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tapes could create a divide
between Harry and Meghan”
8 Is bullying tearing Little
Mix apart?
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is on – after Geri heals Posh’s
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24 “My bridesmaids were strangers
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‘The new Diana tapes coul
Harry & Meghan’ As it emerges that never-before seen footage of Princess
Diana will be aired on Netflix next year, her former butler
Paul Burrell tells Closer why he believes it will cause more
tension for Meghan Markle and ‘torn’ Prince Harry
he Royal family
T
has faced
continuing
fallout since the
Oprah interview
with Prince Harry and Meghan
Markle – dubbed the greatest
upset for The Firm since the
death of Princess Diana in 1997.
Now there’s more drama
in store, as it’s emerged a new
documentary about Diana is in
the making – featuring hours of
unheard and unseen footage.
It will be a sequel to the 2017
documentary, Diana: In Her
Own Words, and will reportedly
feature audio and video tapes
of Diana which were created to
help Andrew Morton write his
1992 book, Diana: Her True Story.
It’s due to air next year – the
25th anniversary of Diana’s tragic
death – on Netflix, posing an
awkward situation for Prince
Harry as it’s the same streaming
giant that he and wife Meghan
partnered with last summer.
Diana’s infamous 1995
Panorama interview with Martin
Bashir – seen by 23m viewers
– unearthed shocking claims of
Prince Charles’ relationship with
Camilla Parker Bowles and saw
Diana reveal how isolated she felt
during her marriage.
Now her former butler and
close friend Paul Burrell tells
Closer that the documentary
will be uncomfortable for
Harry, who’s already reportedly
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feeling “torn” over
the ongoing rift with
the royals.
Paul, 62, says, “The
new video tapes will no
doubt be fascinating for
viewers. They’re likely
to be conversations with
her voice coach, Peter
Settelen, and the audio
tapes she sent back and
forth to her biographer,
Andrew Morton. There’ll
no doubt be more secrets
unveiled and it’ll show
more of an insight into
who she was. Around
that time, she was extremely
paranoid – she believed she was
being bugged by the press and
followed. She had me lifting up
floorboards and disconnecting
the phone at some points.
PRIVATE DETAILS
“The documentary may draw
up scandal and private details
about Diana, and that’ll be
really uncomfortable for Harry.
He’s always hated the fact his
mother was exploited – and
now the same is happening on
the very same platform he and
Meghan are working with.
“Netflix have capitalised on
the appetite for royal scandal
with The Crown, Harry and
Meghan’s upcoming work
and now this Princess Diana
documentary. If Harry’s already
feeling torn and uncomfortable
Netflix will
air unseen
footage of
Diana
about his recent actions, this will
no doubt cement those feelings.
“It’s very awkward as I think
Meghan may see Diana as a role
model, and feel she can relate
to her. So she’ll welcome more
insight into Diana’s life and for
them to be compared. But those
differing feelings could create a
divide between her and Harry. It
could even drive them apart.”
Last month, Harry returned to
the UK for his grandfather Prince
Philip’s funeral – where he
faced his family for the first time
since the interview with Oprah,
where they made allegations
of racism and a lack of mental
health support within the Palace.
Closer previously reported how
he returned to pregnant Megan
in LA feeling “torn and regretful”
after spending time with his
family and in his old home.

d create a divide between Meanwhile, Meghan has
reportedly been striving
forward with the their
commercial projects. After
Netflix, Spotify and Apple deals
were made last year, last week it
was revealed that she’ll release
a children’s book next month.
However, the book – called
The Bench and inspired by the
relationship between Harry and
their two-year-old son, Archie –
was blasted on social media for
celebrating a father and child
bond, despite Meghan cutting
off her father, Thomas Markle,
with further criticism for using
her royal title on the book
despite stepping down.
Fans also speculated that
the cartoon of the father in the
book – a red-headed character
dressed in army uniform – was
used to depict Harry, who served
in the military for over a decade
but was stripped of his titles
after Megxit. A royal author
speculated the cartoon was used
to show “how much the army
meant to Harry and how upset
he is to lose his military titles.”
Megah is rele BACKLASH
asing
a children’s
book Despite Meghan and
Harry’s philanthropic
pledge and the launch
of their charity,
Archewell Foundation,
there has been no
mention of any
charitable proceeds –
and PR expert Nick Ede
believes the Duchess
would have likely been
paid between a £250k
to £500k advance to
write the book.
I DON’T BELIEVE THIS The couple received
yet another backlash after
reports they’re spending
LIFE IS ONE THAT HE £280k on a nursery – in the
same weekend Harry urged
others to donate to help with
TRULY WANTS TO LEAD global coronavirus vaccinations
at the Vax Live charity concert.
Paul – who once likened
Meghan to Diana, calling
them both “strong-willed and
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philanthropic women” – now
says that Meghan’s recent
decisions have created a stark
divide between their characters.
He says, “Diana’s agenda was
always first and foremost charity
work. When she was part of the
royals and married to Charles,
this was her priority, and it
remained when they divorced.
She gave her life to helping
others – continuing with her
patronages and doing good.
“We’ve seen some decisions
from Meghan seemingly made
for personal gain. The Netflix,
Spotify and Apple deals are all for
the couple’s own profile. She’s
put her name as ‘The Duchess of
Sussex’ on the book, which has
led to claims that she’s using her
royal status for commercial gain.
DIFFERENT AGENDA
“That’s what starkly separates
her from Diana. Meghan may
want to be like her, but she’s
not going the right way about
it. Her priorities seem to be
commercial – which meant
nothing to Diana.”
And Paul believes Harry will
feel increasingly split over the
coming months and years.
He says, “Harry said he wanted
to step back from the royals for a
more private life, but everything
we’ve seen has counteracted that
claim. We’ve got the deals, the
Oprah interview, the LA lifestyle
– I wouldn’t be surprised if we
see a reality show in the future. It
seems the agenda has changed.
It all seems so different to what
Harry used to value.
“I think he’ll come to disagree
with these new ambitions and,
sadly, I don’t think it’ll end well.
I don’t believe this life is one that
he truly wants to lead, but I don’t
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doubt he adores Meghan and his
family. I think he’ll find himself
in a very different situation
once he realises that.”
By Lily Smith
 Turn to page 28 for royal pal
Lady Victoria Hervey’s views on
the Sussexes.
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IS BULLYING
TEARING LITTLE
MIX APART?
 Recent reports say Jesy Nelson has now “severed ties”
Jesy left the band in
December last year

with her former bandmates after nine years together

 Sources confirm there is unease between Perrie Edwards,
Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall
 The insider adds that their unrest stems from years
of trolling and always being pitted against each other
n a candid bullying and being pitted where people

I
interview last
week, Jesy
Nelson hinted
at tension with
her former bandmates when
she refused to address their
relationship, and admitted that
being in Little Mix had “taken
its toll” on her.
Days later, reports emerged
that Jesy, 29, has
“completely severed
ties” with the three
JESY’S CONFESSIONS SINCE
remaining members
of the group – Perrie
Edwards, 27,
LEAVING HAVE CREATED AN
Leigh-Anne Pinnock,
29, and Jade Thirlwall, UNEASY AIR BETWEEN THEM
28 – since quitting the
band in December.
against each other, which can
easily cause insecurities.
“While they all knew what
Jesy went through and saw the
turmoil she was in, having her
vocalise it and say how much
happier she is now has struck a
chord. They’ve all been through
down times, and this is making
them address that head on.”
In her interview, Jesy opened
up about being compared to
didn’t want
me to be there.
Sometimes
I wasn’t a
positive energy
because I was
so down.”
She also admitted she was I don’t think any of us did,” she
“jealous” of the other girls for said. “I never thought, ‘Oh god,
being “happy” when shooting I’m fat’, and then we got in the
a music video last industry, and we all started
year, while she felt
uncomfortable
wanting to change things
about ourselves.”
with her body after Jesy isn’t the only member of
putting on a stone
during lockdown.
the band to struggle in this way.
In 2019, Perrie spoke out about
It’s not the first
time Jesy has
suffering with anxiety and panic
attacks, and last week the
spoken out about remaining band members
being unhappy in the group. In
her 2019 documentary Odd One
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PRESSURE
And now, an insider tells Closer
that unease seems to have
filtered down to the remaining
bandmates, too, with fears that
bullying and the pressure of
being in the public eye could
drive them apart.
The source says, “Jesy’s
confessions since leaving the
band have created an uneasy air
between them right now. The
girls have faced years of online
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her fellow band members for
almost a decade, and how she
no longer has to “worry” about
pleasing others as she pursues
a solo career.
She confessed, “I don’t have
to worry about having a music
video or doing an interview
wearing an outfit that I don’t
want to wear because three
other girls want to wear it…
I felt like I was coming into
an environment, sometimes,
Out, she spoke about the impact
of social media trolling and
revealed that online bullying
led her to attempt suicide.
BODY IMAGE
Then, last November, she
confessed that being in Little
Mix left her struggling with
her body image.
“Before we got in the group,
I never looked at myself and
thought, ‘I don’t like that’ – Leigh-Anne is expecting
her first baby with
fiancé Andre Gray
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revealed they’d been going to
group therapy sessions.
Leigh-Anne and Jade have
also admitted things got heated
between them all while they
filmed their talent competition,
Little Mix: The Search. Leigh-
Anne revealed they “all have
different tastes in music, so we
were bound to disagree”, while
Jade confessed, “Maybe I went
off in a huff a couple of times.”
And in a new BBC
documentary called Race,
Pop & Power, which airs this
week, Leigh-Anne reveals her
heartbreak at feeling “invisible”
within the band, believing it’s
because of her race.
In it, she says, “Sometimes
I felt I was being treated
differently from my bandmates
because of the colour of my
skin. Why do I feel invisible?
The least favoured, the least
desired. I want to know if it’s
racism, or if it’s in my head?”
Although Leigh-Anne, Jade
and Perrie have insisted they’re
not ready “to call it a day yet”,
they are pursuing their own
projects, leading fans to
speculate they may part ways.
Perrie has a shoe line with
Italian brand Superga, and has
announced she is working on
a secret project. Meanwhile,
Jade is reportedly being lined
up for presenting jobs after
impressing BBC bosses on
Little Mix: The Search.
Leigh-Anne is also in talks
to present a new TV show, and
last week she announced she’s
expecting a baby with her
fiancé, footballer Andre Gray.
The source adds, “The girls are
thrilled for Leigh-Anne, but
her pregnancy has also made
them reassess their future.
It’s going to change things and
might force them to have a
conversation over where to
go next. They’ve been in the
business a long time and they
all want to have families, so it
could be they take a break for that
reason – and having that space
may do them some good. They’ve
had a great 10 years, but maybe it’s
better to quit while they’re pals.”
By Lisa Blake
‘Comparing yourself to
bandmates creates conflict’
PR expert Nick Ede (right),
who worked with the Spice
Girls’ Mel B and Girls Aloud’s
Sarah Harding, says it’s
difficult for bands to work
so closely together, as rivalry
can cause issues.
Nick says, “As soon as you
have a band, you lose being
‘just you’. You have to appeal
to the masses and may feel
less popular and end up
comparing yourself to your
bandmates, which can
create conflict.
“In Sarah Harding’s book,
she talks quite a lot about
Javine [Hylton] being
expected to be in the band
in Popstars: The Rivals,
rather than her. That had
a massive effect on her
throughout her career with
Girls Aloud, because it made
her feel insecure.
“What Little Mix have done
well – and why they’ve lasted
so long – is not having a main
singer. With Girls Aloud,
it was Nadine,
and with Atomic
Kitten, it was
Natasha.
“But spending
all their time
together,
and being
constantly
scrutinised
in the public
eye, is always going to add
pressure to your life. It’ll
always be difficult to feel
happy, so it’s good that Jesy
can be honest about that – she
had to walk away for the sake
of her own mental health.”
 Tune into Nick’s new radio
show, Sunday Lunch,
on Charitable.radio
Sarah Harding has
written about feeling
insecure in Girls Aloud
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TURNS TO E
After calling off her engagement to
A-Rod, J-Lo reconnects with Ben...
but not everyone is happy about it
lmost 20
A years since
their broken
engagement
– and just one
month after she split from
fiancé Alex Rodriguez –
Jennifer Lopez has reportedly
become “friendly” again with
Ben Affleck.
Last week, Ben, 48, was seen
being picked up from a hotel in
a white SUV belonging to the
51-year-old star, before being
driven to Jen’s Bel Air mansion
by her security team.
BEN OFFERED A SHOULDER TO Jen was seen in the same
car earlier that day as sources
revealed she had met her
LEAN ON AND AN EMOTIONAL ex three times that week,
including one rendezvous
at the famous Beverly Hills
JEN POURED HER HEART OUT Hotel. Then, days later, Ben
attended the Vax Live Concert
to Reunite The World in LA, in
which Jennifer was performing.
With third
Jen with now es husband
tranged Marc Anthony
fiancé Alex
in 2011
Marc comforts
daughter Emme as she
10 FaceTimes her mum
Sources claim the pair were
having a “great time hanging
out” and plan to see more
of each other.
Fans on social media went
wild amid reunion rumours,
with one excitedly exclaiming,
“The best thing to happen so
far in 2021!”
And while their meet-ups
are said to so far be “platonic”,
pals tell Closer their reunion
has rehashed Ben’s old feelings
for Jen, who had a whirlwind
two-year romance with the
Pearl Harbour actor until their
split in 2004.
The source says, “Jen and Ben
have remained in touch over
the years by congratulating
one another on personal and
professional achievements and
checking-in every so often.
HEART-TO-HEART
“When Ben heard about Jen’s
split, he reached out to offer
a shoulder to lean on, which
made an already emotional Jen
pour her heart out to him.
“They had a couple of long
heart-to-heart phone calls
before Ben suggested meeting
up at a hotel they both knew
well and would offer them
privacy from prying eyes.
“Jen has understandably
been in a fragile state and Ben
has offered support to her which
has been hugely comforting
and, of course, lifted her spirits.

‘FRAGILE’ JEN AS SHE
X FIANCÉ BEN AFFLECK They
were once
Hollywood’s
power
couple
“While she insists they are
just reconnecting and being
there for one another, she’s
admitted that there’s still
chemistry between them.”
The pair – who were coined
“Benifer” as Hollywood’s power
couple – are both single after
Ben split from his girlfriend,
actress Ana de Armas, 33, in
January, while Jen split from
Alex, 45, last month amid
a string of cheating claims
against the baseball star.
They got together in 2002
after Jen split from her second
husband, choreographer
Cris Judd, 51. Soon after,
Ben proposed with a six-carat
pink diamond ring.
Gushing about her fiancé
at the time, Jen said, “He is
brilliantly smart. Loving.
Charming. Affectionate and I
just admire him in every way.
I respect him. I feel like he
teaches me things.”
But in late 2003, the couple
called off their wedding, citing
“excessive media attention”,
and finally called it quits four
months later.
Jen quickly moved on –
marrying her third husband
Marc Anthony, 52 – with
whom she shares twins Max
and Emme, 13 – later that
year. However, they divorced
a decade later in 2014.
EMOTIONAL SUPPORT
Insiders recently told Closer
how Jen had been leaning on
singer Marc amid her split from
Alex, with the amicable exes
even planning a family getaway
with their children.
But pals say concerned
Marc has urged Jen to tread
cautiously with Ben for the
sake of their children.
The source says, “Jen’s been
open and honest with Marc
about her meetings with Ben,
and he understands her need
to connect at a time when she’s
feeling so low.
“But he’s warned her about
rebounding when her head isn’t
straight, and mostly because he
doesn’t want their kids involved
in more heartbreak. They have
been devastated over Jen and
Alex’s split.”
When rumours circulated
that Jen had dumped Alex
back in March, she shared
a snap on Instagram of Marc
comforting Emme as she cried,
while FaceTiming Jen. The
twins were also very close to
Alex’s own children – Natasha,
16, and Ella, 12, with ex-wife
Cynthia Scurtis – with J-Lo and
A-Rod often sharing snaps of
their blended family.
And the source says Alex –
who met with Jen for dinner
just a week before she was seen
with Ben – has also reached out
Jen is said to have met
Ben three times last week
to the singer over her
reunion with her ex.
“Alex wanted to find
out what was going on,”
says the source. “He is
slightly humiliated at her
moving on so quickly.
But she’s insisted it’s just
a friendship and asked
him to allow her space.”
Perhaps in retaliation
to the Jen and Ben
news, Alex attended an awards
ceremony with ex Cynthia and
their kids last week, sharing
snaps of his “family’s special
night”. He also posted a quote,
“The more I learn, the more I
realise how much I don’t know.”
BIG REGRET
After his split from Jen, Ben
went on to wed Pearl Harbour
co-star, Jennifer Garner, 49,
in 2005. However, the couple
announced their separation
shortly after their tenth wedding
anniversary in June 2015.
Last year, the troubled Oscar
winner described his divorce
as his “biggest regret” as he
admitted his long-standing
alcohol addiction contributed
to his marriage breakdown
from the actress, with whom
he shares daughters Violet, 15,
and Seraphina, 12, and nine-
year-old son, Samuel.
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Ben was
driven to
a meet-
up with
Jen
And while pals say Jen’s
spirits have been lifted by Ben
– who is now sober – amid
her heartbreak, they have also
echoed Marc’s warnings, as
they’re concerned her newfound
friendship could backfire and
leave her further heartbroken.
The source adds, “While
those close to Jen can see how
thrilled she is at getting back on
good terms with Ben, they’ve
warned her about how badly
her feelings could get hurt.
“They feel that Ben is
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making her feel excited
now, and she is clinging onto
anything that lights her back
up – even if that comes with
a risk of getting hurt again.
“But Jen insists she knows
what she’s doing. Even if they
don’t end up back together for
good, it’s been lovely having
him support her when she
needs it the most.”
By Daisy McLure
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 NEW MUM:
‘I felt isolated
& forgotten in
lockdown’ Three-quarters of new mothers have admitted that they’ve
struggled with their mental health during the pandemic. We
talk to two women about how they coped during lockdown…
hen Emma
Gatenby found
W out she was
pregnant in
July 2019,
she was thrilled and excited
for the future. But when she
gave birth to her son, Elliott,
in March 2020, the country
was just going into lockdown
and Emma admits that since
becoming a new mum, she
has felt a loneliness and
isolation that she has never
experienced before.
OVERWHELMED
Emma, 27, who lives with her
husband, Jonny, 28, a web
developer, in Newcastle, says,
“It was overwhelming. I think
all new mums have a degree
of fear, but I was terrified of
everything – particularly any
or all of us catching Covid.
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“In normal times you have
visitors who come to see you and
the new baby and help out. But
obviously that couldn’t happen.
“My mum lives two doors
down from me, but the only
support she could give me was
to stick notes on my window
telling me to stay strong and
that I could do it. It was just
so sad, and forming a support
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bubble wasn’t an option until
Elliott was a few months old.
“I’d started feeling down
when I was still pregnant and
the doctor prescribed me anti-
depressants and told me to make
sure I met other new mums at
baby classes but, of course, once
lockdown was announced, they
were cancelled. I couldn’t do the
normal things like having my
baby weighed.
“I felt isolated and forgotten.
I felt so low that, when Elliott
THERE WERE DAYS WHEN I WOULD JUST
SIT IN A ROCKING CHAIR WITH ELLIOTT,
STARING AT THE WALL FOR HOURS
was eight weeks old, my GP
referred me for therapy online.
“Jonny helped as much as he
could, but he had to work and it
was a real juggling act.
“There were days when I
would just sit in a rocking chair
with Elliott, staring at the wall
just letting the hours pass – it’s
been really hard.”
Megan Wright, an adviser for
Action For Children’s Parent
Talk, says, “Emma’s experience
Emma with
son, Elliott
Emma was re
therapy whe
eight weeks
is very common. The number
of calls we’ve had in relation
to emotional well-being has
doubled and, for first-time
mums in particular, it’s been
really tough.
WORRIED
“They have experienced a
double-edged sword – there
have been more stresses
than normal, but the
available support has been
less than usual.”
Data from the Covid-19 New
Mum Study showed that 56
per cent of the participants
reported feeling down, 59 per
cent were lonely and 71 per cent
were worried. And a survey
of 1,000 new or expectant
mothers by Tommy’s charity
found that seven in 10 felt
overwhelmed at some point in
their pregnancy, with 77 per
cent saying the pandemic had
added to their fears.
her
ferred for
n Elliott was
old
Megan adds, “The main
theme we’ve seen in our callers
is isolation. And a lot of mums
have felt unsupported and just
sad that they haven’t had the
birth, pregnancy or maternity
leave experience they’d
hoped for. It should be a really
enjoyable, fun, bonding time.
But it’s been overshadowed by
worries and difficulties.
“They couldn’t have family
over to help them and get to
know the new arrival. And
mum friends are usually a
lifeline, but many people
haven’t been able to make
any, as support groups weren’t
happening in real life. And
now women who gave birth
are going back to work – this
is a difficult transition even in
normal times, but they have
the added worry of going back
when their baby has only really
known them and therefore may
struggle adapting to childcare.
It’s going to be very hard for
them for a long time yet.”
Emma is now back at work
part-time and her mum is
helping with childcare.
She says, “I thought I’d
be going back after a year of
meeting up with friends for
coffee and going to baby classes

and bonding with other mums after our miscarriage and I
– but we’ve done none of it. felt really alone without Dave
“With the vaccine roll-out there. They wouldn’t even let
and restrictions easing, I am me do a video call so he could
starting to feel more positive, see our baby. And just being in
but it’s been such a tough year, the hospital environment was
it’s going to take a long time to nerve-wracking as I worried
get over.” I might be exposed to Covid.”
Ottelie was born last
NERVOUS November – during the second
Ecologist Stephanie Bennett, lockdown. Fortunately, by
32, who lives in Derby with then, hospitals were generally
her husband Dave, 33, who allowing partners to be at the
works in finance, and their birth, but Stephanie was having
four-year-old son, Arlo, found an elective C-section after a
out she was pregnant with her tricky birth with Arlo and had to
daughter, Ottelie, on the first wait for the op without Dave.
day of lockdown. She says, “I was scared about
Sadly, she lost a baby in going down to the theatre and
December 2019 and was really needed Dave beside me.
understandably nervous about Then, after the birth, he was
this pregnancy – but she had to
go to her scans alone. She says the past year
She says, “I was so nervous has been hard
Stephanie’s
daughter Ott
was born du
elie
ring
the second
national loc
kdown
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only allowed to stay for an hour.
I was in a lot of pain and unable
to get up to pick up my baby.”
Unfortunately, Stephanie’s
experiences didn’t improve.
A few days after the birth she
had to go to A&E. Despite the
fact she was breastfeeding,
doctors wouldn’t let Ottelie
stay with her while she waited
to be examined and instead
suggested she was wheeled out
to the car park so she could feed
her baby if she needed to.
SCARED
Stephanie says, “It was horrible
and I now have such a fear of
becoming ill and being forced
to be apart from Ottelie again.
A month ago, I confided to
Dave about how I’d been feeling
since giving birth and now I’ve
started counselling.
“I’ve also formed a support
bubble with my parents, which
has helped. I know we’ll get
there, but it’s been so very hard
and I really feel for anyone who
has had a baby in the past year.”
By Mel Fallowfield
 For help and more information,
go to parent-talk.org.uk.
If you feel like you are struggling,
head to mind.org.uk and
pandasfoundation.org.uk
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MATERNITY EXPERT:
IS KEY TO COPING WITH
NEW MOTHERHOOD ’
Dr Ellie Rayner – founder of
The Maternity Collective,
which provides expert-led
antenatal classes – says,
“Adjusting to motherhood is
challenging – you are faced
with huge physical, mental
and social changes. And
the pandemic has added
to these, with many people
having financial problems and
being unable to access social
networks and therefore feeling
extremely isolated.
“Communication is key to
coping with new motherhood.
Share your feelings – no
one will judge you, they will
reassure you that you aren’t
alone. If someone offers to
help by dropping off dinner or
doing your washing, always
accept. Don’t ever feel like you
are a burden, you don’t have
to do it all by yourself.
“Try to exercise or at least
get outside, and eat regularly.
If you look after yourself
physically, it’s easier to look
after your mental health, too.
“Following the pandemic,
it’s likely a lot of people will
have social anxiety. Accept
that it will take time to adjust
and take small steps. Plan in
advance and take time to build
up your confidence.
“Most importantly, reassure
yourself that you’re doing
your best, and if you know
a friend or family member who
has just given birth, keep an
eye on them and offer help
where possible.”
 For more information, go to
thematernitycollective.co.uk
 For more tips and advice, read
Dr C’s column on page 42
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GERI HEALS POSH’S RIFT W
With plans in motion for a sequel to Spice World: The Movie, insiders say Victoria Beckham
will sign up after clearing the air with Mel B – to the delight of her fan daughter Harper!
fter deciding not
A to join her four
bandmates for
their Spice World
2019 reunion
tour, Posh felt the wrath of
Scary Spice Mel B who publicly
called her “a bit of a b**ch”.
But now insiders say Victoria
Beckham, 47, is “tempted” to
rejoin the band for the sequel
to their 1997 hit film Spice
World: The Movie – and has even
mended her feud with Mel.
Last week, it was reported
how the project to mark the
band’s 25th anniversary is
being led by Geri Horner, 48,
who is currently managing the
band – Mel B, 45, Mel C, 47,
and Emma Bunton, 45 – and
they’re already in talks with
a “renowned scriptwriter”.
And after Mel C revealed that
Posh was “coming around” to
the idea of joining them for their
25th anniversary world tour
later this year, insiders say talks
of a second film have never been
closer to becoming a reality.
STAGE FRIGHT
A source says, “Vic loved
making the first film and the
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fact it didn’t call for them to
sing live was an added bonus, as
it’s something that has always
given her anxiety and these days
fills her with dread.
“When Geri called to tell her
about plans to make the second
film even funnier, with a star-
studded cast, Vic seemed keen.
“They reminisced about all
the fun they had on set the first
time around – but Vic did admit
she was slightly concerned
given the underlying tension
between her and Mel B.”
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All of the Spice Girls performed at
the 2012 Olympics closing ceremony
Mel – aka Scary Spice –
made no secret of her upset
following Posh’s absence from
their 2019 reunion tour, which
was further magnified when
the designer failed to even show
up to support them at any of
their 13 concerts.
Opening up on Good Morning
Britain at the time, the mum-of-
three frostily revealed, “Yeah
I’m upset. I still am a little bit.
But it is what it is and us girls,
we all support each other, no
matter what. But yeah, it is
disappointing.”
But hinting the ice had
thawed between them earlier
this year, Mel appeared
to confirm Posh could be
joining them on their next
project, adding they were all
“raring to go”.
And insiders reveal how
Mel’s statement came after
Geri – who Mel claimed she’d
once had sex with during their
heyday – stepped in to mediate
between the pair.
The source says, “Geri knew
they would never get Posh to
sign up for the film if there
was any risk of friction with
Mel. She was very frank with
Mel and told her that unless she
held out an olive branch and
cleared the air, they would
never get all five of them back
together. So Mel took Geri’s
advice and contacted Vic for a
heart-to-heart. They agreed
to let bygones be bygones.”
DIFFERENT FEELINGS
After opting-out of the band’s
UK comeback tour in 2019,
Posh revealed, “It took me a
lot of courage not to go on tour
with the Spice Girls again, but
to be the one who says, ‘You
know, I’m not doing it because
things feel different now than
they used to.’”
Months earlier, Mel C
revealed how Posh found their
Posh in 1997’s Spice
World: The Movie
one-off reunion performance
at the Olympics closing
ceremony in London in 2012
“hard” because “performing, in
fact, completely petrifies her”.
But in 2018, Posh shared
footage of her daughter, Harper,
watching her mum starring in
the original movie “on rotation”.
In a series of videos she
posted on her Instagram
Stories, she told fans that
Harper asked if she could also
have “a little Gucci dress” like
the one her mum wore in the
tongue-in-cheek film.
The entrepreneur has
proudly shown-off her
daughter’s love for the band
which shot her to global fame
in 1996 – sharing a snap of
her “baby Posh” playing with
her Spice Girls dolls, and
posting a sweet birthday tribute
Harper made for her mum last
year by replacing a picture of
the band’s faces with those of
the Beckham family.
And insiders tell Closer
how Harper is another factor
enticing Posh to rejoin the
iconic girl group for the
proposed movie.
The source says, “Watching
Harper’s face light up when
she watches old videos of her
Harper’s fan
girl excitement
is encouraging
her mum to do
the film

