The UK’s most successful presenting duo, Ant and Dec, signed off their Saturday evening primetime live show after 20 years, going out in style and bidding emotional farewell.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, who have been working as a pair since teaming up on childrens TV drama Byker Grove in in the early 1990s, had previously announced this series of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, the 20th, would be the last.
Saturday evening’s show saw a long list of guests including Simon Cowell and pop stars Girls Aloud join Ant and Dec for a final, live singalong of Kool and the Gang’s ‘Celebration’ that took in both interior and exterior settings at London’s Television Centre. A huge amount of technical preparation and choreography had clearly gone into the production, which finished with Ant and Dec back on stage, thanking everyone before finally putting their arms...
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, who have been working as a pair since teaming up on childrens TV drama Byker Grove in in the early 1990s, had previously announced this series of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, the 20th, would be the last.
Saturday evening’s show saw a long list of guests including Simon Cowell and pop stars Girls Aloud join Ant and Dec for a final, live singalong of Kool and the Gang’s ‘Celebration’ that took in both interior and exterior settings at London’s Television Centre. A huge amount of technical preparation and choreography had clearly gone into the production, which finished with Ant and Dec back on stage, thanking everyone before finally putting their arms...
- 4/14/2024
- by Caroline Frost
- Deadline Film + TV
The BAFTA TV Awards are the British equivalent of the Emmys, honoring the very best of television in a wide range of genres and categories. Many of these contenders will also hope to compete at the Emmys but they’ll first have their BAFTA fates revealed on May 12, when the 2024 BAFTA TV Awards will take place. The BAFTA TV Craft Awards winners will be announced on April 28. (Read the full report on the BAFTA TV Awards nominations here.)
Best Drama Series
“The Gold” – BBC One
“Happy Valley” – BBC One
“Slow Horses” – Apple TV+
“Top Boy” – Netflix
Best Limited Drama
“Best Interests” – BBC One
“Demon 79 (Black Mirror)” – Netflix
“The Long Shadow” – ITV1
“The Sixth Commandment” – BBC One
Best Comedy Series
“Big Boys” – Channel 4
“Dreaming Whilst Black” – BBC One
“Extraordinary” – Disney+
“Such Brave Girls” – BBC Three
Best International Show
“The Bear” – Disney+
“Beef” – Netflix
“Class Act” – Netflix
“The Last of Us...
Best Drama Series
“The Gold” – BBC One
“Happy Valley” – BBC One
“Slow Horses” – Apple TV+
“Top Boy” – Netflix
Best Limited Drama
“Best Interests” – BBC One
“Demon 79 (Black Mirror)” – Netflix
“The Long Shadow” – ITV1
“The Sixth Commandment” – BBC One
Best Comedy Series
“Big Boys” – Channel 4
“Dreaming Whilst Black” – BBC One
“Extraordinary” – Disney+
“Such Brave Girls” – BBC Three
Best International Show
“The Bear” – Disney+
“Beef” – Netflix
“Class Act” – Netflix
“The Last of Us...
- 3/20/2024
- by Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Get ready for a thrilling and star-studded event this Christmas Eve as “Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” presents “Murder at Bigwig Manor.” Airing on ITV at 4:50 Pm on December 24, 2023, this Agatha Christie-inspired whodunnit brings the dynamic duo, Ant and Dec, together with a constellation of famous faces for an evening of mystery and laughter.
In this special episode, Ant and Dec find themselves at the luxurious country manor of the Head of ITV, surrounded by the great and good of the network. However, what starts as an elegant affair takes a sinister turn as guests begin meeting their demise one by one. The comedic pair transforms into amateur sleuths, racing against time to unmask the killer before the final curtain falls.
“Murder at Bigwig Manor” promises a unique blend of celebrity shenanigans and suspense, making it a must-watch for fans of both mystery and comedy. With a nod to classic whodunnits,...
In this special episode, Ant and Dec find themselves at the luxurious country manor of the Head of ITV, surrounded by the great and good of the network. However, what starts as an elegant affair takes a sinister turn as guests begin meeting their demise one by one. The comedic pair transforms into amateur sleuths, racing against time to unmask the killer before the final curtain falls.
“Murder at Bigwig Manor” promises a unique blend of celebrity shenanigans and suspense, making it a must-watch for fans of both mystery and comedy. With a nod to classic whodunnits,...
- 12/18/2023
- by Posts UK
- TV Everyday
Rumpus Media founders Emily Hudd and Iain Wimbush are exiting the company after 10 years, Variety understands.
Hudd and Wimbush founded Rumpus, which produces shows including “Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back” and “The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan,” in 2013 before steering the ship as joint managing directors.
Rumpus is co-owned by Greenbird Media, who hold a 40% stake in the company. Earlier this year, Greenbird were acquired by Scottish media conglomerate Stv.
Hudd and Wimbush are understood to be planning to set up a new, independent venture which will likely launch next year.
Before co-founding Rumpus, Hudd was an exec producer at Discovery Networks International while Wimbush specialized in comedy entertainment, including a stint as head of development at Gallowgate, the production company owned by “I’m a Celebrity” hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
More to come…...
Hudd and Wimbush founded Rumpus, which produces shows including “Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back” and “The Misadventures Of Romesh Ranganathan,” in 2013 before steering the ship as joint managing directors.
Rumpus is co-owned by Greenbird Media, who hold a 40% stake in the company. Earlier this year, Greenbird were acquired by Scottish media conglomerate Stv.
Hudd and Wimbush are understood to be planning to set up a new, independent venture which will likely launch next year.
Before co-founding Rumpus, Hudd was an exec producer at Discovery Networks International while Wimbush specialized in comedy entertainment, including a stint as head of development at Gallowgate, the production company owned by “I’m a Celebrity” hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
More to come…...
- 12/4/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Jamie Lynn Spears is headed to the jungle.
The actor and little sister of Britney has been announced as a castmember on the latest season of U.K. reality survival show “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” alongside British right-wing politician Nigel Farage and morning show host Josie Gibson.
Farage is best known as the face of Brexit in the U.K. while Gibson is a regular host on troubled ITV daytime show “This Morning.”
“I’m a Celebrity,” which begins on Nov. 19 on U.K. network ITV and is set to last approximately three weeks, sees contestants dropped off in a remote part of the Australian jungle where viewers will vote for them to take on a range of repulsive challenges ranging from eating kangaroo testicles to being immersed in a pit full of creepy crawlies.
Joining Spears, Farage and Gibson on the show are “Made in Chelsea” star Sam Thompson,...
The actor and little sister of Britney has been announced as a castmember on the latest season of U.K. reality survival show “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” alongside British right-wing politician Nigel Farage and morning show host Josie Gibson.
Farage is best known as the face of Brexit in the U.K. while Gibson is a regular host on troubled ITV daytime show “This Morning.”
“I’m a Celebrity,” which begins on Nov. 19 on U.K. network ITV and is set to last approximately three weeks, sees contestants dropped off in a remote part of the Australian jungle where viewers will vote for them to take on a range of repulsive challenges ranging from eating kangaroo testicles to being immersed in a pit full of creepy crawlies.
Joining Spears, Farage and Gibson on the show are “Made in Chelsea” star Sam Thompson,...
