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BB9: Pair continue to fling

LUKE and Rebecca have continued their Big Brother fling, sharing another secret kiss under a duvet.

Paul gets pulses racing

PAUL Nicholls is no stranger to the job of setting female pulses racing. But just what the doctor ordered has already landed his latest character in trouble in new medical drama Harley Street (ITV1, tonight, 9pm).

BB9: Three face eviction

THREE housemates have been nominated to face this week's Big Brother eviction vote.

Alan's living the dream

CORONATION Street star Alan Halsall admits: "I have to pinch myself all the time."

BB9: Rebecca's the week-est link

REBECCA Shiner continued to look sure of claiming the Jade Goody award for Big Brother buffoonery - by saying she thought there were 12 weeks in a year.

Julie digs deep for new role

JULIE Graham enjoyed digging deep to play her latest TV character.

BB9: Banquet for Dale

DALE Howard celebrated his first day as head of the Big Brother house with a raucous party.

Witchcraft and magic come to Midsomer

IT'S a kind of magic as Midsomer conjures up yet another murder mystery for John Nettles to solve.

Kevin's colourful characters

KEVIN BISHOP is something of a rarity in showbusiness. He found considerable success as a child actor and has gone from strength to strength.

King Dragon's not so fierce

DRAGONS' Den judge Peter Jones might be slightly more photo-friendly than Britain's other favourite go-getter Sir Alan Sugar but he is no less brutally honest.

Encore for the Proms

THE finest names in classical music are preparing to serve up a feast for the senses as the BBC Proms returns.

BB9: Housemates given dung task

SOME of the Big Brother housemates received an unwelcome distraction from tonight's eviction - shovelling manure.

Date with a serial killer

WHEN the TV channel FX started showing dark drama Dexter (FX, Tuesdays, 10pm) it became one of the most-talked about shows.

Upmarket Suranne

Fans of sultry former Coronation Street star Suranne Jones are in for a treat this week as she returns in Harley Street (ITV1, tonight, 9pm).

First colour film of the Queen

THE earliest known colour film of the Queen is screened on TV for the first time tonight in The Thirties In Colour (BBC4, 9pm).

Casting off shackles

THESE are dangerous times for Sergeant Smith (The Bill, tonight, 8pm) , who is still undercover and working for arms dealer Darren Cutler (Gary Powell).

BB9: Rex and Belinda nominated

BIG Brother's Darnell Swallow admitted to being a back-stabber as he put his former friend Rex Newmark up for eviction.

Rupert's green concerns

SPOOKS star Rupert Penry-Jones admits his role in a global warming drama left him terrified for the future of the planet.

Jimmy's farm friends

LET’S be honest, while he only came into the public eye a handful of years ago, there simply weren’t that many celebrity farmers out there.

Life on the inside

BANGED Up (five, 9pm) is unquestionably this summer's toughest reality show, and it serves a very serious purpose.

New lease of life for New Tricks

DENNIS Waterman played Detective George Carter in The Sweeney and now stars as a retired copper in New Tricks (BBC1, tonight, 9pm).

Big Bro axed in Australia

BIG Brother faces the axe from British screens after TV chiefs dropped the reality TV show in Australia.

BB9: Darnell appointed

SONGWRITER Darnell Swallow has been voted head of the Big Brother House.

BB9: Evictee's fears for Mikey

MARIO Marconi was evicted from the Big Brother house and called fellow housemates "snide" in their treatment of blind contestant Mikey.

Taking T and Hollywood

THE music festival season is well under way and after last month's successful Glastonbury, attention switches to Balado, a former airfield in Perth and Kinross, for T In The Park (BBC2, BBC3, Radio 1, Saturday and Sunday).

Fantabulosa portrayal

“STOP messing about!” That’s what a certain Carry On star might have said on hearing he was about to become the subject of Kenneth Williams: Fantabulosa! (BBC2, 10.45pm), a drama about the most successful years of his career, starring Michael Sheen.

