Worst TV show of 2024? Love Island All Stars & Football Focus were truly awful but nothing matched witless BBC ‘comedy’

Worst TV show of 2024? Love Island All Stars & Football Focus were truly awful but nothing matched witless BBC ‘comedy’

CYNICS said 2024’s television could only get worse after it started with ITV’s landmark drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office. But you know the funny thing? They were absolutely right. 18 Smoggie Queens was one of the worst sitcoms of the year… maybe everCredit: PA 18 Football Focus was among this… Worst TV show … Read more

For 90 minutes on Christmas Day, TV was a glorious, happy, woke-free zone again with Gavin & Stacey

For 90 minutes on Christmas Day, TV was a glorious, happy, woke-free zone again with Gavin & Stacey

IT’S not Gavin & Stacey’s fault, but I’d started hating the Christmas special long before it came to screen. A resentment you can probably put down to personal failings and the fact that rolling news, the print media and even the BBC’s main bulletins seemed to be hyping the 90-minute… For 90 minutes on Christmas … Read more

Future of Gavin & Stacey revealed as BBC bosses ‘live in hope’ of spin-off show after finale pulls in 12.5m viewers

Future of Gavin & Stacey revealed as BBC bosses 'live in hope' of spin-off show after finale pulls in 12.5m viewers

BBC bosses want to make a Gavin & Stacey spin-off show after the finale scored the highest Christmas Day TV audience for 16 years. A peak of 12.5 million saw Nessa and Smithy get hitched in the sitcom’s highly anticipated conclusion. 6 Gavin and Stacey co-writers James Corden and Ruth… Future of Gavin & Stacey revealed … Read more

Gavin and Stacey star set to sign for Strictly after last ever episode, say bookies

Gavin and Stacey star set to sign for Strictly after last ever episode, say bookies

A Gavin and Stacey star is set to sign for Strictly after the last ever episode, according to bookies. Betting odds have surged for Joanna Page, who played Stacey Shipman, to take to the dancefloor next year. 4 Ruth Jones, who plays Nessa Jenkins and Joanna Page, who plays Stacey Shipman filming… Gavin and Stacey … Read more

Outnumbered fans in tears as Brockman family hit with tragic cancer shock as show returns for Xmas special after 8 years

Outnumbered fans in tears as Brockman family hit with tragic cancer shock as show returns for Xmas special after 8 years

OUTNUMBERED fans were left in tears as the Brockman family were hit by some terrible cancer news as the family finally made an on-screen comeback after eight years. Viewers have been waiting for years in order to see the Brockman’s back in action but were left rocked when it was revealed that… Outnumbered fans in … Read more

Call the Midwife sees character go missing from Christmas Specials – while another fails to return

Call the Midwife sees character go missing from Christmas Specials - while another fails to return

CALL the Midwife’s Christmas Specials were missing one popular character – while another failed to return. The hit BBC show returned for the second of two festive episodes tonight, proving a double delight for fans. 5 A Call the Midwife star was missing from the Christmas SpecialsCredit: PA 5 The… Call the Midwife sees character … Read more

Legendary BBC, ITV and Channel 4 racing commentator Derek ‘Tommo’ Thompson announces retirement after 60 years

Legendary BBC, ITV and Channel 4 racing commentator Derek 'Tommo' Thompson announces retirement after 60 years

LEGENDARY BBC, ITV and Channel 4 racing commentator Derek ‘Tommo’ Thompson has announced his retirement after 60 years behind the mic. Perhaps known best for his role in the infamous ‘it’s a man actually, Derek’ scene on Sky Sports Racing, Thompson, 74, said he would be quitting for good at the… Legendary BBC, ITV and … Read more

Watch the moment Gavin and Stacey actress Laura Aikman’s family found out she was in the finale after keeping it secret

Watch the moment Gavin and Stacey actress Laura Aikman's family found out she was in the finale after keeping it secret

LAURA Aikman has revealed the exact moment her family found out she was in the Gavin and Stacey finale after keeping it a secret. Actress Laura, 39, reprised her role as Sonia for the last ever episode on Christmas Day. 3 Laura Aikman has revealed her family had no idea she was returning to Gavin… … Read more

James Corden and Ruth Jones spend Christmas Day together to watch the Gavin and Stacey finale

James Corden and Ruth Jones spend Christmas Day together to watch the Gavin and Stacey finale

AHEAD of the Gavin & Stacey finale episode, writers and stars of the hit series James Corden and Ruth Jones shared a selfie on social media. The sweet selfie of James, 46, who played Smithy, and Ruth, 58, who plays Nessa, was shared ahead of the final ever episode of the beloved sitcom airing on… … Read more

EastEnders fans realise BBC bosses hinted at Cindy Beale’s fate weeks ago – did you spot it?

EastEnders fans realise BBC bosses hinted at Cindy Beale’s fate weeks ago - did you spot it?

EASTENDERS fans have realised Cindy Beale’s fate was ‘revealed’ by bosses weeks before Christmas Day. The BBC soap aired two explosive festive specials last night as Cindy and Junior’s affair was exposed. 3 EastEnders fans have spotted how BBC bosses hinted at Cindy’s fate weeks agoCredit: BBC 3 A… EastEnders fans realise BBC bosses hinted … Read more