Category: Entertainment TV

‘We asked Billy Connolly to do 15 minutes. He said “I’ll do as long as I want”’: the sweary, shambolic all-nighter that became Comic Relief

Today it is a fundraising juggernaut, but when it was born 40 years ago this month, things were very different. Lenny Henry, Richard Curtis and more explain how they got the gang together for a good causeA near-the-knuckle...

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Strictly Come Dancing’s new hosts: who is in the running?

As two beloved presenters stand down, speculation is rife over who may take up the ‘very sparkly baton’After more than two decades with Strictly Come Dancing, Claudia Winkleman and Tess Daly are approaching their last tango.The...

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‘It crushed my confidence. I’ve never got over it’: Karen Carney on online abuse – and how Strictly is rebuilding her

She’s the emerging star of this year’s dance show, wowing judges with her paso doble. The pundit and former footballer talks about gentleness, bullying, her love of the Lionesses and why she’s never been so happyThe qualities...

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‘TV hits don’t run forever’: are Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman leaving Strictly because it’s about to be axed?

The timing of the Strictly Come Dancing presenters’ departure is odd. Do they know something about the show’s future we don’t? Or did they just get sick of all the scandal?When long-serving presenters leave a seemingly timeless...

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Hard to believe it happened! 70 unforgettable (and unforgivable) shows from 70 years of ITV

From TV so controversial the Foreign Office tried to ban it … to Emmerdale Farm. As the broadcaster hits 70, we look back on the highlights – and lowlightsFor more than two decades, the BBC Television Service was the only option...

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‘The crosser Jeremy Paxman got, the more we giggled’: what it’s like to come last on a TV show

From scoring so badly at Eurovision it made Terry Wogan resign to having Paul Hollywood call your cake ‘tough as old boots’, here are the contestants who lost big on the nation’s favourite showsWe often hear about the people who...

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