S ON – AFTER
ITH MEL The famous five
and seeing how excited she was
when she found out the girls are
hoping to do another film, was
a real tug at the heartstrings.
“Harper is nine now but was
only a baby when Posh last
performed with the girls at the
Olympics. She has never seen
her perform live, so the thought
of being able to have Harper
watch her on set encouraged
her to just go for it.”
Insiders recently told Closer
how “momager” Posh – who
also shares sons Brooklyn, 22,
Romeo, 18, and Cruz, 16, with
David – was planning to turn
her brood into superstars amid
hopes of permanently moving
Harper with
her Spice
Girl dolls
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The first time ro
und:
Geri and Posh in
the
Spice Girls
back to the US following
their recent three-month
stint in Miami where David’s
MLS soccer team is based.
CAMEO ROLES
Last month, it was revealed
how her eldest son, Brooklyn,
would feature in his fiancée
Nicola Peltz’s latest movie,
Lola James, amid their reported
plans to move to LA to pursue
their Hollywood careers.
And pals say another
alluring factor of signing up is
the possibility of her children
getting cameo roles in the movie,
which is also expected to attract a
string of A-list stars like the first,
which featured Richard E Grant,
Sir Roger Moore and Elton John.
The source adds, “Vic MEL PHONED POSH FOR A
loves the idea of turning the
film into a family affair and
giving the kids an opportunity
HEART-TO-HEART. THEY AGREED
to star in it too.
“The first film was a huge
hit Stateside and further
TO LET BYGONES BE BYGONES
boosted their global success,
so she’s hoping that this could
give them a platform to launch
their careers in the spotlight
and keep Brand Beckham at
the top of its game.”
By Daisy McLure
SEX SYMBOLS DONNA &
Fans were amazed when photos emerged of Baywatch star Donna D’Errico and
Donna in
Baywatc
1995 whe h in
n she wa
s 27
DONNA, 53:
‘I am not
completely
natural, there
are little tweaks’
Actress Donna D’Errico
excited fans when she posted
pictures of herself to Instagram
recently in which she appeared
to look younger than when she
first starred in Baywatch over
20 years ago.
Looking incredible as she
posed with an umbrella, while
wearing a white bikini and nude
heels, one fan commented,
“Amazing workmanship, it’s
lovely, Donna.”
The star, who rose to fame
as Donna Marco in Baywatch
from 1996 to 1998, has been
open about the surgery she’s
undertaken to maintain her
youthful appearance.
Explaining her age-defying
looks, Donna says, “I’m not
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Madonna
in 1984
when she
was 26
MADONNA, 62:
‘Ageing
completely natural, there’s little
tweaks. There’s Botox, there’s
Donna’s Instagram
pictures wowed fans
needs to be a
fillers, there’s nips and little
tucks.”
The mum-of-two, who was
positive word’
married to Motley Crue rocker
Nikki Sixx from 1996 to 2007, has
When Madonna wished her
27-year-old toyboy of two years,
previously had four cosmetic Ahlamalik Williams, a happy
procedures in just one day. birthday on Instagram recently,
In 2017, she had an arm lift, her fans expressed amazement
liposuction on her stomach – that the 62-year-old singer
where the doctors removed looked more youthful than ever.
two litres of fat – as well as One said, “There is no way
liposuction on her back and you look double his age!” and
arms, a tummy tuck and another added, “You look the
a bum enhancement. same as you did in your 20s!”
Following the transformation, While she has never confirmed
Donna revealed, “The results are rumours of surgery, the fitness
beyond outstanding and I am fanatic – who doesn’t drink
now confident again in a bikini.” alcohol and follows a strict
However, she recently opened organic macrobiotic diet – has
up about her insecurities, saying, said, “We might as well do
“I can pose for photos and whatever we can to stay healthy
manage to look smouldering, and achieve longevity and take
but in real life I’m very self- good care of yourself for as long
conscious. I really struggle. as possible. I don’t know why
Embrace the glorious mess ageing is a negative word, it
that you are!” needs to be a positive word.”

MADGE TURN BACK TIME
Madonna looking as hot as they did in their heyday – with a little help…
The mum-of-six, who has
her own beauty range called
MDNA Skin, sees her long-time
dermatologist, Dr Paul Frank,
one of New York’s pioneers of
anti-ageing, and aesthetician
Tarin Graham, on a regular
basis – and reportedly spends a
whopping half a million pounds
a year on her beauty regime.
She is also a self-confessed
yoga junkie and practises two
hours a day, plus meditation.
A source tells Closer, “Madonna
believes in meditation for not
only its mental health benefits,
but for its physical benefits, too.
She credits it to helping fight off
wrinkles and fine lines.
“She always jokes that having
a younger guy keeps her looking
and feeling younger than any
Botox or filler ever could!”
Commenting on how the
Queen of Pop may have held
back the years, cosmetic
practitioner Amar Suchde,
of AMS Aesthetics, believes
she has used non-surgical
treatments, such as fillers
and Botox, rather than plastic
surgery, to stay looking young.
Amar explains, “Madonna’s
always had a beautiful face but,
as we age, our faces drop due
to the loss of deep fat pads.
Madonna’s still looks tight and
uplifted, which suggests she has
probably had fillers to mimic the
facial fat pads which were there.
“Filler is helpful for lifting the
whole face, especially combined
with Botox to the forehead.
“Skin-wise, she has probably
had laser treatments or facials
to get rid of fine lines and
wrinkles – and perhaps a thread
face lift. Her lips are plumper –
which doesn’t happen with age
– so she has probably had filler
there, too.”
Madonna with boyfriend
Ahlamalik Williams
RENÉE, 52:
‘I’d rather celebrate life than
mourn something that’s passed’
he looked
S flawless when
she turned up at
the Oscars.
But Renée Zellweger – who
has opted for a more natural
look recently – has previously
admitted to feeling “sad”
after she was scrutinised
over her “unrecognisable
looks” in 2014 amid rumours
she’d had cosmetic surgery.
Speaking out after the
plastic surgery talk, she said,
“I did not make a decision
to alter my face and have
surgery on my eyes.”
Reflecting on that time,
the Judy star has since
suggested she wasn’t in a
good place mentally, saying,
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“I wasn’t healthy. I wasn’t
taking care of myself.”
And Renée, who
loves regular workouts,
particularly running,
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has admitted she is now
embracing getting older.
She said, “I’d rather
celebrate each phase of my
life and be present in it than
mourn something that’s
passed. I don’t want to miss
this moment to be something
that I used to be.
“I’m not saying that
I’m cancelling my gym
membership any time soon,
because I’m not. I’d rather
be a healthy, productive
woman in each stage of my life
than apologetic.”
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‘I’ve lost weight, but grown
as a person’
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CHANELLE:
Reality star and mum-of-two Chanelle Hayes
has revealed how surgery has helped her lose
7st – and opened up about the tips that have
helped changed her mindset to achieve body
confidence and a healthy lifestyle
he blew fans
S
away with her
incredible
weight-loss
transformation
earlier this year, when she
revealed she’d lost 7st after
undergoing a gastric sleeve
operation and overhauling
her life last year.
Now Chanelle Hayes has
shared the lessons she’s learned
after years of yo-yo dieting and
hating her body – and how she
has finally realised that a
healthy mindset is crucial in
getting your body healthy,
and conquering your diet
and weight demons.
The 33-year-old mum of two
has had a tumultuous journey
with her weight since her time
in the public eye. She was a size
6 when she starred on reality
show Big Brother in 2007, but
gained weight over the years
due to depression.
After splitting from footballer
Matthew Bates – the father
of her first son, Blakeley,
now 10 – Chanelle became
depressed, which resulted in
overeating, and her weight
crept up to a size 16.
She dropped to a size 8 in
2014, and promoted a fitness
DVD – but later revealed
the weight loss was achieved
unhealthily, saying she “starved”
herself and felt miserable.
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Her weight crept up again
over the years. And disaster
struck once again in her
personal life when she split
with PE teacher Ryan Oates,
just three months after giving
birth to their son Frankie,
now three.
They rekindled but split
again, and by 2019, Chanelle
was a size 18 and admitted that
her “food addiction” had left her
“living like a hermit” and “just
getting bigger and bigger”.
SURGERY
But at the end of 2019, Chanelle
vowed to overhaul her life once
and for all, and opted for
keyhole surgery to cut and
staple her stomach, reducing
its capacity from “a bag of sugar
to a sausage”.
She’s subsequently gone
from 17st 4lbs and a size 18
After her gastric
sleeve surgery
to a trim 10st and size 10,
thanks to the sleeve limiting
her food portion sizes,
alongside a gentle exercise
regime of power walking.
And fans have flooded her
with compliments in recent
weeks – writing, “You look so
much healthier and happier
Chanelle” and, “Well done –
amazing achievement.”
Her weight loss has also seen
her find happiness again in her
personal life. She’s been dating
accountant Dan Bingham for
around six months, but chooses
to keep the romance low-key
and off her social media.
Meanwhile, Chanelle’s been
sharing her tips for losing
weight and getting in the right
head space with her followers.
Last week she revealed the
Chanelle in
December last
year, with sons
Blakeley and
Frankie
Before and afte
r her
dramatic weight
loss
benefits of “power walking”,
which kept her slim while
gyms were closed during the
lockdowns. And she shared
photos of her meals – usually
smaller portions of high-
protein recipes with lots of
vegetables – and healthy snacks
on her Instagram page
@idontbesleeveit.
She’s also offered advice on
long-lasting weight-loss results
and what she’s learned since
having her gastric band,
insisting that surgery wasn’t a
quick fix and she had to change
her mindset, too. She wrote,
“It does not change my
relationship with food.
Bariatric surgery is only a tool
– if I don’t use it consistently
and correctly, it will fail.”
JOURNEY
Chanelle revealed that she’d
had negative comments in
response to news of her gastric
sleeve surgery, adding, “Not
everyone will understand my
choice and that’s OK because
it is MY journey. ‘Just eat less
and move more’, and ‘you’ve
taken the easy option’, are a
few comments I’ve heard along
the way. Believe me, it is not
easy. But it has been the best
decision I’ve made in terms
of my health.”

She cites surgery and
a healthier mindset
for the change
Speaking about how she’d
changed her view on working
out, thinking about it now as
a chance to move her body,
rather than a chore, she said,
“I actually feel proud to exercise
and improve my body after all
the junk I’ve been feeding it
all these years.”
And she hit out at people who
focus on others’ weight, as she
said, “Weight looks different on
everybody... Ten people could
weigh exactly the same but have
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ADELE’S HAPPY,
HEALTHY –
AND IN LOVE!
She turned 33 last week, and
Adele celebrated how good she’s
feeling by posting pictures of
herself, captioned, “Thirty free”.
The singer is thought to have lost
7st since 2019, following her split
from Simon Konecki, with whom
she shares son Angelo, eight.
The Hello singer reportedly
overhauled her life by following
a high-protein diet with lots of
vegetables, as well as cutting out
processed food and drinks. She’s
also said to have hired a personal
trainer to put her through her paces
several times a week.
She’s also found new happiness in
her love life – with Closer recently
revealing how she’s alleged to have
found love with a childhood friend.
A source said, “The romance came
out of the blue while Adele was in
London last year as restrictions
were eased. She’s smitten.” Adele in 2008
and today (top)
GEMMA:
‘Every day I’m closer to becoming
the best version of myself’
Gemma Collins has been wowing
fans with her weight loss recently.
The 40 year old – believed to
have lost around 3st over the last
six months – posted films of her
workouts, and earned praise from
completely different body
fans for her new physique.
compositions.”
And Gemma’s new mindset has
Chanelle also touched on
helped, too. She wrote, “Every
mental health as she insisted
day I’m a step closer to becoming
she has ‘grown as a person’ in
the best version of myself. The
recent years. “I realise people
feeling is incredible, there is
may plaster on a smile – at any
no limitation!”
size – but not be OK beneath
She’s also moved on from
the surface. Going through
her on-off romance with ex
this experience has really given
James ‘Arg’ Argent and is now
me a better understanding of
reportedly dating Rami Hawash,
private struggles and how easy
who she was previously
it is to hide them.”
engaged to in 2014. The couple
Celebrating her new look
are said to have reconnected a
and being in a much happier
few months ago and have been
mindset, she added, “I don’t Gemma is
enjoying dating since lockdown
remember ever being this believed to
restrictions eased.
happy or content with where have lost 3st
s
my life is going.” over 6 month
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‘The advice I’d give my

your instincts more!’
Pop princess Kylie Minogue, 52, has denied claims she’s engaged to her boyfriend of two
years, Welshman Paul Solomons, amid reports the pair are set to marry in her native
Melbourne. But fans remain dubious – especially as the engagement was revealed by
their pal Billie Piper, then confirmed by Paul’s “thrilled” stepmum, Gloria, with her adding,
“I’ve been told not to say any more”. With a potential wedding on the horizon – as well
as a West End musical in celebration of her life, and a potential second single with Robbie
Williams in the pipeline – Closer looks at the star’s secrets to incredible success…

‘GO WITH YOUR INSTINCTS’
Her glittering 36-year career began when
she starred as Charlene Robinson in
Australian soap Neighbours in 1985, before
becoming a pop star two years later. Kylie
says, “The advice I’d give my younger self is
trust your instincts more. There were times
when I didn’t really have a back-up for a
thought that’s in my head, and would think
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‘I PREFER TO LOOK MORE
NATURAL THESE DAYS’
Looks-wise, the pint-sized pop star has
hardly aged a day since her 20s. She “swears
by sunblock” to keep wrinkles at bay, but
admits, “I’ve tried Botox. I’ve tried them all.
I’m definitely not one of those people who
says, ‘You shouldn’t do this.’ Everyone can
individually do what they want. For all time,
women have wanted to look their best. It’s
‘THE FAST TRACK TO
HAPPINESS IS GRATITUDE’
The star lives in London –her “adopted home”
– with Paul, but is currently in Melbourne
after missing her family during lockdown.
She says, “We’re all going through a lot with
Covid-19, but there is still so much in the
world to celebrate. I’m so grateful to be well
and working through the pandemic. They
say the fast track to happiness is gratitude,

[of those offering advice], ‘You’re the grown- what we have available to us today, so if you and it’s true. You get to deal with all that life
up, you know what you’re doing.’ Now I’m want to take advantage of it… But I prefer throws at us, with some good people around
much quicker at saying yes or no to things.” to be a lot more natural these days.” you. That’s about as good as it gets.”

‘IT’S HARD TO MOVE ON IF With younger

sister Dannii
She dated co-star
Jason Donovan for
YOU HAVE REGRETS’ three years

Kylie’s sister, singer Dannii – who has son

Ethan, 10, with her ex, model Kris Smith –
said she felt “sadness” that her sibling had not
become a mum. But Kylie has said, “I was 36
when I had my cancer diagnosis. Realistically,
[to have children] you’re getting to the late
side of things. I don’t want to dwell on it, but I
wonder what that would have been like.
Everyone will say there are options, but I don’t
know. I’m 50 now, and I’m more at ease with
my life. I can’t say there are no regrets, but it
would be hard for me to move on if I classed
that as a regret, so I just have to be as
philosophical about it as I can. You’ve got to
accept where you are and get on with it.”

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younger self is trust

‘BE MORE LOVING OF YOUR AGE’
Since reaching her 50s, she admits she is
“more content” in life, and adds, “I can’t
change, I can’t become 35. I am this age,
I’m accepting of it, I’m trying to be more
loving of it… My girlfriends who’ve turned
50 care more about what is important and
care less about other things; they seem to
inhabit themselves more. And I feel this
is happening to me. It’s pretty cool.”

‘CANCER CHANGES YOUR

VIEW OF THE WORLD’
In May 2005, aged 36, Kylie was diagnosed
with breast cancer. After a partial
mastectomy and rounds of radiation and
chemotherapy, she was given the all-clear
the following year. “Cancer changed many
things forever, and then some things did
not change at all,” she says. “My view of the
world was different; my destination, for
‘I can’t the most part, was the same. My illness
made me even more passionate about
become all the people and all the things I love.
But at the same time, life as I had
35. I am this always known it was on hold. People
age, and I’m shone so bright for me in those dark
days. The strength my family showed
accepting was extraordinary. The love, support
and the kindness of strangers! I was so
of it’ very aware of, and grateful for, all that
had gone before me.”

‘DON’T GIVE UP ON MEN – LOOK

FOR THE GOOD GUY’
Before meeting GQ creative director Paul,
48, in 2018, Kylie was healing from a failed
engagement to Brit actor Joshua Sasse, after
it was claimed he had cheated on her. She
says, “What I wanted was a good guy – and
Paul was a good guy. We swapped numbers
after being introduced by a mutual friend.
a cute
Went on a date – and that was it. I was sort
She sported of open to dating. I understand why women
er
pixie cut aft
cancer start feeling they are done with men,
Her current beau undergoing
treatment in
2006 especially once you’ve got older, you have
is Welshman Paul
kids and life is busy. But I have never quite
Solomons
got to that stage. And then I lucked out.”

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‘BRAVE’ REBEL IN A
‘LONELY PLACE’ OVER
BABY BATTLE
Hollywood actress Rebel Wilson gets candid
about her struggles to have a child
t the end of
A last year, Rebel
Wilson revealed
she would freeze
her eggs in
the hope of becoming a mum
one day – but last week she
admitted she had received
“bad news” about her plans.
Opening up in a raw
Instagram post, Rebel, 41 – who
is single since splitting with
her boyfriend of one year, Jacob
Busch, in February – candidly
told her 9.8 million followers,
“I got bad news today. To all
the women out there struggling
with fertility, I feel ya. The
universe works in mysterious
ways and sometimes it all
doesn’t make sense... but I hope
there’s light about to shine
through all the dark clouds.”
Hollywood actress Sharon
Stone offered her hope by
revealing her own struggles
with fertility, writing, “Been
there repeatedly – there is good
news I have three beautiful
Rebel in
2014…
sons,” while Rebel’s Pitch Perfect
co-star Alexis Knapp added, “So
sorry my love. Been through it,”
alongside a broken heart emoji.
Rebel later updated the
post, thanking people for their
support and saying it has made
her feel better after being in
what she described as “a very
lonely place”.
CHANGING FOCUS
Last year, the 5ft 2 Bridesmaids
actress wowed fans with the
results of her 4½st weight loss
– dropping from 16st to 11½st
by following The Mayr Method
diet, which consists of high-
alkaline foods, such as fish
and vegetables, and exercising
six times a week.
She confessed her health kick
was driven by her hope to start
a family, saying in December,
“I was thinking about fertility
and having good quality eggs
in the bank so I was like, ‘OK,
I’m going to do this. I’m going
to get healthy.’
… and in
2021 after
losing
over 4st
Striking
a pose
with her
niece
in 2016
“As all
good career
women out
there should
know, if that’s something
that interests you, it’s a
pretty good time to do it.
Getting to 40s is kind
of even leaving it a little too
late. It’s better to do it a bit
earlier if you can.”
Last month, Closer revealed
Rebel has been seeking advice
from close friends, such as
Natalie Imbruglia, who gave
birth to son Max in 2019,
aged 44, after undergoing
IVF – where an egg is fertilised
with donor sperm.
The source said, “Rebel’s
incredibly proud of everything
she’s achieved professionally,
but she’s ready to focus on her
personal life. With her new,
healthier mindset, she’s hoping
she’s given herself the best
chance of making her dream
of motherhood come true.”
Rebel hasn’t confirmed
what her “bad news” is, but
obstetrician and gynaecologist,
Dr Ellie Rayner, suggests it
could be low-egg count as it’s
been five months since Rebel
first announced her plans to
freeze her eggs.
Dr Ellie says, “This is wholly
speculative, but seeing as
Rebel was speaking about the
treatment in December, it’s
likely it’s failed extraction and
not getting the number of eggs
Rebel an
boyfr ien
d
d Jason
ebruary
split in F
she wanted, rather than a failed
round of IVF, where the egg is
fertilised with donor sperm.
“Egg freezing is primarily a
way that women can preserve
their fertility so they can then
try and plan to have a family
in the future. As we naturally
become older, the quality and
the number of eggs that we
have decreases.”
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DATING APP
The procedure involves
collecting a woman’s eggs,
freezing them and thawing
them later and then using them
for fertility treatment.
Last week, Closer revealed
how Rebel had joined exclusive
dating app Raya and was
open to dating as she pushes
forward with her baby plans.
However, while the majority
of egg freezing comes from
single women, sadly it still

WITH HER NEW, HEALTHIER
MINDSET, SHE’S HOPING SHE HAS
THE BEST CHANCE OF MOTHERHOOD
won’t guarantee a successful
pregnancy or birth.
According to the Human
Fertilisation and Embryology
Authority, women using their
own frozen eggs in treatment
have a success rate of 18 per
cent. While freezing a fertilised
embryo with a partner is likely to
have a higher success rate, Ellie
explains it’s a “Catch 22” as most
people seeking treatment won’t
be in a relationship.
She says, “Fifty-five per cent
of women doing egg freezing
have no partner. That’s difficult
because you won’t have the
option of an embryo. The other
difficult thing is the time frame
– frozen eggs or embryos can
only be stored for 10 years [in the
UK]. At that point, sadly, they
need to be destroyed or used.”
Other celebs who have spoken
about having the treatment,
which can cost up to £5k,
include Vicky Pattison, Rita Ora
and Paris Hilton. Cheryl has also
said she has looked into sperm
donors to conceive another child
– whereby the sperm will be
implanted in her egg.
And Ellie believes the
pandemic has made lots of
women, like Rebel, prioritise
becoming parents. She says,
“The pandemic has made lots
of people realise how important
it is that you do take care of
yourself and what you want out
of life, like starting a family.
“I think Rebel has been
extremely brave speaking out
about her struggles – it’s what
many women across the world
are struggling with, so it’s
comforting when a celebrity
also has the same troubles.”
By Lisa Blake
 Dr Ellie Rayner is an obstetrician
and gynaecologist. She is the
founder of The Maternity Collective.
NEWS
Amy’s happy after her
egg freezing success
AMY FREEZES HER EGGS
DUE TO MENOPAUSE SCARE
he may only be
S 28, but Amy Hart
has revealed she
will have a baby
solo after a test showed she
could be heading for an
early menopause.
The former Love Island star
– who is single and has never
had a boyfriend, despite falling
in love with Curtis Pritchard
in the villa – will start IVF next
year after she previously froze
her eggs due to her family’s
history of ‘early menopause’.
In an interview last week,
Amy admitted some people With Curtis Pritchard in
have questioned her decision the Love Island villa
because “a baby deserves
a mum and a dad”, but a success, and she has five eggs
explained she knows lots of in the freezer.
people who have had babies Although she’s in “no rush”
and ended up as single mums, for a romance, her frozen eggs
so she “doesn’t see going it mean that she hopes to have the
alone as a negative thing”. option of starting a family when
After taking a fertility Mr Right does come along.
test which showed she had She says, “I would love to meet
a low-egg count, Amy spent someone but I’m in no rush. If and
£5,000 on two rounds of when I do meet someone, I would
egg freezing, which ended never want to be in the position
up failing. where I missed out on having
However, she was elated to children because I didn’t meet
find out her third chance was the right person in time.”
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‘My bridesmaids were
strangers – but we’ll
be friends for life now’ When lockdown restrictions disrupted her wedding The couple have
no
eir
regrets about th
plans, quick-thinking Alexis Kiser invited a bunch of unique celebra
tion

people she didn’t know to fill the chapel on her big day
ost brides-to-
be agonise for
M months over
who to put on
their guest list,
but Alexis Kiser had no such
trouble – she invited complete
strangers to her wedding!
Alexis and her groom,
Donovan, 22, had recently
moved hundreds of miles away
from their loved ones, so when
Covid-19 put a stop to travel,
they knew that no one would be
able to come to their big day.
But rather than have an
intimate wedding for two,
Alexis, 22, had the unusual
idea to fill their guest list with
complete strangers.
And as they’d moved to
Texas – where there were
no restrictions during the
pandemic – their wedding
could go ahead as usual. So
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new friends in a new town.
It’ll certainly be a story to tell
the grandkids!”
Alexis and Donovan met as
teenagers at school, but only
became a couple in April 2020.
She says, “We’d always been
really good friends, but over the
years we just grew closer until
we realised we had romantic
feelings for each other, too.
“It was a whirlwind romance
– once you know, you know,
and after just six months of
dating, we got engaged. At the
time, we were living in Ohio,
USA. But Donovan got a job
as a warehouse manager over
1,200 miles away in Texas, so
in January 2021, we decided
to move.
SPONTANEITY
“The Covid-19 restrictions work
a little differently in the USA,
quite traditional
and wanted to get
married first. We
discussed doing it just
the two of us – but it
didn’t feel right. We
wanted to share our
special day with other
people.”
The couple were
unsure what to do,
until Alexis came up
with her unusual idea.
She says, “Inviting
strangers just came to
me one day – I thought
it would be a fun way to
meet people in the area.
Thankfully, Donovan
loved the spontaneity
of it, so he was fully
on board.
“It was nerve-wracking
telling our loved ones,
as we called them all

