Funeral

Nick Berry's EastEnders return

TV Gossip

14 Jan 2012

Nick Berry made a shock return to 'EastEnders' last night (13.01.11). The 48-year-old star's character Simon 'Wicksy' Wicks made a surprise reappearance after 22 years away from Albert Square to say goodbye to his mother Pat Evans (Pam St. Clement)…

Old character makes shock return to EastEnders

TV Gossip

13 Jan 2012

An old character is set to make a shock return to 'EastEnders' tonight (13.01.12) for Pat Evans funeral. The whole of Albert Square will turn out in force to pay tribute to hard-nosed matriarch - who died on New Year's Day (01.01.12) - but viewers…

Jimmy Savile's funeral brings Leeds to standstill

TV Gossip

10 Nov 2011

Sir Jimmy Savile's funeral brought the city of Leeds to a standstill yesterday (09.11.11). The 'Jim'll Fix It' presenter's golden coffin was taken on a 20-minute farewell tour of the city, as police closed surrounding roads to cope with the…

Corrie stars gather for Betty Driver's funeral

TV Gossip

23 Oct 2011

Coronation Street's great and good gathered together for Betty Driver's funeral yesterday (22.10.11). After the 91-year-old TV legend - who played hotpot-loving Betty Williams in the ITV1 soap - passed away peacefully last weekend, the likes of Bill…

Amy Winehouse's ashes to be mixed with grandmother's

Music Gossip

26 Jul 2011

Amy Winehouse's ashes will be mixed with her beloved grandmother's. The 'Back to Black' singer is due to be cremated today (26.07.11) in accordance with Jewish custom, and her family will fulfil her wish that her ashes are put with those of her…

Emmerdale's Jackson to appear at own funeral

TV Gossip

24 Jun 2011

Emmerdale's Jackson Walsh appears at his own funeral. The tetraplegic former builder passed away last month after taking his own life with the assistance of boyfriend Aaron Livesy (Danny Miller) and mother Hazel Rhodes (Pauline Quirke) but as local…

Coronation Street's funeral punch-up

TV Gossip

17 Dec 2010

Coronation Street's Tyrone Dobbs punches Kevin Webster at wife Molly's funeral after discovering his best friend is the real father of baby Jack. The mechanic - played by Alan Halsall - has been left devastated after his estranged spouse lost her…

Sally Webster to expose Kevin's affair?

TV Gossip

15 Dec 2010

Coronation Street's Sally Webster is set to expose her cheating husband Kevin's affair. The scorned housewife will reveal all at the funeral of Molly Dobbs (Vicky Binns) - who the adulterous mechanic secretly fathered a child with - after she told…

Best of a decade: Music

2 Dec 2009

Arcade Fire – Funeral, The Knife – Silent Shout, Radiohead – Kid A, Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever Ago, The White Stripes – White Blood Cells, Franz Ferdinand – Franz Ferdinand, Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever To…

Final Fantasy to play in Glasgow

23 Jul 2009

‘I play a lot of instruments,’ Owen Pallett attempts to convince us, ‘but none of them very well.’ Come off it. You don’t get to become the orchestra and string arranger for Arcade Fire’s Funeral and Neon Bible albums – at the same time helping to…