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Top Gear heads Downunder

British motoring show Top Gear is bringing its live stage production to New Zealand. Ten shows will be held in Auckland in February. The 75 minute spectacular includes a variety of stunts and driving sequences and will be...

BBCs Children in Need appeal raises over £20 mn

MUMBAI: UK pubcaster the BBC has announced that its charioty initiative for kids, BBC Children in Need, has raised £20,991,216, beating all previous records and taking the total since the telethon began to over half a billion...

Re-live Children In Need's Top Gear meets Ashes To Ashes

I didn't really watch Children In Need on Friday night, but there's always one or two things that are worth catching up on. Anna has already reported on the Doctor Who Christmas trailer, which received its premiere during the...

Children In Need Concert Makes History

Written by Tim Saunders British broadcasters Terry Wogan, Tess Daly, and Fearne Cotton hosted the annual BBC Children in Need charity concert on Friday, November 14. The epic seven hour show featured performances from the...

Claire Beale on Advertising: A budget Christmas? Call in the ‘Hamster’

Jamie’s cooking cheese on toast, Twiggy’s partying in polyester and Richard Hammond’s been tempted back from the Arctic by the bargains at Morrisons. Shame. It’s going to be a crunchy Christmas, just look at the ads.

Head of Oxford University student group could be expelled for 'lying' about hosting Jude Law and...

Head of Oxford University student group faces disciplinary action after 'lying' about hosting Jude Law and two heads of state By Daily Mail Reporter Oxford Union Society president Josh Roche allegedly lied about hosting...

'Greatest' Children in Need show

Six BBC news readers donned 1970s gear to perform Abba hits BBC's Children in Need is on course to beat the £37m raised last year after a seven-hour entertainment extravaganza. Its host Terry Wogan, described it as the...

May's WANTED by Aussie cops

JAMES May will miss an Australian Top Gear Special — because of an unpaid speeding fine. The petrolhead was caught over the limit in Oz in 1999 and fears he’ll be brought to book if he returns. May, 45, revealed his...

Are credit-crunched consumers tired of celeb-stuffed Christmas ads?

The Marks & Spencer Christmas ad is actually sweet and engaging. Are Keith Harris and Orville the Duck a) pushing a trolley in the Morrisons ad b) up to their necks in the Australian jungle or c) dead? For Morrisons, Richard...

Pick of the day - Children In Need, BBC1, 7pm, 10.35pm and BBC2, 10pm

Dancing newsreaders, singing EastEnders and Gene Hunt roughing up Pudsey bear - it can only be Children In Need's annual night of celebrity tin-rattling. Hosts Terry Wogan and Tess Daly will even be going toe-to-toe in a...

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