Alexis used the friendship
section of dating app, Bumble,
to find her guests, and even
her bridesmaids!
Alexis, a full-time nanny, says,
“We didn’t want to wait to get
married, but we didn’t like the
idea of celebrating alone.
“So I came up with this crazy
idea of inviting people we’d
never met before – we thought
it would be a great way to make
as they vary from state to state.
In Ohio at the time there was a
strict lockdown, but in Texas,
it was much more open – you
didn’t even have to wear a mask
in public, and large gatherings
were permitted. This meant we
could have a wedding in Texas,
but not in Ohio.
“We wanted to get married
as soon as we could, as we’d
like to start a family, but we’re
individually to explain
our decision. Some were
pretty upset – they thought
we were being selfish, and
that it was ridiculous that we
couldn’t wait.
“It was a bit tense for a while
but, luckily, after some tricky
conversations, we’ve smoothed
things over with everyone.
“Thankfully, our parents
were all super supportive – they
wanted us to do whatever would
make us happy.”
The couple booked their
big day for 25 April 2021 and
Alexis made a profile on friend-
meeting app Bumble BFF,
asking for last-minute
attendees.
She says, “I explained how
Donovan and I were going to

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They found thei
r
bridesmaids an
d
ushers on an ap
p
I DIDN’T FEEL SAD THAT MY
FRIENDS & FAMILY WEREN’T THERE
BECAUSE IT WAS ALL SO EXCITING
just wanted to meet different
people who would be happy to
share our special day with us.”
Keen to have a big bridal
party, Alexis also asked her
neighbours to join in on the fun.
NERVOUS
She says, “We’d only spoken to
tie the knot and we wanted our next-door neighbours once
people to come along to help or twice, but they ended up
us celebrate. being an usher and bridesmaid!
“I wasn’t sure how it would “We also invited a few of
be received, but we soon Donovan’s new work colleagues
started getting RSVPs. Within – again, people he’d only
a few days, Donovan had got exchanged a few pleasantries
his four ushers, and I’d found with – and our photographer
a bridesmaid. said she had some friends that
“We didn’t have any would come, too.
requirements for our guests, we “And just two days before the
wedding, I found my last two
bridesmaids on Bumble BFF.”
Alexis and Donovan were on a
tight budget, so the bridesmaids
had to buy their own dresses.
Alexis says, “I decided
early on that I wanted my
bridesmaids to wear a pink-
coral colour. They didn’t have
to match, I just wanted them
to wear anything they were
comfortable in that was the
same hue. I ordered a dress
online that arrived three days
before the wedding.”
The couple met some of their
11 guests in person the night
before the wedding.
Alexis explains, “I was a bit
nervous, but we all got along
so well and had a few too
many drinks – I knew then
that the wedding was going
to be amazing.”
The following morning,
Alexis got ready with her
strangers-turned-bridesmaids.
She says, “It was so much fun
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REAL LIFE
getting ready together and it
gave us a real chance to bond.
We had champagne and got to
know each other as we did our
own hair and make-up. I felt so
at ease. There was no part of me
that felt sad that my friends and
family weren’t there, because it
was all so exciting.”
Alexis walked herself down
the aisle, which she says was
“empowering”, before she and
Donovan exchanged their
vows. Afterwards, they had
a reception at a Mexican
restaurant.
Alexis says, “It was just like
any other wedding. Donovan
and I made a speech thanking
everyone for coming. We
laughed, cried and drank a
bit too much! It was such an
amazing experience.
“Next year, once the
restrictions have eased, we
plan to do another ceremony
back in Ohio with all our family
and friends – but thanks to our
stranger wedding, we’ve made
friends for life, and they’ll all be
invited, too. We had the most
unique wedding ever, it’s a day
I’ll never forget.
By Kaya Terry
25
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guest
EVERY WEEK WE BRING YOU A BRILLIANT
NEW GUEST COLUMNIST
‘Lockdown made Chloe
& me stronger – we
prioritise each other’
eople have said that
P lockdown has been
“make or break” for
relationships. While
requests for divorces reportedly
increased last summer, a more
recent survey said that a quarter
of couples have felt worried
about life after lockdown and
returning to normal – when they’ll
no longer spend as much time
with their partner.
For me and Chloe [Madeley, 33]
– who I married in 2018 – lockdown
has strengthened us.
We’ve always spent a lot of
time together and enjoy each
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other’s company. The work/life
balance has always been pretty
good with us. I was thinking the
other day about what it is that
makes us work, and I think it’s that
we never take each other for
‘I love meat but we should be more
open to plant-based alternatives’
Could you
cut meat
from your
diet?
granted. We both feel lucky to
have each other. Some people go
wrong by putting effort into all
aspects of their life, and leave
their relationship at the bottom of
the list of priorities. We don’t do
that, we prioritise each other
and we’d never take stuff out on
each other that’s affecting other
aspects of our lives. I think that’s
the secret to a happy marriage.
Don’t get me wrong – we have
our ups and downs, like every
couple. We fell out in lockdown
because I adopted a dog without
telling her. He was a red fox
Labrador called Bertie and I just
went and did it. Chloe wasn’t
happy at first, because she’s not
really a dog person – but now
she’s fallen in love with him.
People always ask us when are
we’re going to have kids, and the
I read a recent survey that said
two-thirds of British men have
said they’d rather die five to 10
years early than give up meat.
That does seem a bit drastic – but
animal products versus plant-
based products is an interesting
debate at the moment.
My body thrives off animal
products and the food I eat
aligns with my performance and
physical goals. But while I don’t
see myself ever fully cutting
meat out of my diet, I have been
exploring other options recently
JAMES
HASKELL
THE EX ENGLAND RUGBY PLAYER AND
PODCASTER, 36, SHARES HIS
OPINIONS AND HIS LIFE
James
their and Chloe
With Bertie,
brador don’t take
lockdown La
each other
for granted
IF I RULED
THE WORLD...
honest answer is – I don’t I’d get the vaccine
know! We’ve got Bertie now, now! I got Covid-19
but I think that lockdown has a month ago and felt so
reinstated our desire to go rough. I’ll be first in line
and travel the world and have as soon as they call me
adventures and experiences. for the jab.
We’ve got a bit of living to do
before we decide to start a family.
and learning more about the I’d regulate social
benefits of a plant-based diet.
media. Lockdown has
It’s important for both our made it even more toxic.
health and the environment Social media should not
that we all start eating less be used for hurting others.
meat. I’ve recently become
obsessed with a product
called ‘The Unbelievable ALT’,
which looks and tastes like
beef, but it’s soya and potato
proteins. It’s a great and
delicious alternative.
People should be more
open-minded to trying plant-
based alternatives.
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 LADY VICTORIA:

‘I don’t think Harry

and Meghan
will last - they
moved too fast’
Socialite and former squeeze of Prince Andrew, Lady Victoria
Hervey gives Closer her view on the scandal-hit royal couple, Lady V gives Harry
and Meghan “maybe tw
o
and reveals how lockdown has put a stop to her pregnancy plans years” before they split

ith an aristocratic family somewhere. They moved too fast. split]. Harry has really become the black
and links to the Royals after That’s why Kate Middleton and Prince sheep now, but I think the Royals would

W dating Prince Andrew in

her 20s – as well as being a
frequent partygoer at some
of Prince Harry’s favourite London
nightclubs – Lady Victoria Hervey has
a unique insight into life in The Firm.
And as the royal scandal rumbles on,
following the explosive claims made by
Harry and Meghan after stepping down
from palace life last year, Lady V tells Closer
she fears that the Sussexes – who dated for
just over two years before tying the knot in
2018 – will not weather the storm.
Lady V, a close pal of Prince Charles’ late
god-daughter Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, says,
“I think Harry and Meghan’s courtship was
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William’s relationship is so successful –
they were together for such a long time
before getting married.”
On the controversial Oprah interview,
where the couple alleged racism against
the family as well as a lack of mental health
support as Meghan struggled to adjust to
royal life, Lady V adds, “I thought it was
distasteful, the way it was done, with
Prince Philip in the hospital, literally about
to die. I thought it was pretty unreal.
“I’d give it maybe two years [before they
Enjoying
the beach
life last
welcome him back.”
Lady V – who is the daughter of the
Marquess of Bristol – was a notorious
“It Girl” during the ’90s and partied with
the likes of Lindsay Lohan as she lapped
up her new life in America after moving
there almost 20 years ago.
PARTY GIRL
And she admits that, despite modelling
for the likes of Christian Dior, she “needs”
to keep up her regular doses of Botox after

way too short. I just don’t see it lasting. month

“I remember just before their wedding,
I thought, ‘They’ll get married, have a few
kids... And she will end up wanting to
be in America.’”

TOO MUCH TOO SOON

And Lady V, who, like Harry and Meghan,
lives in LA after fleeing there to escape
the limelight back home, adds, “I don’t
think they spent enough time together She dated Prince
in England. They were always travelling Andrew in her 20s

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reaching the age of 44. She says, “It’s just

normal here. They all get pumped up in
LA. I’m all for Botox – why not, right?
I’m just scared to do too much, and I think
some people do go overboard. But at my
age, we need to!”
Recalling her years on the party circuit,
Lady V – who became an unlikely reality
TV star after appearing on Love Island,
The Farm and The Jump – adds, “It was the
‘It Girl’ generation – the ’90s were the best.
I’m so happy I got to do all of that. It’s a
different world now! But back in the day,
we really partied hard.”
Her move Stateside saw her rub shoulders
with a host of new celebrity pals, including
actor Gerard Butler, who she’s been hanging
out with during lockdown – and Lady V is
only too happy to tell Closer what she thinks
of all of the A-list men she’s met.
She says, “I wasn’t that impressed by
Bradley Cooper. Nobody has surpassed
Brad Pitt for me – he’s gorgeous. Chris
Hemsworth is up there, but he’s taken.
“Jamie Dornan, from Fifty Shades Of
Grey, is too skinny in real life. And David
Beckham is just ink now, after all his tattoos.
It’s all about Brad Pitt for me!” she laughs.
Currently single, Lady V reveals she
was involved with someone new during
lockdown – but it proved “complicated”
as the romance was long distance.

NO PLACE LIKE HOME

She previously told Closer about her hopes
of becoming a mum – saying she’d decided
to freeze her eggs and try IVF, potentially
using a “male friend’s sperm”, and felt the
‘Jamie decision would “fill what has become rather
a hole in my life”.
Dornan’s too But the IVF journey was gruelling and
in 2018 she admitted, “It was tough. I was
skinny, Becks emotional. I cried a lot. It’s tough on your
body and emotions.”
is just ink, Previously revealing she
had chosen a friend who was
it’s all about happy to father her child and
play a part in their life, in
Brad Pitt!’ March Lady V revealed she was
‘grateful’ that Covid restrictions
had put a stop to her plans,
Hanging as she’s now having second
with Lind
Lohan in say thoughts.
the ‘It Gir
l’ days
While she declined to
go into detail about her
baby plans, she admitted
that the pandemic has
made her want to return to
the UK in the near future.
She adds, “It made me miss
the UK and home. I thought,
‘If anything happens, I want
to be there, with my family.’ I
love LA – but there’s no place
like home.”
Palmer-
The late Tara By Lisa Blake
as a pal
Tomkinson w
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THE CORRIE STORYLINE
EXPOSING THE HORROR
OF HATE CRIME
Viewers have been gripped by Coronation Street’s latest
emotional storyline, which sees couple Nina Lucas and
Seb Franklin brutally attacked for the way they look. The
plot, which resulted in Seb’s death, tragically mirrors
the real-life 2007 murder of Sophie Lancaster, who was
targeted for her alternative ‘gothic’ style. Sophie’s mum,
Sylvia, worked closely with Corrie writers on the storyline,
which aims to reflect the heartbreaking reality of hate
crime, and its impact on families. Hate crimes are
motivated by prejudice on the basis of race, religion,
sexual orientation, or other grounds. Sadly, such crimes
have more than doubled in the past five years – over
105,000 were recorded in the UK last year.
Actress Mollie Gallagher, who plays Nina, says she was
on the verge of tears when she saw herself with make-up
replicating injuries. Nina told Closer, “I remember looking
at my reflection and thinking, ‘Wow’. I already knew it
was awful but when you’re actually in it, I thought I could
cry.” She added, “Being who you are and being able to
express yourself freely has always been a big thing for
me. Doing a storyline like this is amazing, I’m so grateful.”
Here, Closer speaks to Sophie’s mum, Sylvia Lancaster,
who pays tribute to her late daughter, and explains why
it’s so important to keep the subject in the spotlight...

‘My daughter was killed for being different’

ylvia Lancaster think about how scared Sophie bully her, calling her a ‘weirdo’.

S began a tireless
campaign
to end hate
crime after her
daughter Sophie was brutally
murdered in August 2007,
when she was just 20.
Sylvia, who lives in
Lancashire, says, “It’s great to
see Coronation Street using their
platform to raise awareness.
When they got in touch with
me, I was just so pleased that
they were covering such an
important issue.
“The producers wanted
to speak to me about Sophie
to ensure the storyline was
accurate and they handled it
really sensitively. I spoke to
the actors, too, who wanted to
learn more about Sophie as they
prepared for the roles.
“It’s been hard watching
the episodes, as it’s made me
must have been, and it has
brought back difficult memories
from the time after her death.
But knowing how much
awareness the programme
will raise gives me hope.
“I hope that people think
twice before being hostile
to someone who is different to
them. Being different is what
makes you unique and it
should be celebrated – not
make you a victim.
BULLIED
“Sophie had started dressing
differently in her teens. Her
look would have been described
as ‘gothic’ – she pierced her
lips and ears, wore her hair in
dreadlocks, and was happy in
scruffy T-shirts, big boots and
plaid trousers. As a former biker
myself, I thought she looked
great, but local kids would
Luckily, Sophie had a close-knit
group of supportive friends.
And at the age of 16, she met her
boyfriend, Robert Maltby.
“When she was 20, they
moved into a house together,
in Bacup, Lancashire, and
I loved seeing her so happy.
BRUTAL
“But in the early hours of
11 August 2007, Sophie and
Robert had been to a friend’s
house and were walking the
20-minute journey home when
five boys launched a brutal
attack. Robert was attacked
and jumped on first, so Sophie
went to defend him. But as she
cradled his head in her lap, the
boys took it in turns to kick and
stamp on her head.
“I didn’t know what had
happened until police officers
knocked on my door later that

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Sophie was
beaten
because of h
er look
morning. They told me she
was in hospital, and I rushed
to her side.
“When I saw her, I burst into
tears – I was horrified to see she
had trainer marks either side of
her face from where she’d been
kicked. Half of her dreadlocks
had been ripped out and her
head had swollen to the size of
Her boyfriend
Robert survived
the attack
SHE HAD TRAINER
MARKS ON HER FACE
AND HER DREADLOCKS
WERE RIPPED OUT
a football. Robert had bleeding
on the brain, but as the days
passed by, he started getting
better, while Sophie remained
in critical condition.
“Two days later, doctors
explained that Sophie’s tests
showed she had permanent
brain damage. Deep down,
I knew Sophie would never
TV IN THE NEWS
Nina is taunted for
her gothic look...
recover, but I visited her daily.
I read her favourite Harry Potter
books and helped bathe her.
“It was while I was in
hospital that I decided to
set up the Sophie Lancaster
Foundation, to tackle hate
crime. I didn’t want to see
anyone else go through
what we had.
“Two weeks later, we made
the heartbreaking decision
to say goodbye. I laid on the
bed and held Sophie in my
arms as doctors turned off her
life support machine. She died
peacefully 20 minutes later.
“Following a trial in March
2008, two of Sophie’s attackers,
Brendan Harris and Ryan
Herbert, were sentenced to
life in prison for murder, while
Joseph Hulme, his brother
Danny, and Daniel Mallett
pleaded guilty to grievous
bodily harm with intent on
Robert, and were jailed for
16 years between them. I’ll
never forget hearing the awful
sound of the chains as Sophie’s
killers made their way into the
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...Nina and Seb
are
pounced on by
a gang in
the chilling epis
ode
court. It was the first time I’d
seen them, and I was shocked
at how young they were – only
15 and 16. But they showed no
remorse, staring at me brazenly.
“The verdict made clear that
Sophie’s death was the result of
hate crime. The boys’ actions
were based on prejudice about
the way she looked. I’ll never be
WORDS: KRISTINA BEANLAND AND BELLA EVENNETT-WATTS. PHOTOS: REX/SHUTTERSTOCK
able to forgive Sophie’s killers
for robbing my daughter of her
future – I often wonder what
she’d be doing now.
CHARITY
“In 2009, the Sophie Lancaster
Foundation was officially
registered as a charity. We carry
out training in schools, prisons
and police forces, and since 2010
I’ve assisted the government
by speaking up for victims. In
2014, I was awarded an OBE for
tackling hate crime. As long as
I keep running the charity,
Sophie will always be here.
“As a society, we still have
a long way to go to become
less hostile and more accepting
of differences.”
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 CASEY:
‘Three babies in three
years is crazy... and
we want No4 soon!’
As pregnant Casey Batchelor poses with her super-cute
daughters, she discusses her plans for the birth, coping
with three little ones and her hope for a fourth baby
hile Closer’s shoot with Casey
Batchelor and her adorable
W daughters, Florence, two, and
Sadie, one, is one of the cutest
we have ever done, the mum-
of-two is the first to admit that getting these
shots wasn’t the easiest task!
“I’ve definitely had some anxiety thinking
about doing this shoot with two babies!”
she laughs when we speak on the phone
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CASEY WEARS KNITTED TWO-PIECE FROM ASOS DESIGN. FLORENCE AND SADIE WEAR SUNFLOWER DRESS WITH MATCHING KNICKERS FROM
afterwards. “Florence is a bit of a wild child
and does what she pleases. Sadie isn’t properly
walking yet, so she was easier, but everyone
was in the garden singing, jingling toys and
PHOTOGRAPHY: RUTH ROSE HAIR & MAKE-UP: LYNDSEY HARRISON ASSISTED BY ANITA HAMER STYLING: RAY WOOLDRIDGE
throwing pampas grass in the air to get the
girls to look at the camera. So there’s a story
behind this perfect photo! I absolutely love
the pictures, though, and can’t wait to frame
one for the house.”
MAGICAL TIMES
And life is about to get even more chaotic
in Casey’s household, as she and her fiancé,
businessman Dane Goodson, 36, are due to
welcome their third daughter in just
three weeks. She was
“I’ve been lucky and had a good cruelly
pregnancy so far, but just this week it trolled after
Florence’s
has really hit me,” she admits. “I’ve been birth
getting bad Braxton Hicks [early “false”
contractions], I’m exhausted and then
having the girls to look after too – they’re
both still babies, really!”
With Florence due to turn three just
a couple of weeks before their newborn
arrives, Casey, 36, admits (almost) three
under three is going to be hard work.
“It’s going to be crazy,” she laughs. “We
know the baby years are really hard
and exhausting, but it’ll be so lovely to
have the girls so close together in age.
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I know if we didn’t do it now, in five years I’d
regret not having a big family when it’s all
about the magical Christmases and holidays
with all the kids playing together. When
the baby arrives, Florence will be going to
nursery four mornings a week, then Sadie
will start nursery next February. I also have
a nanny who comes to help two days a week
while I work, plus my mum is around for
support, which really helps.”
But far from giving herself a break from the
sleepless nights and nappies, the star says she
and Dane will waste no time trying for baby
number four – and hope they might have a
boy to add to their brood.
“We both would like to go again, but we’ll
stop at four, and I know I said that after three!”
she laughs. “I think a fourth would be quite
soon, so I’d like to be pregnant by January. I’d
like to keep them close in age and also be in
the baby stage all in one go. If I get pregnant
again, I’ll have been pregnant for most of my
thirties, though!”
The CBB star will have another planned
She went
lose 4½st
months
The couple
want a
big family
C-section after experiencing a traumatic
forceps delivery with Florence, which caused
her agonising headaches for weeks after due
to a complication with the epidural.
STAYING HEALTHY
She says, “I had a C-section with Sadie which
went smoothly and, luckily, my recovery was
good, and I have my section booked in for
this baby, too. I am a bit worried about not
being able to pick up the girls for a few weeks
afterwards, but I’ll have lots of help.”
After having Florence in 2018,
Casey – who launched her online
on to diet and fitness app Yoga Blitz
in 2018 – was trolled for her
in six
postnatal body. She went on to
lose 4½st in six months through a
healthy diet and fat-burning yoga.
Then, after welcoming Sadie in
January 2020, she shed 2½st in
six months.
“With Florence, I put on 5st,
with Sadie it was 4st and this time
I’ve gained 3st,” she explains.
“When I was pregnant with
Florence, I sat on the sofa eating
and watching Game Of Thrones all
day! Now I’m more aware of eating

‘I’ll
have been
pregnant
for most of
my 30s!’
well. I know it doesn’t magically fall off when
you have the baby.”
And while she’s spent most of her
pregnancy in a pandemic, she has been
grateful for some aspects of the lockdown.
She explains, “The pandemic has been
awful, but it’s been nice to be able to relax
at home. As well as that, my friends haven’t
been able to go out either, so I haven’t had
FOMO [fear of missing out]. I’m going to
have the baby and then, a few weeks later,
lockdown will be completely lifted.”
Laughing, she adds, “I timed it well – I did
have a word with Boris!”
By Annabelle Lee
GO TO BED EARLY
“I put the girls to bed at 7.30pm and
then Dane and I get into bed, have a
peppermint tea and watch something
on Netflix, before going to sleep about
9pm. Sadie is up at 5am and, on the odd
occasion we’ve stayed up late watching
TV, we’ve always felt terrible the next
day. You need to get sleep whenever
you can when your children are young!”
BATCH COOK
“I blitz up pepper and tomatoes in some
passata and freeze it in small portion
INTERVIEW
sizes. It means I can make pasta for the
girls easily and they’ve got all their veg.
I’m not a very organised mum, but I do
find this helps when I don’t know what
to make for dinner.”
KEEP NAPPY CADDIES
EVERYWHERE
“When Florence and Sadie were babies,
I’d have caddies in almost every room
filled with wipes, nappies, bottom cream
and other essentials. They’re so useful
to be able to grab. I’m getting mine
prepared again now for the next baby!”
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PRODUCT SWAPS TO P
Many of our everyday essentials are piling up in landfill and slowly destroying our world,
but there are lots of simple steps that you can take to help. From totes to tampons, choose
these eco-friendly alternatives to reduce your impact and protect the environment
TRY A TOTE
Plastic bags pile up in landfill
and find their way into our
oceans, where they kill marine
life. Swap them for a reusable
alternative like this organic
cotton tote from White Stuff –
100 per cent of the profits go
to charity Home Start. Or for
forgetful types, M&S’ vibrant
offering folds up neatly, so it’ll fit
inside any handbag. Leave an
extra one in the car, too.
PLANT YOUR MASK!
DITCH THE
OPTIONS
CLING FILM
Handy though it is, cling film is
difficult to recycle – and us Brits use
over 1.2 billion metres every year.
Try these beeswax wraps instead.
Reusable and washable (in cold
water), they make a great option
for covering and wrapping food.
Plus they look good, too!
THE BEESWAX WRAP CO., FROM £10
(PACK OF 2), BEESWAXWRAPS.CO.UK
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WHITE STUFF, £8
100% TO
CHARITY
M&S, £5
They may be a must-have, but
53 million masks wind up in
landfill every day in the UK. Do
your bit for the planet by using
these compostable masks
by Arena Flowers instead.
They’re cleverly infused with
wildflower seeds – just remove
the wool strings after use and
plant them instead.
ARENA FLOWERS MARIE BEE BLOOM
FACE MASKS, £16.99 (PACK OF 5)
VEGAN
TOO!
BE PERIOD SAVVY
Did you know a sanitary
pad can take a staggering
300-350 years to
decompose? It’s estimated
one menstruating person
will go through 11,000 pads
or tampons in their lifetime,
most of which wind up in
landfill as plastic waste.
Do your bit by using a cup
instead. We love these ones
from Saalt, made from
super-soft, medical-grade
silicone. Worn internally, like
a tampon, they collect your
period and offer up to
12 hours of protection.
Afterwards, simply empty,
LOVE LUNA BRIEFS, FROM
£10, SAINSBURY’S, ASDA
rinse and go again! AND LOVELUNAUK.COM
If you prefer a pad, these
machine-washable period
pants from Love Luna
absorb the equivalent of
two to three tampons.
Alternatively, these
washable sanitary pads from
Tilly & Jasper are softer than
a powder puff and come in
a range of absorbencies.
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ROTECT THE PLANET

‘Small changes make
a big difference’ egan lifestyle use but I soon got in the routine,
blogger Emily and used them alongside

V Goyal, 37, lives

with her husband
Sushil, 38, and
two children, Zevi, five, and
Edie, three, in Derby. She says,
“I never really thought about my
impact on the environment until
I became a mum. After my son
Zevi was born in 2016, I was
shocked at how many nappies
and wipes I was going through
in a single day. But it wasn’t until
Edie arrived in 2018 that I began
researching how to make our
household greener.
“I felt so guilty about how
many nappies were being sent
to landfill, I started looking at
reusable ones. While they are
more expensive to buy, I knew it
would be cheaper in the long
run, as I wouldn’t have to
continually buy new packs of
disposables. They did have to
be washed and dried after every
biodegradable wipes.
“Making that change then
made me think about the rest
of my lifestyle.
“I started looking at my
beauty routine, too, swapping
disposable pads and make-up
wipes for reusable cotton
cloths. They’re incredibly
easy to use and you can put
them in the washing machine.
I also bought solid shampoo
and conditioner bars, instead
of plastic bottles. blood out every time I went
“I’ve noticed that not only to the toilet. I was also make at least a couple of swaps.
is my hair shinier because worried that I might leak. But It’s important that our kids learn
of it, but you get 10 times I needn’t have worried – it’s so we can make better decisions to
the amount of use from them, comfortable and easy to use. protect our planet, too. I want
so it saves money. “I would never go back to mine to grow up knowing that
“During lockdown, I also using tampons or sanitary living consciously has a huge
purchased a Mooncup for my towels now! impact on our planet. It’s
period. At first I wasn’t sure “It’s so easy to make small important to look after it so
if it was really for me – it changes in your daily routine, that, in turn, it can look after us.”
seemed quite daunting and and they really do make a huge  Follow Emily on Instagram
a bit icky to be washing the difference. We should all aim to @theplantpoweredmum

