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Edinburgh's Festival Fringe will air on BBC Two in August, surrounding the stars who first found fame at the esteemed festival. The Fringe, Fame And Me is the story of how a small Scottish arts festival that began 75 years ago this year became a national institution - a crucible where new stars are forged, careers made, and sometimes, dreams dashed.

Viewers were left with the same response during a gift-buying segment on the latest episode of This Morning. Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield were back at the helm of the ITV daytime show on Wednesday (July 6) which started with them discussing the latest goings-on in the world of politics after a dramatic 24 hours.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing stars John Whaite and Johannes Radebe have signed up for Celebrity Gogglebox on Channel 4. The Strictly runners up will join the regular cast for the ongoing series. Alread starring on the show are the likes of Bill Bailey and Oti Mabuse.

Joe Lycett had some surprise visitors at his house in Birmingham after a joke in his stand-up set didn't go down too well with one member of the audience. It appears one of his punchlines annoyed a punter so much they rang the police on Joe. The Sewing Bee host posted two screenshots on social media, one of a police email and his statement on the situation.

Gogglebox has finished, it is time for Celebrity Gogglebox. There will be some new celebrity faces and some series regulars returning for the new series. Denise van Outen will be returning to the series with a new face joining her on her sofa after she split from her ex of seven years Eddie Boxshall.

A string of famous faces will be kicking it back on their sofas as Celebrity Gogglebox returns to Channel 4 tonight.

This Is MY House is a game show in which the premise involves four people all claiming to be the same person. The guests try to act like they own a house but only one of them is telling the truth, and the other three are liars. This series includes celebrity panellists Judi Love, Richard Madeley, Harry Hill and Harriet Kemsley.Those attempting to fool the panel this week are Joey, and three of his imposters. The real Joey owns a newly renovated 3 bed semi-detached house in the Welsh town of Conwy - but which is he?When Richard first appeared as a judge, fans were super excited and expressed it on Twitter. @RozLaws said: “Richard Madeley is always excellent value. #thisismyhouse”@Thisisdavid wrote: “Richard threw himself into the guessing game, taking lots of notes and receiving compliments from fellow judge, Judi and Bill Bailey who praised the ‘wealth of experience’ he brought to the panel. “Viewers thought he fitted in nicely.“My love for Richard Madeley knows no bounds #ThisIsMyHouse”. 

the Queen's Platinum Party At The Palace on Saturday. The music icon, 81, who has previously performed at both the 2002 Golden Jubilee and 2012 Diamond Jubilee celebrations, spoke of his sadness over not joining the glittering line-up which included Diana Ross, Queen and Elton John. Appearing on Sunday's Sky News, he was asked: 'And you did that in 2012, I remember that very well, at the Diamond Jubilee.

Gogglebox has signed up Fred Sirieix and his fiancee Fruitcake for the next series of its celebrity edition. He told The Sun that he was "delighted" to be on the show and that it was going to be "very surreal" as his own show had often appeared on Gogglebox. Fred added: "I am looking forward to the public getting to meet the wonderful Fruitcake too.

Welcome to Metro.co.uk‘s The Big Questions, where we ask, well, the big questions (and the smaller ones too) and this week, we’re getting stuck in with Josh Widdicombe.The comedian has had a glistening career on a number of the nation’s most treasured panel shows, including The Last Leg with Adam Hills and Alex Brooker, and Mock The Week.His latest series of Hypothetical with co-star and fellow comic James Acaster has just been released on Dave, and the 39-year-old is also keeping himself busy with his podcast Parenting Hell, which he co-hosts with Rob Beckett.Amid his busy schedule, Josh sat down with us to chat all things Hypothetical, how he was once pied by Caitlyn Jenner, and the ‘myth’ that is cancel culture.It was lovely to return to doing the TV show in kind of the way it was intended to be, with people in the audience. Hypothetical really works off the energy of the audience and is about being in the moment and being in the room, so it was so nice to have the audience back.

Katherine Ryan has revealed she would have loved to have the late Sean Lock on her new comedy show, Backstage With Katherine Ryan. The 8 Out Of 10 Cats star died on August 16 last year from cancer, at the age of 58, with his close friend Bill Bailey saying the comedian was diagnosed with ‘advanced’ lung cancer ‘a few years ago.

K.J. Yossman Julia Donaldson’s “Romeo and Juliet”-inspired story “The Smeds and The Smoos” is set to be adapted for a BBC Christmas special starring Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins (“The Shape of Water”), “Bridgerton’s” Adjoa Andoh and comedian Bill Bailey.Oscar-nominated production company, who have previously adapted nine of Donaldson’s children’s books for the BBC, will once again take the helm on the project, which will also be based on Axel Scheffler’s original illustrations, with Blue Zoo Animation Studio providing animation services.Donaldson and Scheffler are the duo behind iconic children’s stories including “The Gruffalo.”Daniel Snaddon (“The Snail and the Whale”) and Samantha Cutler will direct based on a screenplay by Julia Smuts Louw.

reality series were shocked by a particular scene that aired on the programme last month in April 2022. Some even took it upon themselves to write in a formal complaint to Ofcom after they witnessed raunchy scene between a woman and a duck. During the hour-long episode, the sofa critics tuned into a scene from the Apple TV Plus series called Roar, whereby the a character named Elisa (Merritt Wever) is sexually pleasured by a bird.

