It’s been revealed today that TV presenter Holly Wibbly is set to step into the footsteps of Cilla Black to reprise her tearjerker show, Surprise Surprise. Fans of the original – which ran from 1987 to 1997 – will recall that the show reunited families w

Despite being one of the busiest TV presenters on the box, Holly Willoughby could be getting ANOTHER job soon - she's being considered to front a new version of classic show Surprise Surprise! ITV are doing a reboot of the programme, originally presented

SURPRISE! Surprise! The show has featured a range of special guests including Christopher Biggins, Krypton Factor host Gordon Burns and javelin star Tessa

Tulisa, the choice is yours.. Having just split up with N-Dubz bandmate Fazer Rawson, there are a lot of rumours going around about who is and who isn't dating the singer and X Factor judge Tulisa Contostavlos. Luckily for Tulisa, she's got her good pal

There are a lot of things you have to get over before you start watching ITV's Take Me Out. Before you come to realise that it is the best thing to happen to dating shows since Cilla Black, you have to understand, and furthermore, accept, that it is the

STROUD Sub Rooms were bursting with talent on Saturday night as the annual Undiscovered Youth Talent Contest got underway. Organiser Brendan Conboy, of the Door Youth Project, reports. Photographs by Ian Sadler. THERE is a well know saying - 'if at first

The 'Yo-Yo' singer insists she doesn't find it difficult writing her own material because she just draws on her feelings and past experiences. She said: "It's as simple as writing a song about a situation you've been through. And the things you haven't e

The 'Yo-Yo' singer insists she doesn't find it difficult writing her own material because she just draws on her feelings and past experiences. She said: "It's as simple as writing a song about a situation you've been through. And the things you haven't e

WE HEADED for the Castle Bar on Saturday night, where the Young Irelands GFC were hosting their Christmas Party and Blind Date night and the place was packed by the time we got there.I wasn't too long in the door when I met up with club treasurer Barry M

Cilla Black has what is called a happy disposition. She has evolved more by accident than design, like a bossy, favourite niece who insists on entertaining the family after supper in the parlour. With a cultivated accent as thick as Mersey fog, she has g

FOUR other couples who found love on the box include a pair from Blind Date who last year celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary. Alex and Sue Tatham got hitched in front of 17million viewers after meeting on Cilla Black’s hit ITV show. And when Deren

A music fan has warned fellow rockers too many concerts could make them deaf like her. Sue Burgess said years of going to performances by the likes of Right Said Fred had contributed to the severe hearing problems she and husband Tony have both developed

Nice to see you! Bruce Forsyth will be performing at the National Television Awards this week As he prepares for this week's National Television Awards (expect a very special performance), Sir Bruce Forsyth says his Strictly co-star's hit the jackpot wit

Paddy McGuinness and the Girl contestants on Take Me Out (Pic: ITV) Take Me Out’s Paddy McGuinness is a source of endless hilarity in our house, with my nine-year-old constantly mimicking the comic’s “let the socket meet the plug… let the steak and kid

LWT for ITV, 30 November 1985 to 31 May 2003 (356 episodes in 18 series) This show was every media students dream for two reasons. First, because it was so great to analyse. Did you spot the way which Cilla patronized the females but didn't to the males?

There are several people whose names are brought up as being the Fifth Beatle. It's really no contest. The title belongs to Sir George Martin. He produced a large cross section of artists during his long career. Cilla Black, Peter Sellers, Beyond the Fri

Polls and voting are all very well, but how do people vote with their feet? No, not by holding pencils between their toes, but by visiting the various nooks and crannies that make up the conurbation of UKGameshowsopolis.

He has been pulling the wool over people’s eyes for more than 75 years, dazzling audiences with a host of magic tricks. But now after a lifetime of abracadabras, hey prestos and hocus-pocuses semi-professional magician Harry Johnson, 83, from Market Dray

With the Caribbean sun blazing down from a clear blue sky, Sir Mark Thatcher was in sparkling form this week at one of the most exclusive addresses in Barbados. Sipping cocktails at the £1 800-a-night (R22 578) Sandpiper Hotel, Sir Mark, whose fortune w