BBC ‘faces nightmare’ after Gladiators star Giant ‘admits to taking dangerous steroids’ in past

Game of Thrones is the sort of industry dominating, pop culture titan that comes around every so often and totally changes the game. And while the characters fought for the Iron Throne, the show made its stars very wealthy in real life.

Neighbours actor Troy Beckwith has died at the age of 48, with his soap co-stars confirming the sad news on social media.

Gladiators star Hunter looks completely unrecoginsable – 21 years since he was last on TV. The show has recently had a reboot on BBC One, with hosts Bradley Walsh and his son Bradley presiding over the arena. Viewers have been 'emotional' as they 'relive their youth'.

Chris Young have been dismissed just days after the 38-year-old was arrested following an incident at a Tennessee bar, the Nashville district attorney confirmed Friday evening. His charges included assaulting an officer, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest at the DawgHouse Saloon in Nashville.

Rylan Clark is being replaced on his BBC Radio 2 show by Paddy McGuinness. Rylan will be off for four weeks in February, while Paddy promises to bring an "endless supply of dad jokes" to the Saturday afternoon radio show. This news comes as Rylan has revealed a surprise career change – he'll be performing at Henley Festival in July with stars including Gladys Knight, Sam Ryder, and Nicole Scherzinger.

ITV's The Chase is known for featuring some of the best quizzers on the circuit - and now, guest star Dom Joly has revealed just how seriously the Chasers take the show in order to stay at the top. Comedian Dom said that when he was a celebrity contestant on the show, hosted by Bradley Walsh, he saw Mark Labbett - aka The Beast - become so angry about a call on one question that the show had to be stopped while they argued. Dom appeared on Beat The Chasers where he managed to beat all five chasers, winning £50k for charity.

Coronation Street's Sue Cleaver had a close call with death after a co-star noticed a worrying sign on set.The actress, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, shared her scary experience with sepsis during a chat on Loose Women. While discussing the topic 'How good are you at listening to your body?' with Ruth Langsford, Linda Robson and Brenda Edwards, Sue revealed how she was diagnosed with sepsis. "I happened to be working one day, we were filming a big party and there were about 20 people in the scene," she said.

“Ted” star Max Burkholder’s association with series creator Seth MacFarlane dates back to Burkholder’s childhood.“I did voiceover work for [MacFarlane’s series] ‘Family Guy,’ ‘American Dad,’ ‘The Cleveland Show,’ so in a weird way I’ve been working with Seth in some capacity for 20 years,” Burkholder, 25, told The Post.“And just because I was a little kid hanging around the ‘Family Guy’ offices, when it came time for the table read for the first ‘”Ted” movie, they needed someone to play the creepy little kid character — and so I did that when I was probably around 10.” “Ted,” streaming on Peacock, is a prequel to the 2012 and 2015 movies (“Ted” and “Ted 2“) in which a foul-mouthed talking teddy bear, Ted (MacFarlane), is brought to life by his pal, 30-year-old John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg in both movies) — and eventually interferes with John’s love life.Burkholder plays 16-year-old John in the TV adaptation, set in 1993 in Framingham, Mass., as John adapts to high school — helped (or hindered) by Ted (voiced by MacFarlane and brought to life via sophisticated computer animation).Scott Grimes and Alanna Ubach play John’s Archie Bunker-type father, Matty, and good-natured mother, Susan; his older, liberal cousin, Blaire (Giorgia Whigam), attends Emerson College and lives with the family due to a sketchy situation with her parents.Burkholder said he was very conscientious about nailing John’s Boston accent.“I worked very hard on that,” he said.

Susan Boyle has made an unusual appearance in public, months after revealing that she'd suffered a stroke. The Britain's Got Talent icon, 62, surprised fans when she turned up at a special watch party and celebration for the reboot of 90s fan-favourite Gladiators. The sport and entertainment competition, which sees ultra fit members of the public go up against the hand-picked "gladiators" in a series of epic challenges, returned to BBC One with gusto two weeks ago.

Susan Boyle has broken cover in a rare public appearance to support fellow Scots star Kerry Wilson after she secured a place in the quarter finals of the new re-boot of Gladiators.

BBC soap star James Alexandrou was back on the set of EastEnders 17 years after his exit as he took on a behind-the-scenes role. The 38 year old, who is best known for playing Martin Fowler on the soap, first appeared on Albert Square in 1996. Fans of the show will remember Martin as the bad boy son of Arthur and Pauline Fowler.

Dianne Buswell has sent a four-word message to Bobby Brazier after their time on the road with Strictly Come Dancing. The pair made it to the final of the BBC One dance contest back in December where they went up against Ellie Leach and Vito Coppola and Layton Williams and Nikita Kuzmin.

Fans are devastated after Strictly Star Jamie Laing announced he will quit his much-loved podcast show.The reality TV star, who rose to fame on Made In Chelsea, has made the decision to stop hosting his Private Parts podcast. Jamie, who reached new heights of fame during his stint on Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, announced the news to his fans in an Instagram video. In a comment under the emotional video, Jamie said: "Dear Listeners and Esteemed Guests, for the past seven years, 'Private Parts' has been more than just a podcast; it has been a journey filled with laughter, insights, and unforgettable conversations."To our loyal listeners, your support has been the backbone of this adventure.

Gladiator star Michael Wilson, who is known by his stage name 'Cobra,' opened up on his health battles which at one point left him "immobile for months" as he spoke of cancelling surgery to continue paying the bills.

Game of Thrones is the sort of industry dominating, pop culture titan that comes around every so often and totally changes the game. And while the characters fought for the Iron Throne, the show made its stars very wealthy in real life.

co-star and boyfriend, Paul Forman. The health scare happened over the New Year holiday, according to an Instagram post Park shared on January 19.“While on holiday in December into New Years, what started as tonsillitis spiraled into critical septic shock, which infected and affected several of my organs,” she chronicling her hospital stay.

EastEnders' Natalie Cassidy has revealed she is feeling 'very ill' and has had to take time off from filming on the BBC One soap, throwing filming into chaos. She shared on Instagram: "Poorly.The only time I will ever get to watch the South Bank Show Originals.

Diego Ramos Bechara editor “Yellowjackets” star Samantha Hanratty has wanted to be an actor since she was two years old: “I literally told my mom, I was like, I want to be on stage in TV. I knew I was going to be an actor really out of the womb.” “I don’t know if it was like I wanted attention from being the youngest of five girls or just the love of entertaining,” she says.

Joe Hugill says he always envisaged scoring on debut for Burton Albion, but didn’t expect to find the net just three minutes into his maiden appearance.

The much loved game show, Gladiators has officially made a triumphant return over on BBC One.The tournament based programme kicked off this evening, and welcomed a fresh line-up of contenders who signed themselves up to compete against the 'Gladiators' - a "group of elite athletes and bodybuilders" in a series of speed and strength based events.The original series first launched back in 1992 and ran for eight years on ITV until 2000.Then, it was revived for the second time between 2008 and 2009 on Sky One. Fast forward to 2024, and the BBC has successfully brought back "the ultimate test of speed and strength" with the lovable father and son duo, Bradley and Barney Walsh as hosts.