OTI'S NEXT GIG
I’m A Celebrity’s Oti Mabuse to team up with sister Motsi as her first post-jungle TV project is revealed
Meanwhile, filming for Channel 5's new murder mystery hit The Good Ship Murder hit choppy waters
HARDWORKING Oti Mabuse is back on the box just a week after leaving the I’m A Celebrity jungle.
She will be choosing boxes on the celebrity special of Stephen Mulhern's Deal Or No Deal this weekend and hoping all the nasty surprises are firmly still in the Aussie bush.
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Oti's brought along her Strictly Come Dancing sister Motsi to help her try to beat the banker and win money for charity.
The sibling duo head into the hot seat to try and beat the banker and win money for charity.
Also trying their luck will be Motsi’s fellow Strictly judge Craig Revel Horwood, Dancing On Ice judges Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, ice skater Sylvain Longchambon and Bad Education star Layton Williams.
It’s one of four celebrity specials in the second series of the rebooted gameshow and will air this Sunday at 7pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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I’m sure facing the dreaded banker is almost as bad as a stint in the jungle camp dunny.
Juicy stuff from Jerry
JERRY SPRINGER: Fights, Camera, Action will drop on Netflix on January 7.
The two-part docu looks at the late “debating show” host, who died last year.
Best known for The Jerry Springer Show, it has first-hand testimony and revelations from insiders, who expose “darker truths”.
Crew's sickly feeling
FILMING for Channel 5’s new series of murder mystery hit The Good Ship Murder hit choppy waters when sea sickness in the crew caused chaos.
Former X Factor winner Shayne Ward stars as a former police detective turned cabaret singer, with ex-Corrie co-star Catherine Tyldesley in the hit drama, which returns for a second series in the New Year following a Christmas special.
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Shayne told me: “I’ve been OK. I don’t really get seasickness. I quite like the rocking of the ship at night.
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“But a few people haven’t got the sea legs. We film everything in Malta and then film the rest of it in one month on the ship. You get a lot of Maltese crew coming onboard and they are just used to being on land.”
The festive episode airs on Channel 5 and My5 next Wednesday at 9pm.
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Air we go again on CH4
THERE have been so many air fryer shows, they could stream a 24-hour fryathon.
Even TV chef Jamie Oliver has entered the fray with his own programme – cooking everything in one of the kitchen gizmos.
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But that’s not stopped Channel 5, which has a new show on the gadget in the works.
The broadcaster is hunting for families who want to get into “clean eating” in the new year.
Channel 5 posted online: “Are you in need of health improvement and looking to shake up your eating by road-testing easy and health-boosting air fryer recipes?”
Experts will help the lucky participants to fry their way into 2025.
Or, is it all just a load of hot air?
The Saviour Cometh
NEW drama Saviour, will “reimagine the crime and courtroom genre,” say ITV.
Written by Peter Moffat (BBC’s Silk), the story revolves around medical student, Ben, who goes to a fancy-dress party as a policeman.
But when he’s mistaken for a real cop, things begin to unravel.
Beeb to mark 7/7 atrocity
THE BBC is to show what it calls “the definitive 7/7 London bombing story” in the new year.
The four-part documentary will mark the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the capital’s transport system in 2005, which killed 52 people and injured hundreds more.
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It tells how four suicide bombers plotted a co-ordinated attack that brought death and destruction to London’s Underground and bus system, and the aftermath.
The series – 7/7: The London Bombings – is made by the team behind the multi-award-winning BBC programme 9/11 Inside: The President’s War Room.
The new series will air on January 5 and 6 at 9pm on BBC Two and will be available as a full series on iPlayer.
Sheen's hit back AS series
MICHAEL SHEEN’s groundbreaking interview show The Assembly aired to critical acclaim on the BBC earlier this year.
And ITV loved it so much they have commissioned a full series of their own.
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The four-part run will see celebrities questioned by an inquisitive group who are autistic, neurodivergent or learning disabled.
The stars, who will be announced soon, will face their most honest and heart-warming interview yet.
Michael said of his version for the BBC: “The Assembly’s had more response than anything I’ve ever done.”
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Katie Rawcliffe, Director of Entertainment & Daytime ITV, said: “The Assembly is such a distinct, clever and authentic format, and one that we’re absolutely thrilled to commission.
“I can’t wait for The Assembly interviewers to ask our brilliant cast of celebrities a plethora of burning questions.”
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