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The total amount raised by this year’s Children in Need has been confirmed at £26,332,332m, over £8m more than last year’s figure. The total was announced when the six-hour charity show finished at 2am. Sir Terry Wogan, the host, said that this was the highest single total they had ever made, before thanking the viewers. [...]
(Read More)14th Jul 11
BBC Worldwide profits hit £160m high
by Natasha Redman
The international success of popular shows including Sherlock and Doctor Who saw the BBC’s commercial sector post record profits in its financial year. The strong performance also resulted in the head of the arm’s overall pay packet being higher than the Director-General’s. BBC Worldwide published its annual review on Tuesday for the year leading up [...]
(Read More)22nd Feb 11
Pizza giant drops ITV deal
by Adam Richards
Domino’s Pizza has opted out of sponsoring the popular ITV1 show Britain’s Got Talent this year. The pizza delivery giant describes the amount asked by the channel in exchange for sponsorship as ‘outrageous’. The pizza experts had previously sponsored the talent show which consistently attracts huge audience numbers. However this year, Domino’s announced that they would not [...]
(Read More)15th Dec 10
BBC wants to become more collaborative
by Sally Davies
The BBC is to allow rivals, including ITV and Sky, to publically comment on how they feel the license fee supported corporation is performing. Chairman of the BBC Trust, Sir Michael Lyons, said the move was to ensure that the broadcaster was delivering the highest quality content. Commercial broadcasters will now be given the opportunity [...]
(Read More)30th Nov 10
Patsy Kensit makes her last dance
by Adam Richards
Patsy Kensit made her last dance as she was booted from Strictly Come Dancing 2010. Patsy Kensit was cut from the competitive dancing show. Fellow contestant, Gavin Henson, a Rugby star, narrowly escaped being cut from the competition, Patsy Kensit, an actress, performed a tango that fell flat on the Strictly Come Dancing 2010 dance [...]
(Read More)12th Aug 10
Ricky Whittle cleared of deliberately driving into a photographer
by Katie Naylor
Ricky Whittle, the former Hollyoaks actor and runner-up in the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing competition last year, has been cleared of deliberately steering his car into a photographer. The three-day trial at Liverpool Crown Court ended with a jury deciding that Mr Whittle did not intentionally steer his wheel towards photographer Stephen Farrell, who was [...]
(Read More)11th Jan 10
Fitness DVD blamed for the marriage breakdown of Strictly star
by Katie Naylor
Former EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing star Ricky Groves claimed that he believed a weight loss DVD ruined his marriage, after his wife Hannah Waterman told him that their marriage was over on Christmas Day and that another man was involved. Waterman had been working on a fitness DVD produced by Universal Pictures and managed [...]
(Read More)22nd Dec 09
Strictly runner up says he was the better dancer
by Katie Naylor
Runner up on the celebrity dancing competition Strictly Come Dancing, Ricky Whittle, has announced that he was a better dancer in spite of losing to BBC sports presenter Chris Hollins. The actor, from the TV show Hollyoaks, lost the weekends final which was watched by 11 million people and said he was happy with his [...]
(Read More)21st Dec 09
11.7 million viewers tune in for Strictly Come Dancing final
by Sally Davies
The BBC has claimed over 11 million people tuned in to watch the celebrity dance TV show Strictly Come Dancing final, last night, as sports reporter Chris Hollins won the public vote to take out the title, beating Hollyoaks actor and competition favourite, Ricky Whittle. The final episode attracted a peak of 11.7 million viewers, [...]
(Read More)23rd Nov 09
News presenter sued for racist impersonations
by Paul Russell
A female news presenter who has alleged a colleague mimicked black TV presenters is suing ITV for £5 million on the grounds of age, sex and racial discrimination. Lisa Aziz, 47, claims Steve Scott often put on Pakistani and Irish accents to demean his colleagues. She accuses Scott of mocking black ITV weatherman Alex Beresford, [...]
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