Best served cold: BBC canteen has the last laugh on Twitter
13 February 2012 12:00 AM
It has been the butt of jokes since Peter Sellers quipped on The Goon Show in 1954: "Lunch is now being served in the BBC canteen. Doctors are on standby..."
Carpet rolled out for Bafta awards
12 February 2012 08:51 AM
The champagne is on ice and the red carpet is being rolled out as some of the biggest names in Hollywood gather for tonight's Bafta film awards.
House finally hangs up his stethoscope
10 February 2012 01:58 PM
After eight years, Hugh Laurie calls time on the most popular television doctor in the world.
Anneka Rice to join BBC Radio 2
09 February 2012 12:18 PM
Anneka Rice is to join BBC Radio 2 after landing a regular weekly show.
Backing for TV ban on payday loans
07 February 2012 12:00 AM
Almost as many people think payday loans should be barred from advertising on television as those who agree with the existing ban on cigarette ads.
Trending: Another body part, another scandal at the Super Bowl
07 February 2012 12:00 AM
It's happened again. Much of America has got their knickers in a twist over the half-time performance at the Super Bowl, that hallowed 12-minute slot that introduced us to the term "wardrobe malfunction" back in 2004, after Janet Jackson's right nipple made a surprise cameo. And after tame contributions from the likes of Tom Petty and The Rolling Stones in recent years, on Sunday "controversy" returned to America's biggest sporting event when MIA, the English-born singer and rapper, "flipped the bird" at the camera during her guest spot in Madonna's medley.
Superbowl: The cheerleader who certainly knows how to put on a show
07 February 2012 12:00 AM
Having made her entrance clad head-to-toe in a shimmering gold cloak, riding a gilded chariot drawn by legions of gladiators, the 53-year-old launched into a 12-minute spectacular featuring a string of her greatest hits including "Vogue", "Music" and "Express Yourself", as well as her new single, "Gimme All Your Luvin".
Could it all be a fiddle? Folk stars tell the BBC to reveal who judges awards
04 February 2012 12:00 AM
Radio 2 defends lack of transparency in voting process at showpiece music event
Simon Cowell axes X Factor judges in US cull
31 January 2012 11:47 AM
US X Factor judges Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones are out of the TV show, it emerged today.
More sex, please – it's British history! How the BBC plans to take on Downton
31 January 2012 12:00 AM
Upstairs Downstairs revival offers heady mix of class, politics, snobbery ... and lesbian affairs
At last, Del Boy opens a US subsidiary
29 January 2012 12:00 AM
'Only Fools and Horses' set to hit American TV
Midwives deliver ratings that put Sherlock to shame
23 January 2012 12:00 AM
Sunday night blockbusters play second fiddle to unlikely audience favourite
Presenter riding high after Pole trek
23 January 2012 12:00 AM
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton has completed her 500-mile expedition across Antarctica for Sport Relief.
Irons opens fire on bank bonuses
23 January 2012 12:00 AM
The actor Jeremy Irons appeared with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg on BBC's The Andrew Marr Show yesterday.
Legal thriller looms as Sherlock takes his caseload to New York
21 January 2012 12:00 AM
It's a fresh take on Sherlock Holmes which will transplant the sleuth to a modern-day setting. But it doesn't take Baker Street's finest to deduce the source material for a major new drama announced by American network CBS.
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