News

On Saturday 3 May 2025, BBC One broadcasts The Hit List!

Celebrity Special Season 7 Episode 8 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “The Hit List,” titled “Celebrity Special,” promises to be an exciting event for fans. Airing on BBC One, this episode features three teams of well-known personalities, ready to compete for a chance to win £10,000 for their chosen charities.

Joining hosts Marvin and Rochelle Humes are some familiar faces. The first team includes presenter Rick Edwards and musician Harry Judd, both bringing their own unique flair to the show. The second team features Dr. Xand Van Tulleken from Morning Live and TV presenter Michelle Ackerley, who are sure to bring their wit and charm to the competition. Lastly, the team of Gladiators Steel and Dynamite adds an extra dose of energy to the mix.

Viewers can expect plenty of fun as these celebrities take on various music challenges. The atmosphere will be lively,...

Chris Pratt has become a global icon, thanks to his stellar performances in franchises like Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World. Pratt’s journey from a young actor to a Hollywood superstar has been nothing short of inspiring. With his roles in blockbuster franchises, Pratt has become a household name.

Fans also fell in love with his witty charm on the sitcom Parks and Recreation. While his professional life is proof of hard work, his personal life has also been a topic of interest, especially his marriage to actress Anna Faris.

Though Pratt is now happily married to Katherine Schwarzenegger, his previous relationship with Anna Faris was once the epitome of Hollywood romance. Faris, a talented actress known for her comedic brilliance, has had an incredible journey of her own. So, what has Faris been up to since her split from Pratt?

Anna Faris had made a name for...

On Sunday 6 April 2025, ITV broadcasts Celebrity Catchphrase!

Season 10 Episode 3 Episode Summary

The upcoming episode of “Celebrity Catchphrase” promises to be an exciting one for fans of the classic game show. Hosted by Stephen Mulhern, this special edition features a lineup of familiar faces who are ready to put their guessing skills to the test. Nadine Coyle, Rick Edwards, and Jake Wood will all be competing to identify well-known phrases based on animated clues.

In this episode, the celebrities will need to rely on their quick thinking and sharp observation skills. The game revolves around the idea of “saying what they see,” which adds an extra layer of fun and challenge. Each correct guess brings them closer to winning a generous prize of 50,000 pounds, which they will donate to their chosen charities. This charitable aspect adds a heartwarming touch to the competition.

Viewers can expect plenty of laughter and friendly banter...

BBC Studios Productions today announced The Inside Track, a new podcast telling the story of the 2025 Formula 1 season with exclusive access to Oracle Red Bull Racing.

The Inside Track hosts Matt Majendie and Rick Edwards will tell behind-the-scenes stories from every race, taking F1 fans inside the drama of this year’s pivotal season.

Sports journalist Matt Majendie has been given full access to the Red Bull F1 team. He will bring the latest from the track, the garage and the team’s HQ straight into the studio.

He’ll be joined by co-host and F1 enthusiast Rick Edwards to explore the wider competition as it unfolds. This year promises to be an epic season, with Red Bull’s world champion driver Max Verstappen going for his fifth title in a row against fierce competition from McLaren, Ferrari and Mercedes.

Between races, the show will give listeners unique insights into...

Relationships Expert Paul C. Brunson Joins Netflix Reality Show ‘Cheat’

Relationships expert Paul C. Brunson has boarded Netflix UK’s Cheat: Unfinished Business reality show with Amanda Holden. The series follows eight ex-couples whose relationships have been torn apart due to cheating. As they reunite at a Spanish retreat, each pair will be guided through their issues by Brunson. Brunson is best known for his hit podcast We Need To Talk with Paul C. Brunson and he will bring expertise to helping the couples through their problems. The show is being produced by Love Island maker Lifted Entertainment and 12 Yard and is Netflix’s latest dip into the UK reality space. “When Netflix, Lifted and 12 Yard brought this idea to me, I was so excited by the opportunity to explore all the grey areas of infidelity for the contributors and the audience alike,” said Brunson. “Infidelity is complex and painful,...

