Hotel Babylon (UK)

Ex-soap star Amy Nuttall has signed up to star in BBC drama Hotel Babylon. The actress, who played Chloe Atkinson in Emmerdale, will appear in the final two episodes of the fourth series as receptionist Mel. "It's my first big TV role since Emmerdale and it's great to be back. It’s very different from working in theatre," she told the Manchester Evening News. "But
By Alex Fletcher

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Simon Cowell considered hiring Emma Pierson for the new series of Britain's Got Talent, he has confirmed. The music mogul wanted the Hotel Babylon actress to join the judging panel alongside Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and himself. Show producers eventually decided to recruit Kelly Brook as a fourth judge, but she was axed after just six days. Speaking to the Daily Star, Cowell explained: "[Emma's] very sexy and talented so I went to meet her in L.A. I
By Daniel Kilkelly

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The fourth series of Hotel Babylon got off to a decent start in its new Friday night slot, according to early ratings figures. The new run of the drama, which saw Nigel Harman take over in the lead role, averaged 4.28m (20.1%) for BBC One in the 9pm hour on Friday. The figure is down on the 4.97m (19.7%) who saw the first episode of the third series in its old Tuesday night slot on February 19, 2008, but up on the 4.15m (17%) who saw the series three finale on April 8, 2008. Babylon beat a repeat of Doc Martin, which had 4.12m (19.4%) in the same timeslot, and NCIS, which put in 1.55m (7.3%) for Five. BBC Two's My Life In Verse: Malorie Blackman interested just 603k (2.8%). The latest Big Brother highlights show delivered 2.17m (10.2%) for Channel 4, a week-on-week decline of around 500k and a year-on-year fall of around 1m. At 10.30pm,
By Neil Wilkes

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