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Black Mirror

‘It just gets darker and darker, and weirder and weirder…’

We join Lenora Crichlow on location for the latest instalment of Charlie Brooker’s dark series Black Mirror…

Burnham Beeches is a picturesque, wooded area in Buckinghamshire, but when TV Choice arrives we find that it has been transformed into a post-apocalyptic world.

The Eurovision Song Contest

Can Engelbert beat the odds and bring victory back to Britain?

He’s been romancing his fans for decades, but now, aged 76, Engelbert Humperdinck is truly putting his popularity to the test as he takes to the stage in Baku, Azerbaijan for The Eurovision Song Contest final.

Visiting the set of Mrs Biggs

Arriving at Macclesfield station I commit a big faux pas as I get into a taxi. ‘Can you take me to Little Peover?’ I ask, pronouncing it ‘Pee-Over.’

‘Ha, ha, ha!’ laughs the cabbie. ‘It’s pronounced “Pee–ver. I can tell you’re not from around here.’

The Apprentice series 8 press launch

We’ll admit it – The Royal Institute of British Architects in central London isn’t somewhere we normally hang out. But this morning, at 10am, we were in its cavernous screening room for the launch of the eighth series of The Apprentice.

Attended by Lord Sugar, plus aides Karren Brady and Nick Hewer, and also the ladies and gentlemen of the press, we were treated to episode one (favourite quote, spoken by one of the hopefuls: ‘I’m like an animal. I will literally roar my way to the top.’).

Stephen Lawrence BAFTA screening

There will be a special charity screening of Panorama’s Stephen Lawrence: A Time For Justice at BAFTA in London on Saturday, 10 March.

The screening, in aid of The Stephen Lawrence Trust, will be followed by a Q&A with Stephen’s mother Doreen Lawrence, his brother Stuart Lawrence, the family’s solicitor Imran Khan, and BBC reporter Mark Daly.

Gavin Blyth Memorial Ball

Emmerdale and Coronation Street stars will be out in force next month for a charity ball in memory of TV producer Gavin Blyth.

Gavin was series producer for Emmerdale when he died aged 41 in November 2010 from cancer, and the event in Manchester on Saturday, 18 February also marks the official launch of Once Upon A Smile, a charity partly set up in his memory.

It's final time on Strictly Come Dancing!

So after 11 weeks we’re in the home strait of Strictly Come Dancing and with the Grand Final looming this weekend at the Tower Ballroom, Blackpool, let’s take stock of series nine.

Death In Paradise

Sainte-Marie may be an idyllic Caribbean setting, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t get its fair share of grisly killings in BBC1's Death In Paradise.

Starring Ben Miller as quintessential Englishman Detective Inspector Richard Poole, who insists on wearing his woollen suit and tie despite the tropical temperatures, he’s joined by local cop Camille (Sara Martins) in the eight-part series.

TVChoice Awards 2011

We're in one of London’s swankiest hotels, The Savoy, for 2011’s TVChoice Awards, and I’m here to interview the winners as they come off stage. It’s lovely to see them all – even Jeremy Kyle (who wins Best Daytime Show) – as they really appreciate all the readers who have voted for them. We catch up with what they had to say...

Big Brother

On Monday, 15 August we sent our own Jessica Dady to personally inspect Channel 5's new Big Brother house, and meet the man who's stepping into Davina's slingbacks, the one and only former BB champ (twice!) Brian Dowling. Here’s how she got on…