NBC is developing a new dating reality TV show, Love Takes A Village. The network has signed two significant names to appear on the show. Actress Anna Faris and former The Courtship host Rick Edwards have signed on to host the show. While the show has not been officially greenlit for production, NBC did order a pilot for the series.

Here is what you need to know about the new NBC dating show.

What Is Love Takes A Village About?

Love Takes a Village sees single people go on a series of blind dates with people who want to make it a second date possibility. However, there is a huge twist. While both people know they are on a reality dating show, they think they are eating at a real restaurant. They are not.

Anna Faris

Instead, they are inside a studio that looks like a restaurant and a live...

NCIS: Origins is reinforcing its core team: Caleb Foote, who recurs as Nis Special Agent Bernard “Randy” Randolf, has been promoted to series regular, our sister site Deadline reports.

The latest offshoot in the NCIS franchise stars Austin Stowell as a young, circa-1991 Leroy Jethro Gibbs, while Kyle Schmid plays mentor Nis Special Agent Mike Franks. Other series regulars include Mariel Molino as Special Agent Lala Dominguez, Tyla Abercrumbie as Field Operation Support Officer Mary Jo Hayes, and Diany Rodriguez as Special Agent Vera Strickland.

More from TVLineTVLine Items: Bar Rescue Renewed, Tan France Visits Deli Boys and MoreNCIS:...

Anna Faris and Rick Edwards have been selected by NBC to host the new reality dating show, Love Takes a Village. According to Variety, The project will place single participants on restaurant dates. The entire premise of the series relies on the participants not knowing that they will be watched a live studio audience. The contestants of Love Takes a Village will be aware that they're part of a television series. But even then, the team behind the show will find a way to never let them know who is watching them. The pilot for the series will be filmed next week.

Exclusive: NBC is looking for love.

The network has ordered a pilot for a new dating format – hosted by Mom and Scary Movie star Anna Faris and Rick Edwards, who previously hosted The Courtship for the network.

Love Takes A Village will see singletons go on a series of blind dates with people looking to win a second date. While the two people on the date know they’re on a dating show, what they don’t know is that the date, which they think is at a restaurant, is actually taking place inside a studio with a live audience watching in secret. At the end of the date, the couple find out who’s been watching them.

The pilot is being filmed in the UK next week.

It comes from Lighthearted Entertainment, the company behind Peacock series Eat Slay Love and Queens Court and Netflix series The Trust: A Game of Greed.

As Alex Horne tells it, Taskmaster was born out of professional jealousy. In 2009, he became a parent and so broke with almost a decade of tradition by not taking a show to the Edinburgh Fringe. That same year, his friend and former flatmate Tim Key won the festival’s top comedy award, for which Horne had been nominated in 2003.

At home and envious, Horne sent out emails inviting 20 comedians – including Key – to take part in a new competition in which he would set them a different task each month for a year. The results would be shared in a live performance at the 2010 Edinburgh Fringe called The Taskmaster.

The result was organised chaos. An overdraft of comedians (a Fringe-specific collective noun) plus a pianist joined Horne on stage to reveal the results, set tie-break tasks, and eventually crown a winner.

“So this is The Taskmaster,” Horne told the crowd, “It...

Is Richard Osman’s House of Games the perfect teatime quiz show? It’s certainly in contention. Silly, funny and warm, it makes very good company. The armchairs exude a sense of convivial relaxation. There are no flashing-lights podiums or tense burden of cash prizes, making it a wholly gentler experience than, say, The Chase. It keeps the same four contestants all week long, meaning that the kind of rapport other quiz shows try to manufacture in rapid-fire Q&As with the host can naturally develop. The personalities and relationships are almost as important as the rounds and questions, and it’s all done with a sense of humour – from the deliberately naff 1970s gameshow-style fondue sets and carriage clock prizes, to the enjoyable silliness behind almost every round.

To celebrate the new series airing now on weekdays at 6pm on BBC Two, here are a few fun titbits about the show.

Stak today announces it has reached 300 million all-time podcast downloads across its releases, including Football Ramble, Jaack Maate’s Happy Hour, P1 with Matt and Tommy, The Interruption, Abroad in Japan, Wrestle Me and Eureka! with Rick Edwards and Dr Michael Brooks.

