OHMYGOSSIP — Kiell Smith-Bynoe has revealed the cast of ‘Ghosts’ found out two years ago that the show was ending after five seasons.
The BBC decided to wave goodbye to the inhabitants of Button House to “focus on new projects”, and Kiell, who plays Mike Cooper, has revealed last week’s news came as no surprise.
He told RadioTimes.com: “We found out two years ago.
“So when we got series four and five commissioned by the BBC, [the writers] decided that those would be the last two.
“And then, even when we were doing [series] 4, it didn’t really feel like it was coming to an end soon because we knew that we had another whole year. [The shoot] feels like a whole year despite the fact it’s only 10 weeks.”
On filming the final series, he added: “And then, we started the fifth one and very quickly realised that it would be the last time doing things – in terms of, the last time seeing the plague victims and the last time wearing a certain outfit for the character.
“And then it was over in a flash. So despite the fact I said two years and it seems like it’s been a really long time that we’ve known, it’s gone by incredibly quickly.”
The ‘Ghosts’ team – which includes writers and creators Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond – confirmed in March: “After five incredible years haunting the halls of Button House, we have decided that the time is right to let our beloved sitcom Ghosts rest in peace.
“We have just wrapped filming on our fifth and final series and we can’t wait to share it with you all later this year.
“We could never have imagined the reception the show has enjoyed, or the fun we have had making it, and we would like to thank our amazing cast and crew as well as everyone at BBC Comedy, BBC1 and Monumental Television for their tireless support.
“But most of all we’d like to thank everyone who watches. Mathew, Martha, Simon, Jim, Laurence and Ben x.”
Lolly Adefope, Charlotte Ritchie also star in the beloved sitcom.
In the upcoming fifth series, Alison (Charlotte) and Mike (Kiell) begin exploring other means of making ends meet and contemplate a new chapter that could have a huge effect on the Ghosts’ after lives.
Jon Petrie, Director of Comedy at the BBC, said: “We are officially in mourning for the end of this BBC comedy classic.
“We can’t thank the ‘Ghosts’ team enough for five incredible series (not to mention some perfect Christmas Specials) and we can’t wait for BBC viewers to see the final series. We look forward to working with the team on new projects.”
Alison Carpenter, Creative Director at Monumental, added: “We are so proud of ‘Ghosts’, and particularly the way that audiences have taken it to their hearts.
“We couldn’t be more grateful for the creativity, talent and hard work that every single cast and crew member has brought to it over the five series, starting with the brilliant creators and stars of the show. The Ghosts family is a very happy one, and we’ll miss it.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Clara Amfo and Michelle Visage will host the BAFTA Television Awards red carpet coverage.
The BBC Radio 1 DJ and the ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ legend will bring viewers all the action live from the red carpet on BAFTA’s YouTube, Twitter and Facebook channels on Sunday 14 May, ahead of the ceremony on BBC One and iPlayer.
Clara, 38, said: “I’m delighted to be working with BAFTA again this year. The UK has been spoiled with such a glorious range of compelling and entertaining television, so to celebrate the nominees on the red carpet alongside my fabulous friend Michelle Visage will be such a joy. I truly couldn’t think of a better person to have by my side as we speak to this year’s incredible nominees.”
Michelle, 54, commented: “I’m so happy to be back in my favourite place to celebrate the biggest night in British TV. I can’t wait to have some laughter and fun, welcoming this year’s fantastically talented nominees onto the carpet alongside my co-host and dear friend, the amazing Clara Amfo.”
‘The Responder’ and ‘This Is Going To Hurt’ lead the nominations with six apiece.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ shortlist saw the BBC’s top shows lead the way.
‘This Is Going To Hurt’ star Ben Wishaw and ‘The Responder’s Martin Freeman are both nominated for leading actor, while the latter is in the running for the drama series prize, as well as the original music category.
Meanwhile, first time nominees Josh Finan and Adelayo Adedayo are on the shortlist for the respective supporting actor and actress awards.
‘This Is Going To Hurt’ also has nominations for mini series, director and editing in fiction, scripted casting and writer in drama.
‘The Crown’, ‘Top Boy’, ‘Bad Sisters’, ‘The English’, ‘Slow Horses’, ‘Am I Being Unreasonable?’, ‘Big Boys’ and ‘Somewhere Boy’ are all among the top nominees with multiple nods.
The BAFTA Television Awards with P+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.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Katherine Ryan’s ‘All That Glitters: Britain’s Next Jewellery Star’ has been axed by the BBC.
