The Young Ones are back as stars of BBC's cult comedy reunite

Its slapstick comedy made household names of Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson, Nigel Planer and Alexei Sayle. Some of the team reunite on Radio 4’s The Reunion today. Appearing are Planer, Sayle, writer Lise Mayer, Chris Ryan, who played Mike, and Stephen Frost, who played a number of roles. Edmondson declined to take part. Mayer, 58, […]

BBC's In Her Own Words had a catchy final song, what was it? THE SATURDAY BRIEFING

A: Most of the music for that documentary was specially composed by Michael Nyman, but the song played over the end credits was The Movie About Us, composed and sung by Swedish singer Eva Dahlgren. Q: While watching a football match on TV one of the commentators spoke about bending the ball. This brought to […]

Hamlet 2018: When does BBC's Hamlet with Andrew Scott air? Who stars in cast?

The actor, who played Jim Moriarty alongside Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, appeared in the Shakespeare theatre production in London last year. The production also stars Angus Wright as Claudius, Jessica Brown Findlay as Ophelia and Juliet Stevenson as Gertrude. Directed by Robert Icke, the modern-dress show was filmed during the 2017 run at the Almeida Theatre […]

The BBC's royal arts season is 'a special treat for audiences'

GETTY Two programmes see the Queen and her art collection dazzle on the BBC The frontline royals, such as Princes William and Harry, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall are appearing more frequently than ever on television, in interviews and special documentaries. But tonight (Sunday) is a special treat for audiences. It’s a rare […]

Rellik review: BBC's new crime thriller from creators of The Missing and Liar

The theory applies to many things, of course, from restaurants in double-decker buses to TV shows. Rellik (BBC1) is a new crime thriller from brothers Harry and Jack Williams, a pair whose pedigree includes The Missing and One Of Us.  At this point my review would normally say what happened at the beginning of the […]

BBC's ‘Beirut Beefcake’ Middle East reporter QUITS channel for multi-million pound deal

ABC News hired the 30-year-old BBC reporter to serve as a foreign correspondent based at ABC’s London bureau. The correspondent accepted a rumoured multi-million-pound contract as part of the new deal. ABC News President James Goldston announced to staff: “James has a deep understanding of the Middle East conflict and the complex politics and issues […]

Moment BBC's Laura Kuenssberg accidentally drops C-bomb LIVE on air in election blunder

It seems she was suffering from a lack of sleep as she hosted the BBC’s coverage during the early hours of this morning.  Luckily for Laura, the embarrassing incident took place at 2.54am when most people were asleep, as she discussed Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron and his constituency.  She told David Dimbleby: “Tim Farron […]