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Meghan’s vow:
With King Charles and Kate Middleton out
of action, Meghan Markle hopes the dire
situation will help turn her image around
fter the shock
launch last
W week of her new
lifestyle brand,
American
Riviera Orchard, Meghan
Markle is making it very clear
that she means business.
The Duchess of Sussex, who
has been advised in the past
that she is not meant to use her
royal status for money-making
purposes, dropped the news
of her business on Instagram
last Thursday evening with a
short video showing herself
cooking, at exactly the same
time her brother-in-law, Prince
William, was talking at the
Princess Diana Legacy Awards
ceremony in London.
As well as her new brand
– which will include luxury
homeware products – there
have been several reports that
Meghan, 42, has also recently
hired a new KA-based PR ârm.
This, in addition to the
news that Prince Harry and
Meghan are set to return
to the UK in May to mark
the 10th anniversary of the
Invictus Games, is leading to
speculation that the couple
are planning on making a
huge comeback on Harry’s
home turf.
NEED OF SUPPORT
And the timing – with King
Charles undergoing cancer
treatment and Kate Middleton,
42, not only out of action after
undergoing stomach surgery,
but also coping with the new
scandal over her Mother’s
Day photo with George, 10,
William Charlotte, eight, and Louis,
with Kate
âve, which she admitted to
editing – has prompted royal
insiders to now suggest that the
Sussexes are trying to regain
their popularity and seize their
chance while they can.
A source says, “Meghan is
still keen to keep a base in the
US and continue pursuing her
Hollywood dream, but with
both Kate and Charles out of
action and the rest of the royals
working harder to compensate,
they are clearly in need of
support, and Meghan feels
this could be the perfect time
to come to the rescue. She’s
keen to join Harry on his visit
and use it to boost her royal
currency – telling Harry that
they should oäer to step up.
“Of course, Meghan would
like to make positive headlines
in a royal capacity again, which
would no doubt go down very
well Stateside and up their
worth there, as the American
public would be reminded of
their status and importance.”
OVERHAUL
After stepping down from
their royal roles in 2020,
Harry, 39, and Meghan, 42,
left the UK and relocated to
the US, where they settled in
Montecito, California, with
their son Archie, four, and
daughter Lilibet, two.
Despite no longer having
a UK base – having lost their
former home, Frogmore
Cottage, last year – and with
the Duchess allegedly “never
feeling truly at home” during
her time here, our source
reveals that Meghan has now
done a U-turn. It comes after

She
recently
the couple recently
launched their
launched
her new
brand
Sussex.com website,
formerly Archewell.
com, complete with their
royal titles and crest.
“Meghan does miss aspects
of their life in England and has
her eye on living somewhere
like the Cotswolds as it’s
popular with the elite, just 90
minutes from London and with
the peace and tranquility that
mimics Montecito, which they
both love,” the insider says.
As well as hiring a British-
based PR to help her launch
American Riviera, Meghan
on stage in
Harry and
Meghan
could
return to
the UK
Meghan videos
❛ SHE FEELS THIS COULD
herself cooking
BE THE PERFECT TIME TO
COME TO THE RESCUE ❜
is also on the look-out “If [disgraced former Health
for someone to help her Secretary] Matt Hancock
overhaul her image. can change public opinion by
appearing on I’m A Celebrity!,
BIG PLANS then they can change public
PR consultant Carla Speight opinion too. At the heart of
tells Closer that the Sussexes’ Harry and Meghan’s story is
new PR should focus on a lot of humanitarian eäort.
helping them dial down the They still perform duties as
drama. She says, “Harry and if they were royals, they still
Meghan need to stay away promote and support a lot of
from the Hollywood limelight charities, as they would do if
and avoid the British celebrity they were in The Firm,” she
circuit. They explains. “They just need to
Speaking need to focus focus on what’s at the heart
on the kind of of their relationship, which
Texas humanitarian is goodness. Ultimately, what
work that seems to Harry and Meghan need is a
get overshadowed UK-based PR who gets it and is
by all the tabloid prepared to put the work in.”
gossip and drama Harry, who dashed back to
that is always England last month when he
revolving around heard of his father’s cancer
them. diagnosis but didn’t meet
NEWS
William, was “reunited” with
his estranged brother at the
annual Diana Legacy Award
event last week – although
they were not together in
person. While Wills, 41,
honoured the winners with
a speech at the ceremony
in London, Harry did his
part virtually from his
Californian home, a sign
of their growing rift.
Only time will tell if the
brothers will make up when
Harry returns in May, but
our source says that one
thing’s for sure – Meghan
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has big plans in mind.
They say, “While nothing
is set in stone, Meghan’s very
keen to seize this opportunity.
She hopes it could ânally turn
the tide.”
By Shereen Low
5
 The star is proving she’s not just a WAG,
as she plans to take the world by storm
he fought tooth motivated than ever to carve

S and nail to prove

she’s not just a
WAG during her
court case with
Rebekah Vardy, and now Coleen
Rooney is on a mission to keep
that image going.
The star, who has been in the
limelight as Wayne Rooney’s
girlfriend and wife since she
was 16, is ready to prove to
the world that she’s not just
great at cracking cases and
learning legal jargon, she’s also Women’s Day event in
a powerhouse when it comes
to business.
And with the Wagatha success
behind her, she’s feeling more
❛ HE UNDERSTANDS THAT
SHE IS FIERCELY AMBITIOUS
out a new career for herself.
“Coleen is really keen to
reinvent herself,” a source
close to the star tells Closer.
“She wants to step out of
Wayne’s shadow – she’s not
just his wife. She really wants
to make a name for herself in
a new direction.”
PASSIONATE
Last week, Coleen, 37, took to
the stage at an International
Manchester, where she was
given the opportunity to talk
about how passionate she is
about women’s rights.
The star also opened up about
the Wagatha scandal, revealing
that she had no idea how big it
was going to get. “I thought it
would get some attention, but
not as much as it did! It was my

TO ACHIEVE HER GOALS ❜ story to tell and I thought it was

my time to say how it was and
put it to bed,” she said, before
adding, “I feel
With husband closure now. I did
Wayne and the day we stepped
the kids out of court.”
In October 2019,
Coleen publicly
called out Rebekah
Vardy for selling
fake stories about
her to The Sun. She
was later taken to
court by Rebekah
on the grounds of
defamation and
won a decisive
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victory, including up to £2m
in legal fees, in May 2022.
“For years, she’s been at the
centre of the row with Rebekah
and all anyone thought of when
they mentioned Coleen’s name
was Wagatha,” our source
continus. “Before that she was
the ‘WAG married to a world-
famous footballer’.
“The speech for International
Women’s Day was the start of a
lot of work in that area which
she is keen to do. Sharing her
tips on how women can be
empowered and make the most
of their lives is very close to
Coleen’s heart.”
Up until 2019, Coleen
was largely living in former
Manchester United player
Wayne’s shadow, and only
made headlines because of his
numerous public inâdelities.
She was even called “a doormat”
by Carol McGiån on Loose
Women in 2017 for putting up
with her husband’s repeated
bad behaviour.
people wrong. “Coleen sees this
year as a massive one for her,
and very much the start of a
new chapter.
“She still loves designing
clothes and lifestyle brands,” the
source adds. “She’s also really
keen to pursue any new TV
opportunities that come along
because that’s something she’s
always enjoyed doing. And she’s
interested in the idea of doing a
podcast too.”
It doesn’t stop there either
– for years Coleen has been
photographed watching Wayne
play football, on the school
run or on her way to the gym.
Now she’s hoping to reposition
HER CHANGING STYLE
herself in fashion circles
and start reinventing her
look too. “Coleen loves
the power suits and more
mature outâts that reãect
her style,” says the insider.
“She’s been buying lots of that
kind of stuä since Christmas.”
EMPOWERED
Ultimately, the sky is the limit
for Coleen. The Wagatha
Christie incident could not
have worked out better for
her career and Closer’s source
conârms that she is keen to
build on that success. And
it’s not just the public who
are behind the new and
Leaving
court after
her Wagatha
victory
empowered Coleen, Wayne
is right behind her too.
The source says, “Wayne is
really supportive of all the work
Coleen is doing. He knows
what an amazing mum she is
and that she is a lot more than
that. He understands that she,
like him, is âercely ambitious
to achieve her goals. That’s one
of the things that makes them
such a good match and it is why
they’ve stuck together through
some diåcult moments.”
By Nikki Peach

NEW CHAPTER
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Despite the cheating and the

incessant ridicule she has faced,
Wayne, 38, and Coleen have
been together since they were
teenagers and share four sons
together – Kai, 13, Klay, 10, Kit,
seven and Cass, âve.
Speaking to Vogue in
September last year, Coleen
admitted that dealing with
constant cheating allegations TEENAGE KICKS THE WAG ERA DOCUMENTARY DETECTIVE
“has been a battle” but she’s Coleen and Wayne met in The couple got married in June In October 2023, Coleen
chosen to “own it” and not Liverpool when they were 2008 and Coleen joined the celebrated at the premiere of
“give up”. It seems the same is only 12 years old, and started elite set of era-defining WAGs her highly-anticipated original
true of her own career. Closer’s dating as teenagers when they alongside Cheryl, Victoria documentary Coleen Rooney:
source conârms that Coleen is left secondary school. Beckham and Abbey Clancy. The Real Wagatha Story.
a woman determined to prove

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 Stacey tells Joe:
Insiders say Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash are at loggerheads
over how to juggle their hectic family life with her busy career
uggling work
J
commitments
and managing a
hectic household
of âve children
while posting a stream of
gorgeous home-hacks – it can
sometimes seem like Stacey
Solomon really is a super-
mum. But last week, while
Stacey, 34, revealed to fans
on social media that she had
attended several meetings before
ânally getting home at 9pm, the
mum-of-âve candidly confessed
that she has been struggling, like
so many women, with the idea of
“having it all”.
“Trying to get the work/
family balance right but I don’t
know if it’s working. Do you ever
have those days where you just
question everything5” Stacey
Stacey and Joe
don’t always agree!
said. “The juggle is real and
everyone is trying their absolute
freaking hardest to get it right…
there’s no such thing as the right
balance, there’s no such thing as
the perfect home life balance…
you’ve just go to wing it and
take it as it comes.”
FRUSTRATED
However, a source tells Closer
that Stacey’s husband, @oe Swash,
disagrees. And after seeing how
overwhelmed Stacey feels trying
to keep their family, home and
her career aãoat, he’s begging her
to slow down and accept help.
The insider says, “@oe gets
frustrated with Stacey as she
is literally packing her day too
tight. Stacey is a workaholic and
says it won’t be forever, but at the
moment she has no free time at
all. Some days @oe feels
like Stacey will explode –
there’s only so much one
person can do... and then
they row because she’s
stressed to the max. @oe’s
told her that of course
he gets it when it feels
like the wheels are
falling oä, but he’s told
her that something’s
got to give.”
Meanwhile,
Stacey
Stacey, who’s always juggling
been a dab hand at kids and
decluttering and housework
cleaning – showing oä her
skills on her BBC show Sort Your
Life Out – has frequently blasted
@oe, 42, for his own domestic
habits, claiming he “lives in a
mess”. Posting on Instagram
Stories last week about dog
beds, the debate ended in
Stacey quipping at @oe that he
was “disgusting” and ordering
him to do his own laundry.
CONTROL
And this isn’t the ârst time the
couple – who married in 2022
and share children Rex, four,
Rose, two, and one-year-old
Belle together as well as @oe’s
son Harry, 16, and Stacey’s sons,
Zachary, 15, and Leighton,
11 – have argued over the
washing. Last @anuary, Stacey
was left furious after returning the ‘for you’… I wasn’t here.”
from a business trip to Paris to And last week, speaking
ând that @oe had left all of the about each other on
washing for her to put away – Instagram, @oe said the thing
even claiming he washed all of he was most proud of was how
their clothes for “her” beneât. Stacey juggled being a mum
Fuming about the laundry and having an amazing career
piles, alongside his beard hairs – but he also temporarily
and toothpaste stains, Stacey landed himself in the dog
said, “It’s not even the washing, house when he admitted
the spit, the trimmings. It’s more that his “hall pass” was Holly
 NEWS

With her five child

ren

deals with both George at Asda holiday snaps, telling fans to

and Primark – has built her
brand through sharing her family
life, from picture-perfect scenes
at Pickle Cottage to the nitty-
gritty of life with small children.
And while fans inundate the
star with positive messages, she
has previously faced backlash
over displaying her wealth.
BACKLASH
When posting a snapshot of
her entire family holidaying
in Jamaica over the New Year,
which Stacey had paid for, one
follower wrote, “It gets a bit too
much exposing the wealth that
other peeps can’t dream of.
“unfollow” her after the backlash
she received. One follower
commented, “Lots of people
can’t aäord to put food on the
table or pay fuel bills."
However, the source says that
Joe is adamant that Stacey – who
was rushed to hospital with a
mystery bug over New Year –
can’t carry on spinning so many
plates and says they should look
into getting some paid help.
The source says, “Joe wants
Stacey to delegate and get
more help in, but there is no
way Stacey will agree to getting
nannies or cleaners. She has told
Joe that is not who she is. Her

❛ HER CAREER IS BUILT You can’t be a working-class

hero and a mega spender!”
In August, she was also
career is built on being a relatable
and busy mum. They can’t rely on
getting help in and she just needs
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ON BEING A RELATABLE forced to defend her family to be able to delegate – to him!”

AND BUSY MUM ❜

Willoughby, and Stacey hit back,
“I thought you might choose
someone else, not someone we
might see on Tuesday!”
The source adds, “Joe thinks
they row over the stupidest of
things, but it’s understandable
as Stacey is naturally tired. She
jokes that sleep is like a myth
when you have six kids and a
husband to look after. Stacey
Stacey
filming
Sort Your
Life Out
likes her life to run with military
precision and isn’t willing to give
up her career. She feels like Joe just
needs to pull his weight. She needs
a break but isn’t willing to give Joe
the control. She feels resentful
when he wants her to sit down and
relax. For her, there are always so
many things to get done.”
But with 5.9m followers on
social media, Stacey – who has

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 lauren:
As Lauren Goodger gears up for
another stint on TOWIE, insiders say
that she’s finally happy in her skin and
hasn’t given up on finding The One
ince formally
S
announcing
her TOWIE
comeback earlier
this month, the
excitement has been building
for Lauren Goodger’s long-
awaited return to the show that
catapulted her to fame in 2010.
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But as fans revel in the “OG’s”
resurgence, the question on
everybody’s lips is whether
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Lauren, 37, will be looking
for love again.
And insiders tell Closer that
while romance is not a priority
for Lauren at the moment, she
is hopeful that Mr Right is on
the horizon.
A source explains, “Lauren’s
attitude is very much ‘love will
Lauren and Mark
back in the day
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ând me’. She won’t stay single
forever, but her focus is her
comeback – she doesn’t want her
private life on the romantic side
to be played out on camera from
day one. Lauren is not short of
admirers, and she has noticed
someone, but has no plans to be
swept oä her feet just yet.”
INDEPENDENT
The insider adds, “Lauren is
adamant that, whoever he is, he
won’t change her. She’s feeling
like a strong, independent
woman and is happy with her
new look. She’s past the body
insecurities and has found her
own identity again, which she
felt she’d lost after being in bad
relationships previously.”
With
daughter
Larose
Fourteen years ago, Lauren
was thrust into the spotlight
alongside her then-on/oä
boyfriend and later âanc‚ Mark
Wright, when they joined the
original line-up of TOWIE.
Their relationship – which in
total spanned 12 years – ended
for good in 2012, after fans
watched their tumultuous
journey play out across the early
series of the ITVBe show.
“It was a genuine relationship
– there was so much that
happened oä-camera. It wasn’t
all bad, but obviously we were
making a TV show,” Lauren
previously told Closer.
Most recently, Lauren was
in another on/oä relationship
with Charles Drury, the father
of her two-year-old daughter
Larose. They started dating in
2020, but went their separate
ways permanently in early
2022, months before Lauren
tragically lost their second
daughter Lorena.
On the day of the funeral
– which came a month after
Lauren’s ex Jake McLean died
Filming the new
series of TOWIE
in a car crash – the reality star
was allegedly assaulted by
Charles, but she dropped the
charges in February.
BITTERSWEET
And as she prepares to return
to TOWIE full-time for the
ârst time since 2012, we’re
told that it’s been a bittersweet
experience for Lauren.
The source says, “She’s done
a lot of growing up since she
was on TOWIE. A lot of old
memories came ãooding back
as she returned to set, but she
conâded it did feel like being
back home too. She’s told pals
that mentally she’s come a
long way – she isn’t that girl
next door character anymore,
and she won’t be walked all
over. Her main focus is being
the best mum to Larose.
“But she admits to being
a hopeless romantic – so of
course there’s a part of her
that also wants her dream
man to swoop in and carry
her oä the TOWIE set!”
By Millie Payne

GEMMA’S ONE-MEAL-
A-DAY BODY BLITZ
emma Collins has
G confided in her 2.2
million followers
about the diets
she’s tried and tested over the
years in a bid to beat her body
demons. Now she’s working
with former professional
bodybuilder, health guru
and social media sensation
Eddie Abbew to overhaul her
lifestyle ahead of tying the
knot with fiancé Rami Hawash
– and he tells Closer that she’s
doing brilliantly.
Eddie, 60 – who is famed
for his no-nonsense approach
– says his method tackles
nutrition as opposed to exercise
as he gave an exclusive update
on Gemma’s progress.
Revealing that her
impending nuptials are a
motivating factor in her
wanting to feel healthier than
ever, Eddie says, “Gemma’s got
a lot of energy – we’re quite
similar in terms of that. She’s
making a conscious change,
and has lost 20lbs in two
weeks. She said she feels good,
and I hope it continues. I’ve got
a lot of respect for her in that
way, because it’s a complete
lifestyle change.”
Eddie – who has his own
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Gemma
and Rami
are tying
the knot
Eddie has been
working with the GC
show on platform GRM –
encourages controlling insulin
levels to lose body fat, which
he asserts can be achieved by
reducing your meal frequency
and cutting down on sugar and
ultra-processed foods.
He says, “Gemma recently said
to me, ‘Eddie, I’ve got so much
energy now that I’m actually
only eating one meal a day and
I’m not even hungry’. I said, ‘Yes
that’s perfect’. I’m teaching
Gemma how to avoid certain
foods. I’m not saying she can’t
eat them ever again – when she
gets to where she wants to, then
we can bring back them in.”
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 CLOSER NEWS REPORT
Being immersed in VR is supposed to be fun, but how safe is it?
Closer speaks to one woman whose experience left her traumatised…
hen a new
metaverse called
W Horizon Venues
was launched,
psychotherapist
Nina Patel was keen to try it.
The owner of a company
which teaches adults and
children about safety in the
metaverse, Nina was well
versed in VR worlds. But
when she logged on, she was
quickly approached by a gang
who sexually harassed and
assaulted her avatar.
Nina, 45, says, “I know it
wasn’t a real-world assault, but
it was a traumatic experience.”
CORNERED
In December 2021, Nina was
alone at her home in London,
waiting for her children to
get back from school.
Horizon Venues – which
allows friends and family to meet
up virtually – had just launched
and, with 20 minutes to spare,
Nina slipped on her VR headset.
She says, “I gave my avatar
blonde hair like me and put her
in a long purple dress. Then
I looked in the virtual mirror
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and waved my arms to test
it. When I moved, my avatar
moved, and it was even able to
match my facial expressions,
which is called embodiment.”
Then she went to a portal
which beamed her to a space
where there were other avatars.
There were several rooms
to choose from, each with a
diäerent activity like playing
basketball or going to a concert.
Nina says, “While I was
12
looking around at what was
on oäer, three male avatars
suddenly approached me
and used sexually aggressive
language. They said things
like, ‘We’ll give you what you
want’, and before I knew it,
they were surrounding me.
One of them reached out and
put their hands on my avatar’s
breasts, while another one put
a hand over my mouth. They
were smiling and I could hear a
voice behind me, but I couldn’t
see what they were doing.
I yelled at them to stop and to
get oä, but they ignored me.
I managed to get away, but they
ran after me and cornered me.”
Shockingly, Nina’s
experience wasn’t unique, as
instances of sexual harassment
❛ ONE STARTED DOING A
THRUSTING MOTION AGAINST
MY AVATAR, MIMICKING SEX…❜
Virtual realities
can feel real
in virtual spaces have
been reported by 49 per
cent of female users.
ESCALATED
She says, “While they all
continued touching me, a
fourth male came towards
us and showed me some
photos he’d taken of
the attack. It meant the
person behind the avatar
was taking screenshots of
it. Then the one in front
started doing a thrusting
motion against my avatar,
mimicking sex, and said,
‘Don’t pretend you’re not
enjoying it’. When I realised
they weren’t going to stop,
I ripped oä my VR headset.
“They’d approached me
Nina had a
harrowing
experience
within 60 seconds of going
into the metaverse and it
all happened so quickly that
afterwards I was confused and
bewildered. When I took oä
my headset, I thought, ‘What
just happened5’ I was ãush
and my heart was racing. There
was no doubt in my mind that
my avatar had been sexually
assaulted and I immediately
blamed myself, wondering if
I’d somehow provoked them.
Because I froze during it, I felt
ashamed that I hadn’t done more
to stop them. I burst into tears.
SPEAKING OUT
“I thought about how I’d feel
if it had happened to any of
my kids and I knew I had to go
public. I realised my attackers
must’ve planned it.”
Tomer Poran, from software
development company
ActiveFence, tells Closer,
“Detecting harms, especially
ones generated by bad-actors
that come to a platform with
the intent of doing harm, is a

She created
an avatar in
her likeness
diåcult task which platforms
big and small have struggled
with for over a decade for a
variety of reasons.”
When Nina spoke out,
Horizon Venues, which became
Horizon Worlds, implemented
a change. She says, “They added
an optional Personal Boundary
feature, so that strangers can’t
get within four feet of your
avatar. But even if that had
been an option for me,
I wouldn’t have had time to
turn it on before I was attacked.
“Some people take advantage
of their anonymity in the
metaverse to commit crimes
without facing repercussions, and
in some spaces being aggressive
or violent is even rewarded.
“I’ve since read about a
teenage girl who was raped in
the metaverse and reported it
to the police, though it never
crossed my mind to do that. But
my experience did traumatise
me to the point where I now
only go into virtual spaces
where I can be in a private
world with friends and family.
“People saying things like,
‘Why didn’t you just turn your
headset oä5’ doesn’t address the
real issue, which is that there
aren’t enough safety measures
in place to prevent assaults
happening in the metaverse,
REAL LIFE
particularly to women and
children. Studies show that
when a traumatic event
happens in a virtual reality,
the body experiences the
same physiological eäects
as if it were real.
HELPING OTHERS
“The metaverse is supposed
to be an enjoyable immersive
experience, and for most
people it is, but companies
should have a responsibility
to look after their users.
“Even before my assault,
my company gave educational
workshops in schools about
how to be safe in the metaverse,
but now that message is more
personal. My ordeal has spurred
me on to raise even more
awareness and try to prevent
people going through what I did.”
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HOW TO
STAY SAFE
● Before using a virtual
reality platform, do some
research and check reviews.
● Report any inappropriate
incidents to the platform’s
administrators and block
the perpetrator if you can.
● Before you go into a VR
space, find out if they have
a policy for reporting these
incidents. If they don’t, you
know it’s not safe.
● When your child logs on,
explore the VR with them
so you’re aware of how
safe it feels.
● Visit childnet.com for
support and advice about
keeping your child safe
online and in VR spaces.
HORIZON WORLDS SAYS:
● We want to help prevent
teens from hearing from
adults they may not know.
That’s why we take steps to
prevent interactions between
adults and unconnected teens.
For example, we don’t display
any adults a teen doesn’t
know in their “people you
might know” list.
● Everyone, including teens,
has access to additional
Worlds safety tools
● Meta works with over 500
women’s safety NGOs around
the world through regional
roundtables and during the
UN Commission on the Status
of Women to get ongoing
feedback on our safety tools
and collaborate with civil society
experts to make all online spaces
welcoming and safe for everyone
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 CHRISTINE:
‘Patrick
will always
be around’
Reality star Christine McGuinness chats to Closer
about how she’s thriving and learning more about
herself following her split from husband Paddy
wo years on from the high-
proâle split from husband of
T 11 years Paddy McGuinness,
Christine McGuinness is, by
her own admission, better
than ever and happily single.
Christine, 35, tells Closer, “My life’s full of
love with my children. I’m very, very lucky,
my heart is full. I don’t feel like I’m missing
anything at all. And now, I think it’s very
important that I have some time on my own.
I met Patrick when I was 19, and I’m 35 now
– I don’t know any diäerent than to share my
life with somebody else. I’m going to share
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it with my children of course, and Patrick’s
always going to be around as the father of my
children, but I want to have time on my own.”
AMICABLE
Paddy, 50, and The Real Housewives Of
Cheshire star met back in 2007 when
Christine was working as a model. They got
engaged on Christmas Eve two years later
and tied the knot in June 2011. Plagued by
Filming her
documentary,
Unmasking
My Autism
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cheating rumours throughout their
marriage, their split in July 2022
came shortly after Paddy was hit by
claims that he had kissed “a fellow
TV star” behind Christine’s back.
While the pair’s split appeared
relatively amicable at ârst, with
the former couple continuing to
live together in order to co-parent
their three children – twins Leo
and Penelope, 10, and daughter
Felicity, seven – their divorce
battle has turned messy in recent
months. Christine has reportedly hired
no-nonsense family lawyer Catherine
Bedford, nicknamed The Pitbull, who
represented Lisa Armstrong during
her divorce from Ant McPartlin.
SUPPORTED
Last month a source admitted, “The gloves
are oä, Christine was good to Paddy,
she stayed at home and brought up his
children while he was out earning money.
It’s going to be an expensive divorce for
Paddy. Christine has had enough.”
And now Christine reveals that she
will always prioritise her children, calling
motherhood her main motivator in life.
She explains, “If you’ve got any kind
of responsibility with little ones, you’re
always going to have that worry of,
‘If I’m not here, who’s going to look
after them5’ I think more so if you’ve
got children with additional needs.
We don’t have a lot of people around, we
haven’t got a lot of family and I do worry.
“I think it’s natural as a parent to feel
With Paddy
and their kids
Enjoying
herself on a
girls’ holiday
like that. I’m just trying to not let it
keep me awake at night anymore. Part
of my job now is to raise these children
to be as independent as possible. So that
one day, when I do go, they’ll be able to
look after themselves and shower and
cook their food.”
Luckily, Christine has been well
supported by her friends, including
Coronation Street’s Helen Flanagan –
who’s going through a divorce herself
from footballer Scott Sinclair after 13 years
together – during this diåcult time.
But, as she openly admits, the reality star
hasn’t always found it easy to make friends.
“I’m deânitely saying yes to more
opportunities now,” she reveals. “I’m
more open to having friends– not that
I was against it before, I just struggled to
continue a friendship. I would often meet
people and I’d get on with people, but
I’d struggle to carry that on.”
In 2021, Christine – as well as her three
children – was diagnosed with Autism.
And she’s found that the diagnosis has really
 INTERVIEW

Christine’s pal Helen has

been a big support

helped her to understand herself better.

