Month: November 2014

Wildlife presenter Steve Backshall has become the eighth celebrity to leave Strictly Come Dancing. Steve and partner Ola Jordan found themselves in the dance off alongside Casualty actress Sunetra Sarker and Brendan Cole in tonight’s results programme. In a bid to impress the judges and secure their place in the competition, each couple performed their routine from Saturday again with Steve and Ola […]

Only The Young have been voted out of The X Factor. The four-member group were eliminated from the competition in tonight’s Elton vs. Whitney themed show after receiving insufficient votes from the public. Their earlier performance of Elton John’s Something About the Way You Look Tonight had been praised by the judges. “We’re just so grateful for everyone that’s kept us in the competition so […]

Natalie Dormer (Hunger Games, Game of Thrones, The Tudors) is to play the lead role of Lady Seymour Worsley in a one off drama for BBC Two, The Woman In Red. Billed as a ‘gripping 18th century factual drama’, the 90-minute production will detail the scandalous life of Lady Worsley, who dared to leave her husband and elope with his best friend. “I am thrilled […]

The BBC is bolstering its drama output with an assortment of commissions.

Child Genius is to return to Channel 4 in 2015 for a third series. A five-part series, produced by Wall to Wall, will once again follow 20 highly intelligent children as they compete to be crowned the UK’s Child Genius of the Year. The series will explore the different ways parents bring up their gifted children and how a child handles growing up […]

Craig Charles has pulled out of I’m A Celebrity after being informed of his brother’s death. Show chiefs informed Charles that his brother Dean has passed away earlier today. The actor was exempt from the public vote for the latest Bushtucker trial with a source on the show now confirming his departure. “Craig decided to leave the I’m a Celebrity […]