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Britain & Ireland’s Next Top Model is taking the search to Instagram in a bid to find the next big thing in the modelling world.

Insta-Model will see judges Elle Macpherson and Dannii Minogue set three photo challenges per week for viewers of the Sky Living series.

The first challenge – running between May 27 and June 2 – is for viewers to submit their best “pout”.

The second asks for viewers’ best “fierce” pose from June 3 to June 6. Continue reading »

The brother of Match of the Day host Gary Lineker will join the cast of The Only Way Is Essex this season.

Wayne Lineker, who has had his fair share is issues over the past few years, will make his first appearance on the ITV2 series during its Marbella premiere special.

Lineker owns the Linekers chain of bars in foreign party destinations such as Ibiza, Tenerife and Zante.

The show returns on June 2.

News is getting around of a TOWIE-style reality series that is said to be in development, which will be based in the south London area of Brixton.

A rather amateur-looking casting call has gone out to find a group of twenty-somethings to feature in a structured-reality series entitled Made in Brixton.

However, with no production company attached to the casting call it is possible that this is all just an elaborate hoax.

The casting notice suggests that the participants won’t be paid to feature in the show and that they are looking to show “a glimpse at real life below the river”. Continue reading »

ITV has ordered a new single drama based on the life of Tommy Cooper.

David Threlfall and Amanda Redman will play the roles of Cooper and his wife Dove respectively in the film produced by Left Bank Pictures.

Simon Nye’s script focuses on the dilemma the much-loved comedian faced when he fell in love with assistant Mary Kay and embarked upon a relationship that would last 17 years. Tommy was married to Gwen, whom he adored and affectionately nicknamed Dove. Tommy was unable to choose between Dove and Mary, and his untimely death live on air in 1984 meant that he never did. Continue reading »

A new twist has been introduced to The Million Pound Drop this coming season with players now given the option to double their money on the last question.

With Davina McCall at the helm, players must try to keep hold of a million pounds in real cash. But in an exciting new final twist to the show, players can double the money they’ve managed to keep and walk away with a life-changing amount of cash.

There are now just 7 questions between our players and a fortune, but it’s going to be tougher than ever to make it to the final question. Players must be brave and have nerves of steel to beat the drop, as one false move could literally see thousands of pounds drop through the floor. Continue reading »

Following all the controversy around Alice Eve’s lingerie scene in the latest Star Trek movie, it appears there’s actually another one that was left on the cutting room floor.

It involves Sherlock actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

“We had a scene with him where we saw him actually take a shower,” director J.J. Abrams told Conan O’Brien on his talkshow. “It’s not in the movie but we have this. It’s one of those things we ended up cutting.”

After the clip was shown, O’Brien quipped: “He’s not enjoying that shower very much.” Continue reading »

The return date has been set for the ninth season of The Only Way is Essex.

The reality series will hit screens on Sunday, June 2 at 10pm on ITV2.

Kicking off with a ‘The Only Way is Marbs’ special, the series will feature all the usual suspects such as Joey Essex, Jess Wright, James ‘Arg’ Argent, Sam Faiers, Chloe Sims, Lucy Mecklenburgh, Gemma Collins, Lauren Pope and Mario Falcone.

ITV got the jump on the competition by obtain the exclusive video from the Woolwich attack.

A witness to the murder recorded the now famous video at the scene of the suspect clutching a meat cleaver in bloodied hands and ITV were the first to get hold of it.

ITV later sat down with the witness and spoke to him regarding what he saw and whether he was scared to talk to the suspect at the time.

Sharon Osbourne has been confirmed to be returning to The X Factor judging panel in the UK.

In the same week that Simon Cowell locked in his X Factor USA judges, the UK panel has also been decided with Osbourne returning to the show for the first time since 2007.

Osbourne will be joined by long-time judge Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger, with Tulisa Contostavlos making way for Osbourne.

Peter Fincham, Director of Television, ITV says: “We’re delighted to confirm our fantastic panel, who will bring an incredible combined wealth of experience to our 10th series of The X Factor. I know I speak for all of us when I say we’re looking forward to bringing viewers a brilliant series this autumn.” Continue reading »

BBC Three has given a new season order to zombie drama In The Flesh.

The Dominic Mitchell drama will return after its successful three-part run this year.

The drama was first developed by the BBC Drama Production team in Salford and writer Dominic Mitchell was discovered through ‘Northern Voices’, a BBC Writersroom competition.

Series two revisits the cauldron of Roarton where the living and the undead have reached a fragile peace. After the shocking events of series one, Kieren is hoping to get on with his second life but the arrival of new and explosive characters throws those plans into disarray. Battle lines are drawn and all will be judged. Continue reading »