Casualty News

Wednesday: THE SO 2009 festival is set to be a spectacular event this year with an incredible firework show, live opera, fun on the beach and events all weekend.

By helen bell Wednesday, 9am - A CELEBRITY will not switch on the lights at this year's illuminations' night.

MANSFIELD Palace Theatre bosses rubbed their magic lamp and out popped a host of TV favourites to top the bill in this year's Christmas panto Aladdin.

As the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat about to bring home a VIP at short notice, Clarissa Hailsham-Brown wants everything just so.

THE cast of the latest Agatha Christie whodunnit to take to the Theatre Royal stage will be fighting fit by the end of the run if TV star Cathy Shipton has her own way.

Torchwood June 18, 2009 * The BBC Press Office have released details for week 27, and confirms that Torchwood: Children of Earth will be broadcast during that week, 4th-10th July .

Coronation Street's Maria Connor finally goes into labour on July 1 but she may think she's seeing things when mother-in-law Helen turns up.

A wholesome family reunion might not seem like earth-shattering news to everyone but, for black British audiences, some of whom feel drained of energy by relentless coverage of gangs and knife crime, it is a refreshing change.

Actor James Redmond will be making a special guest appearance on popular live bingo channel Gala TV on Friday evening.

As Casualty prepares to enter production of its 24th series, Digital Spy caught up with the show's leading producer Oliver Kent as part of Producer Season 2009.

Television celebrity Sir David Frost was joined by soap stars at a gala night raising money for impoverished theatrical students.

A TV STAR has become a director of a local company that runs a website to help you get your personal finances in order.

MAUREEN BEATTIE: Talks to Neil Cooper about her role in Ibsen's classic play and her early career in variety As dirty deeds done in public go, Maureen Beattie has committed quite a few in her time.

The decision to move hospital drama Casualty to Cardiff was a done deal as early as January, a Bristol MP has claimed.

Scottish-trained actor Henry Ian Cusick, famous for his portrayal of the mysterious and brooding Desmond on hit television series Lost, has been cast in a different light following reports of alleged sexual harassment.

BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons has tried to make a monkey out of Bristol by telling us that losing Casualty is actually "good news" for the city.

It's always a toss-up which is going to come first; "I'm just a poncey geordie actor" or "Wey-hey man, we've banged into something big here." Either way, you're certain to get both long before the first ad break and when they do come along you know you're hooked into the best hour of the week's television .

David Starkey series marking 500 years since Henry VIII's accession to throne launches with 2.2 million viewers ) Acclaimed historian David Starkey pulled the biggest audience of the evening for Channel 4 last night, Monday April 7, with the first in a series of documentaries marking 500 years since Henry VIII's accession to the throne.

Once in a lifetime, and then only if you are very, very lucky, comes an idea that stuns you with its brilliance and simplicity.

Holby City fans are in for a treat this summer, thanks to the news Meera Syal will be joining the cast of the long-running medical drama.