What we liked in 2013: television
Were we glued to Doctor Who? Did we really want reality shows like I'm A Celeb and X Factor? Or would we rather escape with Call The Midwife or Downton? We discover 2013's top TV showsThese are testing...
View ArticlePaul Potts: 'I had to heavy breathe for James Corden'
The Britain's Got Talent winner was relieved to discover One Chance, the film about his rise to operatic fame, would be a comedy but that was before he was asked to lip-synchHello Paul! Do you enjoy...
View ArticleBritain's Got Talent ain't big enough for two comics, Simon Cowell decides |...
From Little Britain to little bit-part? David Walliams is apparently a tad miffed that Simon Cowell has usurped his role as the comedy judge on Britain's Got Talent, the Sun reports. According to...
View ArticleDownton Abbey helps increase ITV's audience share for first time since 1990
Broadchurch and I'm a Celebrity also contribute to main ITV channel's 16.2% share of all viewing in 2013ITV's main network increased its audience share last year for the first time since 1990, on the...
View ArticleWhy Simon Cowell doesn't want to see his son go to the dogs
The Britain's Got Talent judge is dreading the day little Eric asks for an auditionBehold, the Britain's Got Talent judges, who hilariously brought along their dogs to the show's official launch this...
View ArticleSimon Cowell tips a homegrown act to win Britain's Got Talent this year
X Factor judge joins David Walliams and defends decision not to hold auditions for ITV entertainment show in ScotlandSimon Cowell has vowed to prove that Britain really does have talent after the last...
View ArticleBritain's Got Talent: Simon Cowell steps back with dancer Paddy Jones
Producers of ITV talent show defend inclusion of 79-year-old grandmother who won Spanish contest and holds world recordIt felt like another Susan Boyle moment, in the opening episode of the new series...
View ArticleBritain's Got Talent return breaks record with more than 11m viewers
Simon Cowell's ITV show benefits from not being up against The Voice, attracts almost half of entire TV audience in timeslotITV's Britain's Got Talent returned with a record launch audience of more...
View ArticleThe Sun apologises to Louis Walsh, on page 2, for a page 1 'fix' story
The opening clause in the editors' code of practice, about accuracy, states: "A significant inaccuracy, misleading statement or distortion once recognised must be corrected, promptly and with due...
View ArticleBritain's Got Talent pulls in 10 million
Simon Cowell's ITV show adds 800,000 viewers for third instalment, with a 46.1% share of the Saturday night audienceITV's Britain Got Talent attracted an audience of over 10 million on Saturday,...
View ArticleSimon Cowell accused of making clowns of circus act | Media Monkey
Simon Cowell has angered the leader of a cycle troupe after they appeared on Britain's Got Talent. The Daily Mirror reports that Gerry Cottle has called for all circus acts to boycott the ITV talent...
View ArticlePostman Pat: the Movie review
Promising start descends into film that feels head-scratchingly inappropriate given wholesomeness of preschool TV seriesWith a roiling sea of preschoolers primed for entertainment, the Postman Pat...
View ArticleViral Video Chart: Jay-Z, Beyoncé, Ed Sheeran and Stephen Sutton
Watch a plucky cat chase off a dangerous dog, a rabbit munching raspberries and Super Mario's Game of ThronesDogs are often described as man's best friend, but it's a hero cat who features in our top...
View ArticleBritain's Got Talent: will Piers Morgan return to replace David Walliams? |...
Former editor and Little Britain star respond to rumours that ITV talent show might be about to shake up its judging panelCould Piers Morgan be about to return to Britain's Got Talent to replace David...
View ArticleBroadchurch triumph at Baftas watched by 5 million
BBC1 coverage of annual television awards took 23.5% audience share as ITV's Olivia Colman drama won three prizesBBC1's coverage of Broadchurch's hat-trick of prizes at the Bafta TV awards averaged...
View ArticleBritain's Got Talent: A weary groan of a TV programme
The talent is tedious, Ant and Dec seem embarrassed and Simon Cowell can barely bring himself to care. The BGT juggernaut is running on emptyWatching a Britain's Got Talent semi-final can feel a bit...
View ArticleBritains Got Talent final watched by 11 million on ITV
Simon Cowell talent show had 15-minute peak of 11. 8 million as opera boy band Collabro won this years contestAlmost 11 million viewers tuned in to watch operatic boy band Collabro win Britains Got...
View ArticlePudsey the Dog: The Movie review a shame for everyone involved
It is embarrassing that something so shoddy could ever have emerged from Britain's film industry. Bring on the SuBo sequel Watch a video review of the filmThis is a British film so depressingly bad...
View ArticleThe Guardian Film Show: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Pudsey the Dog: The...
Peter Bradshaw and Catherine Shoard join Xan Brooks for our weekly round-up of the big cinema releases. This week, welcome to the monkey house as the team go bananas for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes;...
View ArticlePudsey the Movie is a lame duck - does it spell the end for Simon Cowell,...
The votes, sorry figures, are in: Pudsey has failed to set multiplexes alight. Simon Cowell's movie mogul ambitions may well be over Mark Kermode's review of Pudsey the Dog: The Movie I played a...
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