She shares, “For me, it’s not a label; it’s
understanding yourself, therefore opening
doors to ask for help when you need it.”

SPIRITUAL
It was therefore a huge challenge for
Christine to take part in the upcoming
BBC2 series Pilgrimage, which follows
a group of celebs – including Made In
Chelsea’s Spencer Matthews and wildlife
presenter Michaela Strachan – as they
take on a modern-day pilgrimage along
the North Wales Pilgrim’s Way.
Not only did Christine – who describes
herself as spiritual but doesn’t practise a
particular faith – face emotional and physical
challenges, but the journey also pushed her
completely out of her comfort zone.
“I wasn’t really sure what to expect,” she
says. “I was surprised at how quickly we all
got on and how much I settled in, because
I’m not the best around people. I don’t know
if it’s because it was so intense or how much
time we spent together.
“This is the ârst time I’ve ever eaten
with a group of people who I didn’t know.
I like very plain food because I don’t like
to be overstimulated, and I ând it quite
embarrassing to explain that. But I did that
every single day from day one. Everyone
made me feel really comfortable and they
‘I say no never made me feel any diäerent to them.”
She concludes, “It’s been amazing. I want
to quite a to say yes to more opportunities. I say no
to quite a lot of stuä over fears of having to
lot of spend time with people. But people aren’t
that bad, are they really?”
stuff ’ ● Pilgrimage: The Road Through North
Wales airs Fridays at 9pm from 29 March on BBC
Two and BBC iPlayer.

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 The former Spice Girl believes she can get her relationship back
on track after her husband’s humiliating sexting scandal
he’s been
S
putting on
a united
front with
her husband
Christian for the cameras
but, behind the scenes, Geri
Horner is “laying down the
law” in a bid to keep their
marriage going. The former
Spice Girl was all smiles as
she supported her under-
fire F1 boss husband at the
Bahrain and Saudi Arabia
Grand Prix races, which were
being filmed for a Netflix
docu-series, in the wake of his
alleged “sexting” scandal.
BOUNDARIES
A source tells Closer, “While
Geri is quietly continuing to
stand by Christian and show
unity in public, behind closed
doors she is very much setting
ârm boundaries to protect
herself if this all blows up
in her face.
“Geri’s created a list of strict
marriage rules for her husband
to adhere to in the wake of
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the scandal, which include
having no contact whatsoever
with any female colleagues
via phone, sharing passwords
with her, sticking to a
curfew which will have him
home every evening where
possible, as well as opening
up for honest and frank
conversations.”
The source continues,
“Christian was initially hurt
by the idea of a list of rules and
said it felt like her showing
distrust, which sparked a bit
of a row. She insisted that
while she still loves him, she
has to protect herself and
urged him to put himself in
her shoes to understand the
torment she’s endured with
the public humiliation and The couple
embarrassment. are riding a
“Christian eventually backed public storm
down and has agreed to do
whatever it takes to put Geri’s
mind at ease, vowing to restore behaviour towards a female Monty, seven, with Christian
the trust between them.” employee” last month. Despite – has a back-up plan in place.
Geri and Christian’s eight- being cleared of wrongdoing, “While Geri’s felt easier over
year marriage was rocked when there was further humiliation the last few days with her new
he was accused of “coercive for the singer when a series rulebook in place, she’s still in
of inappropriate self-protect mode. While she’s
messages were sticking by Christian for now,
leaked over social their marriage is still very much
media. The Red hanging in the balance.”
Bull racing boss, A further source told
50, has insisted Closer that Geri, 51, wants
his innocence, more transparency in their
saying, “I have relationship. “Geri isn’t
always denied the walking away but she is
allegations.” insisting on getting to the
bottom of everything – while
Geri with BACK-UP PLAN she decides if she wants to
her children And while he’s save her marriage and make it
on Mother’s agreed to abide work, she’ll keep Christian on
Day
by her rules, Geri a tight leash.”
– who has son By Shereen Low

Harper with
mum, Victoria
POSH’S PANIC OVER
HARPER’S BIG PLANS
hile some might
W remember her as
a babe in arms,
Harper Beckham
won praise for looking “so
grown up” at Paris Fashion
Week. David and Victoria’s
youngest child, 12, modelled
one of her mum’s creations in
the French capital earlier this
month, as she joined her dad and
brothers, Brooklyn and Cruz, to
support the fashion designer.
However, our source tells us
that Harper’s dream of moving
❛ THEIR MARRIAGE IS to LA and becoming an actress
like sister-in-law Nicola Peltz
has got Posh, 49, worried that
STILL VERY MUCH HANGING she’s growing up too quickly.
“For years, Vic has been
IN THE BALANCE ❜
planning Harper's debut, and
is so excited for all their plans.
But now that it’s approaching,
she and David are getting a
bit anxious – it’s hard to deal
with their baby girl growing
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She’d love to
hang out with
Brooklyn and
Nicola in LA
The Beckham cla
n
up because she's still only 12 but
lives a unique life,” the insider
reveals. “She’s now talking about
doing a trip to LA to hang out
with her brothers and Nicola.
She’s starting to talk about
maybe moving there to be an
actress or have her own brand.”
With their kids in differing
career fields – Brooklyn, 25,
continues to chase his dream
of being a chef, Romeo, 21, is a
footballer, while Cruz, 19, is a
singer – our insider says Victoria
and David, who celebrate their
25th wedding anniversary in July,
would like one of their kids to
pursue a post-graduate degree.
“Vic and David want her to put
her head in the books, to study
hard and do well at school and
David is even thinking it would
be great if she went to business
school, especially if she might
work with her mum one day,” the
source adds.
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 BIG DAY BOMBSHELL

Katey Babbage and her groom decided to make their special day go with a bang...
Cutting the cake
ike most couples
on their wedding
L night, when
Katey Babbage
and her new
husband Dan consummated
their marriage, they wanted to
make it a night to remember.
But unlike most newlyweds,
they decided to do that by
bringing one of their wedding
guests into the bridal suite for
a night of shared passion!
Katey, 28, says, “We’ve always
been sexually adventurous so
it was the perfect way to end
the perfect day! We all enjoyed
ourselves and we respected each
other. It was a great way to start they enjoyed an incredible sex Katey and Dan
married life.” life. After four years together, cheating on him, but were both open
in 2020 on her 24th birthday, when he insisted, to exploring
ENERGY Dan popped the question while I decided to give it a go.”
Katey met Dan, 27, in 2016 they were at the Eden Project in The pair had many
during a night out. She says, “I Cornwall surrounded by friends. open and honest conversations in attendance. Katey’s family
was in a miserable relationship She says, “It was a beautiful about what they felt comfortable decided not to go, as they didn’t
and my best friend Chloe invited moment and I was so excited with before going forward. agree with their unconventional
me out to talk about things. She to be his wife. I’d always dreamt When everything was out in relationship. As a lot of their
asked if she could invite her of having a big white wedding, the open, Katey went for dinner friends were part of the non-
friend Dan and I agreed. The but there was also a side to with a man she met online. She monogamous community and
next thing I knew, a gorgeous me that was less traditional. was nervous at ârst, but soon in open relationships, Katey and
man with a sexy smile came I started to think there was became more at ease and happily Dan felt love and support.
bounding over to us.” more to the drunken kisses went back to his house.
Katey, who lives in Plymouth I gave female friends on nights She says, “We âlmed ourselves RELUCTANT
and is a warehouse worker, out, and I told Dan I wanted to having sex for Dan to watch. It After the ceremony, one of the
found Dan’s energy infectious explore my sexuality.” felt strange at ârst, but it quickly wedding guests, Grace*, spent
and they clicked instantly. They became exhilarating. After that, most of the time with Katey and
danced the night away and the HONEST sex with Dan was better than Dan because she didn’t know
next day, Katey left her boyfriend To Katey’s delight, not only before! We agreed to continue many people. Katey says, “My
and went on a date with Dan. was Dan supportive but he having a non-monogamous maid of honour Kirsty joked
*NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED

She says, “I had butterãies
the entire evening. He was
everything I’d been looking for.
Later, we kissed, and from then
on we were never apart!”
Katey moved into Dan’s
house four months later and
revealed some fantasies of his
own. She says, “He told me it
would turn him on to see me
with another man. At first I
was shocked, because it wasn’t
something I’d considered.
I didn’t want it to feel like I was
relationship. It required
complete trust and honesty, and
it made our bond even stronger.”
When the couple’s big day
arrived on 15th September 2023,
25 guests including the couple’s
friends and Dan’s family were
that we’d end up having an orgy
and I knew she was joking,
but Dan and I were open to
anything. We wanted it to be a
night to remember.”
When it was time for the guests
to leave, Grace was reluctant.

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 REAL LIFE

Katey says, “Dan and I had a

beautiful suite in the hotel and
the three of us weren’t ready to
call it a night yet. We staggered
up the stairs with a bottle of
champagne, giggling. It had
started to rain, and the next
thing I knew, we were dancing
naked in the rain on our balcony
to Abba.”

SEXUAL TENSION
The sexual tension was building
between the three of them and
one thing led to another. She
says, “Grace and I started to kiss,
and Dan joined in. It wasn’t our
ârst threesome, but deânitely
our most memorable and we
woke up with no regrets. I knew
there wouldn’t be awkwardness
between us and Grace as she was
easygoing. We had fun.
“Our friends and family know
about our lifestyle, so weren’t
surprised when they found out
what we’d been up to the next
day. Dan’s family know not to
ask too many questions!
“Having a threesome on the
night of our wedding might seem
strange, but for us it was perfect.
I’ve never trusted anyone like
I trust Dan, and our marriage
will be stronger than ever thanks
to our thrilling wedding night.”
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TO BE A NIGHT
TO REMEMBER ❜
It made thei
r
relationship
stronger
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KIM’S NEW ROMANCE – AND NEW BFF ollowing months
F of secrecy after
ârst being linked
last September,
Kim Kardashian and her new
beau, Odell Beckham Jr.,
appear to have conârmed their
romance after leaving Beyonc‚
and Jay-Z’s Oscars after-party
together last week.
Seen walking with their
Kim and
entourage, a smiling
Odell out Kim, 43 – who looked
together stunning in a stylish
white satin dress – was
photographed glancing
behind her to check if
Odell, 31, was still in tow.
The reality star and
businesswoman, who split
from ex Pete Davidson
in August 2022, was ârst
spotted with the NFL
star in public last month
when they headed back
to a luxury hotel together
ahead of attending the
Super Bowl match
separately.
A source
previously revealed
that Kim had
been keen to keep
her blossoming
romance with
Odell a secret as
she hadn’t wanted
to be portrayed as
a “home wrecker”
after the breakdown
of Odell’s
relationship with
The couple have his ex Lauren Wood
been linked since last summer, with
last September
whom he shares a
one-year-old son.
And while the source also
revealed how Kim had feared
a backlash from ex-husband
Kanye West – with whom she
shares North, 10, Saint, eight,
Chicago, six, and Psalm, four
– the former couple appear to
have ânally made peace.
Last week Kim, who âled
for divorce from Kanye, 46,
in 2021 after seven years of
marriage, was spotted chatting
with the rapper’s new wife,
Bianca Censori, at his Listening
Party in San Francisco.
While Kanye and architect
Bianca, 29, wed a month after
his divorce from Kim was
ânalised in November 2022,
and his children are reported
to call her their “stepmum”,
Kim and Bianca have never
been spotted together in public
amid reports of a diåcult co-
parenting arrangement.
A source says, “Kim has not
been present much at her ex-
husband’s events, but she really
wanted to show a united front
for herself and for her kids.”
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Kanye
with wife
Bianca
dramas THE LATEST HOOK-UPS, MAKE-UPS
AND BREAK-UPS
MOLLY & ZACH SPLIT
They met in the Love Island
villa last summer, but after
seven months of dating,
Molly Marsh, 22, and Zach
Noble, 26, have ended their
whirlwind romance.
A source says, “The
relationship has ended on
good terms for both of them,
and they wish nothing but the
best for one another.”
Molly and
Zach on
Love Island
And despite both Molly
and Zach removing several
photos of each other from
their respective Instagram
pages, the source adds,
“They have both said,
‘Relationships don’t need
to always end sour and
sometimes parting as friends
with the best memories is the
best thing for everybody’.”
Chantelle
with Alex
Reid in 2011
CHANTELLE:
‘I feel free now I’m celibate!’
It’s been nearly two decades
since Chantelle Houghton first
found fame after falling in love
with indie rocker housemate
Samuel “Preston” back in 2006,
but today the mum-of-one has
sworn off of the dating scene
– proudly declaring last week
that she has been celibate for
two years.
Chantelle, 40, says, “It’s
been two years now and,
without sex, I feel empowered,
independent and free.
“I’m no prude and I’d never
judge anyone else, but for me,
intimacy has to come hand-in-
hand with a relationship.”
And after a string of
heartbreaks, Chantelle says she
has sworn off love for good and
has given up on finding The One.
After meeting Preston on
CBB, the pair wed after just
eight months – but sadly
split a year later when their
differences drove them apart.
Chantelle then started a
romance with cage fighter
and Katie Prices’ ex Alex Reid
in 2011, and the pair welcomed
daughter Dolly the following
year. They split just months after
Dolly's birth when Chantelle
accused Alex of turning their
flat into a “sex dungeon”.
She then appeared to have
found her happy ever after
with her mum’s old neighbour,
Michael Strutt, and the pair were
engaged after just three months
in 2020, but they split in 2021.
 COLEEN NOLAN:
‘Would I ever get
Never say never’
The Loose Women star talks to Closer about her first tour in 15 years, putting
her health first and whether she’s planning wedding number three
peaking to her in the middle
of her ârst live tour in 15
S years, Coleen Nolan is in the
mood for dancing. Her ârst
ever solo show, Coleen Nolan:
Naked, has got her year oä to a ãying start
and she’s showing no signs of slowing down.
And she tells Closer that things are moving
quickly with her new partner, Michael
Jones, how she’s rediscovered her love of
performing and why she’s ânally kicked her
40-year smoking habit.
Coleen, 58, has a spring in her step, and
that’s largely due to her rekindled romance
with Michael – a man she met on Tinder in
January 2022 and split from three months
later before reuniting in 2023. Now he’s
by her side on tour, he’s oåcially moved
in, and they have started thinking about
their next steps.
OPEN MIND
Could that mean wedding number three?
“Before I met him and after my second
divorce, I said absolutely 100 per cent no
way,” Coleen tells Closer. “I was always open
to meeting someone because I love having
someone there, but it was like, ‘No, I’ll
never get married and I’d only want to see
someone twice a week,’ blah blah. Now he’s
moved in with me and it’s never say never.”
Coleen has been married twice before –
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On stage with
son Shane
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ârst to Shane Richie between 1990 and
1999, with whom she has two sons, Shane,
35, and Jake, 31, and then to Ray Fensome
between 2007 and 2018, with whom she
has a daughter, Ciara, 22 – but she plans to
Coleen met
Michael on
Tinder
keep an open mind in this new relationship.
She says, “I’m deciding that I’m not going
to worry about the future and I’m really
training myself to live in the present day.
I never thought I’d be living with someone
again, but I am!”
FAMILY AFFAIR
She’s not only living with Michael, but
she’s working with him too as he’s part
of the team on her show. It turns out –
much like Coleen’s start in life as one-âfth
of the girl band The Nolans – the whole
production is a family aäair. “I’ve got Shane
[her son] supporting me, Jake my other smashes it, so I’m in the dressing room going,
son directed it, I’ve got my ex-husband ‘Come oä now because I need to follow that
[Ray Fensome] on guitar, I’ve got my new and they’re already up dancing!’ Then coming
partner [Michael] selling the merchandise out afterwards I always sign autographs
and I’ve known most of the band since they and stuä and everyone says, ‘Oh Shane was
were kids. It’s like a big family going out brilliant’. It’s just so much fun.”
really,” the Loose Women star reveals. “It’s As to whether she’d ever perform with
been fabulous.” her sisters again, Coleen says it wouldn’t
While Coleen is used to performing with be the same without her sister Bernie, who
family, this time around she’s been sharing tragically died of cancer in July 2013, and
the stage with her son instead of her sisters. her sister Linda, who was rediagnosed with
She says, “He goes out in the ârst half cancer last year and isn’t well enough to
because he’s my support act and he absolutely perform. She says, “We did a reunion tour in
She’s kicked her
smoking habit
Performing as part
of The Nolans
 INTERVIEW

married again? 2009, that was the last time we performed,

and we hadn’t performed before then for 25
years. When Linda got rediagnosed and the
cancer had spread to her brain, you start to
think, ‘What would I regret later on in life if
I couldn’t ever do it again?’ And performing
was top of my list.”
She adds, “I think the reason I’ve been able
to do this is because I’ve never done it on my
own, so it feels very diäerent. If me, Anne
and Maureen all of a sudden went out, it
would hit home that it’s not The Nolans.”

HEALTH SCARE
Part of what motivated Coleen to get back
on stage was her own health scare last year.
“I got a really severe chest infection – the
worst I’ve ever had – and I literally couldn’t
breathe. I was on two inhalers, antibiotics
and steroids. They were talking about
COPD [chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease], emphysema and it was such
a wake-up call,” she explains. She then
decided to kick her 40-year smoking
habit and start taking her health
more seriously.
‘I never She says, “The message I want
to get out there is that it’s never
thought I’d be too late. If I can give myself an
extra 10 hopefully 20 years by
living with not smoking, then I’m going to
do that because I’m not ready
someone to not be here.”
again!’ ● Coleen Nolan is supporting DHSC’s
latest quit smoking campaign to
encourage the nation’s 5.3 million smokers
to make a quit attempt this No Smoking Day.
For free support to quit, search “Smokefree” or
visit the Better Health website at www.nhs.uk/
better-health/quit-smoking

Alongside her Lo
ose
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 TONY:

‘Louis is one of the fun

people I know!’

With Sharon
in the Diary
Room

Tony Cowell tells Closer

exclusively why his CBB
pal isn’t catty in real life
and why he’ll always be
close to brother Simon
ince the very
ârst episode

S of Celebrity
Big Brother,
Louis Walsh
has been making headlines for
his non-âltered opinion on
other celebs.
Along with his best friend didn’t know what to do – he me I would beat it. He was And Tony explains that the
Sharon Osbourne, who told me he’d never watched the a true friend, and someone close bond will never go between
appeared on the show for six show. But once he was reunited who genuinely cared.” the pair of them. “Sharon
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days as a “celebrity lodger”, we’ve
seen Louis spill the beans on
stars including Ronan Keating,
Jedward, Simon Cowell and
James Cordon. And it’s not all
been complimentary!
But Tony Cowell, Simon’s
brother and Louis’ good friend,
tells us that he really isn’t as
bitchy as he might seem. “He
may come across as catty and bad
tempered, but Louis is one of the
funniest, quick-witted people
I know,” Tony tells us.
“One look at his face on the
ârst night entering the house
told me everything. He just
with his best pal Sharon, we Tony has known Louis for never holds back – and has
began to see the real Louis. years after the band manager, been critical of Simon during
“The thing about Louis is that now 71, started working with his her X Factor days. But Louis
he says the ârst thing that comes brother Simon, 64, years before would never criticise Simon.
into his head – he just can’t help The X Factor was even a thing. Louis adores him and would do
himself. Often, he is spot on
with his remarks. Other times,
he’s merely shadowing Sharon.
They are like an outrageous
married couple.
“The real Louis also has a
big heart. Two years ago, when
I had a cancer scare, it was Louis
who phoned me every single Louis
day while I was awaiting test is good
results. He was always positive, friends
with Jedward hit back
always upbeat, constantly telling
Simon at Louis’ remarks

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 CBB INTERVIEWS

niest

With pal Ekin-S

u on CBB

anything for him. They go back Her time

decades and achieved so much LAUREN: in the
house
together working in the music comes to
business. When The X Factor
was axed, Louis was devastated.
He loved being on the show –
he revelled in it – he lived to be
‘I’m getting an end

on television.
“Simon once said of him,
‘If Louis had a tail, he would
wag it all day.’ At The X Factor’s
zenith, Louis’ dressing room
was the place to be. Everyone
gravitated there after the show.
The room would be packed
with celebrities, pop stars and
even Sharon’s dogs. Sometimes
Louis would bring his mum,
Maureen, over from Ireland
to see the show. One year
she insisted on meeting all
members of One Direction.
“I read one scathing review
of Celebrity Big Brother claiming
Louis was nasty and should not
be on the show. He referred
to Louis on The X Factor as a
‘hapless lap dog to Simon’. The
truth is, Louis isn’t nasty, he’s
mischievous. He made Simon
laugh. He was loyal, funny and
understood the music business.
That’s why he was a judge.
“Now, without Sharon,
I genuinely hope Louis will
triumph on the show. He
deserves it. He makes for
great TV.”
Ekin-Su on RHOC’
Fresh from her eviction, Lauren Simon gives us the goss on her former housemates
ust hours after
J leaving the
Celebrity Big
Brother house,
Lauren Simon was back
with her family, reminiscing
about the madness she had
experienced on the show.
Viewers saw the Real
Housewives Of Cheshire
star fall out with fellow
housemates, form strong
bonds with celebs she
never thought she’d like and
even sing and perform the
splits for former X Factor
judges Sharon Osbourne
and Louis Walsh.
And Lauren, 48, who is mum
to two daughters, Gigi and
Kiki, admits she had the time
of her life and has formed
close friendships.
“I’ve invited Ekin-Su to
Cheshire!” she told Closer
after her eviction. “We’re
going to get her on The Real
Housewives. She’s like my
sister, I love her. For me, she
wasn’t anything but gorgeous
– beautiful inside and out.
“I was surprised how much
I loved Louis Walsh,” she
added. “He was the last person
I thought I’d be sleeping next
to and waving at in the middle
of the night.”
And what about Sharon?
“She’s a force to be reckoned
Doing the splits for
Louis and Sharon
with. I’ve never seen anybody
clean a hob and make it sparkle –
she put the rubber gloves on!”
But there’s one person who
really seemed to stand out
for her. She says, “I don’t think
there’s anybody in that house
who doesn’t adore Nikita. He’s
the most gorgeous boy and,
in my opinion, he’s up there as
the winner. They didn’t show
me trying to flirt with him,
thankfully!”
By Charlotte Roberts
On Real
Housewives
of Cheshire

