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New kids on the cell block
Michael Scofield isn't like other prisoners. He doesn't want to get out of jail, he wants to get in. So he stages a botched armed robbery to ensure that he's put behind bars in five's new imported US drama series, Prison Break.
Doing the business
With the popularity of television's The Apprenctice and Dragon's Den, business has taken over property as the television programme of choice - and there's more to come reports Steve Pratt.
Showing his metal
Andrew Hayden-Smith has been dubbed "the ultimate young gay role model". But the former television presenter is hoping to carve out a new role as a serious actor, he tells Steve Pratt.
Behind the mask
And the winner isn't... Davina McCall. She's one person guaranteed to go home empty-handed from The British Academy Television Awards this weekend.
Top of the cops
Wild sex, chimps and award ceremonies top the list of the best UK TV exports, but they also prove that, as far as viewers are comncerned, crime does pay.
Downstairs upstairs
Pauline Collins made her name below stairs as maidservant Sarah in Upstairs, Downstairs. Her latest TV role finds her climbing the social ladder to play a woman who is very definitely an "upstairs" person - Queen Victoria.
Way back when boasts were sexy
THAT glossy US soap Dynasty has a lot to answer for - shoulder pads, a revival in Joan Collins' career and Howards' Way. Whoever thought that a family sailing soap about water not oil, and set under the cloudy skies of the British coast would be successful must have been mad. Or a former Spitfire pilot named Gerald Glaister, who conceived this "boats, boardrooms and bedrooms" saga that sailed across BBC1 screens from 1985 to 1990.
Biker grove
DAVE Myers spent several years in Darlington working as a make-up artist on the Michael Elphick BBC1 newspaper drama Harry. He returns to the town next week, only this time as someone known for appearing in front of, not behind, the camera.
On the Street where you die
Weatherfield is a dangerous place to live. And an even more dangerous place to die. Natural causes isn't a phrase found on the death certificate of residents.
Life after Sex
After winning awards and legions of fans for her role as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex And The City, Sarah Jessica Parker says she's finding life a bit scary but, with her latest film out next week, enjoyable too.
Jolly good Fellowes
Actor and writer Julian Fellowes was determined to "do a Hitchcock" and appear in the first film he's directed, Separate Lies. Unlike Alfred Hitchcock, he didn't do it in the flesh - he's only seen on a TV screen.
Pregnant pause
When Amy Robbins had to act giving birth in the latest seies of The Royal she hoped she wouldn't be too realistic - as she was seven months pregnant at the time.
The Abi habit
Siobhan Hayes wasn't expecting still to be appearing in BBC1's top comedy series My Family. She was originally cast in five or six episodes, then her character, Abi, proved popular enough to keep her on.
And the winner isn't...
THE winners went home clutching their awards and feelings of satisfaction but they were losers in the ratings. The performance of TV coverage of two of the year's biggest prize-givings was dismal.
Beevoring away
Georgina Mellor was on the ball when Footballers' Wives went into Extra Time - and scored with the chairman and her son.
Look who's talking
Davina McCall may be taking a big risk in launching a new chat show. Its peak-time slot means it has lots of competition and - she's a woman.
'I enjoy being a bad girl'
Former Brookside girl-next-door Gillian Kearney has cast off her nice image with her new roles as nasty, oversexed Sue in Shameless and head case Hedda Gabler.
Strictly ice maidens
Ten celebrities will get their skates on tonight for the first round of Dancing On Ice, choreographed by Olympic gold partners Torvill and Dean. And, after weeks of training, many are still nursing bumps and bruises.
Doing the time warp
Cast your mind back to 1973 - Ford Cortinas, big hair and wide collars - for a new TV cop show n which 21st century detective Sam Taylor struggles to fight crime seventies style.
Whatever turns you on
New year, new start. Time to throw out all those repeats of Open All Hours and copycat makeover shows, to send Z-list celebrities back to obscurity and to lock Dick and Dom in da bungalow and throw away the key.
Farewell my lovelies
Albert Square will be a little emptier this Christmas with the departure of two of EastEnders' best loved couples - and they won't all be leaving in taxis.
In the mood again
The Nolan sisters have all gone their separate ways now, but there's a chance to see them performing together on BBC1 tonight as they revive their greatest hit.
The sound of success
Nicholas Hammond has no regrets at being typecast from a film he made 40 yers ago. And, as the DVD version of The Sound Of Music is released, he explains his pleasure in making million of people happy.
The future is local
Regional broadcasting may have taken a hiding in recent years but that doesn't mean the idea of community television is dead, at least not according to one of the industry's most prominent figures.
A royal flush
A hat-trick of new dramas may cause palpitations at the Palace but they just go to prove that royal muck-raking is fair game for entertainment these days.
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