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Fly On The Wall
Series For C4
A British family have allowed their every move to be followed
by 21 cameras for a new Channel 4 documentary.
The channel spent a year searching for subjects for the fly-on-the-wall
series before finding the Hughes family, from Canterbury, Kent. The series,
The Family, comes 34 years after the BBC documentary by Paul Watson of the
same name.
The subject of that show, Margaret Wilkins, was vilified for her family's
use of foul language, but the programme was credited with creating the
fly-on-the-wall documentary.
Today's family, comprised of Simon Hughes, 44, who was recently made
redundant, wife Jane, 40, who works for a charity, and their four children
Jessica, 22, Emily, 19, Charlotte, 17, and Tom, 14, said they felt that they
had nothing to fear from letting the cameras into their home.
The Hughes' were filmed over 100 days and nights and more than 5,000 hours
of material was condensed into the eight-part series starting next month.
The Family begins on September 17.
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27 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Is this another family of halfwits that the nation will be
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No Contest For
Girls Aloud
Girls Aloud will not be looking for a new singer to become
the sixth member of the group, as part of a forthcoming reality TV music
contest.
It was claimed the pop band would be hosting their own talent show, much
like X Factor, to discover a singer to join them on stage for a one-off
concert. However, Girls Aloud have denied the rumours by posting a message
on their official website, that reads: "These reports could not be more
wrong and the girls are far too busy putting the finishing touches to their
brand new album to be filming a new show, let along bringing on board a new
member."
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27 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Red Dwarf Back For
One Off
BBC sci-fi comedy Red Dwarf seems set to return for a one-off
special after a 10-year absence.
Robert Llewellyn, who played android Kryten in the show, told Canadian TV
that BBC Worldwide has commissioned a new 60 minute episode to be filmed in
October for release next year on DVD.
The series set on a spaceship made stars of Llewellyn, Craig Charles and
Chris Barrie.
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27 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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X Factor - True Story
X Factor's Alan Turner, whose biological family claim he made
up the story of his tragic upbringing in foster care, denies he has invented
anything.
Turner, 23, impressed the judges with his voice and his story of appearing
to try and get some recognition from the family that had abandoned him.
But his real father, Alan Turner sr, and uncle, Shaun Stanfield, told the
newspapers they had always been in touch with Alan, and had even supported
his singing career.
Talkback Thames, producers of The X Factor, have taken the unprecedented
step of releasing a statement defending him: "Alan categorically denies that
he has made up any story regarding his upbringing and refutes the claims
which have been made. Alan has at no point apologised to producers and his
position in the show has never been in jeopardy.
"Unfortunately, in telling what is a very complicated story about Alan's
family life, some confusion and doubt has been raised about Alan's
relationship with his biological parents, which is unfortunate."
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27 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Celebrity Scissorhands
A third series of BBC Three's Celebrity Scissorhands is to
air in the autumn.
British hairdresser Lee Stafford returns to take the helm at the Celebrity
Scissorhands Hair & Beauty Academy to turn a group of celebrities in to
fully-fledged hair and beauty experts in just three short weeks.
Presenter George Lamb is back to host the hour-long primetime
show from inside the purpose-built state-of-the-art academy in Camden,
London.
The celebrities will work, six days a week, nine hours a day perfecting
their techniques on willing members of the public.
Clients will be asked to pay what they think their treatment is worth and
all money donated to the Academy goes to BBC Children In Need, whose mission
is to positively change the lives of disadvantaged children and young people
across the UK.
Suzanne Gilfillan, Executive Editor for BBC Entertainment said: "We are
thrilled that Celebrity Scissorhands is returning to BBC Three for a third
series.
"Celebrity Scissorhands is a hide-behind-your-hands entertainment show that
draws viewers in, often in horror and disbelief, as members of the public
throw themselves in to the hands of the celebrity trainees, all for BBC
Children in Need.
"It makes for compelling viewing and we can’t wait to see how the new
trainees will fare in Lee's hands this time round."
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27 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Olympics Closing
Figures
The contribution from London at the Beijing closing ceremony
on Sunday draw BBC One its biggest live audience of the entire Olympic
games, according to unofficial figures.
The BBC's television coverage of the 2008 Games peaked with a record
audience of 6.8 million viewers in the quarter-hour from 14:00 on Sunday, a
47 per cent share of the audience.
Sunday's entire closing ceremony programme averaged 5.5 million viewers
between noon and 15:15 on BBC One, a 42 per cent share of the audience.
BBC One's highest 15-minute Olympic ratings peak, including highlights
programmes, was recorded during BBC One's Olympics 2008: Games Today on
Thursday last week, including the men's triple jump and 400m final, with 7
million viewers.
Sunday's closing ceremony coverage was followed by another Olympics
programme featuring the live concert in London promoting the 2012 Games in
the capital.
The BBC director of sport, Roger Mosey, said the last day's audience figures
"confirmed the nation was hooked" on the Olympics.
"I've said before that experience confirms the line that you can never
please all the people all the time," Mosey said on his BBC blog.
"But these Games have had the most positive response of any major event
during my time in BBC Sport."
The BBC Trust chairman, Sir Michael Lyons, in a message to all staff in BBC
Sport, said they had done a "truly magnificent job".
"The BBC comes in for a fair amount of criticism, sometimes justified and
often not, so it is all the more important that the Trust underlines special
achievements like this," Lyons added.
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27 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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