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On Saturday 14 June 2025, BBC One broadcasts Blankety Blank!

Season 4 Episode 9 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Blankety Blank” promises to be an entertaining mix of laughter and fun. Hosted by Bradley Walsh, this episode features a lively panel of six celebrities ready to fill in the missing blanks. The excitement builds as contestants aim to win prizes with the help of their famous teammates.

Joining Bradley this week are Rob Beckett, Jack Dee, Omid Djalili, Dame Kelly Holmes, Steph McGovern, and Lucy Beaumont. Each celebrity brings their own unique sense of humor and charm, making for a dynamic and engaging show. Viewers can expect witty banter and unexpected answers as the celebrities try to match their responses with the contestants.

With the familiar format of filling in blanks, the show keeps everyone guessing and laughing. The combination of celebrity antics and the thrill of competition creates a lively atmosphere. This...

On Sunday 16 February 2025, ITV broadcasts Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?!

Celebrity Special Season 35 Episode 4 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” titled “Celebrity Special” promises to be an exciting event. Jeremy Clarkson returns as the host, ready to guide two well-known personalities through a challenging quiz for a good cause. This episode features Steph McGovern and Dion Dublin, both eager to win big for their chosen charities.

Viewers can expect a mix of fun and tension as Steph and Dion tackle a series of questions that could lead them to a grand prize of one million pounds. With Clarkson’s signature style, the atmosphere is sure to be lively and engaging. The celebrities will need to rely on their knowledge, teamwork, and perhaps a bit of luck to reach the top prize.

As they navigate the quiz, both Steph and Dion will share their...

Netflix UK has assembled twelve top-tier British celebrities, who have subjected themselves as prey for a Bear hunt.

While it may not be a grizzly bear sniffing around for them, it may be worse. Edward Michael “Bear” Grylls, a British adventurer, TV personality and former British Special Forces soldier, will be on the hunt for the celebrity talent attached to the reality competition series.

Holly Willoughby hosts the Netflix show set in the Costa Rican jungle, where 12 celebrities, including Spice Girls alum Mel B and tennis legend Boris Becker, become prey for the legendary survival expert.

Each of the stars must prove how strong their sense of survival truly is as they navigate a brutal game of cat and mouse and are hunted down by Bear himself. Failure to work together and complete a challenge means an hour in the Bear Pit being hunted by Grylls. If caught, the celebrity will be eliminated.

This evening Netflix took over the town for their new reality show – Celebrity Bear Hunt. Holly Willoughby hosts this action-packed competition show that sees a group of unlikely celebrities dropped into the Central American jungle as prey for one of the world’s most fearsome predators – Bear Grylls. The Celebrities are Spice Girls singer Mel B, Boris Becker, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, Steph McGovern, Danny Cipriani, and Strictly Come Dancing head judge Shirley Ballas. Rapper Big Zuu (real name Zuhair), former Saturdays singer Una Healy, and The Inbetweeners star Joe Thomas are all heading to Costa Rica too. Completing the line-up are fashion model Lottie Moss, Ted Lasso actor Kola Bokinni, and former Victoria’s Secret model Leomie Anderson.

Celebrity Bear Hunt will be available on Netflix from February 5 in the United Kingdom. Colin Hart and Ethan Hart were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.

Celebrity Bear Hunt Red Carpet Interviews...

Former Ted Lasso star Kola Bokinni has lined up an unexpected role in Netflix’s competition show Celebrity Bear Hunt. Bokinni joins 11 other celebrities in Bear Grylls’ “ultimate survivor challenge” show.

Celebrity Bear Hunt transplants a group of celebrities into a Costa Rican jungle, where the only way to win is to avoid being caught by Bear Grylls. Holly Willoughby – who hosts Dancing on Ice and You Bet! in the UK – will provide commentary on the action as these famous faces are hunted one-by-one by the world’s most famous survivalist.

Bokinni memorably played fictional AFC Richmond captain Isaac McAdoo in Ted Lasso, but the competition will be very real in his latest TV project. The actor ventures into the jungle alongside former Spice Girl Mel B, tennis icon Boris Becker, retired rugby standout Danny Cipriani and models Lottie Moss and Leomie Anderson.

Kola Bokinni Faces Off Against Bear Grylls...

Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel is back for another exciting episode in Season 5, and this time, it’s sure to deliver plenty of entertainment. Episode 5, airing on Saturday, November 9, 2024, at 9:05 Pm on BBC One, promises a fun-filled night with a lineup of celebrity guests ready to help contestants win big.

This week, the spinning wheel will feature a star-studded cast, including Richard Osman, Tony Bellew, Steph McGovern, Anton Du Beke, Josie Gibson, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, and Helen Flanagan. Each celebrity will bring their unique charm and knowledge to the show, adding to the excitement as contestants try to answer questions and climb their way to a fortune.

With Michael McIntyre at the helm, viewers can expect plenty of laughs and unexpected moments. The combination of big personalities and the giant spinning wheel creates a lively atmosphere that keeps everyone on their toes. As the game unfolds, it will be interesting...