- 11/13/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: UK management agency Ymu is set to make up to 9% of staff redundant following a company review. At the same time, key lender Permira Credit will become its majority shareholder as part of the restructure, we can reveal.
Staff have been informed of the plans internally in the past hour. We hear headcount will be reduced by around 8-9% — up to 32 of Ymu’s 350 employees — and the redundancy process will begin in September. This comes after an independent review of the business by AlixPartners was undertaken to assess routes to a firmer financial footing following a testing post-pandemic period.
Specialist credit investor Permira Credit, which has been a major lender to Ymu, is planning to make what’s thought to be a sizeable investment in the company, and the agency’s leadership team will also equity partners as part of the agreement. Ymu’s clients include British presenting duo Ant and Dec,...
Staff have been informed of the plans internally in the past hour. We hear headcount will be reduced by around 8-9% — up to 32 of Ymu’s 350 employees — and the redundancy process will begin in September. This comes after an independent review of the business by AlixPartners was undertaken to assess routes to a firmer financial footing following a testing post-pandemic period.
Specialist credit investor Permira Credit, which has been a major lender to Ymu, is planning to make what’s thought to be a sizeable investment in the company, and the agency’s leadership team will also equity partners as part of the agreement. Ymu’s clients include British presenting duo Ant and Dec,...
- 8/25/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Characters from Byker Grove are returning for a follow-up series. The series is being revamped with two former stars, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, as executive producers.
Created by Adele Rose and Andrea Wonfor, the BBC teen drama series debuted in 1989 and was aimed at young adult audience. The story is set in a youth club in the Byker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The series ran for 18 seasons and 344 episodes.
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Created by Adele Rose and Andrea Wonfor, the BBC teen drama series debuted in 1989 and was aimed at young adult audience. The story is set in a youth club in the Byker district of Newcastle upon Tyne, England. The series ran for 18 seasons and 344 episodes.
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- 7/5/2023
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
“Byker Grove,” the iconic British teen drama that launched dozens of entertainment careers – as well as unleashed a strangely catchy theme tune on the world – is back.
Seventeen years after the last episode aired on the BBC, “Byker Grove” is returning with two of its former stars – Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, collectively known as Ant and Dec – at the helm. “The Kardashians” producers Fulwell 73 will co-produce alongside McPartlin and Donnelly’s production company Mitre Studios (“Saturday Night Takeaway”).
Originally launching in 1989, “Byker Grove” was set in a Newcastle youthclub and did not shy away from hard-hitting storylines. Among the well-known faces who came up through its ranks were “The Gentleman’s” Charlie Hunnam, former MTV host Donna Air, Jill Halfpenny (“Coronation Street”) and McPartlin and Declan, who played Pj and Duncan. The duo launched a short-lived career in pop music under their characters’ names, Pj and Duncan, before a successful pivot to TV presenting.
Seventeen years after the last episode aired on the BBC, “Byker Grove” is returning with two of its former stars – Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, collectively known as Ant and Dec – at the helm. “The Kardashians” producers Fulwell 73 will co-produce alongside McPartlin and Donnelly’s production company Mitre Studios (“Saturday Night Takeaway”).
Originally launching in 1989, “Byker Grove” was set in a Newcastle youthclub and did not shy away from hard-hitting storylines. Among the well-known faces who came up through its ranks were “The Gentleman’s” Charlie Hunnam, former MTV host Donna Air, Jill Halfpenny (“Coronation Street”) and McPartlin and Declan, who played Pj and Duncan. The duo launched a short-lived career in pop music under their characters’ names, Pj and Duncan, before a successful pivot to TV presenting.
- 7/4/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Ant & Dec are to take an indefinite break from Saturday Night Takeaway following next year’s 20th series.
The ITV stalwart duo’s 2024 edition will be their 10th in a row after they took a four-year hiatus from 2009 to 2013.
ITV said the show will be paused after 2024, while Ant & Dec will continue presenting I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!, Britain’s Got Talent and Limitless Win as part of their exclusive relationship with the broadcaster.
Produced by ITV Studios-backed Lifted Entertainment, the variety-style show Saturday Night Takeaway is one of ITV’s biggest entertainment hits and has won multiple BAFTAs since launching in 2002.
“We love making Saturday Night Takeaway, but reaching the milestone of 20 series seemed like the perfect time to pause for a little while and catch our breath,” said Ant, whose full name is Anthony McPartlin.
ITV Media & Entertainment MD Kevin Lygo added: “When you...
The ITV stalwart duo’s 2024 edition will be their 10th in a row after they took a four-year hiatus from 2009 to 2013.
ITV said the show will be paused after 2024, while Ant & Dec will continue presenting I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!, Britain’s Got Talent and Limitless Win as part of their exclusive relationship with the broadcaster.
Produced by ITV Studios-backed Lifted Entertainment, the variety-style show Saturday Night Takeaway is one of ITV’s biggest entertainment hits and has won multiple BAFTAs since launching in 2002.
“We love making Saturday Night Takeaway, but reaching the milestone of 20 series seemed like the perfect time to pause for a little while and catch our breath,” said Ant, whose full name is Anthony McPartlin.
ITV Media & Entertainment MD Kevin Lygo added: “When you...
- 5/18/2023
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV primetime hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – better known by their joint moniker Ant and Dec – have said they plan to “take a break” from their long-running variety show “Saturday Night Takeaway.”
The duo have hosted 19 seasons of the show, which features entertainment and quiz segments, since it launched in 2002. It is produced by ITV Studios-owned Lifted Entertainment and Mitre Studios
This doesn’t spell the end for “Saturday Night Takeaway” however. In 2009 the two hosts also took a break from the show before returning four years later.
Broadcaster ITV – which recently extended its deal with the duo for a reported £30 million ($37 million) for three years – reassured viewers Ant and Dec would continue to front other primetime shows including “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!,” “Britain’s Got Talent” and “Limitless Win.”
“We love making ‘Saturday Night Takeaway,’ but reaching the milestone of 20 seasons seemed like...
The duo have hosted 19 seasons of the show, which features entertainment and quiz segments, since it launched in 2002. It is produced by ITV Studios-owned Lifted Entertainment and Mitre Studios
This doesn’t spell the end for “Saturday Night Takeaway” however. In 2009 the two hosts also took a break from the show before returning four years later.
Broadcaster ITV – which recently extended its deal with the duo for a reported £30 million ($37 million) for three years – reassured viewers Ant and Dec would continue to front other primetime shows including “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!,” “Britain’s Got Talent” and “Limitless Win.”
“We love making ‘Saturday Night Takeaway,’ but reaching the milestone of 20 seasons seemed like...
- 5/18/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
King Charles III‘s coronation was a historic event witnessed worldwide. However, the day didn’t appear to start on the best foot for the new king of the United Kingdom. A lipreader appeared to decode Charles’ frustration during his coronation carriage ride to Westminster Abbey. Wife Camilla Parker Bowles sat next to the monarch for the 1.3-mile ride.
King Charles rides in a carriage to his coronation on May 6, 2023 | Odd Andersen/Afp via Getty Images King Charles appeared to be frustrated during his coronation carriage ride
The king sat in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach and headed to Westminster Abbey alongside his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles. He and Camilla would be crowned the United Kingdom’s King and Queen Consort there.
