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Fans of a beloved BBC sitcom are convinced the show is set for a comeback after cast members shared a mysterious video online

BBC Ghosts fans are convinced that the beloved sitcom is poised for a return following a cryptic post.

The hit show originally ran for five series between 2019 and 2023, it followed a group of ghosts from different historical periods haunting a country house while sharing it with its new living occupants – a married couple.

It quickly became a fan-favourite series and had an impressive cast including Charlotte Ritchie and Kiell Smith-Bynoe.

As well as Mathew Baynton, Simon Farnaby, Martha Howe-Douglas, Jim Howick, Laurence Rickard and Ben Willbond

Despite fans being devastated when it came to an end three years ago, Matthew Baynton, who played Thomas Thorne, has now sent fans into a frenzy as he took to his social media to tease the show return.

The star posted a short clip of the famous wooden front door opening all by itself. He decided to keep the post a mystery as he didn’t caption the cryptic snap.

As expected it didn’t take long for fans to share their reaction as one fan said: “Ohmagaaad what’s going on!”.

Whilst another declared: “WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS.” “Are we getting to return to Button House? ! ? !” a third asked.

“Is it Ghosts the movie? Please say it’s Ghosts the movie,” one supporter pleaded. Meanwhile another fan insisted: “Please say you are making a Ghosts film/Christmas special/new series? Pleeeeeeease! !”

Jim Howick, who played Pat Butcher, and Martha Howe-Douglas, who played Lady Stephanie ‘Fanny’ Button, also posted the same video of the door to their Instagram with no caption.

Ghosts came to an end with a Christmas special however it made a comeback in Australia. It was revealed it had been given the go ahead last year and it began airing in November.

It comes as no surprise that fans loved the show however it’s not clear if it will be returning for a second season.

Speaking about bringing the hit comedy to Oz, Kylie Washington, the Creative Director for the BBC in Australia said: “We’re excited to bring Ghosts to life with a unique cast of characters that reflect our very own history and culture.

“Western Australia will provide the perfect backdrop for all their comedic antics and we’re grateful to Screenwest for their support.”

Ghosts seasons 1-5 are streaming now on BBC iPlayer.

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For Ant McPartlin, beloved dog Hurley was never just a pet.

The chocolate Labrador became his rock through addiction battles, rehab and a painfully public divorce.

Earlier this week, Ant and ex-wife Lisa Armstrong faced the heart-breaking decision to say goodbye.

After vets told them their 12-year-old dog was too poorly to recover, they made the agonising call to put him to sleep.

Ant, 50, and Strictly Come Dancing make-up boss Lisa, 49, were both able to see him beforehand, with the TV star staying by Hurley’s side in his final moments.

KING OF THEIR HEARTS

The couple adopted Hurley in 2013 after struggling to have children and had doted on him ever since.

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When their marriage broke down in 2018, custody of the dog became one of the most emotional flash points of their split.

During their £30million break-up, Ant was said to have told Lisa she could take “anything but Hurley”.

At the time, the TV star said: “Hurley’s welfare comes first and we both love him very much. That’s the way it is really.”

They eventually agreed to share care of the pup, with Hurley dividing his time between their homes.

Hurley also enjoyed regular trips to the groomers and spent a holiday with Ant and his family last summer.

The Labrador even became a celebrity in his own right.

Speaking in 2019, Ant said: “I came out of a shop the other day and there was a woman on the floor cuddling Hurley.

“She said to me, ‘It’s the dog from the papers!’ Hurley’s a celebrity.”

Ant even named one of his companies Hurley Promotions Ltd – a nod to his ‘surrogate son’.

SUPPORT HOUND

Friends have long said Hurley was a lifeline during Ant’s darkest days of drink and drug addiction, visiting him in rehab and helping him rebuild routine once he returned home.

Speaking about their bond, Ant said: “There’s a loyalty and a love and a companionship with Hurley that you can’t describe. He never tells me off and is always pleased to see me.”

Even after finding happiness again with wife Anne-Marie Corbett, Hurley remained firmly part of the family.

In May 2024, when Ant and Anne-Marie welcomed their son Wilder, fans noticed his new “family tree” tattoo and questioned why Hurley wasn’t included.