Since its launch in 2018, Stak has become home to over 30 shows and 12 full-time employees. It’s best known for podcasts which champion independent voices and engage communities within everything from sports to science. At the British Podcast Awards 2022, the team won Silver for ‘Best Network’ and ‘Best Sports Podcast’ for Football Ramble Presents. It followed that success up this year with a nod for Best Sports Documentary at the Sports Journalism Awards for its Inside The Qatar World Cup series.

Founded by Jon Teague (CEO), Luke Moore (COO) and Pete Donaldson (Creative Director), the Stak team have gone from the kitchen table to 300 million downloads. The trio first...

Cunk on Earth is a BBC series directed by Christian Watt in which Philomena Cunk (played by Diane Morgan) asks questions which are sometimes uncomfortable, other times surrealistic and sometimes intelligent about inventions of Humanity and, how, centuries later, we have ended up the way we are today.

The screenplay has been written by Charlie Brooker among others, whom you are all familiar with (the guy from Black Mirror).

This is an interesting series that follows other batches of Cunk, which are a series that is a mix between educational series and entertainment that are ironic and atractive, above all, thanks to the presence of Diane Morgan who is just great with her British style that knows how to deliver this… irony.

If you are interested in civilization and spending a good and intelligent time in the company of this woman who has so many questions for the experts… here you have Cunk on Earth,...

I’ll always primarily think of Greg Sestero as the young Andre Toulon from Full Moon‘s 1999 release Retro Puppet Master, but for many movie fans he is best known for playing the role of Mark in director Tommy Wiseau’s “disasterpiece” The Room. After the experience of working on The Room, Sestero wrote a book about the making of the film that was called The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, which served as the basis for the movie The Disaster Artist. Now Sestero has made his feature directorial debut with the horror film Miracle Valley, and Deadline reports that the film is going to be released through the Tubi streaming service on September 16th. With that date just three days away, check out the trailer for Miracle Valley in the embed above to see whether or not this looks like something...

The upcoming British version of Jimmy Fallon’s show That’s My Jam will shoot entirely in LA after a successful pilot, Universal Studio Group chiefs confirmed today here at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

The show, which will see emerging British presenting talent Mo Gilligan in the Fallon role, filmed its pilot in the U.S. and the success of the shoot emboldened the producers to take the entire BBC series to Hollywood. The format includes celebrity guests, trivia-based games and musical performances.

Hosted by Fallon, the NBC original game show draws inspiration from musical segments on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, with signature games including Launch the Mic, Air Guitar, Don’t Drop the Beat and Slay It, Don’t Spray It.

“Jimmy has big shoes to step into and Mo completely owned it,” said Universal Television Alternative Studio President Toby Gorman, adding that despite the U.S. pilot...

UK TV ratings roundup – data supplied by Barb

Game of Thrones' season five finale attracted a huge audience for Sky Atlantic on Monday night, overnight data reveals.

The action-packed hour-long episode shocked an average 1.34 million (6.6%) at 9pm, rising from last week's 1.09m.

On E4, the 100th episode of Made in Chelsea failed to attract a significant audience, dipping by around 20,000 to 355,000 (1.7%) at 9pm (168k/1.1% on +1). A special reunion episode hosted by Rick Edwards brought in 258k (1.3%) at 8pm (103k/0.5%).

BBC One's The Met topped the night outside soaps with 3.47m (16.8%) at 9pm, while Stolen Childhoods was seen by 1.88m (9.3%) at 8.30pm.

On BBC Two, 100k House gathered 1.47m (7.4%) at 8pm, followed by Japan: Earth's Enchanted Island with 2.60m (12.6%) at 9pm and Episodes with 922k (5.4%) at 10pm.

ITV's Johnny Kingdom appealed to 2.60m (13.2%) at 8pm, while Sir Ian McKellen comedy Vicious tickled 2.39m (11.5%) at 9pm (129k/0.8%). Jason Manford's It's...

Dark Matter: Syfy, 8pm

Brand new sci-fi drama series starring Marc Bendavid and Melissa O'Neil begins tonight on Syfy.

The show follows the crew of a derelict spaceship that awakes from stasis with no memories of who they are or how they got there.

