EastEnders
Soap fans all over Britain are desperate to find out who killed Archie Mitchell in EastEnders. And actor Scott Maslen, who plays Walford’s Jack Branning, is no different.
All will be revealed next week in a special live episode which forms the centrepiece of EastEnders’ 25th birthday celebrations. But until then, everyone’s in the dark — including the cast themselves…
‘I thought that I knew, but now I reckon it could be anybody,’ says Scott, 38, who joined EastEnders after leaving The Bill in 2007.
Winter Olympics
The biggest event in the winter sporting calendar is the Olympics. Athletes from all over the world are heading to Canada for this year’s Games, which take in 86 medal events in 15 sports across 17 days.
Skiing, snowboarding, bobsleigh and skeleton are just some of the events being covered. Ski cross, a form of freestyle skiing, makes its Olympic debut this year.
‘The great thing about the Winter Olympics is you know you’re going to get athletes on the absolute limits of control. It’s adrenaline-filled and really exciting to watch,' says former Olympic skier Graham Bell, who is part of the BBC's presenting team.
Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance
Jo Frost may have been concentrating on her career in the US for the last couple of years, with Supernanny proving to be a massive success on American TV, but that doesn’t mean she’s forgotten about us — and this week she returns to the UK with her latest series, Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance.
‘I’m doing my sixth season of Supernanny in America, and I think I’ve been to 43 states now!’ says Jo, 39. ‘It’s been amazing, but it was important for me to come home and look at the issues that parents are worried about, and try to give them information about what they can do.’
One Born Every Minute
Childbirth is something we all have in common — yet every birth is unique. And the incredible drama and emotion involved as a new life enters the world is captured in this fly-on-the-wall documentary series.
‘When a baby is born it is the most universal and fantastic experience, and over the next few weeks you will see the drama of childbirth playing out in all sorts of ways,’ explains producer Jonathan Smith about the series, filmed in the maternity ward of Southampton’s Princess Anne Hospital.
Dancing On Wheels
Six wheelchair users team up with six celebs — including some former Strictly Come Dancing contestants — and take to the dancefloor in BBC3’s groundbreaking new series Dancing On Wheels.
Among those taking instruction from Strictly star Brian Fortuna are magazine editor Diana, who lost both her legs in a train accident and travel enthusiast Harry, 24, who was given just six months to live after a tumour was removed from his spine — seven years ago!
I Hate Mum
Over the last few years, Adam Ayliffe, 10, and 16-year-old Ryan Clark have made life absolute hell for their families, their mothers in particular. Now the desperate mums are hoping that specialist therapy can finally curb their kids’ anger in I Hate Mum, part of BBC1’s Being Mum season.
‘I can see one day he is going to hurt me quite badly and I’m not going to be able to stop it,’ admits Adam’s mother Sharon.
Chinese Food In Minutes
She’s been dubbed the ambassador of Chinese food — and Ching-He Huang has her hands full in her new show teaching complete novices how to cook up a storm in a wok.
A pair of gospel choir singers are taken in hand in this week’s opening episode, with Ching, 31, setting up her stove on the street in London’s Chinatown to show them how things are done.
Changing Faces
When 19-year-old Cheryl Cole auditioned for Popstars: The Rivals back in 2002, judge Pete Waterman summed up what the rest of the nation would eventually feel. ‘You’d have to be dead if you didn’t think she was stunning,’ he confided wide-eyed to the camera.
But the Angel of the North won’t have her youthful good looks forever, and Teri Blythe, a forensic artist, is set to reveal how Cheryl and a host of other celebrities may look further down the line…