However, Charles appeared to be distressed during the ride. A lipreader uncovered why. They decoded what the king said to his wife as the couple waited to exit...
King Charles rides in a carriage to his coronation on May 6, 2023 | Odd Andersen/Afp via Getty Images King Charles appeared to be frustrated during his coronation carriage ride
The king sat in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach and headed to Westminster Abbey alongside his wife, Camilla Parker Bowles. He and Camilla would be crowned the United Kingdom’s King and Queen Consort there.
However, Charles appeared to be distressed during the ride. A lipreader uncovered why. They decoded what the king said to his wife as the couple waited to exit...
- 5/9/2023
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
London, May 6 (Ians) As is the norm at all globally televised events such as these, the performing arts were well represented at the coronation of King Charles III. Notable among the Hollywood celebrities who were present at the majestic Westminster Abbey, a couple of hours before the coronation, as listed by ‘Variety’, included Judi Dench, Emma Thompson, Stephen Fry, Lionel Richie and Katy Perry.
Although Charles ascended to the throne the minute Queen Elizabeth II died last year, the coronation was a ceremony to mark the formal investiture of his regal powers.
The 2,200-strong congregation who gathered to watch the St Edward’s Crown being placed atop King Charles’ head includes members of the royal family, including Prince Harry consigned to the third row, politicians, aristocrats, international dignitaries and celebrities.
There were a number of familiar faces in the audience hailing from the worlds of media and entertainment, says ‘Variety...
Although Charles ascended to the throne the minute Queen Elizabeth II died last year, the coronation was a ceremony to mark the formal investiture of his regal powers.
The 2,200-strong congregation who gathered to watch the St Edward’s Crown being placed atop King Charles’ head includes members of the royal family, including Prince Harry consigned to the third row, politicians, aristocrats, international dignitaries and celebrities.
There were a number of familiar faces in the audience hailing from the worlds of media and entertainment, says ‘Variety...
- 5/6/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
King Charles III has gathered a star-studded guest list for his Coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey.
Emma Thompson, Judi Dench, and Maggie Smith were among the British acting royalty in attendance. Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley were also present.
Guests from the world of music included Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, both of whom will perform at a Coronation concert on Sunday.
Political figures on the guest list included First Lady Jill Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron. John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, was also present.
Every living British Prime Minister gathered to celebrate King Charles. This included Tony Blair, Boris Johnson, and current Pm Rishi Sunak.
Scroll on for images of the famous faces in attendance.
Katy Perry Jill Biden Prince Harry Lionel Richie Nick Cave Maggie Smith Joanna Lumley Stephen Fry John Kerry with Facebook executive Nick Clegg French President Emmanuel Macron and...
Emma Thompson, Judi Dench, and Maggie Smith were among the British acting royalty in attendance. Stephen Fry and Joanna Lumley were also present.
Guests from the world of music included Katy Perry and Lionel Richie, both of whom will perform at a Coronation concert on Sunday.
Political figures on the guest list included First Lady Jill Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron. John Kerry, the U.S. special presidential envoy for climate, was also present.
Every living British Prime Minister gathered to celebrate King Charles. This included Tony Blair, Boris Johnson, and current Pm Rishi Sunak.
Scroll on for images of the famous faces in attendance.
Katy Perry Jill Biden Prince Harry Lionel Richie Nick Cave Maggie Smith Joanna Lumley Stephen Fry John Kerry with Facebook executive Nick Clegg French President Emmanuel Macron and...
- 5/6/2023
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Before growing into an international franchise across 14 countries (and counting), the reality competition show “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!” launched on the UK’s ITV network in August of 2002. The program has long stood as a staple of autumn television in Britain, with each series involving a group of famous people tasked with surviving life in the Australian outback in order to earn money for charity.
Scroll through our photo gallery to see all of the celebrity contestants who have outlasted their competitors and been crowned Kings and Queens of the Jungle. Who is your favorite on the “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” winners list?
The past champions range in age from 21 to 71 and represent practically all entertainment factions, from music to TV to sports. As this series takes place in real time, its celebrity contestants depend on the support of home...
Scroll through our photo gallery to see all of the celebrity contestants who have outlasted their competitors and been crowned Kings and Queens of the Jungle. Who is your favorite on the “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” winners list?
The past champions range in age from 21 to 71 and represent practically all entertainment factions, from music to TV to sports. As this series takes place in real time, its celebrity contestants depend on the support of home...
- 4/30/2023
- by Matthew Stewart
- Gold Derby
Ant and Dec have opened up about the “mischievous” way they introduced Bruno Tonioli to the Britain’s Got Talent family.
The ITV talent show returns this weekend, with former Strictly Come Dancing judge Tonioli joining the panel alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon.
Speaking ahead of the series, Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly admitted that, during the first day of auditions, they gave the new judge a number of different rules to confuse him.
“We, quite mischievously, kept telling him different rules,” Donnelly told the Pa news agency. “So when he hit his golden buzzer on the first session of the first day, mid-way through an act, we told him not to worry because he had another golden buzzer tomorrow, and that he had one every day.
“We also played a prank on the rest of the judges by going into their room and doing a Bgt quiz,...
The ITV talent show returns this weekend, with former Strictly Come Dancing judge Tonioli joining the panel alongside Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Alesha Dixon.
Speaking ahead of the series, Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly admitted that, during the first day of auditions, they gave the new judge a number of different rules to confuse him.
“We, quite mischievously, kept telling him different rules,” Donnelly told the Pa news agency. “So when he hit his golden buzzer on the first session of the first day, mid-way through an act, we told him not to worry because he had another golden buzzer tomorrow, and that he had one every day.
“We also played a prank on the rest of the judges by going into their room and doing a Bgt quiz,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway was reduced to chaos in a moment that could have only happened on live TV.
This series introduced a segment that saw doorbells belonging to audience members ring out in the studio. When an audience member identifies their bell ringing, they must shout “Ding dong, that’s my doorbell.”
Then, a neighbour watching at home, recognising the audience member, must run to their door with a household item specified by hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
However, in the final episode of the ITV entertainment series, the segment was plunged into chaos when an elderly lady named Cynthia was coincidentally already stood at her neighbour’s house, seemingly popping round for a catch up without realising she had wandered into a live TV situation.
Making matters even more hilarious was the fact that several neighbours, who were watching at home, were arriving behind Cynthia,...
This series introduced a segment that saw doorbells belonging to audience members ring out in the studio. When an audience member identifies their bell ringing, they must shout “Ding dong, that’s my doorbell.”
Then, a neighbour watching at home, recognising the audience member, must run to their door with a household item specified by hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
However, in the final episode of the ITV entertainment series, the segment was plunged into chaos when an elderly lady named Cynthia was coincidentally already stood at her neighbour’s house, seemingly popping round for a catch up without realising she had wandered into a live TV situation.
Making matters even more hilarious was the fact that several neighbours, who were watching at home, were arriving behind Cynthia,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Ant and Dec were expertly shaded by a prank victim on Saturday Night Takeaway.
On Saturday (4 March), the latest episode of the entertainment series was broadcast on ITV, and one segment saw the hosts trick guests at a London Premier Inn while they checked in.
