News Friday, 3 September, 2010

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• Tara Fitzgerald
  

  Tara plays Debbie Pemberton in U DEAD BE DEAD, a gripping one-off drama based on a true story. When Debbie’s fiancé receives an increasingly threatening series of texts and calls from a stranger claiming to be in love with him, it sets off a chain of events that change their lives for ever.

  Sunday 9pm ITV1, HD
   

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• Alex MacQueen
  

  Alex plays the prison governor in BONDED BY BLOOD. The film charts the rise of two of the most prolific dealers and feared criminals in the south of England before they were blasted to death by shotgun whilst waiting in their Range Rover.

  In cinemas from 3 September
   

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• Amanda Burton
  

  Amanda has joined the cast in a new series of WATERLOO ROAD. She plays Karen Fisher, the new Headmistress of the troubled secondary school.
  
  Begins Wednesday 1 September 8pm BBC1
   

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• Jonathan Harden
  

  Jonathan plays Tom, the lead role in STARING INTO THE FRIDGE, part of the Afternoon Play series.
  
  Monday 13th September 2.15pm BBC Radio 4
   

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• Rebekah Staton
  

  Rebekah narrates the fourth series of DON’T TELL THE BRIDE the popular reality show, in which the groom must choose every detail of his wedding, from venue, to cake, to wedding dress.
  
  Tuesdays 9pm BBC3
   

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• Johnny Vegas
  

  Johnny returns as the hapless Moz in the sixth series of IDEAL, a sitcom about a small-time dope dealer and his strange collection of acquaintances.
  
  Tuesdays at 10.30pm BBC3 with a repeat on Sundays at 10.45

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• Richard Ridings
  

  PEPPA PIG gets involved in a variety of everyday activities with her family and friends. Richard plays Peppa’s Dad.
  
  Everyday on Nick Jr

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• Bob Golding
  

  Following a very successful regional tour and a run at the Duchess Theatre in London over the Christmas period, Bob now embarks on an Autumn tour in the award winning play MORECAMBE. Written by Tim Whitnall, it celebrates the extraordinary life of Britain’s best love comedian Eric Morecambe.
  
  September: 7-11 New Theatre Cardiff / 14-18 Richmond Theatre Surrey / 21-25 Theatre Royal Winchester / 20-3 Cambridge Arts Theatre

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• Anita Rani
  

  Look out for Anita on THE ONE SHOW, where she regularly reports on a variety of current topics.
  
  Monday to Friday 7pm BBC1

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• Alistair McGowan
  

  Alistair stars in CONTINUITY a subversive new sitcom about a continuity announcer, brooding on the escalating disasters of his private and professional life whilst attempting to preview forthcoming radio programmes. The series also features the voice of Lewis Macleod.
  
  Wednesdays 11pm Radio 4
   

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• Mikyla Dodd
  

  Mikyla appears as Elaine in the successful CALENDAR GIRLS by Tim Firth. 
  
  On a nationwide tour throughout 2010.
  
  During September: Aberdeen,  Inverness, Edinburgh and Liverpool.

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• Tom Goodman-Hill
  

  Tom is appearing in a National Theatre production EARTHQUAKES IN LONDON. An all-pervasive fear of the future and a guilty pleasure in the excesses of the present drive Mike Bartlett’s epic rollercoaster of a play from 1968 to 2525 and back again.
  
  Cottesloe Theatre London until 22 September
   

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• Roger Tilling
  

  Roger can be heard on the new series of UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE.
  
  All 'buzz-in' announcements are made by Roger, live in the studio, requiring split-second precision. He is also being challenged with surnames of contestants such as Warnakulasuriya, Bhattacharya and Singanayagam!
  
  Mondays 8pm on BBC2.
   

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• Rob Brydon
  

  Rob, pictured here flanked by his team captains, hosts another series of WOULD I LIE TO YOU, the comedy panel game where celebs and comedians reveal daft things about themselves that may or may not be true.
  
  Fridays 10.35 BBC1
   

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• Lewis Macleod
  

  Lewis is amongst a talented cast for the fourth series of RECORDED FOR TRAINING PURPOSES. This fast-paced sketch show about modern communication, media noise and contemporary obsessions is recorded in front of a studio audience. The show has an open-door policy, so that anyone can send the show sketches. Some 1500 were submitted for consideration - with the funniest stuff getting recorded and broadcast.
  
  Thursdays 11pm BBC Radio 4 and BBC iPlayer
   

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