Despite once being involved in a romantic fling with Mr Selfridge star Jeremy Piven, former X Factor winner Alexandra Burke didn’t even realise she was in the same room as him at a recent London party, the Daily Mail newspaper reports.

Piven, who plays Harry Selfridge in the hugely popular ITV period drama, had flown back in to the UK last week to begin series two of the show, when he snubbed his ex at the party, not even having the decency to say hi!
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Production on the second series of the hit ITV period drama, Mr Selfridge, has begun, and cast favourites Jeremy Piven, Katherine Kelly, Aisling Loftus and Frances O’Connor return, along with new cast members Polly Walker, Aidan McArdle and Cal Macaninch.

ITV have revealed that ten new episodes have been commissioned based on the huge success of the first series of the show, which centred around the life and work of Selfridges founder, Harry Selfridge (Jeremy Piven).
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Sherlock creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat have added fuel to the ever burning rumour that series three of the hit BBC detective series will feature Sherlock’s companion, John Watson, get married!

For months speculation had been rife that series three would see the famous Dr meet his soul mate, Mary Morston, who he later goes on to marry after three words, “rat”, “wedding” and “bow”, were announced in association with the series.
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Amanda Abbington, the partner of current Sherlock star Martin Freeman, has reportedly joined the cast of the hit BBC detective series.

The actress, whose most recent role was that of Miss Mardle in the hugely popular ITV period drama Mr Selfridge, has been seeing Freeman, who shot to fame playing Tim in Ricky Gervais’ smash sitcom The Office, since they first met on the set of Only Men back in 2010, and has two children by him.
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Mr Selfridge star, Katherine Kelly, has confirmed that she has signed up for the second series of the hit ITV period drama when it returns next year.

Mr Selfridge was recommissioned for a second series just before the first series concluded on our ITV screens earlier this month, after what can only be described as a phenomenal response from viewers, but returning stars remained somewhat of a mystery with none, until now, being revealed as signed up.
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Former Coronation Street actress Katherine Kelly has revealed that she would never say never to a Becky McDonald return to the show.

Kelly, who has just starred in the epic ITV period drama Mr Selfridge, left our Coronation Street screens as Becky McDonald back in 2012 after starring in some of the shows biggest and most hard-hitting storylines.
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When watching Mr Selfridge I always wonder how close Andrew Davies’ script follows the source material he’s adapting namely Lindy Woodhead’s ‘Shopping, Seduction & Mr Selfridge.’ Every week I find it harder to believe that some of the events I see on screen actually happened to Harry Selfridge especially the fact that a famous person would show up at the store every week. In particular I found this week’s final episode to be incredibly far-fetched as Selfridges receives an incredibly important visitor in King Edward VII.

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We can hardly believe it but Mr Selfridge is coming to an end this weekend, but to help ease the pain we have a sneak-peak clip for you to cast your eye over!

Mr Selfridge, the already epic ITV period drama, hit our screens this New Year, bringing light to the cold Sunday evenings all the way through to the spring.
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The glamorous girls from ITV1’s Mr Selfridge have a style makeover courtesy of this week’s Grazia magazine.

Actresses Katherine Kelly, Zoë Tapper and Aisling Loftus star in Grazia’s Spring Shopping Issue.

Aisling Loftus, 22, who plays Agnes Towler, commented: “My costumes are just floor-length black dresses. But I do love wearing the corsets. They made me stand better.”

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I would like to applaud everyone who has stuck around with Mr Selfridge for so long now as I feel the past couple of episodes have been very lacklustre indeed. It appears to me like all of the characters have been in a sort of holding pattern since Harry recovered from his car crash injuries and after tonight’s episode I’m still not sure if I’m really looking forward to next week’s series finale.

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Female fans of Mr Selfridge, prepare yourself, Gregory Fitoussi has quit his role as Henri Leclair!

The dashing Frenchman, who plays the creative director in the hit ITV period drama, has been revealed as leaving the show at the end of the series one finale, but according to the Sun newspaper, show bosses hope that won’t be the last that we, or Selfridges, sees of him.
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I do enjoy every now and then how Mr Selfridge decides to give us a potted history of the early 20th century whether it be through the suffragette movement or through the appearances of Arthur Conan Doyle and Anna Pavlova. This week is no different as Harry’s old friend FW Woolworth comes to London intent on opening one of his bargain shops on Oxford Street and therefore in direct competition with Selfridges. Woolworth feels that the pair will not be competition as Selfridges caters for the upper classes however Harry thinks otherwise and it is only when he questions his staff that he discovers that the prices in store are astronomically high.

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Sunday night sees the eighth episode of the hugely popular ITV period drama, Mr Selfridge, return to our ITV1 screens

After last week’s Sherlock action, Mr Selfridge finds another infamous historic shop owner gracing him with his presence this week, Mr Woolworth!
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In my review of last week’s episode of Mr Selfridge I claimed that the absence of Jeremy Piven let some of the other cast members shine however his return to the store means once again that he eclipses a lot of the other characters. Having said that some of the supporting characters get an opportunity in the spotlight most notably accessories counter girls Kitty and Doris both of whom have their own stories as they compete for Agnes’ position after she becomes a member of the fashion team.

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Rose finds that Harry’s been having nightmares and hallucinations. Rose doesn’t think he’s ready to return to work so soon.

At the store, legendary author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is in store for a Sherlock Holmes book signing, and Harry greets him. Harry seems to have a renewed zest for life – and his work. He wants the senior staff to improve and reinvigorate their departments: new product lines, new suppliers, an injection of fresh thinking. Miss Ravillious knows what she wants to improve her department – Agnes Towler. Harry agrees to Agnes’ transfer to Ladies Fashion as a reward for Miss Ravillious’ smart and deft handling of the Suffragette crisis. Meanwhile, Frank Edwards and Kitty indulge in a playful in-store flirtation…
Rosalie is preparing to go to her first society soiree at Lady Mae’s. Meanwhile, Lois is worrying about Harry since his accident – these nightmares and hallucinations he’s having are troubling her.

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