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University Challenge has gone viral after a music-related question inspired viewers to remix it to make a jungle track.The clip was taken from last week’s episode of the long-running BBC 2 programme, which sees university student contestants compete head-to-head in a quiz.There was one moment in particular that stood out, however, when a music-related question inspired one viewer to challenge others watching the show to take a segment of the episode and use it as a sample in their own jungle track.“What name is given to the genre of dance music that developed in the UK in the early 1990s out of the rave scene and reggae sound system culture associated with acts such as A Guy Called Gerald and Goldie?” host Amol Rajan asked those representing the University of Aberdeen.When they guessed the answer ‘Drum and bass’, Rajan responded: “I can’t accept Drum & Bass. We need jungle, I’m afraid.”Please, please will someone sample @amolrajan saying: "I can't accept Drum & Bass.

Amanda Holden has given an update on her co-host Jamie Theakston after he confirmed his cancer diagnosis. The Heart Breakfast host announced last month that he had been diagnosed with stage one laryngeal cancer.

Richard Madeley has shared that he opts to sleep in a different bedroom from his wife Judy Finnigan when presenting on Good Morning Britain, and its for the sweetest reason.

Dame Carolyn described the interview as a "very, very tricky morning" for ITV and said the broadcaster got "very short notice" that Ms Cooper would be coming on the show, as media regulator Ofcom revealed it would not be pursuing the matter further. Ofcom received more than 8,000 complaints about Mr Balls questioning Ms Cooper, with some complaints also relating to an exchange with Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana.The ITV boss was replying to a question from presenter Amol Rajan at the Royal Television Society (RTS) London Conference, who asked: "How can anyone take ITV seriously on impartiality?" after the incident.

The BBC is “pretty close” to finalizing an investigation into Amanda Abbington‘s allegations that she was mistreated by her Strictly Come Dancing partner Giovanni Pernice.

Ellise Shafer The Royal Television Society has revealed the dates and initial speakers for its annual RTS London Convention. This year’s event will take place on Sept. 17 at Kings Place in London and is chaired by Anna Mallett, Netflix‘s vice president of production for EMEA and the U.K.

A new era begins on classic TV quiz show University Challenge this week, with new presenter Amol Rajan at the helm. BBC man Amol has taken over the hotseat from long-standing quizmaster Jeremy Paxman who announced his retirement from University Challenge last year.

Caroline Flack’s mother has said Phillip Schofield is “realising even more” what her daughter went through before her death. Christine Flack said she hoped the former ITV presenter had “done the right thing” by admitting to his secret affair with a younger male colleague and that the matter would be settled. Love Island host Caroline was found dead in February 2020 at the age of 40, and a coroner later ruled she killed herself after learning that prosecutors were going to press ahead with an assault charge after an incident involving her boyfriend Lewis Burton.

Holly Willoughby made light work of Phillip Schofield's latest jaw-dropping BBC interview, by posting a natural, bare-faced selfie to her Instagram. Ignoring the drama as it unfolds today with Phillip's further revelations continuing to spill from his exclusive chat with Amol Rajan, the blonde beauty looked radiant and glowing.This carefree shot has been posted on Holly's Wylde Moon lifestyle Instagram page, where the site claims to offer guidance to the 178k followers, and helps you to reconnect with yourself.

Succession‘s major season four twist happened “too early”.The actor was referring to the third episode of the fourth and final season of the hit HBO series, in which Cox’s character Logan Roy unexpectedly collapsed and died while flying to meet Lukas Matsson (Alexander Skarsgård) in Sweden.Logan’s death, which happened off-screen, served as a major shake up to the show, leaving his children scrambling to assume control of Waystar Royco.Cox acknowledged that the twist had been executed in “a pretty brilliant way”, but that he thought creator Jesse Armstrong “decided to make Logan die, I think ultimately too early”.Speaking to BBC’s Amol Rajan, the actor said that he initially viewed the decision to kill off Logan “wrongly, as a form of rejection”.“I was fine with it ultimately, but I did feel a little bit rejected. I felt a little bit, ‘Oh, all the work I’ve done’,” Cox said.In a separate interview with Barley, Cox echoed these sentiments, saying he was “fine with what happened and happy to be finished”, but added that he “would have done it later”.He explained: “In my view it is strange to be missing the main protagonist from so early on, but we are hostages to the writers in situations like this.”Elsewhere, Fisher Stevens recently revealed that he wrote a spin-off story for his Succession character Hugo Baker.Stevens has portrayed Hugo, an executive at Waystar RoyCo, in seasons two, three and four of the HBO series.Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, the actor said he wrote an unofficial story about Hugo’s future, with the show set to conclude this month.“I do that whenever I get a part.

