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Mary Berry says William’s birthday message was ‘an honour’ on One Show

The show also saw Dame Mary visit her hometown of Bath in a segment, and chat to a number of surprise guests.

Evening Standard

5 new podcasts to listen to this week

These are our top podcast picks.

The Independent UK

Have I Got News for You season 69: release date, star guests and everything we know

Have I Got News for You season 69 (quiet at the back!) sees the return of Ian Hislop and Paul Merton on the BBC satirical show.

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The CIA smuggled the Guardian into the eastern bloc during the cold war

The US agency sent the Guardian Weekly alongside 10m books including titles by Orwell and Solzhenitsyn by truck, yacht, balloon and in travellers’ luggage

The Guardian - UK

Eliminated Masked Singer contestant pleased with panel’s Su Pollard prediction

The judging panel predicted Teeth could have been radio star Fearne Cotton, Rosie Ramsey, BBC sports presenter Alex Scott or comedian Su Pollard.

Evening Standard

Why do some men behave badly? I think I have the answer

From an early age boys are treated as though they are smarter and more talented than girls. It can lead to a damaging overconfidence

The Guardian - UK

Children in Need 2024: release date, hosts, performances, specials and everything we know

Children in Need 2024 brings us an evening of live entertainment, comedy, music and surprise guests all in a bid to raise funds for children across the UK.

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Vernon Kay visits home-town project in Bolton ahead of BBC Children In Need show

Kay is presenting the appeal show alongside Ade Adepitan, Mel Giedroyc, Rochelle Humes, Chris Ramsey and Lenny Rush.

Evening Standard

Mel Giedroyc to host new ITV gameshow adaption of Pictionary

It comes as the show prepares to enter its third series in the US.

Evening Standard

‘The fact that I’m still here is amazing’: Noel Fielding on Bake Off, booze and the Boosh

He has gone from cult niche to smash hit and he still can’t believe it. As Bake Off returns, the comic talks about his ‘feral’ upbringing, his party years – and the day Hammond fell out of a hammock

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Sue Perkins’s cultural highlights

The broadcaster and standup comedian on her love of Angela Carter, bewitching Budapest, and a pizza restaurant that fuses Indian and Italian cuisine

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: what happened inside Tony Alamo’s twisted and evil cult

An intense four-part documentary interviews abuse survivors. Plus: Shirley Ballas tries to convince Mel Giedroyc she’s a terrible human being. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Sue Perkins: Lost In Thailand — release date, what happens, destinations, episode guide, interview and everything you need to know

Sue Perkins: Lost In Thailand is a Channel 5 series following the comedian as she explores three regions of the country.

WhatToWatch

TV tonight: Who is The Serpent? Charles Sobhraj faces a real-life interrogation

In this intense series, the convicted killer is asked about murders he has never been tried for. Plus: The Hairy Bikers Go West comes to a poignant end. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The week in theatre: Starter for Ten; Uncle Vanya review – fingers on buzzers, and samovars

Bamber goes to Bristol in a buoyant musical of David Nicholls’s University Challenge romcom, while Trevor Nunn’s impeccably traditional Chekhov works like a charm

The Guardian - UK

Starter for Ten review – sparky musical loses points for focus

Adaptation of David Nicholls’ novel about a student’s class-inflected coming of age scores for its songs but its energy becomes unhinged

The Guardian - UK

Sex noises on Match of the Day to Brian Cox’s X-rated speech: it’s 2023’s wildest TV moments

The world’s worst Prince Harry impersonator! Naga Munchetty crying over a pigeon! That middle finger! Here are the year’s most jaw-dropping bits of television

The Guardian - UK

It’s time to admit Bake Off is feeling stale. As a former contestant, I know how to make it rise again

The show needs to return to its original recipe, says Michael Chakraverty, a former Great British Bake Off contestant

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The Independent UK

Lenny Rush, 14, hailed a ‘star’ by BBC viewers as he becomes first child to host Children in Need

In May, Lenny won the TV Bafta for best male comedy performance for his role as Ollie in the BBC series ‘Am I Being Unreasonable?’

The Independent UK

David Tennant returns to TV screens in Doctor Who special for Children In Need

At the end of the BBC live appeal show it was announced more than £33 million had been raised so far.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: come one, come all to the bloodsuckers’ ball

It’s all coming to a head at Mardi Gras in Interview With the Vampire. Plus, Mary Berry teaches us – and Mel Giedroyc – a thing or two. Here’s what to watch this evening

Salon

"Bake Off" cooks up new dynamic duo

If you miss original hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, it might be time to give "Bake Off" another chance

The Guardian - UK

Comedian Lou Sanders: ‘It blows my mind that people still don’t want to believe women’

Off the heels of publishing a memoir, the star of Taskmaster and Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable discusses unhappy readers, deleting Twitter, and outing Russell Brand

The Guardian - UK

The inside story of The Great British Bake Off: ‘We were microphoned up in the toilets!’

As the show returns, bakers, judges and the creators of the smash hit take us behind the scenes – from the chaos of the early days to its place at TV’s top table

The Guardian - UK

Travel sick! Celebrity road trips are nauseating – why won’t TV stop making them?

Danny Dyer in Italy. Bradley Walsh in an RV. And now Mel Giedroyc and Martin Clunes in … Dorset. These shows are beyond desperate, but commissioners insist that plenty more are coming

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