Made in Chelsea: E4, 9pm

E4's structured-reality show hits its 100th episode tonight, as Spencer, Jamie, Binky, Lucy and the others continue their London adventures.

The episode is preceded by a special reunion hosted by Rick Edwards, before several of the cast take part in a Virtually Famous special at 10pm.

Game of Thrones: Sky Atlantic, 9pm

Season five comes to a dramatic close as the High Sparrow (Jonathan Pryce) and his followers continue to make Cersei's (Lena Headey) life a misery at King's Landing.

Meanwhile, Stannis (Stephen Dillane) begins a long march in the North, Jon (Kit Harington) faces fresh challengers...

Rick Edwards has proved to be very adept at mickey-taking on various shows, and he's now taking it to a new level.

ITV2 has commissioned new comedy panel show Safeword, which will involve celebrity guests being roasted by others throughout the programme.

Safeword will see celebrities have their social media accounts hijacked as rival teams attempt to delve deeper into their personal and professional lives.

The only way for the celebrities to make it stop is by using their personal safeword.

Seven 45-minute episodes will air on the channel in July, with regular captains Katherine Ryan and David Morgan being joined by celebrity guests and comedians each week.

ITV's commissioning editor of comedy Claire Zolkwer said: "Rick's love for celebrity culture paired with Katherine and David's comedic talents is a perfect combination for a great, fun ITV2 watch."

Edwards will also host a special Made in Chelsea reunion show to...

Made in Chelsea is heading to Los Angeles for a new 6-part series.

SW3's finest will hit up Beverly Hills' most stylish locations for Made in Chelsea: La.

Spencer, Jamie, Binky and co previously swapped out Chelsea for the Big Apple in last year's Made in Chelsea: NYC.

"Los Angeles is a playground for the young, rich and the beautiful, so it's going to be really exciting to see the cast embrace everything it has to offer," said executive producer Ros Coward.

"Whether they are hanging on beaches, shopping in Beverly Hills or partying on Sunset Boulevard, I've no doubt we'll see everything we love about Made in Chelsea but times 100."

Made in Chelsea: La will air in summer 2015 - but before that, the BAFTA-winning reality series will celebrate its 100th episode on Monday, June 15.

E4 will host a Made in Chelsea takeover on that date -...

E4 has ordered two new comedy dramas, both with a sci-fi twist.

The Inbetweeners actor Blake Harrison will play lead character Danny in parallel universe series Tripped.

The four-part series will follow Danny and stoner friend Milo (George Webster) as they trip through alternate worlds, meeting different versions of themselves.

Tripped has been adapted from an E4 pilot titled Alt, written by Doctor Who's Jamie Mathieson.

Mathieson remains as co-creator and co-writer of episode one, while The Missing writing duo Harry and Jack Williams take over scripting duties for the remainder of the series.

Blake Harrison said: "I'm really excited to be working on Tripped. It's always frustrating when good actors make me look bad but on this show I get to have a lot of scenes with myself so I should look alright!

"Also they've let me have a sword so if anyone brings me a cold steak,...

Tool Academy will not be returning.

The E4 show, presented by Rick Edwards, saw wayward boyfriends be brought up to scratch by their long-suffering girlfriends, and ran for three series.

In an interview with Heat magazine, Edwards said it was a "shame" the programme would not be coming back.

"I find myself getting asking the same things quite a lot in my day-to-day life," he explained. "These are, 'Is Tool Academy coming back?' No, it isn't, shame."

Edwards added that he also gets asked if he is friends with the cast of Made in Chelsea - for which he presents the spin-off End of Season Party - and that people will just shout 'T4' at him.

Tool Academy was described as a "relationship boot camp" and saw girlfriends secretly enrolling their boyfriends for the programme.

After tackling tasks that tested their commitment and romance, the 'tools' were...

Rick Edwards has said that his worst interview was with Kirstie Allsopp.

The former Tool Academy host said that he was forced to apologise to the Location, Location, Location presenter following the interview.

When asked by Heat magazine what his worst interview was, the 35-year-old replied: "There was one that was just awful - Kirstie Allsopp."