As the hotel customers tried to get their room key, they were instructed to use an automated machine – however, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were hidden just yards away.
However, the presenters were overshadowed by an unsuspecting holidaymaker named Ernest after the pair revealed their identites.
Ernest’s initial reaction to the automated machine had audience members in stitches.
After pressing all the buttons, he ended up breaking the microphone, to which Ant, speaking behind the machine, told him: “Stop touching me.”
“I should be so lucky,” he fired back.
When Ant and Dec finally revealed they were behind the machine, Ernest, instead of appearing shocked in the slightest,...
On Saturday (4 March), the latest episode of the entertainment series was broadcast on ITV, and one segment saw the hosts trick guests at a London Premier Inn while they checked in.
As the hotel customers tried to get their room key, they were instructed to use an automated machine – however, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly were hidden just yards away.
However, the presenters were overshadowed by an unsuspecting holidaymaker named Ernest after the pair revealed their identites.
Ernest’s initial reaction to the automated machine had audience members in stitches.
After pressing all the buttons, he ended up breaking the microphone, to which Ant, speaking behind the machine, told him: “Stop touching me.”
“I should be so lucky,” he fired back.
When Ant and Dec finally revealed they were behind the machine, Ernest, instead of appearing shocked in the slightest,...
- 3/5/2023
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Ant and Dec have been criticised for a prank on the opening episode of the new season of Saturday Night Takeaway.
Fans of the show were left upset last night (25 February) by a baby scan prank on a father-to-be.
Liam, described on the programme as a “serial jokester”, was pranked by wife Amy, who was in cahoots with ITV presenting duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly to get revenge on him.
The prank saw the couple (who were genuinely expecting a baby boy who has since been born) attend a fake scan, in which they were shown a video of a baby that was not theirs, making rock star signs when the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” played.
In the clip of the prank happening, Liam says he is left “speechless” by what he’s seen.
Viewers were not impressed. “Fake baby scan?? Too far, nothing but cruel,” posted one fan on Twitter.
Fans of the show were left upset last night (25 February) by a baby scan prank on a father-to-be.
Liam, described on the programme as a “serial jokester”, was pranked by wife Amy, who was in cahoots with ITV presenting duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly to get revenge on him.
The prank saw the couple (who were genuinely expecting a baby boy who has since been born) attend a fake scan, in which they were shown a video of a baby that was not theirs, making rock star signs when the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” played.
In the clip of the prank happening, Liam says he is left “speechless” by what he’s seen.
Viewers were not impressed. “Fake baby scan?? Too far, nothing but cruel,” posted one fan on Twitter.
- 2/26/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Ant and Dec have been criticised for a prank on the opening episode of the new season of Saturday Night Takeaway.
Fans of the show were left upset last night (25 February) by a baby scan prank on a father-to-be.
Liam, described on the programme as a serial jokester, was pranked by wife Amy, who was in cahoots with ITV presenting duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly to get revenge on him.
The prank saw the couple (who were genuinely expecting a baby boy who has since been born) attend a fake scan, in which they were shown a video of a baby that was not theirs, making rock star signs when the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” played.
In the clip of the prank happening, Liam says he is left “speechless” by what he’s seen.
Viewers were not impressed. “Fake baby scan?? Too far, nothing but cruel,” posted one fan on Twitter.
Fans of the show were left upset last night (25 February) by a baby scan prank on a father-to-be.
Liam, described on the programme as a serial jokester, was pranked by wife Amy, who was in cahoots with ITV presenting duo Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly to get revenge on him.
The prank saw the couple (who were genuinely expecting a baby boy who has since been born) attend a fake scan, in which they were shown a video of a baby that was not theirs, making rock star signs when the Queen song “Bohemian Rhapsody” played.
In the clip of the prank happening, Liam says he is left “speechless” by what he’s seen.
Viewers were not impressed. “Fake baby scan?? Too far, nothing but cruel,” posted one fan on Twitter.
- 2/26/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
Choreographer and dancer Bruno Tonioli, best known for his stints as a judge on “Dancing With the Stars” and “Strictly Come Dancing,” has replaced David Walliams on “Britain’s Got Talent,” according to a new video circulating on Twitter.
In the video, which appears to have been filmed by an audience member at the first round of auditions, “Bgt” hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (better known by their collective stage name Ant and Dec) are introducing this year’s judging panel, which is made up of returning judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Tonioli.
“Thank you very, very much,” Tonioli, clad in a sparkly red jacket, tells the applauding audience. “I am thrilled to be here. Look at these girls [Holden and Dixon], they’re stunning and it’s my old friend Simon. What an honor it is to work with you finally. He’s teased me with this for years,...
In the video, which appears to have been filmed by an audience member at the first round of auditions, “Bgt” hosts Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (better known by their collective stage name Ant and Dec) are introducing this year’s judging panel, which is made up of returning judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Tonioli.
“Thank you very, very much,” Tonioli, clad in a sparkly red jacket, tells the applauding audience. “I am thrilled to be here. Look at these girls [Holden and Dixon], they’re stunning and it’s my old friend Simon. What an honor it is to work with you finally. He’s teased me with this for years,...
- 1/24/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
ITV darlings Ant and Dec have extended their contract with the broadcaster for another three years, in a deal thought to be worth upwards of £30m.
The new deal takes Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly up to 25 years exclusively with ITV.
In 2023, they will present shows from Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win and Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway to Britain’s Got Talent and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
For the first time, there is also an All-Stars version of I’m a Celebrity on the way.
The Newcastle presenters, each of whom have an estimated net worth of £62m, started out as actors in the Cbbc kids series Byker Grove in the 1980s.
Off the back of that show, the duo briefly performed together as pop musicians Pj and Duncan, the names of their characters from the series.
Across their careers, they have won 43 National...
The new deal takes Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly up to 25 years exclusively with ITV.
In 2023, they will present shows from Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win and Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway to Britain’s Got Talent and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
For the first time, there is also an All-Stars version of I’m a Celebrity on the way.
The Newcastle presenters, each of whom have an estimated net worth of £62m, started out as actors in the Cbbc kids series Byker Grove in the 1980s.
Off the back of that show, the duo briefly performed together as pop musicians Pj and Duncan, the names of their characters from the series.
Across their careers, they have won 43 National...
- 1/24/2023
- by Ellie Harrison
- The Independent - TV
ITV’s evergreen presenting duo Ant & Dec will make it to 25 years with the UK network.
The pair, whose real names are Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, will extend their current exclusive relationship for another three years, taking the partnership to a quarter century.
This year they’ll front shows such as current series Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain’s Got Talent and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!. Their shows are now seen on network ITV1 and streamer Itvx, which launched towards the end of 2022.
Starting out as actors on kids TV show Byker Grove, they had a short-lived pop career before becoming the UK’s most successful presenting duo, winning 43 National Television Awards and 18 BAFTA Television Awards.
Their most recent launch, Limitless Win, debuted in January 2022 and has become ITV’s biggest new series since The Masked Singer. It took 6.1 million on launch.
The pair, whose real names are Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, will extend their current exclusive relationship for another three years, taking the partnership to a quarter century.
