Bolton comedy star Paddy McGuinness has announced a major UK stand-up tour - his first since 2016. Paddy has announced his long-awaited return to comedy will see him perform 40 dates across the UK in 2024 and 2025.
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Children In Need is back on BBC One tonight (Friday November 17) with its annual live show, hoping to raise large funds to help kids across the country.
Live from Salford's very own MediaCityUK, the three-hour programme will entertain audiences for three hours with a variety of sketches, special performances and appearances from some of Britain's favourite stars. Expect one-off sketches from some of the UK’s most-loved TV shows, including MasterChef as well as a parody of Race Across the World.
There will be music from former Little Mix star Leigh-Anne, Nottingham-based singer Jerub and the UK’s Junior Eurovision act STAND UNIQU3. A team of familiar faces will front the show, with 14-year-old award-winning actor Lenny Rush making his Children In Need debut.
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Money raised through BBC Children in Need’s 2023 Appeal will help children and young people overcome the additional challenges they currently face, including supporting children and young people living in poverty, providing emergency support to families in crisis, providing comfort to children feeling sad, lost and alone, helping children overcome social injustice and supporting children to feel safe and secure.
Here's everything you need to know ahead of tonight's live show...
Children In Need starts at 7pm and will run for three hours, finishing up at 10pm.
Six famous faces will be hosting BBC Children In Need this year. TV host Ade Adepitan MBE, actress Mel Giedroyc, comedians Jason Manford and Chris Ramsey and sports pundit Alex Scott MBE will be fronting the programme.
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Bolton comedy star Paddy McGuinness has announced a major UK stand-up tour - his first since 2016. Paddy has announced his long-awaited return to comedy will see him perform 40 dates across the UK in 2024 and 2025.
Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis have a number of cousins that they are clearly very close with, as they've frequently been seen them playing and causing mischief together at important events.The late Queen had 13 great-grandchildren: Savannah Phillips and Isla Phillips; Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis; Mia, Lena and Lucas Tindall; Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet; August and Ernest Brooksbank and Sienna Mapelli Mozzi. While Prince Harry's children, are the trio's only royal first cousins, there are several other younger members of the family who they undoubtedly enjoy hanging out with.
tragic deaths — are again resurfacing thanks to the sixth and final season of “The Crown” on Netflix. Fayed, an Egyptian filmmaker, was the Princess of Wales’ last romantic partner before they both died in a Paris car crash in August 1997. Their time together was full of lavish yacht trips and jet setting around the world.
told NBC.“The Sound Town selected for each eligible user has the most similar taste profile to their own — based on their most streamed artists of the year and how those artists are streamed in other cities across the globe,” they added.Folks on X (formerly Twitter), however, beg to differ with Spotify’s dubiously “global” assessment.Platform users pointed out that all three of these cities are college towns and came to the conclusion that being placed in Burlington, Berkeley and Cambridge indicated LGBTQ listeners, with top artist-allies such as boygenius, Charli XCX and Janelle Monáe.According to Spotify, listeners “must have at least three top artists who over-index in a particular city” to match with their Sound Town.more people are tweeting about san luis obispo than even live there pic.twitter.com/sM8wvw9GGDthe tl rn pic.twitter.com/uuvZ94mzyyTheir data revealed that 0.6% of listeners matched with Burlington; 0.3% got Berkeley; and 0.1% were assigned to Cambridge.
The much-anticipated Royal book, Endgame by Omid Scobie was released in the UK on 28 November.The book, which promised to "have the world talking", has done just that and is packed with many shocking allegations against the Royal Family.The book features bombshell revelations about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, as well as King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Royal Family is yet to comment on any of the claims made by Omid in the book despite its numerous attacks on several members of the family. So what are the most shocking stories to emerge in the book? Take a look below...
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Prince William and Kate Middleton are facing “their duties as equal partners”, a royal expert has claimed. On Tuesday 20 November, the pair were all smiles when they joined other members of the Royal Family at Buckingham Palace to view artefacts from the Royal Collection alongside President Yoon Suk Yeol as part of the South Korean president’s state visit to the UK.