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Vanessa Forero’s mum Marina was always
very different from other parents, and
there was an extraordinary reason why…
hen Vanessa
Forero asked
W her mum,
Marina, about
her childhood,
the story she told her daughter
sounded like something out of
a Hollywood âlm.
Born in Colombia during a
brutal civil war in the 1950s,
Marina was kidnapped when
she was almost âve and dumped
in a jungle. Left to fend for
herself, incredibly the little
girl was taken in by a family
of monkeys, with whom she
spent seven years before being
discovered by hunters.
Marina’s story has been
published in a book about her
life, with the help of Vanessa,
who travelled to Colombia
with her to piece together her
extraordinary life.
rina
Vanessa with Ma
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Vanessa, 40, says, “I’m so
proud of my mum. She’s had an
incredible life and I hope her
resilience inspires others.”
FORAGING FOR FOOD
As Vanessa grew up, she
became increasingly aware that
her mum was diäerent to other
people’s parents.
She says, “My sister and I
really wanted a pet rabbit and
one day we were driving across
the Yorkshire Dales when Mum
suddenly shouted to Dad, ‘Stop
the car!’ Then she jumped out,
leapt over a fence, and returned
with a wild rabbit. We called
him Flopsy, but he was so wild
we had to release him!
“She was strong and
muscular and would climb
trees if we went to a park.”
Marina was lovin
g
and kind but
different from
other mums
Monkeys adopted Marina
Singer Vanessa says
Marina loves
climbing trees
her mum would often tell
her family snippets about her
incredible childhood around
the dinner table.
She says, “Mum was
born in the early 50s while
Colombia was enduring a
time of huge political unrest,
killings and kidnappings. Her
ârst memory is picking pea
pods in a garden when a man
suddenly appeared and put
a white hanky over her face.
She woke up on a bus before
being dumped in the jungle.
She remembers spending days
alone until she encountered a
family of monkeys.”
Marina says that the
monkeys eventually
accepted her so she
stayed with them.
Vanessa explains,
“Mum thinks because
she had thick, dark
hair and was very
skinny, the monkeys
thought she was one of
them. The thing Mum
craved was touch, so
when a monkey put its
hand on her shoulder,
she said it was more
nourishing than food.”
Marina – who
survived primarily on
fruit – continued to live
among the monkeys, spending
her time foraging for food and
allowing her new family to
groom her long hair.
Vanessa says, “One day Mum
must have eaten a seedpod
because, after falling ill, an
elder monkey grabbed her and
pushed her head under some
water. When she reappeared
gasping, she was violently sick,
which made her feel better.
She is convinced the monkey
saved her life.”
ADOPTED
Incredibly, Marina lived like
this for about seven years, until
she was eventually discovered
by a group of hunters. Vanessa
recalls, “Mum says she came
out of the trees, naked and on
all fours, growling and full of
ãeas – the hunters took her to
the city of Cúcuta.
“After spending some time
living on the streets, her life
ânally turned around when,
aged 14, she was adopted by
a family whose surname was
Forero – until then she didn’t
really have a ârst name but
chose to be known as Marina.”
Marina eventually moved to
the UK when she was 27 after
one of her adopted siblings
 REAL LIFE

Marina is a
true animal
lover

travelled there to study at

Bradford University. There
Marina married scientist John
Chapman and they had two
daughters together.
Vanessa says, “Although
Mum told us some of the stuä
that had happened to her as
a child, there was a lot she
couldn’t remember, so in 2007,
I decided to travel to Columbia
with her to help her piece
together her early life. We
couldn’t ând her birth family,
but we spoke to the Foreros and
with their input we got Mum’s
story turned into a book – The
Girl With No Name came out in
2013 and the second part will
be published this year, which
includes more details about
how Mum adapted to city life.”

GRATEFUL
In a remarkable twist, single
Vanessa now lives in the
Columbia jungle. She was
visiting the country again
in 2020 when it went into
lockdown and decided to stay.
She says, “I fell in love
with the place. Life here
is so beautiful. I open my
doors in the morning, the
landscape glows and the view
is breathtaking. I just feel so
grateful to be here.”
Meanwhile, Marina, now in
her mid 70s, still lives happily
in Bradford with John. Marina
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says, “My memory from the

jungle is the feeling of comfort
the monkeys’ touch gave me.
When you are lonely, touch is

❛ THE MONKEYS THOUGHT

the best thing. I never thought
I’d be able to be a mum, so
having children has been a

SHE WAS ONE OF THEM ❜

blessing and helped heal me.
I miss Vanessa, but I’m so
proud of her.”
By Helen Garston
Vanessa now lives in
● Follow Vanessa on Instagram
the Colombian jungle
@vanessaforeromusic

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As Lindsey Lohan’s family and career go from strength
to strength, Britney is feeling envy towards her friend
ack in the
noughties,

B
Her marriage
Britney Spears to Bader has
and Lindsay thrived
Lohan were
ârm friends and a constant
presence on the party scene.
But while Lindsay has left those
wild days behind her, settled
down with her husband and
enjoyed a recent career revival
thanks to Netãix, an insider
tells Closer that jealousy is
getting to former pal Britney,
after her years of turmoil.

DIFFICULT
Both former child stars, Britney
and Lindsay would frequently
hang out together on many a
wild night. But during the years
of Britney’s conservatorship
and her step back from public
life, Lindsay also put her âlm
career on the backburner.
However, following the success
of her on-screen return in
Netãix’s 2022 festive romcom
Falling For Christmas, Lindsay,
37, signed a two-picture deal
with the streamer.
Showing
off her
bump
And with comedy Irish Wish
hitting Netãix last week ahead of
St Patrick’s Day, Lindsay is back
on the promotional trail, even
attending Vanity Fair’s Oscars
party with her husband, Kuwaiti
ânancier Bader Shammas.
But the attention on Lindsay is
proving diåcult for her former
peer Britney. The Toxic singer
wanted a life like Lindsay’s for
herself, but following her split
from ex-husband Sam Asghari,
she can’t help but feel envious.
An insider tells Closer,
“Britney is jealous about all
the positive attention Lindsay
is getting. It’s not that she has
anything against Lindsay, she’s
always related to her and just
felt like they were in a similar
boat. To see her suddenly be
back in the good graces of
everyone in Hollywood
while Britney’s struggling
to get any real respect is a
hard pill to swallow.”
RE-ADJUSTED
Following the end of her
conservatorship – a legal
guardianship co-managed
by her father – in 2021,
Britney re-adjusted to
public attention with a
new social media presence,
including her infamous
Instagram dance videos.
She also tied the knot with
model and dancer Sam in
June 2022.
Further good news came Lindsay
when Britney, 42, who dazzled
has two children from her on the red
previous relationship with carpet
Kevin Federline, shared that

she was pregnant in the
spring of 2023. But months
later, she revealed that
she had sadly suäered a
miscarriage. Sam âled for
divorce in July 2023, citing
“irreconcilable diäerences”.
Since their split, Sam has
only spoken positively about
the relationship, saying in
a new interview last week
that it had been “a blessing
to be able to share life with
someone for a long time.
And people grow apart
and people move on”. The
following day, Crossroads
star Britney wrote on
Instagram, “The beneâts of
telling the truth are crucial.
Be with people who know
exactly what your truth is…
not only do they have your
back, they make you look
soooooooo beautiful”.
Britney and Lindsay
announced their marriages
around the same time in
2022. But Lindsay and Bader
have remained strong, and the
following year welcomed their
baby son Luai.
STUCK IN A RUT
The insider continues, “Seeing
Lindsay with this happy
marriage and a new baby is very
triggering for Britney. She feels
it’s unfair that her life is still
stuck in a rut. She’s angry at a lot
of people and feels like her life
Britney
posted a
series of
infamous
videos
has passed her by. This whole
thing with Lindsay has ampliâed
it. She wants to be happy for her,
but it’s just very hard to take.”
Meanwhile, it seems as
though Lindsay and Bader’s
relationship has gone from
strength to strength. The pair
teamed up for Irish Wish, a
romcom about an American
Lohan, who ânds herself
travelling to Ireland for a
wedding, with Bader executive
With ex-
husband
Sam
NEWS
The pair were close
friends in the noughties
producer of the movie. Speaking
about collaborating with her
partner, Lindsay said, “It was a
fun experience, Netãix does that
really well – the set becomes a
family. It was great, but I think it
wasn’t for him.”
SOCIAL ANXIETY
The pair made their red carpet
debut together last week too
at Vanity Fair’s star-studded
Academy Awards after party.
Bader sported an all-black
outât and planted a kiss on the
cheek of his wife, who wore
a silver fringed Balenciaga
gown. According to the source,
the pictures of Lindsay on the
red carpet left Britney upset,
“because that’s something
Britney would love to be doing”.
“Unfortunately, she has so
much social anxiety she can’t
really get it together to face
that sort of thing, as much as
she’d like to. So instead, she’s at
home poring over the photos of
everyone and working herself
into a jealous ât,” a source says.
“Britney feels as though she
wasted years of her life in the
conservatorship, and is sad
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about the whole situation.
“She still has plenty of
potential and such a loving
heart. If she were to do the
work on healing, she could
still get all the things that she
wants in her life,” adds our
source. “But right now, she’s
just spinning out in misery and
nowhere closer to making a fresh
start than she was when her
conservatorship ended. It’s really
sad and the reality is no one can
help her because she simply
won’t let them.”
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 FERNE ON LIFE WITH LORRI:

‘Sleeping in separate
beds is saving us!’
Ferne McCann shares her ultimate romance hack Ferne with
Lorri and
the kids
with Closer, as well as lifting the lid on motherhood,
fame and prioritising the important things in life
he’s had a whirlwind single mum to six-year-old daughter

S
two years, falling in
love with businessman
Lorri Haines, getting
engaged and welcoming
her second daughter, Finty – a little
sister to her ârst born, Sunday.
And chatting to Closer ahead of the 12th
series of Ferne McCann: My Family & Me,
the reality star shares her and Lorri’s
night-time set-up that she credits for
“saving their relationship”.
She says, “We’re going to try to aim for a
date night once a month. In this series, it’s a
whole new chapter for us – ânding the time
to actually have quality time because we don’t
even sleep in the same bed. We are so here for
it. I don’t even want to sleep in the same bed
as him – I think he would irritate me.”
She adds, “It’s healthy for our relationship
because we live together, we run the
business, Shoorah, and we’re raising
children. We need our own time.”
Former TOWIE star Ferne, 33, and Lorri,
32, went public with their romance in January
2022 and he popped the question six months
later. Before meeting Lorri, Ferne was a
Danielle Armstrong
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Sunday, whose father Arthur Collins
is currently serving a 20-year prison
sentence for carrying out an acid
attack in 2017. The pair had started
dating the year prior to his conviction
and split after it was announced, with
Ferne’s ârst pregnancy news surfacing
just weeks before he was imprisoned.
TURMOIL
As well as the past turmoil in her
love life, Ferne – who welcomed
Finty with Lorri last July – became
embroiled in a leaked voice note
scandal in September 2022, when she
Sunday
was alleged to have made derogatory claims
snuggles
about her former friend and TOWIE co-star with Finty
Sam Faiers and one of Arthur’s acid attack
victims, calling her “one ugly f***ing c***”.
Ferne issued an apology to all the victims of
“Arthur’s abhorrent actions in 2017” and in
an interview on This Morning she said, “It
deânitely wasn’t my ânest hour... the words
I used were unpleasant and I have reached
out privately to those people.”
And now, with 11 years’ experience in the
public eye after ârst ânding fame on TOWIE,
Ferne reveals how she’ll guide her daughters

and Ferne on TOWIE – especially Sunday, being the eldest – as

they grow up in the spotlight.
“I want Sunday to have her own destiny,
walk her own path and create the life that
she wants,” Ferne says. “And if one day she
says, ‘I want to do a reality show’, of course
I’ll support her. Sunday’s very vocal. If she
doesn’t want to be in front of the camera, she
just won’t. However, I think for me, I always
wanted to entertain, be on the stage and
A sweet experience that fame, where I don’t actually
snap with think Sunday’s like that at all.”
Sunday Ferne goes on to explain why she doesn’t
think you can advise anyone on navigating
fame, saying, “You have to âgure it out for
yourself. For me, over the years, I’ve grown
a thick skin. Whatever you’re doing in life,
whatever job you’re doing, or the situation
you’re in, it comes with its ups and downs.
You just have to ride the wave.”
Like any working parent, Ferne has
been grappling with striking a balance
between her career and motherhood.
PICKING YOUR BATTLES
And she admits, “I think it’s something
that I have always struggled with.
Don’t get me wrong, I feel like a really
present mother. But for me, working is
 INTERVIEW

She has enjoyed a

new health kick

‘Over
the years
I’ve grown
a thick
skin’

an escape – not from my children, but it’s

something that’s really important to me,
because we know that mothers can lose
their identity after having children.
“I don’t want to be a full-time mum, and
I feel bad even saying that. I’ve constantly got
plates spinning. I’m not super mum, but I do
try my best. It’s about what works for you and
your family, and prioritising the important
things and picking your battles.”
Elsewhere, Ferne has also set out on a
disciplined health and âtness regime since
having Finty, documenting her progress
on Instagram and telling her followers
how she’s been focused on nourishing her
body to feel her best.

WOBBLES
On ânding herself again after motherhood,
she says, “I think it’s about being OK with
prioritising yourself and giving yourself some
‘me time’. I know that I can’t give the best of
me and parent my children unless I’ve âlled
my own cup ârst. I’m a big advocate of leading
a healthy lifestyle. I feel really uncomfortable
saying this… I’m just going to fricking say it.
I am the âttest that I’ve been since I trained
for SAS [in 2022]. That doesn’t mean that
I don’t have my wobbles. Even on social
media, sometimes I’m like, ‘I don’t know who
to show up as’ and compare myself to others.
But in terms of me, mentally and physically,
I’m feeling really good.”
● Ferne McCann: My Family & Me returns for
series 12 on Thursday 28 March at 9pm and
will air weekly on ITVBe and ITVX.

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 TRAGIC KILLING
‘My daughter was murdered
by her ex – now her legacy
will save lives’
Ten years on from the murder of his
daughter, Hollie, Nick Gazzard is doing all
he can to help keep other women safe
henever Nick
Gazzard hears
W of another case
of domestic
abuse, his heart
sinks. His daughter Hollie was
20 when she was murdered 10
years ago by her ex-boyfriend,
Asher Maslin. He was violent
and threatening towards
her, before stabbing her to
death when she ended the
relationship in February 2014.
INFATUATED
Now, to protect others like
Hollie, Nick has founded
the Hollie Guard app,
which doubles as a personal
safety device and has been
downloaded more than half a
million times, already helping
save lives. He says, “With
the loss of Hollie we wanted
to do something positive,
and it’s grown beyond all of
our expectations. Statistics
tell us that the problems
of domestic violence and
stalking are not going away,
if anything it’s getting worse,
so our app is vital.”
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Hairdresser Hollie was a
vivacious 19-year-old when
she ârst met Asher Maslin.
Nick, 59, from Gloucester,
says, “Hollie was energetic,
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sociable and fun-loving.
She had so many friends.”
After meeting in a bar
in February 2013, Maslin
became infatuated with
Hollie and followed her from
Gloucestershire to London
where she completed training
to be a hairdresser and spa
therapist, before she began
a dream job on a cruise ship.
But she’d only been doing the
job a week when Hollie asked her
dad to arrange her ãight home.
He says, “It was a surprise to me
and her mum, Amanda, but of
course we helped her.”
When Hollie returned, she
decided to live in London and
got a job as a stylist in a salon.
Asher Maslin was
guilty of Hollie’s murder
Nick
with
Hollie
She and Maslin, who Nick
described as a “smooth-talker”,
became a couple, however, an
outburst at a family birthday in
May 2013 raised concerns.
Nick says, “He turned up
drunk. The way he spoke to
people, including Hollie,
clicking his ângers at staä and
being rude and aggressive, was
horrible. He showed his true
character and I believe now
that’s how he acted in private.
We were worried, but Hollie
made excuses for him and the
following day she went back to
London. I think she was trying
to protect us.”
THREATENING
After an incident at Notting Hill
Carnival in August 2013, where
Maslin kicked Hollie and pushed
her to the ãoor, Hollie moved
back in with her parents and got
a job in a local salon, but Maslin
followed. Nick says, “She said
she didn’t want to be with him
anymore, but he wasn’t taking
no for an answer. She told me
she would deal with it.”
On 14 February 2014, Hollie
broke up with Maslin in a
restaurant. He threw water over
her, then as she was trying to
escape in her car, jumped into
the vehicle and stole her debit
card before withdrawing £300.
Nick says, “I said it was time
for the police to get involved.
It turned out Maslin had been
threatening Hollie, saying if
she broke up with him then
he would throw acid in her
face. He even threatened to
kill himself or harm one of us.
Oåcers returned the following
day and while she was giving
her statement, her phone was
going oä with texts and calls
from him.”
On the evening of 18
February, Nick was at home
on his own when two police
oåcers turned up at his
house. He said, “I saw them
and just knew something had
happened to Hollie. They took
me to my older daughter Chloe’s
house, where Chloe and Amanda
were, and I had to tell them

❛ SHE SAID SHE DIDN’T WANT TO
BE WITH HIM ANYMORE, BUT HE
WASN’T TAKING NO FOR AN ANSWER ❜
Hollie had been killed.”
Hollie had been stabbed 14
times while at work. Maslin
was arrested early the following
morning. Nick says, “It was
surreal, we had to start phoning
around family to tell them what
had happened and meanwhile
we had an armed police escort
because, at ârst, Maslin was still
on the run and police thought
we could be a target. We weren’t
allowed to see Hollie then, but
when I did eventually have to
identify her body, it was the
worst moment of my life.
“I was only allowed to hold
her hand and I could see cuts
to her face where she had tried
to defend herself.”
EDUCATION
The family knew they wanted
to do something positive in
Hollie’s memory and, in April
2014, the Hollie Gazzard
Trust was started. Nick
says, “We were passionate
about preventing this from
happening again. We wanted
to raise awareness and provide
education on domestic abuse
and stalking. Hollie didn’t
realise the danger of the
Nick is
keeping
Hollie’s
memory
alive
relationship she was in.”
In June 2014, Maslin, 22,
appeared at Bristol Crown
Court, where he confessed to
Hollie’s murder. It was revealed
he had 23 previous arrests,
including for domestic abuse.
On the day of Hollie’s murder
he sold a DVD player to purchase
a £5 kitchen knife, which he’d
used to kill her. In July 2014, at
Gloucester Crown Court, he was
sentenced to life imprisonment,
to serve a minimum of 24 years.
Afterwards, Nick was
determined to keep raising
awareness through the Trust in
Hollie’s memory. He says, “Anger
is an emotion that damages you.
I don’t want to waste time being
angry. I put that feeling away
and instead talk to police forces
about what went wrong, and
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REAL LIFE
HOW TO RECOGNISE
THE SIGNS OF
DOMESTIC ABUSE:
● Isolation – stopping visits or
communication with family or
friends
● Physical, sexual, emotional
or verbal abuse
● Withholding or stealing
money
● If you or someone you know
is in an abusive relationship,
visit Womensaid.org.uk, or if
in immediate danger, call 999.
ask, ‘Can you learn from it?’”
The Trust Nick set up has
developed the Hollie Guard App,
which can be used to discreetly
raise alerts in dangerous
situations, record evidence and
trigger alarms. Nick says, “The
app is recommended by nine
police forces and has featured in
60 police investigations, but it’s
not solely for domestic violence
– it can protect anyone.
“Hollie will never age, I don’t
imagine what she would be like
now. I like to remember her as the
vivacious young woman I knew,
who had such a zest for life. Her
legacy is helping to save other
people’s lives, she’s protecting
the Hollies of the future.”
By Alexandra Meyer
● For more information, visit
Holliegazzard.org
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‘A deep clean can
feel meditative!’
The property presenter and domestic goddess reveals how she keeps her home sparkling
t may be a chore for some of
us, but Amanda Lamb admits
I she loves her annual Spring
clean. In fact, the TV presenter
reveals she started two months
ago! “I use January, February and March as my
cleaning and decluttering months,” Amanda,
51, tells Closer. “It’s the perfect time of year to
start thinking about your home. In winter we
slumber down and hibernate but, as Spring
approaches, the days are longer and lighter, you
can see blossom coming out on the trees and
everything is bursting into life. It many ways it
feels like you’re waking up again.”
And the mum-of-two says there are beneâts,
inside and out. She says, “I ând cleaning and
organising meditative. If there are times of
trouble or stress, just focusing on one task,
whether it’s cleaning out a drawer or sorting
out a shoe box, calms me down. I read an
article that said if you walk into a room and see
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clutter, studies show your cortisol levels spike
because it’s stressful to look at, and I get like
that. The irony is that my daughters’ bedrooms
are horrendous, I’ve pretty much given up on
those, but the areas that I can control, I’m on
to. Just the smallest of changes can make a
diäerence.” Read on for Amanda’s tips...
By Neeru Sharma
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SPRUCE UP WITH STORE
CUPBOARD INGREDIENTS
It’s easy to think you need a dozen
cleaning products, but when you end up
with a spray for the worktop and another
for the stainless steel, you end up with
clutter all over again. I’m a huge fan of
using a few trusted store cupboard
items alongside a few staples.
Here are a couple I swear by:
CREATE PILES
OF THREE
Before you clean, you must declutter.
I always say, imagine there’s a
removal van outside your house
and everything in your home needs
to be put in boxes, and I think that
sometimes makes people more
ruthless. The junk drawer, the
Tupperware cupboard and the
bathroom cabinet are ones that drive
me nuts. I empty everything and use
three categories: things that can be
recycled (like old batteries) or sold
on Vinted; things that definitely
need chucking, and things that can
go back in. This method can be
applied to any area. When I did this
in my kitchen cupboards, I found
a spice jar that was older than my
youngest daughter!
Cut a lemon in half, put a big dollop of
toothpaste on the cut side and place it in
the washing machine on an empty cycle
and on a hot wash. It’ll get rid of mildew
smells and feel fresher.
White wine vinegar and bicarbonate
soda will unblock any slow-running sink.
A great tip to get rid of soap scum
on shower doors is to pour a solution
of half white wine vinegar and Made
Kind washing up liquid into a Dishmatic
[a dispensing and fillable washing up
brush], wipe it all along the doors, leave
for five minutes and rinse off. You’ll
have a clean, streak-free shower screen,
without the use of harsh chemicals.
For cleaning my kitchen counter and
cupboard doors, I simply fill up a sink
with hot water and washing-up liquid and
use that solution to clean all the areas.
USE A COCKTAIL
STICK FOR
HARD-TO-REACH
AREAS
A clever trick I learned is that if you have
an induction hob, get a cocktail stick and
run it around the hob, and the amount of
stuff that you’ll lift out of the sides
will gross you out, but is hugely
satisfying and will encourage you
to keep those areas clean. I also
use the sticks for hard-to-reach
areas inside fridges. I tend to give
the fridge a big deep clean when
I’ve got a food shop coming the
next day and there’s not much in
there. I use the Made Kind all-
purpose cleaner all over, then rinse
the shelves with warm soapy water
and put it all back in again.
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For an inexpensive but pretty flower
display, buy a bunch of daffodils and
instead of placing them in one pot,
spread the buds into several vases.
I even use old Coca-Cola, Orangina
or tonic water bottles with the labels
soaked off, as well as old candle
holders. A bunch of daffodils has
around six or seven stems, so they’re
great value (they’re £1 at the moment).
Dot one along the mantelpiece,
another in the bathroom, or anywhere
that needs a lift, it doesn’t need to
look like Kew Gardens! Those finishing
touches can go a long a way. I change
my bed linen to lighter options and
make sure I open up all the windows
LOOK AFTER – there’s nothing better than having a
flow of fresh air and sunlight.
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AFTER YOU
Deep clean those forgotten about
areas like your skirting boards,
mattresses and behind the sofas,
then go one step further and
maintain your bigger appliances. We
tend to forget about servicing the
boiler and hot water taps, checking
our fire alarm works, cleaning out
our stoves and organising a chimney
sweep if you have an open fire,
which will help avoid all the harmful
pollutants some of these give off.
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Star of BBC’s Sort Your Life Out, decluttering expert Dilly
Carter, shares her step-by-step tips for a happier home
CREATE A VISION
FOR EACH ROOM
The most important thing you need
before tackling any room is a “vision”
– without an idea of what purpose the
room needs to serve, you can’t transform
your space. Sometimes our spaces get
so blurred and chaotic that you don’t
know what that space really is anymore,
so think of each room as needing an
identity. You might look at your spare
room and see that while it has a bed in
it for guests, it’s also home to a washing
line, an exercise bike and 10 bags due to
go back for returns and to charity shops.
Ask yourself, ‘What do I actually want
from this space most of all?’ and find its
primary function. It might sound old-
fashioned to create a mood board, but
inspiration lives everywhere, whether it’s
magazines, Pinterest or Instagram, you
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can easily generate a stream of ideas.
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DO A SPACE
AUDIT
This is one of the most valuable things
you can do. Get a notebook and pen and
start from your front door, as you walk,
write down everything you want to
change. For example, if you have
a porch, are there too many bags?
Do you hate looking at the pile of
coats? What can go upstairs? Do
you perhaps need a cupboard or
a shelf to store things away? In the
hallway, is the furniture too big, or
would you be better off with a shoe
organiser to avoid the pile by the
door? In the kitchen, are surfaces
filled with appliances and stuff?
Think about what you’re not using, or
anything that can be reduced. It gives
you the mental clarity to work out
what you need to tackle.
ALLOCATE TIME AND HELP
As you’re going through your home and finding it daunting. The heavier those
working out what you love, loathe and thoughts, the worse you’re going to
what you need to edit or add, think about feel, and it will have a detrimental effect
whether you need external help. Do on your mental health. Set proper time
some of the jobs require a handyman or aside; maybe even book a day off work
someone who could sort your ironing? to get it all done, but think about how
Labour isn’t cheap, but think about what you’ll feel after.
you spend your money on, if you were to
skip your morning coffees or a month’s
gym membership, could you transfer
that pot of money to someone who came
round once a week to help you with your
laundry and would that make life easier?
It’s always worth asking for help – offer
a friend a bottle of wine in exchange for
a couple hours of their time to sort out
the garage. We live in a world nowadays
where no one wants to hear of anyone
struggling, so don’t be alone if you’re
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REMOVE
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Whether it’s a drawer, cupboard, room or
loft, start with a completely blank space.
Empty everything out to one side and
think about what you can do differently.
If you ever try to organise or clean on top
of an existing mess, you can’t do it. It’s
like drawing on a piece of paper that’s
already been drawn on. Therefore,
you can’t organise a kitchen cupboard
unless you’ve emptied it, because all
you can see is what was there before.
As you’re going through, identify the
problems and why the space doesn’t
function. What was there too much
of, and what changes do you need to
make to ensure the space works? If
you want the spare room to become a
gym, do you need to get rid of the spare
bed? If you want your kitchen to feel like
a kitchen again, do you need to get rid of
all the arts, crafts and toys and put them in
baskets elsewhere?
more sentimental than they are. We
put them in a box that goes in the loft
or cupboard, and immediately we say,
“Oh I can’t get rid of that because it’s
sentimental” and then never go back
to it, when actually it’s really important
to keep revisiting it. If you think of your
room, we don’t just clean it once, we
clean it over and over again, it has to be
consistent to have any effect – and it’s
the same with any keepsakes, because
your emotions change. How you feel
about something today isn’t necessarily
how you’re going to feel about it next
week. Life will change, as will how we
view a relationship or perceive a certain
memory over time. Everything happens
in stages.
● We spoke to Dilly at Lakeland’s Spring event,
where she shared her hero products and tips for
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Want a tidy and beautiful house? Style Sisters
share their practical yet pretty storage solutions
hey’ve built up a strong
following on social media
T and count Michelle Keegan,
Rochelle Humes and
Amanda Holden as clients
thanks to their brilliant organisation hacks.
And Charlotte Reddington-Smith and
Gemma Lily – AKA Style Sisters – have
made it their mission to help others live an
organised life too.
With Spring around the corner, many of us
will be feeling the urge to dust oä the cobwebs
of winter and give our homes a much-needed
spruce up. But if clutter is threatening to take
over every corner of your house, Charlotte
and Gemma are on hand to restore order.
Here, the duo open up to Closer about
some of their favourite storage hacks to
keep homes stylish and stress-free.
By Kat Romero
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having that one messy drawer where SORT YOUR
mismatched food containers go
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the back of your cupboard doors,”
Charlotte says. “You can buy over-
the-door racks that attach with
hooks to hold your herbs and spices.
There are even designs
for Tupperware lids and
pan lids.” Gemma adds,
“Stackable food containers
are a great investment. Go
through your old containers
and recycle any mismatched
ones. You just need a few
good-quality boxes for each
member of the family. Look
for dish drying racks and
use these for any lids. Shelf
inserts are a great buy too.
They add storage space for
your pots and pans.”