This year they’ll front shows such as current series Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, Britain’s Got Talent and I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!. Their shows are now seen on network ITV1 and streamer Itvx, which launched towards the end of 2022.
Starting out as actors on kids TV show Byker Grove, they had a short-lived pop career before becoming the UK’s most successful presenting duo, winning 43 National Television Awards and 18 BAFTA Television Awards.
Their most recent launch, Limitless Win, debuted in January 2022 and has become ITV’s biggest new series since The Masked Singer. It took 6.1 million on launch.
- 1/23/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Popular U.K. hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly – better known by their joint stage name Ant and Dec – have signed on to stay at broadcaster ITV for another three years.
The BAFTA-winning duo have spent 25 years at the network, where they are among its most prolific performers, fronting shows including “Britain’s Got Talent,” “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” and “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!”
As well as continuing with those shows in 2023, they will also host “Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win” and “I’m A Celebrity South Africa.”
The duo, who started off as actors, first met as teenagers on the set of children’s drama series “Byker Grove.” They went on to have a short-lived music career in the early 1990s under their “Byker Grove” monikers P.J. and Duncan before hosting Saturday morning pop show “Cduk” alongside Cat Deeley on ITV, which...
The BAFTA-winning duo have spent 25 years at the network, where they are among its most prolific performers, fronting shows including “Britain’s Got Talent,” “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway” and “I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!”
As well as continuing with those shows in 2023, they will also host “Ant & Dec’s Limitless Win” and “I’m A Celebrity South Africa.”
The duo, who started off as actors, first met as teenagers on the set of children’s drama series “Byker Grove.” They went on to have a short-lived music career in the early 1990s under their “Byker Grove” monikers P.J. and Duncan before hosting Saturday morning pop show “Cduk” alongside Cat Deeley on ITV, which...
- 1/23/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
Matt Hancock has admitted that he knew joining I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! would be “controversial”.
The former health secretary, 44, whose stint in the Australian jungle prompted criticism from the Prime Minister and MPs across the political spectrum, entered the reality TV competition early this month as a late contestant.
He ended up coming third during the series finale on Sunday (27 November) behind the winner, former England footballer Jill Scott, and Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner as runner-up
Hancock claiming 21.7 per cent of the initial public vote and, during the post-series Coming Out Show on Thursday (1 December), said that ultimately “millions of people” voted for him.
The special reunion episode will show Hancock being reunited with his partner Gina Coladangelo and attending a wrap party for the show.
Hancock resigned as health secretary in June last year after he was caught breaking coronavirus social distancing rules by having an affair with Coladangelo,...
The former health secretary, 44, whose stint in the Australian jungle prompted criticism from the Prime Minister and MPs across the political spectrum, entered the reality TV competition early this month as a late contestant.
He ended up coming third during the series finale on Sunday (27 November) behind the winner, former England footballer Jill Scott, and Hollyoaks actor Owen Warner as runner-up
Hancock claiming 21.7 per cent of the initial public vote and, during the post-series Coming Out Show on Thursday (1 December), said that ultimately “millions of people” voted for him.
The special reunion episode will show Hancock being reunited with his partner Gina Coladangelo and attending a wrap party for the show.
Hancock resigned as health secretary in June last year after he was caught breaking coronavirus social distancing rules by having an affair with Coladangelo,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is here – and the series has returned to Australia for the first time in three years.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
- 11/18/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Jill Scott had to be seen by a medic after a cockroach got stuck in her ear onI’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!.
Thursday’s episode (17 November) featured a fairground-themed Bushtucker Trial voted for by campmates rather than the public.
But rather than competing for meals, the contestants were competing to get their names entered more times in a tombola, the prize of which was a “big beach barbecue bonanza”.
Mike Tindall, Owen Warner and Jill Scott took part in the challenge, with Tindall explaining: “Myself and Jill haven’t done a trial, and Owen is so hungry he’ll do anything.”
At the “Scareground”, Lioness Scott’s trial saw her surrounded by meal worms and cockroaches in the Unlucky Dip.
As the challenge came to an end, Scott called out: “I’ve got a cockroach right in my ear.”
The medic rushed over, with Scott telling...
Thursday’s episode (17 November) featured a fairground-themed Bushtucker Trial voted for by campmates rather than the public.
But rather than competing for meals, the contestants were competing to get their names entered more times in a tombola, the prize of which was a “big beach barbecue bonanza”.
Mike Tindall, Owen Warner and Jill Scott took part in the challenge, with Tindall explaining: “Myself and Jill haven’t done a trial, and Owen is so hungry he’ll do anything.”
At the “Scareground”, Lioness Scott’s trial saw her surrounded by meal worms and cockroaches in the Unlucky Dip.
As the challenge came to an end, Scott called out: “I’ve got a cockroach right in my ear.”
The medic rushed over, with Scott telling...
- 11/18/2022
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
Jill Scott had to be seen by a medic after a cockroach got stuck in her ear onI’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!.
Thursday’s episode (17 November) featured a fairground-themed Bushtucker Trial voted for by campmates rather than the public.
But rather than competing for meals, the contestants were competing to get their names entered more times in a tombola, the prize of which was a “big beach barbecue bonanza”.
Mike Tindall, Owen Warner and Jill Scott took part in the challenge, with Tindall explaining: “Myself and Jill haven’t done a trial, and Owen is so hungry he’ll do anything.”
At the “Scareground”, Lioness Scott’s trial saw her surrounded by meal worms and cockroaches in the Unlucky Dip.
As the challenge came to an end, Scott called out: “I’ve got a cockroach right in my ear.”
The medic rushed over, with Scott telling...
Thursday’s episode (17 November) featured a fairground-themed Bushtucker Trial voted for by campmates rather than the public.
But rather than competing for meals, the contestants were competing to get their names entered more times in a tombola, the prize of which was a “big beach barbecue bonanza”.
Mike Tindall, Owen Warner and Jill Scott took part in the challenge, with Tindall explaining: “Myself and Jill haven’t done a trial, and Owen is so hungry he’ll do anything.”
At the “Scareground”, Lioness Scott’s trial saw her surrounded by meal worms and cockroaches in the Unlucky Dip.
As the challenge came to an end, Scott called out: “I’ve got a cockroach right in my ear.”
The medic rushed over, with Scott telling...
- 11/17/2022
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
Paralympic athlete Hollie Arnold has claimed that Ant and Dec’s jokes about her on I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! made online abuse about her “worse”.
The gold medal-winning javelin thrower became the first disabled contestant to appear on the show in 2020, when the series was filmed in Gwrych Castle in Wales.
After Arnold used her MBE title when introducing herself to her fellow campmates, her words were parodied by presenters Ant and Dec, with Ant referring to himself as “Ant McPartlin, MBE”.
Speaking to The Sun, Arnold said that she had been made to feel “ashamed” of her title and pressured into removing it from her social media profile.
“I received so much abuse and read all of this horrible nonsense online,” she said. “People thought I was above myself but I’m literally the most chilled and laidback person ever.
“Ant and Dec made...
The gold medal-winning javelin thrower became the first disabled contestant to appear on the show in 2020, when the series was filmed in Gwrych Castle in Wales.
