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‘Viewers want clearer TV credits’

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:14:37 +0000

Actors should be given more prominence in TV credits that are shown at the end of programmes, according to a survey carried out by the acting union Equity.(read article…)

Artist set for Facebook windfall

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:13:34 +0000

A US graffiti artist who painted Facebook’s offices is set to become a millionaire when the social network begins trading as a public company.(read article…)

Grant ‘on board’ for Jones film

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:26:26 +0000

Actor Hugh Grant will star in the third Bridget Jones movie, despite recent reports that he had pulled out of the sequel(read article…)

Calvin Harris named top hitmaker

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:20:58 +0000

Pop star Calvin Harris was the most successful songwriter in the UK singles chart in 2011, according to research from trade magazine Music Week.(read article…)

Noises Off transfers to West End

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:01:42 +0000

Michael Frayn’s comedy Noises Off is to transfer to the West End after breaking box office records at the Old Vic.(read article…)

Connolly ends shows after heckles

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:31:43 +0000

Comedian Billy Connolly is criticised for ending two of his stand-up shows early in the past week due to hecklers.(read article…)

ITV’s Fred West drama wins award

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:02:58 +0000

Appropriate Adult, ITV1′s dramatisation of the arrest of killer Fred West, picks up best single drama at the Broadcast awards in London.(read article…)

Gospel singer David Peaston dies

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:47:52 +0000

R&B and gospel singer David Peaston, best known for the tracks Two Wrongs (Don’t Make it Right) and Can I?, dies aged 54.(read article…)

VIDEO: The Queen’s unofficial portraits

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:37:12 +0000

One of the first events to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee is taking place at the Cartoon Museum in London.(read article…)

King’s Speech premieres on stage

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:59:05 +0000

Almost a year after the film reigned supreme at the Oscars, the stage version of The King’s Speech has its world premiere.(read article…)

Sabbath drummer makes tour threat

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:34:48 +0000

Black Sabbath drummer Bill Ward threatens to pull out of the bands reunion, unless he is presented with a “signable contract”.(read article…)

Radio 1′s Hackney 2012 revealed

BBC News — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:05:30 +0000

BBC Radio 1 have announced more than 25 acts to take part in the Olympic Hackney weekend festival.(read article…)

Hunt for lowest ever bass singer

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:58:45 +0000

A record company has begun a worldwide search for the singer who can sing a note so low that it is thought never to have been sung before.(read article…)

Crime dominates library lending

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:55:18 +0000

Novels by authors such as James Patterson and Lee Child are among the most borrowed books from British libraries.(read article…)

VIDEO: Thailand’s teen piano prodigy

BBC News — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 22:24:53 +0000

At the age of 14, Gun Chaikittiwatana is already playing some of the hardest pieces ever written for classical piano.(read article…)