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The Siddiqui family have spoken out after fans of the show wondered why one of the clan didn't appear in this week's Gogglebox episode. Sid, Baasit, Raza and Umar are regular participants on the show but Sid was not on screen this week and viewers were not given an explanation and began to get worried.Taking to social media, one person wrote: "Where is Mr Siddiqui???" and another added: "Where's daddy Siddiqui on #Gogglebox?" while someone else said: "Missing Sid Siddiqui this week but love seeing the bros together #Gogglebox." The brothers soon joked about where their dad was, comparing him to a gangster or assassin while watching Culprits.

Celebrity Gogglebox stars were brought to tears during an emotional Stand Up To Cancer episode after watching a heartbreaking video of a "brave" young girl with cancer.The celebrity line-up, which included Boiling Point actor Stephen Graham and Strictly's Bobby Brazier, learned the upsetting story of 11-year-old Elizabeth in the Friday, 3 November, episode.The youngster was diagnosed with cancer throughout her body, including in her bones, lungs and her brain, but sadly died while they were filming the fundraising Channel 4 show. Adding even more emotion to the moving story, the celebrities and viewers learned that Elizabeth's own mum died of cancer while she was undergoing treatment.

Gogglebox star Dave Griffiths has shared his 'upset' over news revealed before the show makes a much-welcome return. Fans have been waiting for months for the Channel 4 show to be back on screens with Friday night (September 8) finally being the night.

Gogglebox favourite Jenny Newby has welcomed her third great grandchild and shared the baby's sweet name in a social media post.

Gogglebox stars Dave and Shirley Griffiths were left fuming after their holiday in Spain turned into a 'shambles'.

Gogglebox star Julie Malone took to social media to wish her “other half” Tom a happy birthday. Posting on Instagram on Wednesday 19 April, Julie shared a glam snap with her husband to mark his special day. “Happy birthday to my other half, my pain in the backside, the person who comes on ghost hunts with me even though he is terrified,” Julie quipped.

Aphex Twin has teased a show in Bristol, after three billboards appeared in the city last night (March 9).Earlier this year, the producer launched a cryptic new website teasing a potential performance at the 2023 edition of Field Day.The website, titled 190823.co.uk appeared online in January, with Aphex Twin’s iconic logo attached. The date – August 19, 2023 – coincides with the date of Field Day 2023 in London’s Victoria Park.A week later, Aphex Twin and Bonobo were confirmed as the headliners for Field Day 2023.

GOGGLEBOX stars rarely mention what they do away from being glued to the week's TV on the show. For example, Pete Sandiford works in insurance, Tremaine Plummer is a chef and Mary Killen is an acclaimed writer. However, Shirley Griffiths let slip her husband's job at the end of last night's episode.

Richard David James, the Irish-born electronic music innovator better known as Aphex Twin, has launched a new app called Samplebrain in collaboration with English engineer Dave Griffiths. The program runs on proprietary “sample mashing” software the pair developed, based on the seed of an idea James had near the turn of the millennium, according to a post on the Aphex Twin blog Lanner Chronicle detailing the launch.

Aphex Twin has launched a new sample matching app called ‘Samplebrain’ – find all the details and check it out for yourself below.In a post on his blog, Aphex – aka Richard James – revealed that the software, created by himself and Dave Griffiths, had been in development for two decades, and originally inspired by the emergence of Shazam.Samplebrain is described as “a custom sample mashing app” that “chops samples up into a ‘brain’ of interconnected small sections called blocks, which are connected into a network by similarity.“It processes a target sample, chopping it up into blocks in the same way, and tries to match each block with one in its brain to play in realtime.“This allows you to interpret a sound with a different one. As we worked on it (during 2015 and 2016) we gradually added more and more tweakable parameters until it became slightly out of control.”Try ‘Samplebrain’ yourself here.Dave Griffiths and @AphexTwin launch ‘Samplebrain’ – free sound design software, available now.→ https://t.co/7QKKLKSFHv pic.twitter.com/biGP9sz5G4— Warp Records (@WarpRecords) September 24, 2022Explaining the origins of the idea, Aphex wrote: “This idea came about a long time ago, not sure exactly when, 2002 ish but when mp3’s started to become a thing, when for the first time there were a ton of them sitting on my hard drive and the brilliant Shazam had recently launched.