Asked why, Edwards said: "Actually, I don't think I can say. What I can tell you is I had to text her to apologise, against my wishes.

"But, because I'm polite, I did it. But she never texted back. I didn't really mind texting her, but I think not texting back, even just to say, 'I received your text, thank you', is just rude."

Last year, Edwards reacted to a story in which Allsopp said that young women should have a baby by the age of 27 and shouldn't go to university with the reply: "Prick.

Eight out of Ten Cats Does Countdown: Channel 4, 9pm

Jimmy Carr hosts a Christmas edition of the mix-matched panel show's version of the words-and-numbers quiz.

Team captains Sean Lock and Jon Richardson are joined by guests including Kathy Burke, Alex Horne and David Mitchell, plus Countdown's in-house maths maverick Rachel Riley and lexical expert Susie Dent.

Al Murray's Great British Spy Movies: BBC Four, 9pm

Al casts a (golden)eye over great British spy movies past and present.

He also recalls some of the screen's most famous spies, such as Harry Palmer, George Smiley and the one and only James Bond. Contributors include former MI5 chief Stella Rimington.

Made in Chelsea: E4, 9pm

In this reunion special, Rick Edwards is joined by the Chelsea residents to discuss the dramas, hook-ups and break-ups of the past series.

Expect fireworks as viewers find out the latest news on the series' biggest relationships.

The Made in Chelsea End of Series Party is to make a return in December.

Rick Edwards will host the final episode of the current eighth series, which sees the cast reunite at a special dinner party to discuss this year's events.

The event will be broadcast in late December on E4, following the Christmas special, which airs on December 22.

The End of Series Party special has aired since the second series, but it did not return for this year's summer run or its New York spinoff.

Don't suppose any of you want to pardy with us at the #madeinchelsea End Of Series Party? http://t.co/3xykgthCxY pic.twitter.com/F2bBp50ZNL

— Made in Chelsea (@E4Chelsea) November 24, 2014

The episode will be filmed on Tuesday, December 16 at a London venue.

Made in Chelsea continues tonight (November 24) at 9pm on E4.

Former Made in Chelsea star Ashley James has landed her own television show.

James - dubbed "Fit Ashley" by Chelsea reunion host Rick Edwards - dated Francis Boulle and Ollie Locke during her time on the E4 hit, but left after two series in 2013.

She has now become the host of a new makeover show on children's channel PopGirl, Broadcast reports.

The series, Style Stars, sees a group of teenage girls trying out various fashion challenges set by James. The show also has an interactive element, allowing viewers to vote for the winner and share their own photographs and fashion tips online.

"We know our viewers love fashion and they're always looking for ways to customise their style," PopGirl's Stephanie Wahlstrom said. "Style Stars shows real fashion savvy girls taking ordinary to extraordinary."

Style Stars will air later this summer on PopGirl, which is on Sky 626 and Freesat 604.

Rick Edwards is still ''addicted'' to 'Made in Chelsea'. The TV presenter, who hosts the E4 reality show's end-of-season party episodes, insists he hasn't tired of the drama among the rich socialites on the show and still watches it religiously. He exclusively told Bang Showbiz: ''I'm just kind of addicted to 'Made in Chelsea'. I don't really watch that much TV, and there's certainly not much TV where I think, 'I have to be in at this time on this day.' But 'Made in Chelsea' is probably the only show where, if someone says to me, 'Do you want to do something...

Mrs Brown's Boys topped Monday (December 30) night's ratings, pulling in 8.71 million viewers, according to overnight data.

The New Year special 'Who's a Pretty Mammy?' was watched by 20.3% of the audience share when it aired on BBC One at 9.30pm.

The impressive ratings come after a festive edition of the Brendan O'Carroll comedy was the most-watched programme on Christmas Day this year.

Elsewhere on the channel, 4.67m (20.3%) tuned in to see famous faces including David Bradley and James Allen take on Celebrity Mastermind at 7pm, while a showing of fairytale movie Shrek Forever After attracted 3.79m (16%) straight afterwards at 7.30pm.

