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Celebrity - Start Date
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! is returning to ITV1 for
a new series starting on Sunday, November 13 at 21:00.
Details of those taking part are still to be announced but as usual, the
series will be fronted by Ant and Dec.
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01
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Strictly
Come Dancing Complaints
Robbie Savage has defended his Strictly Come Dancing routine
after his Michael Jackson-style pelvic thrusts sparked controversy.
The BBC received 267 complaints about last weekend's routine with
professional dance partner Ola Jordan and viewers also wrote on the BBC's
online messageboards.
Former footballer Robbie wrote on Twitter: "Seems I upset 267 people out of
11.5 million on Saturday night with MJ moves! Just seems some people have it
in for me, nothing new there then!"
He added: "So some people thought it was inappropriate to do a Michael
Jackson move at 7pm on a Saturday night to one of his songs! Why?
"Seriously what is the world coming to when on an entertainment show people
complain about a famous Michael Jackson move which my five-year-old loves
doing!"
The BBC said: "Robbie danced a paso doble to Michael Jackson's Bad on
Saturday's show and the choreography emulated some of Michael (Jackson's)
most famous dance moves.
"Strictly is a live entertainment show and, with it being the Halloween
Special, Robbie wanted to pull out all the stops. We would like to assure
viewers no offence was intended."
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Jimmy Savile To Be Buried In Tracksuit
Sir Jimmy Savile is to be buried with one of his iconic
cigars.
The TV presenter and charity campaigner – who died on Saturday aged 84 after
suffering from pneumonia - will be buried with a number of his trademark
items, including his most-treasured tracksuit and chunky jewellery, in
accordance with his dying wishes.
Theatre producer David King – a close friend of Jimmy – told a newspaper:
"Jimmy was such an optimistic man and didn't like to talk about death.
"But what he did say was that at his funeral he wanted to be dressed in his
best tracksuit, which was blue.
"He also wanted all his usual garb buried with him, his sunglasses, big
chunky jewellery and of course a fat cigar."
His body will be taken to a city centre hotel in his home town of Leeds on
Tuesday so well-wishers can say goodbye to him ahead of a Requiem Mass in
the city the day after – Wednesday November 9.
The broadcasting icon will be buried the following day in the North
Yorkshire seaside resort of Scarborough, which he loved and where he also
had a flat.
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Cuts Will Harm BBC Local Radio - Claim
The BBC director general has been warned that budget cuts to BBC local radio
stations will harm programme quality.
Radio Merseyside presenter Roger Phillips challenged Mark Thompson at the
Radio Festival in Salford.
He said reducing the BBC budget by 20% over five years would mean the
station losing 15 of its 46 staff, meaning "we can't provide quality at
all".
Under the savings plans, local stations will share some programmes outside
peak times, with a total of 280 posts under threat.
Stations such as Radio Merseyside will continue to broadcast their own shows
in the breakfast, mid-morning and drive-time slots.
"We'll keep the presenters there but we can't apply any quality because
we'll lose about 15 staff out of 46," Phillips said.
"There's no way we can put any real input into those news and current
affairs issues."
Criticising BBC management's decision to treat all local stations equally,
he said: "It is salami slicing.
"We can't provide quality at all," he added. "Our afternoon programme's been
protected but we can't provide input."
Highlighting the coverage of the August riots on local stations, BBC Radio
Manchester sports editor Sarah Collins said the plan to share shows with
neighbouring stations put the relationship with listeners in jeopardy.
"The riots proved the value of localness," she said. "It's what we do every
day.
"Without localness, BBC local radio is nothing. In these difficult times for
all of radio, if you dilute localness, then you do it at our peril."
Mark Thompson admitted that "the impact in terms of jobs in local radio is
high".
But referring to the timeslots that account for 85% of listening, he said:
"We hope that the editorial impact on those key day-parts is going to be
manageable."
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01
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