Trojan Donkey is a new hidden camera comedy that takes all that’s good in ‘old style’ covert filming to show us how funny life can be when we think no one is watching. With a cast of strange but lovable characters, Trojan Donkey seeks out situations to confuse and engage the public as they go about their everyday lives.
Tonight sees the start of a new BBC2 thriller, The Fall, and Unreality TV were lucky enough to catch up with one of its stars, Bronagh Waugh, to find out what we have in store for us!
Best known for playing feisty Cheryl Brady in the hit Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks, Bronagh is joined by three former Hollyoaks co-stars Emmett J Scanlan, Gerard McCarthy and Karen Hassan for this new series, in which she plays the wife of Belfast’s first serial killer.
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Award-winning documentary maker Olly Lambert bring his one-off film – Syria Across the Lines, to Channel 4. Lambert spent weeks living deep inside Syrian territory – with both government and opposition supporters – to learn how the two year conflict is tearing communities apart.
Channel 4 and the Big Lottery Fund (BIG) have teamed up and this evening will kick start the biggest ever television money giveaway. The organisations have £10 million at their disposal and the cash will be handed out to those in the community with radical ideas about how to tackle some of the country’s biggest problems.
Over the course of the series, five famous Channel 4 stars will undertake various projects to find worthy causes and charities for the funds and they will secretly try to help the teams land £2 million of funding, which can be used to further projects and plans and most importantly, ground breaking ideas.
It’s been revealed today that despite ITV trying desperately to poach top comedian and chat show host Alan Carr from Channel 4, he’s remained loyal to the broadcaster and signed a new two-year deal worth £4million.
It’s understood that ITV were keen to sign Alan up to the network after viewing figures showed he consistently draws bigger audiences for C4 than Jonathan Ross does with his ITV chat show.
The Daily Mirror reports, “ITV launched a late bid to sign him as Jonathan Ross’s ratings slide and he struggles for top guests. Last week he slipped to 2.25 million viewers, his second lowest ever… Read more & comment »
There’s controversy surrounding Channel 4’s documentary 40 Year Old Virgins today in that The Sun claims one of the programme’s stars, “IT engineer Clive” is in fact 45 year old actor Clive Dancey, who is far from a virgin!
The paper reports, “Channel 4 viewers saw balding ‘IT engineer Clive’ burst into tears as he struggled to get intimate with women.
“The cardigan and specs-wearing loner jetted to the US for treatment and was filmed shouting ‘I just had sex!’ after apparently losing his virginity to a blonde therapist.”
However, friends of Clive’s – who has appeared in Midsomer Murders and TV ads for Stella Artois – reckon it’s all a con… Read more & comment »
It’s been revealed over the weekend that this week’s edition of Channel 4’s One Born Every Minute is set to feature the heartbreaking story of baby Kaiden, who died just days after his birth having been diagnosed with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia, which makes it almost impossible for the sufferer to breathe unaided.
The moving episode will show Kaiden’s brave parents, Hayley Jackson and Pete Heseltine, keeping a vigil at their son’s side for all of the six days of his tragically short life.
The Daily Star Sunday reported that Hayley and Pete took the brave decision to allow theirs and Kaiden’s story to be aired in the hope that it will raise awareness of the rare condition that took their son’s life… Read more & comment »
Wednesday night sees the start of a new Channel 4 sketch show, Anna & Katy, and Unreality TV were lucky enough to catch up with Anna Crilly and Katy Wix, the writers and main stars of the comedy, to find out what we can expect!
In the new series, the ladies take on various comical characters, featuring celebrity cameos and TV parodies. Stand-up Lee Mack appears in the first edition as the co-host of the German equivalent of Countdown, and the duo present a Great British Bake Off-style cookery programme, as well as a daytime slot inviting the public to write in and be congratulated for completing minor tasks.
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Utopia’s dark and dramatic series draws to a close tonight on Channel 4.
In the final episode of the scary thriller and chilling drama the gan set out to find Mr Rabbit and know that his capture is essential to their survival.
How To Build A Bionic Man gets it’s first airing on Channel 4 this evening and already the internet is a buzz with interest in the futuristic show.
Science is starting to get close to sci fi when it comes to building artificial limbs, fully functioning man made organs and replacement body parts and this evening How to Build a Bionic Man follows psychologist Bertolt Meyer as he meets scientists and experts in the field of bionics, who are constantly pushing the boundaries of their science. Bertolt has a special interest in the subject as he has his own bionic hand.
There’s great news for fans of Channel 4’s Black Mirror and the BBC’s Alex Polizzi: The Fixer because both shows are back on our screens next week.
The award-winning Black Mirror returns on Monday, February 11th at 10pm with Be Right Back, the first of three brand new films.
In Be Right Back, Martha (Hayley Atwell) and Ash (Domhnall Gleeson) are a young couple who move to a remote cottage, where Ash’s parents used to live.
Ash is a big user of social media, tapping away on his phone, just a bit too much. Martha doesn’t really mind, she loves him and they’re looking forward to their new life together. The day after the move, Ash is killed, returning the hire van… Read more & comment »
Fans of hit Channel 4 show Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will no doubt be pleased to hear that the broadcaster is airing a Valentine’s special edition entitled, My Big Fat Valentine.
Airing on Monday 11 February, 9pm on Channel 4, the special will introduce 16 year old Traveller brides Ina Casey – who’s marrying her first boyfriend – and Danielle, who was 15 when she made the decision to get married.
Of her wedding, Danielle said, “People think that I’m 15 and I don’t know what love is, but he’s perfect for me and hopefully I’m perfect for him.”
In the last series, we saw Danielle on her hen night, but in the new show, we’ll see groom Brendan’s stag do which features Brendan and his friends singing and drinking around a campfire. He chose not to go to pubs or clubs, fearing he’d get into a fight… Read more & comment »
We all knew that Brendan Brady’s happiness could never be long lived in Hollyoaks, but what we didn’t expect was his downfall to have all been constructed by an outside force!
Fans of the hit Channel 4 soap will know how, since returning from Dublin openly gay, Brendan (Emmett J Scanlan) has been embroiled in domestic bliss, finally reunited with the one true love of his life, Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson).
However, no sooner had they returned Brendan’s father Seamus (Fintan McKeown) arrived in the village transforming Brendan into the vulnerable little boy that was sexually abused by his monstrous father 20 years ago.
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Paddy McGuinness returns to Channel 4 this evening with the second episode of his brand new and very amusing series.
Each week the ‘Take Me Out’ star guides his viewers through life and it’s important lessons, using only his uses his 10-foot plasma TV. That sounds like our kind of advice.
Fans of Channel 4’s hit documentary series Big Fat Gypsy Weddings will no doubt be familiar with Danielle Mason – who is EastEnders star Jessie Wallace’s sister – and cage fighter Tony Giles, whose relationship has been followed by the media for months…
And of course, they’ve been followed by a Channel 4 camera crew as they prepared for what was billed to be the most lavish gypsy wedding to date.
However, a rather large spanner has been thrown into the works as the couple have reportedly split up following several rows.
The Mirror reports, “Cage fighter Tony promised his fiancee a lavish, ¬traditional gypsy wedding with hundreds of guests but it is all off after the couple, who are expecting a second baby in the summer, rowed over Christmas.” Read more & comment »
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