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For the first time ever, Americans are listening to more on-demand audio (like podcasts and music services) than live, linear audio (like radio), according to data from Edison Research released this week. Larry Rosin, the company's President, says that though there will always be a place for linear radio, the trend will continue into the future. What happens when Elon Musk mentions your podcast? Last week, a day after we mentioned it in Podnews, apparent Podnews reader Elon Musk (hi Elon) tweeted about Airwave's The Explorers Podcast, in a tweet that got 18 million views. Rephonic looks at the numbers to see what happened next. Business, true crime and comedy are the top categories increasing for podcast ad spend, says MediaRadar in a new study released this week. True crime podcasts might be mostly about murder,...

The Rest is Money is a new podcast hosted by business correspondent and broadcaster Steph McGovern and economics expert Robert Peston. It’s the latest in ‘The Rest Is’ format from Goalhanger Podcasts and will look at economics, business and finance. Old friends, Steph and Robert will explore everything we need to know about the issues that affect us in our everyday lives.

Does money really make the world go round? Economics, business and finance have long been subjects we leave to the stockbrokers, hedge fund managers and business school professors who spend their lives obsessing over them - but there’s no reason we shouldn’t discuss ‘money’ in the same way we talk about sport and TV.

In their new podcast, The Rest Is Money, business correspondent and broadcaster Steph McGovern is joined by old friend and economics expert Robert Peston to explore everything we need to know about the issues that affect us in our everyday lives: how will AI affect your job and our economic prospects? Are we stuck with higher inflation for years to come? Why are wealthy nations like Saudi Arabia buying up sport?

Talking about her new role, Steph says: “We’ve all been told that ‘money makes the world go round‘ but who is making it and how?...

Legendary Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis has denied that her daughter Sophie Ellis-Bextor is a “nepo baby”.

Ellis, who hosted the kids’ TV show from 1979 to 1987, has three children, one of whom is the “Murder on the Dancefloor” singer.

Asked about discussions about the children of famous people being the recipients of nepotism (known as nepo babies) in a new interview, Ellis said that “the tables have turned” for her and her daughter

Appearing on Steph’s Packed Lunch on Wednesday (22 March), Ellie told host Steph McGovern: “It works the other way for me. I’m Sophie’s mum.

“Certainly in Sophie’s case it didn’t apply because what she’s doing is so different. When she first started as a singer, she was only 18, and people said to me, ‘Oh, that’s great, she’s doing something you can understand,’ I thought, ‘I don’t know the music industry at all.

Legendary Blue Peter presenter Janet Ellis has denied that her daughter Sophie Ellis-Bextor is a “nepo baby”.

Ellis, who hosted the kids’ TV show from 1979 to 1987, has three children, one of whom is the “Murder on the Dancefloor” singer.

Asked about discussions about the children of famous people being the recipients of nepotism (known as nepo babies) in a new interview, Ellis said that “the tables have turned” for her and her daughter

Appearing on Steph’s Packed Lunch on Wednesday (22 March), Ellie told host Steph McGovern: “It works the other way for me. I’m Sophie’s mum.

“Certainly in Sophie’s case it didn’t apply because what she’s doing is so different. When she first started as a singer, she was only 18, and people said to me, ‘Oh, that’s great, she’s doing something you can understand,’ I thought, ‘I don’t know the music industry at all.

Channel 4 and HBO’s lauded drama It’s a Sin missed out in several major categories at the BAFTA TV Awards this evening, as the BBC and ITV emerged as the big winners. Scroll down for the full list.

Russell T Davies’ Red Production Company-created drama was up for Best Mini-Series, with Olly Alexander in contention for Leading Actor and Lydia West competing for Leading Actress.

However, BBC prison drama Time won the Mini-Series category, Sean Bean won Leading Actor for the same drama and Jodie Comer’s performance in Channel 4’s Help pipped West and Kate Winslet in the Leading Actress Category.

Compounding a disappointing evening for the hotly-tipped show, Callum Scott Howells, Omari Douglas and David Carlyle lost out to Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen in the Supporting Actor category. It’s a Sin writer Davies, who earlier today unveiled Sex Education’s Ncuti Gatwa as Doctor Who’s next Time Lord,...

Russell T. Davies’ Channel 4 series “It’s a Sin” led the field at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and the British Academy Television Craft Awards with 11 nominations, while Will Sharpe’s Sky show “Landscapers” followed with seven. Both shows stream in the U.S. on HBO Max.

Nominations for “It’s A Sin” include for Director: Fiction, Editing Fiction, Make-up & Hair Design, Scripted Casting, Writer Drama, Leading Actor, Leading Actress, Mini-Series and Supporting Actor, while “Landscapers” scored in the Director: Fiction, Editing Fiction, Original Music, Photography & Lighting Fiction, Production Design, Leading Actor and Mini-Series categories.

The international category nominees feature a roster of global heavy hitters including “Call My Agent!,” “Lupin,” “Succession,” “Squid Game,” “Mare of Easttown” and “The Underground Railroad.”

The British Academy Television Craft Awards will take place on Apr. 24 and the Television Awards on May 8.

