TV and Soaps

Clare Balding is trying to work 'smarter'
4 May 2026

Clare Balding is working 'smarter' and focusing on 'quality' not quantity
Clare Balding is glad to be doing "far less work" than she did earlier in her career. The 55-year-old sports broadcaster started her career in 1994 with BBC National Radio and ...

Will Michael Sheen be a faithful or a traitor?
4 May 2026

Celebrity Traitors 'steps up security' for A-list cast
Security has reportedly been stepped up on the set of The Celebrity Traitors to protect the A-list cast. Filming on the new series of the BBC show is getting underway at ...

Loose Women star Coleen Nolan
4 May 2026

Loose Women's Coleen Nolan is 'far from a millionaire'
Coleen Nolan has hit back at claims she is minted and insisted being "far from a millionaire". Last month, the 61-year-old star revealed fears of paying her mortgage amid Loose Women’s ...

Heartbeat legend Tricia Penrose
4 May 2026

Heartbeat icon Tricia Penrose gets married four years after shock divorce
Heartbeat legend Tricia Penrose has married - four years after her divorce. The 56-year-old star - who played barmaid Gina Ward in the ITV period drama from 1993 until 2010 - ...

Countryfile star Matt Baker
4 May 2026

Countryfile's Matt Baker 'broken' as he announces family member's death
Matt Baker's beloved dog Bob has died. The Countryfile star has been left "broken" since his Border Collie passed away "a while" ago, and Matt thanked his "ultimate companion" for bringing ...

Maya Jama is taking part in Celebrity Traitors
3 May 2026

Maya Jama takes pay cut for Celebrity Traitors
Maya Jama has taken a £760,000 pay cut to appear on Celebrity Traitors. The 31-year-old presenter was reportedly the first star approached to appear on the upcoming series of the gameshow ...

Danny Dyer believes mindfulness is important
3 May 2026

Danny Dyer calls for mindfulness to be taught in schools
Danny Dyer believes mindfulness should be taught in schools. The Rivals actor credits his stint in rehab in South Africa a decade ago for helping him learn to "sit with" his ...

James Cartwright has reflected on his Coronation Street exit
2 May 2026

James Cartwright thinks Corrie death was inevitable
James Cartwright thinks it was inevitable he'd be killed off on Coronation Street. The 41-year-old actor's alter ego Theo Silverton was revealed on Friday (01.05.26) to be the victim teased in ...

Peter Kay's gig was cancelled
2 May 2026

Peter Kay gig evacuated amid 'bomb-threat'
Peter Kay was rushed off stage and his show abruptly cancelled after a "suspicious bag" was found. The Phoenix Nights star was just 45 minutes into his performance at the Utilita ...

Sam Thompson quit the show earlier this year
1 May 2026

Sam Thompson to be replaced by Gogglebox star on Love Island: Aftersun?
Sam Thompson is set to be replaced by Gogglebox‘s Joe Baggs on Love Island: Aftersun. The 33-year-old reality TV star - who first found fame on Made in Chelsea - has ...

Ross Kemp has joined the BBC show
1 May 2026

Ross Kemp joins hit BBC TV show, but which one?
Ross Kemp has reportedly signed up for The Celebrity ­Traitors. The 61-year-old actor has joined The Celebrity ­Traitors, and Ross - who is best known for playing hardman Grant Mitchell in ...

Carrie Johnson was consulted about a new drama on ‘Black Cab Rapist’ John Worboys after she was targeted by the predator
1 May 2026

How Boris Johnson’s wife was a ‘consultant’ on new ‘Black Cab Rapist’ drama after she was targeted by warped John Warboys
Carrie Johnson was consulted about a new drama on ‘Black Cab Rapist’ John Worboys after she was targeted by the predator. The wife of former Prime Minister Boris Johnson, now ...

