The 48-year-old says there will ‘definitely’ be another alternative ending creation from the Netflix franchise and we already can’t wait to see what they come up with.
He told The Hollywood Reporter this week: ‘While we were making it we kept saying, “We’ll never do this again.” And then I guess, perhaps like childbirth, you block out the pain and approach it a second time!
Bandersnatch featured five different endings as viewers chose the characters’ fate (Picture: Netflix)
‘By the end, I was saying, “Oh I’ve got an idea.” It’s definitely something I would do again and I think there are lots of ways to tackle it.’
On his advice for trying the format himself, Brooker said in January that creators should ‘runaway’.
He now explains: ‘The biggest challenge is narratively. It would have to justify being interactive otherwise, why put yourself through that?’
Bandersnatch boasted five main alternative endings through the choose-your-own-adventure narrative, which followed wannabe game developer Stefan (Fionn Whitehead) in his bid to pitch to Tuckersoft Games.
Charlie Brooker and producer Annabel Jones have teased the possibility of future interactive episodes (Photo by Blair Raughley/Invision for Netflix/AP Images)
The company, who trademarked the phrase ‘choose your own adventure’, claimed Netflix used the phrase and concept in Bandersnatch to ‘capitalise on viewers’ nostalgia’ for the 1980s book series.
That must mean there’s plenty of idea brewing for future alternative endings episodes.
Black Mirror season five is released on Netflix 5 June.
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Gentleman Jack has been likened to Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag (Picture: BBC)
Gentleman Jack viewers have branded the BBC period drama ‘a 19th century Fleabag’ and we’re here for it.
In the brand new show, which kick started last week, Suranne Jones’ Anne Lister frequently breaks the fourth wall to talk to the audience like Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s titular character.
Fleabag had a tendency to make snide remarks directly at us and she frequently shared awkward glances – and Anne is no different.
Fans are digging the filming technique on Twitter and have made direct comparisons between the two programmes, writing: ‘So Gentleman Jack is the Fleabag of the Victorian era?’
Echoing the same sentiment, another added: ‘It’s like Fleabag in the 19th century.’
Gentleman Jack, which tells the story of the ‘first modern lesbian’, has proved such a hit that the BBC has already renewed it for a second series.
‘We always dreamed there would be more and now we get to play it all out,’ said Suranne of getting to play Anne again.
‘It’s such amazing and positive news. I love working with the brilliant and talented Sophie Rundle and can’t wait to create some more Lister and Walker moments with her too.’
The first episode of the series raked in a staggering overnight audience of 5.1million viewers.
Talking about the response so far, showrunner Sally Wainright said: ‘It’s so exciting that so many people have had such a positive response to Suranne’s exuberant performance as the brilliant, life-affirming Anne Lister and to Sophie’s beautiful performance as her courageous partner, Ann Walker.
‘I’m utterly delighted that we’ve been recommissioned, because there are so many more big, bold stories to tell about Anne Lister and Ann Walker.
‘A massive thank you to the BBC and HBO and to everyone at Lookout Point.’
Gentleman Jack airs Sundays at 9pm on BBC One.
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Miley Cyrus is making her Black Mirror debut in the new series (Picture: Netflix)
Miley Cyrus ditched Hannah Montana for a ‘very raw and emotional’ performance in Black Mirror, according to creator Charlie Brooker.
The 26-year-old singer-and-actress – who shot to fame in Disney TV show in 2006 – plays a former child star in the upcoming Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too episode of the anthology series, and was happy to give her own ‘insights and opinions’ on her character, leading to what producers believe to be one of her ‘best’ ever pieces of work.
‘She had all sorts of insights and opinions on the script. We had a Skype call with her. She really related to the character and had some useful observations – and very quickly she was on board,’ Brooker told SFX.
‘I think people will be surprised by what she gets up to in the episode, and by her performance.’
Executive producer Annabel Jones added: ‘I think it was quite an emotional experience for her. She brought lots to the script, but also I think she felt emotional reliving some of these things.
‘She gives a very raw and vulnerable performance. I think it’s one of the best things she’s ever done.’
While casting the ‘Malibu’ hitmaker was the “dream” for the show, no one involved in the project expected her to even respond when they sent her a script.
