To celebrate the release of Madonna’s definitive greatest album collection, Celebration, VH1 is dedicating a whole week of programmes to the ultimate queen of pop and reinvention.

Highlights of the week include, Madonna: The Official All Time Top 50 on Wednesday 21 September at 7pm, and the week of programming will close with Madonna’s Confessions Tour Live on Friday 25 September at 9pm, this is a week of programmes not to be missed if you’re a Madonna fan.

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Madonna is reportedly trying to land David Tennant and Cate Blanchett in a new musical titled ‘Wallis.’

Madonna thinks the pair would make a great King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, the American divorcée for whom he abdicated the throne in 1936. She is hoping to produce and direct the musical focusing on their lives.

A source told The Sun: “The final script is now written and the locations have been scouted. Madonna is now trying to assemble the cast and put the finances in place.

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This month Malawi’s Supreme Court of Appeal overturned an earlier ruling and granted Madonna’s adoption of Mercy James. Ahead of the verdict journalist Jacques Peretti travelled through Malawi to find out why Madonna’s bid to adopt Mercy has polarised opinion in Malawi and around the world. This documentary looks at the future for Mercy as she prepares to move to New York with the pop star and asks what’s best for Mercy?

Monday 29 June 2009
8:00pm, Channel 4

Sky1 have announced an exclusive deal to broadcast Madonna and Girls Aloud’s most recent tours. Madonna: Sticky and Sweet and Girls Aloud: ‘Out Of Control’ Live from the 02 will be broadcast on Sky1 and Sky1 HD in July and August respectively.

Madonna: Sticky and Sweet features the iconic star’s greatest hits and songs from her latest studio album, Hard Candy. The controversial, record-breaking tour, recorded at Buenos Aires’ River Plate Stadium in December 2008, features four sections ‘Pimp,’ ‘Old School,’ ‘Gypsy’ and ‘Rave’ and has won universal praise with The Times remarking, “In the premiere league of song-and-dance spectaculars, the queen of pop remains unrivalled and undefeated.” The deal also gives Sky1 the rights to a special 15 minute behind-the-scenes film to be broadcast alongside the tour, giving fans an intimate portrait of one of the world’s most enigmatic stars.

Girls Aloud: ‘Out Of Control’ Live from the 02features Britain’s brightest pop starlets on their sell-out UK tour. Recorded in May 2009, the tour comprises a selection of their greatest hits from the last seven years and songs from their latest studio album, Out Of Control.

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