Over on BBC Two, Dad's Army drew in 2.02m (8.69%) at 7.30pm, followed by a special Christmas University Challenge at 8pm, which was seen by 2.3m (9.9%).

The channel's new series The Sacred Wonders of Britain kicked off with 2.36m (9.79%) viewers at 8.30pm.

Aside from soaps, ITV's primetime programming was taken...

'Tool Academy' looks set to be axed. Rick Edwards, who hosts the E4 reality show - which sees 12 unsuspecting bad boys sent to a relationship boot camp - has revealed it is ''unlikely'' the programme will return for a third series, but he thinks there are plenty of potential candidates around for another successful season. He said: ''It's looking unlikely, which is a shame because, whilst I'm biased, I do think it's a good, funny show. And exactly the kind of original show that E4 should be doing. ''Also, it's the thing that people always ask me about. There...

'Tool Academy' looks set to be axed. Rick Edwards, who hosts the E4 reality show - which sees 12 unsuspecting bad boys sent to a relationship boot camp - has revealed it is ''unlikely'' the programme will return for a third series, but he thinks there are plenty of potential candidates around for another successful season. He said: ''It's looking unlikely, which is a shame because, whilst I'm biased, I do think it's a good, funny show. And exactly the kind of original show that E4 should be doing. ''Also, it's the thing that people always ask me about. There...

Made in Chelsea star Spencer Matthews has admitted to cheating on new girlfriend Lucy Watson.

The 25-year-old made the revelation during the Made in Chelsea End of Season Party episode, which airs next week but is currently available to view early on 4Od.

> 'Made in Chelsea' Spencer Matthews: Is he the worst man on television?

Asked why he wasn't with Watson while being interviewed by Rick Edwards, Matthews confessed: "I cheated on her, Rick. Pretty recently. A couple of days ago. I was in Greece."

Watson later joined him on stage, revealing that she ended the relationship after finding out about his infidelity on Twitter.

She sarcastically said: "He managed to admit it over text, which was very brave of him."

The 22-year-old then turned to him and stated: "After this has finished, please do not speak to me ever again."

Matthews made an appearance at a...

Rick Edwards thinks Alex Reid should star on a celebrity edition of 'Tool Academy'. The 33-year-old TV presenter - who hosts the E4 reality show, which sees 12 unsuspecting bad boys sent to a relationship boot camp - believes the 37-year-old cage fighter would be a good addition to a celebrity version of the series but admits the standard of stars would be worse than on 'Celebrity Big Brother'. When asked who should be sent to boot camp on a celebrity edition of 'Tool Academy', he exclusively told Bang Showbiz: ''I don't honestly know which celebrities are badly behaved in...

Rick Edwards thinks Alex Reid should star on a celebrity edition of 'Tool Academy'. The 33-year-old TV presenter - who hosts the E4 reality show, which sees 12 unsuspecting bad boys sent to a relationship boot camp - believes the 37-year-old cage fighter would be a good addition to a celebrity version of the series but admits the standard of stars would be worse than on 'Celebrity Big Brother'. When asked who should be sent to boot camp on a celebrity edition of 'Tool Academy', he said: ''I don't honestly know which celebrities are badly behaved in their personal lives.

Today's celebrity pictures include Warhorse's Jeremy Irvine and Alice Eve announcing the BAFTA 2013 nominees ahead of the ceremony on February 10 in Central London. Also in the capital, former T4 presenter Rick Edwards returns to the catwalk for the Oliver Spencer fashion show as part of Men's Fashion Week, Pixie Geldof leaves The Groucho Club, and Jason Orange attends the Kooza Cirque Du Soleil opening night at the (more)...

Rick Edwards is ''pretty nervous'' to be hosting Channel 4's Paralympic Games coverage. The former T4 presenter will be fronting the networks coverage of the games - which begin later this month - and while he is excited to get started, he is also scared about how it will come off. He said: ''I'm very, very excited. But I'm also pretty nervous. There is no doubt in my mind that the Paralympics will be incredible, and I just hope that our coverage will do it justice. I think it will.'' However, Rick is not scared about being compared to Clare Balding - who...