LIVING ROOM
We may have an ideal interior aesthetic in
mind but life can often get in the way and
leave living rooms a mess.
“Be practical with your furniture choices,”
Gemma says. “It’s obviously not cheap
to buy new furniture, but if you are
considering splashing out, make sure
it has aesthetic appeal AND storage. A
shelving unit is great for displaying things
like plants and ornaments but for storage,
opt for one with drawers at the bottom.
If your sofa doesn’t offer space
underneath, you can buy affordable risers
on Amazon,” Charlotte advises. “They
can lift the sofa by a few inches
and let you buy storage
containers that slide
right underneath.”
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SPRUCE UP YOUR BEDROOM
If you’ve done a spring clean of your
wardrobe and still feel like your clothes
are threatening to spill over, Charlotte
and Gemma advise investing in some
modern-looking storage baskets.
“They don’t need to take up floor space,”
Charlotte adds. “Use the foldable style
and you can place them on the top of
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BATHROOM
No matter how much pride we have in
our homes, our bathrooms can often
get filled with skincare and beauty
products – so Spring is a great time
to do a clear out. “Go through all your
products and remove anything that’s
out of date or you know you won’t
use,” Charlotte says. “You can buy
these amazing under-sink storage
containers that are designed to fit
around any pipework and pull out for
easy access. Buy small decorative
baskets for your windowsill and use
them for any products. If you have
a cupboard for the boiler, consider
adding some shelving and use this for
clean towels or bedding.” The addition
of a scented candle or diffuser in any
room can be a game changer. An
uplifting zesty scent is perfect for
welcoming the new season to a freshly
detoxed bathroom.
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your wardrobes or on shelving. We have
giant bouclé baskets in our range and
they’re great because they are a grown-
up aesthetic. Make sure your storage
solutions match your home decor.”
“Invest in a storage Ottoman,” Gemma
adds. “You can get slim rectangle-
shaped Ottomans that fit easily at
the foot of the bed. They’re perfect
for bedding. There are so many
affordable designs on Amazon and
they look so high-end.” Outside of
storage, one of the quickest ways to
give bedrooms a quick
makeover is to update your
bedding. There’s a reason
fresh white sheets are a
boutique hotel favourite!
They can totally transform
a space and make it feel
revitalised.
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YOUR
HALLWAY
The entryway to your home can
be a hotbed for mess, whether it’s
discarded shoes, school bags or
piles of winter coats. If your hallway
is narrow, try making the most of the
ceiling height. “A narrow hallway can
make it feel like the walls are closing
in,” Gemma says. “So place shelving
high up on the walls. You can buy coat
racks that have a shelf which are great
for your everyday jackets. If you have a
small hallway, only use it for things you
use on a daily basis and store the rest
elsewhere.” Charlotte adds, “A console
table along the radiator is a sleek and
slimline storage option. Some of them
have small drawers at the top which
you can use for your keys and other
valuables.”
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How do you shop?
We usually do
our main shop at
GODLIMAN, 50, ON HER Sainsbury’s, and
EATING HABITS… then I’ll get top up
things from the local
high street market
stalls. Now and
then I like to go to
farmers’ markets.
“Sometimes I’ll have Describe your
Marmite on toast for
daily diet…
breakfast”
Breakfast
invariably is toast
with tahini on it. It
works so well on a slice of sourdough with
butter and a pinch of salt. For lunch, if I’m
working, I like a cheese salad sandwich or a
tuna sandwich. If I’m at home, I like to make
a homemade soup. I also like salads – but
they have to be hearty with roast vegetables
and nuts. For dinner, I love curry and one-
pot dishes like chilli. I’ll have those types of
“I love cheese, I could dishes in the winter more, but in the summer,
never give it up” I like a piece of fish with a lovely salad or
roast potatoes.
What do you refuse to eat?
I stopped eating meat about 10 years ago,
except fish. It’s partially for ethical reasons
and partially for diet.
Favourite tipple?
I mostly drink red wine and I like the odd gin
and tonic. I really like non-alcoholic beers
“I could just stand at the now, there are so many good ones out there.
fridge and snack on It’s a great placebo drink, I’ve cut down on
kimchi all day” alcohol a lot over the last few years.
Takeaway order?
I like a curry or a Thai. My kids usually
dominate and then we get pizzas. I don’t like
it when everyone gets different takeaways
INSIDE from different places, it’s so easy now but
KERRY’S they all arrive at different times, and we
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as milk and yoghurt aren’t in her fridge.” I do like a good piece of I probably eat more crisps
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 HEALTH
You now need a prescription for cough syrups containing codeine
linctus, because people are getting addicted. Dr C explains how
people get hooked and how best to deal with a stubborn cough
t’s true that
codeine
I can become
addictive but
I don’t always
believe in banning things,
because it sends people
underground where they
get hold of more dangerous,
unlicensed versions of drugs.
WHY IT’S BANNED
There was a public consultation
that led to this decision because
people were worried about
addiction, but there have been
just three reports of addiction
linked to codeine linctus. The
Medicines and Healthcare
products Regulatory Agency
(MHRA) say there are likely
more, but it’s a tiny number.
The consultation also found
that pharmacists feel under
pressure to provide the medicine
to people who they think are
addicts, not people who really
need it for a cough.
RECREATIONAL USE
Codeine linctus is also being
used as an ingredient in
recreational drug “purple drank”
(also known as “lean”, “sizzurp”
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or “dirty sprite”), but I suspect
that the codeine linctus used
for these purposes is bought
online, from non-regulated and
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potentially illicit websites – not
the local pharmacy. For the
eäect they’ll be after, they’ll need
quite a lot of codeine – much
more than there would be in
cough mixture. There will also
be all sorts of other things in
purple drank – it’s not solely
the cough mixture that’s killing
people. It’s also often taken
alongside alcohol, which is
always dangerous for any drug.
HOW YOU
GET HOOKED
Codeine is from the same drug
family as opium, which has
addictive properties. Some
people are very susceptible to
addiction, while others don’t
ever seem to be. We aren’t 100
per cent clear as to why. What
often happens with codeine
addiction is that people are
discharged from hospital
after an operation with a big
supply of strong painkillers.
They don’t realise they should
Taking alcohol
with medicine can
be dangerous
only take them for âve days,
end up taking them for two
weeks, then manage to get a
repeat prescription because
they’re still in pain, and so they
become hooked. Other people
Codeine
now needs
a prescription
just buy them over the counter
and take them for too long. It’s
true that if you are susceptible to
addiction, or have been addicted
to something in the past, even a
tiny bit of alcohol or codeine can
trigger something in the brain
and reawaken that urge. But
I ând it odd that you can still buy
codeine in tablet form, mixed
with paracetamol or aspirin,
over the counter. It has its uses, but it’s up to
medics to use it sensibly. This
IT CAN BE HELPFUL new rule involved a medic in the
I agree you shouldn’t be treating decision making, but it feels a
long-term coughs with an opioid bit patronising. It’s a shame that
painkiller, but sometimes it’s the a pharmacist can’t make that
right choice. If you’ve cracked call. Codeine doesn’t work for
or broken a rib and then started everybody, but I know it works
developing a cough – which really well for me to suppress
would be agony – then codeine a cough reãex. People who use
could treat both things at once. it sensibly will now have to go
Codeine can be
addictive if taken
for long periods
Dr C’s
check-up
DR CHRISTIAN GIVES HIS
TAKE ON THE HOT HEALTH
TOPICS OF THE WEEK
to their GP for a prescription,
which is a hassle, so probably
lots of people won’t bother.
ALL DRUGS
HAVE RISKS
News reports around this
decision also mentioned the
250 serious or fatal adverse
reactions to medicines
containing codeine in 2023.
I suspect most of these adverse
reactions came from people
buying dodgy, unregulated
codeine online – not cough
mixture from the chemist.
You can be allergic to codeine,
but you can also be allergic to
other cough mixtures. Adverse
reactions aren’t unique to
codeine. In 2022, more people
died thanks to drug poisoning
from paracetamol than codeine.
TRY VARIOUS OPTIONS
For coughs, the Royal
Pharmaceutical Society
recommends drinking plenty
of liquids, having warm drinks
with honey and lemon and asking
your pharmacist about cough
medicines and cough sweets.
When you have an awful
hacking cough, warm drinks
won’t be enough. Propping
yourself up works, but it’s not
very easy to sleep so it’s not ideal
either. If someone came to me
with a tickly cough they couldn’t
shift, codeine wouldn’t be the
ârst thing I’d try but, if nothing
else was working, it would be an
Boost
small changes make
a big difference
BAG A BETTER
NIGHT’S SLEEPnew study has
A found that the key
to getting the best
slumber possible is
being active during the day. The
study looked at kids (average
age 12) and their parents, and
found that those who did more
moderate to vigorous activity
in the day had less troubled
sleep, were less tired and
enjoyed better sleep quality.
Yes, avoiding screens and
making sure your bedroom is
option. Codeine works for some
people but it doesn’t for others
and you can get addicted to it if
you take it for too long.
GET ADVICE
If you’ve had a cough for more
than two weeks, you should
go to see the doctor anyway to
check there isn’t something else
going on. You shouldn’t be using
any addictive substance to treat
anything for longer than two
weeks without advice but, if it’s
carefully considered, properly
regulated and prescribed in the
right dose for the right amount
of time, codeine can be safe. Try
everything else the pharmacist
suggests ârst, but if your cough is
still dragging on, go to your GP.
the
calm, cool enough and properly
dark, matters – but our daytime
activities also affect things like
how much of the time when
we’re in bed that we’re actually
sleeping, and whether we still
feel tired the next day. Simply
making more time for sleep
– by going to bed early, for
example – led to people having
more restless sleep. So if you
want to enjoy a great night’s
sleep, try being more active
during the day.
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trying
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RELATIONSHIPS

LIVEN UP
A STALE
ROMANCE
With any long-term relationship, it’s easy to slip into a very
same-y, uninspiring routine, so breathe new life into it!
e can get distracted go for a daily 10-minute walk to

W by parenting,
a demanding
job or caring
responsibilities, and relationships
can fall into a rut. Ask each other
if you’re satisfied, or if anything
is lacking. Also focus on what
is working. Often we focus too
much on what’s not going well,
and forget to praise and thank
our partner for things that work.
Instigate things to do that keep
the interest going. Maybe that’s
spicing up your sex life, going
somewhere different or trying a
new activity together. It’s a really
great way to ignite passion,
interest and curiosity in each
other again.
Another simple way to connect
is cooking a meal together. Find
a recipe online, cook as a team,
chat as you chop, enjoy a glass
of wine, then eat together. Even
small, mundane things can make
you feel more connected – when
one of you takes a bath, sit and
chat in the bathroom, or agree to
enjoy some fresh air and a chat.
The key to a happy and
healthy relationship is making it
interdependent. You should each
have your own interests, friends
and social life, but also prioritise
time together. I know couples
who only spend 30 per cent of
their free time together, but they
make it really quality time. Others
spend 70 per cent of the time
together and that’s right for them
– you’ll know what works for you.
Many couples avoid conflict,
but sidestepping all heightened
emotions can also make life
stale. If a couple never argue,
that suggests either they are
not interested enough in each
other to bother, or they feel
unable to speak up. A healthy
level of conflict arises because
you care. Staying silent and
feeling resentful isn’t healthy. It
would be very unnatural if we
didn’t have differing opinions,
so expect some conflict but
approach it respectfully.
WOULD LIKE TO MEET
Closer’s dating expert, Rebecca Twomey,
on how to end a crush on someone who
is attached – and why you’ll be rewarded
when you behave respectfully
n the words of “gorgeous”. When asked if she
I Alanis Morissette,
isn’t it “ironic”
when you meet
fancied him, Ekin-Su replied, “I’m
respectful, he’s in a relationship…”
I take my hat off to her. I’m sure
“the man of your dreams…” and a lady such as herself with such
then meet “his beautiful wife”. good looks could make most
It’s something I saw play out on men’s heads turn, but wherever
Celebrity Big Brother last week she may be in her love life, she’s
when the gorgeous former Love not going after men who are
Island star, Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, taken. When you are on what
revealed to co-star Louis Walsh seems like a relentless treadmill
that she finds Strictly pro and of dating – with a lot of people
their fellow housemate, Nikita avoiding commitment at all
Kuzmin, “nice,” “lovely” and costs – you can fantasise about

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FAMILY MATTERS

HOW TO HANDLE A
FAMILY ESTRAGEMENT
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are criticised for not allowing their children to have a
relationship with King Charles and Prince William. Anna discusses how to manage estrangement
amily estrangement absolutely the right thing to do. do re-engage, set parameters.

F is common –
research suggests
that one in five UK
families will be affected. With
Harry and Meghan, we don’t
know how much contact there
is between the children and
the rest of the family. It’s also
important to respect a parent’s
wishes – ultimately, a
child comes under their
protection and care.
Harry and Meghan
aside, it may sound harsh,
but sometimes parents
keep their children
from relatives in their
If a family member is abusive or
there is toxic behaviour, it can
be the best option to cut off
contact. Toxic behaviours which
are huge red flags would be lying,
creating unnecessary drama,
unpredictability, not taking
responsibility or apologising for
bad behaviour, and showing no
respect for boundaries. Exposing
a child to that can lead to low
self-esteem, stress, depression
and anxiety.
If you’ve cut ties but are
considering getting back in
touch, consider your motives –
is it a sense of duty? Do you feel
Having made peace, all agree
on what your shared future
looks like. Decide the previous
struggle stays in the past and
isn’t weaponised in the future.
Establish what you need to feel
safe and happy, and ensure your
wishes are respected. Be clear
and honest, so there is no room
for assumptions about access or
anything else.
If you know you’ll never see
certain family members again
and you feel sad, you’re dealing
with grief. It feels very strange
to grieve for someone who is
still alive, so be kind to yourself,

best interests, as well
as our own, if we are
struggling to have a
ssexe s wi th healthy relationship.
The Su
their son Archie There are circumstances
where cutting all ties is
guilty? Or do you genuinely
have a different perspective on
things and feel you can patch
things up? If a compromise could
be made, think about what you
need for that to happen. If you
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allow yourself to process those
complex emotions and get some
external therapy. Finally, remind
yourself why cutting ties is the
right decision for you and your
family’s future happiness.

...
characters who do enter into
proper relationships. I know I’ve
had more than a few crushes on
men in relationships – not that
I was encouraged by them in any
way, I just liked them as people,
found them attractive and I think
a key part of the appeal was that
they were loving, loyal partners
(as far as I was aware). So while
it’s totally natural to fancy who
we fancy and normal to have the
desire, I will also follow Ekin-Su’s
stance to cut off entertaining
those thoughts instantly
in future. Otherwise you’re
entering into a whole new world
of pain, mainly for yourself.
And by doing so, not only will
you have more confidence
in yourself knowing you’ve
stayed true to your morals, but
everyone involved, including
your crush, will see how you’ve
behaved. If – and this may well
happen – their relationship ends
and you both end up single
at the same time, someone
is far more likely to invest in
a relationship with you when
the timing is right than to go
into something with someone
who doesn’t respect the pact
and promises expected in a
monogamous relationship.
Boost
CELEB the
PICK-ME-UP
small changes make a big difference
ATHLETE GREG RUTHERFORD, 37, ON HOW
HE LOOKS AFTER HIS BODY AND MIND…
SPENDING TIME IN NATURE IS IMPORTANT…
One of the best things I can do to help my
mental health is just getting outside and into
nature with my dogs every day. I’m lucky I have
a huge woodland area behind my house and
I go up there to relax.
COOKING IS MY ESCAPE… I’ve loved cooking for a long time and
going on MasterChef in 2019 really affirmed that for me. I like
to follow new recipes – it just helps to take me away from other
stresses and strains in life. Food and healthy meals are also so
important for overall health.
NIGHT-TIME SUPPLEMENTS ARE A GAME CHANGER…When it
comes to sleeping, I take ZMA [a supplement made up of zinc,
magnesium aspartate and vitamin B6]. I definitely seem to have
better sleep when I’m taking it.
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 MONEY
Want a new job or promotion? Extra training could be
just the ticket to polish up your career or switch to an
entirely different one. Here’s what you need to know
eeling frustrated
in your career
F and wanting to
make a switch,
or to get noticed
by your boss for a promotion?
Taking a course could be the
right choice. Research has
found that people who got
promoted were almost twice
as likely to have participated
in training as those who’d
been passed over. We asked
experts Chris Targett, of careers
charity CXK (cxk.org), and
careers coach and advisor Rikke
Hansen (rikke.me) for advice.
DO YOUR RESEARCH
Before going headlong into a
career change and signing up
for courses, both Rikke and
Chris recommend doing some
groundwork. “A lot of people
have this vague idea about what
they want, but spend longer
planning a holiday than on
their career change,” says Rikke.
“Do your research to make
sure you understand what’s
required – not just a quick check
on the internet. What are the
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alternative and diäerent ways
that people might have entered
that line of work?” Get in touch
with people doing what you
dream of and ask to meet for a
coäee or a chat over Zoom.
CONSULT AN ADVISOR
Chris suggests speaking to a
qualiâed careers professional,
who you can ând at thecdi.
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net/professional-register. “All
advisers are trained not to tell you
what to do, are non-judgemental
and oäer a conâdential service,”
says Chris. “Or speak to a trained
Careers Adviser for free – contact
the National Careers Service
helpline (0800 100 900), where
they will be keen to help and
guide you.” Found a career that
fascinates you and keen to start
training? “You may be able to
receive an Advance Learning
Loan, but funding for courses is
often dependent on a variety of
diäerent factors – and the course
provider will be able to advise on
whether you can get assistance,”
says Chris. “You can also contact
your local authority to see what
is on oäer and what funding is
available.”
DON’T RUSH TO UNI
Once you have decided on
your path, question whether
you need to retrain completely.
“Do you really have to go back to
university or spend an enormous
amount of time gaining lengthy
qualiâcations?” asks Rikke.
“Unless you’re entering a new
work environment which
requires a lot of specialist
knowledge, or it’s an area that’s
highly regulated, such as being
a heart surgeon, you may not
have to,” Chris says, “There are
many ways to career pivot; from
retraining on the job through
work-based training or via an
apprenticeship.” Look online,
too. “Both new and established
institutions are oäering
the most up-to-date
courses with ãexible
hours,” says Rikke.
Chris recommends
looking at coursera.
org, futurelearn.com
and open.edu. If you
need to tune-up your
IT and business skills,
Chris suggests using
the National Skills Toolkit
at nationalcareers.service.
gov.uk. He says local Adult
Education services have free
courses to help you learn skills
or change jobs and some provide
courses as preparation for job
applications and interviews.
CHECK THE
LOCAL COLLEGE
Chris says your local Further
Education College could oäer
a goldmine of opportunities.
Courses often range from free
to costed, with a wide range of
price points. Some centres oäer
a mixture of face-to-face and
online training, which can
help you ât things in with
a busy life or childcare.
Think about what appeals,
and see if they oäer the
appropriate course.
CHANGE DIRECTION
Chris says, “Depending where
you live, you might ând a whole
range of courses to support
your career pivot, from AAT
courses that allow you to train
as an Accounting Technician
to a City & Guilds Veterinary
Care Assistant to a general
Animal Care Course – although
most people train via an
Apprenticeship for Vet Care.
Some centres oäer introductory
counselling courses, you can get
a certiâcate in social care – and
there are options to train on the
job and get the qualiâcation too.
FOCUS ON
YOUR PASSION
If you have a talent for cooking,
this could open up a brand-new
job or business. “You
can take what you already

do as a hobby or interest
into a career by getting a
recognised Food Hygiene
Certiâcate, which can
be used to start your own
business or show others you
know what you are doing,”
says Chris. “Contact your
local authority or do a search
online for courses and
check food.gov.uk.” More
of a creative type? Again, at
your local Further Education
College “you’ll ând graphic
design, hair and make-up
and ãoristry,” says Chris. And
if âtness is your thing, Chris
recommends looking at
nationalcareers.service.gov.
uk, “You’ll ând the details
of the UK Coaching or the
Chartered Institute for the
Management of Sport and
Physical Activity (CIMSPA),
who you can contact.”
LEARN TO TEACH
If you’d like to teach and have
a degree, Chris says there are
some teacher training courses
with a salary. “The main
salaried courses include School
Direct salaried, postgraduate
teaching apprenticeships
(PGTA) and teacher training
delivered by Teach First.”
“Many further education
colleges oäer introductory
courses to teaching, such
as those covering teaching
assistant roles,” says Chris.
Meanwhile if you’re looking
to travel and teach English
abroad, consider a TEFL course
(Teaching English as a Foreign
Language). “Have a look at
teã.org or seasonworkers.com/
teã to see what is possible,
including TESOL courses
(Teach English to Speakers of
Other Languages),” says Chris.
Cash
point
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SELL YOUR CAR
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Before trying to sell your motor, ensure these tasks are complete
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● CLEAN IT If your car is a mess, it could knock a significant chunk
off its selling price. Smoking or having pets in the car regularly
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● SORT WARNING LIGHTS They can apparently knock as much as
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● FIX CHIPS & DINTS Even minor scratches can put buyers off
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covers the repair costs, or shop around for quotes.
● GET IT SERVICED Falling behind on your car’s service schedule
can reduce your car’s value by 10 to 15 per cent, or more. Check
you’re up to date before putting your car up for sale.
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Clearwater in Florida has recently
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been voted the number two trending
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and both white and black sand beaches.
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You won’t go hungry during your stay –
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 Every number in the grid stands for a different letter. We’ve given you the

