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Strictly Come Dancing star Luba Mushtuk has announced the "special" news that she is now a British citizen in a new social media post.The 34 year old, who joined the cast of Strictly in 2018, took to Instagram on Tuesday, 21 November to proudly reveal she has been granted British citizenship alongside two photos of her with her official documents at Camden Town Hall. "She is a British Citizen.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Oscar winner Jeremy Irons has joined the cast of Palme d’Or-winning director Bille August‘s prestige limited series “The Count of Monte Cristo,” which also stars Sam Claflin. A sprawling adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ classic novel, the English-language series is produced by Mediawan’s banner Palomar, the leading Italian company behind “Inspector Montalbano” and “The Name of the Rose,” in collaboration with another Mediawan label, France’s DEMD Productions.

Dianne Buswell and Bobby Brazier found themselves in the Strictly Come Dancing dance-off on Sunday night's show - the first time they have been in the bottom two all series.They were up against Angela Rippon and Kai Widdrington, but ultimately, Bobby and Dianne were unanimously saved by the judges. But it all seemed a bit much for Dianne, 34, who had tears streaming down her face and was struggling to hold it together as she clung tightly to Bobby, 20, as he wrapped a protective and supportive arm around her.

Naman Ramachandran “Sherlock” Seasons 1-4, “Death in Paradise” Seasons 1-11, “Unforgotten” Seasons 1-4 and “Life Below Zero” Seasons 1-9 are among the series that will be available as part of BBC Studios‘ new content agreement with Lemino, a Japanese video-on-demand streaming service operated by NTT DoCoMo. The deal, which comes into effect Nov.

Apple TV+ Europe commissioner Tom Williams is leaving the streamer after a year to join the expanding BBC Studios Drama Productions team.

Kate Oates has been named Head of Drama Productions at BBC Studios.

BBC Acquires Aussie Spin-Off Of ‘Death In Paradise’

Stephen Sanchez has shared details of 2024 UK and European tour – find out how to buy tickets below.The Nashville singer-songwriter’s ‘The Troubadour Takes Europe Tour’ will take in shows at Bristol’s SWX, London’s KOKO and Manchester’s New Century Hall between February 12 and 14 before other stops in major European cities.Tickets go on general sale at this Friday (November 10) at 9am GMT here. A fan pre-sale is already open for select dates.The news follows the release of Sanchez’s debut album ‘Angel Face’.

The executive producers of critically acclaimed BBC prison drama Time have launched their own scripted production operation.

Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves and UK director Jonathan Glazer The Zone Of Interest lead the nominations in the main categories of the 36th European Film Awards which will take place in Berlin on December 9.

Harry: The Interview EP Nat Lippiett and BBC factual entertainment commissioner Clare Mottershead have joined Orchard Studios, the nascent UK unscripted indie run by former Amazon UK programs chief Dan Grabiner and ex-The Garden boss Nicola Hill.

40 year old Rachel was the second contestant to be voted out of the latest series of BBC's Survivor, after her team lost the challenge for immunity and spoke about forming "alliances".The start of Survivor consisted of 18 contestants who were split into two tribes of nine people.Their challenge is to compete against each other in a range of mental and physical challenges to try and stay on the island.Their latest challenge saw the two teams racing through water around a rectangular shaped challenge course, with the aim of catching the other team. However, each tribe was tied together with 50kg of weight distributed amongst the team.

EXCLUSIVE: The first call Stephen Garrett made after acquiring the rights to suspense-fuelled book Culprits: The Heist Was Just the Beginning was to writer and director J Blakeson, who he hailed as “the real deal.”

Sophie Turner may still be navigating her divorce from Joe Jonas. However, the actress has seemingly set her sights on a new love interest. This week, Turner was spotted locked into a steamy kiss with Peregrine Pearson.

Seasoned agent and commercial exec Ian Moffitt has joined IMG‘s studios business in London after exiting BBC Studios.

Zee-Sony Merger Back On Track

BBC Survivor viewers were quick to switch off just minutes into the new series, all voicing the same complaint.The show, hosted by Joel Dommett, made a comeback on BBC1 with 18 contestants from across the UK competing for a £100,000 cash prize. Despite the excitement of the show's return after more than 20 years, many fans were left unimpressed.They took to social media to express their disappointment, with one viewer saying: "I'm bored already #Survivor." Another added: "Good grief. Is this really what the # BBC think the great British public want to watch on a Saturday night?" Someone else commented: "#Survivor on @BBCOne is c***.

EXCLUSIVE: Sky Studios has put in development a comedy series about medieval Essex from The Great writer Ava Pickett and Big Talk Studios.

Members of the British Royal Family often attract criticism for not joining in with large gatherings of European royals for events such as significant birthdays. However one expert has said that this is entirely unwarranted as it would be far better to see the royals continuing to work hard at home and shining a light on their various charities.The argument has reared its head again after Prince Christian of Denmark celebrated his 18th birthday and was photographed with four future Queens - the latest in a long line of photographs of European heirs without any British royal in the mix.

Marta Balaga DR Sales has been racking up sales for Danish drama series “Prisoner.” Starring Sofie Gråbøl, David Dencik, Youssef Wayne Hvidtfeldt and Charlotte Fich, it has been picked up by BBC (UK and Ireland), Canal+ Group’s channel Polar+ (France), MHz Networks (U.S.), SBS (Australia), NPO (Netherlands) and BeTV (French-speaking Belgium). Revolving around four desperate prison guards, forced to deal with everything from rampant drug trade to their personal problems and imminent closure of the prison, the show was created by Kim Fupz Aakeson.