THE PRIDE OF BRITAIN AWARDS
Thursday, ITV, 8pm
Hankies at the ready for this heartwarming annual celebration of people who genuinely make the world a better place.
Diversity’s Ashley Banjo is joining Carol Vorderman to host proceedings from the Grosvenor House Hotel in London.
Well known faces taking part include Ant and Dec, Ed Sheeran, Anne-Marie and KSI.
Brace yourselves for some amazing and emotional stories.
THE GRAHAM NORTON SHOW Friday, BBC1, regions vary
Ron Howard drops by to chat about his memoir, while the everyouthful Paul Rudd chews the fat about his role in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Plus, Halle Berry discusses her new sports drama Bruised, and Stephen Fry plugs his latest book Fry’s Ties. And don’t miss the irrepressible Miriam Margolyes, who is bound to tell some naughty stories as she talks about her autobiography.
WORZEL GUMMIDGE
Saturday, BBC1, 5.45pm A one-off special, in
part of something and I wasn’t the most important part which was good!
“In many respects the actors themselves are not the most important thing, there are so many other things that happen before that camera gets turned on and I came away with that appreciation for the skill of so many others.”
Jodie also enjoyed getting to work with some of Doctor Who’s famous enemies. “The thing that’s fun about working with monsters that have been in it before but are new for me is that it makes you feel like you are getting your moment of history... like Sontarans, for me it’s my first so that was great.”
She says: “The prosthetics are amazing. You forget that the makewas up is on them after 10 minutes as you’re so used to seeing them having a cup of tea and talking to people.”
However, fighting aliens comes at a price and Jodie has suffered her fair share of bruises doing stunts for the new series. She reveals: “After two days I was bruised and hurt and realised that this is why there are stunt doubles, as I am pathetic!
“You do a lot of flips as if you’re falling through space and have to spin yourself backwards in a rotation and make sure you don’t get tangled. It’s all wonderful as you don’t think at the time that you’ll be able to do it. I also do sword fighting in this, or maybe it is best described as avoiding being got by a sword – I really loved that.
“Stunts wise there is a lot of action, but rather than jumping through cranes it feels like a lot of falling through space.”
Meanwhile, what does John think fans will make of the newest member of the Tardis team? “So far it’s been positive but they haven’t met Dan yet!
“I think, for me, I have been given a glimpse that once you’re in Doctor Who, you’re fixed in time in the eyes of a lot of people because they’ll come to it at different times in their lives and at different ages. And so of all the things I’ve ever done, it might be the thing that lasts the longest.”
Doctor Who: The Halloween Apocalypse is available on BBC iPlayer