Unreality Primetime

New arrival in Emmerdale!

Lynn — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:19:46 +0000

Blake’s 7 actor Paul Darrow is to join the cast of Emmerdale as a friend of Alan Turner’s. The star will play Eddy Fox who’s eccentric and fun loving, and it looks like his big entrance into the village on July 13th will apparently be on a trike! “I’m delighted to be appearing in Emmerdale” Paul told [...]

The Bill: New theme tune, new time slot

Lynn — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:05:57 +0000

Long running police soap, The Bill, will soon have a new theme tune after 25 years of the familiar opening and closing music. The show is also moving to a 9pm time slot and the show’s producers say the new music will relect the show’s more “gritty” image and storylines. Executive producer Jonathan Young told the Press [...]

Dawn French isn’t worried about her weight

Lynn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:30:34 +0000

Comedian Dawn French has told Woman’s Weekly magazine that she has “body blindness” which she reckons stops her losing weight. At just 5ft tall, 51 year old Dawn is a size 20 – she was a size 16 when she was just 13 years old – and despite having been told by doctors that she’s risking [...]

New Only Fools and Horses spin-off show

Lynn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:10:46 +0000

The BBC has announced that it has commissioned a new comedy which will feature Del Boy Trotter as a teenager. The 90-minute show, Sex, Drugs And Rock ‘n’ Chips, will be all about the adventures of the Trotter family in the ‘60s and most especially about Del’s teenage years. It’ll also feature younger versions of some [...]

Torchwood’s Kai Owen on new series

Lynn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:43:10 +0000

Torchwood star Kai Owen – who plays Gwen’s love interest, Rhys – says the final episode of the new mini-series is “so phenomenal” that there “has to be” another series. The Welsh actor said that the cast are just waiting for the go-ahead to begin filming a follow-up series… “Waiting for the nod, hopefully it will be [...]

Katherine Jenkins joins BBC1 Daytime Drama

Lynn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:14:52 +0000

The BBC has announced today that BBC One Daytime will be marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Second World War this September with a week of special programmes, including, ‘The Week We Went To War’ and a new period drama series ‘Land Girls’ which stars Nathaniel Parker and Christine Bottomley. World-renowned singer Katherine [...]

Robin Hood axed by the BBC

Lynn — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:25:01 +0000

The BBC has announced that they’re axing Robin Hood in light of several cast departures and a reduction in viewing figures. According to the Press Association, the show, which averaged between four and five million viewers during its third and final series, pulled in about 1.7 million viewers for its final show, the BBC said. It suffered [...]

Royle Family’s Twiggy actor is real Royal Family rep!

Lynn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:14:59 +0000

Geoffrey Hughes, who played Twiggy in The Royle Family, has landed a new role with the real royal family. 65 year old Geoffrey has been appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant for the Isle of Wight, which according to the Press Association makes him “the official link between the island and royalty at formal engagements.” An Isle of Wight [...]

Lost set for “sad” ending?

Lynn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:35:41 +0000

Michael Emerson, who plays Benjamin Linus in ‘Lost’, has told Entertainment Weekly that he reckons the season and series finale of Lost will be far from a happy ending. “I don’t think Lost will have a happy ending. It’s the end and I think we’re going to start seeing more casualties. I would put money on [...]

Too much too soon for Corrie’s Kym Marsh?

Lynn — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:22:23 +0000

Now magazine is reporting that Coronation Street star Kym Marsh broke down and was inconsolable at a friend’s wedding recently. Kym and her fiancé Jamie Lomas were attending the wedding in Majorca which was around the same time that her son Archie should’ve been born. He was of course born prematurely and died just days afterwards. [...]