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EastEnders - Richie Wants To Be Back
Shane Richie wants to return to EastEnders to reprise his
role as Alfie Moon.
Alfie and his lover Kat Slater, played by Jessie Wallace, were written out
of the BBC soap in 2005 as they left to start a new life together.
Since then, 44 year old Richie has since had a number of
acting jobs but none have matched his glory days in EastEnders.
He said in a newspaper interview: “I’d love to go back to
EastEnders.
“I look forward to the day a call comes from the producers saying, ‘We want
Alfie back’.
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Out Of The Blue To
BBC Two
BBC One's new daytime soap Out of the Blue is being moved to
BBC Two less than a month after it premiered.
The BBC commissioned the 130-episode series from local Australian producer
Southern Star Entertainment after it lost Neighbours to Channel Five.
The series will move to BBC Two on May 19.
Out of the Blue centres around a group of thirtysomething friends who return
to their home town for a high school reunion only for the celebrations to be
curtailed when one of the group is murdered.
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Virgin
Mobile Sponsors Big Brother
Virgin Mobile is to sponsor Channel 4's Big Brother 9 this
summer, it was revealed today.
The Big Brother sponsorship will primarily be used to promote Virgin Mobile,
although parent company Virgin Media will also promote some other of its
services such as broadband.
Channel 4 has not released its scheduling plans for this year's Big Brother,
but it is thought likely to be slightly later than the 2007 series, in late
May or even June.
James Kydd, the managing director of marketing and brand for Virgin Media,
said: "Big Brother is still the biggest reality TV phenomenon on the box.
"When it's not being broadcast on Channel 4, we look forward
to keeping fans up to date via our mobile, TV and web portal platforms."
"Big Brother is still immensely popular and resonates with
the youth and popular culture in general today."
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James
Whale Joins Shopping Channel
Radio talk show host James Whale has joined shopping channel
Bid TV, it was announced today.
Whales was yesterday fired from TalkSport after urging listeners to vote for
Boris Johnson in London's mayoral election.
He said his career had "come full circle" as he worked as a trainee buyer at
Harrods "some years ago".
Bid TV said the 56-year-old would appear on screens in an evening slot,
starting later this month.
"It won't be long before I know more about diamond jewellery, toasters and
kettles than anyone could ever imagine," said Whale, who added he was "up
for a new challenge".
Andy Hodgson, a spokesman for Bid TV, said TalkSport's loss was his
channel's gain.
"We're delighted to welcome James on board and expect him to stoke some
bargain-hunting fever amongst our viewers in his true, inimitable style."
James Whale Fired
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BBC Subtitles
The BBC now has all programmes on its channels carrying
subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
In 1999, the commitment was made to broadcast every programme with subtitles
on BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three, BBC Four, CBeebies, CBBC and BBC News,
formerly BBC News 24.
This move involved the development of new speech recognition technology,
building on the original Ceefax software that formed the basis of the first
BBC subtitled programme in 1979.
Blue Peter was the first live programme to carry subtitles in 1986 and the
subtitling of news programmes followed in 1990.
More than 50,000 hours of subtitled content a year is now broadcast and the
BBC said its next aim was to deliver access services on demand via the BBC
iPlayer.
Jana Bennett, the director of BBC Vision, said: "Reaching this ambitious
target is a fantastic achievement for BBC Vision and our technical teams.
"It's great to know that viewers who are deaf or hard of hearing will be
able to enjoy the full breadth of our programmes across all of the BBC's
television channels."
Jackie Ballard, the chief executive of the Royal National Institute for Deaf
People, said: "We congratulate the BBC for rising to the challenge and
reaching 100 per cent subtitling on its main channels."
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Rose d'Or Awards
Teen drama Skins is among a number of British-made programmes
to pick up a prestigious Rose d'Or award in Switzerland.
Skins, The IT Crowd, The Peter Serafinowicz Show, ballet documentary
Strictly Bolshoi and the satirical series Kombat Opera Presents were among
those to pick up prizes at the oldest international television awards.
The Street II, which follows the lives of residents of one
street in Manchester, received a special mention in the drama category.
Now in its 48th year, the Rose d'Or festival takes places annually in
Lucerne and it attracted a record 402 entries from 34 countries.
Festival director Urban Frye said: "This year's programmes were of
exceptional quality, which presented our international jurors with a
challenging task.
"However, the calibre of entries proves not only that the Rose d'Or is back
at the heart of European creativity, but also that it is possible to create
programmes with cross-cultural and cross-generational appeal."
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