15 minutes ago Mark Savage,Music Correspondent Getty Images Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991, was Queen’s dynamic and charismatic frontman Sony Music is reportedly in talks to buy the music catalogue of the rock band Queen, including hits like Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga and Another One Bites The Dust. According to Bloomberg, Sony is...
The News at One will become the BBC’s first daily network TV news bulletin to be “produced and broadcast from outside London” when it launches in Salford on Monday. The move of the broadcaster’s flagship lunchtime programme to a new studio at its base at MediaCityUK will also see it extended to an hour. The...
Just now Mark Savage,Music correspondent Getty Images CMAT played at Big Weekend shortly after being nominated for best album at the Ivor Novello Awards Singer-songwriter CMAT says the BBC has disabled comments on a video of her performing at Radio 1’s Big Weekend, after she received abusive messages about her weight. The Instagram clip showed...
This article reveals the winners of Race Across the World. The finalists shared a celebratory drink together Race Across the World winners, best friends Alfie and Owen, have told the BBC that it was a “nightmare” trying to keep their victory a secret. The 21-year-old pair from Hertfordshire were the first to reach the final...
5 hours ago Rachael McMenemy & Andy Collins,BBC News, Hertfordshire Channel 4 Mark O’Sullivan says the process of making the shows has been “life changing” A comedian who wrote a sitcom about his experiences of sexual abuse said the process was “cathartic” and “life changing”. Mark O’Sullivan, from Hitchin, wrote My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom...
Vasan has taken on a wide range of roles, from playing an assassin in Killing Eve, to a meek sales assistant in the Black Mirror episode, Demon 79. The latter role secured her a Best Actress nomination at the Bafta TV awards earlier this month, although she lost out to Sarah Lancashire from Happy Valley....
8 minutes ago Sandro Gvindadze,BBC Monitoring, Tbilisi Rybar.ru A Ukrainian soldier is portrayed surrendering and changing his name to its Russian version War-themed comic books are being used by the Kremlin to sell its vision of the war in Ukraine to the youth. During the first months following the start of invasion of Ukraine, a...
A guitar used by John Lennon has become the most expensive Beatles instrument ever sold at auction. The Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar was found in an attic after being presumed lost for more than 50 years, auctioneers said. It sold for $2.9m (£2.3m) via a telephone bid at the Hard Rock Cafe in New...
The BBC has promised to handle any complaints with “care, fairness and sensitivity” to all sides, following reports about Giovanni Pernice’s teaching methods on Strictly Come Dancing. The BBC issued a statement on Wednesday addressing “media reports about a high profile show”, which is believed to concern Strictly Come Dancing. It came 11 days after...
Trudy Ederle, the first woman to swim across the English Channel, is reintroduced to audiences. Source link