Gogglebox fan-favourite Jenny Newby has shared a childhood photo of her best friend and co-star Lee Riley to mark his birthday. The duo returned to the Channel 4 show on Friday night for its new series, but got fans excited before the launch with an unrecognisable photo.

Gogglebox star Tom Malone has taken to social media to share a sweet snap of himself and wife Julie on her birthday. The married couple – who have appeared on the Channel 4 show since 2014 – are currently enjoying the sights of Florida during a trip to America.As well as plenty of fun activities, Julie also celebrated her birthday whilst away with her husband.READ MORE: Gogglebox's Malone family go to 'Karen's Diner' with Tom branded a 'gaping a***hole'The pair spent her special day at Epcot at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando.Marking the occasion on Instagram, Tom posted a photo of himself alongside his wife who sported a Disney badge.Julie was also seen wearing a Minnie Mouse top as the couple stood in front of the theme park's Spaceship Earth attraction.Sharing the snap to their joint Instagram page, Tom said: "What a lovely way to celebrate Julie's birthday!!!"The couple's Gogglebox co-stars rushed to share their well wishes.Taking to the comments, Ellie Warner said: "Happy birthday lovely lady."Dave and Shirley Griffiths added: "Happy birthday Julie love."It comes after their son Tom Jr – who previously featured on Gogglebox – opened up to fans about his autism diagnosis.The 28-year-old explained on Instagram that the diagnosis "made sense" after "always feeling a bit different".He said: "I don't normally do very personal posts like this, but I thought this one was important."I've always felt a bit different, a bit socially awkward and like I just don't process things in the same way as everybody else.

Gogglebox is currently on a break to make way for the current series of the Celebrity version. But now two stars of the show have revealed when the regular episodes will be back on screens – and it's sooner than you might think!MORE: Gogglebox star Lee gives update on Jenny’s health two months after operationTaking to Instagram, Gogglebox regulars Dave and Shirley Griffiths from Caerphilly shared a photo from their gorgeous getaway - and told followers in the caption when they can look forward to seeing them back on screens.

FANS of Channel 4's Gogglebox are over the moon after two of the show's favourites have given a huge update. Welsh couple Dave and Shirley Griffiths first appeared on Gogglebox seven years ago, and have built up quite a fan base during that time.

Gogglebox fans could barely contain their excitement after fan faves Dave and Shirley Griffiths revealed they would be back in September. The pair first appeared as armchair critics on the Channel 4 show seven years ago and since then they have built up quite a fanbase.The TV stars are currently on a break before the show returns.READ MORE: Duncan James says Blue could never do Celeb Gogglebox as it would be 'too X-rated'But they have now told fans they will be back in a matter of weeks.Sharing a snap on Instagram of them sat in front of an inviting-looking pool, they wrote: "Happy holidays, see you all in September."Dave and Shirley were bombarded with excited messages from viewers after their announcement.One posted in the comments section: "Happy Holidays you lovelies, hope you're having a well earned holiday.

Gogglebox viewers were less than impressed after two of the programme’s regulars branded a Top of the Pops segment from 1992 ‘the olden days’. Best friends Abbie Lynn and Georgia Bell, Durham-based armchair critics, joined the series in 2018, and have provided us with plenty of entertainment over the years. Abbie, 20, and Georgia, 21, were baffled watching a clip on tonight’s show, which featured a look-back at an old Top of the Pops episode.

Gogglebox star Julie Malone is preparing to go on holiday, but struggling with all the admin, she has told her 224,000 Instagram followers.Speaking in a video, Julie said: "Is it just me or does everyone get stressed booking and sorting out holidays?"Because I'm getting really stressed, especially about car hire. CDW and CH something or other.