Ant quickly reassured them on X, writing: “For all you dog lovers who asked why my beloved Hurley wasn’t on the family tree… he was!! He was just covered by our newborn.”

The photo had simply obscured Hurley’s name beneath the baby’s proof that the Labrador would always be family.

Chris Evans has made a major comeback with the relaunch of TFI Friday and brought the iconic programme to his radio station almost 30 years after it first aired

Chris Evans has relaunched his hit 90s series TFI Friday. The presenter, 59, fronted the hit series during its initial run on Channel 4 from 1996 until 2000 and it became staple viewing at the start of the weekend.

The format featured a mix of live performances and celebrity interviews. Chris left the programme after the fifth series, and big names like the Spice Girls, Davina McCall and Elton John stepped in to take the reins for the last run of episodes in the build up to Christmas 2000. Now best known for fronting his radio show on Virgin, the TV star, who also presented the short-lived revival in 2015, has brought the programme back once more.

The revamped version of the iconic series is currently being released on Virgin Radio’s YouTube channel, and welcoming the audience to the first episode, Chris said: “Hello friends. Thank you for tuning in! Welcome to TFI Unplugged.

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“On the way today, Delroy Lindo, currently nominated for Academy Award, Hollywood Sim Car of course. Also on the way, the hilarious Ross Noble going to be here!”

Some of the more regular segments during the original run of the show included Freak or Unique, which encouraged participants to show off a strange talent. Other items included Fishbowl Challenge, Show Us Your Face Then and Sink Or Swim.

The show also ran a segment called Someone’s Going to Be a Millionaire!, based on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and on Christmas Eve 1999, TFI Friday became the first British programme to issue a £1 million prize, almost a year before one player won the jackpot on the ITV game show.

Chris became a major television star in the early 1990s, as the Channel 4 show The Big Breakfast which he presented alongside Gaby Roslin, before other showbiz favourites like Denise Van Outen, Zoe Ball and Kelly Brook took on the hosting role.

He wrote and presented TFI Friday whilst working on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show, which he eventually resigned from whilst he was live on air in 1997 after Radio 1 refused to allow him to work a four-day week.

He also presented The One Show on Fridays between 2010 and 2015, and later became the lead host of Top Gear in 2015 after the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson.

In 2022, Chris explained on his radio show that a reboot of TFI Friday didn’t need to be on television anymore thanks to the advent of streaming. He said: “Can I tell you a bit more about it?

“Oh, sure. The thing is, you don’t need a TV channel now. You don’t don’t need one. It’s amazing what you can do. TFI Friday doesn’t have to be an hour long, it could be longer, we could livestream it!”

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Tributes have poured in for beloved Canadian actress Catherine O’Hara, the Home Alone and Schitt’s Creek star who died this week at age 71.

US media outlets reported on Friday that O’Hara died at her Los Angeles home after a brief illness.

Born and raised in Toronto, O’Hara began her acting career in the 1970s at The Second City improvisational theatre and later performed on iconic Canadian comedy show SCTV.

Her break into movies came in 1980 with Double Negative, alongside her longtime collaborator Eugene Levy, as well as John Candy.

But she became widely known to a global audience when she played Macaulay Culkin’s mother in 1990’s Home Alone.

“It’s a perfect movie, isn’t it?” she told People magazine in 2024. “You want to be part of something good, and that’s how you go.”

More recently, younger audiences embraced O’Hara for her role as the matriarch of a rich family that loses its wealth in Schitt’s Creek, where she again starred alongside Levy, as well as his son, Dan.

Her turn as Moira Rose won her an Emmy award for best actress in a comedy series in 2020.

Here’s a look at how actors, politicians and others are remembering O’Hara:

Macaulay Culkin

“Mama. I thought we had time. I wanted more. I wanted to sit in a chair next to you. I heard you. But I had so much more to say. I love you. I’ll see you later,” Culkin wrote on Instagram.

Eugene Levy

Levy got his start alongside O’Hara at Second City and on SCTV, and he later starred with her in several projects, including Christopher Guest’s Best in Show, A Mighty Wind and Waiting for Guffman.

In a statement, Levy said “words seem inadequate to express the loss” he felt after her death. “I had the honor of knowing and working with the great Catherine O’Hara for over fifty years,” he said.

