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Bafta nod for Quentin Crisp actor John Hurt

John Hurt has been nominated for a TV Bafta for reprising the role of Quentin Crisp - 34 years after he received the award for playing the flamboyant gay writer in The Naked Civil Servant.

Win Tickets to the UK premiere of StreetDance

To celebrate the May 21st release of the world’s first ever 3D dance film, featuring appearances from Britain’s Got Talent stars George Sampson, Flawless and Diversity, we have joined forces with Vertigo films to give away a pair of tickets to attend the world premiere on the 10th May in London’s Leicester Square.

TV Talent judge Piers Morgan fined for speeding

Britain's Got Talent judge Piers Morgan has been fined and had points added to his driving licence after being clocked speeding, it was revealed today.

Piers Morgan set for US chat show

Piers Morgan is in talks to make a chat show in the US.

Simon Cowell to duck Britain's Got Talent auditions

Simon Cowell will not be doing the Britain's Got Talent auditions next year.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown: Our island home really isn't so bad

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Comedians, Octagon Theatre, Bolton

David Thacker's revival of Trevor Griffiths's 1970s classic Comedians is amusing, but it's also provocative and extremely unsettling.

Breaking loose: How street-dance took on the mainstream and won

Popping, tutting, waving, locking &ndash; a new generation is bringing its own modes of contemporary dance from the street to Sadler's Wells

Has ITV got the talent at last?

Things are looking up for the broadcaster with new chief Adam Crozier taking over as the advertising market rallies. Nick Clark reports

Viral video gives Soviet crooner an unlikely comeback

Shaun Walker reports from Moscow on the revival of a 1970s favourite

Diversity, HMV Apollo Hammersmith, London

Let's hear it for the (toy) boys

Mark Steel: Who's run off with the inheritance?

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Record viewing figures for ITV1 talent show

The first episode in the new series of Britain's Got Talent drew a record peak audience of 12.2 million viewers, ITV said. The figure – which equated to a 49 per cent audience share on Saturday night – was the highest for a launch episode of the show.

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