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2025
Prunella Scales dies aged 93
Fawlty Towers actress Prunella Scales has died aged 93, her family have confirmed. Scales was best known for playing hotel manager Sybil Fawlty, the long-suffering and domineering wife of Basil, in the classic British sitcom. The actress died “peacefully at home in London yesterday”, her sons Samuel and Joseph said....…
28th October 2025
RIP: Diane Keaton dies aged 79
Oscar-winning actress Diane Keaton has died at the age of 79. Keaton, who was born in Los Angeles, shot to fame in the 1970s through her role as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather films. She was also known for starring roles in films including Father of the Bride, First Wives...…
12th October 2025
RIP Mrs Bucket! Patricia Routledge dies at 96
Actress Dame Patricia Routledge, known for playing Hyacinth Bucket in classic TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died at the age of 96. She also starred in Alan Bennett’s TV monologues and played BBC One’s amateur sleuth Hetty Wainthropp, while also enjoying an acclaimed stage career. Her agent told the...…
3rd October 2025
Curtain rises on Strictly 2025
Strictly Come Dancing has returned for its 21st season, with the new parings of celebrities and dancers revealed. Apprentice star Thomas Skinner – who has been under the spotlight since his participation in the show was announced – will dance with professional Amy Dowden, who missed the 2023 season after...…
21st September 2025
Department Q to Return for Second Series
Netflix has confirmed hit crime drama Department Q, which was set and filmed in Edinburgh, will return for a second series. The streaming giant said Matthew Goode will again play DCI Carl Morck, a damaged and shambolic detective who heads up the department of misfits in the basement of a...…
19th August 2025
Terence Stamp dies aged 87
Terence Stamp, the English actor who played the arch-villain General Zod in the original Superman films, has died at the age of 87. In a career that spanned six decades, the Oscar-nominated actor starred in films including The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Far From the Madding Crowd...…
17th August 2025
Actor Ray Brooks, dies aged 86
TV actor Ray Brooks, who starred in some of the UK’s best-known programmes in a career spanning five decades, has died aged 86. Brooks narrated the classic 1970s children’s show Mr Benn and played the male lead in the ground-breaking 1960s BBC drama Cathy Come Home. He also starred in...…
10th August 2025
Why Do We Love Terrible Films?
Film critics have delivered a verdict: the new version of War of the Worlds – which stars Ice Cube as a man who must save humanity from an alien invasion without leaving his desk – is bad. But how bad? Is it just “the worst possible adaptation of HG Wells’s work”, external? Is...…
10th August 2025
Radio personality James Whale dies aged 74
Broadcaster and radio personality James Whale has died aged 74 following a cancer diagnosis, his agent confirmed on Monday. His career spanned six decades, including stints on the BBC airwaves as well as stations such as LBC and TalkSport. His wife Nadine Lamont-Brown said in a statement: “It is with...…
4th August 2025
RIP: Hulk Hogan (71)
Hulk Hogan, one of America’s best-known wrestling stars, has died at the age of 71, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has confirmed. The star, born Terry Gene Bollea and known for his flowing blond hair and moustache, died at his home in Florida on Thursday. Hogan began his professional wrestling career...…
24th July 2025
RIP: Ozzy Osbourne (76)
Ozzy Osbourne, one of the most recognisable and influential musicians in rock, has died at the age of 76. As frontman of Black Sabbath, the Birmingham-born musician is credited with inventing heavy metal, thanks to songs songs like Iron Man and Paranoid. Less than three weeks ago, the self-styled “Prince...…
22nd July 2025
First Harry Potter Image Released
Production has begun on the new TV adaptation of Harry Potter, as the first picture of the lead actor in costume was released. JK Rowling’s series of novels has already been made into a film, but HBO is now producing a TV series which is expected to take 10 years...…
14th July 2025
RIP: Michael Madsen (67)
Hollywood actor Michael Madsen died in his California home on Thursday morning, US media reported. He was 67. He was found unresponsive by authorities responding to a 911 call at his Malibu home and pronounced dead at 08:25 local time (15:25 GMT), according to The Hollywood Reporter. He is believed...…
3rd July 2025
RIP: Kenneth Colley (87)
Star Wars actor Kenneth Colley has died at the age of 87, his agent has announced. The film and television performer is best known for starring in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi as Admiral Piett, an imperial officer in command of Darth Vader’s flagship. He died...…
3rd July 2025
RIP: George Wendt (76)