Charlie said: ‘We sent her the script thinking, “As if she’s going to say yes to this.” We sent it in the full knowledge that it probably wouldn’t even be rebuffed – I would just be ignored.
‘But we very quickly got word back to say that she was interested.’
Although plot details are being kept tightly under wraps, Charlie promised Miley’s episode will be wild.
He explained: ‘That episode is quite a romp, in many ways. It’s about celebrity, it’s about loneliness, it’s about music and it’s about digital assistants in the Siri or Alexa mould, so there’s a lot going on in it. It’s also quite bananas.’
Maisie Williams needs a new script that makes her gasp (Picture: Getty Images)
Maisie Williams gets frustrated with other scripts after starring in the epic Game of Thrones.
The 22-year-old star, who played the stealth assassin Arya Stark on the hit fantasy HBO show, is desperate for new material that makes her ‘gasp’ but she struggles to find it.
She told SFX magazine: ‘I read other scripts now and think, “This is trash!” The stories are just not complex. And then sometimes you read a script which is definitely like 30 pages too long and you think, “But there’s still no twist!”
‘It’s sometimes really difficult to find something that surprises you. I think that’s what the show has always done so well.
‘And you can’t do that sort of writing unless you’re good at writing because otherwise it just becomes sort of nonsensical and you’re just being shocking for the sake of being shocking rather than writing something that’s believable.
Arya Stark killed the Night King in the epic HBO fantasy drama (Picture: HBO)
‘I’m constantly craving something that makes me gasp as I read.’
Despite the huge global success of the show, Maisie admitted she still can’t grasp how big it has been because she has been inside the phenomenon from the start.
She said: ‘I still struggle to grasp how huge it is. It’s really hard because you’re like, “Well do I just think that because I’m on it? Is it really that big?”
‘You see all the numbers come in and fans dressing up, but because it’s our entire life, it’s hard to be objective and see it from the outside.
‘I’m friends with a few of the cast on Stranger Things and that show really blew up. People always say, “Oh my God, what are they like in real life?” and I’m like, “They’re just my friends.”
‘People build this idea of someone and it’s beautiful to see the excitement in their eyes, but at the end of the day, we’re all still figuring this out like everyone else. We still can’t believe that it’s got so big.’
Game Of Thrones star Kit Harington’s reaction to learning of Jon Snow’s murder of Emilia Clarke’s Daenerys Targaryen for the first time is absolutely priceless.
Two-hour documentary The Last Watch showed all the behind-the-scenes action of the finale season eight, including the very moment Kit realised he’d be slaying his love interest.
The bombshell was dropped during a table read with the cast, with the last scene being dictated to the room.
‘For a moment neither moves as if moving would make this real. We see Jon with his hands still on the with the hilt of the dagger he’s just lodged in Dany’s heart,’ a narrator announced.
‘Her strength leaves her and she collapses to the marble,’ they continued.
‘He keeps her in his arms and she falls, kneeling down to the floor beside her. He looks down at what he’s done, terrible and necessary. End of Game Of Thrones.’
— Game of Thrones Memes (@IronThroneMemes) May 27, 2019
Kit held his head in his hands as he listened to how the HBO series ending would play while Emilia tried her hardest to make her co-star laugh by pulling faces.
However Kit was visibly shocked by what he’d heard and covered his mouth with his hand.
Fans were living for the actor’s reaction and joked on Twitter that his reaction was to the writing rather than to Dany’s fate.
It didn’t end well for Daenerys (Picture: HBO)
‘Kit Harington reading the script and realising how sh**** the writing has been this season and crying,’ laughed one.
The petition has so far racked up a staggering 1.5million signatures, with the likes of Sophie Turner slamming fans over the ‘disrespectful’ move.
Game Of Thrones is available to stream on NOW TV.
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Top Gear has dropped a fresh trailer for series 27 with brand new presenting line-up Freddie Flintoff, Paddy McGuinness and Chris Harris at the helm.
Their hotly-anticipated takeover teases all the action, from racing hearses and steaming around tracks, journeying on the beaches of Wales to the mountains of Ethiopia.
‘I’m out of my comfort zone,’ admits Paddy at beginning as the camera pans out to the host travelling down a murky river.
Elsewhere in the promo, Paddy and Freddie are seen having a spot of bother with the bumper of an old banger.
‘It’s alright, you don’t need it,’ Freddie offers as he struggles to reattach it.
