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TV ratings – October 3: 5m turn in for Little Britain's move to the US

TV ratings: 5m turn in for Little Britain's move to the US David Walliams and Matt Lucas in Little Britain USA, which began on Friday The US version of Little Britain kicked off with nearly 5 million viewers on BBC1 on Friday...

Sportsweek: Michael Parkinson, Peter Storrie, Richard Bevan, Shane Warne [Sportsweek]

Broadcasting legend Michael Parkinson joins Garry Richardson in the studio to talk about his sporting memories and some of the famous sports stars he's interviewed, including Muhammed Ali and Shane Warne. In a week where...

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BOOKS, wonderful books. The assistant manager of Waterstones in Bournemouth's Arcade, Debby Wright, says this week's bumper crop is a book lover's dream. The term was coined by the chief buyer of rival, Borders, but, says Debby...

The REAL truth about all the stars I've never met

I might even add: 'Oooh, you are lovely, aren't you?' I am also quite prepared to acquire a whippet, whom I will call Orson, after Orson Welles, whom I have never met either. THAT TIME I DIDN'T MEET GEORGE BEST I didn't meet...

Joan among Tinseltown stars paying tribute to Paul Newman

Joan among Tinseltown stars paying tribute to Paul Newman As Hollywood comes to terms with the loss of one its best loved actors, Paul Newman, former co-stars have been paying tribute to the star who passed away at the age of...

BBC's dilemma over who would announce a nuclear attack

"This is the Wartime Broadcasting Service. This country has been attacked with nuclear weapons." In the normally prosaic world of public safety announcements, they were probably the two most chilling sentences ever recorded in...

Michael Parkinson: I lurch from triumph to disaster and back

As he publishes his memoirs, Michael Parkinson takes a candid look back at his glorious career, says Elizabeth Grice His diary was cleared, his phone calls screened and the newly ennobled Sir Michael Parkinson arrived at his...

Her passion for the Gurkhas' cause has been tireless, it has known no bounds. She is a true...

High court ruling means a national treasure will be staying in Britain after all Fortunately Joanna Lumley will not be cutting up her British passport, so the government will not have to slap on an export bar to prevent the...

BBC executive wins six-figure payout from GPs who failed to diagnose husband's heart condtion

The high-flying BBC executive behind the Parkinson chat show has been awarded 'substantial' compensation after doctors missed her husband's fatal heart problem. Bea Ballard - who is the daughter of author J.G. Ballard - was...

Publishers set for Christmas rush with 800 new releases

Repeats of Nigella's Christmas series will be shown on BBC Four Nearly 800 book titles are set to be published on Thursday, as authors gear up for the Christmas rush. A host of celebrity biographies and cookbooks, including...

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