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Big Brother Viewers
The latest series of Big Brother is pulling in little over
half of the audience for its final run on Channel 4.
Average audiences for the Channel 5 version of the show since it launched on
Friday amount to 1.7 million, figures show.
It compares with an an average of 3.2 million who watched the first five
episodes of the programme for its swansong series on C4 in 2010.
The figures are almost 47% down on last year’s series, which began in May
rather than August.
September
14
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Frank Skinner To Star In
Radio 4 Comedy
Frank Skinner is to write and star in a BBC Radio 4 sitcom,
Don't Start, which will start next month.
Katherine Parkinson will star opposite Skinner in the four-part series,
about a couple who argue about a different issue each week.
"I've spent an unhealthy percentage of all my relationships in argument
mode," the presenter and stand-up said.
The 54-year-old said he was inspired by the dextrous bickering in many
Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn films.
"Sometimes it's simply destructive but, on other occasions, it can be like
an elaborate verbal dance.
"One of the characters in Don't Start talks about finding 'poetry amidst the
bile'.
"Radio loves language and that gives me licence to explore a style of comedy
that loves language too."
Avalon, the company which manages Skinner's career, is also producing the
series.
It said the set-up allowed the couple to continually outdo one another with
"increasingly absurd images, unexpected literary references and razor sharp
analysis of their beloved's weaknesses".
In the first episode a text message and the refusal to eat celery sparks the
first argument.
Don't Start begins on October 5.
September
14
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Jeremy Kyle and
USA
Jeremy Kyle is moving his show from the ITV studios in
Manchester to Fox and CBS in the US.
Kyle, who used to be an insurance salesman, has taken his controversial show
to the top of the midweek morning ratings.
He is now looking to take over the void in the US talk show arena caused by
the departure of the Oprah Winfrey Show.
Kyle's American show will be available to nearly three quarters of the
country.
Kyle said: "For the programme to be picked up by stations
owned by media giants like Fox, CBS and Hearst and scheduled to be shown
daily across America is incredibly exciting for me."
TV Studios America is co-producing the series with American distributors
Debmar-Mercury.
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14
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Ann
Widdecombe Wants Anton To Win
Ann Widdecombe wants her former dance partner Anton du Beke
to come out on top in this year's Strictly Come Dancing.
The former MP, whose performances last year made her a cult hit with
viewers, said she wished she 'could have another go'" on the show.
She revealed: "I won't be watching every week, but I will be voting for
Anton every week."
Widdecombe said her only advice to this year's contestants was 'to have
fun'.
She added: "I don't think there is any practical advice that anyone would
want to take from me, mine was the pantomime act."
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Channel
4 Tommy Cooper Special
Channel 4's Head of Comedy Shane Allen has commissioned a
one-off special presenting the untold life of British national treasure,
comedian and magician Tommy Cooper which is due for transmission later this
year.
The ninety minute special will draw on previously unheard audio and unseen
archive footage from Cooper's personal and professional life as well as
never performed before material and details from the meticulous diaries of
his life-long manager Miff Ferrie.
It will also feature a wide variety of contributors from
those who tried desperately to save his life the night he collapsed on stage
to some of his most famous and unexpected fans.
Shane Allen said: "This is an in depth look into the emotional and
professional workings of one of Britain's most loved and admired comedians."
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