The lads drive across a Welsh beach (Picture: PA)
This looked like a close call (Picture: PA)
Freddie rides on the roof of a motor (Picture: PA)
The snapshot also included cheeky previews of races in a McLaren 600LT, a Daimler Hearse, the Ferrari 488 Pista, and an obscure French 1970s Matra Bagheera.
‘Just another day at the office,’ Paddy enthuses at the end of the clip.
Fans can’t wait to get their next fix of the car programme and shared their excitement on Twitter, writing: ‘Fantastic line up!! I will be watching the new Top Gear without question.’
‘I’m actually looking forward to Top Gear again for the first time in years!’ enthused another.
New Top Gear trio Freddie, Paddy, and Chris have already got off to a flying start with fans, with onlookers cheering the Take Me Out presenter as he jumped up on a car, filmed the cheers and shouted: ‘Thanks for making us feel so welcome’ at their debut.
Top Gear is expected to return to the BBC this summer.
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Killing Eve aired the hotly-anticipated season two finale in the US last night with the episode You’re Mine.
The BBC drama ended on an almighty cliffhanger with Sandra Oh’s character Eve being shot point blank by Villanelle (played by Jodie Comer) just as the agent rejected her, leaving us waiting until season three to learn whether or not she survives the attack.
Ahead of the plot twist of epic proportions, Villanelle confessed her love for Eve, only to have her heart broken as Sandra’s character snapped: ‘You don’t understand what that is.’
Seconds later, she fired a bullet into her love interest’s back.
Luckily Sandra has addressed the intense scenes and boy did she go in deep as she gave insight into why Villanelle decided not to fire multiple times.
‘What was Villanelle thinking at that moment?’ Sandra began. ‘Was she really wanting to kill her? Was she not? We have not yet decided.
Villanelle shoots Eve in the finale (Picture: BBC)
‘I will say the blood is coming from a certain area, and I think that we may move that around, the area of the shot.’
She continued to the publication: ‘Who knows if anyone ever finds Eve? She could bleed out.
‘She’s walking away not knowing. Villanelle is walking away not knowing the outcome, but obviously being fine about it. Just like Eve is walking away from saying “no” to Villanelle and going to be fine with whatever happens in some way.’
Teasing what could go down in the third season, Sandra added to the Entertainment Weekly: ‘How can you come back when you said “no”?
‘How can you come back when you really know the truth about someone?
‘Honestly, I’m trying to figure out: how does Eve come back to any of her life? I don’t know yet. We’re going to work that out. Or not. If she survives.’
Killing Eve season 2 is expected to arrive on BBC Three in June.
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Tonight Britain’s Got Talent goes live for the first of this week’s semi-finals with roller-skaters Rosie and Adam among the anxious acts taking to the stage to confront Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams.
The couple appeared on Lorraine today where Rosie revealed she’s packed in her job to give absolutely everything she has to the competition.
‘There’s a lot more at stake for this routine so I’m definitely nervous,’ admitted Rosie. ‘I’m sure Adam does too; he’s got the more important job really.
‘I quit my job so we could train full time for this, so no pressure!’
Head judge Simon told the duo their painfully dangerous routine was ‘more like figure skating’ when they nailed their first audition with four yeses.
‘It’s a really, really good act,’ he stressed.
Can Rosie and Adam make it all the way to the Britain’s Got Talent semi-finals? (Picture: ITV)
But Rosie and Adam have got a tough night ahead, going up against the likes of golden buzzer act Akshat Singh, front-runners Flakefleet Primary School and powerhouse singer Brian Gilligan.
Be warned: they’ve upped the ante.
‘Expect the unexpected,’ teased Adam.
Saturday night saw Ant and Dec audition for the first time, disguised a giant pups. Naturally, their routine went down a storm with fans who called on the pair to sign up.
Britain’s Got Talent continues tonight at 7.30pm on ITV.
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Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker filming in Gloucester (Picture: KGC Photo Agency LLP)
Doctor Who’s Jodie Whittaker was seen roaring with laughter as she filmed the forthcoming 12th series outside Gloucester Cathedral.
The Time Lord herself greeted a number of fans and was spotted in hysterics in-between takes before she confronted The Judoon for the very first time.
