11 h. ago Sue Perkins says chess is ‘hot’ calling BBC series contestants ‘extraordinary’

The 55-year old former Bake Off presenter said she has never seen ‘passion like it’ on her new BBC series Chess Masters: The Endgame.

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13 h. ago EastEnders Nicola's accomplice Benji's identity revealed after Shireen twist

EastEnders spoilers had teased a mystery newcomer called Benji on the BBC soap linked to Nicola Mitchell and this week we met him, with a secret teased for the newcomer

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31 h. ago ITV contestant rushed to hospital after suffering injury on set of gameshow

ITV's high-energy new game show 99 To Beat has already seen one contestant suffer a nasty injury while filming the series which soap actor brothers Ryan and Adam Thomas host

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36 h. ago Tempting Fortune viewers seriously divided as drama escalates between contestants

Channel 4 viewers have been left divided over one of the stars of the show.

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45 h. ago Channel 4 Tempting Fortune's Imani makes honest admission after fiery row

Tempting Fortune's Imani Evans has spoken out after she was at the centre of a huge row with fellow contestants Vicki and Sam on the Channel 4 reality series

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5 d. ago Traitor’s Charlotte Berman shares accent ‘repertoire’ in reunion comedy sketch

Five contestants from the BBC reality series – Alexander, Charlotte, Fozia, Linda and Minah – go head-to-head to win the brand new Red Ruby Nose.

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6 d. ago Mastermind's most ridiculous specialist subjects as fans brand 'dumbed down' BBC quiz a 'shadow of its former self' and call for overhaul of rules

On Monday there was uproar over one contestant answering questions about sitcom Friday Night Dinner.

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6 d. ago Olly Rix looks worlds away from Call the Midwife role as he lands new BBC job

Olly Rix, best known for playing Matthew in Call the Midwife, will be making his debut in the BBC medical drama Casualty on Saturday

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6 d. ago Olly Rix looks worlds away from BBC Call the Midwife character in new TV role

Olly Rix, who is best known to fans for his role in Call the Midwife looks completely different as he takes on his new BBC role

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6 d. ago Tempting Fortune chaos as two contestants end up in explosive row during first episode

EXCLUSIVE: Tempting Fortune is back on Channel 4 for a brand new series but it doesn't take long before contestants Sam and Imani lock horns over cooking rice and beans for camp

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8 d. ago Stacey Dooley 'would not go to the police' if she was sexually assaulted

Documentary maker Stacey Dooley was left shocked by her findings for in new BBC two part film called Rape On Trial

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8 d. ago Chess Masters: The Endgame review – so dull it’s almost unwatchable

Sue Perkins does her best presenting this show that pits embarrassingly named stars like the Unruly Knight and the Chess Princess against each other but even she can’t get around the fact that chess is the least telegenic thing everAppropriately enough, I suppose, what Chess Masters: The Endgame is doing in the television schedules is a bit of a puzzle. The Queen’s Gambit, the adaptation of Walter Tevis’s 1983 novel about a chess prodigy that became an unexpected hit for Netflix, made a star out of Anya Taylor-Joy and brought the game to wider public attention. But that was five years ago. The flurry of interest it roused in the subject has long since fallen back to normal levels. Chess Masters has no moment to capitalise on, except for what it assures us is “Britain’s booming chess community”, 12 of whose “rising stars” compete over eight episodes to, well, beat the other 11 at chess.This has clearly presented the producers of the show with a number of problems, none of which has b...

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9 d. ago Dancing On Ice viewers pinpoint 'final nail in coffin' that could 'end show'

Dancing On Ice fans have been left worried that the much-loved reality contest could be facing the axe after this year's series. One element seems to have swayed their views

Culture

1 week ago Stockwell: Lathaniel Burrell's uncle calls him 'beautiful boy'

Stockwell: Lathaniel Burrell's uncle calls him 'beautiful boy'  BBC.com

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2 w. ago Sue Barker hits out at BBC for sacking her from A Question of Sport and banning her from mentioning it

Barker previously called the BBC’s handling of the situation ‘insulting’

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2 w. ago Huw Edwards has still not paid back any salary he pocketed from the BBC despite calls to return it after his conviction over child abuse images

Disgraced broadcaster Huw Edwards has been 'unwilling' to pay back the £200,000 salary he pocketed between his arrest and resignation, BBC Chairman Samir Shah admitted today.

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2 w. ago Danny Jones and Maura Higgins' questionable I'm a Celeb moment spotted by fans before 'kiss' scandal

I'm A Celebrity stars Danny Jones and Maura Higgins, who have been at the centre of cheating rumours after their BRIT Awards 'kiss' were both contestants on the 2024 series of the ITV reality show.

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2 w. ago Calls for BBC pundit Micah Richards to be sacked after live TV comments

BBC pundit Micah Richards has come under fire from Manchester City supporters for his comments on the FA Cup, after claiming "all the big teams are out" of the tournament

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2 w. ago Alan Shearer issues apology for BBC mistake after being called out by FA Cup star

Alan Shearer has issued an apology after being called out for his man of the match choice during the BBC's coverage of Fulham's victory over Manchester United in the FA Cup

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2 w. ago Joanna Page calls out Wynne Evans saying 'you are so trying' in BBC show

Wynne Evans and Joanna Page are exploring the Welsh coast in their BBC One show Wynne & Joanna: All at Sea

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