April 2009 Archives

We're in the middle of awards season at the moment....it was the BAFTA's on Sunday night and the next biggie in the TV calendar is the Soap awards! This is where the people we have in our front rooms every night all get together and collectively let their hair down. But which soap would you say party's the hardest? Eastenders? Corry? Apparently it's none other than the stars of Midlands based soap Doctors! According to Donnaleigh Bailey who plays Nurse Corrigan in the BBC1 soap they were the last to leave the bar last year, they even outlasted Hollyoaks, which is no mean feat! She also rekons they like to hang out with the Eastenders cast the most.....but most of them are tucked up in bed quite early!
Voting is still open for best soap and it would be great to get a Midlands soap as the winner. Vote now.....www.britishsoapawards.tv

The boys are back in town.
Unless you've been living under a rock for the last few months, you'll know that Spandau Ballet are touring again! They said it would never happen but they have reformed and getting on great. Nice to see they still have their sense of humour too, we had Tony Hadley on the show the other week who suggested that former Eastenders and now advert star Martin Kemp will get them a great deal on some sofas for their dressing rooms! See the boys on Saturday 24th October at the LG arena.

The big saturday night juggernaut that is BGT is back! Most of the talk is about Susan Boyle at the moment but do you remember Julian Smith?? He was the guy who played the saxophone so well it brought Amanda Holden to tears...mind you that doesn't take much!! Well... he was spotted in a pub in Bartley Green last week. A fellow drinker recognised him and asked if he thought he'd be able to make a career out of it. He replied 'put it this way, I've quit my job and moved to London'! The power of Simon Cowell, it seems we'll be seeing more of him!

Gok Wan was also spotted in the Midlands this week, having a crafty fag outside the Radisson SAS hotel in Birmingham. Upon been spotted he smiled, waved and shouted 'Hi girlfriend' across the street!

If you ever see anyone famous in and around the midlands - let me know and I'll tell everyone else! ed.james@heartfm.co.uk!!