CODE CRACK word KIT to get you started. Fill in all the 1s, 2s and 3s and you’ll be able to
start guessing other letters. All 26 letters of the alphabet appear at least once.
Cross off the ones you’ve used on the list below.
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR LETTERS HERE:
16 25 12 2 19 3 17 4 2 13 13 12 19 3
A N 1 K 14
14
25 3 24 24 25 14 12

2 19 3 23 19 6 9 24 2 19 1 2 3
B O 2 I 15
15
K I T
21 15 23 7 7 18 14 3 C P 3 T 16
16

12 19 3 2 16 25 23 22 23 12 11 5 D Q 4 17
17

10 18 25 19 26 15
E R 5 18
18
2 19 3 23 15 11 12 4 17 24 4 6 23 15
F S 6 19
19
19 23 6 7 14 2
G T 7 20
20
23 7 18 12 13 23 12 3 22 4 23 3 2 18

22 15 26 2 23 22
H U 8 21
21

22
8 15 12 21 23 23 20 18 4 25 6 23 I V 9 22

10 23
4 13 7 19 1 7 10 8 J W
12 13 3 23 20 2 3 9 25 19 2 24 15 11 24
24
K X
7 23 19 8 12 19 2 12 25
25
L Y
7 18 15 25 3 2 19 5 17 4 2 8 22 3
13 26
M Z

GUESS THE NAME THE STARS

FILM STILL With the help of our clues, rearrange
the letters in the words below to make a
celeb’s name
A B
Country legend who has sold more
1 than 100 million records worldwide.
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TONALLY DROP

2002 US drama about two rival
street gangs in Brooklyn with
different ways of working.
2 US singer/songwriter who is a
classically trained pianist and began
composing songs when she was 12.
True story of two schoolgirls
brought to authorities for the YACK LIAISE
murder of one of their mothers.

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 PUZZLE TIME

THE BIG CROSSWORD ACROSS

1 Willing helper ➒
7 Regret ➌
8 Remainder, remnant ➐
9 Love deeply ➎
12 High-IQ association ➎
17 Raise a false alarm ➌➍
18 Tune ➏
19 Sea journey ➏
21 Nonspecific ➐
22 Lacking flavour, tasteless ➎
24 Las - - - - -, gambling city ➎
26 Tree doctor? ➐
28 Snooker stick ➌
1 DOWN 29 Flying insect, or a Transformer ➒

DOWN
1 Indira - - - - -, Game Of Thrones and
Carnival Row actress See pic ➎
2 Fib ➌
3 Hospital worker ➎
4 Town where the Derby is raced ➎
5 Crimson, eg ➌
6 Princess - - - -, Carrie Fisher role ➍
10 Stacey - - - - - -, documentary
maker ➏
11 Person displaced by war ➐
13 Snakelike fish ➌
14 Tempt lustfully ➏
15 Education establishment ➏
16 BGT judge, - - - - - - Holden ➏
20 Carol - - - Duffy, poet ➌
22 Perform as a street musician ➍
23 Sleep fantasy ➎
24 LP material? ➎
25 - - - - - Coogan, comedian and
actor See pic ➎
27 Tease ➌
25 DOWN
28 Male swan ➌

Middle Vitamin C,
East states --- acid
(1 1,1)
Kings of
---, US
rock band
Saucepan
cover
‘Flying by
the seat of
your ---’
Wartime
spy, ---
Hari
Tender
Concept,
notion CLUES &
Makes up
one’s
mind
Collected
in
quantity
ARROWS
--- de Hens Fill in the grid using
Soaked corps, Boomed
through morale
lay ’em! the clues provided
Blood- Chance for Mild
Lupita ---,
sucking a cuppa? Indian
actress
worm (3,5) curry
Skin Tutor Lower Type of
complaint group limb antelope
Revolut-
Lyrical Chicago Grecian Morning
ionary, --- Pod song, --- vase
Guevara vegetable poem moisture
That Jazz
Saltburn
Terminator Colour
star, ---
star? scheme
Pike

Decorated Big
a cake
Modern, Distribute This
Piece of
advanced cards minute!
paper
(2-4)

TURN FOR MORE PUZZLES ➜

 Puzzles SUDOKU
Complete the grid with the numbers 1
to 9 so that each row, column and 3x3
block contains the numbers 1 to 9 only.

CRISS CROSS LEVEL 1: EASY

7 3 5 4
Tick-tock – time to solve this puzzle all about clocks.
2 7
9 2 5
9 5
3 1 7
1 9 4
3 6 9
4 6 8
5
LEVEL 2: MEDIUM
7 3
1 4
3 LETTERS CHAIN 7 LETTERS 2 5
COG BREGUET
FOB
LCD
CHINA
CROWN CRYSTAL 6 3
WILLARD

4 LETTERS
EGYPT
GLASS
3 2 7
8 LETTERS
BELL
CASE
KNIBB
LE ROY
LONGCASE
VULLIAMY
5 9 8
GONG
IVES
LAND
6 LETTERS 11 LETTERS
8 7
5 LETTERS
DUTTON
ORMOLU
CHRONOGRAPH
6 8 1
ALARM POCKET
3 9

Win!
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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Can you spot the six differences between these two pics of Adele and Rich Paul?

GUESS THE CELEB

Can you name these stars from looking at just one part
WORD SEARCH
Can you find all the Tim Burton-related words in the
of their famous faces? grid? Words can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

A B P L A N E T O F T H E A P E S
S C F R A N K E N W E E N I E
E C O D R R O T A M I N A E O
D C R R S W E E N E Y T O D D
I Z I E P N G S G E U Y J W M
R R H U E S N D L M E S G O A
E V E S J N E Q U Z O V B O R
C A V C E E W B L M T K I D S
T B B W U Y L R R S B T G R A
O A O R T D E T I I M O F M T

WORD LINK R
Q
T
M
G
L
Q
A
Q
R
Z O
S N
G
R
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T
E
D
E
G
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I
S
I
A
T
A
Fill in the blanks to find a word that will make sense P A R T I S T R P B B R H E C
when placed at the end of the first word, and the
O N S L E E P Y H O L L O W K
start of the second word.
C A L I F O R N I A B O R N S
A BITTER - - - PRODUCT D DINNER - - - - JAR ANIMATOR CALIFORNIA- BORN MARS ATTACKS!

ARTIST CORPSE BRIDE PLANET OF THE APES

B BEE’S - - - - - UP E DOUBLE - - - - - MATE BATMAN DIRECTOR PRODUCER

BEETLE-JUICE DUMBO SCREENWRITER

C HARD - - - - - - PARTY F SECRETARY - - - - - - - KNOWLEDGE

BIG EYES

BIG FISH
ED WOOD

FRANKENWEENIE
SLEEPY HOLLOW

SWEENEY TODD

TIM BURTON
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TV WEEK: WHITNEY’S NEW FRIEND

Zack is excited for Whitney’s return from Milton Keynes and
23-29 MARCH presses on with plans for a surprise welcome home/baby
shower bash. Lauren gets an invite, but promises not to say
a word about their little “moment” recently (probably for the
best). When Whitney arrives home, she’s got a new friend in
tow – step forward Britney (the daughter of Bianca’s mate)
who, it seems, Whitney has fostered. Zack storms out
with a cob on – because she
didn’t breathe a word to him.
Elsewhere, Ben gets arrested
for some crime that’s come to
light, and Priya takes a shine to
Martin – but Ravi gets jealous.
Stirring
Whitney and things up
Britney
Has she found her
Prince Charming?

EMMERDALE Gently does

it

PROPOSAL ON THE CARDS?

The menfolk rally round to convince Paddy not to give up Mandy
without a fight, with Tom encouraging him to sweep his on/off
missus off her feet… Mandy, meanwhile, is being given a makeover
by Amelia, and just happens to be in the salon wearing a Cinderella
outfit when Paddy turns up all suited and booted himself. Is a fairy-
tale ending in the offing when he gets down on one knee? Elsewhere,
Pollard tries to get the evidence on Amit that he needs (almost being
caught in the act), and Tom brings home a rescue puppy – the plan
STEROID DEPENDENCY
This week, Denzel chooses the gym over girlfriend Amy
being that Belle gives up her job to look after it. Riiiight.... (again), and gets a text to tell him his steroids are being
delivered… It’s part of a storyline that will see Denzel
(played by Jaden Ledgega) become dependent on the

‘UNBREAKABLE BOND’ supplements after a new obsession with exercise takes

hold. EastEnders is working with charity WithYou, with
Lisa Riley, 47, on Mandy’s Cinderella moment this week… Executive Producer, Chris Clenshaw, saying, “Jaden’s
Things haven’t been good with Mandy and Paddy? performance has thoughtfully portrayed the isolating
Paddy wanted to be there for Chas when she had realities of a steroid dependency as we explore how social
her mastectomy, and they had a kiss. It didn’t mean media has an impact on his perception of body image.”
anything to Paddy – he told Mandy the truth straight
away. However, it hit Mandy really hard. Mandy and Fitness first, eh, Denzel?
Chas are both Dingles and it’s a trust thing. Paddy and
Mandy have an unbreakable bond – but it’s whether
she can grow to forgive him.
He’s about to put a ring on it?
The original Paddy/Mandy proposal in 1999 was
Cinderella and there are hints of that. She’s always
wanted that fairy-tale ending.

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CORONATION STREET
What’s that noise?

ROBBERY AT THE ROVERS

t’s all go at The Rovers this week,
“Get outta my pub!”
‘UTTERLY
TERRIFYING’
I what with Daisy’s mum Christina
foisting herself onto her not-so-
doting daughter for two weeks,
Jodie Prenger, 44, on
her character Glenda
and the cat almost out of the bag regarding being caught up in
the stolen dosh Daisy and Jenny used to The Rovers robbery…
buy the pub. Ryan offers to buy Christina a “Without a doubt, those
drink to thank her for “lending them all that scenes were the scariest
money”, forcing Jenny into drastic measures I’ve ever shot in my
to cause a distraction… Meanwhile, Jenny entire career,” she tells
has plans to host a speed dating night, which Closer. “She thinks she
Glenda gets very excited about – especially hears something when
when she’s left in sole charge of hosting it. she’s locking up and
Love in the air? Not massively, and Glenda’s suddenly, she’s alone
relieved to call last orders on the chaos – but with two blokes who
when she’s locking up, she hears a noise and have invaded her home,
realises she’s not alone in the pub – terrified her private space – it’s
PHOTOS: ITV, BBC, GETTY, DANIELLE BAGULEY

to find masked burglars raiding the till and utterly terrifying. The
ordering her to get down on the floor! As the way it was filmed was
robbers make off with their takings, a tearful very atmospheric and
and panicky Glenda calls the cops, but feels dramatic and genuinely,
awful to later discover the thieves made off Ken’s pulled I’m not kidding you, I was
with Paul’s laptop, and it’s clear the events of scared! There was glass
the terrible night are taking their toll…Making everywhere, there were
a better success with matters of the heart A surprise cricket bats involved…
visit...
is Ken, who takes Steve along to a cocktail It was just so well done.”
night at a hotel – and pulls! Enter Absolutely
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TUNE IN TO CLOSER’S PICK OF THE TELLY EVERYONE’S
TV WEEK: TALKING ABOUT WITH TV EDITOR HANNAH WRIGHT
23-29 MARCH
KATE GARRAWAY:
DEREK’S STORY
STRUGGLES WITH ILLNESS
TUE 26 MARCH, 9PM, ITV1
This follow up to Finding Derek (2021) and Caring
For Derek (2022) sees Good Morning Britain
presenter Kate Garraway documenting the final
year of husband Derek Draper’s life. With close
access to Derek – who sadly passed away in
January of this year – and Kate, it highlights the
challenges faced by millions of people in the UK
living with serious illness and disability and those
who care for them. When asked why he wanted
to take part in this film, Derek said, “I want to
be heard”. His body was ravaged by Covid and
he became the longest-surviving patient with
Coronavirus. He died at the age of 56.

THE ONLY WAY IS ESSEX

WAY MORE DRAMZ
SUN 24 MARCH, 9PM, ITVBE NEW
Our favourite glam Essex set ditch SERIES

2
the grey skies of the UK for the
vibrant beaches of Bali. Back
NEW in Essex, a familiar face

5
SERIES returns – the OG herself,
Lauren Goodger!

THE UNDERDOG: JOSH MUST WIN

4 ANDI OLIVER’S
3
REALITY WITH A TWIST
MON 25-WED 27 MARCH, 9PM,
E4 / GOOD FRI, 11.05PM, C4
A bunch of people think they’re in a
TV popularity contest called The Favourite,
living in a “pimped-up mansion”. In there is an
NEW
SERIES
FABULOUS FEASTS
“underdog” called Josh, and behind the scenes,
Nick Grimshaw, Amber Gill, Vicky Pattison and
MANDY BIG BASHES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
WED 27 MARCH, 8PM, BBC2
PHOTOS: ITV, MARK BOURDILLON, C4, BBC

Pete Wicks are manipulating the show in a HAPLESS HERIONE Renowned chef Andi Oliver is the ultimate party-

bid to make Josh the winner. WED 27 MARCH, starter (from legendary warehouse bashes back
NEW 10/10.15PM, BBC2 in the ’80s when she was a singer in a punk band,
SERIES The third series of Diane to her ground-breaking pop-up restaurants). Now
Morgan’s comedy sees Andi comes to the aid of folk across the UK who
her joined by faces old want to celebrate their communities. Each episode
and new (including will see Andi put on a big party – rustling up unique
Diane’s Motherland cast- themed dishes, meeting local chefs and suppliers
mate Paul Ready). and looking at recipes that make the area special.
THE GREAT CELEBRITY
BAKE OFF FOR
STAND UP TO CANCER
A MOST ENTERTAINING EPISODE
SUN 24 MARCH, 7.40PM, C4
Pretty much anything Danny Dyer says is
hilarious, so week two of Celebrity Bake Off is
crammed with LOLs – plus Paul, Prue, Alison,
Danny Dyer:
and Noel chuckling away as the famous faces

‘I licked Mary Berry

attempt to make “highly decorated biscuit
people”. Along with Danny, we’ve got Rhod
Gilbert, plus Leigh Francis (as himself – not
his alter-ego Keith Lemon), and Yinka

– apparently…’
Bokinni. According to Prue, it should
be “really easy to bake the biscuits
correctly”. What’s that about
famous last words?

Legendary soap star Danny Dyer, 46, enters the Bake Off tent this
week – appearing on the celebrity version for Stand Up To Cancer…
ow was it in the tent? of sponge on top of each other. drink what I want as long as

H I’ve always loved

watching the show,
but I’ve never baked
before. This was always on my
bucket list, and it’s been a very
interesting time. Though I was a
little bit hungover, which made it
more surreal…
You turned it down previously…
I licked Mary Berry at an
awards do – apparently. I don’t
remember. But more of an issue
was that I could never fit it in
when I was at the BBC. When
it came around again, I was
definitely going to do it and it
was amazing.
Did you practice, or
were you winging it…?
I did try the biscuits very briefly,
but I’ve been so busy. I was
meant to do 12 but, SPOILER,
I might not have got them all
done. The showstopper is the
one I should have practised.
I built a wardrobe – eight layers
I was just praying that it didn’t
collapse.
Are you the cook at home?
Oh yeah, I love cooking. I find it
very therapeutic. I always make
an effort, even if it is the kids’
Super Noodles or waffles. And
I do believe that when you do it
with love, it will taste better. But
baking is a whole new ball game
– it really is an exact science, and
it’s really difficult, you know?
Were you nervous?
Definitely not – I’ve done some
really scary things in my time. I
was just very tired and hungover,
coming to it off the back of
an event the night before. It
was a struggle with the old
concentration – I got home at
3.30am and was up again at
6.30am… I’m 46 – my brain just
needs to rest!
You’ve been doing
intermittent fasting?
For eight hours I can eat and
I fast for 16 hours and drink
water. It does work for me – I’ve
lost about a stone. And I’m more
of a savoury man, to be honest.
I did break my fast on day one in
the tent as I needed to eat some
breakfast for energy. Ideally, it
needs to be something healthy,
though sometimes for me that’s
been a pint of Stella – which isn’t
ideal, but needs must…
Your favourite baked good?
I love a sausage roll. I love a
pasty and a pork pie, and I don’t
mind a bit of apple strudel.
That’s nice with a bit of custard
but generally I’m not a sweet
tooth nut.
Why is Stand Up To Cancer
important to you?
My grandad was the patriarch
of the family and he died at 59.
He had prostate cancer and he
didn’t know; when he went to
the doctors, it was too late.
I nursed him for six months; it
It could
all go so
wrong...
was awful and it shaped me for
many years afterwards. At 16 I lost
the most important man in my
life, somebody so big and strong
who deteriorated so quickly.
That sounds really hard.
Absolutely. Cancer is really
in your face – which is why
I love the idea of trying to tackle
it. I would ask everyone to go
to the doctor if they need to,
to go and get yourself checked.
That could have saved his life.
It all happened before I became
an actor, he never really saw
me on the TV or any of my
work. I like to feel that he
is looking down on me,
you know?

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PROFESSOR T

8
NEW
SERIES

DETECTIVE CAPERS
WED 27 MARCH, 9PM, ITV1
Ben Miller is back for series three
of the detective drama – with
Prof T banged up in prison with
his career on the line, and forced
to make a momentous decision.

THE LIFE AND DEATH MAJOR PERIOD DRAMA

GOOD FRI, PARAMOUNT+
Starring Ewan McGregor as

OF LILY SAVAGE Count Alexander Rostov,

who, in the aftermath of
the Russian revolution, is
banished to an attic room in
the opulent Hotel Metropol
MUST-WATCH TRIBUTE DOCUMENTARY GOOD FRI, 9PM, ITV1
Marking a year since we lost a national treasure, Paul O’Grady’s family and friends – including Sir Ian – threatened with death if he
McKellen, Julian Clary and Graham Norton – share memories. We also hear from his daughter, Sharyn, ever sets foot outside again.
for the first time, as Paul’s story is told through the prism of his famous creation, Lily Savage. It’s the As the years pass, Rostov
unlikely tale of how a working-class gay man from Birkenhead created the unforgettable character of a makes a new life within his
Scouse sex worker and honed her persona on the stages of London’s gay venues in the ’70s and ’80s. fabulous residence…

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New swashbuckling adventure from Sally
SUN 24 / MON 25
Wainwright, starring Derry Girls’ Louisa
MARCH, 9PM, ITV1

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Harland as a woman who becomes a
NEW Written by Andrew
SERIES notorious outlaw after being framed for
Buchan, known for
murder and chosen for “protection” by
starring in Broadchurch,
a mystical spirit. Enter Ted Lasso’s Nick
this unusual twisty thriller
Mohammed, who appears to possess Nell
sees Wunmi Mosaku as
THE HOTEL INSPECTOR when she finds herself in a tough situation...
a feisty cop investigating
CRACKING THE WHIP the mysterious case
NEW of a missing girl and a
THU 28 MARCH, 9PM, CHANNEL 5 SERIES
Alex Polizzi is casting her net mutilated deer. Yikes!
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wider in a new series – dealing

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CELEBRATION
WED 27 MARCH,
9PM, BBC1
Marking the 10th anniversary
BIG GAY
WEDDING
of same-sex marriage, Tom
Allen fronts this heart-warming
special where he helps one lucky
gay couple plan the wedding

WITH TOM
of their dreams. With help from
some of his celeb pals (Oti Mabuse
and Sophie Ellis-Bextor included),
Tom pulls out all the stops (he’s got

ALLEN
three months, basically…) – and
the programme ends with
the happy couple’s nuptials –
billed as a “joyous celebration
of love, community and
hard-won equality”. There
are also chats with LGBTQ+
5 MINUTES WITH...
trailblazers – the likes of
Sandi Toksvig – with Tom Allen, 40, arranging the nuptials of a gay
Tom reflecting on his
own experiences of couple in a show marking the 10th anniversary
growing up gay.
of making same-sex marriage legal…
ow did this Talking to the people who
NEW
SERIES H come about?
Firstly, I really enjoy
telling people what
helped bring about this
change was a way to publicly
acknowledge what they’d
to do. Any kind of high ceremony done – and it allowed me to
is very much my bag. I also see how difficult it had been.
thought it would be a great way As a world, I hope we can

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to understand, first hand, the
importance of what marriage
actually is. It’s a statement that
we, as gay people, are equal to
others, worthy of relationships
and deserving of the same rights
continue to work together
to achieve equality for all.
What do you hope audiences
will take away from the show?
An understanding of how
difficult it has been, and

A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW as everyone else. Bringing same-

sex marriage into law has been
hugely important.
continues to be, for queer people
to exist in the world. Beyond
that, also a sense of gratitude for
You meet trailblazers who paved how far we have come, and to
the way for same-sex marriage… not take that for granted.
NEW
NEW SERIES
SERIES
MEET THE HAPPY COUPLE
14 Tell us about yourselves…
ADAM JOHNSON: Coming out
for me was surreal. I was 22
when I was in a bad accident
ADAM: It celebrates an
important moment for the
LGBTQIA+ community and
gave Dan and I the opportunity

FERNE MCCANN: that left me in a coma in

hospital. I woke up to find
to share our love for each other
in a loud and proud way.

MY FAMILY AND ME my family, friends and the guy

REALITY SHOW RETURN
THU 28 MARCH, 9PM, ITVBE
Now a mother of two, a sleep-deprived
Ferne McCann is on series 12 of her hit
reality show. She’s attempting to find the
right work/life balance, but worries that
something is going to have to give when
the mum guilt kicks in.
TURN TO PAGE 16 FOR MORE
I was seeing at the time
all together – so my secret
DAN: We’ve been together
for 10 years and engaged
for eight, so it felt like the
was out. perfect time.
DAN MACKEY: I came out
when I was 18 in a letter to
my mum. After that moment
I regained the confidence
and happiness I had lost being
a closeted gay teen.
Why did you decide to do
(L) Adam and (R) Dan
this documentary?

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EMOTIONAL JOURNEY
NEW GOOD FRI, 9PM, BBC2
SERIES Seven celebrities of different
faiths and backgrounds head
to Wales on a route known
as Pilgrim’s Way. Taking
part is Spencer Matthews,
Michaela Strachan, Sonali
Shah, Eshaan Akbar, Amanda
Lovett, Tom Rosenthal, and
Christine McGuinness. Over
two weeks, the famous faces

PILGRIMAGE: THE ROAD will be challenged emotionally

and changed by life-affirming
experiences as they hike through

THROUGH NORTH WALES stunning Welsh landscapes and

bond big time – there are three
episodes to enjoy.

