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The long goodbye has begun: Fear the Walking Dead dropped a trailer for the eighth and final season of the AMC prequel.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details of the series finale of Fear the Walking Dead, which aired tonight on AMC.

Stacey Solomon has clapped back after it was suggested her recent fitness overhaul came with an ulterior motive. Earlier this year the Sort Your Life Out host vowed to up her gym game after dusting off her husband Joe Swash's exercise bike that he'd acquired and not used.

Naman Ramachandran Renowned actor, director, author and activist David Harewood (“Homeland”) and his producing partner Sabina Emrit Harper have launched production company Section 52 Films, with a focus on the arts, diversity and the exploration of important social issues. The company will produce TV shows, films and documentaries aiming to shed light on stories of race, identity, mental health and equality, in the wake of Harewood’s work with the BBC including “Psychosis and Me,” “Blackface” and “Why Is COVID-19 Killing People of Colour?” Section 52 Films is named after the U.K.’s Mental Health Act Section 5(2), under which Harewood was detained during his episodes of psychosis more than 30 years ago.

EXCLUSIVE: Sex Education and Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa is set to star as David Copperfield in a new all-star audible series executive-produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes.

A Land Rover Discovery driver was taken aback after being bombarded by "anti-car" notes - including one offering a free penis enlargement. Adam Chester, visiting a friend, parked his 4X4 near the junction of a busy residential area.

Stacey Solomon has shared the adorable moment her son became her cheerleader as she stuck to her vow of becoming a keen gym goer. Back at the start of May the Loose Women star gave fans a glimpse inside the work out room at her stunning home for the first time.

Stacey Solomon has given a glimpse into her home life with her husband Joe Swash as fans got to see her sleeping arrangements before she got stuck into her new regime. The Loose Women star documented her early wake-up call on Tuesday (May 9) after vowing to hit the gym.

Stacey Solomon has given fans a glimpse inside a room in her home fans have never seen before. The Loose Women star and her husband Joe Swash moved into their dream family abode a few years ago and have since expanded their brood with daughters Rose and Belle.

Leo Barraclough International Features Editor Charlotte Moore, chief content officer at the BBC, has defended the decision of screenwriter Steven Knight, best known for “Peaky Blinders,” to spice up Charles Dickens’ “Great Expectations” in his television adaptation, now airing on the broadcaster. Referring to an S&M scene in the show, in which a naked Mr. Pumblechook (played by Matt Berry) is seen being whipped by housewife-turned-dominatrix Mrs. Gargery (played by Hayley Squires), Moore said that Knight “believes absolutely everything [in the show] comes from what was alluded to” by Dickens in the novel. Moore, speaking Thursday to the Broadcasting Press Guild in London, added that “you have to really understanding what [Dickens] would have felt able to write about [in the Victorian era] and read between the lines.”

EXCLUSIVE: Brian Cox (Succession), Nicola Coughlan (Bridgerton), Oscar winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Emilio Villa-Muhammad (The Man Who Fell to Earth) are heading up the all-star cast of Audible Original title Oliver Twist, produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (1917). 

EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Sam Mendes is teaming up with Audible on a series of audio drama adaptations of Charles Dickens stories.

EastEnders bosses to be cast as barmaid or stall holder in the BBC soap as it's revealed her son Bobby Brazier has bagged a role. The Big Brother legend, who died in 2009 aged 27 after being diagnosed with cervical cancer made no secret of her love for the show and in 2006 petitioned two of its stars to talk to their bosses about securing her a role. The Bermondsey born TV star, who grew up in Dickens Estate asked the soap's former cast members Kara Tointon (Dawn Swan) and James Alexandrou (Martin Fowler) to put in a good word for her after meeting them at the V Festival.

Aston Villa captain Jack Grealish is expected to appear in court on Tuesday charged with committing motoring offences during March’s Covid-19 lockdown.The England star has been charged with careless driving, leaving the scene of a crash, and failing to report an accident in Dickens Heath, West Midlands, on March 29.It emerged yesterday that Grealish also faces an allegation of driving without due care on October 18 on the M42, the A446 and an adjoining road close to Villa’s training complex.The