The One Show host Alex Jones has claimed her ex Steve Jones once lied to stop her from interviewing Angelina Jolie.
Alex, who dated fellow TV presenter Steve from 1999 to 2002, recorded an appearance on Dish podcast with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett, in which she revealed the lengths her former partner went to prevent her from getting the interview gig – a betrayal that led to their break-up.
At the time, Alex was working as an entertanment correspondent for the Channel 4 series Rise.
The Welsh presenter said the opportunity to interview the Mr and Mrs Smith actor arose, but Steve told her bosses that she was sick when she was actually just out at the shops.
“Normally, they would call in the morning and ask to come and do an interview or a junket,” MailOnline reports Alex as explaining on a forthcoming episode of the podcast.
“I was staying in...
Alex, who dated fellow TV presenter Steve from 1999 to 2002, recorded an appearance on Dish podcast with Nick Grimshaw and Angela Hartnett, in which she revealed the lengths her former partner went to prevent her from getting the interview gig – a betrayal that led to their break-up.
At the time, Alex was working as an entertanment correspondent for the Channel 4 series Rise.
The Welsh presenter said the opportunity to interview the Mr and Mrs Smith actor arose, but Steve told her bosses that she was sick when she was actually just out at the shops.
“Normally, they would call in the morning and ask to come and do an interview or a junket,” MailOnline reports Alex as explaining on a forthcoming episode of the podcast.
“I was staying in...
- 4/7/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
David Dickinson has addressed claims he’s quit his ITV show after 17 years.
On Thursday (6 April), it was reported that the former Bargain Hunt star would be stepping away from Dickinson’s Real Deal, which he began hosting in 2006.
The show sees Dickinson, 81, guide members of the public as they attempt to sell their collectable items for the highest price.
While a source claimed that Dickinson’s impending departure from the show was ‘an open secret”, the host’s spokesperson stepped in to point out the rumours were false.
“David has no plans to retire from Dickinson’s Real Deal, a show he still very much enjoys making, and is hugely looking forward working on the upcoming series later this month,” his spokesperson told Metro.co.uk.
The Independent has contacted Dickinson for further comment.
Meanwhile, an ITV spokesperson said: “The current series of Dickinson’s Real Deal is in...
On Thursday (6 April), it was reported that the former Bargain Hunt star would be stepping away from Dickinson’s Real Deal, which he began hosting in 2006.
The show sees Dickinson, 81, guide members of the public as they attempt to sell their collectable items for the highest price.
While a source claimed that Dickinson’s impending departure from the show was ‘an open secret”, the host’s spokesperson stepped in to point out the rumours were false.
“David has no plans to retire from Dickinson’s Real Deal, a show he still very much enjoys making, and is hugely looking forward working on the upcoming series later this month,” his spokesperson told Metro.co.uk.
The Independent has contacted Dickinson for further comment.
Meanwhile, an ITV spokesperson said: “The current series of Dickinson’s Real Deal is in...
- 4/7/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
There aren’t any Bafta awards for “the nicest show on television”, but there jolly well ought to be, so that The Repair Shop receives its proper recognition each and every year. You can keep your moving dramas, searing social documentaries and World Cup finals, because there’s only one TV show guaranteed to get the audience weeping at full capacity, and especially at this emotionally charged time of year. They should probably rename it “There Will Be Tears”.
Ostensibly, the show is about dedicated craftspeople doing up bits of, frankly, tat and junk to no great commercial purpose. In contrast to the rather mercenary undercurrents on the Antiques Roadshow or all those daytime programmes featuring David Dickinson and a wad of tenners, there’s no snidey valuations “for insurance proposes, of course” and no possibility that deeply loved family heirlooms are quietly being prepared for auction to help pay for a new kitchen.
Ostensibly, the show is about dedicated craftspeople doing up bits of, frankly, tat and junk to no great commercial purpose. In contrast to the rather mercenary undercurrents on the Antiques Roadshow or all those daytime programmes featuring David Dickinson and a wad of tenners, there’s no snidey valuations “for insurance proposes, of course” and no possibility that deeply loved family heirlooms are quietly being prepared for auction to help pay for a new kitchen.
- 12/26/2022
- by Sean O'Grady
- The Independent - TV
As the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! kicks off, you might be wondering what became of previous winners.
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
- 11/17/2022
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - TV
As the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! kicks off, you might be wondering what became of previous winners.
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
- 11/11/2022
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - TV
As the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! kicks off, you might be wondering what became of previous winners.
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
- 11/9/2022
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - TV
As the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! kicks off, you might be wondering what became of previous winners.
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
- 11/7/2022
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - TV
As the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! kicks off, you might be wondering what became of previous winners.
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second season of I’m a Celeb, retired cricketer Phil Tufnell went on to become a team captain on the quiz show They Think...
