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The BBC and BritBox have commissioned a spin-off of BBC drama favourite Death in Paradise, with Kris Marshall’s DI Humphrey Goodman character making a return in the UK.

Naman Ramachandran The universe of the globally popular “Death in Paradise” series is being expanded with new show “Beyond Paradise.” The new series follows characters who have moved from sunny Saint Marie to rural Britain. Co-commissioned by BBC One and BritBox International, and reuniting Kris Marshall and Sally Bretton in the lead roles, the six-part “Beyond Paradise,” created by Tony Jordan and Robert Thorogood, will be produced by Red Planet Pictures.Executive chair of Red Planet, Jordan, will act as showrunner and executive producer alongside Tim Key and Belinda Campbell, and Diederick Santer and Tommy Bulfin will executive produce for BritBox International and BBC respectively. BBC Studios will handle international distribution.

BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty, 47, had been in conversation with fellow presenter Jo Whiley about the music festival Glastonbury, which kicks off today, when she made the blunder.She referred to other BBC reporters as "rivals" before swiftly changing gears and substituting the word with "colleagues"."Who else do you want but Jo Whiley there presenting for the BBC?" she began during an interview from the festival published on BBC Sounds."I was talking with our rivals," she told Jo, before hastily adding: "Not rivals - our colleagues, I should say!"Jo, 56, responded: "I'm glad I'm talking to you as well then!"The pair then went into a conversation about Glastonbury, which Naga revealed that she had never attended before.Her admission followed comments from comic Lenny Henry querying why the world-famous festival did not attract large numbers of ethnic minorities.Jo assured her that it was "the most extraordinary experience" which would hold "appeal for all ages".She told of how her mother had camped out with her several years earlier and was now nagging her for a repeat experience as she was "desperate" to go again.Jo said she had also seen off her children, the youngest of whom is 13, as they headed to the festival at Worthy Farm in Somerset.Top acts include headliner Paul McCartney, who is expected to wow at the event after having just turned 80 last week.DJ Jo spoke of the strong "female representation" that she was looking forward to her daughters India and Coco being inspired by.She has previously joked that her youngest daughter was conceived thanks to Glastonbury favourite Noel Gallagher."I’d always wanted a fourth child and I kept saying to Steve not to forget that,” she ­told the Mirror previously.“Then I

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 The former singer also explained how she went to London for work the week before and the long journey put her off staying in the UK due to the trip taking a whole day.She shared how you can hop on a plane and be in Marbella in "less time".Kerry has five children from previous relationships, Molly Marie McFadden, 20, Lilly-Sue McFadden, 19, Heidi Croft, 15, Maxwell Croft, 14, and Dylan-Jorge Kay, eight.It comes after the on-screen personality opened up about her plans to move house after "not feeling safe" because of the ordeal she went through last year, as she expressed her regret at moving back "up north" to Cheshire.GMB's Charlotte Hawkins exudes elegance in show-stopper at Royal Ascot[LATEST]Sir Lenny Henry questions lack of diversity at Glastonbury[OPINION]BTS fans in tears as K-Pop superstars bid emotional farewell[MUSIC]In December Kerry was left completely devastated when her Range Rover was stolen while out shopping, and 11 days after her fiancé Ryan's car was taken from outside their home.Addressing the incident in her column for New! Magazine, she talked about moving out of her home.Kerry added that it's "really is a horrible feeling knowing that someone has been to your home," before explaining that she felt "violated" and still doesn't feel safe despite it happening weeks ago.The mum-of-five then revealed that she can't wait to move out of her current abode and buy a home with her fiancé."We’re currently renting where we are," she told readers, before explaining how she had mulled over buying the place they are renting but have now decided against it.She concluded by saying the family will stay in the same area that they are in now.Back in December when the cars were stolen, Kerry said: "Two cars gone in 11

Glastonbury.The former Tiswas presenter explained he had been “always surprised” by the apparent absence of people of colour attending the events.He said: “It's interesting to watch Glastonbury and look at the audience and not see any black people there.“I’m always surprised by the lack of black and brown faces at festivals.“I think, 'Wow, that's still very much a dominant culture thing’,” Sir Lenny added to the BBC's Clive Myrie in a Radio Times interview.Lenny is an actor and comedian, also known for co-founding the charity Comic Relief.He has also previously spoken out on his extreme transformation after losing a whopping three stone.Lenny revealed his weight loss began in in 2014 after facing health issues caused by his weight.“I’m a bit diabetic, so I was put on a very strict diet,” he said.“I’ve lost between two and a half and three stone.

Glastonbury Festival.The comedian, actor and TV presenter said that it’s “interesting” to see what he claims is a lack of “Black and brown faces” at the festival and other UK events.He made the remarks while speaking to BBC journalist and presenter Clive Myrie for the Radio Times. “It’s interesting to watch Glastonbury and look at the audience and not see any black people there,” he said.Henry’s perceptions were backed up somewhat by Glastonbury co-organiser Emily Eavis, who said in a new BBC documentary that Stormzy’s headline performance in 2019 came “a little bit late”.

