4 hours ago Judi Dench's moving tribute to Maggie Smith as she reveals final act before funeral

Judi Dench has opened up about her friendship with Maggie Smith and paid tribute to the late actress in a new BBC programme celebrating her life and career

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21 hours ago House of the Dragon actor: 'leaving London for Brighton has been really good for my mental health.'

House of the Dragon actor Sam Wilson found his life and career began to flourish when he left the capital

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9 hours ago BBC Breakfast viewers baffled as presenter broadcasts live from a pub before sunrise

Viewers tuning in to BBC Breakfast on Saturday morning were unsure over a segment that spotlighted a local community that banded together to save the Ickleton Lion pub from closure

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14 hours ago Emmerdale's Kelvin Fletcher says 'it's not gone yet' after BBC Breakfast host's blunder

Former Emmerdale star Kelvin Fletcher was on BBC Breakfast to talk about his new Christmas TV show but the interview quickly turned awkward as the actor was grilled on his farming career

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19 hours ago Are modern sports stars still cut out for pantomime season? Oh yes they are | Emma John

Strictly Come Dancing has hit participation but the gymnast Louis Smith is still flying the flag for sporting heroes on stageMerry Betwixtmas, everybody! I’ve a great fondness for this final stretch of December, the weird dead time when Boxing Day obligations to extended family have been fulfilled, and the new year’s party still seems impossibly far in the future. It’s a truly philosophical period, raising questions of mortality, renewal and resolution, and of how long trifle can be left open before it goes off. It’s good for a couple more days, right?You don’t want to go back to work, but you’re also not exactly sure what to do with yourself. Which is, doubtless, why panto exists. This is no slight on the genre, for which I have great respect – the best money my sister ever earned from her acting career was in Aladdin, singing A Whole New World while desperately clinging to a shonky hand-operated flying carpet. Still, there must be a reason people don’t pay to shout “He’s behind yo...

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20 hours ago EastEnders' Spencer Moon actor Chris Parker's unbelievable new career 22 years after soap

Christopher Parker played the role of Spencer Moon in EastEnders for three years from 2002 to 2005 - but what has the actor been up to since leaving the BBC soap?

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