Dressed in her iconic coat with her stripy top, trousers and braces, the 36-year-old actress jokingly put her fists up as she spent time with avid onlookers.
Meanwhile the Judoon, with their distinct rhino heads, looked completely terrifying as they roamed about the town armed with space guns.
Although details of the forthcoming series remain few and far between, showrunner Chris Chibnall recently confirmed the Judoon would be making a comeback.
The Judoon looked completely terrifying (Picture: KGC Photo Agency LLP)
‘The Judoon are storming back into Doctor Who in full force, and the streets of Gloucester aren’t safe,’ he revealed last week.
‘If anyone has anything to hide, confess now.’
He added: ‘The whole team on Doctor Who are delighted and scared in equal measure to welcome them back: one of many treats we’ve got in store for viewers next series.’
The Judoon, who are frequently employed as a mercenary police force on the planet Judoonia, were last seen on-screen back in 2007 when David Tennant was the Doctor.
The Judoon were sheltered from the sun (Picture: KGC Photo Agency LLP
‘The way you imagine it’s going to be is not the way it is at all, David began. ‘It’s much more exposing, and the imaginative leap you’ve had that it will give you status or make you invulnerable is all wrong.’
‘I remember way back, when I’d be in a room and someone well known would walk in, and there’s that sort of whisper goes around the room and everyone looks.
‘And you imagine being that person is somehow powerful.
‘When you are that person, you walk into a room and everyone turns their head and whispers, and you feel like you’re being squashed.
‘You feel intimidated, and you feel scared, actually.’
Doctor Who is set to return to the BBC in 2020.
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Khloe Kardashian bought North West a hamster (Picture: E! Entertainment/Backgrid)
Khloe Kardashian riled sister Kim Kardashian by buying her daughter North West a pet hamster.
The latest episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians kicked off with Khloe looking after the five-year-old, who wanted to spend the day riding in a limo and seeing a spider exhibit.
The day didn’t get off to a flying start though as North was left unimpressed when her aunt failed to arrive in a ‘white unicorn limo’.
In a bid to make amends, Khloe asked North what she could do to make her happy, to which the oldest on Kim and Kanye West’s children replied: ‘Only if you get me a hamster.’
Khloe wasted no time in racing North down to the nearest pet store, explaining to the cameras: ‘I needed this day to be memorable so I had to buy her something.
‘Money cannot buy love, but sometimes it can buy excitement and joy.’
Kim was less than impressed with North’s new pet (Picture: E! Entertainment/Backgrid)
Naturally Kim was less than amused by North’s new present and sought revenge by making Khloe look for the missing pet, knowing full well it was roaming the house in a plastic ball.
After Khloe had finally found the rodent she rang Kim up to apologise, telling her older sister: ‘I’ll never buy anyone a hamster ever again.’
Of course Kim also raged about the new pet purchase after the episode had aired on Twitter, writing: ‘This North and Khloe is not cool. I can’t believe Khloe let North talk her into getting a hamster.’
In another tweet, she added: ‘Rule #1 Don’t buy other people pets.’
The Kardashians have had a number of pets over the years, including fluff ball kitten Mercy who was gifted to Kim as a present from Kanye back in 2012.
The feline was later given to Khloe’s assistant after Kim discovered she was allergic but sadly passed away a few weeks later from a virus.
Keeping Up With The Kardashians airs Sundays on E! in the US.
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Jeremy Clarkson announces surprising new Amazon Prime farming series (Picture: Getty)
Jeremy Clarkson is a changed man. The Grand Tour presenter has announced he’s taking a break from trashing cars and wreaking havoc with Richard Hammond and James May to enlighten fans on the highs and lows of farming in a new series for Amazon Prime.
The 59-year-old has taken a drastic U-turn for I Bought A Farm after notoriously disregarding concerns for the environment to front an agricultural programme urging viewers to acknowledge dwindling food supplies with an inside look at his life as a proud farmer.
The former Top Gear presenter, who lives on an enormous 1,000 acre Chipping Norton farm, will kick off filming the show, which he insisted will be much more graphic than Countryfile, in September.
‘This is not Kate Humble – much as I like Kate Humble – with 20 acres, bottle-feeding a lamb. Or a TV presenter who grows veg in his back garden This is actual farming: Life, death and form filling,’ he told the Sunday Times.
