Entertainment

Programme Examines Dotcom Phenomenon

A programme from the Business Channel - ‘Dot Con’ - will look at the dotcom craze of 2000/1 when thousands of investors poured enormous sums of money into the stocks of small start-up companies. Fuelled by unscrupulous traders on Wall Street and negligible due diligence by the banking community, the shares of many companies soared by hundreds of percent within hours of going public, turning teenagers into overnight paper millionaires.

Celebrities Sing For Survival

It's back! The duet singing showdown, Just The Two Of Us, returns for a brand new series on BBC One on 2 January 2007. Nine celebrities will be singing for survival when they are paired with some of the world's biggest recording stars to perform live every night.

Friday Night With Cat Deeley

Cat Deeley reminisces about Ant and Dec and tells Jonathan Ross about conquering American TV when she visits the Friday Night With Jonathan Ross sofa on BBC One tonight.

Home Is Brits Favourite Going Out Venue

As the Christmas party season approaches new research released today by Ferrero Rocher proves that Brits still love to get together. Seeing friends helps us feel more positive, supported, happy, and included, and over half of those questioned still listed entertaining at home as their top choice for a gathering.

Idlewild Will Tour UK In 2007

Following a sold out club tour, which culminated in a euphoric show at the London Scala, IDLEWILD have announced a full UK tour for March 2007. The tour will follow the release of their sixth album ‘Make Another World’ which is released on 26th February.

Mouthwatering Christmas Cocktails

Edinburgh’s top style bar chain is helping festive revellers enjoy some seasonal spirit by launching a range of fun and unique cocktails, all inspired by scents and tastes of Christmas.

Kylie To Play New Year's Eve Show At Wembley

Kylie Minogue will play a very special concert on New Year's Eve at London's Wembley Arena. This will be the first chance British fans will have to see Kylie's new Showgirl Homecoming Tour, which is currently playing Australia.

More Cowell As American Idol 6 Returns

Seven cities, tens of thousands of hopeful singers, one tremendous show. Another round of auditions have been completed and the wheels are in motion for American Idol 6 when it returns to ITV2 this January.

Catch Ricky Tomlinson’s Festive Debut On YouTube

EMI Music UK record label, Liberty, has teamed up with web animator Joel Veitch to create the animation for Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson’s upcoming Christmas release, ‘Christmas My Arse’. The viral marketing campaign, which launches today, has been posted on social networking site YouTube in order to build momentum in the lead up to Christmas.

Million Pound Giveaway: If You Don’t Ask . . .

An exciting new big-money show that takes the saying ‘If you don’t ask, you don’t get’ to a whole new level comes to ITV1 this winter as members of the public are invited to ask for a share of a £1 million giveaway to help make their dreams come true.

Zoe Ball To Host Soapstar Superstar 2007

Richard Fleeshman was your Soapstar Superstar for 2006 – but who will win the viewers vote to take the accolade in the new series of the hit event? Zoe Ball hosts the new series of Soapstar Superstar that will see some of the UK’s favourite soap stars take to the stage and go head-to-head to become a singing superstar.

Emmerdale Becomes First Interactive Soap

25th December sees the launch of www.itv.com/emmerdale – the UK’s first fully interactive soap channel. The launch of the online channel coincides with the gruesome Christmas Day murder of Tom King and will allow viewers to follow the three month murder hunt both online and on-air.