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To cut down on product waste, Ikea now buys back unwanted
Takeaway coffee cups often end
furniture – as long as pieces are in decent condition. Enter the
up in landfill, making the planet
details online to receive an estimate, then take the product in
their permanent dumping ground.
store to receive the agreed value in vouchers. You get up to
Invest in a reusable mug instead,
50 per cent of the original price, and the furniture is sold on
like this cup from Peace With
to a new home! Find out more at Ikea.com.
The Wild. Created from ethically
sourced materials, it has two-
layer insulation and a leak-proof
lid. When Covid isn’t an issue,
coffee shops are happy to fill up
customers’ own cups, and often
offer a discount, too. If you’d
prefer to DIY not buy, Grind’s
fully compostable organic coffee
pods also minimise waste.
BE CLEAN AND GREEN!
ADOPT PLANET-FRIENDLY HAVE AN ECO
PARENTING BEAUTY ROUTINE
A child uses up to 6,000 disposable
nappies, which not only wind up TRADE YOUR TOOTHBRUSH
in landfill but give out harmful A whopping 29.4 billion toothbrushes go to landfill every year,
greenhouse gases as they but Colgate has pledged to halve this by 2025. Scrub your pearly
decompose. But reusable options whites with this bamboo brush instead, which is biodegradable
help the planet, while saving and comes in plastic-free packaging.
you a fortune. These nappies by COLGATE BAMBOO TOOTHBRUSH, £3, BOOTS
Tickle Tots are waterproof, with an
absorbent bamboo core. They are
fully washable too, and the nifty
design means you won’t have to
worry about leaks.
TICKLE TOTS CLOTH NAPPIES, FROM
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WIPE OUT WIPES

Breast pads are a lifesaver for new mums, but many disposable
Most make-up wipes take
ones can’t be recycled. Lily and Ribbon’s washable, ultra-
100 years to break down
absorbent version make a great alternative. They are
in landfill, and that’s
antibacterial, anti-odour and non-slip, too.
without taking into account
BREAST PADS, £23.50 FOR 4, LILYANDRIBBON.COM
their plastic packaging.
Replace them with these silk
cleansing cloths, teamed
WASHABLE with your usual cleanser.
& NON- Washable, biodegradable
SLIP and sustainably produced,
they gently exfoliate and
smooth skin.
THIS IS SILK, CLEANSING
CLOTHES, £21.99 FOR A PACK OF
THREE, THISISSILK.COM

It’s estimated two years’ worth of disposable baby wipes

will cost parents £520. Save money and the planet by
switching to these washable wipes. The starter pack
contains everything you need, including storage bags for
when you’re on the go, 25 wipes and boxes to store clean and
mucky wipes. They’re super-soft on your baby’s bottom, too.
CHEEKY WIPES REUSABLE CLOTH BABY WIPES ALL-IN-ONE STARTER KIT,
£41.95, CHEEKYWIPES.COM
UPGRADE COTTON BUDS
Plastic cotton buds were outlawed last year, and these are
a great eco-friendly alternative. Created from sustainably
grown bamboo, they are fully compostable and come in
a recyclable, plastic-free box.
WILD AND STONE, £4.95 (200 PIECES)

VEGAN

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SWAP BOTTLES FOR BARS

Cut out a swathe of plastic by replacing bottled shampoo,
conditioner and body wash with solid formulas. We love Garnier’s
shampoo bar, which is packed with nourishing oat milk and
shine-boosting rice cream. And Foamie’s exfoliating body bar,
made with hydrating shea butter and apricot seeds, is great for
gently removing dead skin cells. For a wallet-friendly option,
Morrisons’ new shampoo and conditioning bars are hard to beat.
Costing £3 each, they last up to 30 washes.
FOAMIE SHOWER BODY
BAR, £5.95
VEGAN
PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK

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 Good NATIONAL
VEGETARIAN

taste WEEK
go
vegan “

YOU DON’T NEED MEAT

TO MAKE A MEAL OF IT...
MEXICAN LOADED FOLLOW THESE RECIPES TO CREATE
DELICIOUS MEALS AT HOME
SWEET POTATOES
WITH ASPARAGUS  Chef Theo says,
“Slow-cooked
serves 4 chopped courgettes have such
a lovely flavour. Eat
 2 large sweet  250g bunch
this hot or cold with a
potatoes asparagus, cut into crisp, green salad
 2 tbsp olive oil 5cm lengths alongside.”
 1 small red onion,  1 small tin
chopped sweetcorn, drained
 1 tsp hot smoked  Sriracha, to serve
paprika  Tahini, to serve
 1 tsp ground cumin  3 tbsp chopped serves 4-6
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STEP 1 Combine the tomatoes with 1 tbsp of the oil and season with salt and pepper. Lay the
tomatoes in a roasting tin lined with baking parchment. Place under the grill for 5 mins until soft.
STEP 2 Heat 2 tbsp of the oil in a saucepan that has a tight-fitting lid. Add the garlic and
STEP 1 Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan 170°C/
courgettes and season with salt. Cook, covered, on a medium heat for 15 mins, until the
gas mark 5.
courgettes have softened and released their water. Remove the lid and cook for 5 mins to
STEP 2 Put the sweet potatoes on a baking
reduce the liquid. Set aside.
tray, prick all over and bake for about 40
STEP 3 Preheat the grill to medium. In a large bowl, beat the eggs and milk. Add the basil,
mins, until they’re easily pierced with a knife.
cooked courgettes, half the Parmesan and the ricotta and mix well. Season.
STEP 3 While the potatoes are cooking, set
STEP 4 Heat a large non-stick frying pan on a medium heat. Swirl the pan with the remaining oil
aside 1 tsp of the oil and heat the rest in a
to coat. Add the egg mixture and cook for 2 mins, then give the pan a shake. When the edge of
pan. Add the onion and cook for 5 mins.
the frittata starts to set, dot over the tomatoes and sprinkle over the remaining Parmesan.
Add the spices and cook for 1 min. Add the
Place the pan under the grill and cook for a further 5 mins.
pepper and asparagus (reserving the tips)
STEP 5 Slide out the frittata onto a large board or plate and serve.
and cook for 5 mins. Add the sweetcorn and
 Recipe from The Italian Deli Cookbook by Theo Randall (£26, Quadrille)
cook for 2 mins.
STEP 4 When the sweet
potatoes are almost ready, add
the asparagus tips to the baking
new & delicious
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and roast for 5-10 mins.
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georgia
How much do you
spend per week?
Around £150-200. I live
with four housemates,

Fridge
so it goes pretty
quickly. We’re
“I always buy ready-made
meant to keep to

raider
courgetti noodles”
our own stuff, but
it doesn’t always
happen!
TOWIE STAR GEORGIA Describe your
daily diet...
HARRISON, 26, ON HER For breakfast, I’ll
EATING HABITS have a protein or
electrolyte drink.
I love to work out in
the morning, but I
can’t eat straight away as I’d feel
sick, so I’ll stick to the drinks. Mid-morning, I’ll
have Alpen muesli with oat or almond milk,
berries, peanut butter and honey. For lunch,
as I don’t eat meat, I’ll have more carbs, so I’ll
make pesto pasta with tomatoes, sweetcorn
and tofu. For dinner, I’ll have the plant-based
“I only have the odd glass
of orange juice, as it has Beyond Burgers with sweet potato fries, veg
so much sugar” and lots of tomato ketchup on top, plus a side
salad with avocado.
What do you snack on?
“Vanilla Alpro milk is good
for something sweet” I love popcorn, crisps, pitta bread and
anything I can dip in or add houmous to.
Strangest thing you’ve ever eaten?
I had two scorpions in Thailand once, before I
became vegetarian. They tasted a bit like
burnt hair – not nice at all.
What’s your hangover cure?
I love smashed avocado on toast, with lots of
houmous on it, and a bit of tabasco sauce.
What’s your takeaway order?
Thai – Tofu curry, vegetable rice and pad-Thai.
INSIDE Naughty but nice?
GEORGIA’S I try not to eat much cheese as it affects my
FRIDGE “I like lots of plant-based psoriasis, but occasionally I really do love a
 Blueberries milks – I can never choose” Domino’s cheese pizza.
 Tofu  Visit Georgia’s athletic brand, GHX, online
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 Alpro yoghurt
 Honey
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spaghetti VERDICT DINNER PARTY SPEEDY
 Plant-based
burgers NUTRITIONIST JULIETTE DISH DINNER
 Mushroom soup KELLOW SAYS: “Georgia has a
 Avocados well-balanced vegetarian diet.
 Lentil soup
She gets plenty of protein from
 Red onions
tofu, Quorn, soya milk and her pre-workout drinks,
 Salad leaves
 Banana but for variety she could add beans, lentils and
 Beetroot nuts. These would boost calcium and iron in her
 Sweetcorn diet, intakes of which can be low in veggie diets.
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 Radish Plus, she may like to take a B12 vitamin supplement,

 Orange juice
as this nutrient isn’t found naturally in plant foods.” LASAGNE SOUP
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 HEALTH
‘MUMS, DON’T NEGLECT
YOUR NEEDS’ The NHS is opening mental health hubs across the UK to help
new mums with things like postnatal depression and PTSD
alongside the usual maternity services. Dr C says it’s about time
’m glad to see
I
these new
NHS hubs
that will provide
maternity
services including psychological
therapy and treatment.
Although we are much more
aware of mental health
problems, it still requires a new
mum to speak up, and many
are still too nervous to. I hope
making mental health a core
part of maternal care will help
to break the stigma.
LOSE THE SHAME
One of the strongest factors that
prevents women from asking
for help is the fear that they’ll
be deemed an unfit mother and
have their baby taken away. That
fear overrides everything, and
you can understand it. Making
mental health part of maternal
services makes it clear that it’s a
common experience. Postnatal
depression affects between 10
and 15 women in every 100,
while four per cent of women
develop Post Traumatic Stress
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Disorder (PTSD) after birth.
Feeling tearful, depressed
and struggling to bond with
your baby, or suffering with
flashbacks of your birth, can
all be common – and they can
be helped.
SHARE EXPERIENCES
I wish more mothers would
talk about finding their baby
difficult, struggling to bond and
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even questioning their decision
to start a family, because it’s
true for a lot of new parents but
there’s a tremendous sense of
guilt around it. The more we can
hear women saying, “I regretted
having a baby at first too, but it
got better”, the fewer women will
struggle in silence, feeling guilty
and not getting help.
OVERCOME TRAUMA
Providing help for PTSD
following a traumatic birth is
very important, because it’s fair
to say that having a baby is still
one of the most dangerous things
you’ll do in your lifetime. Women
can have vivid flashbacks, suffer
intense distress at reminders
of the birth and even feel pain,
nausea or tremble when they
think about it. We have all
kinds of hopes and fears around
birth, which magnifies the
experience, so if you’re reliving
this traumatic birth, you need to
ask for some support.
Mums who have had a baby
in the last year may also have
gone through a lot of their
labour alone, thanks to the
restrictions. Even if your
partner was there, having a baby
mid-pandemic could have felt
frightening, isolating and lonely,
and could have led to mental
health problems – and what
you need in terms of mental
health is contact, company
and reassurance.
ASK FOR SUPPORT
Reach out and ask for support
through friends, family, your
doctor, your midwife, or
whoever you’re comfortable
talking to. If you can’t face people
you know, try talking to people
you don’t know through charities
like PANDA (pandasfoundation. be embarrassing, so pain after
org.uk, 0808 1961 776), which being stitched up, incontinence,
offers support and advice to new discharge or piles – they may
parents suffering with mental feel they don’t want to be
health and perinatal illness. examined, but the sooner you
get these things seen, the sooner
DON’T they can get sorted. It’s usually
IGNORE PAIN either really simple to sort, or
It’s also easy for new you’ll be told it’s totally normal
mums to neglect their and will go away, but that’s one
physical health early less thing to worry about, and
on, feeling they have nobody minds you asking. We
no time, or should be want you to.
prioritising the baby’s
needs over their own NO NEED TO BLUSH!
– but if you’re well and Incontinence – peeing when
happy, your baby will you sneeze or laugh – is nothing
be too, so it’s important. to be embarrassed about, but it
The concerns women is something to tell your doctor
may be struggling about. It’s important to get it
with physically may checked out sooner rather than
Dr C’s
check-up
DR CHRISTIAN GIVES HIS
TAKE ON THE HOT HEALTH
TOPICS OF THE WEEK
later because there are things
you can do. If left alone, it could
turn into a long-term problem.
I’ve also seen some really awful
stitching that’s left women in
a bit of a mess years later, and
I’m always shocked, because a
woman’s health is as important
as that of the new baby. If when
your stitches are taken out you’re
unhappy, I would encourage you
to ask what the doctor can do.
PRIORITISE YOURSELF
Whatever symptoms you
experience after having a baby,
whether emotional or physical,
ask for help, because you are just
as important as your child.
 Turn to page 12 for our news
report on maternal mental health
covid - 19
12-YEAR-OLDS MAY
GET JABS IN SEPT
With all adults expected to have had a vaccine
by the end of July, school children may be next
he government
T has put a huge
focus on keeping
schools open, so
to prevent them shutting their
doors again if infections rise
as restrictions ease, the
NHS has drawn up contingency
plans to vaccinate children
aged 12 and above.
Nothing has been decided
yet, as it will only happen
worth if the Joint Committee on
Vaccination and Immunisation
trying agrees to it, but the thinking
is that children aged 12 and
A hay fever spray to above would get a single
dose when the new school
soothe irritated eyes year starts.
Our tester has awful hay Coronavirus infections
fever and usually relies on among 10- to 19-year-olds
tablets, but Superdrug are far lower than in the last
eye mist (£5.99) helped to wave of the pandemic, but
soothe her they are still higher than
itchy eyes, in any other age group in
although England. Before you worry
she says that makes going to school
she looked risky, the higher rate among
like she’d 10-to 19-year-olds is likely to
been crying be thanks to school children
straight having to take more tests,
after so we’re picking up more
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asymptomatic cases.
Clinical trials into the safety
and effectiveness of vaccines
among children and young
adults are underway, and until
we have good data, no child
will be offered a jab.
Over the pond in America,
the Pfizer vaccine is likely to
be approved and rolled out
for children aged 12 to 15 as
you read this. The US Food
and Drug Administration has
already cleared its use for
people age 16 and above.
Pfizer started trials on 12- to
15-year-olds last July and on
younger children in March this
year. Moderna and Johnson
& Johnson are testing their
vaccines in 12- to 18-year olds,
while Pfizer and Moderna
have launched trials in small
children too, from six months
to 11 years old.
Trials of the Oxford-
AstraZeneca vaccine in
children and teens have been
put on hold while the possible
link between the jab and rare
blood clots in adults is explored
more. We’ll keep you posted!
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 Life
balance
YOUR GUIDE TO EMOTIONAL ISSUES AND
FAMILY LIFE WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL
THERAPIST EMMA KENNY
ALL ABOUT YOU
WHY TALKING TO
YOURSELF IS GOOD!
After so much time in our own homes, many of us have started
muttering away constantly – and Emma says it can be helpful
’m often overheard
I chatting to myself
in the kitchen,
sometimes in
different accents. I have full-
blown conversations with myself,
because when I say things out
loud, it helps me figure them
out. Forget the idea that it’s
“the first sign of madness”, it’s
healthy and even a sign of high
cognitive functioning. Studies
have shown that if you want to
learn something new (a speech,
say), you are three times more
likely to manage it if you speak
it out loud, as it helps to embed
it into your memory. It also helps
you to emotionally process
what you are thinking about.
When you chat to other people,
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you gain another perspective,
but you can work things through
alone too, because when we hear
ourselves out loud we can be
more objective, which helps us to
come up with solutions. Studies
have shown that if you want
to motivate yourself, speaking
affirmations out loud helps, WOULD LIKE TO MEET...
because your brain hears you,
and takes it more as a command.
Just as there are benefits to self-
Closer’s dating expert, Rebecca Twomey,
talk, it is possible to on how having a drink with a match in the
use it negatively; if you
are criticising yourself
cold and rain could tell you everything you
aloud regularly, it need to know about them
is a fair sign that
you are struggling am the last person that’s before I get onto the
with low confidence
and self-esteem, so
even though there
I to complain about
the easing of
lockdown and the
very unsexy date outfits of
thermals and padded coats. In
short, all of the spontaneity and
is nothing wrong opportunity to eat, drink and some of the fun has been taken
with speaking out be more than merry with mates out of dating.
loud, there can be a problem and dates, but – and isn’t there I’ve been attempting to
with how you are doing it. always a but? – the pre-booking reconnect with the guy I’ve
Next time it happens, stop, is annoying. been dating since the summer
reframe your thoughts, and While I fully appreciate and to inject some much-
say something positive about venues need to have patrons needed romance into things,
yourself. The more you do this, pre-book, dates now require but our lunch date didn’t go to
the more you will feel it, and military planning around plan and we spent a good hour
after a tough year, such positivity availability, weather and walking from pub to pub trying
is needed. outdoor heaters – and to find a table. When we finally
 WELLBEING

FAMILY MATTERS

IT’S IMPORTANT TO LET

YOUR KIDS PLAY OUTSIDE
Playgrounds have been declining in number, and schools have cut down on playtime so children can
catch up on academic work, so Emma says parents should encourage their kids to get outdoors
s a kid, I spent filter out distractions and sustain self-regulate their feelings and

A every spare
second playing
in the street or
my garden. My childhood was
glorious, thanks to my sense
of freedom. Sadly, these kinds
of childhoods are diminishing,
thanks to parental fears, and
what some are referring to as the
“schoolification” of childhood.
LET THEM GAIN SKILLS
It’s important to help kids to
focus. You may think that to
be developing they need their
head buried in a book, but
when they dream up scenarios
like pretending to be pirates,
their brain has to hold lots of
information simultaneously;
thinking up and remembering
rules, involving their peers and
regulating behaviour, which
helps their development.
ENCOURAGE FUN
reminds them that accidents
happen, but are rare. Kids should
see the world as a playground,
not as a sea of dangers.
BE LESS STRUCTURED
If you live on a busy road and
don’t have a garden, make
time for outdoor play by
meeting other mums at the
local park. There, rather than
organising a structured football
match for them, let the kids

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do well at school and take up
extracurricular hobbies, but
they also need freedom to play
outside. Kids who do this are
more active, so they burn off
excess energy and sleep better.
The kind of unstructured play
they enjoy outside also helps
them to develop skills, so they
better remember information,
The recent British Children’s Play
survey found that kids aren’t
allowed to play outside on their
own until they’re 11 now, while
their parents were nine – and
their play is less adventurous.
Encourage your children to be
daring; the occasional bump
climbing a tree or graze from
falling off a bike helps them
play together freely while you
all have a catch up. Learning
is important, and children’s
safety is key, but to build their
confidence, willingness to
take risks, communication
and happiness, free playtime
outdoors is just as crucial
as structured education,
so prioritise it.

CELEB LIFE MANTRA

found one, it starting raining.
But it was actually like our
second date last August, when
we also sat in the rain (it is the
UK, after all) on wet seats trying
to get to know each other. OK,
so neither were the romantic
dates I’d wanted, but there
is something to be said of
someone who’ll endure terrible
weather just to be with you not
once, but twice.
After so many dating disasters
and heartaches, I tend to
steer towards the negatives
of whatever situation I’m in
romantically, but I’ve realised
that, actually, sometimes
I just need to focus on the
facts. Here’s a man who
has consistently been in
my life, is loyal, wants to
see me regularly, always
replies to my messages,
and is supportive – and,
most of all, will sit in the
rain for me.
So perhaps us singles
don’t need great, exotic
dates right now. After going
through so much in lockdown,
we just need someone kind,
who will get rained on just to
spend time with us.
FORMER CORRIE ACTOR RYAN THOMAS,
36, REVEALS HIS EMOTIONAL SECRETS
MY PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENT... is my
kids. Parenting is difficult, we all know
that, but we adjust and get on with it.
Roman’s [aged 13 months, his son with
fiancée Lucy Mecklenburgh] giving kisses
out and Scarlett’s [aged 13, his daughter
with ex Tina O’Brien] at the age where
she just wants to hang around with her friends, so that’s another
adjustment. I’m proud of how everything’s turned out.
THE BRAVEST THING I DID... was take part in The Island With Bear
Grylls in 2017. We had no food or water for days. It was testing and
played tricks on my mind. With the hot weather conditions and the
sand flies, it felt like an out of body experience.
THE BEST ADVICE I’VE BEEN GIVEN... came from my dad, who used
to say to me, “Life’s only a game, son.” It’s so true, you don’t need to
worry about things in the future or you’ll miss what’s happening today.
ORyan is walking 10 marathons in 10 days, for mental health charity
CALM. To donate visit justgiving.com/fundraising/ryan-thomas36

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‘I SET UP A £15M WE
BUSINESS AT 50!’
Maxine Laceby, CEO and founder of Absolute Collagen, started her now
multimillion-pound company from from her kitchen table, here’s how...
axine, 55, says, “I
left school at 16
M and worked in a
factory, then after
a couple of years
I went on to various jobs in retail,
sales and marketing, stopping
work at 25 to look after my
stepchildren. A few years later,
my daughters, Darcy and Margot,
came along and I really enjoyed
being a stay-at-home mum. I
never set out to be a business
woman, but my skills as a mother
have been my biggest asset in the
boardroom, things like patience
and intuition are key.”
ACCIDENTAL IDEA
“When I was 50, my eldest,
Darcy, was going to university
and my youngest, Margot, was
doing her A-levels, so I had
time on my hands. It was then
that I stumbled across the idea
for my business. I started making
and drinking my own bone
broth and, within weeks, my eyes
She used to be a stay at home mum – here with
daughter Margot, who now works with her
were sparkling and I felt
so energised. My skin was
glowing and it felt dewier, and
my friends were asking what I
was doing, so I started making
it for them too.”
SPOTTING A NICHE
“I started investigating bone
broth and realised it was the
collagen that was making such a
difference [a 2019 study found
that taking collagen restores
skin hydration, elasticity and
density]. I then looked at what
collagen was out there and found
that the few products that did
exist were either too expensive,
or had to be stored in the fridge.
“I thought about what I
wanted – ready-mixed, easy to
take and cost-effective collagen
– so the idea for Absolute
Collagen sachets was born!
Once I had the idea, I phoned
the Food Standards Agency
and asked every expert I could
find lots of questions.”
She’s also mum to Darcy,
who’s also involved with
running the business
LIMITATIONS
“I developed the product myself
after finding an amazing supplier.
Our collagen is marine-based,
sourced from fish [vegans can
also get collagen from plant-
based supplements and protein
powders]. I’m not techy and
my marketing skills were out
of date, so bringing in people to
strengthen my weaknesses was
key. I met an IT guy through a
friend who I paid by the hour to
make my website, but I’d phone
him every day with questions so,
soon after, he started full-time.”
SPENDING WISELY
“I knew branding would be
key so I did some research
and found an agency and
when we met our morals were
completely aligned. I borrowed
money from a friend and spent
some of it on branding, which
was scary but necessary. I told
the girls, ‘If this doesn’t work,
we may have to sell the house’,
but they told me to go for
it. I spent about £10,000 on
branding to launch – which is
a lot – but the agency came up
with the brand look, colours,
fonts, logo and voice. They
created campaigns for social
media and magazines, too, all
of which spread the message.
TIME TO LAUNCH
“I felt nervous spending that
kind of money, but I knew the
product worked and I had to
get it out there. I launched
the website in May 2017 and
it felt like a battle every day;
no one took me seriously and
everything took me longer
than it would have taken an
experienced businessperson,
not least due to my dyslexia
and ADHD, but neither held
me back, because I am always
happy to ask questions until I
understand. I learned on the
job and persevered.
LIFE CHANGING
“At first it was just me, my IT
guy and the branding agency,
then my daughters came to
work for me, and in 2020 I
took on more employees – 40
people work for me now, and
we are set to turn over £15
million this year. One of the
keys to our success is putting
our customers at the forefront
of everything we do. We
answer every question and
 Cash
LLNESS point
HELPING YOU SPEND WISELY, SAVE
MORE AND EARN BETTER
Her collag
en drink sa
have been chets
a huge hit
want them to feel empowered
and never let down.
“I am completely focused
on our ‘Absoluters’. You’ll even
find me in the warehouse,
packing – I want to know what
our customers see when they
get their parcels! I love reading
the reviews. So many women
say, ‘You’ve changed my life,
I’ve got the courage to post a
selfie.’ It makes me so happy.
FEMALE STRENGTH
“I value emotional intelligence,
and I think most women
have it. The skills I need as an
entrepreneur I learned as a
mother. Things like intuition;
as a mum you have to walk
into a room and assess the
situation: who’s hungry?
Who’s fed up? Who’s tired?
Has anyone fallen out? It’s the
same with business, looking at
the overview and identifying
issues and checking everything
is running well. I want to be the
voice for middle-aged women
who have so much to give.”
By Annabelle Lee
 Visit absolutecollagen.com
My tips for
success
USE YOUR BEST SKILLS
“In business you have to be
solution-focused and women
already have those skills, it’s just a
different problem. I say to people,
‘I run my business like it’s my
family. There’s no difference.’”
TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS
“Target your audience based on
yourself, because it will then feel
authentic. Our customers aren’t
Cheshire Housewives, they are
normal, average women and that’s
who I am. Never compromise your
morals and principles, either.”
FIND THE RIGHT PEOPLE
“I’m not great at everything,
and that’s OK. Finding the right
people to bring in has been
really important.”
UNLEASH YOUR PASSION
“You really want to feel positive
about your business idea. My
daughters now both work in the
company too and our morals form
the backbone of the business.
Find something you really
believe in and the rest will follow.”
PRIORITISE CUSTOMERS
“Our customers are the most
important part of the business and
we do everything we can to not let
them down. We’ll have a chat on
the phone, we’ve got a wonderful
private Facebook group where
Absoluters go to post and chat.
We want to empower them; we
don’t tap into their insecurities
in order to make them buy our
product, we want them to feel
amazing, so we empower who
they already are!”
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GET READY, SET, GO!

