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All the BBC TV shows axed amid broadcaster's £500m savings plan

Television shows have been cut across comedy, entertainment, sport and news as the corporation takes big swings for savings

Evening Standard

Gladiators star reveals what Bradley Walsh is really like when the cameras stop rolling

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, aka Nitro, spoke glowingly about the 66-year-old veteran presenter

Evening Standard

BBC Axes 'Live at the Apollo', Blankety Blank' and 'Celebrity Mastermind' in £500M Cutback Drive

The BBC is cancelling 'Live at the Apollo', 'Blankety Blank', and 'Celebrity Mastermind' as part of a £500 million savings plan, adapting to declining licence fee income and changing viewing habits.

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BBC cancels Blankety Blank, Celebrity Mastermind and Live At The Apollo

The corporation previously announced plans to decommission TV shows and reduce its development spend.

Evening Standard

BBC axes three big series in budget cuts – including beloved show on air for 22 years

‘Tough choices’ had to be made, the BBC says, as show that launched Michael McIntyre to fame is put out to pasture

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Why Bradley Walsh won’t be hosting Blankety Blank this year

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Bradley Walsh explains reason why he cannot host popular TV game show this year

The broadcaster and actor currently hosts programmes including The Chase, The Chase Around The World, and Gladiators

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Bradley Walsh cannot host Blankety Blank this year: ‘I just don’t have the time’

Evening Standard

Joe Pasquale says there is no good comedy for over 60s: ‘There are 400 channels on telly but none for our age group’

Comedian, 64, continues to perform as part of the ‘Prat Pack’ with other TV stars

The Independent UK

Anne Hegerty leering ominously around an ice-cream stand in Rome? The Chase Around the World is pure summer silliness

3/5 The much-loved quiz gets a ‘Race Across the World’-style makeover – it shouldn’t work, but it’s plenty of fun all the same

The Independent UK

The Chase star Anne Hegerty gives insight into finances after being ‘worked into the ground’

ITV quiz phenomenon underwent an intense production schedule before filming was ‘frozen’ for a year

The Independent UK

Former Strictly judge Bruno Tonioli says a man shouldn’t host the show

The former judge has said he thinks it will be ‘better for them to find two women to replace Tess and Claudia’

Evening Standard

Strictly Come Dancing’s new presenters: the stars rumoured to replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman

Rumours of who could replace presenters have been circulating for months

The Independent UK

Stop paying comedians to go on holiday! Why comics’ travel shows need to end

Alexander Armstrong, Lucy Beaumont, Bradley Walsh … when will commissioners stop sending standups to other nations? It’s not like they have any insight or connection to these places – it has to end

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Paddington Bear and Queen Camilla share marmalade sandwiches at Windsor Castle

The late Queen Elizabeth II famously appeared in a comedy sketch with Paddington Bear

Evening Standard

Queen and Paddington Bear share marmalade sandwiches at star-studded reception

Camilla thanked the bear for attending the event, celebrating the final of the BBC 500 Words, a children’s story writing competition.

Evening Standard

Gladiators to return for new season with three new games

In the hit BBC game show, hosted by father and son Bradley and Barney Walsh, elite athletes take on contenders in three new challenges.

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Celebrity Gladiators: Joe Wicks and Sam Thompson reveal what it really takes to be a contender

Sam Thompson and Joe Wicks share how filming the Celebrity Gladiators Christmas special pushed them to their limits and what happened when they finally met

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Who will replace Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman on Strictly?

After an emotional final and glowing tributes, attention has turned to who could become the new hosts

Evening Standard

James Jordan backs Vernon Kay to take over Strictly role from wife Tess Daly

The professional dancer also tipped Zoe Ball and Bradley Walsh.

The Independent UK

The Chase quizzer praises Bradley Walsh as ‘the ultimate pro’

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The Chase’s Darragh Ennis reveals ‘surprising’ behind the scenes fact about host Bradley Walsh

Darragh Ennis has shared a "surprising" behind the scenes fact about The Chase host Bradley Walsh.

The Independent UK

The stars you won’t see on the BBC highest salaries list – and why

Broadcaster does not have to disclose salaries of stars whose programmes were made by independent companies

The Guardian - UK

‘Call me Chickenella!’ How Guardian readers got their nicknames – and what they feel about them

Nicknames seem to be on their way out. But Bubbe, Punk, Plug, Buffy, Gelato and the rest can’t imagine life without theirs

The Independent UK

The Chase viewers outraged after chaser’s ‘incorrect’ answer steals victory

‘Am I going mad?’ one perplexed fan asked after host Bradley Walsh accepted Jenny Ryan’s answer

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