OHMYGOSSIP — The ‘I’m A Celebrity… South Africa’ stars face an ultimatum in tonight’s (27.04.23) episode after contraband is discovered in camp.
A Bush Bulletin arrives in camp on Thursday night’s episode, and newcomer Georgia ‘Toff’ Toffolo is tasked with reading out the message, which alerted the campmates to the news they wouldn’t be receiving their dinner until any camp contraband is “surrendered”.
Toff read: “Celebrities, there is contraband in camp.
“You will not get your dinner until you’ve surrendered all contraband.
“There’s an amnesty bowl in the Telegraph.”
Amir Khan was particularly confused by the ultimatum, asking: “What’s an amnesty bowl? What’s a contraband?”
Jordan Banjo explained to him, and then asked the group: “Who has got something they shouldn’t have?”
The celebrities had expected to see their dinner in the bag, but Amir realised it was a stone inside alongside the Bush Bulletin message.
Jordan then said: “Come on, own up. We’re all hungry. Who has got something they shouldn’t have?”
Earlier in the episode, Gillian McKeith owns up to another campmate that she has smuggled some contraband into camp.
Elsewhere on the ep, Andy Whyment and Myleene Klass go head-to-head in a trial in a bid to win a spot in the main camp.
The pair had been struggling to light the fire in their Savannah Scrub camp.
‘Coronation Street’ star Andy and singer Myleene thought they had spent about two-and-a-half hours trying to light the fire, but show co-hosts Ant and Dec revealed it was in fact more than four hours – a new ‘I’m A Celebrity’ record.
In the trial, the two are individually placed inside giant vuvuzelas, before being covered up to their necks.
They must take turns to pick a number and answer a question, which range from quizzing them about the planets, to the names of characters in teen TV show ‘Byker Grove’.
If they get it correct they earn a point and shower their opponent in critters. Get it wrong and they themselves are showered in critters.
‘I’m A Celebrity… South Africa’ airs tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX, and on Virgin Media One and Virgin Media Player in Ireland.

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OHMYGOSSIP — EastEnders’ Ben Mitchell is to struggle with bulimia in a new storyline.
The BBC One soap have teamed up with charity Beat to work on the hard-hitting plot, which will see the mental health of Max Bowden’s character spiral, and he starts to restrict aspects of his lifestyle, specifically exercise and food.
Viewers will see Ben start to hide his eating disorder from his loved ones as he continues to suffer in silence by imposing heavier restrictions on his diet as well as bingeing and purging in secret.
Chris Clenshaw, EastEnders’ Executive Producer, praised Max for his “thoughtful” portrayal.
He said of the storyline: “It was vital for us to work alongside Beat to accurately present, and sensitively portray Ben’s bulimia storyline.
“Max’s [Bowden] performance has thoughtfully portrayed the isolating reality of an eating disorder with compassion and understanding as we explore how the traumatic events of Ben’s past have affected his mental health.”
Tom Quinn, Director of External Affairs at Beat, admitted the charity are hoping Ben’s story will help to raise awareness of the warning signs of bulimia.
He added: “One in four people with an eating disorder are men, but it’s rare to see storylines that show how men are affected by these serious mental illnesses.
“At Beat we welcome that ‘EastEnders’ has chosen to highlight this important issue and we’ve been pleased to review scripts, to help ensure bulimia is represented in a sensitive and accurate way.
“We hope that Ben’s story will help to raise awareness of the warning signs and encourage people to reach out for the support they need.”
In recent years, viewers have seen Ben face a series of catastrophic events which have significantly impacted his mental health.
Things are set to get worse for him as he attempts to stay strong for his family as the health of Lola Pearce-Brown (Danielle Harold) – the mother of Ben’s daughter Lexi Pearce (Isabella Brown) – deteriorates due to her incurable brain tumour.

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OHMYGOSSIP — James Corden and Ruth Jones will only write another ‘Gavin and Stacey’ episode if they can do something which “won’t let people down”.
The 44-year-old star is to return to the UK when his stint as host of American-based ‘The Late Late Show’ comes to an end this week after eight years, but that doesn’t mean the Buckinghamshire-born actor and comedian will definitely be penning another episode of the loved BBC comedy.
Speaking to ‘Lorraine’ US reporter Dani Behr on the ITV1 show, he said: “‘Gavin and Stacey’, look, Ruth is one of my best friends. I’m going to see her but I don’t know if we’re gonna talk about it.
“I saw her at Christmas, we didn’t even really mention it if I’m honest, it didn’t come up because we were talking about so much other stuff.
“Every day when we do the show here [in the US], when we’re on our little breaks, I ask if anyone has got any questions and there’s normally always a Brit in the crowd.
“Three days out of five, somebody asks ‘What happens to Smithy and Nessa, are we ever gonna find out?’ All I know is we won’t do it unless we can do something that won’t let people down.”
