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New Doctor Who played football for Leicester City and Nottingham Forest

MIDLAND actor Matt Smith was last night named as the surprise choice as the new Doctor Who – making him the youngest actor to take on the famous role. Read

New Dr Who revealed as Matt Smith!

Matt Smith is to become the 11th Doctor Who, the BBC confirmed. Read

Christmas TV on the BBC was a treat but New Year's Eve was awful

WELL done, BBC! It’s all too easy to knock the Beeb, especially recently, but we should thank it for its festive TV shows. Read

Meet the Midland star of MI High

TV ACTRESS Channelle Owen didn’t have to do too much research for her latest role. Read

Emmerdale: The week ahead

THE police in soapland are easily fooled, aren’t they? First they wrongly arrest Tanya, now it’s Ross who is falsely accused of killing. Even his own cousin, Paddy, thinks he could have done away with Shane. Read

Eastenders: The week ahead

WHAT a surprise – not! It’s been pretty obvious that Tanya didn’t run over Max – she couldn’t bury him alive, after all – and that she confessed to cover for someone else. And this week the real culprit is revealed, not too shockingly, to be Lauren. Though quite how she learned to drive is a mystery. Read

Coronation Street: The week ahead

OF course they were going to get back together! Read

Neighbours: The week ahead

WHEN Steve tells Nicola he’s taking her to see an amnesia specialist, she takes desperate measures by poisoning his dinner! He’s violently ill, raising Miranda’s suspicions and causing her to set a trap for her sister. Read

Home and Away: The week ahead

YOU have to be really on the ball to keep track of all the on-again, off-again romances in Summer Bay. Read

Hollyoaks: The week ahead

MERCEDES looks shocked when she finally opens the letter with her HIV results. And when she runs off in tears, the McQueens fear the worst. But it turns out she was crying with relief, because the test is negative. It’s about time something nice happened in Hollyoaks! Read

The Hustle is back on BBC 1 after 20 months

The good news is this entertaining series about con artists is back after a break of 20 months. Read

Prison Break : bad news and good news

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Jackson: Strictly Come Dancing Star Alesha Dixon and chef Gordon Ramsay must learn the fame game

AS A journalist, I’ve tackled many a thorny issue. Read

Coming soon on ITV - next year!!

Screening trailers makes me want to scream... Read

Strictly Come Dancing star Anton Du Beke: The Big Interview

UNDERNEATH the winning smile and witty remarks, Anton du Beke is an ultra-competitive man on a mission. Read

Coronation Street: The week ahead

FOR someone who’s still mourning the love of her life, Carla looks remarkably happy on her wedding day. Read

& things you never knew about I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Outta Here hosts Ant and Dec

1Dec is older than Ant by nearly two months and is two inches shorter. Declan Donnelly was born on September 25 1975 while Anthony McPartlin arrived on November 18, down the road in Newcastle’s West End. Read

Kenneth Branagh is back on BBC as Kurt Wallander

KURT Wallander may not roll off the tongue quite as easily as Morse, Frost or Barnaby, but more than 25 million people have followed the adventures of the Swedish detective. Read

Peter Kay's Britain's Got The Pop Factor And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice was a brilliant satire

Peter Kay's Britain's Got The Pop Factor And Possibly A New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly On Ice was a brilliant satire Read

Will JJ Abrams' Fringe provide clues to Lost?

Will Fringe provide clues to Lost? Read

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Who's the new boy?

SO, Matt Smith is the new Doctor Who. Read

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