Dianne Buswell has insisted that Oti Mabuse and Aljaž Škorjanec will always be part of Strictly Come Dancing, despite announcing their departures from the dance show earlier this year. Speaking to stand-in Lorraine presenter Christine Lampard on Tuesday's show, the professional dancer, 32, explained that while it was 'really sad' to see the two dancers go, they would still 'see everyone'. She said: 'I started with Aljaz many many years ago before Strictly, so I’ve known Aljaz and Janette for ages.

I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Ear. The Geordie presenters will be pranking Oti as the hilarious feature returns on the final episode of the season. Ant & Dec will direct Oti to complete a series of embarrassing tasks in front of unsuspecting members of the public through a hidden earpiece.

Bill Bailey believes Chris Rock and Will Smith were both wrong for their actions after the controversial Oscars bust-up. During the live broadcast, the King Richard actor, 53, stormed on stage and smacked Chris, 57, across the face for joking about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith’s hair – the actress suffers from alopecia but sources say Chris was unaware of her condition.  During Wednesday’s This Morning, presenters Alison Hammond and Dermot O’Leary asked the former Strictly Come Dancing winner if he felt ‘pressure’ to censor his material following the Academy Awards incident.

Jay interrupted: “That you’d have to commit to 12 weeks. Even if you’re out in week three, you’d have to commit.”Bill explained: “I just thought, ‘I’d never be sable to commit to this amount of time.

Out To Lunch with Jay Rayner podcast on Tuesday.

Strictly Come Dancing in 2020 because he was struggling for money when his comedy gigs were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic. Little did he know he would go on to win the show alongside Oti Mabuse and become one of the most popular winners in the show’s history.In a new episode of Jay Rayner’s Out to Lunch podcast, Bill admitted he had been asked to do Strictly many times before he finally agreed.His hesitation in the past came down to the “relentlessness” of committing 12 weeks of his life to the process.Bill told the food critic: “I thought, I will never be able to commit to this amount of time, it’s ridiculous!“But then, of course, a once in a generation plague comes along.”He explained that when the pandemic hit, his tour was cancelled and work had dried up.The comedian confessed: “All this work was disappearing out the door.

before his death from cancer, aged 58, in August last year.Speaking on the show, the comedian said: “There was one moment when I went to see him where he just said to me – and he didn’t say this in a ‘I want to make you feel better’ or ‘I’m trying to convince myself’ way; I just knew it was 100 per cent true – he just said to me: ‘I’ve had a really good life, you know.’“It was really… it was so profound the way he said it, because I thought, ‘He really has,’ because he’s got this fantastic wife, three beautiful kids and he’s spent his life making millions of people laugh. It’s hard to argue with.”Gone at this about Sean Lock pic.twitter.com/d3dFOUaLNI— Nooruddean (@BeardedGenius) March 5, 2022After his death was announced last year, Mack released a statement which read: “I’ve known this day was coming for some time, but it’s no less heart-breaking.

Dancing on Ice judge Oti Mabuse broke Strictly viewers' hearts last month when the popular dancer announced she was leaving the long-running show to focus on other projects.Her partners on the programme included Kelvin Fletcher and Bill Bailey, with whom she lifted the glitterball in 2019 and 2020, but behind the scenes she's loyal to one man – her husband Marius Iepure.MORE: Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood talks Oti Mabuse exit: 'It's brilliant news'You might know that Romanian-born Marius is a fellow dancer who appeared in group dances on Strictly in 2017 and you've probably guessed that he's one of Oti's biggest supporters.But do you know how the couple met and what they've each said about what keeps them together? Read on to find out more…WATCH: Oti Mabuse dances with husband following Strictly exitOti and Marius were introduced by another beloved member of the Strictly family – Oti's eldest sister and judge on the show, Motsi Mabuse!  Motsi suggested some male professionals for Oti to trial as dance partners after she moved from South Africa to Germany.MORE: Oti Mabuse's two destination weddings were nothing like sister Motsi's – detailsSEE: Dancing on Ice's Oti Mabuse's unexpected home gym where she stays fitMarius proved to be Oti's top choice and the talented pair not only won the German National Show Dance Championships and finished second at the World Latin Championships but also fell in love, going on to tie the knot in 2014. Oti and Marius started out as dance partners It wasn't all smooth sailing between the pair, however, as Oti has since admitted.