‘We’re not making Countryfile. We’ll be showing it warts and all. For example, I have no view on badger culling in terms of whether it’s necessary, but if it’s happening we will not shy away from putting it in the programme.’
The Grand Tour is expected to return on Amazon Prime in 2020.
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Jodie Comer feared playing a female assassin at first (Picture: Matt Holyoak)
Jodie Comer has admitted that she initially worried about playing female assassin Villanelle in the hit BBC series Killing Eve over how much she’d have to be naked.
In an interview for GQ HYPE, Jodie confessed how she reacted after first hearing she’d landed Villanelle and recalled: ‘I was like, “Oh, f*** no.” Because I always think of someone in a leather catsuit and six-inch heels scaling walls.
‘Also, How naked is she going to be? I should have known better, knowing Phoebe was the writer.’
Jodie has a great admiration for showrunner Phoebe, who also masterminded the BBC Three comedy Fleabag.
‘I love her so much,’ she enthused.
‘I’ve said to her she has to cast me on every single thing she makes from now on. Otherwise I’ll send Villanelle!’
Jodie is a big fan of Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Picture: Matt Holyoak)
Villanelle has become somewhat of a fashion icon since the show first premiered last year.
See the full interview available online now via GQ HYPE.
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A bearded lady has fought back at haters by making her facial hair her ‘star feature’ after receiving death threats online.
Little Bear Schwarz started to sprout hair from her chin at the age of 14, due to having polycystic ovaries.
However, after feeling ‘deep shame’ while going through puberty, she has since learned how to embrace the excessive hair growth.
When appearing on This Morning, the 36-year-old spoke about her condition, and how finding the love of her life helped her overcome those insecurities.
She said: ‘My younger years were difficult, I had this hair and didn’t know what caused it.
‘I shaved it every morning, I would shave my face in the shower there was so much deep shame of having this and having no reason.
‘There was no one saying you could just grow it that was not an option.’
Bearded lady uses facial hair to her advantage (Picture: @thisislittlebear / Instagram)
After leaving school, Little Bear moved to Seattle and decided to grow out her beard.
She laughed: ‘I found a flyer advertising a beard competition.
‘So I entered and I won! In a short time I went from shaving to having this thing that felt was like a star feature.’
Talking about finding love, she confessed to writing a Facebook status, asking her friends if, ‘anyone could love this?’
And it seems as though it worked, as her friend of one year Tobias said yes, and they have since tied the knot.
She’s now happily married with Tobias (Picture: ITV)
‘I didn’t have a problem finding people to date,’ Little Beard admitted, ‘It’s just I had to make sure it wasn’t someone afraid to be seen with me, or afraid of the stigma.’
‘Tobias, who I had been friends with for a year or so, answered and said he’d be interested.’
Little Bear was joined by her husband live from Seattle, who spoke about their relationship.
‘We’d met a few times because I’d helped her move,’ he explained, ‘I followed her on Facebook and she was always such a genuine, caring, loving person and is very real, she’s not fake.’
‘And this is the kind of person I would like to spend time with.’
She has received death threats over her looks (Picture: @thisislittlebear / Instagram)
He beamed: ‘It worked out, I said I’d be interested in at least getting to know her, luckily I didn’t come off the wrong way, but we just clicked and enjoyed spending time with each other.’
When asked about how he supports his wife, Tobias revealed: ‘She has ups and down.
‘She’s positive when things work out well, but there are times when groups of creeps flock to social media and send her death threats, so I have to be supportive.’
The pair are happily married, and spoke about being in a polyamorous relationship.
‘We’re open to dating other people and if we get along with someone they can became part of a relationship for all of us,’ Tobias shared.
‘We have been focusing on us, we’ve just got married and getting everything settled, it make sense to have a good foundation before you open things up.’
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Dispatches spoke to several high-level members of staff and guests who have come forward to slam The Jeremy Kyle Show’s aftercare, alleging it was non-existent.
An anonymous producer told reporter Morland Sanders how guests with drug abuse problems were often encouraged to visit their dealer, with expenses paid for by production, before coming on air.
‘Researchers and APs and sometimes producers would smoke weed with guests in the hotels the day before to keep them happy. If guests were becoming flakey they’d appease them in any way they could,’ they said.
