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Big Fat Gypsy
Christmas
Next month, Channel 4 is to screen a one-off documentary from
the makers of My Big Fat Gypsy Weddings following the celebrations and
traditions of members of the Irish traveller community at Christmas time.
Filmed last Christmas, as a thick layer of snow covered the
land, there is an avalanche of dresses and diamante as travellers prepare
for the festive season. Following a mass yuletide traveller First Communion
ceremony and two of the most jaw-dropping weddings ever shown, the film also
follows some of the unique traveller preparations that go on in the run up
to Christmas day.
The film follows Irish travellers, not previously featured in the series,
who open their doors to the cameras, and also catches up with some familiar
faces; spending Christmas Day itself with Paddy and Roseanne at their home
on a traveller site in Salford.
November
06
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Girl For Kate
Silverton
BBC newsreader Kate Silverton has given birth to her first
child, a baby girl, her agent Jonathan Shalit has confirmed.
Clemency Florence Rose was delivered naturally at Queen Charlotte's Hospital
in West London last night, weighing 8lbs 9oz - and according to Shalit both
mother and baby were doing "very very well".
Silverton said in a statement that the new arrival "has big lips and feet
like her mummy."
The 41-year-old had previously been told she would have difficulty getting
pregnant without help, after losing an ovary during an operation to remove a
cyst when she was 29.
She and her husband Mike Heron had attempted four cycles of IVF and tried
acupuncture in a bid to have a child - but Clemency was ultimately conceived
naturally.
Her agent said, "Mike and Kate would like to express their thanks to the NHS
staff at Queen Charlotte's Hospital in Hammersmith, especially leading
midwife Jenny Smith and Dr Gowri Motha, for their help and support in
ensuring Kate and Clemency had a natural and as gentle a birth as possible."
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06
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David Walliams
Complaints
Channel 4 is reportedly being investigated by the media
watchdog after a lewd comment made by comic David Walliams on one of its
shows sparked a number of complaints.
Ofcom said it is "assessing" if the joke, in which the Little Britain star
said he would like to perform a sexual act on a teenage member of boy band
One Direction, had breached the broadcasting code.
Walliams, 40, was appearing on Chris Moyles's Quiz Night at the end of last
month when he made the sexual remark to the Radio 1 DJ.
During the show, which was aired an hour after the watershed at 22:00,
Walliams agreed with Moyles that he liked 17-year-old singer Harry Styles
"because of his hair", before adding: the lewd remark.
According to The Sunday Times, Channel 4 received four complaints from
viewers, while Ofcom received two.
An Ofcom spokesman said: "We will assess the complaints against the
Broadcasting Code, the rule book of standards which broadcasters must adhere
to."
Channel 4 said the show was aired post-watershed and that viewers had been
warned of strong language and adult humour.
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06
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Voice Of The Football Results To Retire
His is the voice of Saturday afternoons. But despite being
one of the most recognisable voices in history, few are familiar with the
face of Tim Gudgin, who yesterday announced he is to retire from his job
reading the football results on television.
Best known for his distinctive rising and falling intonation as he delivers
the scores to fans around the country, the veteran broadcaster is hanging up
his microphone after more than 60 years on air.
Gudgin is due to do his final Final Score programme on BBC on November 19,
the week before his 82nd birthday.
Having started out on British Forces Network Radio in Germany in 1950, he
came to the BBC two years later to take up the job of studio manager for the
corporation’s European Service, where he also worked as a news reader.
In 1976 he joined Grandstand, one of the BBC’s longest running sports
programmes, where he read out the racing and rugby results in the
final-score segment of the much-loved programme.
His role on Grandstand continued until 1995, when he became only the second
person to read out the football results for BBC television on Saturday
afternoons.
When Final Score became a separate programme in 2004, he continued in the
job, despite being past retirement age.
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