BBC One to spend time with a man who has intrigued her since she saw him carrying the flame on the 2012 Olympic Torch Relay across Britain.