‘There was a contributor who was a drug addict and had since stopped taking drugs and cleaned their act up. But in actual fact the show wanted them to be on drugs, because there was no ‘story’ without it. One of the producers was asked “get that person to take drugs again” and at one point was asked “leave money lying around on a table so they will take that money and go and buy drugs with it”.’
They continued: ‘The guests were treated like cattle. Behind the scenes they created a kind of maze. It’s so if the guests run off the stage it’s a controlled environment. The cameraman knows where to go. The guest won’t be able to find their way out because it all looks the same.’
Another unnamed producer who worked on The Jeremy Kyle Show when it launched in 2005 said staff were instructed to use a technique called Talking Up, which was essentially antagonising guests before they faced Kyle.
‘All the new staff that were on the show got taken to a big meeting, and we were taught, about this process that they used on the show called “Talking Up” which I’d not come across before, essentially ‘cause the show is about conflict resolution, you need the people that come on the show to be in conflict when you get on… when they’re on the show,’ they explained.
‘So, it was about developing a rapport with somebody, and then using that rapport to wind them up, …Before I watched… before I started on the show, when I was just watching it as a viewer, you kind of assume that the people who act like that on the show are just normally like that, and they must just be like that in their normal life, and I think working on the show you sort of realise that … they’ve been produced to be that way.’
Another member of production said he often saw cans of lager being taken to contributors backstage, heading to dressing rooms, which they were told was for ‘medicinal purposes’ to keep alcoholics ‘topped up’.
Stacey Talley, a guest who appeared on the programme last May, claimed she was sent home without any aftercare despite precious struggles with depression.
‘I’ve tried to take my life before, they already knew that,’ she told Sanders. ‘So they knew I was vulnerable before I even went there. I was like, “I can’t do this, my anxiety’s so bad. Like just tell Les that I don’t want to do it, I’m sorry, I can’t do it.” And they was like… well basically as soon as you sign that contract that is it – the control is out of your hands then. You’re screwed, you’re going on that show.’
Dwayne Davison claimed he was locked in a room for 10 hours (Picture: ITV/Rex Features)
‘They’re trying to get you in a position where – where you – where you’re very tense, you know,’ he said.
An ITV spokesperson has denied all the allegations.
‘ITV has many years of experience broadcasting and creating programmes featuring members of the public, and each of our productions has duty of care measures in place for contributors. All of our processes are regularly reviewed to ensure that they are fit for purpose in an ever-changing landscape.
‘In the case of the Jeremy Kyle Show, the programme had significant and detailed duty of care processes in place for contributors built up over 14 years, and there have been numerous positive outcomes from this series, where people have resolved long-standing personal problems,’ the channel stressed.
‘Guests were supported by our guest welfare team prior to filming, throughout filming and after filming. Should they require ongoing help then appropriate solutions were found for them. This could include residential rehabilitation, counselling, anger management, family mediation, child access mediation or couples counselling.’
The Jeremy Kyle Show was axed following the death of Steve Dymond (Picture: PA)
Debunking Talley’s claims she was never offered any aftercare, ITV continued: ‘Our records show that relationship counselling was offered to both Stacey and her partner but that as he refused to attend, it could not be provided. Both Stacey and her partner were aware that the relationship counselling service would continue to be on offer, should he change his mind.
‘All guests are contacted within 24 hours of a recording so we were aware of Stacey’s suicide attempt and organised some counselling sessions for her.’
Hitting back at Davison’s allegations he was locked in a private room, a spokesperson added: ‘No one is ever locked in a dressing room and no guest has been in a dressing room for 10 hours. Guests are brought to the studio approximately three hours before a recording.
‘If Dwayne had told the production team about his mental health problems after appearing twice on the programme, steps would have been taken to remove clips from our YouTube channel and to not repeat the programmes.’
Jeremy Kyle: TV on Trial airs tonight at 8pm on Channel 4.
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A couple who met at 16 and 44 have defended their relationship on new Channel 5 series Age Gap Love.
Beth couldn’t legally drink alcohol when she met her other half, but she’s since married her older man and shares two children with him.
‘The age gap doesn’t really bother me,’ Beth told the cameras as she addressed their 28-year difference.
‘It never has done. I don’t see him as an old man or my dad, or anything like that.
‘He’s just sensitive. Like a big teddy bear.’