Netflix has been backed in a major legal battle over funeral footage used in the hit 2020 docuseries Tiger King
1 May 2026

Tiger King court ruling flips footage copyright fight as ‘fair use’ wins in landmark US case
Netflix has been backed in a major legal battle over funeral footage used in the hit 2020 docuseries Tiger King. The streamer’s hit show is at the centre of a significant ...

Jesse Armstrong has been hailed as a driver of ‘cultural conversation‘
1 May 2026

Succession creator Jesse Armstrong hailed as one of the world’s drivers of ‘cultural conversation’
Jesse Armstrong has been hailed as a driver of “cultural conversation”. Praise was heaped on the Peep Show and Succession creator, 55, as he was confirmed as a keynote speaker at ...

Jon Lee is returning to EastEnders nearly three decades after his first appearance on the show
1 May 2026

Huge pop star making EastEnders comeback nearly three decades after first appearance on show
Jon Lee is returning to EastEnders nearly three decades after his first appearance on the show. As part of a major farewell storyline for one of the soap’s most recognisable characters, ...

Joanna Lumley is marking her 80th birthday by insisting she has no intention of slowing down
1 May 2026

Joanna Lumley reveals why she’s still unstoppable at 80
Joanna Lumley is marking her 80th birthday by insisting she has no intention of slowing down. The Absolutely Fabulous star hit the milestone on Friday (01.05.26) and has declared she remains ...

Simon Cowell and his fiancée Lauren Silverman have banned their son from social media
1 May 2026

Simon Cowell and Lauren Silverman have banned son Eric from social media
Simon Cowell and his fiancée Lauren Silverman have banned their son from social media. Lauren, 48 – who has 12-year-old son Eric with Cowell with TV mogul Simon and an older son, ...

Angela Scanlon is joining Graham Norton and Rylan Clark for Eurovision
1 May 2026

BBC confirms Scott Mills' Eurovision 2026 replacement for new broadcast team
Angela Scanlon has replaced Scott Mills on the BBC's Eurovision Song Content team. The Irish presenter and former Strictly Come Dancing star will join Rylan Clark for the broadcaster's coverage of ...

Jonathan Ross has ditched his spooky TV show due to a lack of ghosts
1 May 2026

Jonathan Ross ditches spooky show after being unable to 'find any' ghosts
Jonathan Ross has ditched his spooky TV show Haunted Homecoming because he was unable to "find any" ghosts. The Celebrity Traitors star, 65, was seen hunting for paranormal activity in the ...

Alison Hammond will host the reboot
30 April 2026

TV star Alison Hammond to host reboot of famous ITV show
Alison Hammond is set to host a reboot of ITV’s Name That Tune. The 51-year-old star has previously been suggested as a possible host of Strictly Come Dancing, but she's now ...

Gemma Bissix is returning to the BBC soap
30 April 2026

Soap star Gemma Bissix relishes her EastEnders return
EastEnders star Gemma Bissix thinks it's "right" that she returns for Nigel Bates' funeral. The 42-year-old actress has played Clare Bates, Nigel's daughter, on EastEnders since the 90s, and Gemma was ...

Matt King has suffered a rare form of stroke / Credit: Instagram
30 April 2026

Peep Show star Matt King suffers rare stroke leaving him 'paralysed'
Pee Show star Matt King has been hospitalised with a rare form of stroke which left him "initially paralysed". The 58-year-old actor played Super Hans in the hugely popular Noughties comedy ...

Gone Fishing's Ted
30 April 2026

Gone Fishing's Ted dies as Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse pay emotional tributes
Gone Fishing's Ted has died. The beloved Patterdale terrier mix was a beloved member of the BBC show, having joined in 2020 to accompany comedians Bob Mortimer, 66, and Paul Whitehouse, ...

I'm A Celebrity...South Africa star David Haye
30 April 2026

I'm A Celebrity...South Africa's David Haye gives chilling warning to Adam Thomas
David Haye has given Adam Thomas a warning after the I’m A Celebrity…South Africa winner branded him a “bully” on the show. The retired boxer, 45, and the actor, 37, came ...