5 h. ago Strictly's Alex Kingston details 'silly snobbery' that saw her banned from BBC show

EXCLUSIVE: TV and film and stage actress Alex Kingston says she's long hankered to take part in Strictly, but was held back by fears it would damage her theatre career

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16 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Alex Kingston had to 'really think' about signing up

Strictly will be back on BBC One next week and fans will see a number of famous faces taking to the dancefloor

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16 h. ago Strictly Come Dancing's Alex Kingston shares real reason she signed up for BBC show

The former ER star is among the celebs who have signed up for the 2025 series of the BBC ballroom competition

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53 h. ago Suspended London Pride boss ordered to hand back bank accounts

Suspended London Pride boss ordered to hand back bank accounts  BBC

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8 d. ago Arrests made at rally against Palestine Action ban in London

Arrests made at rally against Palestine Action ban in London  BBC

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9 d. ago Strictly Come Dancing's 2025 star Alex Kingston says 'clock is ticking' as fans rush to support

The award-winning actor is among the 15 celebrities set to take part in the 2025 series of the BBC dance show

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2 w. ago When is King & Conqueror on TV next? BBC schedule and bank holiday plans

King & Conqueror will return with a second episode in just a few hours ⚔

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3 w. ago Coldplay at Wembley: What you need to know as the band hit London

Coldplay at Wembley: What you need to know as the band hit London  BBC

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3 w. ago No 10 warns against funding Palestine Action after Sally Rooney cash pledge

The author suggested she would use royalties from her books and BBC adaptations to fund the banned group.

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3 w. ago Sally Rooney vows to support Palestine Action with BBC royalties despite terror ban

Novelist, 34, said if this makes her a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law ‘so be it’

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3 w. ago ‘I got a nosebleed in minutes!’ How the Wedding Present’s indie banger classics inspired a musical

They lit up the 80s and 90s with abrasive tracks that were like kitchen-sink dramas. But can the Wedding Present’s acerbic songs work on stage? We meet the team making it happen – and the ‘rock god’ who penned the hitsIn 2009, Matt Aston was watching the Wedding Present frontman David Gedge perform a “bizarre and brilliant” gig with the BBC Big Band when he was struck by a notion: that the combination of the singer’s conversational lyrics and brassy, orchestrated new arrangements felt a bit like, well, watching a musical.“I parked the idea,” says Aston, a theatre director and writer. “Then some time later, I saw David’s other band Cinerama with a 16-piece orchestra and thought, ‘This could be musical theatre!’” Aston had had a few drinks and remembers sitting afterwards, trying to convince his mate – screenwriter and playwright William Ivory, who hadn’t been drinking – that this wasn’t the daftest idea ever. “Billy said, ‘You can’t make a musical out of Wedding Present lyrics. It’s ...

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4 w. ago Normal People author Sally Rooney vows to use BBC royalties to support Palestine Action despite terror ban

Novelist, 34, said if this makes her a ‘supporter of terror’ under UK law ‘so be it’

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