Review: The Great British Bake Off, BBC2

3:42pm Friday 24th August 2012

IT’S funny how there are programmes which on paper appear to have no real purpose and yet, when you catch a few minutes of them, you can’t turn them off.

Review: Celebrity Big Brother 2012

3:23pm Friday 17th August 2012

AND so we’ve gone from the sublime to the ridiculous in a matter of days.

Review: Normal TV runs a poor second to Olympics

3:57pm Friday 10th August 2012

I TRIED, really I did, to find something other than the Olympics around which to base my weekly TV ramblings. But let’s face it, unless you are a diehard Corrie fan, what else has there been to watch?

Review: London Olympics opening 2012

4:35pm Friday 3rd August 2012

AND so it has begun: The greatest show on earth is filling our screens turning us all into experts on the finer points of a double twisting dismount or the advantages of the penholder grip.

Cyber bullies have go at Blackburn Big Brother star Becky Hannnon

UNDER FIRE Becky Hannon

12:00pm Thursday 2nd August 2012

A BLACKBURN girl who has been making a big splash in the Big Brother house has become the target of cyber bullies, her family have said.

Review: Olympics coverage

4:41pm Friday 27th July 2012

IF you like your TV it’s to be hoped you are also a sports lover. If not, the next three weeks look like being viewing purgatory.

What's on: Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony, BBC One, 9pm

hard act to follow The opening ceremony at Beijing in 2008

4:34pm Friday 27th July 2012

Let's not be cynical...let’s get enthusiastic. This could be the greatest show on earth, given that Oscar-winning Lancastrian Danny Boyle is behind the whole thing.

Review: World’s Most Dangerous Roads, BBC2

4:21pm Friday 13th July 2012

AS some fairly disastrous documentaries have shown in the past, taking comedians away from their natural habitat and trying to make them TV presenters is not necessarily a good idea.

Blackburn Orphanage tea party filmed for TV

12:41pm Friday 13th July 2012

OLD boys and girls from Blackburn Orphanage, met once more at a very emotional homecoming tea-party filmed for television.

Blackburn snacks firm to appear on Channel Four documentary

Blackburn snacks firm to appear on Channel Four documentary

4:30pm Thursday 12th July 2012

A BLACKBURN firm specialising in snacks for people with specific dietary requirements is looking at a bright future after appearing on a new Channel Four documentary.

Review: Big Brother, Channel 5

4:59pm Friday 6th July 2012

OK, I have a confession to make— I am a Big Brother fan.

South Pennine moors project in line for TV cash from BBC's One Show

PART OF PROJECT Hurstwood mountain bike trail. Below, Pam Warhurst and the twite which WLP has helped recover

2:30pm Tuesday 3rd July 2012

A REVAMP which has transformed the South Pennine moors around Burnley is now in line for a major television showcase.

East Lancashire self-made millionaire's ‘Bank of Dave’ project set for TV revelations

STRUGGLE David Fishwick

12:30pm Wednesday 27th June 2012

A SELF-made millionaire from East Lancashire is set to share the secrets of a ‘people’s bank’ which aims to give entrepreneurs a leg up.

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal to film latest TV episode in Darwen

foodies treat India Mill is having Heston, left to tea

12:00pm Tuesday 26th June 2012

CELEBRITY chef Heston Blumenthal is set to give people in Darwen a special treat when he comes to the town next month to film an episode of his new TV programme.

Review: European Championships

4:57pm Friday 22nd June 2012

IT’S not been a great week for TV viewers who have an aversion to the national game.

Review: Silk, BBC1

4:25pm Friday 15th June 2012

THERE’S nothing new about legal dramas on TV.

Colne Coronation Street actress sheds light on taboo storyline

Colne Coronation Street actress sheds light on taboo storyline

1:24pm Wednesday 30th May 2012

WITH the nation’s biggest soap tackling the issue, male-victim domestic violence has been brought to the fore.

Review: Where’s Fred? ITV1

4:49pm Friday 25th May 2012

MOST of the time Telegraph Towers is a hive of activity and it usually takes something special to bring proceedings to a halt.

Review: Great British Menu, BBC2

4:09pm Friday 11th May 2012

WELL you can’t accuse the Beeb of under-selling Tuesday’s Great British Menu in their trailers.

The only way is Burnley for Joey from TOWIE

Joey Essex

9:20am Wednesday 9th May 2012

REALITY TV icon Joey Essex is set to host a red-carpet party for star-crossed wannabes in Burnley.

Review: The Bridge, BBC4

4:40pm Friday 4th May 2012

JUST when you thought Scandinavian drama couldn’t get any better, along comes The Bridge.

Coronation Street actress from Colne wins Best Newcomer at British Soap Awards

Coronation Street actress from Colne wins Best Newcomer at British Soap Awards

9:42am Friday 4th May 2012

AN East Lancashire actress who stars in Coronation Street has scooped the prestigious Best Newcomer title at the British Soap Awards.

Coronation Street star Antony Cotton hopes to recreate Betty's hotpot

4:20pm Thursday 3rd May 2012

EDENFIELD-born Coronation Street star Antony Cotton

Review: The Voice, BBC1

2:37pm Friday 27th April 2012

THE Beeb promised that their new Saturday night prime time show The Voice would be a celebration of genuine talent — and boy have they lived up to that.

The Voice star performs at Blackburn's TK Maxx

TREAT David singing in the store, and, inset his mentor Danny O’Donaghue

10:46am Tuesday 24th April 2012

SHOPPERS at a Blackburn store were treated to a performance from one of the stars of BBC’s hit singing show The Voice.

Corrie stars in the mood for singing at Clayton-le-Moors gala

Catherine Tyldesley and Jennie McAlpine.

11:20am Monday 23rd April 2012

Coronation Street stars added a showbiz twist to a charity gala.

Review: Four Rooms, Channel 4

2:18pm Friday 20th April 2012

IT’S amazing what some people appear to have lying around.

Keith Lemon and Jedward pop into Darwen for new TV series

PET PROJECT Keith Lemon in Darwen with Tim and Claire

2:17pm Wednesday 18th April 2012

THE owner of a Darwen pet store got a surprise visit from TV’s Keith Lemon.

Review: Titanic, ITV1

3:03pm Tuesday 17th April 2012

I’M getting a sinking feeling. Something cold is leaving me empty, and I’m really rather disappointed.

Rishton schoolboy Lucas is set for BBC1 fame

LEARNING HIS LINES Lucas is ‘nervous’ but looking forward to his part in the Passion story

5:00pm Thursday 5th April 2012

A RISHTON schoolboy will get his 15 minutes of fame tomorrow when he appears on BBC1 as part of the Easter coverage.

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