Month: March 2012

While the Catholic Church and the Church of England oppose plans to legalise gay marriage other religious groups have welcomed the government’s consultation on the issue. The Catholic Church and the Church of England’s opposition to government plans to introduce CIVIL marriage for gay couples is well documented. Last weekend the Catholic Church told its congregations across the country it […]

X Files actress Gillian Anderson has revealed she turned down a role on Julian Fellowes hit period drama Downton Abbey. During an interview with TV Guide magazine Anderson revealed that she had been offered a role on ITV’s Downton Abbey but turned it down. Anderson was being interviewed about her role of Miss Havisham in Great Expectations which aired in […]

A gay teenager has accused Channel Four of outing him after his family recognised him in footage shown on the broadcaster’s hit series My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. The teen was shown kissing traveller Mikey at Manchester Pride but was unaware, at the time, that there were cameras filming the event for My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. When the teen […]

Paul McGann has said he would be open to returning to Doctor Who for its 50th anniversary next year. The actor played the 8th Doctor in the 1996 television movie which was intended to be followed by a full length series. However, while the television movie rated well in the UK with over 9 million viewers it didn’t meet expectations […]

The sixteenth series of adult cartoon comedy South Park returns to Comedy Central in the UK later this month with an unimaginable catastrophe occuring in the premiere episode. Reverse Cowgirl is the first of the new episodes to air in the UK on Comedy Central with Clyde being told by his mother time and time again about leaving the toilet […]

Production has begun this week on the second series of Friday Night Dinner, with six episodes to air this autumn and a Christmas Special for December 2012. Featuring cast including Tamsin Grei of Black Books fame, Simon Bird from The Inbetweeners and Green Wing star Mark Heap. Friday Night Dinner has been described as a truly original series about growing […]

Chat show host and celebrity gardener Alan Titchmarsh has warned against Britain’s technology reliant culture, saying that if we don’t get more hands on with nature there is little hope for our future. Alan Titchmarsh spoke out in his role as B&Q’s celebrity ambassador: ‘”W are now part of a fast-paced culture that has become increasingly reliant on technology – […]