Sara’s really Making It
The group are serving it up in style may have ruled herself out of this year’s Celebrity Big Brother, but we hear that bosses haven’t given up on the idea of a royal signing just yet. Our sources say the show’s casting team have held a Zoom meeting with the late Queen’s outlandish second cousin, who apparently showed “some interest” in taking part. A source says: “They’re determined Celebrity Big Brother’s comeback will be a real attention-grabber so they’re thinking outside the box. “Sarah’s decision to rule herself out was a blow so when Princess Olga’s team agreed to a virtual meeting, they were really interested to meet her and see what she could bring to the table.” Princess Olga has done a string of Channel 4 shows, including The Royal House of Windsor and The Big Celebrity Detox – in which she took part in nude mirrorgazing and snake therapy (yes, really). A brief stint in the CBB house will be child’s play in comparison…
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respected. Back in the day, it was lame.” Guitarist also reveals that when the band supported The Rolling Stones at British Summer Time in 2022, they “weren’t allowed in” to the backstage village the rockers had built in London’s Hyde Park. Well, you can’t always get what you want…
Dragons’ Den star is looking for entrepreneurs to appear on Making It – a new BBC TV show inspired by her dad. Sara told how it was retired engineer Frank who created her first ever product, an envelope maker. And that design helped her launch her hugely successful Crafting Companion business. Sara, who will return as a Dragon for the sixth time later this month, told us: “Everyone has got an idea in them, but lots of people don’t know what to do with them. I want to do for those people what my dad did for me – I want to give them a team who can help make their product a reality. I can’t wait to get started.” Wannabe contestants can email casting@ twentysix03.
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says it was surreal hosting Gladiators with son – because he took him to the set as a baby. Bradley, whose wife was an associate producer on the original show, says: “I used to go and watch five weeks’ filming. I’d walk Barney around in the pram to meet all the gladiators. He was about one. rang after Breaking Dad [the pair’s first joint show] and said, ‘We’ve got this one-off…’. I was like, ‘Why not…?’ ”
Hollyoaks is a must-watch this week, as the soap sees the return of Theresa Mcqueen a double wedding and a horror car crash. An hour-long special episode will stream on C4 tomorrow at 7.30pm and air on E4 on Tuesday at 7pm. It will see the love triangle between Felix Westwood Mercedes Mcqueen and Warren Fox reach an epic climax. And Ste Hay will be forced to make a decision that will rock the village. You know where you’ll find us at 7.30pm tomorrow night…