I did a slot on BBC Breakfast (BBC1) this morning covering why there have been such an exceptional number of high profile celebrity deaths. Newsweek have even labelled the phenomenon: the Great Celebrity Death Epidemic. This year has indeed seen some incredibly gifted stars sadly die and the stats speak for themselves. While there will …
BBC Breakfast – Best of TV 2014 & what to watch in 2015
Collette Walsh – BBC Breakfast. Last year (2014) was a fantastic year for quality TV drama on UK TV. From the first series of Broadchurch through to the staggeringly intense The Fall and The Missing. I was on BBC Breakfast on Sunday morning taking a look back on the TV highlights but also talking about …
BBC Breakfast – Downton Abbey Returns and why we love it so much
On Sunday I was on BBC Breakfast discussing the launch of the new series (series 5) of Downton Abbey. The ITV period drama has been a phenomenal success and watched in over 250 territories around the world. It regularly gets record audience figures both here in the UK and the USA, where the Americans just …
BBC Breakfast chat on the EMMY nominations – Collette Walsh
Collette Walsh – BBC Breakfast – 11 July 2014. Busy old week with Friday including a chat on the famous red sofa at BBC Breakfast (BBC1). We were talking about the American EMMY award nominations and this year there is a wealth of British acting and TV/film writing talent up for several gongs. It’s great …
Dolly Parton… on a need to know basis: for the Daily Mirror
Dolly Parton: A fun profile piece I did today for Mirror Online where I am working on showbiz – phew talk about getting my fill of celeb news!! Dolly plays the Pyramid stage on Sunday at Glastonbury – here’s a little profile on the blonde bombshell… Click here for full story.
Parklife Weekender 2014 – Manchester is Ready to Party – World Class Line-Up & Over 30 After-Parties
Excitment is mounting here in Manchester as over 40,000 music fans head to the city’s Heaton Park today for the start of the ‘Parklife Weekender’ festival. It’s not surprising there’s such a buzz in the air – the line-up is world class with US superstar rapper Snoop Dogg headlining tonight along with a host of …
Shades (and wellies) at the ready… Parklife Weekender 2014
Busy weekend ahead – a mad dash down to London very early tomorrow and a train home in time for one of the hottest festivals of the year – the Parklife Weekender. Very conveniently for me, the festival is located in Heaton Park (Manchester) which is just a stone’s throw away from my house … …