Setting powders and fixing sprays are the key to ensuring your make-up stays put – with
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fixing Sprays Setting Powders

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HYDRATES PARCHED SKIN A skincare and make-up hybrid, this CORRECTS
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 Setting sprays are well suited to dry complexions as they
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 Always shake the bottle before application to prevent dripping
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 Spray the mist in an X and T formation to cover every area of
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 Use spray before and after applying your base for maximum
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 Powders are ideal if you have an oily complexion as they
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 Most come in a variety of shades and finishing effects, so you
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Place under eyes for 10 minutes,
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Massage onto damp skin,
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LIVE LIKE A STAR FOR
ACTRESS JESSICA ALBA HAS RECENTLY RENOVATED HER LOS ANGELES STUDIO INTO A MULTI-USE SPACE
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LIVING ROOM
Neutral colours and natural textured décor
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A woven basket
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Pampas grass
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A printed rug
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Boho bunting will

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A great example of how to make the most of a small

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Store and
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Not only will this keep your
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This eco-
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 PROMOTION
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WHAT IS A SMART METER?
Smart meters replace your existing gas
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using in near-real time.
HOW WILL IT MAKE MY
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With most of us juggling work, school
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you need. Luckily, a smart meter
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WILL I SAVE MONEY?
The IHD that comes with a smart meter
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HOW MUCH DOES IT COST
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Your smart meter will be installed by
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cost to you. Plus you won’t pay for the
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WHO IS IT SUITABLE FOR?
Whether you live alone or have a big
family, rent or own your property, smart
meters can help you to save money and
give you back some control over your
bills. If you’ve got kids, it’s fun to get them
involved too. They can see how much
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you can save by turning all your lights
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IS IT BETTER FOR THE
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We’re all becoming more aware of our
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WHAT IF I HAVE A PREPAY
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Smart meters are available for prepay
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HOW DO I GET ONE?
To get started, simply contact your
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Prepare your walls by cleaning them
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Once they are dry, sand the walls to
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Once the glue is fully dry, and paint
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 Puzzles
CODE CRACK
Every number in the grid stands for a different letter. We’ve given you the
word TUG to get you started. Fill in all the 1s, 2s and 3s and you’ll be able to
start guessing other letters. All 26 letters of the alphabet appear at least once.
Cross off the ones you’ve used on the list below
KEEP TRACK OF YOUR LETTERS HERE:
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A N 1 T 14
21 11 9 13 18 10 23 15

6 18 18 24 1 24 17 14 2 7 18 7 1 24 B O 2 U 15

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EUROVISION SONG
CONTEST SEMI-FINAL 2021
SCOTT MILLS AND RYLAN
KICK THINGS OFF WITH
TWO LIVE SHOWS

OLIVIA MEETS HER MATCH

AN ACCESS-ALL-AREAS INSIGHT INTO
THE LIFE OF THE LOVE ISLAND STAR

INNOCENT JOHN AND LISA’S

A GRIPPING SECOND SERIES – WEEKEND KITCHEN
WITH KATHERINE KELLY DOABLE AND DELICIOUS
RECIPES RIGHT HERE

THE MARTIN LEWIS MONEY

SHOW: LIVE SUMMER SPECIAL
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AT HOME AND AWAY

THE PACT
THE LIVES OF FIVE FRIENDS
ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN

PLUS: 7-DAY LISTINGS, CELEB CHATS & SOAPS

 Soap
this week’s
Spotlight!
top stories James tells
John Paul to
plead guilty EMMERDALE
nd A fragile, woozy Kim is mostly in one of two states these
The Nancy a days: taking to her bed or glugging down a medicinal brandy.
Darren saga
A mystery hand has been seen pouring a suspect powdered
continues
substance into her drink – with fans speculating whether it’s
Gabby, Andrea or Will who could be poisoning her… Luckily,
Jamie’s planted Noah at the scene of the crime and this week
Gabby is alarmed to realise he’s actually been watching her
every move. As she’s outed for her meddling, a terrified Kim
heads out to take a dementia test.
HOLLYOAKS
Is Gabby behind
Kim’s symptoms?

IT’S TIME TO CONFESS…

There’s new evidence in the George Kiss murder, and lawyer James
Nightingale tells John Paul there’s only one possible outcome: plead
guilty. James then makes a shock announcement to the McQueens,
but Theresa’s having none of it and reckons she’s found out the
identity of the mystery witness putting JP at the crime scene. On
Thursday, a flashback sequence reveals what happened in George’s
final moments – and by the end of the week, the truth is revealed!

GABBY IS
LOVEBIRDS ALERT: Darren decides to tell Nancy how he really
feels about her… She gets wind of this, but how will she react?

RUMBLED
Jenny, Johnny and
Ronnie: set for a barney?

Aaron
tries

ALSO THIS WEEK:

 Liv has officially hit the self-
to help
Liv

CORONATION STREET destruct button – turning to drink

over her guilt about leaving Paul to

HERE’S JOHNNY!
die in the wedding barn explosion.
Chas places the young’un under
house arrest until she sobers up,
but will this really work? Ethan
 Ethan decides to give up on looking for poses
for his
It’s fairly obvious that Ronnie fancies a bit of Jenny, and Jenny’s only his mum and Vic tries to get him onto a
Tinder
human, so she happily agrees to a “ride in a camper van” (that old dating app. Meanwhile, Amy is mortified profile
chestnut). And, well, who can deny this chemistry any longer, eh? when she blurts out the L-word to Matty, pic
Fast-forward a few hours and it’s all gone pear-shaped; suddenly and she doesn’t get quite the response
Ronnie’s missus Kat has rocked up – announcing that she’s not his she’d hoped for. Awks!
business partner but his wife – and then JOHNNY turns up, too!
He’s out of the nick, armed with a big bunch of blooms and ready
to play the doting husband… Elsewhere, the Platts have a total mare FOLLOW OUR LIVE
when cute little Sam goes missing. TWEETS OVER AT
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being watched Frankie?

EASTENDERS
Brian’s older

CARTERS IN COURT
and greyer but
still a charmer

he day Mick Carter has Zack sees ‘Ruby’

T been dreading arrives

– when he has to stand
up in court and read his
everywhere

victim impact statement, about how

he was sexually abused by his care
worker Katy when he was 12 years
old, and as a result is in fact the dad
of Frankie Lewis. Spurred on by his
daughter, Mick manages to find the
courage to write an account of how WELCOME,
his mental health has spiralled as a
result, in a bid to get Katy locked up
for good – but, unbeknown to them,
Sonia’s gutted she’ll
have to fork out on
Father’s Day
SONIA’S DAD…
Legendary actor of the
she is back in Walford… Elsewhere, stage and screen, Brian
Zack appears to be sending the Conley, has joined the cast,
female population into a frenzy. Big as Sonia Fowler’s dad, Terry.
sis Sharon has to have a word with Fans will remember that
him about the revolving door on his Sonia (Natalie Cassidy) was
bedroom, and then he starts coming feeling lonely after daughter
on to Ruby – which sends Martin into Bex left Walford to go
a jealous rage. The happy news of travelling last year – leaving
the week is that Bailey comes home, Mitch and Bailey her wondering what became
aw! Also, Sonia is floored to come are reunited of her father and trying to
face to face with her long-lost dad, find him online. We’re told
Terry Cant. Dotty persuades Son to Terry is the “ultimate people
give him a chance (but this is after pleaser who will be quick
she calls Sonia a “middle-aged fun to charm everyone on the
Square, where he is set to
sponge”, so she isn’t exactly in the
make a home for himself…”
good books right now).

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15-21 MAY
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TUNE IN TO CLOSER’S PICK OF THE TELLY EVERYONE’S
TALKING ABOUT WITH TV EDITOR HANNAH WRIGHT
RETURNS FOR SERIES TWO!
WED 19 MAY, 9PM, ITVBE NEW
The first series of Olivia Attwood’s SERIES
show became ITVBe’s most
successful launch of 2020, so naturally
the Love Island star is back for more. Eight new
episodes bring us an exclusive access-all-areas
insight into the glamorous life of the straight-
talking TV fave and her footballer fiancé Bradley
Dack, as the couple draw closer to their wedding
day. Fans will be able to join them every step of
the way, with the pair moving into a swanky new

1
pad – and gearing up to celebrate
Watch series one on the ITV Hub Olivia’s 30th birthday. “Guess

OLIVIA MEETS
who’s back?” teased the star,
adding, “I loved bringing everyone
along for the wild ride that is mine

HER MATCH
and Brad’s life last series. And
I can’t wait to do it all over again,
and show everyone what we’ve
been up to!” We’re excited too, Liv!

A VERY ROYAL BABY: NEW

SERIES
FROM CRADLE TO CROWN
A DECENT START WED 19 MAY, 9PM, C4

2
As we await the imminent arrival of Harry
and Meghan’s second child, this looks at

5
what it means to be born with blue blood,
with nostalgic archive footage and pennies’
worth from royal experts and insiders.

50 YEARS OF MR MEN
3 4 THE PACT
NEW
WITH MATT LUCAS SERIES
MILESTONE BIRTHDAY SUN 16 MAY, 6PM, C4
It’s 50 years since Roger Hargreaves created
the colourful little characters, and here,
superfan Matt Lucas gives us a history of how
they came to be. Adam
Hargreaves (Roger’s son
and inspiration for the
SOLOS
STAR-STUDDED CAST
FRI 21 MAY, AMAZON
EDGE-OF-YOUR-SEAT DRAMA
MON 17/TUE 18 MAY, 9PM, BBC1
Julie Hesmondhalgh and Laura Fraser head the
cast of this superb new drama about four female
books – now an illustrator
Huge stars such as Anne brewery workers who all agree to keep a secret
and author) has been
Hathaway, Dame Helen after their obnoxious boss is found dead following a
creating five new
Mirren and Morgan staff party. But with one of them married to a police
characters and reveals
Freeman lead the cast of officer, another with a very suspicious husband
which one has been
this brand-new anthology (played by Adrian Edmondson), and someone
voted the most popular.
series, split into seven texting them to say they “know what they did”, how
different stories. long will the women be able to keep to their pact?

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INNOCENT
TENSE NEW THRILLER
MON 17-THU 20 MAY, 9PM, ITV
Prepare to be utterly gripped by ITV’s
latest drama, stripped over four nights.
Katherine Kelly is excellent as teacher
Sally, who was wrongly imprisoned for
murdering one of her pupils, as well as
being accused of having an affair with him.
After her conviction is overturned, she
returns to her home town in an attempt
to regain her old life – but that’s not
easy when your ex is about to marry
someone else, and everyone thinks
you had sex with a 16 year old. And
it seems there are a lot of secrets
waiting to be revealed…
Former Corrie star Katherine Kelly, 41, on playing a schoolteacher who’s been wrongly convicted of murder…
ell us about Sally…
T When you meet her
at the beginning,
she’s just served
five years in prison and is
tremendously damaged and
traumatised. She wants to
reclaim her life, but it’s really hard
to get out of bed in the morning.
She does it with quiet strength;
a lot of sh*t has happened to her
and she just gets on with it. She’s
very much a heroine.
You filmed during the pandemic,
how was that?
We were immensely grateful
that we were able to make this at
all… We had a war-like mentality
of just carrying on and all being
in it together. Though don’t feel
too sorry for me – I was in a
five-star hotel with a sea view,
self-isolating for two weeks.
I’ve lived in flats that were
smaller than that one room!
The series was shot in Ireland
and the Lake District?
We shot the interiors in Ireland
and had about 10 days in
FACTFILE
The first series of
Innocent aired on
ITV back in 2018,
unravelling a different
crime mystery about
a man (played by Lee
Ingleby) acquitted for
the murder of his wife
on a legal technicality.
NEW
SERIES
KATHERINE KELLY:
‘When lockdown ends,
I’ll be doling out the hugs’
Keswick. The mountains and
views are so similar, and there
was a conscious effort to make
sure they matched perfectly.
And there was a family
connection as well?
On one of my daily walks, I took
a photo of the memorial plaque
on the harbour wall in Dunleary
[to remember the generation
of Irish that emigrated and
never returned]. I sent it to my
dad, with a “Wish you were
here!” – and he replied, saying
that this was the very port my
grandparents had left from in
1953 to come to England, so that
was quite something.
“Who wrote this?”
Jamie Bamber [Marcella] plays
your on-screen husband, Sam?
Jamie is great to work with!
As far as that relationship is
concerned, it is kind of frozen
in time for Sally – though she
is immensely hurt that he has
turned his back on her. She’s
had no visits from him, and
she’s hoping that now she’s
been cleared, surely everything
can go back to the way it was
and they can mend and heal
together. Obviously, he’s moved
on – and I think she finds that
very hard to accept.
Are you a forgiving person?
I’d like to think so. I’m always
ready to move on – though I’ve
got a cr*p memory as well!
How has the past year been
for you?
I was lucky in that I was
working… This was one of
the first TV shows to be back
filming – we wanted to show
that it could be done. And
I’ve been doing [BBC1 period
drama] Gentleman Jack as well
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since November. I had my kids
at home [Katherine is mum to
Orla, six, and Rose, four] and
there were the challenges of
home-schooling, but it’s nothing
compared to what those who’ve
lost loved ones have been
through, or NHS workers.
Did you take up any hobbies?
No! I had no time to do anything
like that. It was very busy, just
because I’ve got two young
children at home, so I became
teacher, dinner lady, cleaner…
When the world opens up again,
where will you go?
To be honest, I hate packing.
More than anything, I want to
know that I can go anywhere
if I want to; I think to me that’s
more important than actually
going somewhere. I’m looking
forward to the freedom of
everyone being able to do
as we wish… I can’t wait until
we’re allowed to be tactile
again, that’s the main
thing I’ll be doing – giving
everybody a hug!
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TRYING NEW
SERIES

INFERTILITY COMEDY
8

7
FRI 21 MAY, APPLE TV
Rafe Spall and Esther Smith
are brilliant as the couple
considering adoption – with
Imelda Staunton as their social
worker, Penny.

CUTE COUPLE, YUM FOOD

SAT 15 MAY, 11.35AM, ITV

MOTHERLAND
Husband and wife duo John
Torode and Lisa Faulkner
are back “thinking up new
and exciting dishes”. Each
episode has a different
theme, using kitchen-
CHOOSING NEW SCHOOLS MON 17 MAY, 9PM, BBC2
cupboard basics and home
The time has come to select secondary schools, with Julia stressed out about the “whole catchment
hacks aplenty. Watch out
area thing”, and Kevin wistfully sharing fond memories of his time in high school (where he was
for “The Anytime Menu”
affectionately known as “pube head”). There’s only one thing for it: wangle a meeting at the local
(ingredients that work for
Catholic school. Julia, of course, is “totally into” the Bible, though she’d rather not get into specifics
breakfast, lunch or dinner).
about her favourite part, as it’s a bit personal, innit. Elsewhere, Liz finds out she’s still wed to Lee...

NAKED ATTRACTION’S CALL THE MIDWIFE

BEST NAUGHTY BITS LUCILLE GETS ENGAGED!
SUN 16 MAY, 8PM, BBC1
X-RATED ARCHIVES Permission to yell, “About time, Cyril!” at the

10
TUE 18 MAY, 10PM, C4
Celebrating the outrageous moments that
made us yell, “Oh my God!” at the telly, with
presenter Anna Richardson also revisiting
infamous pickers, including Tracy from series
screen, as the good Christian boy finally puts
a ring on it with Lucille, hoorah. It’s quite
a low-key affair actually (save a sweet
announcement to gathered nurses, nuns and
congregation pals), but fingers crossed we’ll

STACEY DOOLEY one who sparked outrage after describing her

lady bits as a “jam jar” and “beef sandwich”!
get a Midwife wedding before the series is
out. Meanwhile, we had a feeling we hadn’t

SLEEPS OVER
LIVING GREEN
MON 17 MAY, 10PM, W
Stacey spends a jolly weekend
on a remote Hebridean island to
see what life is like off-grid with
aristocrat Roc Sandford (great
name) and his two eco-warrior
daughters, Blue and Savannah.
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seen the last of the handsome Mr Aylward
(who you may recall lost his wife in a tragic
storyline earlier on in the series). He invites
Trixie to baby Jonathan’s christening,
then puts in an SOS call when he sacks the
nanny. Hmm, it might be a bit too soon
but he is something of a dish, and is that
NEW a glimmer of hope we see in Trixie’s
SERIES heavily-pencilled eye?

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SONG CONTEST
SEMI-FINAL 2021

9
TWO LIVE (AMAZING) SHOWS
TUE 18/THU 20 MAY, 8PM, BBC4
The coronavirus pandemic put a stop to the
contest last year, with the arena in Rotterdam
sitting empty. On 22 May 2021, approximately
3,500 dedicated Eurovision fans will flock
to the venue to watch 26 acts perform –
one of them being Yorkshireman James
Newman, finally able to belt out his track,
Embers, when he represents the UK.
The Eurovision semi-finals will go out
live on BBC4, with Rylan Clark-Neal,
Scott Mills and Grammy-nominated
singer-songwriter Chelcee Grimes 5 MINUTES WITH...
overseeing proceedings,
as 33 countries compete for Scott Mills and Rylan Clark-Neal, who will be presenting
their place in the Grand Final.
It’s douze points from us! BBC4’s coverage, as 33 countries compete for their
place in the Eurovision Grand Final…

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ow does it feel to and he’s got a great personality.

H be back?
SCOTT, 47: It’s my
favourite week of
the year. I get to be in my happy
place – which is commentating
on the good and the bad music
NEW that the world has to offer.
SERIES RYLAN, 32: It feels so great to
be back, we were all gutted last
year when the contest had to be
cancelled, but understood that
I can’t wait to be cheering him on.
What can we expect from the
semi-finals?
SCOTT: They’re huge! The
production is just as big as the
Grand Final, and it’s exciting, as
you get to see all the countries
that don’t make it to the final.
RYLAN: Everything that fans
know and love will be there. For
viewers, it won’t feel different to

JOHN AND LISA’S WEEKEND KITCHEN safety is paramount. This year

we need double the fun.
Why do you think people love
Eurovision so much?
SCOTT: It’s just such a happy
NEW occasion. It is essentially the
SERIES
Olympics meets The X Factor,
and after a year of bad news
it’s the perfect tonic. The scale
any other year.
Finally, what will you be doing
on Eurovision night?
SCOTT: I usually stay out in the
host’s country for the Grand
Final, but this year I’ll be having a
Eurovision party at home if we’re
allowed, and celebrating with a
few friends.

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of Eurovision is ridiculous – RYLAN: I’ll probably be slightly
it’s World Cup level, and that’s merry, and we’ll leave it at that…
no exaggeration.
RYLAN: It’s just one big
celebration and the perfect
excuse to escape some realities
we are living with at the minute.
WE ARE LADY PARTS Your views on the UK entry?
SCOTT: It’s a banger! James has
MUST-SEE NEW COMEDY an insane voice so I’m hoping for
THU 20 MAY, 10PM, C4 The BBC presenting
good things. team ready to rock

12
This comedy about an all-girl Muslim
RYLAN: James is so talented,
punk band is one of the freshest, funniest
shows you’ll see this year. Terminal geek
Amina is searching for a husband, but FACTFILE
ends up playing lead guitar for Lady
On the Grammy-nominated Chelcee Grimes joining the BBC4
Parts, whose songs include Voldemort presenting team, Scott says, “It’s going to be a lot of fun and
Stole My Headscarf. We heart. we are excited to have her on board.”

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FAB SUPERNATURAL SAGA

THE NEVERS MON 17 MAY, 10PM, SKY

ATLANTIC/NOW
Sky’s lavish new period drama
set in Victorian London is a feast
for the eyes, has an excellent
cast that includes James Norton
and Ben Chaplin, and some
great special effects. After
an unexplained event, lots of

15
Londoners – mostly women –
have developed unusual powers
and are called the “Touched”. But
some of them are using their new
NEW skills for evil purposes, and it’s up
SERIES to Amalia (Laura Donnelly) and
pal Penance (Ann Skelly) to save
the day. Now that’s girl power!

THE REAL HOUSEWIVES TITANIC: INTO THE HEART OF THE WRECK

OF BEVERLY HILLS FASCINATING FOOTAGE
CHANGES AFOOT
THU 20 MAY, HAYU
Erika Jayne’s divorce
is sure to be a hot
NEW
SERIES
16
SUN 16 MAY, 7.30PM, C4
The most famous shipwreck in
the world is being consumed by
a colony of iron-eating bacteria
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topic for season 11, while and experts reckon there’ll be
expectations are high for newbie nothing left in a few decades. C4
Crystal Kung Minkoff – and Kathy takes us 12,500 feet below sea
Hilton (mother of Paris and Nicky) level for an “extreme dive”...
finally joins the RHOBH partay!

18 THE MARTIN LEWIS

MONEY SHOW: LIVE
SUMMER SPECIAL
20 TV TALK
WEEKEND LAUGHS
Classic game show
PACKED WITH TIPS Blankety Blank is
TUE 18 MAY, 8PM, ITV NEW returning to the
Mr Purse Strings Martin Lewis SERIES BBC for a new series
is joined by Angellica Bell to
hosted by Bradley
SUBNORMAL: A look ahead to the summer,
with its loosening lockdown
Walsh, following the
success of the 2020
BRITISH SCANDAL rules and potential holidays
abroad. Breaks at home and
CATCHING PAEDOPHILES: festive special. Yay!

FIGHTING INJUSTICE away are discussed, with

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT UNSETTLING
DRAMA
THU 20 MAY, 9PM, BBC1 cash-saving tips and advice. HARD-HITTING DOCUMENTARY
PHOTOS: GETTY, REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

Sky is adapting John

Shockingly, in the 1960s and ’70s, MON 17 MAY, 9PM, C4 Wyndham’s classic
hundreds of black children The BAFTA-nominated series
NEW sci-fi novel The
were labelled “educationally returns, looking at the case of a
subnormal” and sent to SERIES man suspected of child abuse.
Midwich Cuckoos,
with Keeley Hawes
schools for children with low Detectives in Hampshire have to
and Max Beesley
intelligence. Former pupils speak prove their suspicions are right

19
leading the cast.
out about what happened to and not risk mistakes which
them, some for the first time. might see the suspect going free.

