Entertainment
Louisa Lytton out of Strictly Come Dancing
Louisa Lytton isn't celebrating in the Queen Vic as she was voted out of BBC One's Strictly Come Dancing. For the first time in Strictly Come Dancing, the bottom two couples - Louisa Lytton and Vincent Simone and Emma Bunton and Darren Bennett - had to perform their highest scoring dance again for the judges and the viewers in a “dance-off”.
Celebrity Big Brother Returns
New Year can only mean one thing: Celebrity Big Brother returns to Channel 4 with an even bigger fifth series. A brand new gaggle of celebrity housemates will move into a transformed Big Brother house and viewers will be able to watch their every move on both Channel 4 and E4.
A Heavenly Addition For London Gastronomy
This week sees the launch of Archangel - a brand new Romanov-styled restaurant, bar and club situated on one of London's most stylish and sophisticated thoroughfares - Kensington High Street, W8. In its prime location, directly facing Kensington's Royal Garden Hotel, Archangel is set to provide the perfect venue for fine diners, cocktail lovers and late night socialites alike.
The Erotic Review Is Back On Top
The magazine that has inspired a forthcoming Hollywood film starring Oscar-winning actress Rachel Weisz is back for your delectation. The beautiful and sophisticated Erotic Review returns with a sexy new look.
Eastenders Jessie Wallace Returns To BBC
Former Eastenders actress Jessie Wallace makes a welcome return to BBC One as single mum Candy in one-off drama A Class Apart. Candy is a downtrodden single mum who is determined to get her son taught at the local high achieving school.
Meet The Real Housewives Of Orange County
Move over Bree, Susan and Gabrielle - these are the real life desperate housewives. Kimberly, Jeana, Lauri, Vicki and Johanna are the stars of brand new series The Real Housewives of Orange County manoeuvring themselves from diamond parties to Botox sessions. Life is never dull for these ladies who lunch, love money and certainly live life to the full.
New Drama On DVD Starring Sigourney Weaver
Starring the hugely talented Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Carrie-Anne Moss, this critically acclaimed powerful drama will warm even the coldest of hearts.
Women Writers - Showcase Display
‘Being single, and having some money, and having the time – having no men, you see’ was how the writer Ivy Compton-Burnett rather bluntly explained why so many women were writing fiction after the First World War. The photographic portraits in this display were made in the period 1920 to 1960 when the majority of fiction published was written by women. This phenomenon can also be explained by increased access to formal education and society’s growing acceptance of the working woman.
Nelly Furtado Returns To UK With Get Loose Tour 2007
February 2007 will see the return of pop sensation Nelly Furtado to the UK. On the back of her hugely successful album ‘Loose’, Nelly will be performing five gigs as part of her Get Loose World Tour.
It’s A Boy/Girl Thing For Elton & Sharon
A glittering array of guests hand-picked from Elton John’s address book, are expected on the red carpet to join cast members Kevin Zegers, Samaire Armstrong and Sharon Osbourne for the World Premiere of romantic comedy It’s A Boy Girl Thing, on Monday 18th December at the Odeon West End.
New Film Examines China’s Economic Boom
The Business Channel begins a two part series, China Rises, this week. This big budget international co-production examines the economic boom currently underway in China, which has lifted some 200 million people out of grinding poverty over the past few years.
Jamie T’s Panic Prevention
Don't be fooled by his MC like moniker. Jamie T is a tall, skinny lad from the south-west London suburb of Wimbledon, influenced as much by The Clash, Tom Waits, Rancid and The Specials as the drum’n’bass and garage that surrounded him while growing up.
Silver Surfers Aren’t Catching Download Wave
The media portrayal of the ‘silver surfer’ generation as catching up with the tech-savvy younger generation has today been shown to be wildly inaccurate, new research from ICM, commissioned by BiBC, has this week revealed.
The Archers Attracts 1.8 Million Online Visitors
BBC Radio 4 welcomed 1.8 million visitors to its website in October, fuelled by massive interest in whether Ruth Archer would consummate her relationship with Sam the herdsmen in the 15,000th episode of The Archers.
Royal Shakespeare Company Awarded £90k
The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has been awarded unprecedented funding for its young people’s programmes of work by John Lyon’s Charity. The RSC’s Learning department leads regular programmes for young people to help realise the Company’s aim of “ensuring all young people have a positive experience of Shakespeare”.