The show last aired a one-off Christmas special in 2019, but the episode ended with a cliff-hanger when Ruth’s character Nessa Jenkins popped the question to James’ alter-ego Neil ‘Smithy’ Smith, and the end credits rolled before he could give an answer.
James has admitted he recently saw Ruth, but they didn’t speak about the show “in life-growing forms”.
He told The Sun newspaper: “In truth Ruth and I met up at Christmas … and I know it will be a disappointment, but we didn’t talk about it in life-growing forms.
“We talked about who we had spoken to from the cast recently, but that was about it.
“It is wonderful people loved the characters that much and whenever I’m back home, and chat with the cabbies they say, ‘You’ve done well for yourself’. It’s lovely.
“But now people only want a good show. I don’t think about [Smithy and Nessa’s future] until Ruth and I are in a room.
“We cannot write remotely; we tried it when I was in New York with ‘The History Boys’ and we tried it over Skype, and we couldn’t do it.
“It is whether we decide to get into a room together and honestly I could not tell you what the chances are of that. We both have to be ready and right.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joanna Page will front a travel mini-series for ‘This Morning’.
The ‘Gavin and Stacey’ star has been named as the host of a four-part travel programme that will showcase holiday destinations across the UK and Europe featured in hit films – including the James Bond franchise, ‘The Railway Children, ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Paddington’ – for the ITV1 daytime show.
The 46-year-old actress told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “’Gavin and Stacey’ put Barry Island on the map when it burst on to our screens in 2007 and in the UK – and apparently almost half of us would consider visiting a ­destination after seeing it on a show or movie.”
Joanna will also head to Italy to check out spots shown in the Sir Ridley Scott helmed ‘Gladiator’, which starred Russell Crowe.
She added: “I am exploring some of the top filming locations in Europe.
“Whether it be busy train stations, sleepy ­Yorkshire towns or historical buildings, virtually anywhere can be the setting for your favourite film and TV.
“In this series I’m going to be visiting some of my favourites.”
Insiders close to the ‘Love Actually’ star enthused how she is “thrilled” to get the gig for the magazine programme, which is presented by Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.
They told the publication: “Joanna is a huge fan of This Morning, having been a viewer for many years, and is utterly thrilled to be a small part of the on-screen family for this mini-series.”
The actress previously called meeting the star-studded cast of the 2003 festive rom-com ‘Love Actually’ – in which she appeared as Just Judy – “huge”.
Joanna told the Metro newspaper: “Arriving for the read-through was just huge.
“I mean, I must have been about 23 and I walked into the door and there was Martine McCutcheon opposite me, Hugh Grant was next to her, then there was Liam Neeson and Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson.
“I was just like, ‘Oh my God, this is a room full of everybody who I admire and I can’t believe I’ve got to open my mouth and speak to them.’
“Then Richard Curtis said to me, ‘The American girls can’t be here, so can you read their lines at the end of the film?’ So I was like, ‘OK, yes, I’ll do that.’ And then I spent the next two hours absolutely panicking. Should I do an American accent? Should I not? Oh, my God, is it going to be awful? So it came to the lines and I attempted the accent. Everybody laughed.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Love Island’ star Will Young is to release his first book.
The sheep farmer took to Instagram to reveal the tome, titled ‘For the Love of Farming’, will be released in October, and he is “so grateful” for the opportunity.
He wrote: “SHUT THE FARM DOOR! No way, in a million years, did I ever think I was going to have a book come out. This is sooooo crazy and I’m so grateful I have this opportunity. (sic)”
Prior to appearing on this year’s winter ‘Love Island’, Will was known to some for his farming videos on TikTok, and he is hoping to continue to educate people about farming with his new book.
He added: “As you all know, I love educating people on farming through my videos and pictures and I’m so happy I can know put the work out I do on the farm in a book for you lovely people!
“The farm is home to me, and hopefully this book called “For the Love of Farming” brings my home to you.
“It publishes in the UK and US in October but you can pre-order it right now on the link in my bio. LOVE YOU ALL – Farmer will xxx (sic)”
Will is dating Australian star Jessie Wynter after they hooked up on the ITV2 dating show.
Earlier this month, Jessie admitted Will had already been discussing marriage and kids with her.
She told OK! magazine: “Will jokes about marriage and kids all the time.
“I don’t know if he’s serious and dropping hints, but we definitely do see each other being in each other’s life for the long term.”
Jessie admitted recently she was planning to visit Australia, but then head back to the UK “long term”.
She added: “We’re not making any long-term plans like that until after I get back from Australia.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Meera Syal is to be honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship at the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards.
The 61-year-old comedian, actor and novelist will be recognised with the honour – the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an individual in recognition of an outstanding and exceptional contribution to film, games or television – at the spectacle on May 14th.