The 39-year-old comedian’s show ran for just two seasons before it was reportedly cancelled by the channel, even though it averaged at 2.3 million viewers across the series, according to TVZone.
The show first aired in 2021 and saw eight talented jewellers compete to become the next big name in jewellery design at a specially-built workshop in Birmingham.
Season two featured a memorable cameo from ‘Strictly Come Dancing’s Shirley Ballas for a “very tense” challenge.
Katherine previously told the BBC: “It was amazing to have Shirley Ballas as a celebrity guest client. It was a very tense challenge for the jewellers who were all desperate to have their piece worn on an episode of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’.
“There are some real gut-wrenching moments this series too where pieces break at the last minute or just that the jewellers just don’t finish in time. You spend so much time with them you want everyone to do well and when it goes wrong it’s awful. But it does make great TV.”
The former ‘Campus’ star – who also presented the first series of ‘All That Glitters’ alongside Solange Azagury-Partridge and Shaun Leane – went on to explain that the success of the competition was down to the jewellers themselves, and noted that series one winner Hugo Johnson has gone on to “amazing things” since his victory.
She added: “Jewellery making is so visual and satisfying to watch, but it’s the jewellers themselves that make the show unmissable. They’re all so warm and different, and they all have uniquely compelling personalities and stories that they bring into their craft. Hugo, our winner from series one, has gone on to do amazing things and launched the most beautiful collections, I think he has been nominated for an award too. That’s pretty amazing. It’s a cliché but proves that this show really can change our jeweller’s lives.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘The Crown’ writers have had to change the script for season six, after it was revealed that Gillian Anderson will not be returning.
The 54-year-old actress previously played former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the show but after scheduling conflicts prevented her from reprising the role, ‘The Crown’s writers had to hastily rewrite some of the scripts.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Gillian’s portrayal of Thatcher was met with global critical acclaim and she was a huge asset to ‘The Crown’.
“It had been hoped she would be able to make an appearance in scenes around the golden wedding but sadly that has not been the case due to scheduling issues.
“As ever with the series, clever scripting will mean viewers will be none the wiser.
“It’s been another blow for producers in what’s already been a fairly dogged production.”
Gillian’s portrayal of Thatcher in season four won her an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
Meanwhile, Gillian previously insisted that ‘The Crown’ has made the royal family “more internationally loved, celebrated and understood”.
She told Total Film magazine: “It’s a drama. There’s a lot of researchers involved and a lot of people checking and double-checking and triple-checking.
“There’s a lot that has not been written about that could be written about.
“And if you knew the difference in those, you’d see there is a great deal of kindness and restraint.
“And I think at the end of the day, there are incredibly compassionate and well-rounded takes on human beings.
“And what you’re left with is properly, maturely drawn, complex characters.
“And there’s a lot that’s in there that one has to say; if you didn’t do it, we wouldn’t be writing about it.
“I think the whole family is more internationally loved, celebrated and understood in a way that they wouldn’t be were it not for the show.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dame Prue Leith gets “mobbed” by American fans.
The ‘Great British Bake Off’ star is a huge hit in the US and admitted that she can’t even walk down the street without being approached by “over the top” fans.
According to The Mirror, Prue, 83, said during the final night of her UK tour, ‘Prue Leith: Nothing in Moderation’: “I can’t walk down the street without them going, ‘Oh my God, it’s you!’
“You think they are going to have a heart attack because it is me. They are so over the top.
“They love ‘Bake Off’… when we were in LA, they were whooping and hollering. They are obsessed.”
Prue also revealed that she often misses the saucy jokes on ‘Bake Off’ as she doesn’t understand the innuendo.
She said: “‘I never get the joke. I don’t know whether I am too old. They are like teenage boys, Noel and Paul. Paul will start laughing at the word ‘sausage’. I never get it and always put my foot in it. Someone always sees something rude in what I have said.”
Prue recently revealed she can’t wait for Alison Hammond to join the show, alongside her, Paul Hollywood and Noel Fielding.
Speaking about departing host Matt Lucas, she said: ‘I love Matt Lucas and I’m sure we’ll be friends for life, but the fact is, when there were three men and me, because there were numbers of them, they just got sillier and sillier and I never understand the jokes.
“They can go into hysterics about the word sausage. They’re like four years olds. So, I’m looking forward to having a woman around.
“I think it’ll be fantastic, not only because of her character and her personality, but I like the fact she’s a woman.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir David Attenborough won’t retire.
The 96-year-old television broadcaster and naturalist has been making programmes for over eight decades but has no plans to slow down in the near future.