BBC quiz show University Challenge has been given a fresh new look with a new host as filming gets underway in Salford. And bosses have revealed that questions are getting 'harder'.

EXCLUSIVE: The BBC has apologized after broadcasting a documentary in which presenter Amol Rajan is filmed in the back of a taxi not wearing a seatbelt.

John Cleese told fans he was "amused" after BBC Radio 4 seemingly cut his interview short as he claimed he'd be "cancelled" if he had a show on there again.The 82-year-old discussed his move to GB News with presenter Amol Rajan, who wrapped up their chat after five minutes.Speaking of joining GB News, the actor said: "The nice thing about talking to the GB News audience is they may not be used to hearing the sort of things I'll be saying."But the only thing is, the BBC haven't come to me and said, 'Would you like to have one of our shows?'"And if they did I would say, 'Not on your nelly' because I wouldn't get five minutes into the show before I'd be cancelled or censored."Amol chimed in, saying: "Well, we've given you five minutes today and I can promise you you haven't been censored yet."Madonna, 64, causes stir in TikTok clip coming out as gayQuickly wrapping up the chat, he added: "At that, I think we should leave it."Taking to his Twitter after, John seemingly implied the irony of the BBC cutting his interview short after he criticised them.He wrote: "I was amused that the moment I really criticised the BBC yesterday, the interview was brought to a rapid end."Before we had talked about the things we had planned to talk about ten minutes earlier."Express.co.uk has contacted a representative for BBC Radio 4 for comment.BBC listeners shared their thoughts on the situation on social media. T.C wrote: "Quite amusing that you had to go on the BBC to publicise your show on another channel, all the time knowing you intended to criticise the channel you were using for that publicity.

K.J. Yossman ITV chief executive Carolyn McCall defended the network’s morning show anchors Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby over allegations that they skipped a five-mile long queue to see Queen Elizabeth II lying in state two weeks ago. Ever since Schofield and Willoughby, who host “This Morning” were seen on the live-feed of the lying-in-state, walking through Westminster Hall via the VIP line, the duo have been the subject of much criticism, particularly on social media. A petition titled ‘Axe Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby from TV’ has amassed over 75,000 signatures. Speaking at the Royal Television Society (RTS) annual convention in London on Tuesday afternoon, McCall defended Schofield and Willoughby and said that ITV had even contacted Domino’s Pizza U.K. to complain about a light-hearted tweet the pizza company had posted poking fun at the controversy.

K.J. Yossman BBC director general Tim Davie robustly defended the corporation’s license fee model at the Royal Television Society (RTS) convention on Tuesday afternoon, saying “I think the license fee is there to beat.” The license fee is a mandatory fee every household that watches live television on any service or network must pay annually. It is currently £159 ($171) per year. “There are loads of funding solutions you could get,” Davie said after being grilled by BBC journalist Amol Rajan. “My view is if I can’t, as editor-in-chief, act independently and impartially, then the BBC is over. Final thing is, I think you cannot separate funding model from editorial, intent and delivery.”

K.J. Yossman BBC News media editor Amol Rajan has been appointed the new host of U.K. gameshow “University Challenge.”The current host, Jeremy Paxman, revealed he would be stepping down after 28 years.

The BBC has been pulled into the controversy following the US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v Wade, after one of its news presenters used a controversial term on air.

Sir Ian McKellen has opened up about his family life in a new BBC interview, expressing his wish that he had been able to tell his father that was gay before he died. In a conversation with Amol Rajan, the Lord of the Rings and X-Men actor recalled growing up in Wigan, where he and his family moved shortly before the outbreak of World War II. In 1988, the now-82-year-old came out publicly in a BBC radio interview, going on to co-found LGBT+ rights charity Stonewall the following year.

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Matt Lucas has said that Little Britain will “definitely” return but could take the form of a podcast.