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 Saturday 15 May
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 10.0 Saturday Kitchen
6am Live. 11.30 Nadiya’s British Food
Adventure. 12.0 Football Focus. 1.0
BBC News. 1.15 Bargain Hunt. 1.45 FA
Cup Rewind. 2.45 Match Of Their Day.
3.25 FA Cup: The Road To Wembley.
3.55 BBC News. 4.05 BBC Regional
News; Weather. 4.15 MOTD Live: FA
Cup Final.
6pm
7pm
7.40 I Can See Your Voice
Heather Small joins the regular
8pm panel on the mystery singing
game show. (S)
8.35 Pointless Celebrities
Contestants include Jayde
Adams, Lucy Porter and Dave
9pm Johns. (S)
9.20 Casualty Rash’s past is
revealed when an old friend
arrives in the ED. (S)
10pm
10.0 BBC News (S)
10.20 Match Of The Day
Highlights of the latest
matches. (S)
11pm
11.20 FA Cup Highlights. 11.45 MOTD
Top 10 Most Memorable FA Cup Finals.
12.15 FILM: X+Y (2014)  2.05
BBC News.
7.40pm I Can See Your Voice, BBC1
SATE LL ITE I D IG I TAL I C AB L E LI STI NGS
W ITV2
6pm Outnumbered. 6.40
Outnumbered. 8.0 Gavin & Stacey.
8.40 Gavin & Stacey. 9.20 Gavin &
Stacey. 10.0 Louis Theroux: Gambling
In Las Vegas. The presenter takes a
trip to Sin City. 11.0 Stacey Dooley
Sleeps Over. 12midnight The Shift:
Women On The Force. 1.15 Disaster DIY.
2.05 Disaster DIY. 3.0 Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Catfish: Creeps. 7.0 Catfish:
Shadiest Characters. 8.0 Catfish:
Meltdowns. A fashion designer has an
online crush and a real-life relationship.
9.0 Catfish UK. 10.0 Catfish UK. 11.0
Catfish UK. 12midnight Catfish UK. 1.0
Adults Only: Kinky For Cash. 2.0 Sex
On The Streets. 2.50 Ridiculousness.
3.40 Ridiculousness. 4.0 Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.45am Wild & Weird. 7.0 The Dog Ate
My Homework. 7.30 The Dengineers.
8.0 Blue Peter. 8.30 Deadly On A
Mission: Pole To Pole. 9.0 Confucius:
Genius Of The Ancient World. 10.0
New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands.
11.0 Our Wild Adventures. 12.0 Great
British Menu. 1.0 Great British Menu.
2.0 Doris Day: Virgin Territory. 3.0
FILM: Calamity Jane (1953) 
4.35 Flog It! 5.0 All That Glitters:
Britain’s Next Jewellery Star.
6.0 Emin/Munch: Between
The Clock And The Bed The
art of Munch and Emin. (S) (R)
6.30 Highland Road Rescue
A family-run roadside recovery
business in the Highlands. (S) (R)
7.0 Grand Tours Of
Scotland’s Lochs Paul
Murton travels from Loch
Hope to Sandwood Bay. (S)
8.0 Dad’s Army (b/w) Sgt
Wilson struggles to perform
his duties. (S) (R) (bw)
8.30 TOTP2: John Lennon
Special Celebrating the
former Beatle’s music. (S) (R)
9.0 John Lennon: A Life In
Ten Pictures Defining
moments in the musician’s life
and career. (S)
10.0 Lennon: The New York
Years The story of John
Lennon and Yoko Ono’s move
to New York in 1971. (S) (R)
11.20 FILM: Source Code (2011)
 12.45 Teddy Pendergrass: If
You Don’t Know Me. 2.30 This Is BBC
Two.
11.20pm Source Code, BBC2
4.55pm FILM: Robots (2005) 
6.45 FILM: Marley & Me (2008) 
9.0 FILM: The Heat (2013)  11.35
Family Guy. 12.05am Family Guy.
Stewie decides to murder Lois. 12.30
American Dad! 1.0 American Dad! 1.30
Plebs. 2.0 Plebs. 2.30 Iain Stirling’s
CelebAbility. 3.10 FYI Extra. 3.25 ITV2
Nightscreen. 3.30 Teleshopping.
TLC
6pm Say Yes To The Dress: Bridesmaids.
7.0 Say Yes To The Dress: The Big Day.
8.0 Unpolished. 9.0 Long Island
Medium. 10.0 Embarrassing Bodies.
11.0 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta.
12midnight Unpolished. 1.0 Long Island
Medium. 2.0 Embarrassing Bodies.
3.0 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta.
4.0 Say Yes To The Dress: Lancashire.
ITV
6am CITV. 8.25 ITV News. 8.30 Martin
& Roman’s Weekend Best! 9.25 James
Martin’s Saturday Morning.  11.35
John And Lisa’s Weekend Kitchen.
New series. John Torode and Lisa
Faulkner return with the culinary show.
12.40 James Martin’s French
Adventure. 1.10 ITV News; Weather.
1.25 ITV Racing: Live From Newbury.
4.0 You’ve Been Framed! 4.30 Tipping
Point. 5.30 The Chase.
6.30 ITV News; Weather (S)
6.45 ITV News London (S)
7.0 In For A Penny Stephen
Mulhern is in Barry. (S)
7.30 Alan Carr’s Epic
Gameshow – Celebrity
Special Gabby Logan, Vick
Hope and Richard Blackwood
play Name That Tune. (S)
8.30 Game Of Talents With
Nick Grimshaw and Clara
Amfo. (S)
9.35 The Jonathan Ross
Show With Tom Jones,
Paloma Faith, Dave Bautista
and James Acaster. (S)
10.30 ITV News; Weather (S)
10.50 FILM: Con Air (1997)
 A parolee on his flight
home intervenes when
America’s deadliest criminals
hijack the plane. Action thriller,
starring Nicolas Cage and
John Cusack. (S)
12.55 Shop: Ideal World. 3.0 FYI Extra.
3.15 Britain’s Brightest Family. 3.40
ITV Nightscreen.
11.35am Weekend Kitchen, ITV
E4
5.45pm FILM: Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
 8.0 Celebrity Gogglebox USA.
With Sharon and Kelly Osbourne, Tyra
Banks and Meghan Trainor. 9.0
Celebrity Gogglebox. 10.0 Gogglebox.
11.05 Gogglebox. 12.05am First Dates.
1.10 First Dates. 2.15 Celebrity
Gogglebox. 3.10 Gogglebox. 4.0 Don’t
Tell The Bride. 4.55 Don’t Tell The Bride.
SKY ONE
6pm The Simpsons. 6.30 The
Simpsons. 7.0 The Simpsons. 7.30 The
Simpsons. 8.0 A League Of Their Own
Road Trip: Loch Ness To London. 9.0
FILM: S.W.A.T (2003)  11.10
Intergalactic. 12.10am Redknapp’s Big
Night Out. 1.10 NCIS: Los Angeles.
2.05 The Force: Manchester. 3.05
Road Wars. 4.0 Highway Patrol.
 CLOSER PICKS
C4
6.10am Everybody Loves Raymond.
8.15 The Big Bang Theory. 9.55 The
Simpsons. 12.20 Couples Come Dine
With Me. 1.20 Work On The Wild Side.
1.55 Four In A Bed. 4.30 Grand
Designs. 5.35 Johnny Vegas: Carry On
Glamping.
6.30 News (S)
7.0 George Clarke’s
National Trust Unlocked
George discovers some of the
UK’s most impressive historic
homes. (S) (R)
8.0 The Great Garden
Revolution Joel Bird creates a
teaching shed with a front
that’s covered in habitats for
wildlife. (S)
9.0 FILM: The Mountain
Between Us (2017) 
A neurosurgeon and a bride
attempt to survive in the
wilderness when their plane
crashes. Romantic adventure,
starring Idris Elba and Kate
Winslet. (S)
11.10 FILM: Sicario (2015) 
1.25 Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
USA. 2.15 Couples Come Dine With
Me. 3.10 Hollyoaks. 5.10 The £100k
Drop.
8pm Great Garden Revolution,C4
ITVBE
6pm Olivia Meets Her Match. 7.0 Olivia
Meets Her Match. 8.0 Olivia Meets Her
Match. Olivia and Brad get in the
Christmas spirit. 9.0 Botched. A
former reality TV star seeks help.
10.0 Ibiza Weekender. David organises
Spanish lessons. 11.0 Ibiza Weekender.
12midnight The Real Housewives
Of Atlanta. 1.0 Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
6.40pm The Sopranos. 7.50 The
Sopranos. 9.0 Game Of Thrones.
Qhorin gives Jon a chance to prove
himself. 10.15 Game Of Thrones.
Theon embarks on a hunt as he tries to
prove his Ironborn status. 11.30 Game
Of Thrones. 12.45am Game Of
Thrones. 1.50 Game Of Thrones.
3.0 Elementary. 4.0 Elementary.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 10.0 SpongeBob
SquarePants. 10.15 The Loud House.
10.25 Entertainment News On 5. 10.30
Friends. 1.0 Police Interceptors.3.0
Police Interceptors. 4.0 Gardening
With Carol Klein. 5.0 Secret Scotland
With Susan Calman.
6.0 5 News Weekend (S)
6.05 Amazing Spain With
Alex Polizzi The hotelier
shares her passion for the
country. (S) (R)
7.0 Our Yorkshire Farm
Sidney continues training his
sheepdog Nell. (S) (R)
8.0 The World’s Most
Expensive Hotels Exploring
some of the world’s most
famous hotels. (S)
9.0 Charles & Harry: Father
& Son Divided A look at the
relationship between Prince
Charles and his younger son. (S)
10.30 Greatest TV Moments
Of The 90s The 20 highest
rated TV shows of 1995. (S) (R)
12.30 Criminals: Caught On Camera.
12.55 Entertainment News On 5. 1.0
The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show. 3.0
Entertainment News On 5. 3.10
Eamonn & Ruth’s 7 Year Itch. 4.0 Rich
House, Poor House. 4.50 Wildlife SOS.
5.15 Divine Designs. 5.40 Peppa Pig.
9pm Charles & Harry, C5
E!
6pm Hollywood Medium With Tyler
Henry. 8.0 True Hollywood Story.
9.0 Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
10.0 Keeping Up With The
Kardashians. 11.0 Keeping Up With
The Kardashians. 12midnight
Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
2.0 Teleshopping. 3.0 The Funny
Dance Show. 4.0 Total Bellas.
SKY LIVING
6pm Nothing To Declare. 6.30
Nothing To Declare. 7.0 Blue Bloods.
8.0 Blue Bloods. 9.0 The Rookie. 10.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. 11.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
12midnight Blue Bloods. 1.0 Blue
Bloods. 2.0 Nothing To Declare. 3.0
Nothing To Declare. 4.0 Nothing To
Declare. 5.0 Nothing To Declare.
 Sunday 16 May
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 7.30 Match Of The
6am Day. 8.30 FA Cup Highlights. 9.0 The
Andrew Marr Show. 10.0 Politics
England. 10.30 Sunday Morning
Stories. 11.0 Pilgrimage: The Road To
Santiago. 12.0 Bargain Hunt. 1.0 BBC
News. 1.15 Songs Of Praise. 1.50 Points
Of View. 2.05 Escape To The Country.
3.0 FILM: Cars 3 (2017)  4.35
Dynasties. 5.35 BBC News. 5.50 BBC
Regional News; Weather.
6pm 6.0 Countryfile Celebrating
the 70th anniversary of the
Peak District, the UK’s first
National Park. (S)
7pm 7.0 Antiques Roadshow
Finds at Stonor Park in
Oxfordshire include a rare
group of Indian medals. (S)
8pm  8.0 Call The Midwife
Lucille celebrates some happy
news and Trixie gets a phone
call. (S)
9pm 9.0 The Pursuit Of Love
Fanny embraces motherhood,
while Linda throws herself into
a hedonistic lifestyle. (S)
10pm 10.0 BBC News (S)
10.20 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.30 Match Of The Day 2
The day’s Premier League
11pm action. (S)
11.40 Once Were Lions. 12.55 BBC
News.
8pm Call The Midwife, BBC1
SATE LL ITE I D IG I TAL I C AB L E LI STI NGS
W ITV2
6.20pm Outnumbered. 7.0 The Shift:
Women On The Force. 8.0 Inside The
Operating Theatre. 9.0 Louis Theroux:
Gambling In Las Vegas. The presenter
takes a trip to Sin City. 10.0 Stacey
Dooley Sleeps Over. 11.0 Vogue: My
Anxious Life. 12midnight One Born
Every Minute. 1.15 Disaster DIY. 2.05
Disaster DIY. 3.0 Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Catfish: The TV Show. 7.0 Teen
Mom OG. 8.0 Teen Mom OG. Maci and
Taylor’s argument with Ryan’s parents
intensifies. 9.0 16 And Pregnant. 10.0
16 And Pregnant. 11.0 16 And Pregnant.
12midnight True Life Crime. 1.0 When
Kids Kill. 2.0 Floribama Shore. 2.50
Ridiculousness. 3.15 Ridiculousness.
3.40 Ridiculousness. 4.0 Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.25am Gardeners’ World. 7.25
Countryfile. 8.20 Being Jewish. 9.0
Landward. 9.30 Beechgrove. 10.0
Saturday Kitchen Best Bites. 11.30 The
Great Northern Garden Build. 12.30
Rick Stein’s India. 1.30 Great British
Menu. 2.05 Diving: European Aquatics
Championships. 3.35 Dames: Talking
Pictures. 4.10 FILM: Tea With Mussolini
(1999) 
6.0 Rick Stein’s Taste Of
Shanghai Rick Stein finds out
if Shanghai has hung on to its
culinary roots. (S) (R)
7.0 This Farming Life Kirsty
tackles her first breach birth,
Stevie’s favourite pygmy goat
Ginger struggles in labour. (S) (R)
8.0 Our Wild Adventures Liz
Bonnin looks back on her time
helping a team of scientists
locate a population of rare
Siberian tigers. (S)
9.0 Gods Of Snooker A look
at the emergence of Steve
Davis and the rise of promoter
Barry Hearn’s Matchroom
group of players. (S)
10.0 Davis V Taylor: The ’85
Black Ball Final A look back
at the 1985 World Snooker
Championship final. (S) (R)
11.0 Snowfall. 11.45 Snowfall. 12.25
Sign Zone: Question Time. 1.25 Sign
Zone: Holby City. 2.05 This Is BBC
Two.
8pm Our Wild Adventures, BBC2
5.05pm FILM: The Secret Life Of Pets
(2016)  6.55 FILM: Bruce
Almighty (2003)  9.0 Family
Guy. 10.0 Celebrity Juice. 10.45 Family
Guy. 11.45 American Dad! 12.40am
The Cleveland Show. 1.40 The Stand
Up Sketch Show. 2.10 The Stand Up
Sketch Show. 2.35 Iain Stirling’s
CelebAbility. 3.15 FYI Extra.
TLC
6pm The Blended Bunch. 7.0 Sister
Wives. 8.0 Marrying Millions. 9.0 My
Deadly Appetite. 10.0 Body Bizarre.
11.0 Return To Amish. 12midnight
Marrying Millions. 1.0 My Deadly
Appetite. 2.0 Body Bizarre. 3.0 Return
To Amish. 4.0 Say Yes To The Dress.
4.30 Say Yes To The Dress. 5.0 Say Yes
To The Dress. 5.30 Say Yes To The Dress.
ITV
6am CITV. 8.25 ITV News. 8.30 Martin
& Roman’s Weekend Best! 9.25
Australia With Julia Bradbury. 9.55
Alan Titchmarsh: Spring Into Summer.
10.25 John And Lisa’s Weekend
Kitchen. 11.25 Game Of Talents. 12.30
ITV News; Weather. 12.40 In For A
Penny. 1.10 Australian Ninja Warrior.
2.50 FILM: Peter Pan (2003) 
5.0 The Chase Celebrity Special.
6.0 ITV News; Weather (S)
6.20 ITV News London (S)
6.30 Tipping Point: Lucky
Stars With the Rev Richard
Coles, Toyah Willcox and
Sharron Davies. Last in the
series. (S)
7.30 FILM: Fantastic Beasts
And Where To Find Them
(2016)  A wizarding Brit
arrives in 1920s New York with
a bagful of magical creatures
that cause chaos. Starring
Eddie Redmayne, Eddie
Redmayne, Katherine
Waterston, Colin Farrell, Alison
Sudol, Dan Fogler, Ezra Miller,
Samantha Morton, Jon Voight
and Carmen Ejogo. (S)
10.05 ITV News; Weather (S)
10.20 The Queen And Her
Cousins With Alexander
Armstrong The actor travels
to meet some of the Queen’s
cousins. (S) (R)
11.15 Trevor McDonald’s Indian Train
Adventure. 12.15 Trevor McDonald &
Charlene White: Has George Floyd
Changed Britain? 1.05 Shop: Ideal
World. 3.0 FYI Extra. 3.15 ITV
Nightscreen. 5.05 Tipping Point.
7.30pm Fantastic Beasts, ITV
E4
6.10pm FILM: Ice Age: Collision
Course (2016)  8.0 Batwoman.
Kane and Moore ask Batwoman to
stealing an infamous work of art. 9.0
FILM: Terminator Genisys (2015) 
11.30 Taskmaster. Jamali Maddix gets
destructive with some rubble.
12.35am Gogglebox. 1.40 The Big
Bang Theory. 2.35 Batwoman.
SKY ONE
6pm The Simpsons. 6.30 The
Simpsons. 7.0 The Simpsons. 7.30 The
Simpsons. 8.0 There’s Something
About Movies. 9.0 Magnum P.I. 10.0
NCIS: Los Angeles. 11.0 Bloods. 11.30
An Idiot Abroad. 12.30am SEAL Team.
1.30 The Blacklist. 2.30 S.W.A.T. 3.30
Road Wars. 4.0 The Real A&E. 4.30
The Real A&E. 5.0 The Real A&E.
 CLOSER PICKS
C4
6am Everybody Loves Raymond. 6.25
Everybody Loves Raymond. 6.50
Everybody Loves Raymond. 7.15
Everybody Loves Raymond. 7.40 The
Big Bang Theory. 8.05 The Big Bang
Theory. 8.30 The Simpsons. 9.0 The
Simpsons. 9.30 Sunday Brunch. 12.30
The Simpsons. 12.55 The Simpsons.
1.25 The Simpsons. 1.50 The
Simpsons. 2.15 FILM: The Adventures
Of Tintin (2011)  4.20 FILM:
Wonder Park (2019) 
 6.0 50 Years Of Mr Men
With Matt Lucas The
comedian charts the history of
the colourful little characters. (S)
7.0 News (S)
 7.30 Titanic: Into The
Heart Of The Wreck
Capturing the underwater
odyssey of the greatest Titanic
expeditions and the evolution
of the most scrutinised
shipwreck in the world. (S)
9.0 SAS: Who Dares Wins
The remaining recruits are sent
deeper into the wild and
unforgiving terrain of the Isle
of Raasay. (S)
10.0 Fargo The Smutnys
receive unexpected guests,
Gaetano arrives from the old
country and Josto adjusts to
his new role. (S)
11.15 Time Is A Killer. 12.25 FILM: The
Counsellor (2013)  2.30 The
Handmaid’s Tale. 3.25 George Clarke’s
Amazing Spaces. 4.20 Couples Come
Dine With Me. 5.10 The £100k Drop.
6pm 50 Years Of Mr Men, C4
ITVBE
6pm The Only Way Is Essex. 7.0 Dinner
Date. 8.0 Celebrity Dinner Date.
9.0 The Only Way Is Essex. Gatsby
finds out about Courtney’s allegation
that he was texting girls. 10.0 The Real
Housewives Of Atlanta. 10.55 The Real
Housewives Of Cheshire. 11.55 The
Millionaire Matchmaker. 12.55am
ITVBe Nightscreen. 1.0 Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
6.35pm The Sopranos. 7.40 Mildred
Pierce. 9.0 Mildred Pierce. Veda
continues to shun Mildred’s attempts
at reconciliation. 10.30 Mare Of
Easttown. An anonymous call gives
Dawn hope that Katie might still be
alive. 11.40 Six Feet Under. 12.45am
Six Feet Under. 1.50 The Nevers. 3.0
Mare Of Easttown. 4.05 Storm City.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 10.05 SpongeBob
SquarePants. 10.15 The Loud House.
10.25 Entertainment News On 5. 10.30
WWE: Raw Highlights. 11.20 Friends.
11.50 Friends. 12.20 Friends. 12.50
Friends. 1.15 Friends. 1.45 Friends. 2.10
The 1984 Mega Mix. 5.05 5 News
Weekend. 5.10 The Tutankhamun
Mystery With Dan Snow.
7.0 Cher And The Loneliest
Elephant Documentary
following the singer’s charity
Free the Wild, as they relocate
an Asian elephant. (S)
8.0 Bargain Loving Brits By
The Sea A Skegness seal
sanctuary tries to boost visitor
numbers. (S)
9.0 Cruising With Jane
McDonald The singer
concludes her journey around
the Caribbean. (S)
10.15 Gibraltar: Brits In The
Sun Bad weather threatens
the opening of the new airport
terminal. (S) (R)
11.05 Britain’s Favourite 90s Songs.
12.35 Wonderful World Of Chocolate.
1.0 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show. 3.0
Entertainment News On 5. 3.10
Eamonn & Ruth’s 7 Year Itch. 4.0 Now
That’s Funny! 4.50 Wildlife SOS. 5.15
Divine Designs. 5.40 Peppa Pig. 5.45
Peppa Pig. 5.55 Peppa Pig.
9pm Cruising With Jane, C5
E!
6pm True Hollywood Story. 7.0 For
Real: The Story Of Reality TV. 8.0
Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
10.0 Reunion Road Trip. 11.0
Overserved With Lisa Vanderpump.
11.30 Dating: No Filter. 12midnight
Keeping Up With The Kardashians. 1.0
Reunion Road Trip. 2.0 Teleshopping.
3.0 The Funny Dance Show.
SKY LIVING
6pm Nothing To Declare. 7.0 Ghost
Whisperer. 8.0 Ghost Whisperer. 9.0
The Good Doctor. 10.0 Blue Bloods.
11.0 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
12midnight Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit. 1.0 Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit. 2.0 Ghost Whisperer. 4.0
Nothing To Declare. 4.30 Nothing To
Declare. 5.0 Nothing To Declare.
 Monday 17 May
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.15 Rip Off Britain:
6am Live. 10.0 Homes Under The Hammer.
11.0 Fraud Squad: The Hunt. 11.45
Close Calls: On Camera. 12.15 Bargain
Hunt. 1.0 BBC News At One; Weather.
1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather.
1.45 Doctors. 2.15 Unbeatable. 3.0
Escape To The Country. 3.45 Money
For Nothing. 4.30 Antiques Road Trip.
5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7pm 7.0 The One Show Presented
by Alex Jones and Jermaine
Jenas. (S)
7.35 Panorama Current affairs
report. (S)
8pm 8.05 EastEnders Molly is
taken aback to hear about
Bernie’s surrogacy plan. (S)
8.25 Fawlty Towers An
American comes to stay. (S) (R)
9pm  9.0 The Pact New series. A  9.0 Motherland Julia
young brewery boss is found
dead, triggering a dramatic
chain of events. Continues
tomorrow. (S)
10pm
10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.45 Starstruck Kate
receives an invitation to Tom’s
11pm premiere. (S)
11.05 Eating With My Ex. 11.35
RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under.
12.35 I Can See Your Voice. 1.35 BBC
News.
9pm The Pact, BBC1
SATELL IT E I D IG I TAL I C AB L E LI STI NGS
W ITV2
6pm Property Brothers: Forever
Homes. 7.0 MasterChef Junior USA.
8.0 The Shift: Women On The Force.
9.0 One Born Every Minute.  10.0
Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over. Stacey
travels to the island of Gometra.
11.0 Jesy Nelson: Odd One Out.
12.20am Inside The Ambulance.
12.50 Disaster DIY. 3.0 Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Catfish: The TV Show. 7.0 Rich
Kids Go Skint. 8.0 Driving Mum And
Dad Crazy. 9.0 Catfish UK. 10.0 2021
MTV Movie & TV Awards. 12midnight
Ridiculousness. 12.30 Ridiculousness.
1.0 Geordie Shore: From The First
Tash. 2.0 Geordie Shore. 2.50 Love
Squad. 3.15 Love Squad. 3.40
Ridiculousness. 4.0 Teleshopping.
BBC2
6am Bargain Hunt. 6.45 Money For
Nothing. 7.30 Sign Zone: Inside The
Zoo. 8.30 The Week In Parliament. 9.0
BBC News At 9. 10.0 BBC News. 12.15
Politics Live. 1.0 Letterbox. 1.30 Good
Morning Dagenham. 2.15 A Place To
Call Home. 3.0 Best Home Cook. 4.0
Hairy Bikers: Pies & Pasties. 4.15 Blue
Planet UK. 4.45 Eggheads. 5.15 Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s House
Of Games With Hugh Dennis
and Sarah Greene. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys New series. Michael
Portillo goes in a Spitfire. (S)
7.0 Nigellissima More simple
Italian dishes. (S) (R)
7.30 Between The Covers
Sara Cox and guests share the
pleasure of reading. (S)
8.0 Great British Menu: The
Finals The eight chefs battle
to get their starter course to
the banquet. (S)
panics about the school
catchment area she lives in. (S)
9.30 Inside No 9 An
obsessive fan of a TV show
plots to get the ending he
wanted. (S)
10.0 Have I Got A Bit More
News For You Romesh
Ranganathan hosts. (S) (R)
10.45 Newsnight (S)
11.30 The First Team. 12.0 The First
Team. 12.30 Sign Zone: Countryfile.
1.30 Sign Zone: Muhammad Ali: A Life
In Ten Pictures. 2.30 Sign Zone:
Antiques Roadshow. 3.30 This Is BBC
Two.
9pm Motherland, BBC2
6pm Secret Crush. 7.0 You’ve Been
Framed! Gold. 7.30 Superstore. 8.0
Bob’s Burgers. 9.0 Family Guy. 9.30
American Dad! 10.0 Family Guy. 11.30
American Dad! 12midnight The
Cleveland Show. 12.55 Bob’s Burgers.
1.55 Superstore. 2.20 Don’t Hate The
Playaz. 3.0 FYI Extra. 3.15 ITV2
Nightscreen. 3.30 Teleshopping.
TLC
6pm Curvy Brides. 6.30 Curvy Brides.
7.0 Outdaughtered: Busby Quints. 8.0
The Blended Bunch. 9.0 My Big Fat
Fabulous Life. 10.0 Dr Pimple Popper.
11.0 Sister Wives. 12midnight The
Blended Bunch. 1.0 My Big Fat
Fabulous Life. 2.0 Dr Pimple Popper.
3.0 Sister Wives. 4.0 Say Yes To The
Dress. 5.0 Say Yes To The Dress.
ITV
6am Good Morning Britain. 9.0
Lorraine. 10.0 This Morning. 12.30
Loose Women. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime
News. 1.55 ITV News London. 2.0
Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.0 Tenable. 4.0
Tipping Point. 5.0 The Chase.
6.0 ITV News London (S)
6.30 ITV Evening News (S)
7.0 Emmerdale Aaron pleads
with Liv to reach out to Vinny.
(S)
7.30 Coronation Street
Daisy sets her sights on Sean’s
mate Carol. (S)
8.0 Alan Titchmarsh: Spring
Into Summer With guest
Michael Ball. (S)
8.30 Coronation Street Ed
and Jenny are shocked to
meet Ronnie’s wife. (S)
 9.0 Innocent New series.
The return of the crime drama,
starring Shaun Dooley.
Continues tomorrow. (S)
10.0 ITV News (S)
10.30 ITV News London (S)
10.45 Britain’s Biggest
Families: 31 Kids And
Counting The Pennies
Documentary exploring how
some of Britain’s biggest
families make ends meet. (S) (R)
11.45 Innocent. 12.35 All Elite
Wrestling: Dynamite. 1.25 Shop: Ideal
World. 3.0 FYI Extra. 3.15 Lingo. 4.05
ITV Nightscreen. 5.05 Tipping Point.
9pm Innocent, ITV
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 7.0
Hollyoaks. 7.30 Ackley Bridge. 8.35
The Big Bang Theory. 9.0 Made In
Chelsea. 10.0 Temptation Island. 11.20
Pete & Sam’s Reality News. 11.40 The
Big Bang Theory. 12.35am Gogglebox.
1.45 Taskmaster. 2.35 Made In Chelsea.
3.30 Melissa & Joey. 4.20 Man With
A Plan. 5.05 Baby Daddy.
SKY ONE
6pm Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.
8.0 Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
9.0 FILM: Ghostbusters (1984)
 11.0 There’s Something
About Movies. 12midnight A League
Of Their Own Road Trip: Loch Ness To
London. 1.0 Redknapp’s Big Night
Out. 2.0 The Blacklist. 3.0 Road Wars.
4.0 Highway Cops. 5.0 S.W.A.T.
 CLOSER PICKS
C4
6am Countdown. 6.40 Cheers. 7.05
Cheers. 7.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 7.55 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.25 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.55 Frasier. 9.25 Frasier.
9.55 Frasier. 10.25 Escape To The
Chateau: DIY. 11.25 Channel 4 News
Summary. 11.30 Couples Come Dine
With Me. 12.30 Steph’s Packed Lunch.
2.10 Countdown. 3.0 The Answer Trap.
4.0 A Place In The Sun. 5.0 Four In A
Bed. 5.30 Beat The Chef.
6.0 The Simpsons
Futurama’s Planet Express
crew turns up. (S) (R)
6.30 Hollyoaks James has a
big announcement for the
McQueens. (S) (R)
7.0 News (S)
8.0 How To Save A Grand In
24 Hours Anna Richardson
and the team help the Wallace
family in Worcester. Last in the
series. (S)
 9.0 Catching
Paedophiles: Crime And
Punishment New series. The
challenges of investigating
and prosecuting child sexual
abuse. (S)
10.0 Second Wave: Did The
Government Get It Wrong?
Dispatches The role that the
Prime Minister’s decisions
played in a massive second
surge in Covid infections. (S)
11.05 999: On The Front Line. 12.05
Naked Attraction. 1.0 Ramsay’s
Kitchen Nightmares USA. 1.50 The
Handmaid’s Tale. 2.45 The Money
Maker. 3.40 Couples Come Dine With
Me. 4.30 The £100k Drop. 5.20 Coach
Trip: Road To Tenerife. 5.45 Kirstie’s
Fill Your House For Free.
10pm The Nevers, Sky Atlantic
ITVBE
6pm Masters Of Flip. 7.0 Buying And
Selling. 8.0 Dinner Date. 9.0 The Real
Housewives Of Cheshire. 10.0 The
Real Housewives Of Potomac.
Candiace and Monique see each other
for the first time since their dramatic
altercation. 11.0 The Millionaire
Matchmaker. 11.55 The Only Way Is
Essex. 12.45am FYI Extra.
SKY ATLANTIC
5.40pm The Sopranos. 6.45 The
Sopranos. 7.50 Game Of Thrones. 9.0
Mare Of Easttown. Mare opens up
about her family’s history with mental
health. 10.10 The Nevers. New
series. Fantasy adventure, with Laura
Donnelly. 11.20 Domina. 12.30am
Domina. 1.40 Deadwood. 4.0 Richard
E Grant’s Hotel Secrets. 5.0 Storm City.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. 11.15
George Clarke’s Build A New Life In
The Country. 12.15 5 News At
Lunchtime. 12.20 Room To Improve.
1.15 Home And Away. 1.45 Neighbours.
2.15 FILM: A Very Foul Play: An Aurora
Teagarden Mystery (2019) 
4.0 Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun.
5.0 5 News At 5. 5.30 Neighbours.
6.0 Home And Away Lewis
gets into a fateful fight. (S) (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight (S)
7.0 Wales’ Most Scenic
Railway Journeys A trip
through Wales’ highest peaks
and deepest valleys. (S) (R)
8.0 Traffic Cops A distressed
woman is convinced her
boyfriend has fallen into a
canal. (S)
9.0 A&E After Dark A patient
refuses to leave A&E after his
treatment. (S)
10.0 Casualty 24/7: Every
Second Counts A new junior
doctor treats a man with a
suspected case of sepsis. (S) (R)
11.05 Ambulance: Code Red. 12.05
The Baby With A New Face:
Extraordinary People. 1.0 The 21.co.uk
Live Casino Show. 3.0 Entertainment
News On 5. 3.10 How To Get A Good
Night’s Sleep. 4.0 Now That’s Funny!
4.45 Wildlife SOS. 5.10 Divine Designs.
5.35 House Doctor.
10pm Stacey Dooley, W
E!
6pm Keeping Up With The
Kardashians. 7.0 Reunion Road Trip.
8.0 Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
9.0 Botched. 10.0 Botched By Nature.
11.0 True Hollywood Story. 12midnight
Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry.
1.0 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami. 2.0
Teleshopping. 3.0 Rich Kids Of Beverly
Hills. 4.0 Total Bellas. 5.0 Teleshopping.
SKY LIVING
6pm Nothing To Declare. 6.30
Nothing To Declare. 7.0 Nothing To
Declare. 7.30 Nothing To Declare. 8.0
Ghost Whisperer. 9.0 Blue Bloods.
10.0 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.
11.0 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
12midnight Criminal Minds. 1.0 The
Good Doctor. 2.0 FBI. 3.0 Road Wars.
5.0 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder.
 Tuesday 18 May
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.15 Rip Off Britain:
6am Live. 10.0 Homes Under The Hammer.
11.0 Fraud Squad: The Hunt. 11.45
Close Calls: On Camera. 12.15 Bargain
Hunt. 1.0 BBC News At One; Weather.
1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather.
1.45 Doctors. 2.15 Unbeatable. 3.0
Escape To The Country. 3.45 Money
For Nothing. 4.30 Antiques Road Trip.
5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7pm 7.0 The One Show Presented
by Alex Jones and Jermaine
Jenas. (S)
7.30 EastEnders A mystery
man arrives in search of Sonia.
(S)
7.50 Holby City Hanssen
8pm struggles to cope when a
major incident strikes Holby. (S)
8.30 For Love Or Money A
woman who ended up
£20,000 out of pocket. (S) (R)
9pm  9.0 The Pact The women
go to extraordinary lengths to
protect their secret. (S)
10pm 10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.45 Match Of The Day
Highlights of the latest Premier
11pm League matches. (S)
11.45 Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up
Star. 12.45 Bates Motel. 1.25 Bates
Motel. 2.15 BBC News.
8pm Eurovision, BBC4
SATE LL ITE I D IG I TAL I C AB L E LI STI NGS
W ITV2
6pm Property Brothers: Forever
Homes. 7.0 MasterChef Junior USA.
8.0 Ski A&E. 9.0 Jesy Nelson: Odd
One Out. Little Mix star Jesy Nelson
goes on a journey of rehabilitation.
10.15 999 Rescue Squad. 11.15 Inside
The Ambulance. 12.15am One Born
Every Minute. 1.25 Disaster DIY. 1.50
Disaster DIY. 2.15 Disaster DIY.
MTV
6pm Catfish: Repeat Offenders. 7.0
Rich Kids Go Skint. 8.0 2021 MTV
Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted. 9.30
MTV Cribs. 10.0 Adults Only: Sex Dolls
Delight. 11.0 Student Sex Workers:
Stripping To Study. 12midnight
Ridiculousness. 12.30 Ridiculousness.
1.0 Geordie Shore. 2.50 Love Squad.
3.40 Ridiculousness. 4.0 Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.30am Money For Nothing. 7.15
Antiques Road Trip. 8.0 Sign Zone:
Gardeners’ World. 9.0 BBC News At 9.
10.0 BBC News. 12.15 Politics Live. 1.0
Letterbox. 1.30 Good Morning
Dagenham. 2.15 A Place To Call Home.
3.10 Best Home Cook. 4.15 Blue Planet
UK. 4.45 Eggheads. 5.15 Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s House
Of Games With Nish Kumar
and Holly Walsh. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys Michael Portillo
travels to Benenden. (S)
7.0 Great British Menu: The
Finals The eight regional
champions cook their fish
courses. (S)
8.0 All That Glitters:
Britain’s Next Jewellery
Star The three finalists
compete to be crowned the
winner. Last in the series. (S)
9.0 Hospital University
Hospital Coventry’s
gynaecological oncology
department deals with rising
referrals. (S)
10.0 QI XL With Alan Davies,
Lucy Porter, Frankie Boyle and
Ross Noble. (S) (R)
10.45 Newsnight (S)
11.30 Mark Lawson Talks To Miriam
Margolyes. 12.30 Saved By A Stranger.
1.30 Sign Zone: Being Jewish. 2.10
Sign Zone: Being Hindu. 2.50 Sign
Zone: Rick Stein’s Cornwall. 3.20 This
Is BBC Two.
9pm The Pact, BBC1
6pm Secret Crush. 7.0 You’ve Been
Framed! Gold. 7.30 Superstore. 8.0
Bob’s Burgers. 8.30 Bob’s Burgers. 9.0
Family Guy. 10.0 Family Guy. 11.0
Family Guy. 11.30 American Dad!
12midnight American Dad! 12.30
Celebrity Juice. 1.15 Bob’s Burgers.
1.45 Bob’s Burgers. 2.10 Superstore.
2.35 Don’t Hate The Playaz.
TLC
6pm Curvy Brides. 6.30 Curvy Brides.
7.0 Say Yes To The Dress: UK. 7.30 Say
Yes To The Dress: UK. 8.0 SMothered.
9.0 Return To Amish. 10.0 Life After
Lockup. 11.0 Dr Pimple Popper.
12midnight SMothered. 1.0 Return To
Amish. 2.0 Life After Lockup. 3.0 Dr
Pimple Popper. 4.0 Say Yes To The
Dress. 5.0 Say Yes To The Dress.
ITV
6am Good Morning Britain. 9.0
Lorraine. 10.0 This Morning. 12.30
Loose Women. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime
News. 1.55 ITV News London. 2.0
Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.0 Tenable. 4.0
Tipping Point. 5.0 The Chase.
6.0 ITV News London (S)
6.30 ITV Evening News (S)
7.0 Emmerdale Chas steps in
to help Liv. (S)
7.30 Ainsley’s
Mediterranean Cookbook
The presenter makes his way
to Seville in southern Spain. (S)
 8.0 The Martin Lewis
Money Show: Live Summer
Special New series. Martin
Lewis returns with a live one-
hour special edition of the
show. (S)
 9.0 Innocent The police
question Anna Stamp. (S)
10.0 ITV News (S)
10.30 ITV News London (S)
10.45 The Savoy The staff
celebrate at their annual gala –
but news of Covid-19 reaches
the hotel. (S) (R)
11.45 Innocent. 12.35 Shop: Ideal
World. 3.0 FYI Extra. 3.15 Winning
Combination. 4.05 ITV Nightscreen.
5.05 Tipping Point.
8pm All That Glitters, BBC2
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 6.30 The
Big Bang Theory. 7.0 Hollyoaks. 7.30
Ackley Bridge. 8.35 The Big Bang
Theory. 9.0 Lego Masters USA. 10.0
Gogglebox. 11.0 The Big Bang Theory.
12midnight Taskmaster. 1.0
Gogglebox. 2.0 First Dates. 2.55 Lego
Masters USA. 3.45 Melissa & Joey. 4.10
