It wouldn't be New Year's Eve without Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny on BBC Two. The show, which has aired for the past 30 years, has become a time-honoured tradition for many people as part of their end-of-year celebrations.
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Ten brave celebrities will be stripping down in front of the nation in the latest instalment of The Real Full Monty on ITV.
The reality show is back with a Christmas special, titled The Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls, which begins at 9pm tonight (Monday December 11). It sees our famous faces bare all to highlight the importance of checking your body, all while shining a spotlight on cancer.
Expect tear-jerking moments as well as some laughs as the stars open up about their own experiences with cancer, while getting to grips with a new dance routine and the idea of stripping off in front of a live audience. Among the line-up is TV presenter Julia Bradbury and Coronation Street actress Victoria Ekanoye, who are both in remission from breast cancer.
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Royal butler Paul Burrell is also taking part, and he is currently living with prostate cancer. Footballer Ashley Cain is one of the 10 stars, and he is working to adjust to the tragic loss of his precious daughter Azaylia to Leukaemia.
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There will be two special episodes of The Real Full Monty: Jingle Balls. The first airs on Monday night (December 11) on ITV1 from 9pm until 10.30pm. The second episode airs at the same time and place the next evening, on Tuesday December
It wouldn't be New Year's Eve without Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny on BBC Two. The show, which has aired for the past 30 years, has become a time-honoured tradition for many people as part of their end-of-year celebrations.
Actor Tom Wilkinson has "suddenly" died at the age of 75, his family have announced. The British actor was best known for his role as former steel mill foreman Gerald Cooper in the comedy movie The Full Monty. He also starred in Shakespeare in Love and Batman Begins.
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Fans believe that Safiyya Vorajee could be joining the cast of The Only Way Of Essex, after admitting life has been "hard lately". She was spotted enjoying a night out with the cast of TOWIE at Winter Wonderland, after the news broke her ex Ashley Cain is set to become a father again.The 35-year-old and Ashley Cain tragically lost their daughter Azaylia Diamon Cain two years ago.
It might be 26 years since Paul Burrell worked for the Royal Family, but the former butler still likes to add some Royal magic to his Christmas celebrations. Paul, 65, spent over two decades working with the Royal Family and was previously the late Princess Diana's butler. He's now opened up about what it was like to celebrate Christmas at Sandringham with the Royals, admitting there are certain things he misses about the annual festivities The I'm A Celeb star has also revealed he's taken tips from his Royal Christmases when it comes to setting up his dinner table at his home, which he shares with husband Graham Cooper.
The Royal Family are known for their funny trend of buying one another comical gifts at Christmas time - but the late Queen did often use a different method to do her shopping, according to one former royal insider. When it comes to buying gifts for the people who have everything, what do you choose? Despite it likely being a challenge, only the best would do for Queen Elizabeth's children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
While they observe many of the festive traditions that a popular all over the UK, the Royal Family's Christmas is also unique and unexpected in many ways. One of the most well-known royal Christmas traditions is the fact that members of the family buy each other joke gifts, rather than serious ones, with previous presents including a singing hamster, a 'grow your own girlfriend kit' and even a leather toilet seat. Among these hilarious gifts was one Prince Harry decided to give to his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
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Following the recent news that Ashley Cain is once again going to become a father, two years on since the heartbreaking death of his daughter Azaylia to cancer, his ex-girlfriend Safiyya Vorajee has opened up about her heartache at the new development. According to the grieving mum, Ashley allegedly stood at the grave of their daughter and asked her, “Can we have another baby?” leading Safiyaa to believe that there could be hope for them to resume their relationship and build a family.The couple had previously discussed having another child together following the death of their little girl, however grief strained their relationship and the couple parted ways.
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The Real Full Monty star Ashley Cain moved viewers to tears as he discussed why he would never shave off his long beard. The former professional footballer, 33, and his ex-partner Safiyya Vorajee tragically lost their beloved daughter Azaylia to leukaemia in 2021 when she was just eight months old.
Victoria Ekanoye from ITV's The Real Full Monty has opened up about how her cancer diagnosis hit her "really hard", as she was the ninth person in her family to face the disease.The former Coronation Street actress, 42, discovered a lump in her breast just six months after welcoming her first child in 2021. She was inspired by the late Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding to seek a third opinion when she felt something wasn't right. In November, Victoria revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy after finding the lump.
Julia Bradbury has joined the line-up of The Real Full Monty, which sees celebs strip off in a bid to raise awareness around cancer. The TV star was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2021 after finding a lump in 2020 that turned out to be a cluster of benign micro-cysts. A scan showed her to have a "high grade" 6cm tumour, which she had removed via surgery.
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