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Strictly Come Dancing star and BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has hit back at fans telling him to quit the competition, vowing to give it his all until he's voted out. The Radio 2 broadcaster, who is keeping a diary of his Strictly journey on his official website http://jeremyvine.tv has posted a message from a Strictly viewer calling him a ‘bovine’ and suggesting he ‘MOVE ON’. In response, Vine posted a video in which he talks directly to ‘Martin’, the person...

By Abeer Sharma  “Dum de dum de dum de dum de dum de dum de dum dum…” Oh yes, a new series of the BBC’s The Apprentice is back on our screens this week, launching with a double-bill. Expect haplessness, back-stabbing and stomach-churning desperation galore as 18 candidates battle for the opportunity to set up business with the indomitable Lord Sugar. The show’s return has already invited groans of derision. Reputable miserablist Paul Mason recently wrote a piece decrying the...

It is said we all have our weak points.  And for BBC Broadcaster Jeremy Vine, that weak point appears to be the call of Lindt chocolates late at night. In an amusing video entitled ‘The Late Night Chocolate’ published on his official website http://jeremyvine.tv, the Radio 2 presenter and Strictly star admits ‘I’m trying to be more healthy and I’m moving around now with Strictly. I’m thinking about my health and I’m eating well all day. A friend said to...

Jeremy Vine admits to dreaming of his steps every night when his head hits the pillow The BBC presenter Jeremy Vine has confessed that his dancing shoes ‘don’t quite fit yet’ and says he is dreaming of his steps at night. The Strictly star, who is keeping a diary of his Strictly journey on his official website http://jeremyvine.tv, told his fans that ‘it’s tough out there’ and the judges were justifiably harsh to him on Saturday night. He says: The...

Stephen Volk is the legendary British horror writer who began his career penning the spec script that became Ken Russell’s sensual, surreal and nerve-shredding movie Gothic, re-imagining the night that Mary Shelley created the story of Frankenstein. Since the film’s release in 1986, it has become a cult classic. Not content with creating just one piece of landmark entertainment, in 1992 Stephen conceived and wrote the BBC’s infamous Halloween special, Ghostwatch. During the broadcast, a ‘ghost hunt’ in the style...

By Dr. Robin George Andrews  Series 9 of Doctor Who premieres on the 19th September with The Magician’s Apprentice. In the meantime, another (lesser known) doctor, Dr. Andrews, has been pondering on the power source of the TARDIS: the Eye of Harmony. That’s right: the man who stops the monsters is back, and he’s not alone. The Master – reincarnated as the phenomenally mischievous Missy – is somehow alive and kicking, and is teaming up with the intrepid, effervescent Clara to...

This week, Strictly Come Dancing's Jeremy Vine talks about his Strictly makeover, or Strictlification With its sequinned costumes, spray tans, top hats and sparkly shoes, the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing is renowned and loved for its dramatic makeovers and fairly tale costumes. Now, the Strictly contestant Jeremy Vine has revealed just what the process of ‘Strictlification’, as it is apparently named behind the scenes, involves. Writing on his official website http://jeremyvine.tv, the BBC Radio 2 presenter reveals that when he...

Since his quirky supernatural TV show Being Human became a smash hit for BBC3 in 2008 (making stars of its leads Aiden Turner, Lenora Crichlow and Russell Tovey in the process) writer Toby Whithouse’s career has gone from strength to strength. His latest glossy six-part drama, The Game, was lauded by critics and fans alike – and he’s even being talked about as the next Doctor Who showrunner. Felicity Evans caught up with him to find out more…   The...