‘I was concerned what people would think,’ Andy said. ’16, 44, it’s a big gap. It’s a generation gap, sort of thing. So it’s like what are people going to think?’
Andy and Beth have an age gap of 28 years (Picture: Channel 5)
Andy was originally a friend of Beth’s mum and became close to her children over the years.
‘We were all like one happy family,’ he admitted. ‘But needless to say, I didn’t know that Beth was getting these thoughts that she wanted to me to be her happy man forever sort of thing. You know?’
It wasn’t until Beth reached the age of 16 that the duo discussed taking their friendship to the next level.
Now they’re in love, Andy is on a mission to give Beth everything she wants.
The couple have been together three years and share two sons between them, Timmy, two, and Conway, one.
‘I’ve always wanted to make a family or to have a family,’ Beth confessed. ‘So I just thought Andy would be the perfect man to do so.’
Age Gap Love continues Wednesday 5 June at 10pm on Channel 5.
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The first time they took to the stage, the girls could be seen performing a powerful dance that was all about female empowerment and women’s rights.
And now, the much anticipated act have explained how there will be yet another theme in tonight’s show.
When chatting to Kem Cetinay on This Morning, the girls opened up on the hidden meaning and revealed they will be addressing both the positives and negatives to social media.
Sounds like it’s going to be interesting.
They told the Love Island star: ‘We’re so excited a little bit nervous but that’s good nerves…’
Yet it seems as though they have each other’s backs, as they explained: ‘We all come together and we’re all here to support each other.’
When asked what viewers can expect from them tonight, the group announced their latest theme – and we’re excited.
‘Every time there’s always going to be something we can talk about,’ they confirmed.
‘Today we will be talking about social media and the affect it has on our physical selves and how we feel emotionally.
They say the theme tonight will be social media (Picture: ITV)
They’ll be going up against Rosie and Adam (Picture: ITV)
‘How we feel the demons and the pretty sides and that there’s two sides to everything.’
The group will be going head-to-head with roller-skaters Rosie and Adam, who recently confessed they have risked a lot for their performance.
The couple appeared on Lorraine today where Rosie revealed she’s packed in her job to give absolutely everything she has to the competition.
‘There’s a lot more at stake for this routine so I’m definitely nervous,’ admitted Rosie.
‘I’m sure Adam does too; he’s got the more important job really. I quit my job so we could train full time for this, so no pressure!’
Britain’s Got Talent continues tonight at 7.30pm on ITV.
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Star Trek: Picard has officially wrapped the first two episodes of the forthcoming Patrick Stewart spin-off.
Confirmation that the show is well into production comes just days after CBS dropped the incredible trailer, which sees the legendary actor return as Captain Jean-Luc Picard after 17 long years off our screens.
The opening two installments have been directed by Hanelle Culpepper and she makes Star Trek history as the first woman to open a series in the franchise’s 53-year history.
Hanelle is no stranger to the universe though, having made her directing debut in season one episode Vaulting Ambition.
Speaking about her involvement in Picard, showrunner Alex Kurtzman enthused: ‘Hanelle is a gifted and dynamic filmmaker whose directorial choices are always deeply rooted in character.
‘I’ve been a fan of her work since she started with us on Discovery, and she’s the perfect person to re-introduce the beloved character of Picard to longtime fans and new viewers alike.’
He added: ‘We’re thrilled she’s joining our Trek family on this next adventure.’
The first two episodes of the upcoming Star Trek: Picard series have been wrapped (Picture: CBS)
Hanelle announced the news that her work on the series is now over, telling fans on Twitter: ‘I’ve wrapped and @jonathansfrakes is filming his block now.’
Details of the plot for the spin-off still remain firmly under wraps, but Patrick teased what to expect to an audience in Las Vegas.
‘He may not – and I stress, may not – be a captain anymore, he may not be the Jean-Luc that you recognise and know so well,’ Patrick began.
‘It may be a very different individual, someone who has been changed by his experiences. 20 years will have passed, which is more or less the time between the very last movie, Nemesis, and today.
‘We have no scripts as yet, we’re just talking talking, talking storylines. it will be something very, very different.’
Star Trek: Picard is expected to arrive later this year.
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Actress Maia Mitchell is part of the Little Black Mirror cast (Picture: Netflix)
Black Mirror fans are eagerly awaiting the launch of season 5, which will drop on Wednesday 5 June.
