In this week's issue

Losing the Eurovision Song Contest has become part of the national psyche after 15 years of defeats, but Bonnie Tyler is hoping to change all that as she takes to the stage to compete in Malmo, Sweden.

Here's a surprising piece of casting for the second series of Case Histories. Comedy legend Victoria Wood is guest starring as a store detective who takes a neglected child away from an irresponsible mother.

The Doctor's biggest secret is finally unearthed as the series reaches its conclusion this week with The Name Of The Doctor. With new baddies the Whisper Men kidnapping the Doctor's friends, the Time Lord is forced to travel to Trenzalore — the place where it's been prophesied he'll finally fall.

It's the coldest cold case there is — what killed the Ice Age giants who ruled the earth 20,000 years ago? That's the premise for Dr Alice Roberts' new three-part series in which she travels the globe, uncovering clues.

Your parking meter is about to run out, the traffic warden is hovering — and suddenly a twentysomething busty blonde in a Stetson and gold bikini saves the day by popping in a few coins for you.
Welcome to Australia, where the Gold Coast's infamous 'Meter Maids' are just some of the fascinating people who chat to adventurer Simon Reeve as he travels across the country for his new three-part series.

When a musician's body is dumped with his ears pierced in front of Notre Dame, detective Joachim 'Jo' Saint-Clair must unravel the symbolic clues in the first case of this new series set in Paris.
Starring Jean Reno as the veteran investigator in the city's elite Criminal Brigade, the beaten and strangled victim has been placed under the iconic cathedral's Last Judgment portal.

Lynda Bellingham is learning lots in her latest series presenting Country House Sunday, but she admits that it isn't just her knowledge that's grown!
'My cooking and my waistline have expanded!' laughs Lynda. 'I shall be taking myself off for a diet and doing a detox!'

Stumbling along endless rough roads, his thin-soled trainers providing little buffer against the rocks and pebbles, Eddie Izzard was determined to complete his bid to run 27 marathons in 27 days across South Africa to honour his hero Nelson Mandela.

After spending the best part of 15 years as Kathy Beale in EastEnders, Gillian Taylforth admits that she'd forgotten how hard it was to work on a soap.
'You forget about these busy schedules,' laughs the 57-year-old, who joins Hollyoaks this week as matriarch Sandy Roscoe — a role that was written with Gillian in mind.