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EastEnders is set to take a dark turn next week. In a heartbreaking scene, Ben Mitchell will be raped by Albert Square’s newcomer; bar manager Lewis Butler, played by Aidan O'Callaghan. BBC soap EastEnders viewers have seen Ben, played by Max Bowden, struggle recently after he and husband Callum were targeted in a homophobic attack, which has triggered painful memories of when Ben's first love Paul was killed in similar circumstances.The long-running soap has been working closely with various charities and organisations on the new storyline – including SurvivorsUK, Survivors Manchester and the Male Survivors Partnership – to ensure the storyline is portrayed accurately and approached realistically and with sensitivity in mind.

Kay Mellor has died at the age of 71. The Leeds-born scriptwriter passed away on Sunday her production company announced: “It is with profound sadness that we announce the untimely and sudden passing of our beloved friend, mentor and colleague Kay Mellor on Sunday 15th May 2022.

RUTH Jones and Lenny Henry have led tributes to actor and screenwriter Kay Mellor after her sudden death at the age of 71. Ruth, who played Kelly Chadwick in Leeds-born Kay's show Fat Friends, said she was "completely shocked" in a moving statement.

Kay Mellor, the writer of British dramas such as The Syndicate and Band of Gold, has passed away aged 71.

ITV series Tiswas, its host Chris Tarrant has revealed. Rick and bandmate Francis Rossi were among a host of showbiz stars packed into a “celebrity cage”.Chris, 75, said: “All of a sudden, the unmistakable smell of marijuana came wafting into my nostrils from the direction of the cage.“Here’s me, the producer of a supposed children’s television programme, kids everywhere, parents everywhere, journalists everywhere, and one of my guests is smoking a joint.“I abandoned the sketch, much to Lenny Henry’s bewilderment, and rushed to the cage, completely drenching everyone in it with bucket after bucket of the Midland Water Board’s finest product.

“I remember once somebody said ‘I saw a child crying on their show’, well yeah go to a kids party, kids cry you know, they fall over and stuff.He added: “We had this famous incident where, I decided we would have a celebrity cage, instead of normal members of the public we pelted with rubbish, let’s get celebrities in there.“We had Status Quo, a rock band from America called Goldie and the Gingerbreads, Lemmy from Motorhead and the late splendid John Peel, the cage was rammed.“We pelted them with whatever and then I’m doing a sketch with Lenny and I suddenly thought that’s marijuana, I, a producer of a children’s show and somebody is smoking a spliff.”When asked “Did you find out who it was?”, Chris said: ”Yes, basically Lenny and I were doing the sketch, he was dressed up as a waiter and Lenny was like ‘where are you going’ and I said forget it and just pelted the cage with water and the offending item was put out.“I can’t tell you who it was… Rick Parfitt.”Tiswas, which stood for Today Is Saturday: Watch And Smile, ran between 1974 and 1982 with Chris at the helm for seven of those years.Featuring a stitch-together of competitions, film clips, pop promos and comedy sketches, the show left kids howling with laughter across eight series.Chris was joined by co-host Sally James as well as a young Sir Lenny Henry and occasional appearances from comedians such as Jim Davidson.Chris believes censors would pour cold water all over Tiswas today because of how some of the guests were treated.A popular segment on the show was “The Cage”, where, usually, a child in the audience who had applied, would be locked up and periodically doused in water.It became so popular that the 100th show featured several hundred fans lining the

Whoopi Goldberg has sent a special message from the Anansi Boys set in Edinburgh, alongside Lenny Henry and Neil Gaiman.

Amazon Prime Video’s The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power has unveiled details about Tyroe Muhafidin’s character.

Tyroe Muhafidin has joined the cast of Amazon Prime Video’s The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power. The actor joins a stacked cast featuring Ismael Cruz Cordova, Morfydd Clark and more.

Whoopi Goldberg will step away from «for a while,» her co-host, Joy Behar, announced during Monday's show.Behar told the audience that Goldberg, 66, is busy shooting the upcoming Amazon series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's 2005 fantasy novel, . Behar called it a movie, but it's actually a six-episode order that, according to, is currently in production in Scotland. «If you're wondering where Whoopi is, the girl's got a movie she's making and she will be back when she finishes whatever she's doing,» Behar said.

She’ll be back. Whoopi Goldberg will be absent from ABC’s The View for an extended period of time, but Joy Behar assured viewers that it’s only a temporary leave of absence.

Whoopi Goldberg is taking a hiatus from The View as she works on a new show called Anansi Boys, her co-host Joy Behar announced on Monday.Behar, 79, said, 'If you're wondering where Whoopi is, the girl's got a movie she's making and she will be back when she finishes whatever she's doing - so she's gone for a while.'Goldberg, 66, will be filming the series - an adaptation of the 2005 novel by author Neil Gaiman - in Scotland, Variety reported Monday. The latest:Whoopi Goldberg, 66, is taking a hiatus from The View as she works on a new show called Anansi Boys, her co-host Joy Behar, 79, announced on Monday'I have been a fan of this book for a very long time and when Neil Gaiman told me it was being brought to the screen, I did everything I could to be part of it to help make people aware of Anansi and all his magic,' Goldberg, who is set to play the role of Bird Woman, told the publication.Gaiman, 61, told Variety that he had initially had Goldberg in mind when he wrote the novel: 'When I first conceived Anansi Boys, decades ago, I imagined Whoopi Goldberg as Bird Woman.' He continued: 'I wasn’t able to meet her until 2018, when she interviewed me with some of the Good Omens team at New York Comic Con.