It is set to appeal to Miley Cyrus fans too, as the artist will return to acting for the first time in three years to play pop star Ashley O (a fitting role) in the second episode.
The promotional series comprises of short films, but unlike its predecessor, is not made by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.
When is Netflix’s Little Black Mirror coming out?
Little Black Mirror is targeted at Spanish-speaking audiences and will be released on the Netflix América Latina YouTube channel (which, unfortunately, isn’t available to those of us in the UK).
Despite not having the same showrunners, it will be inspired by the original show.
Actor and internet personality Rudy Mancuso has directed the mini-series, as well as written the accompanying soundtrack. He will also appear in Little Black Mirror himself.
Maia Mitchell, who can also be seen in the streaming giant’s recent coming-of-age movie The Last Summer, is part of the cast alongside Alesso, Hannah Stocking, Junapa Zurita, Lele Pons, Anwar Jibawi, Jeff Wittek and Delaney Glazer.
Netflix’s Little Black Mirror will include three parts, to be aired over the next two weeks.
The first episode was released yesterday (26 May) to be followed by another on 2 June and 6 June.
Arya killed the Night King in season 8 (Picture: HBO)
Game Of Thrones fans watched Maisie Williams’ Arya Stark slay the Night King in season eight episode three’s The Long Hour.
There were lots of unanswered questions about how the young warrior managed to take down the biggest baddie in Westeros, but now we finally have some closure and it’s all thanks to two-hour documentary The Last Watch.
Scriptwriter Bryan Cogman excitedly read out the incredible scenes to the cast and crew, exclaiming: ‘She vaults off a pile of dead Wights, leaps at the Night King and she plunges the dagger through the Night King’s armour and the Night King shatters.’
Arya’s triumph was met by cheers and applause from the actors, with Kit gasping at the revelation.
Meanwhile, Emilia Clarke and Sophie Turner were seen clapping.
The Night King shattered after being stabbed (Picture: HBO)
Despite Arya’s stellar victory in the season eight finale HBO programming president, Casey Bloys, has ruled out any hopes for a spin-off based on her character, explaining that the network doesn’t want to pursue any shows connected to characters from Game Of Thrones.
‘Nope, nope, nope. No,’ he said about the possibility of Arya getting her own show.
‘Part of it is, I do want this show – this Game Of Thrones, Dan and David’s show – to be its own thing.’
He continued to The Hollywood Reporter: ‘I don’t want to take characters from this world that they did beautifully and put them off into another world with someone else creating it.
‘I want it to let it be the artistic piece they’ve got. That’s one of the reasons why I’m not trying to do the same show over.’
Game Of Thrones is available to stream on NOW TV.
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Spoilers for The Walking Dead season nine coming up. You have been warned.
We all know The Walking Dead was born from a comic book series of the same name, but are you aware of just how much the show veers away from them?
Tom Payne, who played Jesus, is – and it sounds like there’s one particular storyline he’s upset didn’t play out on screen.
When a fan tweeted an excerpt from The Walking Dead #173 showing Jesus and Aaron (played by Ross Marquand on the show) fighting off leader of the Whisperers, Beta, Tom retweeted the picture with a lament:
‘What could have been’ followed by an upside-down face emoji.
Read into that what you will, but to us it sounds as though Tom would rather have played out the scene in real life and taken his and Aaron’s relationship to the next level.
The pair were actually boyfriends in the comics, a dynamic that was never explicitly explored on the AMC show.
Unfortunately for anyone shipping Aaron and Jesus, the show runners decided to kill off Jesus in the mid-season finale of season nine, meaning his relationship with Aaron would remain platonic forever.
Jesus and Aaron are the sweetest zombie-fighting couple in the comics (Picture: Image Comics)
Actors Tom and Ross have taken their characters’ narratives into their own hands however, and are both adamant Aaron and Jesus did actually get together – we just weren’t there to see it.
‘I would have liked to have hooked up with Jesus,’ Ross revealed to Comicbook.com earlier this year on the Walker Stalker Cruise 2019 – a cruise dedicated to fans of The Walking Dead.
Tom agreed: ‘Yeah, they kind of like teased that a little while, and then they went and killed me, so wah-wah.
‘I think it happened in the six years in-between.’
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