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Doctors and Nurses Season 4 Episode 9 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Weakest Link,” titled “Doctors and Nurses,” promises to be an exciting special featuring a lineup of celebrity contestants from the medical field. Airing on BBC One, this episode brings together a diverse group of doctors and nurses who will compete against each other in a battle of knowledge and strategy.

Among the contestants are well-known figures like Dr Ranj Singh, who is recognized for his work in children’s health, and Dr Xand van Tulleken, known for his engaging approach to medical issues. Joining them is Dr Amir Khan, who has gained popularity for his television appearances and dedication to patient care. The lineup also includes Kirsty Mitchell, a respected nurse, and Renee Bailey, who brings her expertise to the competition.

Rosie Marcel, a familiar face from the world of acting,...

Doctors is coming to an end. BBC has announced that the long-running daytime drama will air its final episode in December 2024. More than 4,300 episodes have aired thus far.

The British medical drama premiered in March 2000 and follows the staff and patients of a hospital in the West Midlands town of Letherbridge. The cast includes Adrian Lewis Morgan, Elisabeth Dermot Walsh, Chris Walker, Dido Miles, Ian Midlane, Ashley Rice, Bharti Patel, Dex Lee, Ross McLaren, Kia Pegg, Kiruna Stamell, Wendi Peters, and Rahul Arya.

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Tonight ITV debuted Get Your Act Together, a variety show hosted by Stephen Mulhern which sees five celebrities learn a new, unusual skill each week.

This week's show saw Brian McFadden, Danielle Lloyd, Sherrie Hewson, Gareth Thomas and Ray Quinn team up with professionals to learn everything from plate spinning to acrobatics.

Digital Spy rounds up the internet's reaction to the family show below:

This is funny because I'm sure a lot of people would tell ITV's entertainment commissioners to 'Get Your Act Together' #Gyat

— Matt (@iMattG5) January 18, 2015

Egg all over my face.

— Ray Quinn (@therealRayQuinn) January 18, 2015

'Get Your Act Together' should've been called 'Run Out Of Ideas for Sunday Night Telly' #Gyat

— Katie Weasel (@KatieWeasel) January 18, 2015

Looks like @gareththomas14 has let himself go a bit. Not. #GetYourActTogether #Gyat pic.twitter.com/DKg1CW37k1

— ITV (@ITV) January 18, 2015

I have a feeling that the reason #GetYourActTogether doesn't have judges is...

Wendi Peters is worried people will be ''disappointed'' with Cilla Battersby-Brown's new personality. The 46-year-old actress will return to 'Coronation Street' tonight (22.10.14) after leaving the ITV show in 2007, but has admitted that reviving her character Cilla was a nerve-wrecking experience. Talking on 'This Morning' to Phillip Schofield and Amanda Holden earlier today, she said: ''I hope people aren't disappointed that she hasn't come back with the brashness and comedy. ''There are still bits of comedy in there, there are some lovely fantastic scenes that are comedy but it's just her with a little bit of heart hopefully and a...

Wendi Peters ''never considered'' returning to 'Coronation Street'. The 46-year-old actress is to reprise her role as Cilla Battersby-Brown in the ITV soap later this month and although she's looking forward to her return, she admits she hasn't really missed it. She explained: ''It was a shock when the phone went and it was my agent telling me she'd had Granada on. ''I had put Cilla to bed completely and I had moved on. Returning was something I had never really considered and there wasn't a point where I though I would quite like to be back.'' Wendi is to return as her on-screen...

The BBC has detailed three celebrity editions of The Great British Sewing Bee.

Each Children In Need special will see four famous faces attempt to impress judges Patrick Grant and May Martin, and will be fronted by a different guest host.

DJ Edith Bowman, Hairy Bikers star Dave Myers, Coronation Street actress Wendi Peters, and Embarrassing Bodies' Dr Dawn Harper will compete in the first episode, presented by Jenny Éclair .

Sara Cox will oversee Pineapple Dance Studios' Louie Spence, stand-up Mark Watson, TV presenter Gaby Roslin and actress Pam Ferris in the second edition.

Finally, BBC Radio 1's Gemma Cairney, comedian Helen Lederer, author Kathryn Flett, and Overtones singer Timmy Matley will hit the sewing machines when Anita Rani takes charge.

Speaking about the shows, Bowman said: "It was a total joy to be part of Gbsb for BBC Children in Need, if not totally daunting.

"Having Patrick...

Cilla Battersby-Brown is to return to 'Coronation Street'. Wendi Peters is set to reprise her role as the loudmouth mother of Fiz Stape and Chesney Brown for a short stint, it has been announced. Cilla will return to Weatherfield after a seven-year absence for six weeks in October as part of an exciting new storyline. While plot details are being kept under wraps, Cilla's cobbles comeback is expected to tie in with Fiz's departure from the street as actress Jennie McAlpine goes on maternity leave to welcome her first child. Wendi said: ''I'm really thrilled to have the opportunity to revisit Cilla and the...

Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt have reportedly signed up for Celebrity Big Brother. The couple, who shot to fame on MTV's The Hills, will enter the house when the new series starts on January 3, according to the Daily Star. Steps singer Claire Richards is also the latest name to be linked to the show, joining other rumoured celebrities including Katie Price and X Factor's Rylan Clark. Meat Loaf and Coronation Street duo Bruce Jones and Wendi Peters have also been tipped to enter the house. A petition has been launched to stop (more)...

