52 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing stars 'unite in support' of Thomas Skinner amid claims from fans bosses 'want him out first' from BBC ballroom

The Apprentice star, 34, is one of this year's controversial signings for the BBC show, with viewers previously calling for him to be axed from the lineup.

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7 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing star defends 'amazing' Amber Davies replacing Dani Dyer amid backlash

Amber has been called in to replace Dani Dyer on the BBC series

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8 d. ago BBC Question Time MP heckled after calling Trump 'wrong' about autism claims

Richard Tice was brutally heckled as he appeared on Thursday's Question Time on BBC One as he discussed Donald Trump's claims autism is linked to paracetamol use in pregnant women

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8 d. ago Strictly pro calls on BBC bosses to bring Dani Dyer back to the ballroom

Nikita Kuzmin is so keen to do a series with her that he’s hoping she gets the chance to make a comeback next year as Dani is devastated she has had to pull out of the series

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8 d. ago BBC and news agencies launch short film calling on Israel for access to Gaza

The film has been narrated by veteran BBC journalist David Dimbleby.

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9 d. ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing pro says 'I don't get it' as he calls for huge change

Former Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole has called for a huge change to the BBC show

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9 d. ago Unite calls for action on 'disgraceful' London bus driver assaults

Unite calls for action on 'disgraceful' London bus driver assaults  BBC

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1 week ago Eric Idle: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live! review – mock’n’roll star’s night of nostalgia

Playhouse, EdinburghThe Monty Python man revisits his remarkable career, with songs dedicated to George Harrison and Robin Williams – and some ribbing of John CleeseA career retrospective fondly remembering a previous career retrospective: who said pop will eat itself? I enjoyed Eric Idle’s touring “one-man musical” very much: he seems like a thoroughly good egg, he’s led a remarkable entertainment life, and who’d begrudge him, now 82, the chance to bask in it – and his audience’s palpable affection – at least one more time? But even I found it a bit much when, reaching the end of this greatest hits compendium, Idle includes Monty Python’s 2014 O2 gigs in his pantheon of past glories. A show for nostalgists warmly recalling an earlier show for nostalgists? Welcome to entertainment in the age of the never-ending showbiz afterlife.In fairness to Idle, this show (called – what else? – Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, Live!) is not about Python, it’s about him, from South Shields...

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1 week ago BBC's North America editor sparks fury after calling Charlie Kirk 'far

The late conservative activist, 31, was fatally shot on September 10 while debating students at the Utah Valley University college campus.

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1 week ago Gavin and Stacey icon says 'it's happening again' after surprise cast phone call

EXCLUSIVE: Gavin and Stacey’s Larry Lamb teases “it’s happening again” after shock call about the BBC hit – as he teams up with son George for a surprising new family project

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1 week ago BBC Strictly Come Dancing star's call for judging 'change' as 2025 series launches

The BBC One dance contest returns with its new series on Saturday night

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2 w. ago Piers Morgan brands John Cleese ‘hypocrite’ in angry clash over Jimmy Kimmel

Morgan clashed with the ‘Fawlty Towers’ comedian online

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2 w. ago Piers Morgan brands John Cleese ‘hypocrite’ after Jimmy Kimmel suspension comment

Morgan clashed with the ‘Fawlty Towers’ comedian online

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2 w. ago ‘A perfectly calibrated Swiss watch of cringe’: why Fawlty Towers remains the greatest ever sitcom, 50 years on

It’s the 50th anniversary of the comedy that’s so foundational for TV as a medium, it’s the Beatles for the small screen. Five decades later, John Cleese and Connie Booth’s show is still unmatchedThe first episode of Fawlty Towers was broadcast on 19 September 1975. We are now half a century distant from that point; as far away as the first episode of Fawlty Towers was from John Logie Baird’s first successful transmission of greyscale television pictures in 1925. And, while the creation of Fawlty Towers wasn’t a technical breakthrough on quite the same level, Fawlty Towers does feel almost as fundamental and foundational to the medium. Like the music of the Beatles, it’s become part of the dominant cultural language of the era.In a 2019 list compiled by the Radio Times, the show was named the greatest ever British sitcom. Has anyone ever done it better? Fifty years seems a reasonable point at which to assess the show’s legacy and conclude that they probably haven’t. And even if anyo...

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2 w. ago Government statement on free BBC TV licence as pensioners given update

The Government has responded to a petition calling for the BBC TV Licence fee to be scrapped for all pensioners in the UK

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2 w. ago Government responds to calls for free BBC TV licences for all pensioners

The UK Government has responded to a campaign to end the £174.50 fee for everyone who reaches state pension age.

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2 w. ago Anton Du Beke calls for major change to Strictly Come Dancing that changes everything

Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke has called for a change to the voting system on the BBC show, as he believes the window for viewers to back their favourite couples should be made much longer

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2 w. ago CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on Michael Palin in Venezuela: With his boyish enthusiasm, Palin's like an octogenarian Just William!

Drenched to the skin in a cave on the edge of the Amazon forest, Michael Palin is having the time of his life. The man who once tried to sell John Cleese a dead parrot it now Britain's best-loved traveller.

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2 w. ago Casualty fans 'in tears' as soap airs shock shooting after heartbreaking death

It was touch and go for Sunny Callahan in BBC's Casualty tonight after she was rushed to hospital after a shock shooting, with fans left in tears throughout the scenes

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2 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson's daughter in tears as she calls out BBC star for cruel bikini remark

Former Apprentice star Luisa Zissman recently defended her figure and fitness levels in a lengthy statement after sharing two bikini snaps from her summer holiday

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