OHMYGOSSIP — Danny Dyer has joined the cast of Caroline Moran’s BBC comedy ‘Henpocalypse!’.
The former ‘EastEnders’ actor – who played Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter on the broadcaster’s long-running soap from 2013 to 2022 – is set to portray a “fictionalised and heightened version of himself” in the series about a hen party that is “interrupted” by an apocalypse.
The 45-year-old star said in a statement: “When I saw the pilot for Henpocalypse! I pi***** myself laughing and I was so honoured to be asked to be a part of such an amazing job. You’re all gonna f****** love it – it’s hilarious.”
The plot is “centred around bridezilla Zara whose hen-do is interrupted by the apocalypse. She and her fellow working-class West Midlander hens face a struggle for survival while they wait out the breakdown of human civilisation in an isolated holiday cottage in Wales.”
A description continues: “As the nation’s favourite geezer Danny Dyer made a big impression on socially awkward Birmingham bridesmaid, Jen. So when she finds herself in a brutal post-apocalyptic world it’s Danny Dyer who comes to her in her moment of crisis. Taking on the role of mentor and counsellor, he provides sage advice, psychological insight and weapons training, setting her on the path to her true destiny.”
The cast also includes Elizabeth Berrington as Zara’s formidable mother Bernadette, Lucie Shorthouse as demanding bride Zara, Callie Cooke as put upon chief bridesmaid Shelly, Lauren O’Rourke as conspiracy theorist beautician Veena, Kate O’Flynn as one woman disaster area Jen and Ben McGregor as entrepreneurial stripper Drew.
Meanwhile, Danny previously admitted to feeling “very emotional” when he left ‘EastEnders’.
However, the actor also revealed that he stank while shooting his final scenes, in which his landlord alter-ego got lost at sea.
He said: “My final scenes were in the sea, in Ramsgate at 2am. We did the exteriors in the sea and the interiors you go to a water tank. But ‘EastEnders’ couldn’t get Pinewood, so we had to go to Basildon.
“It’s all warm and lovely but to make it look like the sea they put broccoli juice in it. You smell of a***. It’s f****** broccoli juice. Warm broccoli juice. It was very emotional, but I stunk.
“If it goes t*** up I can go back. I can turn up in three years’ time, walk in the Queen Vic smothered in seaweed…
“They wanted to keep it open. I’m very privileged and grateful for that job. It really did change my career and my life.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Channel 5 are “keen” to secure a big-money deal with Simon Cowell.
It has been previously speculated that the 63-year-old music mogul could take ITV’s ‘The X Factor’ over to Channel 5, and he is said to have met Ben Frow, the channel’s director of programmes, again this week to discuss potential projects, which could also include new entertainment formats.
A TV insider told The Sun newspaper: “This would be a huge move for Simon, who carved out a TV career based on BGT and X Factor on Channel 5’s rival station.
“It would effectively see him turn his back on ITV after two decades which have seen him deliver them two of their biggest hits.
“There’s a strong sense that one chapter is ending and another beginning and Channel 5 are keen to be a part of that.”
However, it’s thought Channel 5 would need to pay a seven-figure sum to land Simon.
The insider added: “But they’d need to nail down a seven-figure contract to seal the deal to bring him across.”
In July, Simon was said to have struck a deal with the network to bring back the singing competition – which ran for 15 series and two spin-offs on ITV from 2004 to 2019 – after taking “lots of meetings” with a number of different TV channels.
A source told the Daily Star Sunday newspaper at the time: “As soon as ‘X Factor’ was up for grabs, there was interest from a number of the networks.
“‘X Factor’ is one of the most iconic shows in TV history, so it’s no surprise lots of channels were keen. The production company had their pick.
“After a lot of meetings, execs decided to go with Channel 5.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Mystic Meg has died aged 80.
The astrologer – whose real name was Margaret Lake – passed away in the early hours of Thursday morning (09.03.23).
Meg’s agent of 34 years, Dave Shapland, told The Sun newspaper: “Without any question, she was Britain’s most famous astrologer by a million miles.
