TV and Soaps

Phoebe Dynevor for ELLE
2 February 2024

Phoebe Dynevor's Coronation Street star mother Sally Dynevor gave her invaluable advice to deal with fame
Phoebe Dynevor's 'Coronation Street' star mum Sally Dynevor told her to "just enjoy" her success when 'Bridgerton' became a huge streaming hit. The 28-year-old actress' career was launched into the stratosphere ...

Former 'Corrie' actor and cheesemaker Sean Wilson has ambitions to star in serious TV drama
2 February 2024

'I think I have a lot to give on the acting side...' Former Coronation Street star Sean Wilson wants a role in a TV drama
Former 'Coronation Street' star Sean Wilson wants to land a role in a serious drama. The 58-year-old actor played Martin Platt on the ITV soap from 1985 to 2005 and after ...

Derek Draper’s children told him they loved him at his funeral
2 February 2024

Derek Draper’s devastated children share their love for him at his star-studded funeral
Derek Draper’s children told him they loved him at his funeral. The late political strategist, who died on 3 January aged 56 after suffering long-lasting symptoms from coronavirus, was honoured with ...

David Baddiel claims comedy sketches are high art like novels
2 February 2024

David Baddiel claims comedy sketches are like high-art novels
David Baddiel insists comedy sketches are as "high" an "art form" as serious novels. The 59-year-old comedian, whose TV shows have included 'Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned' with fellow comic Frank Skinner, ...

Amir Khan's wife Faryal Makhdoom has reportedly signed up for 'Celebrity Big Brother'
2 February 2024

Amir Khan's wife 'has signed for Celebrity Big Brother'
Amir Khan's wife Faryal Makhdoom has reportedly signed up for 'Celebrity Big Brother'. The 32-year-old, who married the boxer, 37, in 2013, is said to be set to appear on the ...

Prue Leith hopes to ‘stick with’ ‘The Great British Bake Off’ amid reports it has been hit with money woes
2 February 2024

Prue Leith hoping to ‘stick with’ Bake Off amid reports show could be poached by Netflix
Prue Leith hopes to “stick with” ‘The Great British Bake Off’ amid reports it has been hit with money woes. The 83-year-old judges the Channel 4 cookery show every autumn alongside ...

Domhnall Gleeson says his new TV drama is about how ‘good people’ can hurt others
2 February 2024

Domhnall Gleeson says new TV romance drama shows how ‘good people’ can hurt others
Domhnall Gleeson says his new TV drama is about how “good people” can hurt others. The 40-year-old actor stars in the Channel 4 romantic drama series ‘Alice and Jack’ as the ...

Giovanni Pernice has become a millionaire after his earnings tripled in 12 months
2 February 2024

Ex-'Strictly Come Dancing' star Giovanni Pernice becomes millionaire
Giovanni Pernice has become a millionaire after his earnings tripled in 12 months. The 33-year-old professional dancer, who had appeared on 'Strictly Come Dancing', saw his personal firm, 'GP Entertainment Ltd.' ...

Danny Dyer is reportedly set to appear on ‘The Great British Bake Off’ Stand Up To Cancer celebrity special
2 February 2024

Danny Dyer ‘set to appear on The Great British Bake Off’s Stand Up To Cancer celeb special
Danny Dyer is reportedly set to appear on ‘The Great British Bake Off’ Stand Up To Cancer celebrity special. The TV hardman, 46, will try his hand in the show’s marquee ...

‘The Crown’ star Jason Watkins is convinced he suffers from ADHD
2 February 2024

‘The Crown’ star Jason Watkins convinced he has ADHD
‘The Crown’ star Jason Watkins is convinced he suffers from ADHD. He has admitted the condition – which can cause everything from hyperactivity to impulsiveness – was bought to his attention ...

Rylan Clark says homophobia kept him from going to football matches
2 February 2024

Rylan Clark stopped attending football matches over homophobia fears
Rylan Clark says homophobia kept him from going to football matches. The 35-year-old TV star, who shot to fame after appearing on 'The X Factor' in 2012, was a member of ...

Steven Moffatt won't be returning to Doctor Who
2 February 2024

Steven Moffatt rules out Doctor Who return
Steven Moffatt doesn't think he would "fit in" at 'Doctor Who' anymore. The 62-year-old writer penned scripts for the sci-fi saga under Russell T. Davies' tenure as showrunner when the programme ...