When ‘Lorraine’ host Ranvir Singh said: “This is a very special moment because we think this is the last time he is going to do an in-person camera documentary?”, ‘Wild Isles’ producer Chris Howard replied: “Well I don’t know! David will keep going as long as he can. He’s not retiring, that’s for sure.”
Attenborough previously vowed to continue informing and entertaining the masses with his fun facts for years to come.
He told The Sun newspaper: “How long do I plan to keep going? As long as I’m vertical and people ask me to do it.
“It’s a marvellous time, why would I suddenly say, ‘Don’t bother’?”
Attenborough previously teased he has no plans to retire before he’s 100.
He said: “I see no reason whatsoever why I can’t live past 100. Earth has enough wonders to make more than three ‘Planet Earth’ series.
“The beauty of natural history programmes is they can appeal across all ages and all conditions and people can take out of it their own particular interests.”
And Attenborough thoroughly enjoys looking into life on land and sea, he’s got no desire to pay a visit to space.
He explained: “There’s no life in space.
“Here we’ve got this wonderful kaleidoscope, this fantastic world.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Alison Hammond would “never sing at the top of her lungs” in a theatre.
The 48-year-old TV star had been fronting an episode of ‘This Morning’ alongside Dermot O’Leary when during a chat with Vanessa Feltz, they were commenting on a recent incident at ‘The Bodyguard’ – which saw two theatergoers “forcibly removed” from the venue after loudly trying to sing along with Pussycat Dolls star Melody Thorton’s rendition of Whitney Houston classic ‘I Will Always Love You’ – when she claimed that she would be “devastated” had she been asked to remain quiet at the theatre.
Following backlash over the comments, Alison took to social media on Sunday (09.04.23) to insist she had “no idea” of the disruption actually caused.
She wrote on Instagram: “After reflection and the comments I made on Wednesday’s show | want to apologise to anyone who offended especially the incredibly talented theatre performers, who | have the upmost respect for.
“I had no idea the level of disruption audiences were causing and tried to make light of the topic on Wednesday’s show, for that, I’m truly sorry. I’m a great supporter of theatre and the arts and would never sing at the top of my lungs in any performance. I was wrong in what I said and I’ve given this a lot of thought over the past few days and believe I was wrong.” (sic)”
The former ‘Big Brother’ contestant went on to add that she had recently attended a performance ‘The Great British Bake Off: The Musical’ – which is based on the hit Channel 4 series of the same name – and been “left sick to [her] stomach” following the incident at ‘The Bodyguard’, during which police had to be called.
She added: “On Thursday evening I attended a performance of the GBBO the musical which I absolutely loved and gave it a standing ovation, theatre is a magical experience for me and my family.
“I want to use my platform for good as always and want to stand up with the performers, front of house and theatre staff especially after seeing what happened at The Bodyguard in Manchester which has made me sick to my stomach. Once again I’m truly sorry but trust me I will do better in the future. Alison x.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Maisie Smith has landed an exciting new role in a gangster film.
The former ‘EastEnders’ star has been given a major career boost after signing up to appear in ‘Bermondsey Tales: Fall Of The Roman Empire’ playing a Chloe who is said to be a leading player in a mobster family opposite ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ actor Alan Ford and ‘Kidulthood”s Adam Deacon.
A source told The Sun newspaper: “Maisie has secured her first big film role and shooting will begin later this year. It is an exciting new venture for Maisie and she can’t wait to dip her toe into a big new project.
“Since ‘Strictly’ and ‘EastEnders’ she has kept her eyes open for her next on-screen job and the people behind ‘Bermondsey Tales’ thought Maisie was the perfect fit.”
The film is slated to start shooting later this year and 21-year-old Maisie will reportedly join the cast in the summer when she finishes work on stage show ‘Strictly Ballroom: The Musical’.
Maisie previously made her feature film debut at the age of four when she appeared as a young Elizabeth I in 2008 film ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ opposite Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch and Scarlett Johansson.
She went on to land the role of Tiffany Butcher in ‘EastEnders’ when she was just six – staying with the show for more than a decade before walking away in 2022.
Maisie previously insisted she will be happy to return to ‘EastEnders’ in the future if soap bosses ever want her back.
She told Inside Soap magazine: “The moment I left they said to me ‘We’re so excited to see what you’re going to do, but you’re always welcome to come back and reunite the family’ – and I said, ‘Absolutely!’
“I said if they ever need me, just call me. I have so much family there with cast and the crew, I don’t think anyone ever really leaves. That’s what is nice about ‘EastEnders’. You always have a place there.”

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