BBC viewers heartbroken as show drama has episodes slashed in huge blow

The Daily Show is back with another group of guest hosts, some more familiar to the show than others.

EXCLUSIVE: Newsnight editor Stewart Maclean has unexpectedly quit as the BBC considers making dramatic cuts to its flagship current affairs show.

The One Show presenter Alex Jones was left red-faced after an 'awkward' comment from Peter Crouch. The BBC programme returned for its 7pm slot on Tuesday night (October 10) with Welsh TV presenter Alex Jones and her co-host Jermaine Jenas at the helm.

BBC viewers say they have been left 'feeling sick' after watching Steve Coogan's transformation into Jimmy Savile on The Reckoning. Last night, (October 9) the BBC One drama aired its first episode, with the Alan Partridge star telling the story of how the radio and TV show host covered up horrific crimes. Children's presenter Jimmy was exposed as a paedophile in the years after his death, with The Reckoning telling the stories of his real-life victims.

Pep Guardiola admitted it is difficult to find a player with Rico Lewis's quality after another star turn from the Manchester City youngster.

The Drew Barrymore Show is coming back, but at least three writers are not joining the staff.

Strictly Come Dancing's Bobby Brazier has been dealt a huge blow just days before he takes to the dance floor for Movie Week.The popular EastEnders actor and his professional partner Dianne Buswell are amongst the favourites to walk away with the Glitterball trophy in December. In week one, Bobby showed exactly what he's made of debuting with a score of 29 from the judges and he received the same amount of points the following week.

EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television has promoted Lamar Chase to SVP, Current Programming. Reporting to EVP Current Programming Marie Jacobson, who heads the indie studio’s current scripted series department, Chase will continue to work alongside Morgana Cabrera-Rosenberg who was promoted to SVP, Current Programming in March.

Pete Davidson got into a minor fender bender over the weekend.

The Alexander McQueen fashion show during Paris Fashion Week had some big stars in the front row!

Kelsey Ballerini is setting the record straight about her performance at the People’s Choice Country Awards.

Stephen Graham is one of the country's most well-loved actors. He was born in Kirkby, in Merseyside, but his career has seen him become a star of stage, TV and Hollywood.

Pete Davidson had a special guest at his Las Vegas stand up show over the weekend – rumored new girlfriend, Madelyn Cline.

A very special guest was at Pete Davidson’s comedy show in Las Vegas on Saturday night.

Peep Show could return when the characters are “old men” in their seventies.The actor, who played Jeremy in the Channel 4 sitcom, reaffirmed the idea in an interview with NME to mark the show’s 20th anniversary.“We’ve always said that it would be funny to go back and see them as old men,” Webb said. “Living in the same flat and having the same arguments… I think probably this side of, shall we say, 70?”His co-star David Mitchell, however, believes any future reunion should be a “totally separate thing”.“It’s nice that people still give a shit… I don’t want to tack anything onto the end of it,” Mitchell said.

Adam Thomas has seen his odds of winning Strictly Come Dancing dramatically plummet, just as viewers enjoy the first live show of the 2023 series.The ex-Emmerdale actor, 35, took to the iconic Strictly dance floor on Saturday night alongside professional dance partner Luba Mushtuk for the first time, but it looks like he really needs to impress viewers at home if he wants to bag the Glitterball trophy. In odds provided by William Hill to the Express, Adam and Luba's odds of winning the show have dropped, along with Zara McDermott, whose chances of being crowned the winner have also been slashed.

Gucci had an incredibly star-studded crowd at its Milan Fashion Week show this season!

Peep Show co-writer Sam Bain has revealed that they received offers to turn the hit Channel 4 sitcom into a play.Speaking exclusively to NME, Bain said that he and fellow co-writer Jesse Armstrong (Succession) had to reject the proposal because they couldn’t figure out how to make the show work on stage.Now celebrating its 20th anniversary, Peep Show documented the increasingly tragic lives of bank manager Mark Corrigan (played by David Mitchell) and his layabout flatmate/ occasional musician Jeremy Usborne (played by Robert Webb).The iconic comedy was shot through a POV perspective with the actors performing to camera, while the characters’ internal thoughts were added as narration. This format proved to be revolutionary, but it was one Bain and Armstrong knew they wouldn’t be able to replicate on stage.“There was an offer to do a live Peep Show, a stage show, after the last series, which we did carefully consider because it was coming from some proper people,” said Bain.

Ricky Gervais was among those who managed to save Peep Show from cancellation in its early days.The cult sitcom, which starred David Mitchell and Robert Webb as dysfunctional housemates Mark and Jeremy, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this week.In a piece reflecting on the show’s legacy with The Guardian, script editor Iain Morris discussed how Channel 4 were not keen on the show in its infancy, and considered cancelling it.“The channel hated it because it wasn’t rating and they didn’t really understand it,” Morris explained. “I spent a lot of time defending it, probably to the detriment of my career.”Gervais, however, was one of the show’s big early supporters, and helped the network decide to keep it on air.“He kept talking about it.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Percy Jackson” author Rick Riordan explained to Entertainment Weekly that making his franchise more diverse by casting Leah Jeffries as Annabeth Chase in the upcoming Disney+ series was always staying true to the reason he wrote the “Percy Jackson” books in the first place. Jeffries’ casting last year generated backlash from racist fans upset that a Black actor was playing a character that Riordan described in his book as a blonde white girl. Riordan immediately shut down toxic fans, and now he has told EW that Jeffries’ casting is true to the spirit of his franchise, as the only reason he wrote “Percy Jackson” was because his child was having difficulty in school.