Meera said: “I am thrilled and honoured to be the recipient of the BAFTA Fellowship.
“I am particularly delighted that this year’s award is twinned with opportunities to mentor and support participants in BAFTA’s learning programme – where I hope to engage with many talented practitioners and continue working to make BAFTA a truly representative and celebratory place for all our creatives.
“And I am grateful for the chance to pay forward the opportunities and experiences I have been lucky enough to have over my career.”
Meera is best known for two iconic comedy series, ‘Goodness Gracious Me’ – which ran from 1998 to 2001 – and Noughties favourite ‘The Kumars at No. 42’.
What’s more, the star’s cross-cultural stories and performances have regularly united the nation through humour, and have played an instrumental force in showcasing the positive representation of British-Asian stories and talent on screen.
Jane Millichip, CEO at BAFTA, said: “Meera Syal has made an extraordinary impact on the screen and literary arts.
“As an actor and writer, she is an exceptional storyteller with enormous range, which means she is loved by peers and the public as much as she is critically acclaimed.
“At BAFTA, we very much look forward to working with Meera over the next year on her mentoring scheme.
“We couldn’t be more delighted to present her the BAFTA Fellowship and celebrate her next month at our BAFTA Television Awards with P and O Cruises.”
The BAFTA Television Awards with P and O Cruises will be hosted by comedians Rob Beckett and Romesh Ranganathan and will be broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer on Sunday 14 May at 7pm.
Ahead of the ceremony, the public can tune into Clara Amfo and Michelle Visage live from the red-carpet on BAFTA’s YouTube, bringing viewers even closer to the action.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Adrian Chiles once had an “urge” to throw wine in Andy Townsend’s face.
The TV presenter has told how he once felt he wanted to douse his ex ITV Sport colleague, 58, in a glass of the alcohol, and blames it on Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – a condition that affects people’s behaviour – but the former footballer was really good-natured about Adrian’s urge.
The 56-year-old broadcaster told Gabby Logan on her ‘Mid Point’ podcast: “Sometimes I’m talking to someone, I’m having a really nice conversation over a glass of wine, and I get this urge to throw the wine in their face.
“I actually had exactly that and I think it was Andy Townsend. I just had to text him.
“I said, ‘Look, bear with me here. This is random as hell. I’ve just got to share it with you’. Andy, being lovely, we just talked about it.”
Adrian first thought he could have ADHD after he read ‘Delivered From Distraction’ by Edward M Hallowell, and it only took showing three “cynical” confidants excerpts from the tome to be convinced he had it.
He said: “I mentioned this diagnosis to my PA, my younger daughter – who was 16 at the time – and a friend of mine, all three of them very cynical people and they all went, ‘Nah, b*******.’
“Then I showed them two pages from this book where it outlines the classic symptoms of ADHD and they all reacted the same, just closed the book and said, ‘Yeah, that’s you.’ ”
The former ‘The One Show’ presenter has also explored his excessive drinking – which can be another way ADHD manifests – in many different avenues, such as BBC documentary ‘Drinkers Like Me’ and his book, ‘The Good Drinker’.
Adrian told the Yorkshire Post newspaper: “At the time, one of the show’s I did was late Thursday night, so obviously I wouldn’t drink on those nights, but every other day of that week I’d have a drink.
“And I couldn’t remember the last day that I didn’t have a drink, apart from those Thursday nights. I thought there’s something wrong here.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Patrick Murray’s cancer has returned and spread.
The 66-year-old actor – who is known for starring as Mickey Pearce on ‘Only Fools and Horses’ alongside Sir David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst – was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer of 2021 and underwent an operation ithe following October to remove the tumour before enduring rounds of chemotherapy to in a bid to stop the cancer from coming back.
However, the sitcom star took to social media on Monday (24.04.23) to reveal that the cancer has now in fact returned and spread to other areas of his body just months after he was given the all-clear in 2022.
He tweeted: “Despite all the wonderful efforts by the medical and nursing teams at Medway ,Guys ,and Kings College hospitals, the lung cancer has returned. I thought I had a painful groin strain a couple of months ago, unfortunately that turned out to be the cancer getting into my pelvis and leg bones. It has also entered my lymphatic system.”
Despite the bad news, Patrick is determined to remain “positive” amid the diagnosis and thanked his wife for Anong for her support as he noted that his oncologist is feeling “confident” that the treatment will keep things “in check” for months or even years.
He added: “What about the good news? I had radiology treatment last week and my oncologist is fairly confident this will stop the leg pain, and I will be up and about again.
“Another positive is my consultant. He is confident that the chemo will keep things in check for months and even years
“His optimism comes not from kindness of which I know he has in spades, but advances in cancer medicine. The genetic molecular tests are super precise, and the choice of meds can be made with much more confidence. I am feeling positive with my good wife’s awesome support.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Only Fools and Horses’ actress Kate Saunders has died aged 62.