- 11/2/2022
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - TV
As the new series of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! kicks off, you might be wondering what became of previous winners.
Stars participating on this year’s series have arrived in Australia ahead of the launch episode, which will be broadcast this Sunday (6 November).
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second...
Stars participating on this year’s series have arrived in Australia ahead of the launch episode, which will be broadcast this Sunday (6 November).
Among this year’s crop of celebrity contestants is former health secretary Matt Hancock, who was suspended as a Conservative MP as soon as his participation was announced.
Read more about this year’s contestants here.
Find out about previous winners and what they’re up to now, below:
Tony Blackburn (2002 winner)
Broadcaster Tony Blackburn was the first ever King of the Jungle after emerging victorious in the first series of I’m a Celeb. After making it out of the Australian outback, he carried on with his work at a number of radio stations.
Phil Tufnell (2003 winner)
After winning the second...
- 12/7/2021
- by Roisin O'Connor
- The Independent - TV
Alex Carter Aug 17, 2016
The BBC has a packed line-up of daytime antique shows, but the original Bargain Hunt still provides the most edutainment...
It is an immutable law of the universe that everything everywhere will at some point be bought on Bargain Hunt. That important looking bit you keep in that tin of random things in case you find out what it’s for? In 2064 some antiques expert who hasn’t even been born yet will explain casually that it was used as a stand for rich Moldovan aristocrats' spare eyeballs, or a small portable gardening tool for calibrating parasols. It doesn’t matter if it was actually the plastic thing that keeps your router standing on end.
It’s these genuinely true histories of random objects bought from someone’s car boot that makes Bargain Hunt the most educational of daytime shows - it teaches you about things you...
The BBC has a packed line-up of daytime antique shows, but the original Bargain Hunt still provides the most edutainment...
It is an immutable law of the universe that everything everywhere will at some point be bought on Bargain Hunt. That important looking bit you keep in that tin of random things in case you find out what it’s for? In 2064 some antiques expert who hasn’t even been born yet will explain casually that it was used as a stand for rich Moldovan aristocrats' spare eyeballs, or a small portable gardening tool for calibrating parasols. It doesn’t matter if it was actually the plastic thing that keeps your router standing on end.
It’s these genuinely true histories of random objects bought from someone’s car boot that makes Bargain Hunt the most educational of daytime shows - it teaches you about things you...
- 8/5/2016
- Den of Geek
Keith Lemon is a very busy man at the moment - but somehow he still managed to find the time to write not one, but two books! Not only has he released his childhood memoir Little Keith Lemon, but he's also penned a safe-for-little-ones kids' book, The Beaver and the Elephant. To celebrate, we caught up with Keith ("I look worse than Kelly Brook in the morning," he complained) to chat about his books (and how Hugh Jackman inspired them), his new sketch show, why he regrets choosing a beaver for his book, Celebrity Juice and much, much, much more...
1. Keith on... why he wanted to write a childhood memoir
"Well, it's a prequel to the last book I did called Being Keith which is more about the TV years. This one's more about growing up in Leeds rather than telly gossip, whereas the last one was telly gossip. This...
1. Keith on... why he wanted to write a childhood memoir
"Well, it's a prequel to the last book I did called Being Keith which is more about the TV years. This one's more about growing up in Leeds rather than telly gossip, whereas the last one was telly gossip. This...
- 11/10/2014
- Digital Spy
Strictly Come Dancing cha-cha-chas back into your Saturday nights this weekend, offering a glittery and ever-so-slightly-camp alternative to the sobbing and warbling of ITV's The X Factor.
After ruling the ratings roost in 2012, the X Factor team and ITV will have been waiting nervously to find out who their competition is this year, but following the unveiling of the lineup on The One Show tonight, Simon Cowell and co will probably be sleeping a little bit more easily.
The biggest names on the lineup are probably Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden, BBC Breakfast's Susanna Reid, rugby play Ben Cohen and Wag Abbey Clancy. It's hardly a selection of names to get your pulse racing.
Of course Strictly lineups have never been exactly brimming with A-listers. From orange-faced antiques babbler David Dickinson and Celebrity Big Brother reject Claire Sweeney in series one to the likes of bland acting bore Colin Salmon...
After ruling the ratings roost in 2012, the X Factor team and ITV will have been waiting nervously to find out who their competition is this year, but following the unveiling of the lineup on The One Show tonight, Simon Cowell and co will probably be sleeping a little bit more easily.
The biggest names on the lineup are probably Dragons' Den star Deborah Meaden, BBC Breakfast's Susanna Reid, rugby play Ben Cohen and Wag Abbey Clancy. It's hardly a selection of names to get your pulse racing.
Of course Strictly lineups have never been exactly brimming with A-listers. From orange-faced antiques babbler David Dickinson and Celebrity Big Brother reject Claire Sweeney in series one to the likes of bland acting bore Colin Salmon...