“From our beginnings on the Second City stage, to SCTV, to the movies we did with Chris Guest, to our six glorious years on Schitt’s Creek, I cherished our working relationship, but most of all our friendship. And I will miss her.

“My heart goes out to Bo, Matthew, Luke, and the entire O’Hara family.”

Dan Levy

“What a gift to have gotten to dance in the warm glow of Catherine O’Hara’s brilliance for all those years,” Levy, who played O’Hara’s character’s son David Rose on Schitt’s Creek, wrote on Instagram.

“Having spent over fifty years collaborating with my Dad, Catherine was extended family before she ever played my family. It’s hard to imagine a world without her in it. I will cherish every funny memory I was fortunate enough to make with her.”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

“Over 5 decades of work, Catherine earned her place in the canon of Canadian comedy — from SCTV to Schitt’s Creek,” Carney wrote on X.

“Canada has lost a legend. My thoughts are with her family, friends, and all those who loved her work on screen. She will be dearly missed.”

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

Trudeau hailed O’Hara as “a beloved Canadian icon with a rare gift for comedy and heart”.

“She made people laugh across generations and helped bring Canadian storytelling to the world in a way only she could. My thoughts are with her family, friends, and everyone who found joy in her work,” Trudeau wrote on X.

Seth Rogen

Rogen, who starred alongside O’Hara in the series The Studio, said he told O’Hara when he first met her that he thought “she was the funniest person [he’d] ever had the pleasure of watching on screen”.

“Home Alone was the movie that made me want to make movies. Getting to work with her was a true honour,” Rogen wrote in an Instagram post.

“She was hysterical, kind, intuitive, generous … she made me want to make our show good enough to be worthy of her presence in it. This is just devastating. We’re all lucky we got to live in a world with her in it.”

Yellowstone’s Jefferson White has officially joined the cast of the upcoming Rambo prequel led by an iconic Netflix star

Yellowstone actor Jefferson White has officially been cast in the forthcoming Rambo prequel, John Rambo.

With Noah Centineo taking on the legendary veteran role originally made famous by Sylvester Stallone, the new picture from director Jalmari Helander (Sisu) will be positioned several years prior to the 1982 action masterpiece, First Blood.

White, known for playing Jimmy Hurdstrom in the popular Western series, becomes part of an ensemble that features Yao (Sinners), Jason Tobin (A Thousand Blows), Quincy Isaiah (Winning Time: The Rise Of The Lakers Dynasty), and Tayme Thapthimthong (The White Lotus).

Specifics regarding White and his fellow cast members’ characters remain under wraps. The prequel is being described as a labour of love for Helander and will likely delve into Rambo’s wartime service in Vietnam.

Production is presently taking place across Bangkok, Krabi, Phang Nga, and Kanchanaburi in Thailand, reports the Express.

A stark initial poster showing Rambo’s grip on military identification tags has been unveiled.

Speaking about the project, Helander revealed: “When I was 11, I saw First Blood for the first time, and it changed my life.

“Rambo wasn’t just a film to me – it stayed with me growing up and was a defining influence on why I wanted to become a filmmaker.

“As we begin production on the origin of John Rambo, we’re going back to the beginning.

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“This is Rambo stripped down, raw, and real – a survival story about endurance, persistence, and lost innocence. It’s an honor to shape this next chapter with deep respect for the character and the legacy, and to bring audiences the start of John Rambo’s journey.”

Erin Westerman, president of Lionsgate Motion Picture Group, said: “We’re thrilled to start production on John Rambo, which will allow both new audiences and existing fans to explore John Rambo’s roots, his principles, and most importantly, some incredible action, courtesy of Jalmari’s singular vision.

“And we’re so excited for Noah’s committed and powerful performance to show what forged this character into legend.”

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Leading man Centineo rose to fame playing Peter Kavinsky in Netflix’s beloved To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before rom-com trilogy opposite Lana Condor.

His credits also include 2022’s superhero blockbuster Black Adam alongside Dwayne Johnson, whilst he’s set to take on the role of Ken Masters in the forthcoming Street Fighter adaptation arriving in cinemas later this year.

John Rambo does not yet have a release date. Yellowstone is available to stream on Paramount+