Melissa & Joey. 4.35 Man With A Plan.
SKY ONE
6pm Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.
8.0 A League Of Their Own Road Trip:
Loch Ness To London. 9.0 The
Blacklist. 10.0 An Idiot Abroad. 11.0
Intergalactic. 12midnight Bloods.
12.30 The Force: Manchester. 1.30
SEAL Team. 2.30 Road Wars. 3.0 Brit
Cops: Rapid Response. 4.0 Highway
Cops. 4.30 Highway Cops. 5.0 S.W.A.T.
 CLOSER PICKS
C4
6am Countdown. 6.40 Cheers. 7.05
Cheers. 7.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 7.55 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.25 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.55 Frasier. 9.25 Frasier.
9.55 Frasier. 10.25 Escape To The
Chateau: DIY. 11.25 Channel 4 News
Summary. 11.30 Couples Come Dine
With Me. 12.30 Steph’s Packed Lunch.
2.10 Countdown. 3.0 The Answer Trap.
4.0 A Place In The Sun. 5.0 Four In A
Bed. 5.30 Beat The Chef.
6.0 The Simpsons The family
attends a community festival.
(S) (R)
6.30 Hollyoaks Theresa
knows who the false witness
is. (S) (R)
7.0 News (S)
8.0 The Great Celebrity
Bake Off For Stand Up To
Cancer Jeremy Paxman, Joe
Wilkinson, Sally Lindsay and
Georgia Toffolo take part. (S) (R)
9.0 The Money Maker Eric
Collins offers advice to a
Birmingham-based meal
delivery service. (S)
 10.0 Naked Attraction’s
Best Naughty Bits New
series. A romp through the
archive of the unconventional
dating show. (S)
11.05 Gogglebox. 12.10 Ramsay’s
Kitchen Nightmares USA. 1.0 SAS:
Who Dares Wins. 1.55 Taskmaster.
2.50 Celebrity Crystal Maze. 3.45
George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces.
4.40 The £100k Drop. 5.35 Coach Trip:
Road To Tenerife.
8pm Money Show, ITV
ITVBE
6pm Masters Of Flip. 7.0 Buying And
Selling. 8.0 Dinner Date. Jonny picks
three blind dates. 9.0 The Real
Housewives Of Orange County.
10.0 The Real Housewives Of Atlanta.
The group head to the Toronto
Carnival in Canada. 10.55 Growing Up
Chrisley. 11.55 The Only Way Is Essex.
12.45am FYI Extra. 1.0 Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
5.40pm The Sopranos. 6.45 The
Sopranos. Tony decides to leave town
to avoid the FBI. 7.50 Game Of
Thrones. 9.0 FILM: Gia (1998) 
Fact-based drama, starring Angelina
Jolie. 11.10 Six Feet Under. 12.25am Six
Feet Under. 1.40 Ray Donovan. 2.50
Ray Donovan. 4.0 Richard E Grant’s
Hotel Secrets. 5.0 Storm City.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. 11.15
George Clarke’s Build A New Life In
The Country. 12.15 5 News At
Lunchtime. 12.20 Room To Improve.
1.15 Home And Away. 1.45 Neighbours.
2.15 FILM: Killer Sentence: Hailey Dean
Mysteries (2019)  4.0 Bargain-
Loving Brits In The Sun. 5.0 5 News At
5. 5.30 Neighbours.
6.0 Home And Away
Christian finds himself
drugged. (S) (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight (S)
7.0 Dream Kitchens And
Bathrooms With Mark Millar
The DIY expert offers his
advice to homeowners in
Yorkshire and Walthamstow. (S)
8.0 The Yorkshire Vet A ewe
in labour is rushed into the
animal hospital from Cannon
Hall Farm. (S)
9.0 Our Yorkshire Farm The
Owen family try their hand at
self-sufficiency with their very
first dairy cow. (S)
10.0 Ben Fogle: New Lives
In The Wild Ben travels to the
coastal forests of southern
Sweden. (S) (R)
11.05 Pompeii: The Bodies In The
Basement. 12.05 Killer Weather:
Caught On Camera. 1.0 Live Casino
Show. 3.0 Entertainment News On 5.
3.10 How To Get A Good Night’s Sleep.
4.0 The Funny Thing About Growing
Up. 4.45 Wildlife SOS. 5.10 Divine
Designs. 5.35 House Doctor.
10pm Naked Attraction, C4
E!
6pm Keeping Up With The
Kardashians. 7.0 Keeping Up With The
Kardashians. 8.0 Reunion Road Trip.
9.0 True Hollywood Story. 10.0
Overserved With Lisa Vanderpump.
10.30 Nightly Pop. 11.0 Keeping Up
With The Kardashians. 12midnight
Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry.
1.0 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami.
SKY LIVING
6pm Nothing To Declare. 7.0 Border
Security: Australia’s Front Line. 7.30
Border Security: Australia’s Front Line.
8.0 Ghost Whisperer. 9.0 The Good
Doctor. 10.0 FBI. 11.0 Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit. 12midnight
Criminal Minds. 1.0 Grey’s Anatomy.
2.0 Station 19. 3.0 Road Wars. 5.0
Brit Cops: Law & Disorder.
 Wednesday 19 May
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.15 Rip Off Britain:
6am Live. 10.0 Homes Under The Hammer.
11.0 Fraud Squad: The Hunt. 11.45
Close Calls: On Camera. 12.15 Bargain
Hunt. 1.0 BBC News At One; Weather.
1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather.
1.45 Doctors. 2.15 Unbeatable. 3.0
Escape To The Country. 3.45 Money
For Nothing. 4.30 Antiques Road Trip.
5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7pm 7.0 The One Show Presented
by Alex Jones and Jermaine
Jenas. (S)
7.30 Panorama Current
affairs report. (S)
8pm 8.0 The Repair Shop Items
include a tippling stick thought
to have belonged to King
George V. (S) (R)
9pm 9.0 The Great British
Sewing Bee The sewers use
recycled fabric to make
waistcoats and dresses. (S)
10pm 10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.45 Match Of The Day
Highlights of the latest Premier
11pm League matches. (S)
11.55 Young, Welsh And Bossin’ It.
12.25 A Question Of Sport. 1.0 BBC
News.
9pm British Sewing Bee, BBC1
SATELL IT E I D IG I TAL I C AB L E LI STI NGS
W ITV2
6pm Property Brothers: Forever
Homes. 7.0 MasterChef Junior USA.
8.0 Inside the Ambulance. 9.0 One
Born Every Minute. A couple focus on
their new adventure into parenthood.
10.0 Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over. 11.0
Louis Theroux: Drinking To Oblivion.
12midnight Inside The Ambulance. 1.0
Disaster DIY. 3.0 Teleshopping.
MTV
6pm Teen Mom 2. 7.0 Teen Mom 2. 8.0
Teen Mom 2. 9.0 Catfish: The TV Show.
Tyler wasn’t looking for love online,
but love found him. 10.0 True Life
Crime. 11.0 When Kids Kill. 12midnight
Ridiculousness. 12.30 Ridiculousness.
1.0 Geordie Shore. 2.0 Geordie Shore.
2.50 Love Squad. 3.15 Love Squad.
3.40 Ridiculousness. 4.0 Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.30am Bargain Hunt. 7.15 Antiques
Road Trip. 8.0 Sign Zone: Dragons’
Den. 9.0 BBC News At 9. 10.0 BBC
News. 11.15 Politics Live. 1.0 The Super
League Show. 1.45 Good Morning
Dagenham. 2.30 A Place To Call
Home. 3.20 Best Home Cook. 4.15
Blue Planet UK. 4.45 Eggheads. 5.15
Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s
House Of Games With
Holly Walsh. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys Michael Portillo goes
from Rye to Dungeness. (S)
7.0 The Best Of RHS Chelsea
Flower Show Looking back at
the trendsetters amongst the
designers and growers at the
RHS Chelsea Flower Show. (S) (R)
8.0 Great British Menu: The
Finals The eight regional
champions cook their main
courses. (S)
9.0 The Psychedelic Drug
Trial Documentary chronicling
a ground-breaking new trial at
Imperial College London. (S)
10.0 Live At The Apollo Sara
Pascoe hosts, with Larry Dean
and Gary Delaney. (S) (R)
10.45 Newsnight (S)
11.30 Hospital. 12.30 Sign Zone:
Imagine: Kazuo Ishiguro –
Remembering And Forgetting. 1.50
Sign Zone: Beechgrove. 2.20 Sign
Zone: Rick Stein’s Cornwall. 2.50 This
Is BBC Two.
8pm Great British Menu, BBC2
6pm Secret Crush. 7.0 You’ve Been
Framed! Gold. 7.30 Superstore. 8.0
Bob’s Burgers. 8.30 Bob’s Burgers.
9.0 Family Guy. 10.0 Plebs. 10.30
Plebs. 11.0 Family Guy. 11.30 American
Dad! 12midnight American Dad!
12.30 Bob’s Burgers. 1.25 Superstore.
1.55 Hey Tracey! 2.45 Totally Bonkers
Guinness World Records.
TLC
6pm Curvy Brides. 6.30 Curvy Brides.
7.0 Life After Lockup. 8.0 Marrying
Millions. 9.0 Sister Wives. 10.0 Return
To Amish. 11.0 Welcome To Plathville.
12midnight Marrying Millions. 1.0
Sister Wives. 2.0 Return To Amish.
3.0 Welcome To Plathville. 4.0 Say Yes
To The Dress. 4.30 Say Yes To The
Dress. 5.0 Say Yes To The Dress.
ITV
6am Good Morning Britain. 9.0
Lorraine. 10.0 This Morning. 12.30
Loose Women. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime
News. 1.55 ITV News London. 2.0
Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.0 Tenable. 4.0
Tipping Point. 5.0 The Chase.
6.0 ITV News London (S)
6.30 ITV Evening News (S)
7.0 Emmerdale Chas tries to
get through to Liv. (S)
7.30 Coronation Street
Jenny asks Ronnie to move
out of the Rovers. (S)
8.0 Martin Lewis’ Extreme
Savers Martin meets a woman
who saved money by living in
her sister’s garage. (S)
8.30 Coronation Street
Johnny is back with Jenny. (S)
 9.0 Innocent As Sally and
Sam grow closer, the police
investigation turns to Gary
Walker. Concludes tomorrow.
(S)
10.0 ITV News (S)
10.30 ITV News London (S)
10.45 Peston Political
magazine show presented by
Robert Peston. (S)
11.40 British Touring Car
Championship Highlights. 12.55 Shop:
Ideal World. 3.0 FYI Extra. 3.15
Innocent. 4.05 ITV Nightscreen. 5.05
Tipping Point.
8pm Martin Lewis’ Savers, ITV
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 6.30 The
Big Bang Theory. 7.0 Hollyoaks. 7.30
Ackley Bridge. 8.35 The Big Bang
Theory. 9.0 Celebrity Gogglebox.
10.0 Naked Attraction. 11.05 The Big
Bang Theory. 12.05am Gogglebox.
1.10 Taskmaster. 2.05 First Dates.
3.0 Naked Attraction. 3.55 Melissa &
Joey. 4.45 Man With A Plan.
SKY ONE
6pm Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.
7.0 The Simpsons. 7.30 The Simpsons.
8.0 There’s Something About Movies.
9.0 SEAL Team. 10.0 Bloods. 10.30 A
League Of Their Own Road Trip: Loch
Ness To London. 11.30 Road Wars.
12.30am Redknapp’s Big Night Out.
1.30 Road Wars. 3.0 NCIS: Los Angeles.
4.0 Highway Cops. 5.0 S.W.A.T.
 CLOSER PICKS
C4
6am Countdown. 6.40 Cheers. 7.05
Cheers. 7.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 7.55 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.25 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.55 Frasier. 9.25 Frasier.
9.55 Frasier. 10.25 Escape To The
Chateau: DIY. 11.25 Channel 4 News
Summary. 11.30 Couples Come Dine
With Me. 12.30 Steph’s Packed Lunch.
2.10 Countdown. 3.0 The Answer Trap.
4.0 A Place In The Sun. 5.0 Four In A
Bed. 5.30 Beat The Chef.
6.0 The Simpsons Homer
forms a band. (S) (R)
6.30 Hollyoaks John Paul is
released from prison and
returns home. (S) (R)
7.0 News (S)
8.0 Location, Location,
Location Catching up with
two sets of househunters
whose searches were all about
family. (S)
 9.0 A Very Royal Baby:
From Cradle To Crown An
insight into the pressures
faced by royal mums-to-be. (S)
10.0 Johnny Vegas: Carry
On Glamping Johnny is
driving craftsman Pauleo to
despair with his demands. (S)
11.05 Naked Attraction’s Best Naughty
Bits. 12.10 24 Hours In A&E. 1.0
Couples Come Dine With Me. 1.55
FILM: Devil’s Knot (2013)  3.50
Kirstie’s Celebrity Craft Masters. 4.40
The £100k Drop. 5.35 Coach Trip:
Road To Tenerife.
10pm Carry On Glamping, C4
ITVBE
6pm Masters Of Flip. 7.0 Buying And
Selling. 8.0 Dinner Date. 9.0 Olivia
Meets Her Match. Return of the series
following reality favourite Olivia
Attwood. 10.0 The Only Way Is Essex.
Gatsby finds out about Courtney’s
allegation. 11.0 The Real Housewives
Of Potomac. 11.55 The Only Way Is
Ibiza. 1am Teleshopping.
SKY ATLANTIC
5.40pm The Sopranos. 6.45 The
Sopranos. 7.50 Game Of Thrones. 9.0
Gangs Of London. Alexander is asked
to meet with an old contact. 10.15
Domina. Historical drama, starring
Kasia Smutniak. 11.20 Domina.
12.25am The Wire. 1.40 The Wire. 2.55
Ray Donovan. 4.0 Richard E Grant’s
Hotel Secrets. 5.0 Storm City.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. 11.15
George Clarke’s Build A New Life In
The Country. 12.15 5 News At
Lunchtime. 12.20 Room To Improve.
1.15 Home And Away. 1.45 Neighbours.
2.15 FILM: My Daughter’s Stalker
(2020)  4.0 Bargain-Loving
Brits In The Sun. 5.0 5 News At 5. 5.30
Neighbours.
6.0 Home And Away
Jasmine and Tori search for
Christian and Lewis. (S) (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight (S)
7.0 Inside The Tower Of
London The stories behind
some of the most dramatic
escape attempts from the
tower. (S) (R)
8.0 Here Come The Gypsies!
Romani Gypsy Marie and her
brother Leon honour their
deceased parents with an
ancient Gypsy ritual. Last in
the series. (S)
9.0 Murdered By A Mob
Documentary looking over the
last 48 hours of murdered
Iranian asylum seeker Bijan
Ebrahimi. (S)
10.30 Inside The Force:
24/7 Officers look for a
suspect wanted for sexual
assault. (S) (R)
11.30 Criminals: Caught On Camera.
12.0 Gallagher Premiership Rugby
Highlights. 1.0 The 21.co.uk Live Casino
Show. 3.0 Entertainment News On 5.
3.15 What Went Wrong: Countdown
To Disaster. 4.0 Witches: A Century Of
Murder. 4.45 Wildlife SOS. 5.10 Divine
Designs. 5.35 House Doctor.
9pm Olivia Meets Her Match, ITVBe
E!
6pm Keeping Up With The
Kardashians. 9.0 Botched. 10.0
Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
11.0 Nightly Pop. 11.30 Overserved
With Lisa Vanderpump. 12midnight
Hollywood Medium With Tyler Henry.
1.0 Kourtney And Kim Take Miami. 2.0
Teleshopping. 3.0 Rich Kids Of Beverly
Hills. 3.30 Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills.
SKY LIVING
6pm Nothing To Declare. 6.30
Nothing To Declare. 7.0 Nothing To
Declare. 7.30 Nothing To Declare.
8.0 Ghost Whisperer. 9.0 Grey’s
Anatomy. 10.0 Station 19. 11.0 Law &
Order: Special Victims Unit.
12midnight Criminal Minds. 1.0 The
Rookie. 2.0 Criminal Minds. 3.0 Road
Wars. 5.0 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder.
 Thursday 20 May
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.15 Rip Off Britain:
6am Live. 10.0 Homes Under The Hammer.
11.0 Fraud Squad: The Hunt. 11.45
Close Calls: On Camera. 12.15 Bargain
Hunt. 1.0 BBC News At One; Weather.
1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather.
1.45 Doctors. 2.15 Unbeatable. 3.0
Escape To The Country. 3.45 Money
For Nothing. 4.30 Antiques Road Trip.
5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7pm 7.0 The One Show Presented
by Alex Jones and Ronan
Keating. (S)
7.35 EastEnders Rocky’s
attempts to impress Sonia
leave her cold. (S)
8pm 8.0 Dragons’ Den A pair of
ex-bankers pitch their
ambitious at-home private
chef service. (S)
9pm  9.0 Subnormal: A British
Scandal How educational
odds in the UK have been
stacked against children from
the West Indies. (S)
10pm 10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.45 Question Time (S)
11pm
11.45 Newscast. 12.20 BBC News.
8pm Eurovision, BBC4
SATE LL ITE I D IG I TAL I C AB L E LI STI NGS
W ITV2
6pm Property Brothers: Forever
Homes. 7.0 MasterChef Junior USA.
8.0 The Shift: Women On The Force.
PC Emaleigh Simeson gets a Code
Zero call. 9.0 Stacey Dooley Sleeps
Over. 10.0 Louis Theroux: Drinking To
Oblivion. 11.0 The Shift: Women On
The Force. 12midnight Inside The
Ambulance. 12.55 Disaster DIY.
MTV
6pm Catfish: The TV Show. 7.0 Rich
Kids Go Skint. 8.0 Teen Mom 2. 9.0
True Life Crime UK. Kirsty Maxwell is
found dead by a hotel pool. 10.0
Catfish: The TV Show. 11.0 From
Cradle To Stage. 12midnight
Deliciousness. 12.30 Deliciousness. 1.0
Geordie Shore. 2.50 Love Squad. 3.40
Ridiculousness. 4.0 Teleshopping.
BBC2
6.30am Escape To The Country. 7.15
Antiques Road Trip. 8.0 Sign Zone: All
That Glitters: Britain’s Next Jewellery
Star. 9.0 BBC News At 9. 10.0 BBC
News. 12.15 Politics Live. 1.0 Letterbox.
1.30 Good Morning Dagenham. 2.15 A
Place To Call Home. 3.05 A Place To
Call Home. 3.55 Coast. 4.15 Blue
Planet UK. 4.45 Eggheads. 5.15 Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s House
Of Games With Sarah Greene
and Nish Kumar. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys Michael Portillo
explores Walmer Castle. (S)
7.0 The Best Of RHS Chelsea
Flower Show Monty Don and
Joe Swift celebrate the
positive power of plants. (S) (R)
8.0 Great British Menu: The
Finals The eight regional
champions cook their
desserts. (S)
9.0 Saved By A Stranger
Cases include twin brothers
who fled Nazi Germany.
Last in the series. (S)
10.0 Mock The Week
With Catherine Bohart. (S)
10.30 Mandy Everyone
around the dinner table has a
motive for murder. (S) (R)
10.45 Newsnight (S)
11.30 Gods Of Snooker. 12.30 The
Psychedelic Drug Trial. 1.30 Sign Zone:
Makeup: A Glamorous History. 2.30
Sign Zone: The Great British Sewing
Bee. 3.30 Sign Zone: Rick Stein’s
Cornwall. 4.0 This Is BBC Two.
9pm Subnormal, BBC1
6pm Secret Crush. 7.0 You’ve Been
Framed! Gold. 7.30 Superstore. 8.0
Bob’s Burgers. 9.0 Family Guy. 10.0
Celebrity Juice. 10.50 Family Guy.
11.20 American Dad! 12.15am Bob’s
Burgers. 1.10 Superstore. 1.40 The
Stand Up Sketch Show. 2.35 Totally
Bonkers Guinness World Records. 3.0
FYI Extra. 3.15 ITV2 Nightscreen.
TLC
6pm Curvy Brides. 7.0 Say Yes To The
Dress: UK. 8.0 My 3000lb Family. 9.0
My Feet Are Killing Me. 10.0
Embarrassing Bodies. 11.0 Sex Sent
Me To The ER. 12midnight My 3000lb
Family. 1.0 My Feet Are Killing Me.
2.0 Embarrassing Bodies. 3.0 Dr
Pimple Popper. 4.0 Say Yes To The
Dress. 5.0 Say Yes To The Dress.
ITV
6am Good Morning Britain. 9.0
Lorraine. 10.0 This Morning. 12.30
Loose Women. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime
News. 1.55 ITV News London. 2.0
Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.0 Tenable. 4.0
Tipping Point. 5.0 The Chase.
6.0 ITV News London (S)
6.30 ITV Evening News (S)
7.0 Emmerdale Matty’s hopes
are crushed. (S)
7.30 E-Scooters: Britain’s
New Road Rage? Tonight
Chris Choi reports on
e-scooters. (S)
8.0 Emmerdale Paddy pleads
with Pollard. (S)
8.30 Britain’s Brightest
Celebrity Family Two
celebrity families fight it out in
the final. Last in the series. (S)
 9.0 Innocent With Karen
still in police custody, Bethany
takes matters into her own
hands. Last in the series. (S)
10.0 ITV News (S)
10.30 ITV News London (S)
10.45 The Late Debate (S)
11.10 1989 Liverpool V Arsenal Title
Decider – ITV Football Classic. 12.10
Innocent. 1.0 Shop: Ideal World. 3.0
FYI Extra. 3.15 Martin & Roman’s
Weekend Best! 4.05 ITV Nightscreen.
5.05 Tipping Point.
9pm Innocent, ITV
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 7.0
Hollyoaks. 7.30 Ackley Bridge. 8.35 The
Big Bang Theory. 9.0 The Goldbergs.
10.0 First Dates. 11.0 The Big Bang
Theory. 12midnight Gogglebox. 1.0
Rick And Morty. 1.30 Robot Chicken.
1.45 Robot Chicken. 2.0 Taskmaster.
2.55 The Goldbergs. 3.45 Melissa &
Joey. 4.35 Man With A Plan.
SKY ONE
6pm Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.
8.0 An Idiot Abroad 2. 9.0 There’s
Something About Movies. 10.0
Redknapp’s Big Night Out. 11.0
Intergalactic. 12midnight The Force:
Manchester. 1.0 The Late Late Show
With James Corden: Best Of The
Week. 2.0 Road Wars. 3.0 Brit Cops:
Rapid Response. 4.0 Highway Cops.
 CLOSER PICKS
C4
6am Countdown. 6.40 Cheers. 7.05
Cheers. 7.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 7.55 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.25 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.55 Frasier. 9.25 Frasier.
9.55 Frasier. 10.25 Escape To The
Chateau: DIY. 11.25 Channel 4 News
Summary. 11.30 Couples Come Dine
With Me. 12.30 Steph’s Packed Lunch.
2.10 Countdown. 3.0 The Answer Trap.
4.0 A Place In The Sun. 5.0 Four In A
Bed. 5.30 Beat The Chef.
6.0 The Simpsons Homer
gets a little too drunk on
Christmas Eve. (S) (R)
6.30 Hollyoaks Flashbacks
reveal new information about
George’s final moments. (S) (R)
7.0 News (S)
8.0 The Dog House A
nervous collie needs another
dog to keep her company. (S) (R)
9.0 Taskmaster Sarah
Kendall, Charlotte Ritchie,
Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack and
Mike Wozniak compete in the
final. Last in the series. (S)
 10.0 We Are Lady Parts
New series. Comedy about the
fortunes of a Muslim punk
band. (S)
10.30 Gogglebox Opinions
on the latest TV shows. (S) (R)
11.35 Tom Allen’s Quizness. 12.35
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA.
1.25 Wife Swap USA. 2.15 How To Save
A Grand In 24 Hours. 3.10 Dispatches.
4.05 Unreported World. 4.30 The
£100k Drop. 5.20 Coach Trip: Road To
Tenerife. 5.50 Food Unwrapped.
10pm We Are Lady Parts, C4
ITVBE
6pm Masters Of Flip. 7.0 Buying And
Selling. 8.0 Dinner Date. Dee is given
five menus. 9.0 The Real Housewives
Of Cheshire. Nicole continues to
explore her ’psychic powers”. 10.0
Botched. A patient whose surgeon
poked a hole through her nose. 11.0
Vanderpump Rules. 11.55 The Only
Way Is Ibiza. 12.45am FYI Extra.
SKY ATLANTIC
5.40pm The Sopranos. 6.45 The
Sopranos. 7.50 Game Of Thrones. 9.0
Mare Of Easttown. Mare opens up
about her family’s history with mental
health. 10.15 The Nevers. New series.
Fantasy adventure, starring Laura
Donnelly. 11.25 Oz. 12.35am Oz. 1.40
Ray Donovan. 2.50 Ray Donovan. 4.0
The Guest Wing. 5.0 The British.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. 11.15
George Clarke’s Build A New Life In
The Country. 12.15 5 News At
Lunchtime. 12.20 Room To Improve.
1.15 Home And Away. 1.45 Neighbours.
2.15 FILM: The Killer Nurse (2014)
 4.0 Bargain-Loving Brits In The
Sun. 5.0 5 News At 5. 5.30
Neighbours.
6.0 Home And Away Bella
shows off her exciting new
awards. (S) (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight (S)
7.0 Gardening With Carol
Klein The presenter shares
top tips on bulbs. Last in the
series. (S)
8.0 Kew Gardens: A Year In
Bloom Solene is beginning
preparations for the giant
waterlily display. (S)
9.0 Escape To The Farm
With Kate Humble The
presenter enjoys a pre-dawn
walk with ornithologist Dr
Steph Tyler. (S)
10.0 The World’s Most
Expensive Hotels Exploring
some of the world’s most
famous hotels. (S) (R)
11.05 April Jones: The Murder Tapes.
12.35 Criminals: Caught On Camera.
1.0 The 21.co.uk Live Casino Show. 3.0
Entertainment News On 5. 3.10 What
Went Wrong: Countdown To Disaster.
4.0 Witches: A Century Of Murder.
4.45 Wildlife SOS. 5.10 Divine Designs.
5.35 House Doctor.
The Real Housewives, Hayu
E!
6pm Keeping Up With The
Kardashians. 7.0 Botched. 8.0 True
Hollywood Story. 9.0 Keeping Up With
The Kardashians. 10.0 Dating: No
Filter. 10.30 Nightly Pop. 11.0 Reunion
Road Trip. 12midnight Hollywood
Medium With Tyler Henry. 1.0
Kourtney And Khloe Take The
Hamptons. 2.0 Teleshopping.
SKY LIVING
6pm Nothing To Declare. 6.30
Nothing To Declare. 7.0 Nothing To
Declare. 7.30 Nothing To Declare. 8.0
Ghost Whisperer. 9.0 The Rookie. 10.0
Criminal Minds. 11.0 Law & Order:
Special Victims Unit. 12midnight
Criminal Minds. 1.0 Chicago Med. 2.0
Chicago Fire. 3.0 Chicago PD. 4.0 Road
Wars. 5.0 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder.
 Friday 21 May
BBC1
6am Breakfast. 9.15 Rip Off Britain:
6am Live. 10.0 Homes Under The Hammer.
11.0 Fraud Squad: The Hunt. 11.45
Close Calls: On Camera. 12.15 Bargain
Hunt. 1.0 BBC News At One; Weather.
1.30 BBC Regional News; Weather.
1.45 Unbeatable. 2.30 Home Is Where
The Art Is. 3.0 Escape To The Country.
3.45 Money For Nothing. 4.30
Antiques Road Trip. 5.15 Pointless.
6pm 6.0 BBC News At Six;
Weather (S)
6.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
7pm 7.0 The One Show Live chat
and topical reports, with Alex
Jones and Ronan Keating. (S)
7.35 A Question Of Sport
With Denise Lewis, Paul
Sculthorpe, Kevin Phillips and
8pm Goldie Sayers. (S)
8.05 Would I Lie To You?
With Greg Davies, Guz Khan
and Claudia Winkleman. (S) (R)
8.35 EastEnders Mick
prepares to read his statement
in court. (S)
9pm 9.0 Have I Got News For You
Richard Ayoade is the host,
with guests Richard Osman
and Baroness Warsi. (S)
9.30 This Time With Alan
Partridge Izzy Barnes leads a
10pm live workshop in the studio. (S)
10.0 BBC News At Ten (S)
10.30 BBC Regional News;
Weather (S)
10.45 FILM: The Witches Of
Eastwick (1987)  Three
11pm women cast a spell to find the
ideal man and end up
summoning Satan, who
seduces them one by one.
Comedy, with Jack Nicholson,
Cher, Michelle Pfeiffer and
Susan Sarandon. (S)
Trying, Apple TV
SATELL IT E I D IG I TAL I C AB L E LI STI NGS
W ITV2
6pm Property Brothers: Forever
Homes. 7.0 MasterChef Junior USA.
8.0 Inside The Ambulance. 9.0 The
Shift: Women On The Force. PC
Emaleigh Simeson gets a Code Zero
radio call. 10.0 Gavin & Stacey.
12midnight One Born Every Minute.
1.0 Disaster DIY. 1.35 Renovate My
Home: Leave It To Bryan.
MTV
6pm Catfish: The TV Show. 6.55 The
Official UK Number One. 7.0 My Life
On MTV. 7.30 2021 MTV Movie & TV
Awards: Unscripted. 9.0 Ultimate 20
British Hits Of The Century. 11.0 Yo!
MTV Raps Presents AJ Tracey 1 On 1.
12midnight Floribama Shore. 1.0 The
Challenge: Double Agents. 2.25
Jackass. 2.50 Love Squad.
BBC2
6.30am Escape To The Country. 7.15
Antiques Road Trip. 8.0 Sign Zone:
The Repair Shop. 9.0 BBC News At 9.
10.0 BBC News. 1.0 Letterbox. 1.30
Good Morning Dagenham. 2.15 A
Place To Call Home. 3.05 A Place To
Call Home. 4.0 Coast. 4.15 Blue Planet
UK. 4.45 Eggheads. 5.15 Flog It!
6.0 Richard Osman’s House
Of Games With Hugh Dennis
and Holly Walsh. (S) (R)
6.30 Great British Railway
Journeys Michael Portillo
reaches the Kent seaside. (S)
7.0 MOTDx Football
discussion presented by
Jermaine Jenas. (S)
7.30 Inside Culture With
Mary Beard Cultural review
show. (S)
8.0 Great British Menu: The
Finals Andi Oliver presents
the series finale at Jodrell Bank
in Cheshire. (S)
9.0 Gardeners’ World Monty
Don adds flowers to act as
pollinators. (S)
10.0 Later – With Jools
Holland The pianist welcomes
St Vincent, Johnny Flynn,
Squid, and Laura Mvula. (S)
10.45 Newsnight (S)
11.20 FILM: Testament Of Youth (2014)
 1.20 Battlestar Galactica.
2.10 Battlestar Galactica. 2.50 Sign
Zone: Panorama. 3.20 Sign Zone:
Saved By A Stranger. 4.20 Sign Zone:
Great British Railway Journeys. 4.50
This Is BBC Two.
9.30pm This Time With Alan, BBC1
6pm Secret Crush. 7.0 You’ve Been
Framed! Gold. 7.30 Superstore. 8.0
Bob’s Burgers. 8.30 Bob’s Burgers. 9.0
FILM: The Heat (2013)  11.35
Family Guy. 12.05am Family Guy.
12.30 American Dad! 1.05 American
Dad! 1.30 Bob’s Burgers. 1.55 Bob’s
Burgers. 2.20 Superstore. 2.45 Totally
Bonkers Guinness World Records.
TLC
6pm Curvy Brides. 7.0 Marrying
Millions. 8.0 Doubling Down With The
Derricos. 9.0 Say Yes To The Dress.
10.0 Say Yes To The Dress: Atlanta.
11.0 Dr Pimple Popper. 12midnight
Doubling Down With The Derricos. 1.0
Say Yes To The Dress. 2.0 Say Yes To
The Dress: Atlanta. 3.0 Dr Pimple
Popper. 4.0 Say Yes To The Dress.
ITV
6am Good Morning Britain. 9.0
Lorraine. 10.0 This Morning. 12.30
Loose Women. 1.30 ITV Lunchtime
News. 1.55 ITV News London. 2.0
Dickinson’s Real Deal. 3.0 Tenable. 4.0
Tipping Point. 5.0 The Chase.
6.0 ITV News London (S)
6.30 ITV Evening News (S)
7.0 Emmerdale Kim puts her
plan into action. (S)
7.30 Coronation Street
Cathy tries the patience of
Elaine and Yasmeen. (S)
8.30 Van Der Valk A murder
leads the team into a world of
mysticism, drug addiction and
feuding families. But to
complicate matters, Van der
Valk’s love life is the subject of
office gossip. (S) (R)
10.20 ITV News (S)
10.50 ITV News London (S)
11.05 The Jonathan Ross Show. 12.05
Alan Carr’s Epic Gameshow –
Celebrity Special. 1.0 Shop: Ideal
World. 3.0 FYI Extra. 3.15 Martin &
Roman’s Weekend Best! 4.05 ITV
Nightscreen.
8pm Great British Menu, BBC2
E4
6pm The Big Bang Theory. 6.30 The
Big Bang Theory. 7.0 Hollyoaks.
7.30 Ackley Bridge. 8.35 The Big
Bang Theory. 9.0 FILM: Terminator
Genisys (2015)  11.25 The Big
Bang Theory. 12.20am Naked
Attraction. 1.25 Gogglebox. 2.30
Taskmaster. 3.25 First Dates. 4.20
Melissa & Joey. 5.10 Man With A Plan.
SKY ONE
6pm Futurama. 6.30 The Simpsons.
8.30 Modern Family. 9.0 Intergalactic.
10.0 The Late Late Show With James
Corden: Best Of The Week. 11.0
There’s Something About Movies.
12midnight Bloods. 12.30 The Force:
Manchester. 1.30 Brit Cops: Rapid
Response. 2.30 Road Wars. 4.0
Highway Cops. 5.0 S.W.A.T.
 CLOSER PICKS
C4
6am Countdown. 6.40 Cheers. 7.05
Cheers. 7.30 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 7.55 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.25 Everybody Loves
Raymond. 8.55 Frasier. 9.25 Frasier.
9.55 Frasier. 10.25 Escape To The
Chateau: DIY. 11.25 Channel 4 News
Summary. 11.30 Couples Come Dine
With Me. 12.30 Steph’s Packed Lunch.
2.10 Countdown. 3.0 The Answer Trap.
4.0 A Place In The Sun. 5.0 Four In A
Bed. 5.30 Beat The Chef.
6.0 The Simpsons The family
visits the home planet of Kang
and Kodos. (S) (R)
6.30 Hollyoaks George’s
murderer prepares to come
clean and reveal the truth. (S) (R)
7.0 News (S)
7.30 Unreported World How
severe drought has prompted
illegal entry into the United
States. (S)
8.0 Tom Allen’s Quizness
Fiona, George, Rosa and
Paddy fight it out for a shot at
the £25,000 jackpot. (S)
9.0 Gogglebox Opinions on
the latest TV shows. (S)
10.0 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does
Countdown With Lee Mack,
Katherine Ryan and Joe
Wilkinson. (S) (R)
11.05 FILM: A Quiet Place (2018)
 12.50 Ramsay’s Kitchen
Nightmares USA. 1.40 Come Dine
With Me. 4.0 Kirstie’s Celebrity Craft
Masters. 4.55 The £100k Drop. 5.45
Kirstie’s Fill Your House For Free.
8pm Tom Allen’s Quizness, C4
ITVBE
6pm Masters Of Flip. 7.0 Buying And
Selling. 8.0 Dinner Date. 9.0 Botched.
A woman who almost died from a
tummy tuck. 10.0 Botched. Medic Paul
Nassif takes on a patient with a hole in
her nose. 10.55 The Millionaire
Matchmaker. A TV host seeks help in
finding romance. 11.55 The Only Way
Is Essex. 12.45am FYI Extra.
SKY ATLANTIC
5.40pm The Sopranos. 6.45 The
Sopranos. Last-ever episode. Tony
comes out of hiding to find Phil.
7.50 Game Of Thrones. 9.0 Domina.
Drama, starring Kasia Smutniak. 10.10
Domina. Livia’s marriage to Gaius is
compromised. 11.20 Oz. 12.30am Oz.
1.40 Ray Donovan. 2.50 Ray Donovan.
4.0 The Guest Wing. 5.0 The British.
CHANNEL 5
6am Milkshake! 9.15 Jeremy Vine. 11.15
George Clarke’s Build A New Life In
The Country. 12.15 5 News At
Lunchtime. 12.20 Room To Improve.
1.15 Home And Away. 1.45 Neighbours.
2.15 FILM: In The Key Of Murder:
Darrow & Darrow (2018)  4.0
Bargain-Loving Brits In The Sun. 5.0 5
News At 5. 5.30 Neighbours.
6.0 Home And Away Mac
refuses Ziggy and Dean’s help.
(S) (R)
6.30 5 News Tonight (S)
7.0 Inside The Balmoral:
Scotland’s Finest Hotel New
series. Documentary profiling
Edinburgh’s prestigious hotel.
(S)
8.0 Gregg Wallace’s Big
Weekend Away Gregg
explores Istanbul. (S)
9.0 The World’s Most Scenic
Railway Journeys Cameras
focus on the island of Taiwan,
and three extraordinary
railways. (S)
10.0 Britain’s Favourite 90s
Songs A look at the music of
1991. (S)
11.30 Rod Stewart: Secrets Of His
Biggest Hits. 12.35 Criminals: Caught
On Camera. 1.0 The 21.co.uk Live
Casino Show. 3.0 Entertainment News
On 5. 3.10 Friends. 3.35 Friends. 4.0
Inside The Tower Of London. 4.45
Wildlife SOS. 5.10 Divine Designs. 5.35
House Doctor.
8pm Inside The Balmoral, C5
E!
6pm Keeping Up With The
Kardashians. 11.0 Nightly Pop. 11.30
Overserved With Lisa Vanderpump.
12midnight Hollywood Medium With
Tyler Henry. 1.0 Kourtney And Khloe
Take The Hamptons. 2.0 Teleshopping.
2.30 Teleshopping. 3.0 Rich Kids Of
Beverly Hills. 3.30 Rich Kids Of Beverly
Hills. 4.0 Total Bellas. 5.0 Teleshopping.
SKY LIVING
6pm Nothing To Declare. 6.30
Nothing To Declare. 7.0 Nothing To
Declare. 7.30 Nothing To Declare. 8.0
Chicago Med. 9.0 Chicago Fire. 10.0
Chicago PD. 11.0 Law & Order: Special
Victims Unit. 12midnight Criminal
Minds. 1.0 Blue Bloods. 2.0 The
Resident. 3.0 The Resident. 4.0 Road
Wars. 5.0 Brit Cops: Law & Disorder.
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A musician with hearing loss seems like a
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is not one to be pitied as this thoughtful
film brings to life with acute authenticity.
The Wedding Party (TAMMY COHEN)
Lucy’s nearest and dearest are gathered on an idyllic
Riz Ahmed is drummer Ruben who begins
Greek island for her perfectly planned wedding. But
his journey into the deaf community when
why are her parents behaving so strangely? Why won’t
years of touring in a metal band have taken
the rather odd lady from the airport stop hanging
their toll. Struggling with addiction issues,
around? Who is the silent stranger that her sister
he joins a niche rehab centre to learn the
brought as a plus-one? And then they find the body…
beauty of silence. With clever use of sound
This is a brilliant, impossible-to-put-down whodunnit
(and an Oscar to prove it), plus a diverse
that’ll keep you guessing right until the end.
cast, this hits all the right notes.

