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Take That, probably the biggest act of the Boy Band era and record-breaking successors to The Beatles in English music history, continue to ride the wave of success with a new Netflix documentary on the horizon and a BAFTA appearance tonight.

Take That were giants of the Boy Band era, selling more records than any other English group since The Beatles. They are still enjoying success today, with a new Netflix documentary in the works as well as appearing at the BAFTAs tonight.

Robbie Williams has insisted Gary Barlow was "stitched up" in old footage shown in the Boybands Forever documentary.

Robbie Williams has written an open letter to Take That’s ex-manager Nigel Martin-Smith objecting to claims Martin-Smith made about his drug addiction in a new documentary.Both appeared in the first episode of three-part BBC documentary Boybands Forever, which aired yesterday (November 16) and focused on the struggles members of Take That, Westlife and Five dealt with at the height of their popularity.Martin-Smith managed Take That in the 1990s while Williams was still part of the band, before he quit in 1995 and went on to build a successful solo career.He said that when Williams became addicted to drugs, he was “smart and quite clever” to blame his drug taking on being “in this band where he couldn’t have girlfriends or couldn’t go out”. At one point, he said Williams acted like a “wanker” and that he was made out to be “evil”Williams has now hit back at Martin-Smith’s claims in an extended post on Instagram.“Hope all is good in your world and life is being kind to you,” he began.

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic When Robbie Williams told an interviewer that he felt like a performing monkey, he didn’t mean it literally. But that’s exactly how “The Greatest Showman” director Michael Gracey interprets the remark in “Better Man,” an off-the-wall musical biopic that surely would have seemed banal — as opposed to downright bananas — had it featured a flesh-and-blood actor in the Robbie Williams role.

An Ayrshire woman celebrated her 105th birthday yesterday surrounded by loved ones.

Jay Kontzle may soon be making an exit from Emmerdale - if Meena Jutla gets her way.

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