BBC begins educational programmes to help with lockdown learning

Adam Brody shows off his toned body while stripping out of his wetsuit after a surfing session on Saturday morning (January 30) in Malibu, Calif.

Naman Ramachandran Steve McQueen, currently riding a wave of global acclaim for his BBC/Amazon anthology “Small Axe,” will executive produce two Black-themed documentaries for the BBC.“Black Power,” which originated from an idea McQueen had while filming “Small Axe,” will examine how the Black Power movement came into being in the late 1960s and fought back against police brutality and racism.The films features rare archive of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X and Stokely Carmichael’s activities in

The CCTV cameras at the restaurant where Rita Ora celebrated her 30th birthday party during lockdown last year were switched off, police have said. Back in November, Rita made headlines when it was revealed she and a group of her friends had gathered for what she later described as a “spur of the moment” dinner at Casa Cruz in Notting Hill, to celebrate her milestone birthday.

Dustin Diamond, best known for playing Samuel ‘Screech’ Powers in Saved by the Bell, has completed his first round of chemotherapy for stage 4 lung cancer, a representative for the star has said. The 44-year-old actor was hospitalised in Florida earlier this month and announced that he was diagnosed with cancer.

The Walking Dead – watch below.The AMC show’s season 10 finale was delayed significantly last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, and six new bonus episodes will be airing at the end of February to round off the season.

Even though last year’s film festival circuit was greatly impacted by COVID-19, with many being canceled, there were still enough opportunities for some relatively small films to break out in a big way when given the chance to screen.

Louise Minchin brightened up her followers' morning by sharing a hilarious photo of her hairstyle amid the UK's third lockdown on Wednesday.With hair salons firmly closed, the BBC Breakfast star happily posed for a selfie as she showed off her blonde locks which appeared slightly more static than usual.

Sex Education star Asa Butterfield has teased new details about season three of the Netflix series, confirming there will be a time jump.The actor, who plays the lead role of Otis Milburn in the hit series, also revealed that his character has “grown up a bit” in the new episodes.“There’s a bit of a time-jump since the season two cliffhanger,” Butterfield told The Guardian. “Otis is back at school but he’s got different things on his plate.

Leighton Meester and Adam Brody are avid surfers these days and they’re constantly spotted at the beach working on their skills!

Politics and Covid-19 have been intertwined ever since the novel coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China a year ago. But when director Hao Wu made 76 Days, his harrowing film documenting hospital workers and Covid patients in Wuhan as the city went through lockdown, he left political questions aside.

We’ve already shared a bunch of photos of Leighton Meester and Adam Brody‘s surfing dates, but these might be the sweetest ones yet.

BBC will launch TV and online lessons to help parents and children through lockdown. The whole of the UK was plunged in to another lockdown this week as the Scottish and UK Governments struggle to contain rising numbers of Covid19 cases.

Sign up to the M.E.N.'s Manchester Family newsletter for all the latest from school closures to ways to entertain the kidsThe BBC has said it will ensure all children can access curriculum-based learning, even if they don’t have access to the internet.It comes as millions of parents began remote learning with their children on Tuesday (January 5) after a third national lockdown was announced by Boris Johnson.The new measures include the closure of schools except to vulnerable and key worker