The TV star turned novelist and journalist was famed for playing policewoman Sandra in the BBC sitcom alongside Del Boy star David Jason and Rodney Trotter actor Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Kate’s passing was announced by her sister Louisa Saunders, who said on Twitter on Monday (24.04.23): “My sister, who we lost last Friday. The warmest, bravest, most generous, and most brilliant woman I will ever know. Heaven knows how we will live without her.”
The ‘Only Fools’ Twitter account added in tribute: “We are sorry to learn of the passing of Kate Saunders, who played policewoman Sandra in the episode ‘The Long Legs of the Law’ in 1982.
“In addition to her acting career, Kate was an award-winning novelist, journalist and critic. Our thoughts are with her family.”
Kate had her only child, Felix, in 1993 with husband Philip Wells, who she married in 1985, and she learned she had multiple sclerosis on the same day as their boy’s birth.
The couple divorced, and Kate’s health declined after Felix’s suicide aged 19.
London-born Kate joined the National Theatre in 1987 and also starred in ‘Angles’ in 1978, ITV’s ‘Playhouse’ the following year and ‘Just Good Friends’ in 1984.
Her first novel, ‘The Prodigal Father’, was published in 1986 and won the Betty Trask prize.
Kate’s publisher Faber Children’s said about her passing: “We are extremely saddened by the death of our beloved author, Kate Saunders.
“Our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time. Kate was a sensational author and a National Treasure.
“Brilliantly funny, gracious, compassionate, she will be greatly missed by us all.’”
Kate’s broadcast appearances included BBC Radio 4’s ‘Woman’s Hour’, ‘Start the Week’ and ‘Kaleidoscope’, and in 1990 was a guest on the first episode of the BBC’s ‘Have I Got News for You’.
She wrote in the Independent newspaper in 2014 about starring on ‘Only Fools’: “The plot of my episode is simple: Rodney has picked up a policewoman named Sandra and invited her home to the famous flat in Peckham, failing to appreciate that it is crammed with stolen goods.
“I was Sandra, in a revolting pale blue blouse, and I snogged Nicholas Lyndhurst!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Murray Gold is returning as composer on ‘Doctor Who’.
The 54-year-old musician originally joined the BBC sci-fi series alongside showrunner Russell T Davies, 59, when the show was revived in 2005, and is coming back to the show for its upcoming 60th anniversary specials.
He said: “I’m so happy to be invited back for another joyful ride in the TARDIS.
“I didn’t think twice. Working with Russell and his team is just a pleasure.”
Murray wrote music on ‘Doctor Who’ for more than 12 years, providing scores for the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth Doctors, before announcing his departure in 2018.
The BBC said in a statement about his return: “From revamping the theme tune, to creating the music for the Dalek and Cybermen to name just a few, Murray has been widely celebrated for his role in forging a new musical identity for the show. And now he’s back!”
Murray will once again work with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, with his musical scores appearing when Doctor Who returns in November for three special episodes celebrating the show’s 60th anniversary with David Tennant, 52, as the fourteenth Doctor – before Ncuti Gatwa, 30, takes control of the TARDIS as the fifteenth Doctor, with his first episode set to air over Christmas.
Segun Akinola, 30, was the composer on ‘Doctor Who’ from 2018 to 2022, providing the music for the thirteenth Doctor’s adventures.
‘Doctor Who’ is available to stream on BBC iPlayer with episodes of the classic series also available on BritBox.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Joel Dommett wants to be like Ant and Dec.
The 37-year-old star has enjoyed hosting stints on shows such as ‘The Masked Singer’ and ‘In With a Shout’ in recent years and explained that he “looks up” to the Geordie presenting duo, both 47, along with ‘This Morning’ host Dermot O’Leary because they have all managed to achieve longevity in the television industry.
He told The Daily Mirror newspaper: “The really hard part is longevity. Getting on TV is really difficult. And doing shows that you really love and enjoy is really hard. But to stay in that place for the next 30 years is even harder. I think that’s why I look up so much to people like Ant and Dec and Dermot [O’Leary] and all those people who have done it so well for so long.”
The ‘Survivor’ host has previously worked alongside Ant and Dec – who shot to fame as PJ and Duncan on ‘Byker Grove’ in the early 1990s and these days front the likes of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ and ‘Saturday Night Takeaway’ on rotation – when he came runner up to ‘Gogglebox’ star Scarlett Moffatt on their ITV1 jungle series ‘I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here’ in 2016 and was so enamored with the TV legends that he eventually had their names tattooed onto the back of his legs.
In 2019, Joel shared a backstage snap of himself with Dec with a crestfallen-looking Ant sat by himself in the background.
He captioned the post: “When you see your best friend hanging out with the new boy in school”(sic), but later posted a selfie of the three of them together as Ant joined them for a photo.

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