Rick Edwards is ''pretty nervous'' to be hosting Channel 4's Paralympic Games coverage. The former T4 presenter will be fronting the networks coverage of the games - which begin later this month - and while he is excited to get started, he is also scared about how it will come off. He said: ''I'm very, very excited. But I'm also pretty nervous. There is no doubt in my mind that the Paralympics will be incredible, and I just hope that our coverage will do it justice. I think it will.'' However, Rick is not scared about being compared to Clare Balding - who...

Comedian Adam Hills has joined the Channel 4 team for its coverage of the London 2012 Paralympics. Hills, who previously covered the Beijing Paralympics for ABC in Australia, will work alongside Clare Balding, basketball medallist Ade Adepitan and T4's Rick Edwards. Hills was born without a right leg and has a prosthetic replacement. British triple jump athletics star Jonathan Edwards has signed up for the commentary team, while Jon Snow will front the opening and closing ceremonies. Channel 4 vowed when they won the rights to the Paralympics that half of their presenters would be disabled. Other anchors and presenters signed up include Irish TV star Daráine Mulvihill, former Royal Marine Arthur Williams, Paralympic swimmer Rachael Latham, wheelchair basketball player Jordan Jarrett-Bryan, ex carpenter Martin Dougan, researcher Liam (more)...

Ex-T4 presenter Rick Edwards has been cast in a Comedy Labs satire about the world of TV presenting. Rick and Peter will star Edwards and Peter Mitchell (Hollyoaks, Cast Offs) as exaggerated forms of themselves. The half-hour one-off is based around Edwards's character being given a crash course in political correctness after making a gaff on T4. Written by Tom Basden (The Party), the show has been greenlit by Channel 4 comedy commissioning editor Nerys Evans. Other Comedy Labs specials airing this year include Kabadasses, (more)...

Sugababes and Far*East Movement are among a handful of acts added to the bill for this year's T4 On The Beach. Taking place in Weston-super-Mare on July 10, Sugababes will perform their new single 'Freedom' for UK TV audiences for the first time, while Far*East Movement will play their chart hit 'Like A G6'. Yasmin, Mann, Hard-Fi and girl group newcomers Parade are also added to the lineup. David Hasselhoff, Coronation Street's Brooke Vincent, Sacha Parkinson and Michelle Keegan, and Britain's Got Talent finalist Ronan Parke will further make appearances. Presenting duties will fall to T4 presenters Jameela Jamil, Rick Edwards (more)...

Dermot O’Leary said he counted himself out of getting the Us X Factor presenting job, when he agreed to host the UK version earler this year.

The 38 year old star lost out on the job to Welsh presenter Steve Jones but told Radio Five Live that the loss was his own fault. He said:

“I wanted to do it, but the UK one comes round first and I wasn’t going to turn down what I consider to be my job and the job I love.

“The minute I took the UK one I sort of knew I had counted myself out.”

However T4 presenter Rick Edwards isn’t so convinced and he thinks his old pal Dermot was actually treated very badly, by Simon Cowell and his cronies.

He told heat magazine:

“I think that Dermot was treated pretty badly. They could’ve just said to him, ‘We...

Jameela Jamil has vowed to "do a Jedward" at this year's T4 On The Beach. The TV presenter - who is hosting the live music event from Weston-super-Mare on July 10 alongside fellow 'T4' hosts Rick Edwards and Nick Grimshaw - explained she is planning to follow in the footsteps of Edward Grimes, who tore ligaments in his knee after performing an exuberant jump while performing at the one-day festival last year. She exclusively told Bang Showbiz: "I have resigned myself to the fact that I will be doing a Jedward and falling off the stage at some point. I'm going to...

Jameela Jamil has vowed to "do a Jedward" at this year's T4 On The Beach. The TV presenter - who is hosting the live music event from Weston-super-Mare on July 10 alongside fellow 'T4' hosts Rick Edwards and Nick Grimshaw - explained she is planning to follow in the footsteps of Edward Grimes, who tore ligaments in his knee after performing an exuberant jump while performing at the one-day festival last year. She exclusively told Bang Showbiz: "I have resigned myself to the fact that I will be doing a Jedward and falling off the stage at some point. I'm going to...