BIG MOOD TASKMASTER

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SILLY BUT FUN

BIPOLAR DISORDER THU 28 MARCH, 9PM, C4
THU 28 MARCH, Let the 17th series commence!
10/10.35PM, C4 NEW
SERIES With Greg Davies and Alex
Nicola Coughlan
Horne, plus the likes of
and Lydia West’s
Steve Pemberton and Nick

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comedy about
Mohammed attempting to
two BFFS who
hunt for patatas and hoopla
are dealing with
a gorilla, as you do…
mental illness.

BARBIE UNCOVERED
PLASTIC FANTASTIC
WED 27 MARCH, 9PM, SKY
DOCUMENTARIES / NOW
TV TALK
BURIED TRUTHS
Exploring the story behind Filming has
one of the world’s most begun on a new
iconic brands today, Barbie series of ITV’s hit

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cold-case drama
– still the most famous doll NEW

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in the world at 63 years old, SERIES Unforgotten,
NEW starring Sinéad
SERIES with 150,000 sold every day.
Keenan and
Sanjeev Bhaskar.

GRAND INDIAN HOTEL

OTHER HALF LIVE…
THE TWELVE
MURDER TRIAL DRAMA
HIT CRIME DRAMA
BBC detective drama Shetland
gets two new seasons. Ashley
Jensen and Alison O’Donnell
MON 25 MARCH, 8PM, C4 THU 28 MARCH, 9PM, ITV1 return as Ruth Calder and
For the first time in its 90-year Sam Neill plays a barrister
“Tosh” McIntosh.
history, The Oberoi Group – one defending a woman on trial
of the most exclusive hotel for murder in this gripping

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businesses in the world – reveals Australian courtroom drama,
life behind its gilded facade. coming to ITV1. It’s won a host
Incontinent elephants, anyone? of awards Down Under.