“Nobody came close to Meg in that respect. She was followed by millions in this country and also around the world.
“She even became part of the English language – if a politician, somebody from showbiz or ordinary people in the street are asked a tricky question they will say ‘Who do you think I am, Mystic Meg?’
“It shows what an impact she made.”
Last month, Meg – who shared a three-bedroom flat in Notting Hill with seven cats – was admitted to St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, London, after she was struck down with flu.
Meg shot to fame in 1994 when she hosted an item on the National Lottery draw, in which she stared into a crystal ball to predict who would scoop the jackpot. It went on to be a regular feature for three years.
Piers Morgan has led tributes to the late star.
He said: “Mystic Meg was Britain’s most famous astrologer and a fascinatingly mysterious lady who loved her work with a passion but was rarely seen or heard in public.
“I was her editor at the News of the World for several years and she was extraordinarily professional in everything she did. A master of her very popular craft.”
Meg had a regular astrology column in The Sun newspaper, and the publication’s editor Victoria Newton admitted they had “lost an icon”.
She said: “Our brilliant and incomparable Meg was synonymous with The Sun – she was a total legend. We loved her and so did our readers.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Smack the Pony’ could be making a comeback.
Fiona Allen, who starred in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show alongside Sally Phillips and Doon Mackichan from 1999 to 2003, has told how the stars have been filming and discussing making “something fun” ahead of a potential return.
She told The Sun newspaper: “Wouldn’t it be great to see another one?
“We’re kind of filming, talking, that would be something fun.”
Fiona hopes the show would still be as successful as it was in the early 00s.
She added: “It was fun and a lot of silliness, which I love, that was just our style I guess, and it worked really well and it cut across lots of different age groups.
“And we genuinely enjoyed it, we used to be in trouble a lot for laughing.
“It gets shown all the time, it’s always showing up somewhere. So that’s quite nice.”
‘Smack the Pony’ made a brief return in 2017 for a Comic Relief skit.
In 2021, Sally admitted she had given up hope of bringing the show back after hearing too many rejections.
She said: “Nobody wants it, and you know what, I no longer want to do it.
“The journey of trying to get it remade became so funny in itself.
“You’d be in The Gambia and someone would come up and go, ‘Oh, that thing you did. Drop the Dead Donkey – that was so great. When is it coming back?’
“And people tweet or whatever on a pretty much weekly basis, ‘When are you doing it again?’
“But the commissioners just didn’t feel the same way.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The Vivienne has told how she left the UK drag scene to recover from her drug addiction, before making a triumphant return.
The ‘Dancing on Ice’ star – whose real name is James Lee Williams – moved from Liverpool to Gran Canaria to get sober after hitting the party scene too hard.
The 30-year-old drag queen told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Some guys I knew from Gran Canaria … asked me to do a gig in Pride.
“I did it, I was there for a week, and I felt like myself, and I hadn’t touched anything for a week.”
The Vivienne detailed how she “came out quite early” while studying at secondary school and often got told how “fabulous” she looked.
She said: “I came out quite early. Humour was my defence at school. I wasn’t bullied, because I was the funny kid.
“I’d turn up with a Louis Vuitton bag. Often my accessories would be confiscated. It wasn’t all bad. I was outside the headmaster’s office and another teacher told me I looked fabulous.”
Kevin Kirby, who manages the Liverpool bar Superstar Boudoir, admitted he knew of Vivienne’s problem but it never impacted her professional duties.
He explained: “She had to leave the scene at the time when she did otherwise, she wouldn’t have been where she is now.
“She took a massive pay cut to go over there, was able to sort herself out and there’s been no stopping her since.”
While appearing on original ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race UK’ in 2019- the BBC Three competition she won – the Vivienne confessed she took the drug ketamine for “breakfast, lunch and dinner”.
She said: “I could have three bags of it just putting my face on. I did it on and off for four years. I was getting evicted from apartments, I had no money.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Vanessa Feltz would love to host ‘The Romance Retreat’.