Sally Lindsay wanted to return to the cobbles - but was never asked back
2 February 2024

Sally Lindsay wanted to return to the cobbles - but was never asked back
Sally Lindsay would have loved to have returned to 'Coronation Street' in 2011 - but she was "never asked". The 50-year-old actress has revealed she and former co-star Suranne Jones - ...

Clarkson's Farm will return to Prime Video for a third series this coming May
1 February 2024

Prime Video announces return date of hit series Clarkson's Farm
'Clarkson's Farm' will return to Prime Video on 3 May. The third series of the documentary series - which sees former 'Top Gear' star Jeremy Clarkson, 63, and his team running ...

Gladiators legend Jet has criticised the show for omitting the original stars from the reboot
1 February 2024

Gladiators icon Jet criticises show for leaving out original stars
‘Gladiators’ legend Jet has criticised the show for omitting the original stars from the reboot. The 53-year-old athlete, whose real name is Diane Youdale gushed about the new BBC series, but ...

Will Mellor has bashed the Post Office over their apology to victims of the Post Office Scandal
1 February 2024

Mr Bates vs The Post Office star Will Mellor on apology to victims: ‘Talk is cheap’
Will Mellor has bashed the Post Office over their apology to victims of the Post Office Scandal. The 47-year-old actor, who appeared in the Toby Jones-led ITV drama ‘Mr Bates vs ...

Lord Alan Sugar knew he had to change the format of The Apprentice seven years into its run
1 February 2024

Lord Alan Sugar reveals 'regrets' over The Apprentice: 'I said I can't do this anymore!'
Lord Alan Sugar "regrets" offering 'The Apprentice' winners a job in the early days of the show. The billionaire businessman, 76, has fronted the BBC search for the next budding entrepreneur ...

Ricky Tomlinson is starring in the UK and Ireland tour of Irish Annie's, which runs at various theatres from March until May. © David Munn
1 February 2024

Royle Family star Ricky Tomlison admits he is a 'workaholic' at almost 85 years old
Ricky Tomlinson is a "workaholic" at almost 85 years old. The 84-year-old actor has been a mainstay on British television for more than 40 years and explained that even though he ...

Owen Warner is hoping to break into Hollywood after his Hollyoaks exit
1 February 2024

Owen Warner plans to go from Hollyoaks to Hollywood
Owen Warner is hoping to break into Hollywood after his ‘Hollyoaks’ exit. The 24-year-old actor, who played Romeo Nightingale in the Channel 4 soap for six years, confirmed that he would ...

Tina Malone has hired an exorcist to remove a ghost from her home
1 February 2024

Tina Malone hires exorcist to remove ghost from home: 'I don't care if people think I'm potty!'
Tina Malone has hired an exorcist to remove a ghost from her home. The 61-year-old actress, who is best known for appearing in ‘Shameless’, is convinced she is being haunted by ...

Julie Hesmondhalgh felt nervous to leave Coronation Street
1 February 2024

Corrie legend Julie Hesmondhalgh reveals her 'big issue' with leaving the ITV1 soap
Julie Hesmondhalgh was "nervous" about her career after leaving 'Coronation Street'. The 53-year-old actress played the role of knicker stitcher Hayley Cropper on the ITV1 soap opera from 1998 until 2014 ...

BBC star Claudia Winkleman could host a Saturday night show for ITV
1 February 2024

Claudia Winkleman reportedly receives six-figure offer to host Saturday night show for ITV
Claudia Winkleman has reportedly received a big money offer to host a Saturday night show for ITV. The 52-year-old presenter hosts BBC favourites 'Strictly Come Dancing' alongside Tess Daly and 'The ...

Gemma Oaten showed off her character Dani's look
1 February 2024

Gemma Oaten returning to Doctors in new role before longrunning soap ends
Gemma Oaten is returning to 'Doctors' after 13 years to bid farewell to the soap that gave her her start in acting. The 39-year-old actress has an episode called 'The Lairy ...

Ten Pound Poms is coming back for another series
1 February 2024

Ten Pound Poms to return for a second series with Michelle Keegan
'Ten Pound Poms' is to return to BBC One for a second series. The period drama follows a group of Brits who leave post-war Britain in 1956 to embark on an ...