Former Coronation Street stars Bruce Jones and Wendi Peters are reported to have been offered a place in the Celebrity Big Brother house. According to Unreality TV, the soap stars - who played Les and Cilla Battersby - have been approached by Channel 5 and could be joining comedian Justin Lee Collins and singer Meatloaf on the reality show. Jones's stint as Les ended in 2007 after he was sacked for getting drunk with an undercover reporter and revealing secret script plot lines. He also has a long history of drink-driving offences and problems with alcohol. In 1998, he pleaded guilty to drink-driving and was banned from driving for three years. Two years (more)...

Rising Corrie star Lisa George has stated that she does not believe her character Beth Tinker is "at all" similar to Cilla Battersby-Brown. However, George accepted the slight physical resemblance she has to Wendi Peters, who played Chesney's wicked mother Cilla. The actress was speaking to Digital Spy following her Inside Soap Awards nomination for 'Best Newcomer'. "I don't want Beth to be like Cilla at all," she told Digital Spy. "I admit that I do look a bit like her, and I have been compared to her in the past when I've done other things like panto. "But I don't think that Beth is as callous as Cilla was. Cilla didn't care for her kids, but Beth is really (more)...

Former Coronation Street star Wendi Peters has insisted that she always knew she would go back to being a jobbing actress when she quit the show. The 42-year-old bowed out as Weatherfield schemer Cilla Battersby-Brown in 2007 after four years in the role because she wanted to spend more time with her family. Speaking in an interview with Live From Studio Five last night, Peters explained that she had no ambitions to launch a movie career or become a bigger star when she made the decision. She explained: "I'd worked in the theatre and done other things for 15 years before that. I wasn't leaving with (more)...

The parents of nine year old Bethany Pardon has credited an X Factor charity video with saving their daughter’s life.

The couple noticed that a child who suffered from leukemia had a similar rash to their daughter, who had been unwell.

Dad Wayne, 38, told The Mirror: “The X Factor team were doing a charity record for Great Ormond St Hospital and one child there had the same red spots as Bethany, which we assumed was eczema.”

Bethany was later diagnosed with the disease and has since been awarded a Cancer Research UK Little Star and is about to begin her last course of chemotherapy.

Wayne, of North Walsham, Norfolk, said: “If we hadn’t seen X Factor we may never have checked it out. We had no idea she was ill.”

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Former Coronation Street star Wendi Peters has admitted that she does not want to be known as ill-tempered in real life. The 41-year-old actress, who played scheming Cilla Battersby-Brown on the ITV1 soap, is currently appearing in a touring production of comedy show Grumpy Old Women 2. The project sees her joining forces with Jenny Eclair and former co-star Susie Blake (Bev Unwin) to complain about the annoyances of everyday life. Discussing the project in an interview with The Lancaster and Morecambe Citizen, (more)...

Coronation Street actress Jennie McAlpine has called for the return of her screen mother Wendi Peters. The pair last worked together on the ITV1 drama's 2008 DVD special Out Of Africa, which saw Peters's scheming character Cilla Battersby-Brown being reunited with daughter Fiz and son Chesney (Sam Aston) in Sun City. McAlpine has now suggested that it would be "lovely" to see Cilla causing trouble with another stint in Weatherfield. "It would be great. I think she'd definitely stir things (more)...

Former Coronation Street star Wendi Peters has admitted that she was disappointed by her TV ghosthunting experience. Peters, who played manipulative Cilla Battersby-Brown on the ITV1 soap, teamed up with Tupele Dorgu (Kelly Crabtree), Jack P. Shepherd (David Platt), Katherine Kelly (Becky McDonald) and Kym Marsh (Michelle Connor) for an ITV2 paranormal special last year. The show saw the Weatherfield favourites investigating three spooky locations on the Isle Of Man, including a theatre where Marsh was reduced to tears. However, speaking to Celebs On Sunday, Peters commented: "If you watched [Ghosthunting With Coronation Street], sorry, (more)...

Coronation Street stars were horrified by an encounter with a wild baboon as they filmed a one-off DVD special in South Africa. Jennie McAlpine (Fiz Brown), Andy Whyment (Kirk Sutherland), Wendi Peters (Cilla Battersby-Brown) and Sam Aston (Chesney Battersby-Brown) were shooting a scene at an exclusive hotel in Sun City when the creature decided to make its presence known. "It climbed up the building, jumped in through an open window and got on a table," an insider (more)...

Ex-Coronation Street actress Wendi Peters has agreed to make a return to the ITV soap for a one-off DVD. The 40-year-old, who quit her role as Cilla Battersby-Brown last year, has agreed to appear in the South Africa-set special. Her on-screen children, Chesney (Sam Aston) and Fiz (Jennie McAlpine), will also fly out for filming. A source at the soap told The Sun: "The Battersby-Browns look a little lost without their mean matriarch Cilla. "Fiz and Chesney are much-loved characters but without Cilla being the evil witch to their Hansel and Gretel, they've fallen a bit flat. The storylines are being kept top secret but Cilla has moved away from Las Vegas and is now working at a casino in Sun (more)...

BBC One has confirmed the competitors for the third series of Celebrity Masterchef.

The stars will put their cooking skills to the test during a four-week run this summer.

The actors taking part will be: Linda Robson, Louis Emerick, Wendi Peters, Debra Stephenson, Chris Parker, Joe McCann, Steven Pinder, Mark Moraghan, Vicki Michelle, Sean Wilson, Clare Grogan and Hywel Simons.

Joining them will be musicians Liz McLarnon, Dj Spoony and Claire Richards; sports personalities Denise Lewis and Noel Whelan; presenters Andi Peters, . . .