Robert Pattinson and Reese Witherspoon continued on the promo trail for their new film Water for Elephants tonight as they attended the UK premiere. The stars of the Francis Lawrence-directed romantic flick appeared on the red carpet at London's Westfield shopping centre. T4's Rick Edwards oversaw proceedings as fans, some of whom reportedly queued for days to catch a glimpse of Twilight star Pattinson, enjoyed the circus-themed (more)...

The curry was on my lap. The beer was ice cold. The telly was on. I was ready for a seminal, epoch-changing seventy-five minutes of programming.

What would I be watching: the Obama inauguration? No. The general election? Guess again. The final episode of Tool Academy? A tequila slammer for whoever got that right

In case you haven’t seen Tool Academy – which means congratulations, you’re a respectable person who is going to do something with their lives – the premise is such:

Twelve men gather in a Yorkshire manor house, joined in the naïve belief that their girlfriends have entered them into Britain’s Biggest Lad competition. This dirty dozen is an unfailing cross-section of Malia Uncovered: arrogant, boorish, preening and, above all, very stupid men. You’ve seen one of them in a club before, pounding shots of tequila and harrowing shyer people. So naturally, they don’t suspect a thing.

This summer, Big Brother returns for one last, loud and lengthy hurrah, and with it, as ever, is its cheeky and irreverent younger sibling, Big Brother’s Little Brother. At the helm once again will be George Lamb (alongside new presenter and Big Brother obsessive Emma Willis). Here, George looks forward to a fantastic summer, looks back on his favourite moments over the show’s history, and reveals why real men can still cry.

So, George, what can you reveal about what’s in store for us with the last ever Big Brother this summer?

There’s nothing I can tell you yet! What I do know is that they’re going to be pulling out all the stops with the show this year. I think the intention is to really push the boundaries of what we’ve seen before, and make the most of it and create something really special.

Rick Edwards finds it funny to refer to the 'Hollyoaks' cast by their character names. The TV presenter - who also works on the spin-off 'Hollyoaks Music Show' - is a self-confessed fan of the raunchy soap and finds it amusing winding up the cast by pretending they are their alter-egos. He told Bang Showbiz last night (13.05.10) at the Ctrl.Alt.Shift Dear Diary: Secrets and Struggles from Kenya to the UK event in Hoxton Hall, London: ''I'm doing another series of the 'Hollyoaks' music show which starts filming this weekend, so I'm travelling up to Liverpool to do that. So that'll be ..

T4 host Rick Edwards has filmed a second cameo appearance in Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks. The presenter will feature in a scene with actor John Pickard (Dom Reilly) on the teen drama in the run-up to Christmas. Edwards's brief moment on the programme will reportedly see him knocking over a pile of plastic reindeers which have been put up outside eatery Il Gnosh. His carelessness is said to frustrate Dom as he has already been ordered to take them down by Pcso Carmel McQueen (Gemma Merna). The star (more)...

The Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival kicked off in fine style last night, with the world premiere of Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox.Anderson has an affinity with the Lff – his The Darjeeling Limited closed the Festival in 2007 – but it’s fair to say that his presence alone wouldn’t have ensured that Leicester Square was closed off and turned into a giant, circuitous red carpet, with the film’s premiere itself spilling out of the Odeon Leicester Square to fill a second venue, the Empire (no relation).That was all down to the Clooney Factor, with Anderson’s silky-smooth star – who voices the title character in the stop-motion Roald Dahl adaptation – attracting hundreds of onlookers to the Square. Clooney gave plenty of time to the fans clustered around the red carpet, but didn’t stop to speak to the press, even – admirably – blanking the extremely annoying Rick Edwards from T4,...

22-year-old Jameela Jamil has been unveiled as the new presenter of T4. Jamil, who has recently been working on E4 Music and Freshly Squeezed with Nick Grimshaw, will start on T4 weekends in February. The London-born presenter and former model joins Steve Jones, Rick Edwards, Miquita Oliver and Alexa Chung on the show. Previous T4 hosts include Vernon Kay, June Sarpong and Dermot O'Leary. "Over the last three months, I have never had more fun," she said. "It is so incredible to have a job that you look forward to going (more)...