Mother of all film musicals

THE stage musical Mamma Mia! has come a very long way in the decade since an impoverished would-be theatrical impresario called Judy Craymer had a dream of a musical inspired by the songs of Abba.

Baking again: The hairy bikers

THE Hairy Bikers make tracks for home in a new series to be screened later this summer.

Dave Myers and Simon King become bakers, taking to the road again to explore Britain's love of bread, cakes, pastries and pies.

Lee has last laugh

ON the wall of Lee Mack's bedroom is an old school report. It reads: "Sooner or later, Lee will realise that joking around in class will get him nowhere." The document stands next to his Bafta for comedy, serving as a cheeky two-fingered salute to the people who used to warn him that he should lower his expectations.

BB9: Eviction worries

FRIDAY'S impending eviction has been the talk of the Big Brother house, with housemates unable to predict who will go in the public vote.

Either 21-year-old nursery nurse Rebecca, known in the house as Bex, or 43-year-old Mario will be leaving the house tonight.

Forbidden Kingdom

MARTIAL arts titans Li and Chan share the screen for the first time in Minkoff's chop socky adventure filmed on location in China.

Journey To The Centre Of The Earth

ERIC Brevig directs a remake of the 1959 fantasy based on the novel by Jules Verne.

Savage Grace

TOM Kalin's first directorial effort since Swoon 15 years ago once more looks at decadence and murder within the enclaves of the terminally bored and terribly rich.

Gunning for dinner

MARCO'S Great British Feast demonstrates the vast difference between what an average cook can do and the dishes created by someone with skill.

BB9: Pair in kitchen sink drama

BIG Brother bodybuilder Mario Marconi berated partner Lisa Appleton for working too hard in the kitchen, branding her "Mrs Scrubber".

BB9: Housemates look to future

TOUGH-talking Big Brother bodybuilder Lisa uncovered her spiritual side in a palm reading session in the house.

BB9: New arrivals settle in

THE three new female Big Brother housemates were settling in today following the show's third public eviction.

Meera's comedy gold

EVERY night after eating supper and doing her homework, a young Meera Syal would sit down with her dad to watch television.

BB9: Jen gets the boot

JENNIFER was evicted from the Big Brother house, becoming the third housemate to be voted out by the public.

BB9: Three housemates to join

THREE new female housemates will join Big Brother tonight - a model who appeared in a Lynx advert, a "sexy executive PA", and a theatre director.

Be a wok star

ARMED only with her trusty wok, a gas canister and two cool bags, Ching whips up a taster of what we can expect in her new series, Chinese Food Made Easy.

BB9: Rex and Jen nominated

HOUSEMATES Jennifer and Rex face eviction from the Big Brother house this Friday after receiving six nominations each from their fellow housemates.

Stars get a grilling

IT'S the turn of the entertainment industry's finest to shine in the kitchen as Celebrity MasterChef (BBC1, 8pm) gets under way.

Getting hitched in Midsomer

JOHN Nettles is the father of the bride as bells ring out for Midsomer's wedding of the year.

BB9: Tensions rise as vote looms

THE next Big Brother housemates to face the eviction vote will be revealed today.

Triumph and tragedy

WHEN zoo owner Benjamin Mee found himself face to face with a scared and savage Siberian tiger, he thought his time was up.

BB9: Blackout task for housemates

CONTESTANTS had a taste of blind housemate Mikey Hughes's life today when Big Brother made them wear goggles which blacked out their sight.

BB9: Housemates fail test

HOUSEMATES tested their talent for topiary during the latest task in the Big Brother house.

BB9: Sylvia gets the boot

A 21-YEAR-OLD student has become the second contestant to be publicly evicted from the Big Brother house.

Screen return for Voice

SALFORD opera star Russell Watson is aiming to be on song when he makes his TV comeback in a major new entertainment show.

BB9: End to budding romance

THE most talked-about romance on this year's Big Brother appeared to have ended before it had even started.