ITV recently confirmed they are making a new ‘Love Island’-style show for “vibrant single parents”, and while the 61-year-old broadcasting legend doesn’t want to appear on the programme – following her split from Ben Ofoedu after 16 years together – the star would be up for fronting the series.
In an interview with Betway, Vanessa, 61, said would “of course” be up for hosting the programme.
But said about appearing on the show: “I think the nation has been very, very good to me over the years.
“I think the lovely, beautiful nation of viewers need to be spared the sight of me in a bikini!”
ITV recently revealed details about ‘The Romance Retreat’, which has been compared to the ITV2 dating competition – which is currently airing nightly and hosted by Maya Jama – through an online casting call, asking for children to sign up their “vibrant single parents”.
The description reads: “ITV1 are looking for vibrant single parents from across the UK who are in search of love, for a brand new dating show!
“This is the ONLY dating show where single parents can search for love, by spending time in a luxury retreat, where all the parents have been nominated by their grown up children. (sic)”
The call out seems to give people a snapshot at the sprawling luxury villa they are hoping to host the fun in.
A presenter for the show is yet to be announced, but former ‘Big Brother’ host Davina McCall, 55, has made no secret about her desire to take the hosting reins.
She recently said: “I’ve got no embarrassment or shame in emailing a TV company and going, ‘Have you thought about this? What about this? Can I do this?’
“I’m literally begging ITV to let me present mid-life ‘Love Island’.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Delta Goodrem would “never say never” to reprising her role on ‘Neighbours’.
The ‘Wings’ hitmaker’s journey to stardom included playing Nina Tucker in the Australian soap – a character she said “goodbye” to during what was thought to be the last ever episode of the Channel 5 soap in 2022 – but it has since been confirmed that the Australian show is being revived, and she is not ruling out a return to Erinsborough.
The 38-year-old singer told the Daily Star newspaper’s Hot TV column: “We did do the big send-off. I think my character Nina said goodbye. We all said goodbye.
“But never say never. Who knows?”
Delta “loves” that playing aspiring singer Nina – firstly in 2002 until 2005, and again in 2015 – helped to give her music career a lift off.
She said: “It’s where I started and I love that ‘Neighbours’ will live on forever and ever.”
Recently, the ‘I Don’t Care’ hitmaker detailed her strong bond with Sir Elton John – who reached out to her when she was diagnosed with cancer aged 18 – and she praised him for his “authentic relationships” with new talent.
Delta said: “In the early careers of me starting out in my career, I was so lucky to have support from artists in the UK, whether we were doing ‘Top of The Pops’ or when Elton John first reached out to me when I was first diagnosed with cancer or for my first song.
“When you’re first stepping into the world as an artist, Elton has such incredible impact and he’s so wonderful to the whole community, with artists, he has such authentic relationships.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Jordan Banjo still speaks to his brother Ashley Banjo’s ex-wife all the time.
The ‘Diversity’ star, 30, regularly chats to Francesca Abbott, the ex of the ‘Dancing on Ice’ judge, 34, “every day” despite their split – which the pair, who have daughter Rose, four, and son Micah, three, announced in December last year – because he sees her as a “big sister”.
Jordan told OK! magazine: “I’ve known Chess since I was 10 years old. There’s never been a point where she hasn’t been in my life or a like a big sister to me.
“So to me, nothing has changed.
“For me, Chess is still my older sister. I speak to her every day.”
As well as being brothers, Jordan – who has son Cassius, four, Mimi, three, and another one the way with his wife Naomi, 31, who he married last year – and Ashley have another connection in that their daughters are in the same class at school.
Jordan said: “Ashley’s daughter and my daughter are not just the same school and in the same year – they’re literally in the same class.
“So we’re together all the time. But for me, you know, nothing’s changed. Chess is still my big sister, and obviously Ash is my big brother.”
Last winter, Francesca and Ashley – who tied the knot in 2015 – revealed they had gone their separate ways.
They said in a joint statement: “After much thought and consideration, we both feel now is the time to share some personal news.
“Nearly 18 months ago we took the decision to separate.
“After being together for over 16 years, since we were teenagers, this is not a decision that has been taken lightly.