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SAGITTARIUS 22 NOV-21 DEC

THIS WEEK’S
CELEB STAR SIGN You’re known as the sign that just loves to
travel, but as of this week, it does look like
taurus you will have some reasons to stay home.
20 APR-20 MAY Your home/family life will be happier now,
Are you ready to put your and if you’re hoping to extend your home,
post-pandemic party you have the stars on your side for that,
shoes on (if government too. Find out your Rising Sign for free at
restrictions will allow it)? moonmessages.com/freechart.
As of this week, you have
ZARA TINDALL
OLLY MU RS the most social stars CAPRICORN 22 DEC-19 JAN
15 MAY 1981 you’ve had in a very long
14 MAY 1984 You have a new secret weapon as of this
time, so it’s time to see
S W E E K week. For the first time in 12 years, the
’S Y O U R B I RTHDAY THI your friends and have
positive planet Jupiter is in your Mind Zone.
IF IT ork and fun. It ca n some fun. Find out your
ed to find a balance between w t in In other words, you have been celestially
This year, you ne re ready to pu Rising Sign for free at
uld be th e bo ss at work, if you’ le ft fo r gifted increased powers to focus on the good
be done! You co u have no energy moonmessages.com/
B ut do n’t w or k so hard that yo ca sh flo w . in your life, which in turn will attract more
the hours. uld boost your freechart.
ncially, som eo ne you know co good. Find out your Rising Sign for free at
fun. Fina
moonmessages.com/freechart.

GEMINI 21 MAY-20 JUN VIRGO 23 AUG-22 SEP AQUARIUS 20 JAN-18 FEB

Do you have big ambitions for yourself? If so,
this week marks the start of a new cycle when
you should aim to soar high professionally.
You can go to a 12-year success peak now,
as lucky Jupiter moves into your 10th House
of Career. Aim for the stars professionally.
Find out your Rising Sign for free at
moonmessages.com/freechart.
Single but don’t want to be? Then you will be
happy to hear your chances of finding true
love just quadrupled. Happily coupled and
wanting to take it to the next level? This week
has your back. Unhappily hitched? New
planetary placements could yet save the
day. Find out your Rising Sign for free
at moonmessages.com/freechart.
If you want more money, then here’s a trick
you can use that combines your power to
create your own reality with your current
stars: expect good things. See yourself as,
and believe you can be, more abundant. Then
take inspired action. Your current stars can
make you wealthier! Find out your Rising Sign
for free at moonmessages.com/freechart.

CANCER 21 JUN-22 JULY LIBRA 23 SEP-22 OCT PISCES 19 FEB-20 MAR

Most of us have missed the chance to travel
thanks to the pandemic. However, it looks like
those brakes are coming off for you. Even if
you can’t get away long-haul, it looks like a
trip away (especially to somewhere on the
coast/a big waterway) is now extra likely.
Find out your Rising Sign for free at
moonmessages.com/freechart.
The good news for you this week is your
whole life is about to get just that bit
happier. Of course, you still have all the
usual day-to-day demands on you, but
you should find it easier to enjoy your daily
life and even the daily grind from here on
in. Find out your Rising Sign for free at
moonmessages.com/freechart.
It’s an important week, as your planet, lucky
Jupiter, moves back into Pisces. In other
words, you now have Lady Luck on your side.
Does this mean you don’t have to make an
effort to make your dreams come true? No!
Still make an effort! But luck is on your side.
Find out your Rising Sign for free at
moonmessages.com/freechart.

LEO 23 JULY-22 AUG SCORPIO 23 OCT-21 NOV ARIES 21 MAR – 19 APR

Want some good news? The planet of good Your love life is looking more and more Can you say “Ommm…”? Expansive Jupiter
PHOTOS: REX/SHUTTERSTOCK

fortune, Jupiter, is making a rare sign change.
He’s moving out of your Love Zone, which
might sound like a bad thing but, in fact,
he’s moving into your Sex and Money Zone.
Improvements in those parts of your life now
are forecast! Find out your Rising Sign for
free at moonmessages.com/freechart.
interesting. For a start, you have wacky
Uranus in your Relationship Zone, so you’re
already in a slightly wild partnership cycle.
Now, lucky Jupiter is moving into your Flirting
Zone. Have some fun with this! All bets are
now off, love-wise. Find out your Rising Sign
for free at moonmessages.com/freechart.
has just moved into your 12th House, meaning
you can go deeper into a spiritual practice
such as meditation. Or you can allow your
fears to come up and scare you! (Used wisely,
an inner practice can help you personally and
professionally.) Find out your Rising Sign for
free at moonmessages.com/freechart.

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