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BEYONCÉ: T4 SPECIAL

Looking more beautiful and bootylicious than ever, Beyoncé joins Steve Jones for an exclusive performance and chats about everything from Jay Z to being a workaholic and what she wears to bed.

This T4 special will air on Channel 4 on Sunday the 13th May at 12.40pm.

David Tennant’s Most Embarrassing TV Moment!

Actor, David Tennant has revealed that his most embarrassing on screen moment was when he had to fake an orgasm. On last nights chat show, Parkinson, Tennant revealed:

“Pretending to climax on screen is about the most embarrassing thing I have ever done.

“It was in a film once quite a long time ago. It’s only because it’s a relatively private experience, let’s be honest.

“There are all these cameras and everyone else watching you and you go for it as best as you can.

“There’s a sense that when they say ‘Cut’, you think ‘Is that what everyone else does?’.

“It’s not pretending to have sex that is embarrassing. Hopefully you’re with an actress and you’re in the same boat and you are just getting on with it.”

Top Gear: Richard Hammond Shows Off On High Speed Motorbike

You would think that after his almost fatal crash last year, Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond would be sticking to bicycles from now on.

But Richard Hammond has laughed in the face of danger and is now showing off on his new 175mph Ducati 1098 motorbike.

Richard told The Sun: The Sun, “This is a toy I am going to enjoy a lot.

“You don’t know whether to pet it, caress it or leap on and cane it round the lanes.”

DERREN BROWN: TRICK OR TREAT Friday 4th May

This week Yshani, a young Sri-Lankan woman, selects a “Treat” card and is taught to play the piano to concert standard and performs a recital at Wigmore Hall after only two weeks of lessons with Derren. Derren also disguises himself as a waiter in New York, and attempts some psychic reading with his lunchtime customers. And actor Simon Callow is this week’s high-profile guest who falls under Derren’s influence.

Play It Again: Make Great Music with the BBC

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The BBC is giving the British public the opportunity to play a musical instrument or sing alongside BBC musicians in a series of free live events across the country.

The events, which accompany the recent BBC One television series, Play It Again, will give thousands of people of all ages and abilities the chance to perform with members of the BBC Orchestras and BBC Singers.

If you enjoyed watching Aled Jones learning to play the drums or were inspired by Jo Brand mastering the organ, you too can have a go at making music at one of 21 events.

The Play It Again events, which run until the 15 of July, are aimed at beginners and rusty returners alike, giving everyone the chance to come along and take part. Read More »

BBC Get On Demand Approval

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BBC shows such as Doctor Who and EastEnders are to be made available on-demand after the BBC’s iPlayer service was given the green light.

The service - which will launch later this year - allows viewers to watch programmes online for seven days after their first TV broadcast.

Episodes can also be downloaded and stored for up to 30 days.

The BBC Trust gave the iPlayer the go-ahead after consultations with members of the public.

About 10,500 individuals and organisations responded to the public value test after the trust gave its provisional approval in January.

As a result, the trust amended two conditions it had earlier imposed on the BBC’s plans.

‘Catch-up’ episodes

It had earlier called on the corporation to scale back plans to let downloaded “catch-up” episodes remain on users’ hard drives beyond seven days.

Now all episodes of some series will be made available until a week after transmission of the final instalment. But this will only apply to 15% of all content offered by the service.

And the storage window for TV catch-up over the internet has been set at 30 days from the day of download.

Jarvis Running The World: The Southbank Show

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Jarvis Cocker, the charismatic former front man of Pulp, is one of Britain’s best-loved musicians and cultural icons - and the subject of The South Bank Show.

Melvyn Bragg meets him in Paris to talk about song-writing, politics, his ambivalent attitude towards fame and what he likes about his new life in France

Jarvis formed Pulp while still at school in Sheffield in the late 1970s. As an awkward teenager he felt that pop music did not adequately inform him about the disappointments of growing up, and wanted to write songs that included ‘the bits which other pop songs had edited out.’ Read More »

BBC Wins Saturday Ratings Battle

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The BBC, once again whooped ITV on Saturday night with ITV claiming just 3.6 million viewers For Grease Is The Word and 3.4 million viewers for Vernon Kay’s Gameshow Marathon.

The BBC and their fabulous Saturday lineup achieved 6.6 million viewers for Doctor Who and 5.5 million viewers for Any Dream Will Do.

ITV will not be happy with the recent figures as this has been their worst Saturday since August 2006. So what are they doing wrong…..well lets start with David Gest and Sinitta……I could go on for hours…

Top Gear: Richard Hammond Prefers Cycling

Top Gear presenter, Richard Hammond has admitted that he prefers cycling around London to driving. Jeremy Clarkson will not be pleased!

Richard was asked by GQ magazine about public concern over greenhouse gas emissions, he said: “Well, I can understand that. Driving a Range Rover in London is pretty unnecessary. When I am in town I get around either on a scooter, a motorbike or on a bicycle.

“The truth is I’ve always loved cycling, ever since I was a kid. I do think that if you have a meeting in London and it’s 45 minutes away, you can get in an hour-and-a-half’s decent aerobic exercise.

“Clarkson takes the p*** remorselessly, of course.”

Jonathan Ross Will Host Live Earth

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Jonathan Ross has been chosen over Graham Norton to host this summer’s Live Earth concert for the BBC.

|Live Erth will consist of global concerts spanning seven continents will be broadcast on the BBC.

Created by former United States Vice-President Al Gore and Live 8’s organiser Kevin Wall to raise awareness of environmental issues, the Live Earth concerts will take place simultaneously in seven countries across the world on 7 July 2007.