Gogglebox's Malone family have celebrated the wedding of their 'secret' son, Lee.Julie Malone shared the Manchester-based family's special day with her 215,000 Instagram followersJulie and Tom Sr's oldest son Lee Malone - who has never appeared on Gogglebox - got married to his stunning wife Sarah.Lee's choreographer and TikTok brother Tom Malone Jr, 27, looked dapper in a white shirt and tie as he threw some shapes to Bruno Mars dancefloor classics.Lee's bride Sarah, who looked glam in a tight fishtail dress with a lace bustier.Julie shared some photos of the happy day, captioning it: "Congratulations to our son Lee and his beautiful wife Sarah !! Finally the wedding they planned ! Xx Thank you xx"Fellow Gogglebox favourites, Caerphilly couple Dave and Shirley Griffiths, warmly responded:"Hope you all have a lovely day, love dave and shirley xxx"Tom Jr captioned a video: "So after 2 years of postponements my brother @lee_malone and sister-in-law @sarah.malone11 finally got to have their big day!"Couldn’t be happier for you both!"And of course a Malone wedding was always gonna be eventful.""Congratulations to you both and shout out @craig.briscall for the best man speech and the moment on the last slide . #TheMalones"Lee and Sarah actually tied the knot in April 2021 in a small ceremony in Manchester.

Gogglebox sofa critics were doing what they do best on Channel 4 this week - giving their opinions on the week's biggest TV shows.However, some fans were taken aback by comments which came during an episode featuring the return of Britain's Got Talent and Oti Mabuse's bizarre new dating show Romeo and Duet.Caerphilly couple Dave and Shirley Griffiths, who have been on the show since 2015, were watching an episode of Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over, a W Channel show where the documentary maker and Strictly star spends time living with a variety of eccentric British families.In the episode screened this week, Dooley met a 70-year-old dominatrix who gave her a crash course in BDSM practices, with Stacey watching one customer pay a visit. As Stacey listened to the dominatrix explain one particular technique, Shirley made a brutal joke about Dave's private parts.

Gogglebox stars Dave and Shirley Griffiths have been urged to move house by fans after a recent discovery at their home.Dave, who live in Wales with his wife, logged into his official Instagram page on Monday to share a snap of their unwelcome visitor.A huge creepy-crawly entered the background of their home and he couldn't wait to post a picture of it online.He captioned the snap: "Found this out the back, any ideas" followed by some silly faced emojis.Unsurprisingly, Dave and Shirley's followers 148,000 rushed to leave some words of wisdom in the comment section for the Channel 4 stars.One fan penned: "Jesus Christ are you trying to give me a heart attack?!!! Made me bl**dy jump seeing that!! He’s a beast!! I’d have to move immediately."Another added: ""Bl**dly hell Dave i wouldn't off time to take a pic i would off ran like hell."A third person said: "Omg!!! Move house x"While a fourth follower posted: "Pretty big I would start charging it rent."Shirley and Dave recently celebrated the Easter holidays in Brighton.Dave shared a snap of his wife with her head positioned in between two Daffodils as they enjoyed a break from filming.He captioned the post: "Happy Easter from a Welsh daffodil, love from Brighton and Hove having a break."Fans wished the couple well and many left compliments for Shirley. Erica said: "Gorgeous Shirley."One said: "Happy Easter, gorgeous lady, love you and Dave you crack me up."A second person said: "Happy Easter both.

Gogglebox stars Dave and Shirley have delighted fans by sharing a rare photo of their daughter Gemma who never features on the Channel 4 show.The celebrate International Women’s Day earlier this week, Dave Griffiths, who lives in Caerphilly, South Wales along with his wife Shirley, posted a tribute to the two special women in his life."Respect to all women throughout the world #internationalwomensday," he captioned the shot of Shirley and Gemma, 35.Catching a rare glimpse of the couple’s daughter, fans saw her looking stylish in a bright green outfit, a fiery red hair bob hairstyle and a face full of glamorous makeup.Gemma was all smiles with her mum who sparkled in an off the shoulder red and white floral dress.Surprised by the rare sighting of Gemma, fans flocked to the comment section and left a flurry of lovely messages."Gorgeous pic of mum and daughter," one wrote."Beautiful photo, you must be very proud Dave", another said.One fan wrote: "Gorgeous Shirley, you are so brilliant, you make Friday evening."One pal joked: "Respect to you ....for putting up with Dave.....only joking Dave love ya man"Welsh couple Shirley and Dave, who have been together for 40 years, joined the cast of Gogglebox during season six in 2015 and have become firm favourites on the show.But many don’t know that the pair share two children - Simon, 43, and Gemma, 35.They last shared a pic of their children in December as they enjoyed a festive dinner together.When they are not filming David is a cleaner in a factory and Shirley works in retail.The pair often keep fans updated with their off-screen antics on their Instagram page.Dave recently shared a snap of her Shirley on a chair in the window of the charity shop that she works in dressed up as