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May 2009
 

What's behind Katie and Peter's split?

Peter Andre and Katie Price draped in the American flag
  • Posted at 12:09pm
  • 12 May 2009
  • by PaulJones-RT
  • 52 comments

Their relationship was forged in the crucible of reality TV after they met on ITV's I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, and ever since then Katie Price (aka Jordan) and Peter Andre have made a point of living life in the tabloid spotlight.

They had the obligatory fluffy pink OK! magazine wedding shoot and their marriage spawned a reality show of its own - Katie & Peter - followed by a spin-off charting their move to California.

It's a row that took place on that show, Katie and Peter: the Next Chapter Stateside, that seems to have been the...

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The week in soapland

Stacey Branning (Lacey Turner)
  • Posted at 6:06pm
  • 08 May 2009
  • by GarethMcLean-RT
  • 3 comments

EastEnders

Having taken Danielle's death especially hard - not for her a sigh of relief when her dreary pal was squished by Janine's car - Stacey has been spiralling downwards. But where does one descend from rock bottom, you may ask? (This is a question also pertinent to Phil, whose alcoholic antics stun Peggy and spur Ben to contemplate moving in with the Beales. Yes, that's how bad things are.)

Stacey, though, finds the concealed basement beneath the bottom of the barrel. Throwing herself at Max and her market stock at passers-by, is she exhibiting typical Slater stroppiness, or is something more worrying at work? Jean thinks so,...

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Boy Meets Girl

Martin Freeman and Rachael Stirling
  • Posted at 6:05pm
  • 08 May 2009
  • by AlisonGraham-RT
  • 2 comments

After wanting to hose myself down with disinfectant after watching ITV1's toxic, acrid, thoroughly icky, supposedly erotic thriller Compulsion last week, I needed some balm for my angry soul.

So it's a good job that Boy Meets Girl (Fridays ITV1) has come along. I suppose it could be described as a romantic comedy, though that feels like an unfairly narrow definition. Perhaps it's the title that misleads and makes it sound like a photo-romance in Jackie magazine. There are romantic elements, but they are skewed, off-kilter and not at all sappy; this isn't Richard Curtis.

What I like about it is its underlying...

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The Apprentice: Week Seven

Phillip and Kate from The Apprentice 2009
  • Posted at 11:47am
  • 07 May 2009
  • by PaulJones-RT
  • 4 comments

The downturn in the property market has seen an accompanying decline in the number of green and yellow minis screeching around our roads - and if you're as happy about that as I am, you'll also join me in celebrating estate agent Philip's eviction from his well-appointed west London penthouse.

Yes, the Durham bull has gone - but it wasn't the empty order book, it was beauty killed the beast… Actually, when Lorraine first suggested that it was "Kate's beauty" distracting Philip and Ben from their sales task, I wasn't convinced. Yes, Kate is a decent-looking girl but to me she's a little too reminiscent of...

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The week in soapland

Calvin (Ricky Whittle) and Warren (Jamie Lomas)
  • Posted at 4:00pm
  • 01 May 2009
  • by GarethMcLean-RT

Hollyoaks

There are many bad apples in Hollyoaks, but only one that's rotten to the core. Warren Fox has caused so much misery to so many people - Russ, Mercedes, Ste, Cindy, the Barneses, the Deans and don't forget Justin - it's a wonder the villagers haven't ganged up, Murder on the Orient Express-style, and offed him. After all, there's no-one as smart as Hercule Poirot to solve the case. Except possibly Tom Cunningham. One man has had enough of Warren's villainy and that man is Calvin Valentine. (Would you be quaking in your boots? Nor me.) Still, Calvin is intent on justice, or possibly revenge. With support...

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