BB9: Sylvia and Mohamed face eviction

SYLVIA and Mohamed have begun their battle to win over viewers' affections after learning they have been nominated to leave the Big Brother house.

Queens of the kitchen

IT seems celebrities are up for any kind of on-air challenge - two series' worth have now taken part in BBC show, Celebrity Masterchef.

Killer on the loose

THE Bill is one of the most watched programmes on British television and has not sacrificed style for substance.

BB9: Housemates in prison

TWO Big Brother housemates have been sent to 'prison' as a punishment for breaking the rules.

Flying the flag for British food

MARCO Pierre White has fallen back in love UK cuisine. In the first episode of Marco Pierre White's Great British Feast he rediscovers the joy of rabbiting.

Tim's new ball game

LOOKING back at the first day's action on Today At Wimbledon (BBC2, 8pm) is former British number one Tim Henman.

Tough shop talk from Mary

SHOCKED fashion guru Mary Portas admits: "This is my worst nightmare - it's probably one of the biggest turnarounds that I've had to do."

Soap takes it to Max for goodbye

THE only Hollyoaks character to ever look `scruffy', Max Cunningham, is leaving the teen drama series after 11 years.

Dicing with destiny

ONE of the final few episodes of season four of Doctor Who (BBC1, 6.40pm) examines what might have happened had Donna chosen a different path.

Pool the other one

NOT so long ago, Liverpool was a punchline, where a woman in a white shellsuit was known as "the bride" and the Mersey only ran through the city to avoid being mugged.

Sunday best for comic duo

FROM February 2005 until very recently, The Friday Night Project was one of the most-watched entertainment shows on television, making household names of its presenters Justin Lee Collins and Alan Carr.

Looking for Life on Mars... here

DON'T let anyone tell you that writing about TV isn't hard work.

Jenny turned style guru

IT'S been a busy year for Atomic Kitten Jenny Frost. First she had a baby, then the band released their first single for years, now she's to front a new TV show.

BB9: Stuart's centre of attention

NEW boy Stuart Pilkington continued to be the focus of attention in the Big Brother house, when housemates were asked to picture him nude.

BB9: New housemate arrives

A NEW arrival from Cheshire was spending his first full day in the Big Brother house today.

BB9: New contestant

A NEW contestant will enter the Big Brother house tonight to replace Alexandra De-Gale who was booted off the show.

BB9: Alex removed from house

BIG Brother contestant Alexandra De-Gale has been thrown off the show for allegedly intimidating other housemates.

BB9: Birthday is a drag

THE male Big Brother contestants celebrated Mohamed Mohamed's 24th birthday in drag - but Mario wasn't keen at all.

BB9: Housemates don't bag victory

THE Big Brother housemates have failed their latest task, which involved licking hundreds of crisps.

BB9: Housemates face first eviction

THE first eviction in this year's Big Brother will take place today.

BB9: Housemates fails task

BIG Brother housemates face another meagre day of food today after failing a task to win a luxury shopping budget.

A little sister for Big Brother

IMAGINE being a young Big Brother fanatic, and just a few years later you get offered a job presenting one of its spin-off shows. That's what happened to Zezi Ifore.

BB9: Day seven 'clashes'

IT has not even been a week but already temperatures are rising in the Big Brother house after a series of clashes.

BB9: Day six Kathreya is 'mum'

BIG Brother favourite Kathreya is becoming big mother of BB9, offering a shoulder to cry on to two lovelorn housemates.

BB9: Day five for housemates

THE first eviction vote in the new series of Big Brother opens today with four housemates facing the boot for failing a secret task.

BB9: Day three 'wedding' shock

BIG Brother's pretend love birds got engaged today and were told they will be married on Sunday.

BB9: Day two for housemates

THIS year's Big Brother contestants will today spend their first full day in the house.

BB9: Lowdown on the women

THESE are the female contestants remaining in the new series of Big Brother.

BB9: Lowdown on the men

THESE are the male contestants remaining in the new series of Big Brother.