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BREXIT comedian Alistair Williams turned down an offer to appear on the Beeb because of its “antiBritish bias”.
The stand-up revealed he was asked to appear last week to discuss the UK leaving the EU.
But he snubbed the BBC, branding their content “propaganda”.
He tweeted: “Due to the bias and anti-British propaganda being produced by the BBC I’m afraid I would not be comfortable appearing on the network.”
He also blasted the Beeb for sharing a clip of the Horrible Histories’ song British Things, calling the song “brainwashing of the young to hate their country”.
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5 is marking 35th Neighbours’ a week of birthday with programmes. special teased that Bosses have five weddings there will be of the week in the course characters as iconic return to Ramsay Street for the episodes.
FILMING has begun on the second series of hit BBC One comedy Ghosts.
The sitcom features a young couple, Alison (Charlotte Ritchie) and Mike (Kiell Smith-Bynoe), who inherit a grand country estate only to find it is both falling apart and overrun with spirits.
Button House is home to restless souls who have died there over the centuries.
Created by the team behind Horrible Histories, the comedy show stars the iconic gang who made the children’s show a cult hit including Mathew Baynton, Jim Howick, Ben Willbond, Simon Farnaby and Martha Howe-Douglas.
ITV has commissioned a new crime series based on the Karen Pirie novels by Val McDermid.
The broadcaster is working with the makers of Line Of Duty and The Bodyguard to produce the shows.
The show is based on The Distant Echo, the first in a series of novels about the female detective set in the Scottish university town of St Andrews. ★
MASKED Singer panellist Rita Ora takes a bite out of herself after baking king Ben Cullen presented her with a lifelike cake portrait.
The star of Channel 5’s
Extreme Cake Makers made the cake for the singer’s birthday. Ben became a
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DOCTOR Who will battle an entire army of Cybermen in a spectacular two-part season finale.
Show boss Chris Chibnall has revealed the storyline – guest starring Benidorm’s Julie Graham – will be “epic”.
Last month fans were thrilled when Captain Jack (John Barrowman) made a brief return to warn the Doctor “beware the lone Cyberman”.
And Chibnall says more of the chilling aliens are to come.
He added: “It’s probably one of the most epic space opera stories we’ve done.
“It’s a big, big Cybermen story, that last two-parter.
“There are a lot of Cybermen coming. It might start with one, but you’ll see a lot more.
“It’s as epic and as emotional as the opening two-parter.
“There are fantastic spaceships and there are Cybermen.”
Fans were stunned last month when an unknown Doctor from graphic designer before swapping his pen for a piping bag and focusing on his culinary concoctions.
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After spending years baking creations in his spare time he now makes stunning celebration cakes for a string of celeb customers. the past, played by Jo Martin, was revealed for the first time in an episode titled Fugitive Of The Judoon.
Chibnall teased: “We haven’t finished with the surprises and we haven’t finished with the big reveals. I think a lot of the questions that people are asking will be answered, particularly at the end.”
New figures show that the New Year’s Day special, featuring Lenny Henry and Stephen Fry, racked up 7.4million viewers.
But the telly chief revealed that he is not hung-up on overnight viewing figures. He focuses on the 28-day ratings – which show who has tuned in on catch-up.
He explained: “We look at the ratings as you would if it was a show on Netflix or Amazon.
“It’s such a jigsaw puzzle now of all different ratings from all different sources. The BBC are really delighted with how the show’s performed this year.”
● Doctor Who airs on Sundays on BBC1 at 7.10pm.
KATIE Price is being eyed up by producers to replace Caprice Bourret on Dancing On Ice, after the model sensationally quit the show last week.
One of the show’s bosses, Dan Whiston, said the 41-year-old former glamour model Katie would be perfect for the skating competition.
He revealed: “I’ve always said Katie Price would be a good signing. She’d be quite outspoken and fun.”
Although he admitted he has not yet approached the mum-of-five, he said: “Watch this space.”