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BBC abandons plans for Doctor Who Christmas special
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BBC abandons plans for Doctor Who Christmas special

Broadcaster says it is focusing on series’ long-term future after departure of showrunner and producerThe BBC has cancelled this year’s Christmas episode of Doctor Who as its showrunner Russell T Davi...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
BBC cancels Doctor Who Christmas special and Russell T Davies announces exit
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BBC cancels Doctor Who Christmas special and Russell T Davies announces exit

The BBC said the decision was made "after careful consideration" and had "not been taken lightly".

BBC Entertainment & Arts5 months ago
LA fans, Mark E Smith’s sisters and Frank Skinner doing the quiz: inside the totally wired festival on the Fall
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LA fans, Mark E Smith’s sisters and Frank Skinner doing the quiz: inside the totally wired festival on the Fall

Featuring cover bands, walking tours and the poet laureate as DJ, The Fall: Futures and Pasts is the ultimate Fall fan experience. But can our writer get through Eat Y’Self Fitter at karaoke?There has...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Peter Asher on being music’s incredible ‘Everywhere Man’: ‘The secret is simple’
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Peter Asher on being music’s incredible ‘Everywhere Man’: ‘The secret is simple’

As the musician and producer reaches 82, a new documentary reveals his life working with everyone from James Taylor to Carole King to Paul McCartneyPeter Asher didn’t want to do this interview. He had...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
'I stepped into lead role with a few hours of prep'
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'I stepped into lead role with a few hours of prep'

Teacher Craig Mather says he had never seen the play or met the cast before taking to the stage.

BBC Entertainment & Arts5 months ago
From bands to bags to beer bins - everything you need to know ahead of Download festival
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From bands to bags to beer bins - everything you need to know ahead of Download festival

Donington Park is gearing up to host the UK's biggest festival of rock and metal music.

BBC Entertainment & Arts5 months ago
Model who alleges Kanye West choked her tells BBC she felt 'suffocated and scared'
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Model who alleges Kanye West choked her tells BBC she felt 'suffocated and scared'

West claims the encounter on a music video set was part of a "provocative theatrical performance".

BBC Entertainment & Arts5 months ago
Stranger Things: The First Shadow announces final curtain in London and New York
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Stranger Things: The First Shadow announces final curtain in London and New York

The theatrical prequel to the Duffer Brothers’ smash-hit Netflix series is to shut down in the West End and on Broadway this winter, after selling more than 1.5m ticketsThe London and New York product...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Vagina lasers, bananas and an awkward Cumberbatch: 10 surprising moments in Madonna’s new video
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Vagina lasers, bananas and an awkward Cumberbatch: 10 surprising moments in Madonna’s new video

Sabrina Carpenter, a car crash, a urinal, Kate Moss and, of course, those perplexing green lasers: Confessions II has it all. Let’s make some sense of it …Madonna’s new video is called Confessions II...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Tony Livesey steps back from 5 Live after allegations against David Sullivan
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Tony Livesey steps back from 5 Live after allegations against David Sullivan

The presenter worked as editor-in-chief at Sullivan's Sport newspapers before joining the BBC.

BBC Entertainment & Arts5 months ago
‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras
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‘We got banned from YouTube but they showed Saddam Hussein being hanged’: the wild viral visions of Romain Gavras

What will life be like in 2034? Will kids surf in quarries – or live in the woods since they think Earth is hollow? We meet the film-maker behind Gener8ion, whose dark predictions have a habit of goin...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Tempest in the stalls as baby disrupts Kenneth Branagh RSC performance
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Tempest in the stalls as baby disrupts Kenneth Branagh RSC performance

Audience members said baby’s cooing and gurgling ruined Branagh’s return to the RSC after 30 years, with some seeking refundsBoatswain! The opening scene of Shakespeare’s seminal play The Tempest, in...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
‘I was dazzled. I thought the walls would fall down’: the oral history of DMZ, the label and club night that gave dubstep its soul
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‘I was dazzled. I thought the walls would fall down’: the oral history of DMZ, the label and club night that gave dubstep its soul

In an extract from Aftershock, a definitive new history of dubstep, DMZ’s Mala, Coki and Loefah recall the bass drops and pacifist mentality that went into their creationBy the turn of the millennium,...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater split after three years
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Ariana Grande and Ethan Slater split after three years

The pair met on the set of the first Wicked movie, for which Grande received an Oscar nomination.

BBC Entertainment & Arts5 months ago
Palmer and Joao Pedro feature in Madonna video
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Palmer and Joao Pedro feature in Madonna video

Chelsea forwards Cole Palmer and Joao Pedro make a surprise appearance in a promotional film for Madonna's new album.

BBC Entertainment & Arts5 months ago
Chaka Khan and Simple Minds to headline Radio 2 in the Park
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Chaka Khan and Simple Minds to headline Radio 2 in the Park

The three-day flagship event is set to take place between 11 and 13 September in City Park, Stirling.

BBC Entertainment & Arts5 months ago
The best albums of 2026 so far
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The best albums of 2026 so far

From Thundercat’s all-star funk to Kacey Musgraves’ hymns to solitude, we look at some of our favourite music of the last six months from across the pop spectrum• Listen to a Spotify playlist of every...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
James Blood Ulmer, adventurous US guitarist and vocalist, dies aged 86
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James Blood Ulmer, adventurous US guitarist and vocalist, dies aged 86

Musician who spliced jazz, funk and blues, including in a spell on a major label in the early 1980s, was celebrated as ‘fearless’ by his familyJames Blood Ulmer, the US guitarist celebrated for his av...

The Guardian Music5 months ago
Cello belonging to artist John Constable to be played for first time in 100 years
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Cello belonging to artist John Constable to be played for first time in 100 years

Exclusive: Landscape painter was also a keen musician and played a cello made for him by his friend and mentorHe was one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters, with masterpieces including The Hay W...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago
Booker prize launches new Quick Read in effort to boost adult reading rates
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Booker prize launches new Quick Read in effort to boost adult reading rates

Short story collection All Around the World will be available for £1 in attempt to widen access to quality fictionAn initiative that aims to widen access to Booker prize-winning authors is set to laun...

The Guardian - UK News5 months ago