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Michael Jackson Seance
Voted Worst Show
Derek Acorah's Michael Jackson: The Live Seance has been
named the worst programme of the past year.
James Corden and Matthew Horne's comedy sketch show Horne And Corden and
Amanda Holden's circus-themed series Big Top also made the top five of the
survey, which asked contributors to name the biggest TV flop of 2009.
Television psychic Acorah's programme, which was broadcast live on Sky1 in
November and hosted by June Sarpong, racked up 33 per cent of the votes cast
by more than 9,000 Yahoo! users ahead of tonight's National Television
Awards (NTA).
In the programme, Most Haunted star Acorah travelled with four Jackson fans
to a house in Ireland where the late pop star once stayed. He claimed to
have contacted the spirit of Jackson - who died last June - and relayed
messages to his friends and family.
Holden, whose show Britain's Got Talent is nominated for an NTA, starred as
a ring mistress alongside Tony Robinson in Big Top, which came fourth in the
survey.
Horne and Corden's show Gavin And Stacey, written by Corden with Ruth Jones,
is nominated for an NTA for Best Comedy but the pair were blasted by critics
for their sketch show, which came fifth in the Yahoo! poll.
The second worst programme, as voted for by Yahoo! users, was ITV's Al
Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder, fronted by comedian Murray, known
for his Pub Landlord routine.
18:39
January 20
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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EastEnders - Actress
Quit Due To Storylines
Natalie Cassidy has told a magazine that one of the reasons
she quit EastEnders was because of her character’s lesbian affair.
The 26-year-old actress left the soap in 2007, after playing Sonia Jackson
since she was 10 years old, but told Reveal magazine she was uncomfortable
with the lesbian affair her character had with her nursing colleague Naomi.
Cassidy said: “One of the reasons I left was because of the lesbian
storyline I had – I felt that is wasn’t right for Sonia.
“Sometimes in soaps, people are so keen to get a shocking story that the
character gets forgotten.”
15:49
January 20
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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EastEnders - Special
Anniversary Event
EastEnders fans will soon have the chance to get up close and
personal with their favourite soap with EastEnders 25 - The Exhibition.
The event will take place on February 5 and 6, in the run-up
to the programme's live 25th anniversary episode which will be broadcast on
February 19.
Fans will be able to interact with iconic props, pose for a picture on
Arthur's bench and see their favourite character's costumes which will be on
display to the public for the first time as part of the 25th anniversary
celebrations of the popular BBC One continuing drama.
EastEnders executive producer, Diederick Santer, said: "EastEnders has been
the BBC's most popular show for a quarter of a century, and we're really
excited to be giving fans the chance to come and remind themselves of their
favourite dramatic endings through seeing some of the props and costumes
from the show's biggest storylines."
Tickets to EastEnders 25: The Exhibition will be available free of charge
via the BBC audience website at bbc.co.uk/tickets.
Ticket registration will be open from today to January 27 and tickets will
be allocated via a random draw once registration closes.
Following the exhibition in London, a selection of the props and costumes
will go on to be displayed at the National Media Museum in Bradford. The
objects will be on display in the museum's Experience TV gallery from
February 12 which is open to all visitors free of charge.
The museum will also be hosting a number of events from
February onwards celebrating the past, present and future of EastEnders.
15:02
January 20
2010 - waveguide.co.uk
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