The Crown‘s sixth and final season is finally here, and the reviews are in!
“The Crown’s” highly-anticipated final season dropped on Netflix this week, with viewers tuning in to see how the series would portray the days before Princess Diana’s tragic death.The beloved royal died alongside her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, in a car crash on Aug. 31 1997, just weeks after they began a whirlwind love affair.“The Crown” shows Dodi’s father, Mohamed Al-Fayed (played by Palestinian actor Salim Daw) as having a hand in manufacturing their relationship in an effort to secure himself British citizenship.However, experts are unimpressed by the show’s producers painting the former Harrod’s owner as a villain.Royal expert Robert Jobson told Newsweek recently that “it’s disrespectful and it’s easy to attack the dead.” Mohamed died on Aug.
Former Royal Correspondent Charles Rae was not pleased with the latest series of The Crown as he revealed he has seen the first four episodes which are "completely awful". The first four episodes of The Crown season six dropped on Netflix on Thursday 16 November and focuses on Princess Diana (played by Elizabeth Debicki) and Prince Charles (Dominic West) as they navigate their first Summer as a divorced couple. Viewers will then have to wait a little longer as the second part of the final ever series will be released on 14 December with five episodes Speaking to GB News, Charles said: “I thought it was completely tasteless, I thought it was dreadful, I just thought it was appalling.
Princess Kate opened this year's broadcast of Children in Need as she said the projects supported are "vital".The live BBC appeal show - which raises money to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people around the UK - saw Mel Giedroyc return to host alongside Ade Adepitan, Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey, Alex Scott and new edition Lenny Rush. Kicking off the show on Friday evening with a special message, Kate said: "Hello everyone.
Teen actor Lenny Rush is set to become the first child to present BBC Children In Need's live fundraising show as he joins this year's hosts Mel Giedroyc, Ade Adepitan, Jason Manford, Chris Ramsey and Alex Scott.
The highly anticipated final series of The Crown has been released, showing the relationship between Princess Diana and Dodi Fayed, but what do the Royal Family think of the Netflix show? Part one of season six of The Crown launched on the streaming platform in the UK on Thursday 16 November with four episodes available to watch.The second part of six episodes will be released next month on 14 December.The royal drama has been captivating royal fans since it launched back in November 2016, it has welcomed some big-name actors portraying the likes of The Queen and Princess Diana and has won a bundle of awards. But it hasn't come without its criticism, including among members of the Royal Family themselves, despite a disclaimer being put out that it is fictionalised. Let's take a look at what the Royal Family have said about The Crown over the years...
The new series of Netflix's The Crown has been released and with Elizabeth Debicki returning to take on the role of Princess Diana. Part one of season six of The Crown launched on the streaming platform in the UK today (Thursday 16 November) with four episodes available to watch.
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The Crown season six, part one will focus on Princess Diana (played by Elizabeth Debicki) and Prince Charles (Dominic West) as they navigate their first Summer as a divorced couple. The pair share very different holidays with their sons William (Rufus Kampa) and Harry (Fflyn Edwards). Diana is being courted by the Fayeds in the South of France, giving the young Princes a taste of luxury yachts, video games and movie nights.
Like many of us, Kate Middleton and Prince William have adorable nicknames for their children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis - and no matter how high you are in the Royal Family, having multiple names and titles is the norm. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, like any other loving parents, have special pet names for their kids, with another separate set of names for day to day use, such as at school.
and then to 10 in 2021, it made it trickier for the true class acts of the field to emerge victorious.While five nods still feel like more than enough for the elite categories, the decision to downsize back to eight nominees for the 2024 Grammy Awards is a step in the right direction. Still, aside from a few obvious contenders — ahem, Taylor Swift — there really aren’t eight worthy enough nominees to announce on Friday, in a live stream at 11 a.m.