Month: December 2011

The Military Wives Choir, as featured by Gareth Malone on BBC Two’s The Choir: Military Wives, is set to top the charts this Sunday. The Official Charts Company revealed today that in just two days the choir has sold 242,000 copies of their single ‘Wherever You Are’, the fastest selling single in six years. X Factor winners Little Mix, who are […]

Last week I asked you to decide who was the more attractive, was it Harry Judd or Dougie Poynter from band McFly. Well over 3000 voted and it was a close call. But who won… In total 3550 of you voted, and for most of the voting time the lead switched between Harry and Dougie, with both spending long periods […]

Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom are to investigate the BBC’s The One Show following comments made by Jeremy Clarkson. Clarkson promoted hundreds of complaints to Ofcom following his comments late last month that public workers and their families should be shot for going on strike. His appearance on BBC One’s The One Show seen nearly 800 complain directly to Ofcom, with a […]

Rapper Tinchy Styder is the latest name to be rumoured for the next version of Celebrity Big Brother. The reality show is back on Channel 5 in January and is expected to feature the rapper. Other recently rumoured names include X Factor bad boy Frankie Cocozza, model Nicola McLean and Natasha Giggs. A trailer for Celebrity Big Brother began airing […]

Girl group Little Mix have gone to straight to Number 1 in the UK Top 40 a week after winning The X Factor. Their cover of Damien Rice’s ‘Cannonball’ was released last Sunday after they became the first group to win the competition. It remains to be seen if they will take the top spot in the ‘prestigious’ Christmas chart […]

Comedy writer Ronnie Wolfe has died at the age of 89 it has been announced. The writer will be best remembered for co-creating comedies On The Buses and The Rag Trade. Wolfe died after hitting his head in a fall, his son-in-law said reports BBC News. Wolfe co-created the hugely popular comedy On The Buses with long-term writing partner Ronald […]

{jcomments off}The Scottish government is reportedly considering a compromise which would still allow gay marriages to take place but would take into account some religious opposition to same-sex marriage. According to reports the SNP is considering a deal which would introduce gay marriage to Scotland but crucially would mean ceremonies would not take place on religious premises. The deal would […]

Virgin Media is to sponsor Britain’s Got Talent from next year. The multimillion-pound deal will see Virgin Media sponsor the main show, official website and multi-media content. They will also sponsor America’s Got Talent which airs on ITV 2. The deal is similar to that of TalkTalk, which sponsors X Factor and X Factor USA. Last year Britain’s Got Talent […]

{jcomments off}The 2011 finale of Strictly Come Dancing had a peak audience of 13 million viewers on BBC One last night while the penultimate episode of Merlin saw ratings surge to over 7 million viewers. The finale of Strictly saw Jason Donovan, Chelsee Healey and Harry Judd compete against each other to be crowned the 2011 Strictly champion. The first […]