After Arnold used her MBE title when introducing herself to her fellow campmates, her words were parodied by presenters Ant and Dec, with Ant referring to himself as “Ant McPartlin, MBE”.
Speaking to The Sun, Arnold said that she had been made to feel “ashamed” of her title and pressured into removing it from her social media profile.
“I received so much abuse and read all of this horrible nonsense online,” she said. “People thought I was above myself but I’m literally the most chilled and laidback person ever.
“Ant and Dec made...
- 11/16/2022
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is here – and the series has returned to Australia for the first time in three years.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
- 11/14/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is here – and the series has returned to Australia for the first time in three years.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
- 11/13/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is here – and the series has returned to Australia for the first time in three years.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
- 11/11/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is here – and the series has returned to Australia for the first time in three years.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
- 11/11/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is here – and the series has returned to Australia for the first time in three years.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
- 11/9/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is here – and the series has returned to Australia for the first time in three years.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
- 11/8/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Matt Hancock will enter the jungle for I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! on Tuesday (8 November), it has been confirmed.
The former health secretary, 44, is expected to join the original contestants in camp after spending a period of time in isolation.
It is understood his entrance will be teased by co-hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly during Tuesday night’s show.
Following his decision to join the reality series, Hancock had the Tory whip suspended and came under fire from across the political divide for opting to appear on the show while working as a sitting MP.
Hancock has been given access to his phone and laptop during his isolation, allowing him to continue working and stay in touch with constituents.
Along with comedian Seann Walsh, who has been widely reported as the second surprise entry, he will join the campsite shortly.
According to reports, Hancock’s...
The former health secretary, 44, is expected to join the original contestants in camp after spending a period of time in isolation.
It is understood his entrance will be teased by co-hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly during Tuesday night’s show.
Following his decision to join the reality series, Hancock had the Tory whip suspended and came under fire from across the political divide for opting to appear on the show while working as a sitting MP.
Hancock has been given access to his phone and laptop during his isolation, allowing him to continue working and stay in touch with constituents.
Along with comedian Seann Walsh, who has been widely reported as the second surprise entry, he will join the campsite shortly.
According to reports, Hancock’s...
- 11/8/2022
- by Isobel Lewis
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is here – and the series has returned to Australia for the first time in three years.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly are back on hosting duties for the annual reality series, which this year features a musician, a DJ and a disgraced politician as part of its line-up.
One such celebrity taking part in the series is Owen Warner – but who is he?
Warner is a British actor best known for playing the role of Romeo Nightingale in Hollyoaks.
The 32-year-old first joined the soap in 2018 and has found himself at the centre of several key storylines.
Warner, who hails from Leicester, is considered to be a friend of I’m a Celebrity having previously appeared on discussion show I’m a Celebrity: Extra Camp, which airs on ITV2, multiple times.
Shortly after he was announced as a contestant, Warner became one of the early favourites to win.
- 11/7/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Animal rights organisation Peta have penned an open letter calling for Ant and Dec to resign from I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
The popular TV duo, real names Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, are returning to host the long-running reality series, which starts in a few days’ time.
I’m a Celebrity has drawn criticism from animal rights groups throughout its run, with the use of live and dead animals in the “bushtucker trials” a recurring source of controversy.
Peta previously called for a boycott of the series over the “animal cruelty” involved in the show.
Now, Peta have sent an open letter to Ant and Dec urging them to dissassociate themselves from the production.
In a letter sent to the popular presenters on Thursday, and shared on the organisation’s website, the group told the pair: “For too long, you have been complicit in cruelty to animals on the show,...
The popular TV duo, real names Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, are returning to host the long-running reality series, which starts in a few days’ time.
I’m a Celebrity has drawn criticism from animal rights groups throughout its run, with the use of live and dead animals in the “bushtucker trials” a recurring source of controversy.
Peta previously called for a boycott of the series over the “animal cruelty” involved in the show.
Now, Peta have sent an open letter to Ant and Dec urging them to dissassociate themselves from the production.
In a letter sent to the popular presenters on Thursday, and shared on the organisation’s website, the group told the pair: “For too long, you have been complicit in cruelty to animals on the show,...
- 11/4/2022
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
ITV has announced the start date of 2022’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The hit reality TV show is making its highly anticipated return to Australia with hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
The series will be back on our screens from Sunday 6 November at 9pm on ITV.
The start date is earlier than previous years, with show bosses attempting to avoid a clash with the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off in Qatar on Sunday 20 November.
The 22nd season of I’m a Celebrity has returned to the jungle after it had to relocate to Wales for the past two years, due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
While the full line-up is not yet confirmed, rumoured celebrity contestants include royal family member and former rugby star, Mike Tindall; singer Boy George; Loose Women star Charlene White; and Love Island contestant Olivia Attwood.
The hit reality TV show is making its highly anticipated return to Australia with hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
The series will be back on our screens from Sunday 6 November at 9pm on ITV.
The start date is earlier than previous years, with show bosses attempting to avoid a clash with the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off in Qatar on Sunday 20 November.
The 22nd season of I’m a Celebrity has returned to the jungle after it had to relocate to Wales for the past two years, due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
While the full line-up is not yet confirmed, rumoured celebrity contestants include royal family member and former rugby star, Mike Tindall; singer Boy George; Loose Women star Charlene White; and Love Island contestant Olivia Attwood.
- 11/2/2022
- by Furvah Shah
- The Independent - TV
ITV has announced the start date of 2022’s I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
The hit reality TV show is making its highly anticipated return to Australia with hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
The start date is earlier than previous years, with show bosses attempting to avoid a clash with the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off in Qatar on Sunday 20 November.
The 22nd season of I’m a Celebrity has returned to the jungle after it had to relocate to Wales for the past two years, due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
While the full line-up is not yet confirmed, rumoured celebrity contestants include royal family member and former rugby star, Mike Tindall; singer Boy George; Loose Women star Charlene White; and Love Island contestant Olivia Attwood.
George, 61, is speculated to be the highest-paid star in the history of the show, according to the Mail Online,...
The hit reality TV show is making its highly anticipated return to Australia with hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly.
The start date is earlier than previous years, with show bosses attempting to avoid a clash with the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which kicks off in Qatar on Sunday 20 November.
The 22nd season of I’m a Celebrity has returned to the jungle after it had to relocate to Wales for the past two years, due to travel restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
While the full line-up is not yet confirmed, rumoured celebrity contestants include royal family member and former rugby star, Mike Tindall; singer Boy George; Loose Women star Charlene White; and Love Island contestant Olivia Attwood.
George, 61, is speculated to be the highest-paid star in the history of the show, according to the Mail Online,...
- 11/2/2022
- by Furvah Shah
- The Independent - TV
The full I’m a Celebrity 2022 line-up has been announced.
A new selection of famous faces are set to enter the Australian jungle for the first time since 2019. For the past two years, the ITV show took palce in Wales due to Covid regulations.
However, the stars participating in the new series, which will begin on Sunday (6 November), have been arriving Down Under over the last week, with ITV confirming the line-up on Monday (31 October).
One such celebrity is former Culture Club singer Boy George, who is reported to have signed on as the highest-paid star in the show’s 20-year history. His participation comes just under seven months after he said he would “never” do the show.