British Academy Television Awards Nominees

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Russell T Davies’ It’s a Sin and Jack Thorne’s Help, two hard-hitting Channel 4 shows about societal issues, have dominated this year’s BAFTA TV Awards nominations, taking six and four noms, respectively.

Incorporating BAFTA Craft noms, which run concurrently with the TV Awards, HBO Max co-production It’s a Sin picked up 11, including for Mini-Series, Writer (Davies), five actors and in the Virgin Must-See Moment for Colin’s diagnosis.

Davies’ heart-wrenching semi-biographical portrayal of the UK’s 1980s AIDS epidemic for Red Production Company has swept up at this year’s awards ceremonies and is fresh off the back of three wins at last night’s Rts Awards and two at the Bpg Awards.

It’s a Sin’s five performance category noms were joint with last year’s Small Axe...

Russell T Davies Channel 4/HBO AIDS drama It’s a Sin has continued its awards season domination by picking up six nominations at the Royal Television Society (Rts) Awards.

The show from Red Production Company also has six Broadcasting Press Guild nods and has been recognized by the Rts for Writer (Davies), Actor (Female – Keeley Hawes), Actor (Male – Olly Alexander & Callum Scott Howells), Breakthrough and the coveted Limited Series.

Host broadcaster Channel 4 picked up 28 nominations, with the BBC edging it out with 30, Sky with 10 and ITV with eight.

BBC One, ITV and Sky Arts will compete for the prestigious Rts Channel of the Year award at the March ceremony in London.

Other high-profile nominees include The Serpent’s Tahir Rahim against the two It’s a Sin actors, Stephen’s Sharlene Whyte and In My Skin’s Gabrielle Creevey against Hawes, and Jack Thorne for Help against The Serpent’s Richard Warlow...

Royal Family Angered by BBC Princes Doc

Members of the Royal Family are reported to be threatening to boycott the BBC over a documentary set to air tonight about Prince William and Prince Harry’s relationship with the press. According to the UK’s Daily Mail, the Royal Family has been angered by the BBC’s refusal to show them The Princes and the Press before it airs tonight and have said they may withdraw co-operation for future projects. They are concerned the documentary will feature the two princes, one of whom now lives in LA, briefing against each other, according to reports. A BBC spokesman said: “The programme is about how royal journalism is done and features a range of journalists from broadcast and the newspaper industry.” The BBC’s relationship with the Royal Family is already strained following the Martin Bashir / Princess Diana scandal that re-erupted earlier this year.

While the U.K. continues to be in coronavirus lockdown, broadcaster Channel 4 has announced several new shows designed to keep the country entertained and informed during isolation, under the banner “Lockdown Academy.”

In “Wedding in Lockdown,” produced by Multistory Media North, one bride and groom will be given a live online wedding with some famous faces involved. Presented by Steph McGovern, “The Steph Show,” to be produced by Can Can Productions, will broadcast live from the host’s living room in Yorkshire as she celebrates key workers who are keeping the country moving.

In Swan Films’ “Grayson’s Arts Club,” artist Grayson Perry will teach the audience how to sculpt and draw, while Jamie Oliver Productions’ “Jamie: Keep Cooking and Carry On” finds celebrity chef Jamie Oliver demonstrating food creation with whatever is available in the pantry.

There are also a number of coronavirus specific shows, including ITN’s “Coronavirus: Can You Avoid It,...

When Channel 4 launches its daytime current-affairs program “The Steph Show” this spring, it will mark a milestone in the U.K. broadcaster’s output.

Like most of the British film and TV industries, Channel 4 has been heavily London-centric. By contrast, “The Steph Show,” starring journalist and presenter Steph McGovern, was commissioned by the network’s new head of daytime, who is based in Glasgow, Scotland. It will be broadcast live from the city of Leeds, which lies about 200 miles north of London and is the home of Channel 4’s new national headquarters.

The program is emblematic of a broader move in the entertainment industry to shift production out of London, which has long hogged the industry’s attention, talent and resources. The goal: to spread the wealth and identify new stories and new voices from parts of the U.K., including Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, that have historically...

Exclusive: Channel 4 has stoked anger in the British television industry after swapping producers on its tentpole election night show without a formal competitive process.

The British broadcaster announced last month that BBC Studios-backed Expectation will co-produce its Alternative Election Night on December 12, the day Britain heads to the polls in a crunch vote that could determine the country’s future relationship with the EU.

The decision to hand Expectation the Alternative Election Night, a live election results show with an entertainment twist, meant that Endemol Shine Group outfit Zeppotron was sidelined after originally creating the format in 2010 and having produced it on three separate occasions since the turn of the decade.

Two sources told Deadline that the decision was made without a formal competitive pitching process and that Channel 4 has had to go back to Zeppotron to request key production materials to maintain the show’s consistency. Channel...

The BBC, which is in the middle of dealing with a gender pay row at the corporation, has now found itself under attack for class bias after one of its most-high profile presenters said "posh" women were paid a "hell of a lot more than me." Steph McGovern, who presents the breakfast news on BBC One and has hosted a number of series including Shop Well For Less?, made the claims in an explosive interview with the Sunday Times newspaper. She said, "It's not as simple as a…...