Missing bird

 ITV have announced that there will be a Xmas special of Birds of a Feather however it will be without one of it's stars. Pauline Quirke who has played Sharon since the show started in 1989 is busy pursing outside interests. Will viewers accept this?

John Sessions (1953-2020)

 The death has been announced of John Sessions. John's talents could be seen in a wide range of productions. From comedy shows.like Stella Street to Whose Line Is It Anyway? to dramas like Sherlock and The Inspector Lynley Mysteries. His film work included 1989's Henry V and The Bounty from 1984.

R I P John Sessions

Johnny not so good?

 Johnny Depp has lost his libel suit against The Sun newspaper over claims he hit his ex wife Amber Herd. However Depp is appealing the judgement.

Goodbye Bobby

 The death has been announced of Bobby Ball. With Tommy Cannon he forme. Bobby had ad a popular comedy double act. Bobby had a regular role in Not Going Out. He has appeared in Last of the Summer Wine and Benidorm.

Bobby Ball RIP 

Frank's off time

 The death of Frank Brough shows how years of an acclaimed media career can be over shadowed by off screen antics. For nearly 30 years Brough was a stalwart of the BBC even being the first face of breakfast television in the UK when he presented BBC Breakfast Time in 1983. However his career came to crashing halt when stories came out of his drug taking with call girls. A minor come back in the early 1990s was derailed by another scandal and ever afterwards the name of Frank Brough is known more for what he did off screen than what he did on screen.

Back in the morning game

 This Monday morning BBC 1 will start showing Morning Live. It is their first morning magazine programme since the 1990s. The first attempt at a morning show was Open Air which was hosted by among Eamon Holmes, it focused on TV and in one memorable moment featured featured future Doctor Who show runner Chris Chibnall venting fury at writers Pip and Jane Baker over their work on the show. A later effort was Good Morning with Anne and Nick which saw Anne Diamond and Nick Owen repeating their TV-AM partnership, for a time it beat the ITV daytime giant This Morning  in the ratings but it ended in 1996 and the BBC left morning magazine format alone until now weather viewers take to remains to be seen.

Adam Dalgeish returns

 After their success with the new of All Creatures Great and Small Channel 5 are to the TV last for their n next drama hit. It has been announced that they will be adapting the Adam Dalgeish novels of PD James. The character  was first played by Roy Marsden in the 1980/90s and then by Martin Shaw in the mid 2000s. Bertie Carval will  take on the role of the post detective.