DJ Chris Moyles is also confirmed to appear, as is former professional rugby player Mike Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, is the first royal family member...
A new selection of famous faces are set to enter the Australian jungle for the first time since 2019. For the past two years, the ITV show took palce in Wales due to Covid regulations.
However, the stars participating in the new series, which will begin on Sunday (6 November), have been arriving Down Under over the last week, with ITV confirming the line-up on Monday (31 October).
One such celebrity is former Culture Club singer Boy George, who is reported to have signed on as the highest-paid star in the show’s 20-year history. His participation comes just under seven months after he said he would “never” do the show.
DJ Chris Moyles is also confirmed to appear, as is former professional rugby player Mike Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, is the first royal family member...
- 11/1/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity fans are highlighting a negative quote Boy George recently made about the series.
The Culture Club singer is said to be receiving the biggest amount of money in the ITV show’s 20-year history, beating the eyewatering paycheque’s received by both Noel Edmonds and Caitlyn Jenner.
However, fans of the show are remembering something he said during an appearance on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway during an appearance on the series back in April.
After performing his hit song “Karma Chameleon’, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, who both host I’m a Celebrity, asked Boy George what the song means to him.
He replied: “It means I’ll never have to say ‘I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.’”
The singer was referencing the show’s title, which is taken from the phrase celebrities have to shout if they want to...
The Culture Club singer is said to be receiving the biggest amount of money in the ITV show’s 20-year history, beating the eyewatering paycheque’s received by both Noel Edmonds and Caitlyn Jenner.
However, fans of the show are remembering something he said during an appearance on Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway during an appearance on the series back in April.
After performing his hit song “Karma Chameleon’, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, who both host I’m a Celebrity, asked Boy George what the song means to him.
He replied: “It means I’ll never have to say ‘I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here.’”
The singer was referencing the show’s title, which is taken from the phrase celebrities have to shout if they want to...
- 11/1/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
The full I’m a Celebrity 2022 line-up has been announced.
A new selection of famous faces are set to enter the Australian jungle for the first time since 2019. For the past two years, the ITV show took palce in Wales due to Covid regulations.
However, the stars participating in the new series, which will begin on Sunday (6 November), have been arriving Down Under over the last week, with ITV confirming the line-up on Monday (31 October).
One such celebrity is former Culture Club singer Boy George, who is reported to have signed on as the highest-paid star in the show’s 20-year history. His participation comes just under seven months after he said he would “never” do the show.
DJ Chris Moyles is also confirmed to appear, as is former professional rugby player Mike Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, is the first royal family member...
A new selection of famous faces are set to enter the Australian jungle for the first time since 2019. For the past two years, the ITV show took palce in Wales due to Covid regulations.
However, the stars participating in the new series, which will begin on Sunday (6 November), have been arriving Down Under over the last week, with ITV confirming the line-up on Monday (31 October).
One such celebrity is former Culture Club singer Boy George, who is reported to have signed on as the highest-paid star in the show’s 20-year history. His participation comes just under seven months after he said he would “never” do the show.
DJ Chris Moyles is also confirmed to appear, as is former professional rugby player Mike Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, is the first royal family member...
- 11/1/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
The full I’m a Celebrity 2022 line-up has been annunced.
A new selection of famous faces are set to enter the Australian jungle for the first time since 2019. For the past two years, the ITV show took palce in Wales due to Covid regulations.
However, the stars participating in the new series, which will begin on Sunday (6 November), have been arriving Down Under over the last week, with ITV confirming the line-up on Monday (31 October).
One such celebrity is former Culture Club singer Boy George, who is reported to have signed on as the highest-paid star in the show’s 20-year history. DJ Chris Moyles is also confirmed to appear.
Former professional rugby player Mike Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, is the first royal family member who will appear on the show.
Tindall is not the only sports star to appear; Jill Scott, who...
A new selection of famous faces are set to enter the Australian jungle for the first time since 2019. For the past two years, the ITV show took palce in Wales due to Covid regulations.
However, the stars participating in the new series, which will begin on Sunday (6 November), have been arriving Down Under over the last week, with ITV confirming the line-up on Monday (31 October).
One such celebrity is former Culture Club singer Boy George, who is reported to have signed on as the highest-paid star in the show’s 20-year history. DJ Chris Moyles is also confirmed to appear.
Former professional rugby player Mike Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, is the first royal family member who will appear on the show.
Tindall is not the only sports star to appear; Jill Scott, who...
- 10/31/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
The full I’m a Celebrity 2022 line-up has been “revealed”, according to reports.
A new selection of famous faces are set to enter the Australian jungle for the first time since 2019. For the past two years, the ITV show took palce in Wales due to Covid regulations.
However, the stars participating in the new series, which will begin on Sunday (6 November), have been arriving Down Under over the last week, with The Mirror confirming the line-up as they landed.
One such celebrity is former Culture Club singer Boy George, who is reported to have signed on as the highest-paid star in the show’s 20-year history. DJ Chris Moyles is also confirmed to appear.
Former professional rugby player Mike Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, is the first royal family member who will appear on the show.
Tindall is not the only sports star to appear; Jill Scott,...
A new selection of famous faces are set to enter the Australian jungle for the first time since 2019. For the past two years, the ITV show took palce in Wales due to Covid regulations.
However, the stars participating in the new series, which will begin on Sunday (6 November), have been arriving Down Under over the last week, with The Mirror confirming the line-up as they landed.
One such celebrity is former Culture Club singer Boy George, who is reported to have signed on as the highest-paid star in the show’s 20-year history. DJ Chris Moyles is also confirmed to appear.
Former professional rugby player Mike Tindall, who is married to the Queen’s granddaughter Zara Tindall, is the first royal family member who will appear on the show.
Tindall is not the only sports star to appear; Jill Scott,...
- 10/31/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Ant and Dec have reacted to the I’m a Celebrity 2022 line-up.
The hosts of the ITV show, which returns to screens next month, have taken centre stage for a new video teasing this year’s celebrities that will participate.
While the channel is keeping the identities of the stars tight-lipped until it begins on Sunday 6 November, several members of the rumoured line-up have landed in Australia.
The new video starring Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly is providing more clues of who the contestants are, with the former at one stage exclaiming: “Now I can’t believe we’ve got him. You don’t know what you’ve let yourself in for, my friend!”
Donnelly calls another contestant “fun and feisty”, while saying of an additional celebrity: “She would hate every minute of it.”
An excited McPartlin says of another star: “Yes! We knew we’d get you on there one of these days!
The hosts of the ITV show, which returns to screens next month, have taken centre stage for a new video teasing this year’s celebrities that will participate.
While the channel is keeping the identities of the stars tight-lipped until it begins on Sunday 6 November, several members of the rumoured line-up have landed in Australia.
The new video starring Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly is providing more clues of who the contestants are, with the former at one stage exclaiming: “Now I can’t believe we’ve got him. You don’t know what you’ve let yourself in for, my friend!”
Donnelly calls another contestant “fun and feisty”, while saying of an additional celebrity: “She would hate every minute of it.”
An excited McPartlin says of another star: “Yes! We knew we’d get you on there one of these days!
- 10/28/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is a matter of weeks away, and the first contestants are seemingly being revealed.