George Wendt, who starred as Norm Peterson in the popular comedy series Cheers, has died at the age of 76. The beloved actor and comedian died peacefully in his sleep at his home early on Tuesday morning, his family said. “George was a doting family man, a well-loved friend and...…
21st May 2025
Jean Marsh dies age 90
Upstairs Downstairs co-creator and actress Jean Marsh has died aged 90, her agent has confirmed. The British screen and stage star won an Emmy in 1975 for her portrayal of hard-bitten but ultimately kind-hearted maid Rose Buck in the TV drama about class in Edwardian England. Marsh also had roles...…
13th April 2025
Ted Lasso returns to TV for fourth series
Emmy Award-winning Ted Lasso is returning to TV for a fourth series, Apple TV+ has revealed. Its US star Jason Sudeikis is back in the role of Ted, who coaches fictional English Premier League football club AFC Richmond, having returned to the US in series three. No further casting has...…
14th March 2025
The full list of Oscar winners and nominees
The Academy Awards have taken place in Los Angeles, with Anora scooping the most honours, while Conclave, The Brutalist, Wicked and Emilia Pérez also took prizes. Here is the full list of winners. Best picture WINNER: Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez I’m Still...…
3rd March 2025
SAG Awards: The winners
The SAG Awards are taking place in Los Angeles, honouring the best film and TV performances of the last year. The winners, which are voted for by fellow actors, could offer some clues about who will triumph at the Oscars next week. Here are the SAG Award winners and nominees...…
24th February 2025
Neighbours cancelled again
Beloved Australian soap drama Neighbours has been cancelled again, two years after it was saved by Amazon MGM Studios. Without specifying a reason, Amazon confirmed the series will finish at the end of 2025 – 40 years and more than 9,000 episodes after its television debut. It was dropped by...…
21st February 2025
James Bond producers give control to Amazon
The James Bond film franchise will no longer be controlled by the Broccoli dynasty, after long-serving masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson announced they are stepping down. The Bond films were launched by Albert “Cubby” Broccoli in 1962, before his daughter and stepson took over. The pair will now...…
20th February 2025
Baftas 2025: The winners list in full
The winners at the Bafta Film Awards, celebrating the best in big screen action over the past 12 months, have been revealed. Conclave and The Brutalist won big, with four each; while Wicked, Emilia Pérez, Anora, Dune: Part Two, A Real Pain and Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl won...…
16th February 2025
Sitcom actor Brian Murphy dies aged 92
Brian Murphy, the actor and comedian best known for his role in the 1970s British sitcoms Man About the House and George and Mildred, has died aged 92. Murphy, who passed away at his home in Kent on Sunday morning, worked closely with theatre director Joan Littlewood throughout his early...…
4th February 2025
2024
Actor Timothy West dies aged 90
Actor Timothy West, one of Britain’s most distinguished and versatile actors, has died at the age of 90, his family have announced. He was known for roles on stage and screen including in TV sitcoms Not Going Out and Bedtime, dramas such as Bleak House and Gentleman Jack, and soaps...…
13th November 2024
RIP: Teri Garr (79)
Teri Garr, an Oscar-nominated actress best known for her work in movies including Young Frankenstein, Mr Mom and Tootsie, has died at 79, US media report. Garr died in Los Angeles on Tuesday after a 20-year battle with multiple sclerosis “surrounded by family and friends”, her publicist Heidi Schaeffer said...…
29th October 2024
How to follow the 2024 US Presidential Election
The BBC’s top team will be bringing round the clock reporting and analysis of the key events to audiences in the UK, US and around the world in the lead up to election day on Tuesday 5 November. BBC News Channel Chief Presenters in Washington DC, Sumi Somaskanda and Caitríona...…
9th October 2024
Unseen Thunderbirds films found in garden shed
Film cans containing unseen footage of the Thunderbirds TV show have been found in a garden shed. A family found the cans – light-tight containers used to enclose film – in the shed belonging to their father, an editor on the show who died recently. Stephen La Rivière from Century...…
7th October 2024
Vintage TV adverts for classic British comics found in basement
A collection of TV adverts for comics and magazines like the Dandy, Bunty and Jackie are being shared online, more than half a century after they were made. The 99 films were found in the basement of a building in Dundee owned by publisher DC Thomson. DC Thomson used the...…
29th September 2024
Rest In Peace: Dame Maggie Smith (89)
Dame Maggie Smith, who has died at the age of 89, brought an incredible range of expression to her roles, winning high praise from directors and fellow actors alike. It was said of her that she never took a role lightly and would often be pacing around at rehearsals going...…
27th September 2024
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