“It has not been easy and the processing of the situation has not been fast by any means. But we feel that as we approach the new year it is time to share this news with others.
“Our main focus will always be our beautiful children. Every decision that has been made is to make sure we can continue as a loving family and give the very best of ourselves as parents.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir David Attenborough has been voted Britain’s top TV presenter of all time.
The ‘Wild Isles’ star, 96, beat off competition from several other household names in the world of broadcasting, including the late Sir Terry Wogan and the late Sir Bruce Forsyth, in a new poll.
David clinched victory after securing 28 per cent of the vote in the Perspectus Global-conducted survey, while the ‘Wogan’ host – who passed away aged 77 in 2016 – finished second, and ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ and ‘Generation Game’ presenter Bruce, who died in 2017 aged 89, was third.
Trailing behind them are Graham Norton, 59, and the ex ‘Channel 4 News’ anchor Jon Snow, 75, in fourth and fifth place respectively.
The late Cilla Black – who hosted ‘Blind Date’, and died in 2016 aged 72 – and ‘The Traitors’ presenter Claudia Winkleman, 51, ranked sixth and seventh.
‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!’ duo Ant and Dec were eighth, after landing a record 21 National Television Awards for their presenting, and the top 10 was rounded off by Les Dawson – who died aged 62 in 1993 – and ‘8 Out of Ten Cats Does Countdown’ frontman Jimmy Carr, 50.
Recently, David revealed it was because of “internal BBC politics” why he ended up mostly documenting wildlife abroad rather than in the UK.
He said: “Well, yes, and it’s just internal BBC politics. I joined in 1952, and television was restricted to London only. Bristol had a Natural History Unit on the radio but it didn’t have television.
“So we had a great meeting and they said, ‘Look here, you’re doing natural history and I think we should come to some agreement on this, because when television comes here we want to do natural history television. Tell you what, we’ll do British natural history, and you can do all this stuff in Africa.’
“And I said, ‘That suits me down to the ground,’ so this is a great ambition fulfilled.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — The BBC Earth Experience is opening its doors this month and will feature exhibits dedicated to the ground-breaking TV series ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet’.
The brand-new immersive experience – which is produced in partnership with BBC Studios, Moon Eye Productions and Live Nation – is narrated by Sir David Attenborough and will be open to visitors from March 30 at The Daikin Centre in Earl’s Court, London.
The attraction will feature three breakout zones, allowing audiences of all ages to interact with the natural world, in a unique new way with footage from the iconic BBC Studios Natural History Unit television series ‘Seven Worlds, One Planet’.
The experience will be housed in a new 1608m2 demountable venue and feature hundreds of multi-angle screens, along with interactive rooms – welcoming visitors to journey through the natural world and explore the extraordinary biodiversity of the Earth’s seven unique continents.
The BBC Earth Experience offers a truly epic journey for all the family to enjoy.
Visitors will explore the wonders of planet Earth on a microscopic scale in the Micro Life room and then be immersed in the spectacular drone footage on the Vista Stage.
A journey down to the ocean floor in the Water Life room will then allow visitors to interact with life below the waves. As they make their way around the experience and lose themselves in the natural world, visitors may encounter a few extra surprises, so those afraid of creepy crawlies should look out for the warning signs!
After visitors have explored the mesmerising landscapes and endless oceans, and have met their extraordinary inhabitants, they will hear a special message in the Earth Room from David Attenborough, inspiring everyone to think about what they can do in their daily lives to protect the amazing planet.
The BBC Earth Experience has been designed with sustainability at its heart. The building and its contents use materials that can be recycled, reused, or given a second life – embracing a circular economy.
The production projectors use the latest LED energy efficient technology, powered only by renewable energy and the screens are made of cotton, which will be repurposed after use.
There is also a focus on biodiversity through the outside spaces, with plants and insect houses to attract more than 40 different species to populate the gardens. Rainwater will be harvested in the external spaces and used within the gardens to help maintain the health of the plants throughout the year and to reduce potable water consumption.
Go to BBCearthexperience.com for more information and tickets.

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