Louise Minchin is taking on Richard Osman’s House of Games. Louise will join Richard in studio as he pits her against three other celebrities, testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of trivia-based games throughout the week. Tune in to BBC2 at 6pm from Monday to find out who will be crowned the overall winner on Friday, wishing Louise the best of luck!
A new series of Jane’s much praised interview series, Life Changing, returns to Radio 4 on Wednesday 13th October at 9am.
Joan Bakewell returns for a brand new season of Sky Arts’ Portrait Artist of the Year. As ever, the competition to find the nation’s new talent will be fierce and overseen by Joan and Stephen Mangan. The new series starts on Wednesday 13th October at 8pm and continues for ten weeks.
Marverine has presented a programme for Mental Health UK which will be released on their website on World Mental Health Day, Sunday 10th September.
Former Chief Superintendent at the Metropolitan Police, Parm Sandhu plays a key role in a major new 6 part Channel 4 series. Starting Tuesday 5th October at 9.30pm the plot of Murder Island has been written by much loved author Ian Rankin and members of the public will compete to solve the crime he has scribed. As amateur detectives they will be led and have to report to Parm and will need their wits about them to keep up with her impressive skills and experience.
A new series of Rip Off Britain starts Monday 4th October on BBC One at 9.15am, hosted by Angela Rippon and Julia Somerville. The highly rated consumer programme returns to tackle viewers stories of bad experiences. Lawyers Gary Rycroft and Ayesha Nayyar also contribute to the programmes with their expertise put to good use.
The release of the new Bond film No Time to Die has seen movie expert James King presenting programmes about the mega franchise. James presented the two part special series for Radio 2, James Bond: Soundtrack Stories, also available on BBC Sounds. He also made two appearances on This Morning to talk about the new release. The long awaited film was accompanied by a special official podcast series, No Time to Die: The Official James Bond podcast which James presented and interviewed all the leading members of the team including Daniel Craig. The Radio 2 and podcast series was well reviewed by national newspapers.
A new series of the Martin Lewis Money Show starts Thursday 23rd on ITV at 8.30pm. It’s the show you can not afford to miss. Martin’s show brings the audience live updates with the best money saving tips and guidance through uncertain financial times.
Many congratulations to Dr Anjana Khatwa, winner of the Positive Role Model award for Race/Religion/Faith at The National Diversity Awards on Friday 17th September. As an Earth Scientist and Geologist who cares passionately about natural and cultural heritage Anjana works tirelessly to promote diversity and inclusion in her sector.
Rip Off Britain hosted by Angela Rippon, Julia Somerville and Gloria Hunniford moved from the regular daytime slot to a short run on BBC One primetime peaking at 2.7 million viewers with a 19.7% share, rating higher than Eastenders. Long live Rip Off.