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WHEN Tasha Ghouri started on Strictly she said her boyfriend was the hottest man on the planet and wanted to marry him.
Then four months later, the ex-Love Island star was looking for a new fella on dating app Raya.
Now, after apparently falling victim to that show’s curse last year, it seems Tasha might be in search of a blessing after signing up for religious programme Pilgrimage.
The BBC Two favourite sees a group of celebs undergo a journey of faith where their values are tested or heightened by the shared experience.
The season currently being filmed will be the first one made in England, specifically Northumberland, which was a county pivotal in spreading Christianity across the UK.
A TV insider said: “A former Love Islander with no apparent religious leanings isn’t the obvious choice for a show exploring faith.
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“But then that’s part of the point, because it brings together people from certain religions, or no religions, and the journey they go on sparks deeper discussions about their differing world views.
“Though it all sounds rather heavy, viewers have lapped up the show since it launched seven years ago and it’s delivered some tender and funny moments of telly.
“Though it will be a particular culture shock for Tasha as the windswept coast of Northumberland will be a far cry from the poolside of the Love Island villa.”
A famous route in Northumberland is The Pilgrim’s Way which takes visitors to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne.
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OZZY ‘AT PEACE’ IN THE END
OZZY OSBOURNE had made peace with the fact he was dying as he prepared for his summer farewell gig, a new documentary has revealed.
The Black Sabbath star died on July 22 just 17 days after the band’s gig at Villa Park in his home city of Birmingham.
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He is heard looking back on his wild life in Ozzy: No Escape From Now, which will air on Paramount+ on October 7.
In an interview for the show he initially jokes: “The thing about getting older, you know, I used to take pills for fun, now I just take them to stay alive.”
But afterwards he adds: “If my life is coming to an end, I really can’t complain – I’ve had a great life.”
But Paramount+ has serious competition after the BBC announced that it is releasing its Ozzy doc, Coming Home, on October 2.
HAVE I Got News For You is returning for its 70th series on October 3 on BBC One. It sees the show mark 35 years on air.
The opening episode of the new season will be guest hosted by writer and presenter Victoria Coren Mitchell, making her 30th appearance on the show.
WHAT THE DICKENS? IT’S KIT
GAME of Thrones hunk Kit Harington is swapping dragons for Dickens.
He will lead the cast in a new MGM+ and BBC adaptation of the author’s classic novel A Tale Of Two Cities.
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The four-parter will air next year and is expected to stay true to to Charles Dickens’ original story, starting in London in 1782.
Tensions run high between France and Britain as a young woman, Lucie Manette (MIirren Mack), receives a message from Paris which says her father, assumed dead for almost 20 years, may be alive.
The messenger – idealistic French emigré, Charles Darnay (Francois Civil) – is arrested and charged with treason.
Lucie enlists lawyer Sydney Carton, played by Kit, to free Darnay so he can lead her to Paris to track down her father.
LOOKS LIKE RAIN AGAIN
IF you don’t know the name Rain Spencer, it’s likely there’s an emotional woman in your life who does.
Rain is one of the breakout stars of Prime Video’s smash hit The Summer I Turned Pretty, which has won over millions of viewers as it this week wrapped its final series.
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The gentle teen drama follows Belly Conklin (Lola Tung) as she grapples with her feelings for brothers Conrad (Christopher Briney) and Jeremiah Fisher (Gavin Casalegno).
Rain’s character, Taylor Jewel, will do anything to look out for her friend, Belly.
Now Rain has landed the cover of fashion magazine Flaunt, and oozes cool in her slashed white shirt and leather beret from BCBG
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JOSH’S IN A HOUSE PARTY
FUNNYMAN Josh Widdicombe has even managed to find a home that’s amusing – it’s the pad previously occupied by Noel Edmonds.
No, not the “stately pile” which was at the heart of the presenter’s Nineties show, Noel Edmond’s House Party.
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This is the bearded TV star’s former house near Exeter, in Devon, the county where Josh spent most of his youth.
In the latest episode of the Parenting Hell podcast, which he co-hosts with fellow comedian Rob Beckett, he talks about moving with his wife Rose and their two children from Hackney to Noel’s former home.
Josh says: “Just to be clear, it isn’t in Crinkley Bottom – it isn’t the house we used to see on Saturday nights on the TV.”
But he does confirm that there’s more than a hint of Mr Blobby about the place, admitting: “All of the wallpaper is pink and yellow, strangely!”
QI is returning to BBC Two this autumn.
The quiz show will come back with “Series W” and Sandi Toksvig resuming hosting duties alongside Alan Davies as regular team captain. Plus there’ll be special guests including Chris Mccausland, Gyles Brandreth and Patrick Kielty.
GRAND IDEA FOR PODCAST
CHANNEL 4 favourite Grand Designs is getting a companion “visual” podcast, with host Kevin McCloud being joined by show superfan Greg James.
Called Grand Designs: Deconstructed it will be available on Spotify, Channel 4 Homes on YouTube and More4 on October 1 at 10pm.
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It coincides with the new Grand Designs series, which launches at 9pm on Channel 4.
Kevin said: “Grand Designs has built a passionate audience who care deeply about design and about the lives behind these projects.
“This podcast is a natural extension of that.”
Greg added: “My ultimate comfort watch during the pandemic was Grand Designs.
“I wrote an article professing my love for the show and Kevin. Kevin then got in touch to say thank you.
“We chatted for two hours one night on Zoom and I asked him why there wasn’t a Grand Designs podcast.
“Four years later, we’ve finally got round to it.”
