The death has been announced of novelist C. J. Sansom. Best known for the Shardlake novels in which a lawyer investigates crimes during the turbulent reign of Henry VIII. This was news comes just before a screen version of the novels are about 'll release on the Disney+ streaming service.
C. J. Sansom R. I. P.
In the day's edition of Pointless contestants were asked to give the second word of a book title with two words that began with the same letter. One contestant when shown the word Marathon, went for runner. The answer is of course Marathon Man by William Goldman which was later turned into a film starring Dustin Hoffman.
Actress Brenda Blethyn has announced that she is no longer playing the titular role of Vera. The police drama has been going for 14 years.
Tonight sees the start of this year's run of the show the bad brought us dancing dogs and signing we veterans. Here are three things you can expect to see.
Simon Cowell against an act that goes through.
Amanda Holden to burst into tears at a contestant emotional story.
a contestant has a verbal clash with the panel after not getting through
It has been announced that Mark Goodier will be the new host of BBC Radio 2 Pick of the Pops. Mark replaces the late Steve Wright.
Last night's final of University Challenge was Imperial college of London win the competition for a record breaking fifth time. They beat University College of London by a impressive margin of 160 points.
Starting tonight on BBC 4 is a repeat run of the sit com No Place Like Home. The story of a couple living with their grown up children, one of them was played in one of his first TV roles by Martin Clunes. Clunes would go on to stardom in a very different sit .com Men Behaving Badly.
