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Jade Goody Back In UK
Jade Goody broke down in tears as she arrived back in the UK
tonight after being diagnosed with cancer.
Goody, 27, apparently learned she had cervical cancer while
appearing in Bigg Boss - the Indian version of Big Brother.
The mother of two flew into London's Heathrow Airport after a seven-hour
flight from Mumbai, India.
Looking tired and drained the upset Goody told airport personnel escorting
her through the terminal: "I don't want any more I can't do this."
She broke down in tears as she was met by a number of photographers and left
the airport through a private exit.
Just days before leaving for India and while awaiting test results, Goody
spoke of her fears for her two children over her cancer.
The reality TV star revealed how she went into the Indian Big Brother house
to pay the bills - knowing she could have the disease.
Doctors advised her that getting pregnant again could kill her and urged her
to have a hysterectomy.
The single mother said in the interview with Reveal magazine: "I will worry
for my beautiful boys if I get unwell. I live for them. I have to keep
working to support my family. It's not an option to stop."
22:00
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19 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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ITV2
Reveals Celebair Contestants
ITV2 has revealed its new autumn schedule including hard
drinking off duty superheroes in its first original sitcom No Heroics,
celebrities taking your holidays in their hands in CelebAir, the return of
Billie Piper in a new series of Secret Diary of a Call Girl, and more
musical send-ups in the second series of Katy Brand's Big Ass Show.
Leigh Francis also returns to the channel, encouraging Holly Willoughby and
Fearne Cotton to take one another on in their new panel show Celebrity
Juice, while George Lamb, Abigail Clancy and Michelle de Swarte separate the
stylish from the style-free in The Fashion Show.
The channel has also revealed the "famous" faces taking part in CelebAir:
singer and presenter, Mica Paris; singer and former Steps band member, Lisa
Scott-Lee; star of The X-Factor, singer Chico; writer and presenter, Tamara
Beckwith; presenter and comedienne Amy Lamé; star of Australian Idol and
Neighbours, Dan O'Connor; singer and former member of Blazin' Squad, Kenzie;
ex-Hear'Say member and husband of Lisa Scott-Lee, Johnny Shentall; musician
and one-time member of So Solid Crew, Lisa Maffia; model Michelle Marsh and
comedian and actor, Phil Cornwell.
The show will follow the celebrities as they become airline
employees, taking on a variety of roles on the ground and in the air. One of
them will be eliminated each week, while the last participant standing will
win thousands of pounds for the charity of their choice.
The channel had also confirmed the commission of Paris Hilton's New Best
Friend (working title), a UK television exclusive which sees Paris hitting
London to search for a new best mate!
ITV2 Controller, Zai Bennett, said: "This autumn on ITV2 we're
launching a stellar line up of programmes with some of the best talent on
British television.
"This autumn is our strongest season ever and will absolutely
consolidate ITV2's position as the No. 1 digital channel in the UK."
19:39
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19 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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BBC Four -
The Golden Age Of Steam
BBC Four is to screen a season of programmes dedicated to
Britain's steam railways, The Golden Age of Steam.
In the documentary Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails, the effects of Doctor
Beeching's cuts are explored.
The Last Days of Steam will tell the story of the men who
built steam-powered locomotives, the trainspotters who championed them and
their history.
In Between the Lines: Railways in Fiction and Film, novelist Andrew Martin
explores how trains shaped the writing of writers from Charles Dickens to JK
Rowling.
The six-part series Railway Walks will feature Julia Bradbury travelling
along old railway tracks, through overgrown cuttings and across ancient
viaducts to tell the local stories behind the growth of the railways.
A Nation on Film special, The British Transport Films, looks at the
documentaries, travelogues and natural history films made by Edgar Anstey
and his team of film-makers at the state owned British Transport Films unit
after World War Two.
BBC Four controller Janice Hadlow is overseeing the season and commissioning
editor, specialist factual, independents Mark Bell commissioned the
individual programmes.
13:15
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19 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Hollyoaks
Actress Depression
Actress Emma Rigby has told a magazine that playing an
anorexic in Hollyoaks made her feel "tired and depressed".
The actress - who plays Hannah Ashworth in the Channel 4 soap - said she was
thrilled when she first found out she would get to star in such a dramatic
storyline, but it soon started to take its toll on her.
She said: "I'd been really looking forward to getting a big storyline
because when I started on the show, I was still in my last year at school
and was really limited with the hours I could work. So when I found out
about the anorexia storyline, I couldn't wait to start.
"I got such a fright when I saw myself in the mirror after I'd been made up
to look tired and drawn, and actors who weren't in scenes with me would come
up to me during the day and say, 'Oh my God! You look awful.' I had so many
people saying I looked awful, I started to feel really tired and depressed."
Emma - who won Best Actress at the British Soap Awards for her portrayal of
the troubled teenager - also revealed she wasn't required to lose weight for
the role.
She told New! magazine: "I was panicking that it wouldn't be believable and
that people would say I was too fat, but the producers said, 'We don't want
you to lose weight at all.' The make-up and wardrobe department really
helped me out in that respect as well."
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19 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Second Channel
For Sky Arts
BSkyB has announced it is to launch a second Sky Arts channel
on October 20.
The channels will reflect both contemporary and classical
programming and will air alongside the existing Sky Arts HD Channel.
From October, Sky Arts 1 will feature contemporary shows, such as live rock
concerts, while Sky Arts 2 will showcase opera and other classical art
content.
Contributors include Madness frontman Suggs, broadcaster Mariella Frostrup,
and art critic Brian Sewell.
Sky Arts HD will broadcast content from both Sky Arts 1 and Sky Arts 2.
Sky entertainment managing director Sophie Turner Laing said: "This is
further evidence of our commitment to invest in the content that people love
and demonstrates how pay TV can meet viewers' individual needs."
Head of Planning for the channel, Adrian Zak, said: “In
short, we’re offering increased choice to viewers at a time when other
broadcasters are all but abandoning the arts.
“We’ll have 3 channels now, Sky Arts 1 featuring the best in
the more contemporary side of the arts, for example rock music,
documentaries and our exclusive commissions. Sky Arts 2 will feature the
more traditional arts like opera, classical music, dance performances and
the visual arts. Sky Arts HD will feature a mix of programmes from both of
these channels.”
10:12
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19 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Carol Vorderman
Farewell Show
It is reported today that Channel 4 is set to mark the
departure of Countdown hosts Carol Vorderman and Des O'Connor with a special
programme at the end of the year.
Channel 4's head of daytime, Helen Warner, is thought to be considering
ideas to mark what will be the end of an era for Vorderman, who has been
with the daytime quiz since it launched in 1982, and O'Connor, who replaced
Des Lynam last year.
Previously recorded new episodes are due to begin airing at the end of the
month with Vorderman and O'Connor expected to return to Countdown's Leeds
studios in the autumn to film their final shows.
These will sustain the series until the end of the year when new presenters
will take over.
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19 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Jade
Goody Flies Home For Treatment
Jade Goody has left India's Bigg Boss to return home after
she was told she has cervical cancer.
Goody underwent hospital tests earlier this month after her
third cancer scare, following four mystery collapses.
A spokesman for Goody said: "She went for tests and results
have come back and she has cancer.
"She was phoned up and informed. This is a massive blow for
her."
The mother-of-two was tested for bowel cancer in 2006 and
ovarian cancer in 2004, but was given the all-clear both times.
07:55
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19 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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