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 Saturday 23 March
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 10.0 Saturday Kitchen
6 am
Live. 11.30 Football Focus. 12.0 BBC
News. 12.15 MOTD Live: Women’s
Super League. 2.45 Money For
Nothing. 3.45 Escape To The Country.
4.45 Garden Rescue. 5.30 BBC News.
5.40 BBC Regional News; Weather.
5.50 Gladiators.
6pm
6.50 The Weakest Link
Contestants include Joey
7 pm Essex, Andrea McLean, Ricky
Hatton and Josie d’Arby. (S)
7.35 Pointless Celebrities
Contestants include Sue Cook,
Carol McGiffin, Angela
Barnes and Richard Coles. (S)
8pm
8.25 Casualty Rash deludes
himself into thinking he’s fine
after his father’s death. (S)
9pm
9.15 Casualty
Jacob is given a second
chance to do the right thing. (S)
10pm
10.05 BBC News (S)
10.25 FILM: Avengers: Age
Of Ultron (2015) ★★★★ The
superheroes battle a robot
created to protect the world,
who intends to wipe out the
11pm human race. Sci-fi adventure
sequel, with Robert Downey Jr
and Chris Hemsworth. (S)
12.35 FILM: Kick-Ass (2010) ★★★★
2.30 BBC News.
6.50pm The Weakest Link, BBC1
SATE LLI TE I DIGITAL I CABL E L I STI NG S
W ITV2
6.20pm My Family. 7.0 Miranda. 7.40
Miranda. 8.20 Miranda. 9.0 The
Catherine Tate Show. 9.40 The
Catherine Tate Show. 10.20 The
Catherine Tate Show. Sheila Hancock
guests. 11.0 Katherine Ryan: Parental
Guidance. 12midnight Wife Swap
USA. 12.55 The Undateables. 1.55 Life
And Birth. 3.0 Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Catfish: The TV Show. 7.0 Catfish:
The TV Show. 8.0 Catfish: The TV
Show. 9.0 True Life Crime UK. 10.0
FILM: Gun (2010) ★★ 12midnight
Celebrity Ex On The Beach. 1.0 Jersey
Shore Family Vacation. 2.0 It’s Your
Fault I’m Fat. 2.45 Ridiculousness. 3.10
Ridiculousness. 3.35 Ridiculousness.
4.0 Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.20am Hey Duggee. 6.30 Go Jetters.
6.40 Grizzy And The Lemmings. 6.50
Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! 7.0
Danger Mouse. 7.10 Shaun The Sheep.
7.20 Boy Girl Dog Cat Mouse Cheese.
7.30 Pokemon. 7.55 Deadly Predators.
8.20 Blue Peter. 8.50 Newsround. 9.0
Gardeners’ World. 10.0 Life In A Cottage
Garden With Carol Klein. 10.30 Interior
Design Masters With Alan Carr. 11.30
The Hairy Bikers Go West. 12.30 Sam
And Shauna’s Big Cook Out. 1.0 The A
To Z Of TV Cooking. 1.15 Agatha
Christie: Lucy Worsley On The Mystery
Queen. 2.15 FILM: Death On The Nile
(1978) ★★★ 4.30 Live Women’s Six
Nations. Wales v Scotland (Kick-off
4.45pm). Coverage of the match from
the opening round of fixtures, held at
Cardiff Arms Park.
7.0 Natural World: Empire
Of The Desert Ants
Documentary following a
honey ant queen’s rise to
dominance. (S) (R)
7.45 Great Asian Railway
Journeys Michael Portillo’s
tour reaches Singapore,
his final stop. (S) (R)
8.45 Dad’s Army
Mainwaring sends his men on
lengthy route marches to
harden their feet. (S) (R)
9.0 Diana Ross At The
BBC Archive performances
by the singer. (S)
10.15 Diana Ross: Live At
The Royal Albert Hall 1973
A concert at the famous
London venue. (S) (R)
11.15 FILM: The Wiz (1978) ★★ 1.25
FILM: The Girl With A Bracelet (2020)
★★★★ 2.55 This Is BBC Two.
9.00pm Diana Ross, BBC2
4.55pm FILM: Harry Potter And The
Philosopher’s Stone (2001) ★★★★
6.55 FILM: Harry Potter And The
Chamber Of Secrets (2002) ★★★★
10.0 Family Guy. 11.30 American Dad!
12.25am The Sex Lives Of College
Girls. 12.55 All American. 1.55 Totally
Bonkers Guinness World Records.
2.30 Unwind With ITV.
TLC
6pm Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta. 7.0
Little People, Big World. 8.0 1000-lb
Best Friends. 9.0 The Family Chantel.
10.0 You, Me & My Ex. 11.0 Sex Sent Me
To The ER. 12midnight Body Bizarre.
1.0 Extreme Couponing. 2.0 You, Me &
My Ex. 3.0 Sex Sent Me To The ER. 4.0
Little People, Big World. 5.0 Say Yes
To The Dress: Lancashire.
ITV1
6am Love Your Garden. 6.30 Love
Your Garden. 7.30 Love Your Weekend
With Alan Titchmarsh. 9.25 ITV News.
9.30 James Martin’s Saturday
Morning. 11.40 Prue Leith’s Cotswold
Kitchen. 12.40 James Martin’s Islands
To Highlands. 1.40 ITV News; Weather.
1.55 You’ve Been Framed! 2.30 Live
Gallagher Premiership Rugby Union.
5.30 ITV News; Weather. 5.45 ITV
News London.
6.0 Celebrity Catchphrase
With Charlie Brooks, Jimmi
Harkishin and Siobhan
McSweeney. (S) (R)
7.0 Ant & Dec’s Saturday
Night Takeaway
Entertainment show. (S)
8.30 The 1% Club Quiz,
hosted by Lee Mack. (S)
9.35 The Jonathan Ross
Show With Paul Rudd,
Mel B, Billie Piper, Leo Reich
and Cat Burn. (S)
10.35 ITV News; Weather (S)
10.50 FILM: The Rock (1996)
★★★★ An FBI chemical
weapons expert and a jailed
SAS veteran must break into
Alcatraz to bring down a
renegade general and his men.
Action thriller, with Sean
Connery and Nicolas Cage. (S)
1.20 Shop On TV. 3.0 The Larkins. 3.50
Unwind With ITV. 5.05 Prue Leith’s
Cotswold Kitchen.
7.00pm Saturday Takeaway, ITV1
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 6.30 The
Big Bang Theory. 7.0 FILM: The
Addams Family (1991) ★★★★ 9.0
Celebrity Gogglebox. 10.0 Gogglebox.
11.05 Gogglebox. 12.05am First Dates.
1.10 First Dates. 2.10 Gogglebox. 3.05
Below Deck Down Under. 3.55
Ramsay’s Hotel Hell. 4.45 Ramsay’s
Hotel Hell.
SKY SHOWCASE
6pm Secrets In The Sand. 7.0 The
Simpsons. 78.30 FILM: The Hunger
Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
★★★★ 11.0 Rob Beckett’s Smart TV.
11.45 Ted. 12.45am The Office (US).
1.10 The Office (US). 1.35 The Office
(US). 2.0 The Office (US). 2.30 The
Office (US). 3.0 Nothing To Declare.
5.30 Nothing To Declare.
✱ CLOSER PICKS
C4
6.15am The Simpsons. 6.40 The
Simpsons. 7.05 The Simpsons. 7.25
The Simpsons. 7.50 The Simpsons.
8.15 The Simpsons. 8.45 The
Simpsons. 9.15 The Simpsons. 9.45
The Simpsons. 10.15 Formula 1
Australian Grand Prix Qualifying
Highlights. 11.45 FILM: Galaxy Quest
(1999) ★★★★ 1.45 Four In A Bed.
2.15 Four In A Bed. 2.45 Four In A Bed.
3.15 Four In A Bed. 3.45 Four In A Bed.
4.15 The Great Celebrity Bake Off For
Stand Up To Cancer. 5.30 News.
6.0 Live England
International Football
England v Brazil (Kick-off
7.00pm). Jules Breach is
joined by Joe Cole, Jill Scott
and Gilberto Silva to present
coverage of the friendly at
Wembley Stadium. (S)
9.10 FILM: Top Gun:
Maverick (2022) ★★★★★
Premiere. Pete “Maverick”
Mitchell gets called back to the
Top Gun academy where he
must train a new band of
recruits for a deadly mission.
Action, starring Tom Cruise. (S)
11.50 England International Football.
12.45 FILM: Sir Alex Ferguson: Never
Give In (2021) ★★★★★ 2.45
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA.
3.40 Find It, Fix It, Flog It. 4.0
Hollyoaks Omnibus.
9.10pm Top Gun: Maverick, C4
ITVBE
6pm Project Bakeover. 7.0 Dinner
Date. 8.0 Celebrity Dinner Date. 9.0
Botched. Terry Dubrow addresses a
botched breast augmentation. 10.0
Botched. Paul Nassif takes on a man
with three eyebrows. 11.0 Totally
Unbelievable. 12midnight The Real
Housewives Of Miami. 1.0
Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
6.50pm Boardwalk Empire. 7.55
Game Of Thrones. 10.05 Game Of
Thrones. Ned searches for the truth
about Jon Arryn’s death. 11.10 Game
Of Thrones. 12.15am Game Of
Thrones. 1.25 Django. 2.25 Winning
Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty.
3.30 In Treatment. 4.0 Urban Secrets.
5.0 Urban Secrets.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 8.50 SpongeBob
SquarePants. 9.05 Entertainment
News On 5. 9.10 Friends. 9.40 Friends.
10.05 The Hotel Inspector. 11.05 The
Hotel Inspector. 12.05 Dogs Behaving
(Very) Badly. 1.05 Dogs Behaving
(Very) Badly. 2.05 Dogs Behaving
(Very) Badly. 3.05 FILM: Monster-in-
Law (2005) ★★★ 5.10 FILM:
Miss Congeniality 2: Armed And
Fabulous (2005) ★★★
6.10 5 News Update (S)
6.15 FILM: Miss Congeniality
2: Armed And Fabulous
(2005) ★★★ Comedy,
starring Sandra Bullock
and William Shatner. (S)
7.10 5 News Weekend (S)
7.15 Kate: Our New Diana?
Documentary comparing the
two Princesses of Wales –
Kate and Diana. (S) (R)
8.15 Secrets Of The Royal
Palaces A look at scandals
from palace life. (S)
9.15 Edward & Wallis: The
Bahamas Scandal –
Revealed The Duke and
Duchess of Windsor’s time in
the Caribbean during the
Second World War. (S)
10.40 The Greatest TV Of
The ’80s The best
programmes of the decade. (S) (R)
12.30 Criminals: Caught On Camera.
1.05 PlayOJO Live Casino Show. 3.05
The Secret World Of Your Rubbish.
3.50 Car Pound Cops. 4.15 House
Doctor. 4.40 Divine Designs. 5.05
Wildlife SOS. 5.30 Entertainment
News On 5. 5.40 Milkshake! Monkey’s
Amazing Adventures. 5.50 Mixmups.
11.40am Cotswold Kitchen, ITV1
QUEST RED
6pm Reasonable Doubt. 7.0 The
Perfect Murder. 9.0 Deadliest Families.
10.0 The Suitcase Murders. 11.0 Faking
It: Tears Of A Crime. 12midnight
Nightmare Next Door. 1.0 Forensic
Detectives. 2.0 Murder Comes To
Town. 3.0 FBI Files. 4.0 Teleshopping.
4.30 Teleshopping. 5.0 Teleshopping.
5.30 Teleshopping.
BBC3
7pm EastEnders. 7.30 EastEnders. 8.0
Top Gear. 9.0 Two Pints Of Lager And
A Packet Of Crisps. 11.0 Boarders.
12.30am Boarders. 1.20 Jordan North:
The Truth About Vaping. 1.50 Two
Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps.
2.50 Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet
Of Crisps. 3.20 Two Pints Of Lager
And A Packet Of Crisps. 3.50 Close.
 Sunday 24 March
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.0 Sunday With Laura
6 am
Kuenssberg. 10.0 Politics England.
10.30 Sunday Morning Live. 11.30
Celebration Kitchen Live: Holi. 12.30
Bargain Hunt. 1.0 BBC News. 1.15
Songs Of Praise. 1.55 Money For
Nothing. 2.55 Escape To The Country.
3.50 A Perfect Planet. 4.50 FILM:
Ghostbusters (1984) ★★★★★
6pm
6.30 BBC News (S)
6.50 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7pm 7.0 Countryfile Anita Rani is
in Hinton Ampner, a medieval
village near Winchester. (S)
8pm 8.0 Antiques Roadshow
Fiona Bruce pays a final visit to
Swanage Pier in Dorset. (S)
9pm 9.0 Death In Paradise
A passenger disappears
from a flight to Dominica.
Last in the series. (S)
10pm 10.0 BBC News (S)
10.25 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.30 FILM: When Harry Met
Sally (1989) ★★★★★ A man
and a woman develop a close
11pm friendship, but a mutual sexual
attraction threatens to ruin the
relationship. Romantic
comedy, starring Billy Crystal
and Meg Ryan. (S)
12.0 The Women’s Football Show.
12.55 BBC News.
9.00pm Death In Paradise, BBC1
SATE LLI TE I DIGITAL I CABL E L I STI NG S
W ITV2
6.20pm Miranda. 7.0 999 Rescue
Squad. 8.0 Inside The Operating
Theatre. 9.0 Stacey Dooley Sleeps
Over USA. 10.0 Trial In The Outback:
The Lindy Chamberlain Story. 11.10
DNA Family Secrets. 12.35am The
Undateables. 1.25 Life And Birth. 2.30
Rachel Khoo’s Kitchen Notebook:
Cosmopolitan Cook.
MTV
6.20pm Catfish: The TV Show. 8.15
Queerpiphany. 8.45 Queerpiphany.
9.15 Celebrity Ex On The Beach. 10.20
The Family Stallone. 10.55 The Family
Stallone. 11.20 Caught In The Act.
12.20am Ink Master. 1.20 Ink Master.
2.05 The Challenge: Battle For A New
Champion. 3.40 Ridiculousness. 4.0
Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.10am Glorious Gardens From
Above. 6.55 Countryfile. 7.50
Capability Brown’s Unfinished Garden.
8.50 Life In A Cottage Garden With
Carol Klein. 9.20 My Life At Easter
With Sally Phillips. 10.20 Marcus
Wareing’s Tales From A Kitchen
Garden. 10.50 Agatha Christie: Lucy
Worsley On The Mystery Queen. 11.50
Agatha Christie: Lucy Worsley On The
Mystery Queen. 12.50 FILM: Evil Under
The Sun (1982) ★★★★ 2.45 Live
Women’s Six Nations. 5.15 Flog It!
6.0 Saving Lives At Sea
The crew respond to reports of
a small boat in the middle of
the shipping lanes. (S) (R)
7.0 Australia With Simon
Reeve The adventurer meets
members of a motorcycle
gang in Gold Coast.
Last in the series. (S) (R)
8.0 This Farming Life Nikki
and Ollie’s rabbit breeding
programme bears fruit. (S) (R)
9.0 Forensics: The Real CSI
Police must determine if a man
has used a 3D printer to make
assault weapons. (S)
10.0 FILM: The Mule (2018)
★★★★ An elderly man winds
up working as a drug courier
for a Mexican cartel. Drama,
directed by and starring Clint
Eastwood, with Bradley
Cooper. (S)
11.50 FILM: What Ever Happened To
Baby Jane? (1962) ★★★★★ 2.0 Sign
Zone: Question Time. 3.0 This Is BBC
Two.
5.15pm Key To A Fortune, Channel 4
5.25pm FILM: Harry Potter And The
Goblet Of Fire (2005) ★★★★ 7.25
FILM: Harry Potter And The Order Of
The Phoenix (2007) ★★★★ 10.0
Family Guy. 11.30 American Dad!
12.30am Iain Stirling’s CelebAbility.
1.15 All American. 2.10 World’s
Funniest Videos. 2.35 Unwind With
ITV. 3.0 Teleshopping.
TLC
6pm Brother Vs. Brother. 7.0 The
Flipping El Moussas. 8.0 Dr Pimple
Popper. 9.0 Dr Pimple Popper. 10.0 Dr
Pimple Popper. 11.0 Dr Pimple Popper.
12midnight Body Bizarre. 1.0 Extreme
Couponing. 1.30 Extreme Couponing.
2.0 Dr Pimple Popper. 3.0 Dr Pimple
Popper. 4.0 Brother Vs. Brother. 5.0
Say Yes To The Dress: Lancashire.
ITV1
6am James Martin’s Great British
Adventure. 6.30 James Martin’s
Spanish Adventure. 7.30 James
Martin’s Saturday Morning. 9.25 ITV
News. 9.30 Love Your Weekend With
Alan Titchmarsh. 11.30 Raymond
Blanc’s Royal Kitchen Gardens. 12.30
ITV News; Weather. 12.40 Alan
Titchmarsh’s Gardening Club.
1.45 Love Your Garden. 2.15 Ant &
Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway. 3.45
FILM: Despicable Me 3 (2017) ★★★★
5.30 The 1% Club.
6.30 ITV News; Weather (S)
6.45 ITV News London (S)
7.0 Tipping Point: Lucky
Stars With Bonnie Langford,
Matt Dawson and Geoff
Norcott. (S) (R)
8.0 The Chase: The
Bloopers Bradley Walsh
presents a compilation of
mistakes and outtakes. (S)
✱ 9.0 Passenger New series.
Darkly comic thriller,
starring Wunmi Mosaku. (S)
10.0 ITV News; Weather (S)
10.15 Sport Gives Back
Awards 2024 Presented by
Jeanette Kwakye and Josh
Denzel. (S)
11.25 Gallagher Premiership Rugby
Union Highlights. 12.15 English
Football League Highlights. 1.05 Shop
On TV. 3.0 Raymond Blanc’s Royal
Kitchen Gardens. 3.50 Unwind With
ITV. 5.05 Fletchers’ Family Farm.
9.00pm Passenger, ITV1
E4
6.05pm Lego Masters New Zealand.
7.05 FILM: Addams Family Values
(1993) ★★★★ 9.0 FILM: Star Trek
Into Darkness (2013) ★★★★ 11.40 8
Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
12.40am The Inbetweeners. 1.15 The
Inbetweeners. 1.50 First Dates. 2.50
Below Deck Down Under. 3.35
Hollyoaks Omnibus.
SKY SHOWCASE
4pm Live WSL. 6.30 Live WSL. 9.0
S.W.A.T. 10.0 Ricky Gervais Live:
Animals. 11.30 Fantasy Football
League. 12.05am An Idiot Abroad 2.
1.0 Brassic. 2.0 Road Wars. 3.0
Road Wars. 4.0 Nothing To Declare.
4.30 Nothing To Declare. 5.0
Nothing To Declare. 5.30 Nothing To
Declare.
✱ CLOSER PICKS
C4
6am The King Of Queens. 6.25 The
King Of Queens. 6.50 The King Of
Queens. 7.15 The Simpsons. 7.40 The
Simpsons. 8.0 The Simpsons. 8.30 The
Simpsons. 9.0 The Simpsons. 9.30
Sunday Brunch. 12.30 Formula 1:
Australian Grand Prix Highlights.
3.0 The Dog House. 4.0 The Secret
Life Of The Zoo. 4.30 A Place In The
Sun. 5.15 Key To A Fortune. Presenter
Jean Johansson follows the hunt to
track and trace the rightful inheritors
of properties that have been left to
them by a distant relative they didn’t
know existed.
6.10 News (S)
6.40 Inside Cadbury:
Chocolate Secrets
Unwrapped Documentary
examining one of Britain’s best-
loved chocolate makers. (S) (R)
✱ 7.40 The Great Celebrity
Bake Off For Stand Up To
Cancer Featuring Danny Dyer,
Rhod Gilbert, Leigh Francis,
and Yinka Bokinni. (S)
9.0 Hunted The hunters have
tracked two of the fugitives to
a family estate in Essex. (S)
10.0 Gogglebox
The households’ opinions
on recent TV. (S) (R)
11.0 Open House: The Great Sex
Experiment. 12.05 FILM: Miss
Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar
Children (2016) ★★★★ 2.15 FILM:
The Empty Man (2020) ★★★★ 4.30
Grand Designs New Zealand. 5.20
Renovation Nation.
7.40pm Celebrity Bake Off, C4
ITVBE
6pm Great Chocolate Showdown. 7.0
Gino’s Italian Express. 7.30 Gino’s
✱
Italian Express. 8.0 Inside M&S. 9.0
The Only Way Is Essex 10.0 Botched.
An ex-Playboy model wants to take a
second chance at fixing her neck and
nose. 11.0 Totally Unbelievable.
12midnight Vanderpump Rules. 1.0
Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
6.45pm Boardwalk Empire. 7.55
Boardwalk Empire. 9.0 Mary & George.
Mary puts into place a plan to take
down Somerset for good. 10.05 The
White Lotus. 11.10 The Gilded Age.
12.20am Perry Mason. 1.25 Domina.
2.25 Perry Mason. 3.30 In Treatment.
4.0 The Guest Wing. 5.0 The Guest
Wing.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 8.50 SpongeBob
SquarePants. 9.05 Entertainment
News On 5. 9.15 Friends. 9.45 Friends.
10.10 Holidaying With Jane McDonald.
11.05 Holidaying With Jane McDonald.
12.05 Holidaying With Jane McDonald.
1.05 Inside The Tower Of London. 2.05
Inside The Tower Of London. 3.0
Inside The Tower Of London. 4.0 The
Great Plague: Outbreak.
6.0 5 News Weekend (S)
6.05 Digging Up Britain’s
Past Helen Skelton and
Alex Langlands join a dig at
Elsyng Palace. (S) (R)
7.0 Warship: Life At Sea
HMS Northumberland
receives intelligence about a
Russian submarine. (S) (R)
8.0 The Tube: Keep London
Moving! Transport for London
deal with the influx of visitors
for the King’s coronation. (S)
9.0 Atlantis: The Discovery
With Dan Snow The historian
explores the mysteries
of the legendary island
in the Atlantic. (S)
10.30 Britain’s Favourite
Ads Of The 70s & 80s
A celebration of British TV
commercials. (S) (R)
12.25 My Wife, My Abuser: The Secret
Footage. 1.40 PlayOJO Live Casino
Show. 3.40 Lighthouses: Building The
Impossible. 4.25 Car Pound Cops: Give
Me My Car Back! 4.45 Divine Designs.
5.10 Wildlife SOS. 5.35 Entertainment
News On 5. 5.40 Milkshake! Monkey’s
Amazing Adventures. 5.50 Mixmups.
9.00pm The Only Way Is Essex, ITVBe
QUEST RED
6pm Forbidden: Dying For Love. 7.0
The Killer In My Family. 9.0 Britain’s
Deadliest Kids. 10.0 Deadliest
Families. 11.0 The Suitcase Murders.
12midnight Nightmare Next Door. 1.0
Forensic Detectives. 2.0 Murder
Comes To Town. 3.0 FBI Files. 4.0
Teleshopping. 4.30 Teleshopping. 5.0
Teleshopping. 5.30 Teleshopping.
BBC3
7pm Gladiators. 8.0 Sort Your Life Out
With Stacey Solomon. 9.0 FILM: The
Sun Is Also A Star (2019) ★★★★
10.30 Bad Education. 11.30 Jordan
North: The Truth About Vaping.
12midnight Drugs Map Of Britain.
12.30 Boarders. 2.05 Angels Of The
North. 2.35 Lazy Susan. 2.50 Bad
Education. 3.50 Close.
 Monday 25 March
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.30 Critical Incident.
6 am
10.0 Fraud Squad. 10.30 Animal Park
Summer. 11.15 Homes Under The
Hammer. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. 1.0 BBC
News At One; Weather. 1.30 BBC
Regional News; Weather. 1.45
Doctors. 2.15 Money For Nothing. 3.0
Escape To The Country. 3.45
The Bidding Room. 4.30 Bridge Of
Lies. 5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7 pm 7.0 The One Show
Alex Jones and Jermaine
Jenas present topical stories
and celebrity chat. (S)
7.30 EastEnders Zack
throws a welcome home baby
shower for Whitney. (S)
8pm 8.0 Immigration: The UK’s
Record Rise – Panorama (S)
8.30 Jordan North: The
Truth About Vaping The
radio DJ sets out to uncover
the truth about vaping. (S) (R)
9pm 9.0 Anton & Giovanni’s
Adventures In Spain The duo
visit one of the UK’s favourite
holiday hot spots, Benidorm. (S)
10pm 10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.40 Dawn French Is A
Huge Tw*t The comedy star
lays bare the most stupid
11pm mistakes of her career. (S) (R)
11.55 The Graham Norton Show. 12.45
Celebrity Mastermind. 1.20 BBC News.
9.00pm Adventures In Spain, BBC1
SATELLI TE I D IGITAL I CABLE L I STI NG S
W ITV2
6pm MasterChef Australia. 7.0 20 Kids
And Counting. 8.0 Ambulance
Australia. 9.0 Inside The Ambulance.
10.0 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over USA.
11.0 Stacey Dooley: Stalkers.
12midnight The School That Tried To
End Racism Australia. 1.15 The
Undateables. 2.0 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of
The Day. 3.0 Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Catfish: Teams. 7.0 Catfish: The
TV Show. 8.0 MTV Cribs: Rich Kids
Cribs. 9.0 My Posh Date. 10.0 Skin
A&E. 11.0 Ink Master. 12midnight
Ridiculousness. 12.30 Ridiculousness.
1.0 Geordie Shore’s Best Bits.
2.0 Ink Master. 2.45 Catfish: The TV
Show. 3.35 Teen Cribs. 4.0
Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.30am Bargain Hunt. 7.15 Bridge Of
Lies. 8.0 Sign Zone: The Hairy Bikers
Go West. 9.0 BBC News. 12.15
Politics Live. 1.0 Impossible. 1.45 The
Edge. 2.30 Take A Hike. 3.0 The
Speedshop. 4.0 Born To Be Wild. 4.30
The Hairy Bikers’ Pubs That Built
Britain. 5.0 Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s House
Of Games With Charlie Baker,
Val McDermid, Martin Offiah
and Rebecca Lucy Taylor. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys (S) (R)
7.0 SOS: Extreme Rescues
Following the emergency
and rescue services in
Snowdonia. (S)
7.30 Mastermind
Clive Myrie hosts the
concluding semi-final. (S)
8.0 Only Connect Specials:
Champion Of Champions
2021 The 007s take on the
Puzzle Hunters. (S) (R)
8.30 University Challenge
The first of the semi-finals. (S)
9.0 Ukraine: Enemy In The
Woods Following a Ukrainian
battalion on the frontline of
the war against Russia. (S)
10.0 Alma’s Not Normal
The hospital staff inform
Lin that her section could
finally be lifted. (S) (R)
10.30 Newsnight (S)
11.15 FILM: The Peanut Butter Falcon
(2019) ★★★★ 12.45 Sign Zone:
Countryfile. 1.40 Sign Zone: Great
British Menu: The Finals. 2.40 Sign
Zone: Great British Menu: The Finals.
3.40 This Is BBC Two.
7.30pm MAFS Australia, E4
5.50pm FILM: Harry Potter And The
Half-Blood Prince (2009) ★★★★ 9.0
Loaded In Paradise. 10.0 Family Guy.
10.30 Family Guy. 11.0 Family Guy.
11.30 American Dad! 12midnight
American Dad! 12.30 The Emily
Atack Show. 1.15 Don’t Hate The
Playaz. 2.0 Unwind With ITV. 3.0
Teleshopping.
TLC
6pm Dr Pimple Popper. 7.0 7 Little
Johnstons. 8.0 The Family Chantel.
9.0 Little People, Big World. 10.0 Bride
& Prejudice: The Forbidden Weddings.
11.30 I Love A Mama’s Boy. 12.30am
Body Bizarre. 1.30 Bride & Prejudice:
The Forbidden Weddings. 3.0 I Love A
Mama’s Boy. 4.0 The Family Chantel.
5.0 My Lottery Dream Home.
ITV1
6am Good Morning Britain. 9.0
Lorraine. 10.0 This Morning. 12.30
Loose Women. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime
News. 1.55 ITV News London. 2.0 Alan
Titchmarsh’s Gardening Club. 3.0
Winning Combination. 4.0 Tipping
Point. 5.0 The Chase.
6.0 ITV News London (S)
6.30 ITV Evening News (S)
7.30 Emmerdale
Nicky is astonished by his
mum’s behaviour. (S)
8.0 Coronation Street
Sarah realises Damon has
been lying to her. (S)
✱ 9.0 Passenger
Riya tries to get to the
bottom of what happened
to Katie in the forest. (S)
10.0 ITV News (S)
10.30 ITV News London (S)
10.45 Police, Camera,
Murder The role of digital
forensics in murder
investigations. (S) (R)
11.40 English Football League
Highlights. 12.30 Shop On TV. 3.0 Next
Level Chef. 3.50 Unwind With ITV.
5.05 Ainsley’s Fantastic Flavours.
8.00pm Grand Indian Hotel, C4
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 7.0
Hollyoaks. 7.30 Married At First Sight
✱
Australia. 9.0 The Underdog: Josh
Must Win 10.0 Gogglebox. 11.05 First
Dates. 12.05am The Big Bang Theory.
1.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 2.05 Modern
Family. 2.55 The Underdog: Josh Must
Win. 3.50 Ramsay’s Kitchen
Nightmares USA.
SKY SHOWCASE
6pm The Office (US). 7.0 The
Simpsons. 8.0 FILM: Jurassic World
(2015) ★★★★ 10.30 Rob Beckett’s
Smart TV. 11.15 Sex And The City. 11.50
Sex And The City. 12.30am Brit Cops:
Rapid Response. 1.30 Road Wars. 2.30
Road Wars. 3.0 Hawaii Five-0. 4.0
S.W.A.T. 5.0 Motorway Patrol. 5.30
Motorway Patrol.
✱ CLOSER PICKS
C4
6.10am Countdown. 6.50 3rd Rock
From The Sun. 7.15 3rd Rock From The
Sun. 7.40 3rd Rock From The Sun.
8.05 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.30
Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.0
Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.30
Frasier. 10.0 Frasier. 10.30 Frasier. 11.0
The Great House Giveaway. 12.0
Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 Sun,
Sea And Selling Houses. 1.05 Find It,
Fix It, Flog It. 2.10 Countdown. 3.0 A
Place In The Sun. 4.0 A New Life In The
Sun. 5.0 Chateau DIY.
6.0 A Place In The Sun
A couple who dream of
retiring permanently to Spain
with their son and spaniel. (S) (R)
6.30 The Simpsons (S) (R)
7.0 News (S)
✱ 8.0 Grand Indian Hotel
New series. Behind the scenes
at one of the most exclusive
hotel groups in the world. (S)
9.0 24 Hours In A&E
A patient’s leg is crushed
by a 12-tonne lorry. (S)
10.0 George Michael: Outed
Part one of two. How the
singer’s outing was a landmark
moment in gay politics. (S) (R)
11.05 George Michael: Outed. 12.10
Surviving R Kelly. 1.0 24 Hours In A&E.
1.55 FILM: Gagarine (2020) ★★★★
3.35 Remarkable Places To Eat. 4.30
Grand Designs. 5.25 Kirstie’s House Of
Craft. 5.45 The Perfect Pitch.
9.00pm The Underdog, E4
ITVBE
6pm Masters Of Flip. 7.0 Million Dollar
Listing: NYC. 8.0 Celebrity Dinner
Date. 9.0 The Real Housewives Of
Cheshire 10.0 The Real Housewives Of
Miami. Alexia’s bachelorette party
ends with a guest leaving the table in a
huff. 11.0 The Cabins: Out Of The
Woods. 12midnight The Only Way Is
Essex. 1.0 Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
5.40pm Boardwalk Empire. 7.55
Game Of Thrones. 9.0 Succession. The
Roys gather for a family therapy
session. 10.05 Un Amore. Ale and
Anna begin their affair. 11.10 Un
Amore. 12.20am Euphoria. 1.25 Game
Of Thrones. 2.25 Game Of Thrones.
3.30 In Treatment. 4.0 The Guest
Wing. 5.0 The Guest Wing.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. 11.15
Storm Huntley. 12.45 Alexis Conran &
Friends. 1.40 5 News At Lunchtime.
1.45 Home And Away. 2.15 FILM: My
Mother The Murderer (2023) ★★★
4.0 Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun.
5.0 5 News At 5.
6.0 Coast To Coast
With Robson Green
The actor makes his way along
Hadrian’s Wall. (S) (R)
6.55 5 News Update (S)
7.0 Police Interceptors
Several units chase a white van
that has been driven at four
times the speed limit. (S) (R)
8.0 Traffic Cops
Derbyshire police target gangs
stealing vans to order. (S)
9.0 Inside The Force:
24/7 Officers are dispatched
to a fight over an alleged
£40 debt. (S)
10.0 Police Code Zero:
Officer Under Attack Two
officers are threatened by a
man armed with a knife. (S) (R)
11.05 999: Critical Condition. 12.05
Traffic Cops. 1.05 PlayOJO Live Casino
Show. 3.05 World’s Most Scenic
Railway Journeys. 3.55 Car Pound
Cops. 4.20 House Doctor. 4.45 Divine
Designs. 5.05 Wildlife SOS. 5.30
Entertainment News On 5. 5.45
Milkshake! Monkey’s Amazing
Adventures. 5.50 Pip And Posy.
9.00pm Real Housewives, ITVBe
QUEST RED
6pm The Mentalist. 7.0 The Closer. 8.0
Evil Online. 9.0 Murder On CCTV. 10.0
American Detective With Lt Joe
Kenda. 11.0 A Killer’s Mistake.
12midnight Cold Case. 1.0 The Closer.
2.0 Murder Comes To Town. 3.0 FBI
Files. 4.0 Teleshopping. 4.30
Teleshopping. 5.0 Teleshopping.
5.30 Teleshopping.
BBC3
7pm Young MasterChef. 8.0 Top Gear.
9.0 FILM: When Harry Met Sally (1989)
★★★★★ 10.30 RuPaul’s Drag Race:
UK Versus The World. 11.45 Angels Of
The North. 12.15am Angels Of The
North. 12.45 Jordan North: The Truth
About Vaping. 1.15 Top Gear. 2.15 Hot
Property. 2.45 Hot Property. 3.15 Hot
Property. 3.45 Funboys. 4.0 Close.
 Tuesday 26 March
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.30 Critical Incident.
6 am
10.0 Fraud Squad. 10.30 Animal Park
Summer. 11.15 Homes Under The
Hammer. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. 1.0 BBC
News At One; Weather. 1.30 BBC
Regional News; Weather. 1.45
Doctors. 2.15 Money For Nothing. 3.0
Escape To The Country. 3.45 The
Bidding Room. 4.30 Bridge Of Lies.
5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7 pm 7.0 The One Show With Alex
Jones and Jermaine Jenas. (S)
7.30 EastEnders Ben protests
his innocence when details of
a previous crime resurface. (S)
8pm 8.0 Interior Design Masters
With Alan Carr The designers
decorate hospitality boxes at
Ascot Racecourse. (S)
9pm 9.0 Sort Your Life Out
With Stacey Solomon
Stacey helps the Morrell
family to declutter and
organise their home. (S)
10pm
10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.40 The Dropout
Elizabeth’s technology
struggles to keep up with
11pm Theranos. (S)
11.30 The Dropout. 12.20 Pointless
Celebrities. 1.15 BBC News.
9.00pm Sort Your Life Out, BBC1
SATE LLI TE I DIGITAL I CABL E L I STI NG S
W ITV2
6pm MasterChef Australia. 7.0 21 Kids
And Counting. 8.0 Ambulance
Australia. 9.0 Inside The Ambulance.
10.0 999 Rescue Squad. 11.0 One Born
Every Minute. 12midnight One Born
Every Minute. 1.0 The Undateables.
2.0 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day. 2.25
Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day. 3.0
Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Catfish: The TV Show. 7.0 Catfish:
The TV Show. 8.0 Teen Mom UK. 9.0
