Music
Band Will Do Anything For Christmas No. 1 – Literally!
A UK band who have thrown their hat into the ring for the Christmas No. 1 slot have taken their campaign to a new level with an offer to the public to trade single sales for favors - however outrageous.
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.
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.
Billie Piper & Julie Walters Head All-Star Cast
Billie Piper returns to our screens in her first lead role and first period drama to star as Sally Lockhart in the BBC's adaptation of multi award-winning writer Philip Pullman's The Ruby In The Smoke, adapted for television by Adrian Hodges.
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.
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.
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.
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.