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Soap star Alexandra Mardell has been crowned the winner of Strictly Come Dancing’s Christmas special for 2022.

STRICTLY Come Dancing fans have blasted the Christmas special as "unfair" after the show's winner leaked online. Dozens of fans took to Reddit to hit out against the fact that some of the professionals who weren't seen on this year's series also will not take part in the special episode.

THE winner of the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special has been leaked online – two weeks before the show airs. The festive episode was filmed last night and saw six new celebs compete for the coveted Glitterball Trophy.

A POP legend has been revealed as the fifth person to sign up for the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special. Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts will take the stage for the ballroom in an attempt to be crowned this year's festive champion.

Friends and fans of Janey Godley have rallied for the star after she admitted she's feeling "overwhelmed" by her ongoing fight against cancer.

BBC show, said that criticism over the sitcom had been taken "too far", adding that nicknames on the show were simply "fun names".The star is set to appear on Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh today, where she may discuss her time on Gavin and Stacey alongside other acting projects.Alison has played Gavin's mum Pam since the first episode aired back in 2007.She starred opposite Larry Lamb, who played the role of her husband, Mick.Despite being loved by viewers generally, the favourite BBC programme recently sparked backlash due to Pam's friend's nickname, "Japanese Margaret".Addressing the criticism in autumn 2020, Alison said: "I was shocked and upset by it."It's like, Pam's got a friend called 'Japanese Margaret', but it's not because she is being racist."They are fun names and we all do it with friends," she added.However, the star also said she understood some of the backlash.Alison went on: "I can understand why suddenly people start going, 'Argh'."But come on, no one wants to be racist."No one wants to be disrespectful."I think sometimes we take political correctness too far," she said to Belfast Telegraph.Two years ago, the BBC confirmed that Gavin and Stacey episodes would be staying on iPlayer in spite of social media backlash over past episodes.The hit BBC comedy, written by James Corden and Ruth Jones, was criticised over the names of its characters, such as "Seth, the black fella", "Big Fat Sue" and "Chinese Alan".The broadcaster removed Little Britain from the streaming platform for its past blackface sketches, but is standing by Gavin and Stacey.Programme writer Ruth Jones, who also stars as Nessa on the show, previously defended an anti-gay slur in the Christmas special.Defending the remarks, she said

Hollyoaks may pride itself on being a teen soap that deals with the issues that face today’s young people, but it also has a history of casting excellent actors who've had long and interesting careers already. As the spring trailer launched today, fans were excited to see the addition of Glynis Barber as gangster Norma. She’s a soapland favourite having played Glenda Mitchell in EastEnders from 2010-2017.

Gavin and Stacey was 'relentless' hard work – because each scene took 60 takes.The actor, who played Gavin’s dad Mick Shipman in the hit comedy series, said the gruelling filming would push the cast to the point where "everyone ran out of that room screaming".The famous Indian takeaway scene in the award-winning show took 12 hours to film, Lamb said.Lamb said in comparison EastEnders was a "piece of cake" as scenes only needed "one or two goes at it" and there would be a lot more laughs on the set of the soap opera.Speaking on the What If? podcast, the 74 year old said: "When you've done all of those episodes and all that number of episodes together, all mixed in with whats going on at Eastenders, it all becomes this kind of amazing

EastEnders actor Larry Lamb, 73, has opened up about the heartbreak of losing his brother in 2009 to cancer.

Larry Lamb has lead an extraordinary career and is most remembered by fans for his roles in BBC's EastEnders and Gavin and Stacey.

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Loose Women host Ruth Langsford appeared to not remember her colleague's name on Wednesday afternoon's show as she introduced her to actor Larry Lamb via video link.Earlier in the programme, the ladies discussed intimacy and finding a new partner once you reach a certain age.Panellists Brenda Edwards and Coleen Nolan were very open about this topic and discussed certain discomforts they may have with the idea of a new partner.As the show progressed actor Larry Lamb joined the ladies via video link to discuss his thoughts on intimacy too.But when Ruth spoke to Larry about the topic, she forget Brenda's name.Ruth said: "Speaking to Coleen and what's your name again?"After a quick pause, the This Morning host said "Brenda".But Ruth's

Larry Lamb has said that his 17-year-old daughter is being stalked.

EASTENDERS star Larry Lamb has revealed that his 17-year-old daughter is being stalked - and the family are so scared they have installed CCTV at home. The 73-year-old actor spoke out on social media after his ex-wife's best friend shared a lengthy statement about what is going on on her behalf.

THE confusion around Gavin and Stacy continues as cast member Rob Brydon insists 'nothing's in the works'. However, his co-star Larry Lamb, 73, shares a totally different view, as he teased 'there'll be more' new episodes.

LARRY Lamb has urged James Cordon to film more episodes of Gavin & Stacey before he's "dead". The 73-year-old admitted he felt it was "highly unlikely" there wouldn't be any more episodes of the show, written by Cordon and Ruth Jones, but wanted to get the script through sooner rather than later.

EASTENDERS stars Shane Richie and Patsy Palmer broke down in tears live on air as they remembered Barbara Windsor. Shane was co-hosting tonight's The One Show tribute to the star, who passed away at the age of 83 last night.

EastEnders star Larry Lamb has recalled the first time he met the late Dame Barbara Windsor.

Alison Steadman has said she would “run to Cardiff” to be involved in another Gavin & Stacey special.

Gavin and Stacey star Larry Lamb has launched a blistering attack on the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic during a live phone-in with Jeremy Vine.