- 9/2/2013
- Digital Spy
Dave has become one of the surprise digital channels to achieve some pretty decent ratings over the past few years, thanks to the combined use of original programming (Red Dwarf, Argumental), repeats of much-loved shows (Top Gear, Qi) and the acquisition of shows from across the pond which haven't yet reached mainstream status here (Man Vs Food).
One such show from the latter group is one of the least authentic and most fake shows you will ever see, and comes under the umbrella of 'trashy reality' programmes that the Us are very good at. Yet, somehow, it is strangely addictive and enjoyable, and has clearly become a big guilty pleasure of many UK viewers.
New episodes regularly beat shows on Channel 4, ITV2 and E4, at just under a million viewers. For a Us show with hardly any promotion on a channel like Dave, that is pretty damn good numbers.
One such show from the latter group is one of the least authentic and most fake shows you will ever see, and comes under the umbrella of 'trashy reality' programmes that the Us are very good at. Yet, somehow, it is strangely addictive and enjoyable, and has clearly become a big guilty pleasure of many UK viewers.
New episodes regularly beat shows on Channel 4, ITV2 and E4, at just under a million viewers. For a Us show with hardly any promotion on a channel like Dave, that is pretty damn good numbers.
- 7/22/2013
- Digital Spy
Smith And Jones feels like a mini-reboot of Doctor Who. Just like Rose did in 2005, Smith And Jones launches right into the new title sequence without a pre-credits teaser. In a sense, this is the dawning of a new era, since Rose is – for now – out of the equation. In her place comes Martha Jones, unofficially known as the Raw Deal Companion.
Martha has some big shoes to fill, since – despite the rather iffy Season Two characterisation – Rose was still riding ahead in popularity. Freema Agyeman was chosen to play Martha: at the time, a lesser known actress who'd appeared in the reboot of Crossroads and of course, as Adeola in Army Of Ghosts in what was essentially a dummy run for her full season. However, Freema got her big break with the 2007 season of Doctor Who, and since then, has become a regular face on British TV, most notably in ITV's Law And Order.
Martha has some big shoes to fill, since – despite the rather iffy Season Two characterisation – Rose was still riding ahead in popularity. Freema Agyeman was chosen to play Martha: at the time, a lesser known actress who'd appeared in the reboot of Crossroads and of course, as Adeola in Army Of Ghosts in what was essentially a dummy run for her full season. However, Freema got her big break with the 2007 season of Doctor Who, and since then, has become a regular face on British TV, most notably in ITV's Law And Order.
- 6/24/2011
- Shadowlocked
Lisa Faulkner was seen last night being crowned as the winner of Masterchef 2010.
The former Holby City star faced Dick Strawbridge and Christine Hamilton in the final, but won judges Greg Wallace and John Torode over with her menu of goat’s cheese and red onion tartlet, monkfish and almond pannacotta. John particularly enjoyed the dish and praised her “natural touch and fantastic palate”
“I just wanted to prove to John and Greg that they had chosen the right person,” she told the cameras after winning.
“You know when something is going wrong because you see the camera come looming towards you and Greg bellowing at you but they are ultimately really kind and I am just in awe of both of them.
She added:
“I love it, I love cooking and since the show I just haven’t stopped.”
“I now cook all the time, I cook every day.
The former Holby City star faced Dick Strawbridge and Christine Hamilton in the final, but won judges Greg Wallace and John Torode over with her menu of goat’s cheese and red onion tartlet, monkfish and almond pannacotta. John particularly enjoyed the dish and praised her “natural touch and fantastic palate”
“I just wanted to prove to John and Greg that they had chosen the right person,” she told the cameras after winning.
“You know when something is going wrong because you see the camera come looming towards you and Greg bellowing at you but they are ultimately really kind and I am just in awe of both of them.
She added:
“I love it, I love cooking and since the show I just haven’t stopped.”
“I now cook all the time, I cook every day.
- 8/21/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Michael Ball has admitted that his new television show could struggle. The singer signed up for the daytime series in June after the cancellation of David Dickinson's programme. Ball has now told The Daily Record that he does not know whether the format will work. "It's six weeks of five shows and yes, I'm under no illusions it may fall flat on its face," he said. "These things often do. But we might find something there. If I enjoy it, if ITV like it and there's an audience, we might even come back for more." He added: "I'm old enough and wise enough to know the first show isn't going to be the best one we ever do. (more)...
- 8/16/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
David Dickinson's chatshow has reportedly been cancelled. The programme launched on ITV1 earlier this year and was billed as a mix of celebrity guests, topical debates, cookery and antiques. However, The Sun says that the show has been axed after just one series. "Bosses thought they would try David out as a talkshow host but it didn't really work out," a source explained. "The feedback they got wasn't great." Executives (more)...
- 6/23/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
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