This year’s series will be extra special for viewers considering it’s been 20 years since DJ Tony Blackburn was crowned King of the Jungle in the iTV reality show’s first ever run.
To mark the occasion, a selection of ex-contestants are currently filming an All Stars edition of the show in South Africa, which won’t be broadcast until 2023. (Find out who’s rumoured to be taking part here).
Before that, though, there’s the small matter of the main show – and fans are now wondering who will be appearing following the release of a first trailer on ITV on Friday (7 October).
Excitingly, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have confirmed the series will return to the Australian jungle – and a launch date has reportedly been set for Sunday 6 November.
Thanks...
This year’s series will be extra special for viewers considering it’s been 20 years since DJ Tony Blackburn was crowned King of the Jungle in the iTV reality show’s first ever run.
To mark the occasion, a selection of ex-contestants are currently filming an All Stars edition of the show in South Africa, which won’t be broadcast until 2023. (Find out who’s rumoured to be taking part here).
Before that, though, there’s the small matter of the main show – and fans are now wondering who will be appearing following the release of a first trailer on ITV on Friday (7 October).
Excitingly, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have confirmed the series will return to the Australian jungle – and a launch date has reportedly been set for Sunday 6 November.
Thanks...
- 10/27/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 is a matter of weeks away, and the first contestants are seemingly being revealed.
This year’s series will be extra special for viewers considering it’s been 20 years since DJ Tony Blackburn was crowned King of the Jungle in the iTV reality show’s first ever run.
To mark the occasion, a selection of ex-contestants are currently filming an All Stars edition of the show in South Africa, which won’t be broadcast until 2023. (Find out who’s rumoured to be taking part here).
Before that, though, there’s the small matter of the main show – and fans are now wondering who will be appearing following the release of a first trailer on ITV on Friday (7 October).
Excitingly, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have confirmed the series will return to the Australian jungle – and a launch date has reportedly been set for Sunday 6 November.
Thanks...
This year’s series will be extra special for viewers considering it’s been 20 years since DJ Tony Blackburn was crowned King of the Jungle in the iTV reality show’s first ever run.
To mark the occasion, a selection of ex-contestants are currently filming an All Stars edition of the show in South Africa, which won’t be broadcast until 2023. (Find out who’s rumoured to be taking part here).
Before that, though, there’s the small matter of the main show – and fans are now wondering who will be appearing following the release of a first trailer on ITV on Friday (7 October).
Excitingly, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have confirmed the series will return to the Australian jungle – and a launch date has reportedly been set for Sunday 6 November.
Thanks...
- 10/27/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
Alison Hammond has admitted to making an “embarrassing” mistake at the National Television Awards.
During This Morning on Friday (14 November), Hammond and co-host Dermot O’Leary thanked viewers after winning the award for Best Daytime Show at Thursday (13 November) night’s show.
“We are so very very grateful. You are officially watching Britain’s best daytime show everyone! Thank you so much for voting,” said Hammond.
“I think I speak for all of us when I say, ‘I don’t want to go to school today mum,’” O’Leary joked.
But Hammond admitted she mistakenly thought had also she won the award for Best Presenter, which she was nominated for alongside the likes of Ant and Dec, Graham Norton and Bradley Walsh.
“The funniest moment was – obviously I was up for an award – and I heard ‘Ant and Dec’ being called but I heard ‘Alison’. In my head, I heard ‘Alison’,” she told viewers.
During This Morning on Friday (14 November), Hammond and co-host Dermot O’Leary thanked viewers after winning the award for Best Daytime Show at Thursday (13 November) night’s show.
“We are so very very grateful. You are officially watching Britain’s best daytime show everyone! Thank you so much for voting,” said Hammond.
“I think I speak for all of us when I say, ‘I don’t want to go to school today mum,’” O’Leary joked.
But Hammond admitted she mistakenly thought had also she won the award for Best Presenter, which she was nominated for alongside the likes of Ant and Dec, Graham Norton and Bradley Walsh.
“The funniest moment was – obviously I was up for an award – and I heard ‘Ant and Dec’ being called but I heard ‘Alison’. In my head, I heard ‘Alison’,” she told viewers.
- 10/14/2022
- by Furvah Shah
- The Independent - TV
Ant and Dec have confirmed the reason they were forced to pull out of hosting duties for the new spinoff of Britain’s Got Talent.
The British duo were originally expected to present the new ITV talent show, Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician.
However, a spokesperson for the series told MailOnline on Wednesday (12 October) that the two were “unable to film” after having become “unwell”.
Instead, they have been replaced by magician Stephen Mulhern.
A representative for the pair later informed The Sun that “Ant and Dec have tested for Covid and unfortunately have both tested positive” and “will be postponing work commitments whilst they recover”.
This also means that Ant McPartlin, 47, and Dec Donnelly, 46, will no longer be in attendance at Britain’s 27th National Television Awards on Thursday (13 October).
Up against Alison Hammond, Bradley Walsh and Graham Norton, the duo are, once again, in the running for the TV presenter award,...
The British duo were originally expected to present the new ITV talent show, Britain’s Got Talent: The Ultimate Magician.
However, a spokesperson for the series told MailOnline on Wednesday (12 October) that the two were “unable to film” after having become “unwell”.
Instead, they have been replaced by magician Stephen Mulhern.
A representative for the pair later informed The Sun that “Ant and Dec have tested for Covid and unfortunately have both tested positive” and “will be postponing work commitments whilst they recover”.
This also means that Ant McPartlin, 47, and Dec Donnelly, 46, will no longer be in attendance at Britain’s 27th National Television Awards on Thursday (13 October).
Up against Alison Hammond, Bradley Walsh and Graham Norton, the duo are, once again, in the running for the TV presenter award,...
- 10/12/2022
- by Inga Parkel
- The Independent - TV
I’m a Celebrity 2022 line-up: Full list of contestant rumours, including Chris Moyles and Boy George
I’m a Celebrity2022 is a matter of weeks away, and the first contestants are seemingly being revealed.
This year’s series will be extra special for viewers considering it’s been 20 years since DJ Tony Blackburn was crowned King of the Jungle in the iTV reality show’s first ever run.
To mark the occasion, a selection of ex-contestants are currently filming an All Stars edition of the show in South Africa, which won’t be broadcast until 2023. (Find out who’s rumoured to be taking part here).
Before that, though, there’s the small matter of the main show – and fans are now wondering who will be appearing following the release of a first trailer on ITV on Friday (7 October).
Excitingly, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have confirmed the series will return to the Australian jungle.
Thanks to reliable sources close to the show, the 2022 line-up appears to be taking shape.
This year’s series will be extra special for viewers considering it’s been 20 years since DJ Tony Blackburn was crowned King of the Jungle in the iTV reality show’s first ever run.
To mark the occasion, a selection of ex-contestants are currently filming an All Stars edition of the show in South Africa, which won’t be broadcast until 2023. (Find out who’s rumoured to be taking part here).
Before that, though, there’s the small matter of the main show – and fans are now wondering who will be appearing following the release of a first trailer on ITV on Friday (7 October).
Excitingly, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly have confirmed the series will return to the Australian jungle.
Thanks to reliable sources close to the show, the 2022 line-up appears to be taking shape.
- 10/9/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - TV
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