Catfish: The TV Show. 10.0 Celebrity
Ex On The Beach. 11.0 Ink Master.
12midnight Ridiculousness. 12.30
Ridiculousness. 1.0 Geordie Shore.
2.0 Ink Master. 2.45 Catfish: The TV
Show. 3.35 Teen Cribs. 4.0
Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.30am Bargain Hunt. 7.15 Bridge Of
Lies. 8.0 Sign Zone: Sort Your Life Out
With Stacey Solomon. 9.0 BBC News.
12.15 Politics Live. 1.0 Impossible. 1.45
The Edge. 2.30 Take A Hike. 3.0 The
Speedshop. 4.0 Born To Be Wild. 4.30
The Hairy Bikers’ Pubs That Built
Britain. 5.0 Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s House
Of Games With Charlie Baker,
Val McDermid, Martin Offiah
and Rebecca Lucy Taylor. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys (S)
7.0 Digging For Britain Alice
Roberts visits archaeological
digs in the north of Britain. (S) (R)
8.0 Saving Lives At Sea
A fisherman is dragged lifeless
out of the sea by bystanders. (S)
9.0 QI XL Justin Moorhouse,
Emmanuel Sonubi, Holly
Walsh, and Alan Davies
take part. (S)
9.45 Live At The Apollo
Stand-up comedy with
Suzi Ruffell, Alfie Brown
and Sikisa. (S) (R)
10.30 Newsnight (S)
11.15 FILM: Safe Haven (2013) ★★ 1.05
Sign Zone: Martin Compston’s
Norwegian Fling. 1.35 Sign Zone:
Great British Menu: The Finals. 2.35
Sign Zone: Interior Design Masters
With Alan Carr. 3.35 This Is BBC Two.
8.00pm Interior Design Masters, BBC1
5.45pm In For A Penny. 6.15 FILM:
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows:
Part 1 (2010) ★★★★ 9.0 Loaded In
Paradise. 10.0 Family Guy. 10.30
Family Guy. 11.0 Family Guy. 11.30
American Dad! 12midnight American
Dad! 12.25 Don’t Hate The Playaz. 1.10
Shopping With Keith Lemon. 2.10
Unwind With ITV. 3.0 Teleshopping.
TLC
6pm Dr Pimple Popper. 7.0 Say Yes To
The Dress. 8.0 The Bad Skin Clinic. 9.0
Crack Addicts. 10.0 My Feet Are
Killing Me. 11.0 Sex Sent Me To The ER.
12midnight Body Bizarre. 1.0 Extreme
Couponing. 2.0 My Feet Are Killing
Me. 3.0 Sex Sent Me To The ER. 4.0
The Bad Skin Clinic. 5.0 My Lottery
Dream Home.
ITV1
6am Good Morning Britain. 9.0
Lorraine. 10.0 This Morning. 12.30
Loose Women. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime
News. 1.55 ITV News London. 2.0
Fletchers’ Family Farm. 3.0 Winning
Combination. 4.0 Tipping Point.
5.0 The Chase.
6.0 ITV News London (S)
6.30 ITV Evening News (S)
7.30 Emmerdale Pollard
pleads with Jai to believe his
suspicions about Amit. (S)
8.0 Who Wants To Be A
Millionaire? Jeremy Clarkson
gives six new contestants the
chance to win a fortune. (S) (R)
✱ 9.0 Kate Garraway:
Derek’s Story Following the
sad loss of Derek Draper in
January this year, his wife Kate
Garraway documents the final
year of his life. (S)
10.0 ITV News (S)
10.30 ITV News London (S)
10.45 On Assignment Dan
Rivers reports on the impact of
climate change on the
Bahamas. (S)
11.20 Sport Gives Back Awards 2024.
12.25 Shop On TV. 3.0 The Jonathan
Ross Show. 3.55 Unwind With ITV. 5.10
James Martin’s Spanish Adventure.
9.00pm Derek’s Story, ITV1
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 7.0
Hollyoaks. 7.30 Married At First Sight
Australia.✱ 9.0 The Underdog: Josh
Must Win 10.0 Gogglebox. 11.05 First
Dates. 12.05am The Big Bang Theory.
1.0 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 2.0 Modern
Family. 2.50 The Underdog: Josh Must
Win. 3.45 Ramsay’s Kitchen
Nightmares USA.
SKY SHOWCASE
6pm The Office (US). 7.0 The
Simpsons. 7.30 The Simpsons. 8.0
David Attenborough’s Kingdom Of
Plants. 9.0 Mary & George. 10.0 Royal
Kill List. 11.0 Ted. 12midnight S.W.A.T.
1.0 The Force: Manchester. 2.0 Road
Wars. 3.0 Hawaii Five-0. 4.0 S.W.A.T.
5.0 Motorway Patrol. 5.30 Motorway
Patrol.
✱ CLOSER PICKS
C4
6.10am Countdown. 6.50 3rd Rock
From The Sun. 7.15 3rd Rock From The
Sun. 7.40 3rd Rock From The Sun.
8.05 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.30
Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.0
Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.30
Frasier. 10.0 Frasier. 10.30 Frasier. 11.0
The Great House Giveaway. 12.0
Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 Sun,
Sea And Selling Houses. 1.05 Find It,
Fix It, Flog It. 2.10 Countdown. 3.0 A
Place In The Sun. 4.0 A New Life In The
Sun. 5.0 Chateau DIY.
6.0 News (S)
7.0 Live England
International Football
England v Belgium (Kick-off
7.45pm). Jules Breach is joined
by Joe Cole, Jill Scott, and
Marouane Fellaini to present
coverage of the friendly at
Wembley Stadium. (S)
10.0 Night Coppers New
series. On the beat with the
police officers who patrol the
city of Brighton after dark. (S)
11.05 Gogglebox. 12.05 England
International Football. 1.05 Ramsay’s
Kitchen Nightmares USA. 1.55 The
Piano. 2.50 The Last Leg. 3.45 Grand
Designs New Zealand. 4.40
Renovation Nation. 5.35 Find It, Fix It,
Flog It. 5.45 The Perfect Pitch.
10.00pm Wreck, BBC3
ITVBE
6pm Masters Of Flip. 7.0 Million Dollar
Listing: NYC. 8.0 Dinner Date. Hannah
from Berkshire dines with three blind
dates. 9.0 Botched. A woman with
breasts in need of attention. 10.0
Botched. After saving Luci’s life, Paul is
given the go-ahead to finally fix her
nose. 11.0 The Cabins. 12midnight The
Only Way Is Essex. 1.0 Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
5.45pm Boardwalk Empire. 7.55
Game Of Thrones. 9.0 Mary & George.
10.0 The Gilded Age. Bertha and Mrs
Astor’s clash impacts all of New York
society. 11.10 Domina. 12.15am Django.
1.15 The Newsroom. 2.20 Game Of
Thrones. 3.30 In Treatment. 4.0
Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets. 5.0
Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. 11.15
Storm Huntley. 12.45 Alexis Conran &
Friends. 1.40 5 News At Lunchtime.
1.45 Home And Away. 2.15 FILM: My
Killer Nurse (2022) ★★★ 4.0
Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun.
5.0 5 News At 5.
6.0 Coast To Coast With
Robson Green The actor
learns how the Romans took
care of themselves at the spa
at Chesters Fort. (S) (R)
6.55 5 News Update (S)
7.0 Air Fryers: Do You Have
The Right One? How the
latest kitchen gadgets have
gripped a nation. (S) (R)
7.55 5 News Update (S)
8.0 Dogs Behaving (Very)
Badly Graeme Hall helps an
anti-social Chihuahua. (S)
9.0 Ben Fogle: New Lives In
The Wild Ben Fogle returns to
the Arctic circle to revisit old
friend Randi Skaug. (S)
10.0 Soham: Evil In A Small
Town The deaths of the
10-year-old girls in 2002. (S) (R)
12.40 Inside The Force: 24/7. 1.30
Entertainment News On 5. 1.40
PlayOJO Live Casino Show. 3.40
World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys.
4.25 Car Pound Cops. 4.45 House
Doctor. 5.10 Divine Designs. 5.35
Entertainment News On 5. 5.45
Milkshake! Monkey’s Amazing
Adventures. 5.50 Pip And Posy.
9.00pm Lives In The Wild, Channel 5
QUEST RED
6pm The Mentalist. A teenager is
found dead. 7.0 The Closer. 8.0 Evil
Online. 9.0 Murder On CCTV. 10.0
Seduced To Slay. 11.0 Deadliest
Families. 12midnight Cold Case. 1.0
The Closer. 2.0 Murder Comes To
Town. 3.0 FBI Files. 4.0 Teleshopping.
4.30 Teleshopping. 5.0 Teleshopping.
5.30 Teleshopping.
BBC3
7pm Young MasterChef. 7.30
Sportscene Live. 10.0 Wreck. 10.45
Quiet Life. 11.0 The Young Offenders.
11.30 The Young Offenders.
12midnight Jordan North: The Truth
About Vaping. 12.30 Wreck. 1.20 Hot
Property. 1.50 The Young Offenders.
2.20 The Young Offenders. 2.50 Quiet
Life. 3.05 Wreck. 3.50 Close.
 Wednesday 27 March
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.30 Critical Incident.
6 am
10.0 Fraud Squad. 10.30 Animal Park
Summer. 11.15 Homes Under The
Hammer. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. 1.0 BBC
News At One; Weather. 1.30 BBC
Regional News; Weather. 1.45
Doctors. 2.15 Money For Nothing. 3.0
Escape To The Country. 3.45 The
Bidding Room. 4.30 Bridge Of Lies.
5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7 pm 7.0 The One Show
With Roman Kemp. (S)
7.30 EastEnders Zack opens
up to Britney about his own
fostering journey. (S)
8pm 8.0 The Repair Shop Items
include a carved Victorian
table, a fruit machine and a
mechanical toy dog. (S) (R)
9pm ✱ 9.0 Big Gay Wedding
With Tom Allen Tom Allen
plans the wedding of the year
for Adam and Dan. (S)
10pm 10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.40 FILM: Ghostbusters II
(1989) ★★★★ The spectre-
hunting team reunites to save
11pm New York from a river of slime
generated by the negativity of
the city’s inhabitants. Comedy
sequel, starring Bill Murray and
Dan Aykroyd. (S)
12.20 Ambulance. 1.25 BBC News.
9.00pm Big Gay Wedding, BBC1
SATELLI TE I D IGITAL I CABLE L I STI NG S
W ITV2
6pm MasterChef Australia. 7.10 The
Secret Life Of 4, 5, 6 Year Olds
Australia. 8.15 Ambulance Australia.
9.15 Inside The Ambulance. 10.15 999
Rescue Squad. 11.15 Stacey Dooley
Sleeps Over USA. 12.15am One Born
Every Minute. 1.15 The Undateables.
2.05 Nigel Slater’s Dish Of The Day.
3.0 Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Catfish: The TV Show. 7.0 Catfish:
The TV Show. 8.0 Rich Kids Go Skint.
9.0 16 & Recovering. 10.0 Caught In
The Act. 11.0 The Challenge: Battle For
A New Champion. 12midnight
Ridiculousness. 12.30 Ridiculousness.
1.0 Geordie Shore. 2.0 Ink Master. 2.45
Catfish: The TV Show. 3.35 Teen Cribs.
4.0 Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.30am Escape To The Country. 7.15
Bridge Of Lies. 8.0 Sign Zone:
Amanda & Alan’s Italian Job. 8.30 Sign
Zone: Robson Green’s Weekend
Escapes. 9.0 BBC News. 1.0
Impossible. 1.45 The Edge. 2.30 Take
A Hike. 3.0 The Speedshop. 4.0 Born
To Be Wild. 4.30 The Hairy Bikers’
Pubs That Built Britain. 5.0 Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s House
Of Games With Charlie Baker,
Val McDermid, Martin Offiah
and Rebecca Lucy Taylor. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys (S)
7.0 Digging For Britain
Archaeologists investigate a
mysterious mound thought to
be an Iron Age hillfort. (S) (R)
✱ 8.0 Andi Oliver’s
Fabulous Feasts New series.
Andi Oliver helps plan a feast
for the staff at the Royal
Cornwall Hospital. (S)
9.0 Surgeons: At The Edge
Of Life New series. Surgeons
perform a two-day operation
to remove a tumour. (S)
✱ 10.0 Mandy New series.
Return of the comedy, with
Diane Morgan. (S)
✱ 10.15 Mandy An
unexpected visitor disturbs
Mandy’s precious me-time. (S)
10.30 Newsnight (S)
11.15 Forensics: The Real CSI. 12.15 Sign
Zone: Great British Menu: The Finals.
1.15 Sign Zone: Great British Menu: The
Finals. 2.15 Sign Zone: Bring The
Drama. 3.15 This Is BBC Two.
8.00pm Fabulous Feasts, BBC2
6pm In For A Penny. 6.35 FILM: Harry
Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part
2 (2011) ★★★★★ 9.0 Loaded In
Paradise. 10.0 Family Guy. 10.30
Family Guy. 11.0 Family Guy. 11.30
American Dad! 12midnight American
Dad! 12.30 Don’t Hate The Playaz. 1.15
Shopping With Keith Lemon. 2.15
Unwind With ITV. 3.0 Teleshopping.
TLC
6pm Dr Pimple Popper. 7.0 Sister
Wives. 8.0 You, Me & My Ex. 9.0
SMothered. 10.0 The Flipping El
Moussas. 11.0 Sex Sent Me To The ER.
12midnight Body Bizarre. 1.0 Extreme
Couponing. 2.0 The Flipping El
Moussas. 3.0 Sex Sent Me To The ER.
4.0 You, Me & My Ex. 5.0 My Lottery
Dream Home.
ITV1
6am Good Morning Britain. 9.0
Lorraine. 10.0 This Morning. 12.30
Loose Women. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime
News. 1.55 ITV News London. 2.0
Fletchers’ Family Farm. 3.0 Winning
Combination. 4.0 Tipping Point.
5.0 The Chase.
6.0 ITV News London (S)
6.30 ITV Evening News (S)
7.30 Emmerdale Tom has a
surprise for his wife. (S)
8.0 Coronation Street Daisy
and Jenny worry that their
crime will be exposed by a visit
from Christina. (S)
✱ 9.0 Professor T
New series. Crime drama,
starring Ben Miller. (S)
10.0 ITV News (S)
10.30 ITV News London (S)
10.45 Peston Political
magazine show, hosted by
Robert Peston. (S)
11.40 Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest
Airport. 12.0 Shop On TV. 3.0 Fraud:
Ripping Off The Elderly – Tonight. 3.25
Fishing Allstars. 3.50 Unwind With
ITV. 5.05 Alan Titchmarsh’s Gardening
Club.
10.00pm Mandy, BBC2
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 7.0
Hollyoaks. 7.30 Married At First Sight
Australia.✱ 9.0 The Underdog: Josh
Must Win 10.0 Gogglebox. 11.05 First
Dates. 12.05am The Big Bang Theory.
1.0 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 2.0 Modern
Family. 3.15 The Underdog: Josh Must
Win. 4.10 Ramsay’s Kitchen
Nightmares USA.
SKY SHOWCASE
6pm The Office (US). 7.0 The
Simpsons. 8.0 UFO. ✱ 9.0 Barbie
Uncovered 11.0 Inside Christopher
Nolan’s Oppenheimer. 11.35 The Real
Manhunter. 12.35am Curb Your
Enthusiasm. 1.20 Fantasy Football
League. 2.0 Brassic. 3.0 Hawaii Five-0.
4.0 S.W.A.T. 5.0 Motorway Patrol. 5.30
Motorway Patrol.
✱ CLOSER PICKS
C4
6.10am Countdown. 6.50 3rd Rock
From The Sun. 7.15 3rd Rock From The
Sun. 7.40 3rd Rock From The Sun.
8.05 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.30
Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.0
Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.30
Frasier. 10.0 Frasier. 10.30 Frasier. 11.0
The Great House Giveaway. 12.0
Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 Sun,
Sea And Selling Houses. 1.05 Find It,
Fix It, Flog It. 2.10 Countdown. 3.0 A
Place In The Sun. 4.0 A New Life In The
Sun. 5.0 Chateau DIY.
6.0 A Place In The Sun
A couple seek their dream
home in the region of Torrox
Costa, Spain. (S) (R)
6.30 The Simpsons Marge
tackles a conman. (S) (R)
7.0 News (S)
8.0 George Clarke’s
Remarkable Renovations
Marcus and Kathryn renovate
a railway goods shed to create
their dream home. (S)
9.0 Grand Designs A couple
building a multicultural home
in the Chess Valley. (S) (R)
10.0 Naked Attraction
Luke and Abi look for love. (S)
11.05 Open House: The Great Sex
Experiment. 12.05 Hunted. 1.0
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA.
1.50 Couples Come Dine With Me.
2.45 Car S.O.S. 3.40 Grand Designs
New Zealand. 4.35 Renovation Nation.
5.30 Kirstie’s House Of Craft. 5.45 The
Perfect Pitch.
9.00pm Professor T, ITV1
ITVBE
6pm Masters Of Flip. 7.0 Million Dollar
Listing: NYC. 8.0 Dinner Date. 9.0
Botched. An ex-Playboy model
wants to take a second chance at
fixing her neck and nose. 10.0 The
Only Way Is Essex. Reality series. 11.0
The Cabins: Out Of The Woods.
12midnight The Only Way Is Essex. 1.0
Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
5.40pm Boardwalk Empire. 6.45
Boardwalk Empire. 7.55 Game Of
Thrones. 9.0 The White Lotus. 10.10
Mary & George. 11.15 Helgoland 513.
12.20am Helgoland 513. 1.20
Succession. 2.25 Game Of Thrones.
3.35 In Treatment. 4.05 Richard E
Grant’s Hotel Secrets. 5.0 Richard E
Grant’s Hotel Secrets.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. 11.15
Storm Huntley. 12.45 Alexis Conran &
Friends. 1.40 5 News At Lunchtime.
1.45 Home And Away. 2.15 FILM: Evil In
A Small Town (2023) ★★★ 4.0
Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun.
5.0 5 News At 5.
6.0 Coast To Coast With
Robson Green The actor sets
out on the last 46 miles of his
trek along Hadrian’s Wall.
Last in the series. (S) (R)
6.55 5 News Update (S)
7.0 Shop Smart, Save Money
In this Easter special the team
look at deals for the Bank
Holiday weekend. (S)
7.55 5 News Update (S)
8.0 Cadbury At Easter:
Secrets Of The Chocolate
Factory A look at the
confectioner that has
been crafting Easter
Eggs since 1875. (S)
9.0 The 1980s Supermarket
New series. A nostalgic trip
back to the world of 1980s
supermarkets in Britain. (S)
10.0 Ambulance: Code Red
A collision between two
motorcyclists issues a code
red call out. (S)
11.0 999: Emergency Call Out. 12.05
Motorway Cops: Catching Britain’s
Speeders. 1.05 PlayOJO Live Casino
Show. 3.05 World’s Most Scenic
Railway Journeys. 3.50 Car Pound
Cops. 4.15 House Doctor. 4.45 Divine
Designs. 5.10 Wildlife SOS. 5.30
Entertainment News On 5. 5.45
Milkshake! Monkey’s Amazing
Adventures. 5.50 Pip And Posy.
9.00pm Barbie, Sky Showcase
QUEST RED
6pm The Mentalist. Patrick risks his life
to track down Red John. 7.0 The
Closer. 8.0 Evil Online. 9.0 Murder On
CCTV. 10.0 American Monster. 11.0
Body Cam. 12midnight Cold Case. 1.0
The Closer. 2.0 Murder Comes To
Town. 3.0 FBI Files. 4.0 Teleshopping.
4.30 Teleshopping. 5.0 Teleshopping.
5.30 Teleshopping.
BBC3
7pm Young MasterChef. 7.30 Young
MasterChef. Followed by The Catch
Up. 8.0 Top Gear. 9.0 The Apprentice.
10.0 Wreck. A reunion separates
Jamie from his friends and puts him in
grave danger. 10.45 Some Girls. 11.15
Some Girls. 11.45 Top Gear. 12.45am
Wreck. 1.30 Hot Property. 2.0 Some
Girls. 3.0 Wreck. 3.45 Close.
 Thursday 28 March
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.30 Critical Incident.
6 am
10.0 Fraud Squad. 10.30 Animal Park
Summer. 11.15 Homes Under The
Hammer. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. 1.0 BBC
News At One; Weather. 1.30 BBC
Regional News; Weather. 1.45
Doctors. 2.15 Money For Nothing. 3.0
Escape To The Country. 3.45 The
Bidding Room. 4.30 Bridge Of Lies.
5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7 pm 7.0 The One Show
Topical stories with Gethin
Jones and Alex Scott. (S)
7.30 EastEnders
Callum uses his profession to
his advantage. (S)
8pm 8.0 Dragons’ Den Another
set of entrepreneurs hope to
impress the fearsome five. (S)
9pm 9.0 The Apprentice
The candidates sell live
to the nation on a TV
shopping channel. (S)
10pm 10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.40 Wreck Jamie and
Vivian fight to expose
Velorum. (S) (R)
11pm
11.25 Wreck. 12.15 Anton & Giovanni’s
Adventures In Spain. 1.20 BBC News.
9.00pm The Apprentice, BBC1
SATE LLI TE I DIGITAL I CABL E L I STI NG S
W ITV2
6pm MasterChef Australia. 7.20
Nigella: At My Table. 8.0 Ambulance
Australia. 9.0 Stacey Dooley Sleeps
Over USA. 10.0 999 Rescue Squad.
11.0 One Born Every Minute.
12midnight One Born Every Minute.
1.0 The Undateables. 2.0 Nigel Slater’s
Simple Cooking. 2.25 Nigel Slater’s
Simple Cooking. 3.0 Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Catfish: The TV Show. 8.0 Old
School For Lazy Kids. 9.0 Just Tattoo
Of Us. 10.0 Jersey Shore Family
Vacation. 11.0 Celebrity Ex On The
Beach. 12midnight Ridiculousness.
12.30 Ridiculousness. 1.0 Love & Hip
Hop: Atlanta. 2.0 Ink Master. 2.45
Catfish: The TV Show. 3.35 Teen Cribs.
4.0 Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.30am The Bidding Room. 7.15
Bridge Of Lies. 8.0 Sign Zone:
Gardeners’ World. 9.0 BBC News. 1.0
Impossible. 1.45 The Edge. 2.30 Take
A Hike. 3.0 The Speedshop. 4.0 Born
To Be Wild. 4.30 The Hairy Bikers’
Pubs That Built Britain. 5.0 Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s House
Of Games With Charlie Baker,
Val McDermid, Martin Offiah
and Rebecca Lucy Taylor. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys (S)
7.0 Digging For Britain
Archaeologists are blown
away by the discovery of an
entirely new Roman town. (S) (R)
8.0 Amazing Hotels: Life
Beyond The Lobby Monica
Galetti and Rob Rinder go
behind the scenes of a remote
Moroccan hotel. (S) (R)
9.0 Bruce Lee: A Life In
Ten Pictures The actor
and martial artist’s life is
assessed in photos. (S)
9.55 Penguin Post Office:
Natural World (S) (R)
10.0 The Apprentice: You’re
Fired Tom Allen interviews the
show’s freshly rejected
candidate. (S)
10.30 Newsnight (S)
11.15 Surgeons: At The Edge Of Life.
12.15 Ukraine: Enemy In The Woods.
1.15 Sign Zone: Dragons’ Den. 2.15 Sign
Zone: The Space Shuttle That Fell To
Earth. 3.15 This Is BBC Two.
9.00pm Hotel Inspector, Channel 5
5.50pm In For A Penny. 6.20 FILM:
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find
Them (2016) ★★★ 9.0 Loaded In
Paradise. 10.0 Family Guy. 10.30
Family Guy. 11.0 Family Guy. 11.30
American Dad! 11.55 American Dad!
12.25am The Emily Atack Show. 1.10
Don’t Hate The Playaz. 1.55 Unwind
With ITV. 3.0 Teleshopping.
TLC
6pm Dr Pimple Popper. 7.0 Say Yes To
The Dress. 8.0 Helicopter ER. 9.0
Helicopter ER. 10.0 Hoarding: Buried
Alive. 11.0 Sex Sent Me To The ER.
12midnight Body Bizarre. 1.0 Extreme
Couponing. 2.0 Hoarding: Buried
Alive. 3.0 Sex Sent Me To The ER. 4.0
Helicopter ER. 5.0 My Lottery Dream
Home. 5.30 My Lottery Dream Home.
ITV1
6am Good Morning Britain. 9.0
Lorraine. 10.0 This Morning. 12.30
Loose Women. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime
News. 1.55 ITV News London. 2.0
Fletchers’ Family Farm. 3.0 Winning
Combination. 4.0 Tipping Point.
5.0 The Chase.
6.0 ITV News London (S)
6.30 ITV Evening News (S)
7.30 Emmerdale Jai has a
proposal for Amit. (S)
8.30 Home Invasion:
Britain’s Pest Problem –
Tonight Geraint Vincent
investigates the UK’s
pest crisis. (S)
✱ 9.0 The Twelve New
series. Australian courtroom
drama, starring Sam Neill. (S)
10.0 ITV News (S)
10.30 ITV News London (S)
10.45 The Jonathan Ross
Show Celebrity interviews. (S) (R)
11.45 All Elite Wrestling: Rampage.
12.40 Shop On TV. 3.0 Sport Gives
Back Awards 2024. 4.0 Unwind With
ITV. 5.10 The Best Of Saint & Greavsie.
10.00pm Big Mood, C4
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 7.0
Hollyoaks. 7.30 Married At First Sight
Australia. 9.0 Celebrity Gogglebox.
10.0 Open House: The Great Sex
Experiment. 11.05 First Dates.
12.05am The Big Bang Theory. 1.05
Rick And Morty. 1.35 Royal Crackers.
2.05 Brooklyn Nine-Nine. 3.0 Below
Deck Down Under.
SKY SHOWCASE
6pm The Office (US). 7.0 The
Simpsons. 8.0 An Idiot Abroad 2. 9.0
Rob Beckett’s Smart TV. 9.45 Ricky
Gervais: Fame. 11.15 Sex And The City.
11.50 Sex And The City. 12.30am The
Force: Manchester. 1.30 Road Wars.
2.0 Road Wars. 3.0 Hawaii Five-0. 4.0
S.W.A.T. 5.0 Motorway Patrol. 5.30
Motorway Patrol.
✱ CLOSER PICKS
C4
6.10am Countdown. 6.50 3rd Rock
From The Sun. 7.15 3rd Rock From The
Sun. 7.40 3rd Rock From The Sun.
8.05 Everybody Loves Raymond. 8.30
Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.0
Everybody Loves Raymond. 9.30
Frasier. 10.0 Frasier. 10.30 Frasier. 11.0
The Great House Giveaway. 12.0
Channel 4 News Summary. 12.05 Sun,
Sea And Selling Houses. 1.05 Find It,
Fix It, Flog It. 2.10 Countdown. 3.0 A
Place In The Sun. 4.0 A New Life In The
Sun. 5.0 Chateau DIY.
6.0 A Place In The Sun
Advice for a couple seeking a
property in Spain’s Costa del
Sol. (S) (R)
6.30 The Simpsons Bart
acquires a new father figure. (S) (R)
7.0 News (S)
8.0 The Dog House
A bearded collie called Rexy
Cutie Pie meets a 10-year-old
and his family. (S)
✱ 9.0 Taskmaster New
series. Joanne McNally, John
Robins, Nick Mohammed,
Sophie Willan and Steve
Pemberton compete. (S)
✱ 10.0 Big Mood New series.
Comedy, starring Nicola
Coughlan and Lydia West. (S)
✱ 10.35 Big Mood A
depressed Maggie’s 30th
birthday dawns. (S)
11.05 Gogglebox. 12.10 First Dates.
1.05 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA. 1.50 Car S.O.S. 2.40 FILM: Congo
(1995) ★★ 4.30 Grand Designs New
Zealand. 5.20 Renovation Nation.
9.00pm Taskmaster, C4
ITVBE
6pm Masters Of Flip. 7.0 Million Dollar
Listing: NYC. 8.0 Dinner Date. ✱ 9.0
Ferne McCann: My Family And Me
New series. Reality series. Ferne is
back and now, as a mum of two, the
juggle is real. 10.0 Botched: Toughest
Cases. A review of tough cases. 11.0
Botched. 12midnight The Cabins. 1.0
Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
5.40pm Boardwalk Empire. 6.45
Boardwalk Empire. 7.55 Game Of
Thrones. 9.0 Un Amore. 10.10 Un
Amore. 11.15 The Gilded Age. 12.25am
Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers
Dynasty. 1.30 The Newsroom. 2.40
Game Of Thrones. 3.40 In Treatment.
4.10 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets.
5.05 Richard E Grant’s Hotel Secrets.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. 11.15
Storm Huntley. 12.45 Alexis Conran &
Friends. 1.40 5 News At Lunchtime.
1.45 Home And Away. 2.15 FILM:
Saved By My Stalker (2023) ★★★
4.0 Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun.
5.0 5 News At 5.
6.0 Coastal Ireland
With Adrian Dunbar
Part one of two. The actor
journeys around the rugged
Irish coast. (S) (R)
6.55 5 News Update (S)
7.0 A Yorkshire Farm
Cameras focus on farmers who
constantly brave the elements
to get the job done. (S)
7.55 5 News Update (S)
8.0 Somerset: Wonder Of
The West Country Cameras
focus on the seaside resort of
Weston-super-Mare. (S)
✱ 9.0 The Hotel Inspector
New series. Alex Polizzi helps
the owners of the Riders Rest
tearooms in Somerset. (S)
10.0 Killer At The Crime
Scene The fatal shooting of a
skateboarder in Liverpool. (S) (R)
11.05 Making A Serial Killer. 12.05
Nightmare Tenants, Slum Landlords.
1.0 Entertainment News On 5. 1.05
PlayOJO Live Casino Show. 3.0 FILM:
The Man Who Invented Christmas
(2017) ★★★★ 4.15 Scotland’s Most
Scenic Railway Journeys. 5.30
Entertainment News On 5. 5.40
Milkshake! Monkey’s Amazing
Adventures. 5.50 Pip And Posy.
9.00pm My Family And Me, ITVBe
QUEST RED
6pm The Mentalist. A woman accused
of stealing $1million is found dead. 7.0
The Closer. 8.30 Signs Of A
Psychopath. 9.0 Murder On CCTV.
10.0 Evil Lives Here. 12midnight Cold
Case. 1.0 The Closer. 2.0 Murder
Comes To Town. 3.0 FBI Files. 4.0
Teleshopping. 4.30 Teleshopping. 5.0
Teleshopping. 5.30 Teleshopping.
BBC3
7pm Young MasterChef. 7.30 Young
MasterChef. 8.0 FILM: Safe Haven
(2013) ★★ 9.50 Quiet Life. 10.0
Sliced. 10.30 Sliced. 11.0 Starstruck.
11.25 Starstruck. 11.50 Hot Property.
12.20am Hot Property. 12.50 Hot
Property. 1.20 Quiet Life. 1.30
Starstruck. 1.55 Starstruck. 2.15
Wreck. 3.05 Wreck. 3.50 Close.
 Good Friday
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.30 Critical Incident.
6 am
10.0 Fraud Squad. 10.30 Animal Park
Summer. 11.15 Gareth Malone’s Easter
Passion. 12.15 Bargain Hunt. 1.0 BBC
News At One; Weather. 1.20 BBC
Regional News; Weather. 1.30 Hope
Street. 2.15 FILM: Wallace & Gromit In
The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005)
★★★★ 3.30 Escape To The Country.
4.30 Bridge Of Lies. 5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.20 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
6.30 The One Show Topical
stories with Gethin Jones. (S)
7 pm 7.05 FILM: Ghostbusters:
Afterlife (2021) ★★★★
Premiere. A single mum and
her kids discover their
connection to the original
Ghostbusters and the legacy
their grandfather left behind.
8pm Supernatural comedy reboot,
with Paul Rudd. (S)
9pm 9.0 Beyond Paradise
An amateur psychic’s
unsettling predictions
begin to come true. (S)
10pm 10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.20 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.30 FILM: Ghostbusters
(2016) ★★★ When
11pm supernatural disturbances
occur in New York City, four
experts in the paranormal and
their dim assistant investigate.
Fantasy comedy, with Kristen
Wiig and Melissa McCarthy. (S)
12.20 RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK Versus
The World. 1.35 BBC News.
9.00pm Pilgrimage, BBC2
SATELLI TE I D IGITAL I CABLE L I STI NG S
W ITV2
6pm MasterChef Australia. 7.30 Inside
The Ambulance. 8.0 Inside The
Ambulance. 9.0 Inside The
Ambulance. 10.0 999 Rescue Squad.
11.0 Gavin & Stacey. 11.40 Gavin &
Stacey. 12.20am Gavin & Stacey. 1.0
The Undateables At Christmas. 1.50
Nigel Slater’s Simple Cooking. 3.0
Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Catfish: The TV Show. 7.0 Catfish:
The TV Show. 7.55 The Official UK
No 1. 8.0 90’s House. 9.0 Skin A&E.
10.0 FILM: Gun (2010) ★★ Crime
thriller, starring Curtis ‘50 Cent’
Jackson. 12midnight De La Calle. 1.0
Geordie Shore. 2.0 Ink Master. 3.10
Catfish: The TV Show. 4.0
Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.35am Bridge Of Lies. 7.20 Sign
Zone: Antiques Roadshow. 8.20
Heavenly Gardens With Alexander
Armstrong. 9.20 FILM: The Robe
(1953) ★★ 11.30 Attenborough’s
Wonder Of Eggs. 12.30 The Best
Dishes Ever. 1.0 Impossible. 1.45 The
Edge. 2.30 Take A Hike. 3.0 The
Speedshop. 4.0 Born To Be Wild. 4.30
The Hairy Bikers’ Pubs That Built
Britain. 5.0 Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s House
Of Games Charlie Baker, Val
McDermid and Rebecca Lucy
Taylor compete. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys (S)
7.0 Digging For Britain
Alice Roberts and the team
examine a Roman fort on
Hadrian’s Wall. (S) (R)
8.0 Gardeners’ World
Monty Don refreshes the
planting on the Mound. (S)
✱ 9.0 Pilgrimage: The
Road Through North Wales
New series. Seven celebrities
experience an emotional
journey on a pilgrimage in
North Wales. (S)
10.0 QI Justin Moorhouse,
Emmanuel Sonubi and Alan
Davies take part. (S) (R)
10.30 Martin Compston’s
Norwegian Fling The actor
and Phil MacHugh have made
it to the Arctic Circle. (S)
11.0 FILM: La La Land (2016)
★★★★★ 1.0 Sign Zone: Immigration:
The UK’s Record Rise – Panorama.
1.30 Sign Zone: Make It At Market. 2.15
Sign Zone: Gladiators. 3.15 Sign Zone:
Our Flag Means Death. 3.40 This Is
BBC Two.
9.00pm Life And Death Of Lily, ITV1
5.35pm FILM: Hop (2011) ★★ 6.25
FILM: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of
Grindelwald (2018) ★★★★ 9.0
Loaded In Paradise. 10.0 Family Guy.
11.30 American Dad! 12midnight
American Dad! 12.30 Don’t Hate The
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