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Starting from August 9, your Love TV listings guide will be bringing you more TV shows, more interviews and more fantastic telly features than ever before.
If you're addicted to drama, love cooking competitions and get obsessed with dating shows then this magazine is for you. And it's free with your Irish Daily Mirror.
The first issue brings you all the gossip from Celebs Go Dating, with stories from the experts Anna Williamson, Paul C Brunson and Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn, plus all the gossip from the stars themselves, including Kerry Katona, S Club's Jon Lee and The Chase's Mark Labbett.
Prefer a crime drama? Enter Mr Adrian Dunbar who is about to return to screens as ITV's tortured detective Ridley, and he also drops a clue or two about the Line of Duty resurrection. Further thrilling action comes from Katherine Kelly who warns viewers to fasten their seatbelts if they want to enjoy her drugs smuggling drama In Flight over on Channel 4. Katherine Kelly will star in the new Channel 4 drama In Flight
Denise Van Outen slips in as she talks us through her new show The Big Pound Shop Swap, helping viewers and Mirror readers get more bang for their buck. We've even previewed Princess Andre's The Princess Diaries, which see her reflect emotionally on growing up in Katie Price's shadow as her divorces, bankruptcies and court battles all played out in public.
And what TV mag would be complete without a super soap section? Not only have we got Coronation Street, Emmerdale, EastEnders, Hollyoaks, Neighbours and Home and Away spoilers, we've also got an exclusive chat with Sally Carman-Duttine who reveals all about Abi Webster's fiery affair with her husband Kevin's brother.
And all that is just in week one! Every single Saturday we'll be bringing you the hottest gossip from your favourite TV shows. Whether it's interviews with Strictly Come Dancing's hottest couples, or behind the scenes gossip from Ant and Dec's I'm A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Not only will we make sure you don't miss a single show, we'll also show you how to find ones you didn't know were available with our new Stream Ahead section, designed to help you find out what's new online.
So pick up the first ever copy of our new and improved magazine, free inside your paper each Saturday, from Saturday, August 9!
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- Irish Independent
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Some viewers will undoubtedly tune in with schadenfreude on their minds, assuming that the show will confirm their suspicions that the eldest daughter of two UK tabloid fixtures will be, well, an absolute nightmare. They'll be left disappointed: the teen comes across as very sweet and improbably well-adjusted, funny and self-possessed, with a solid relationship with both of her parents. It's Andre and his second wife Emily MacDonagh who get the most airtime here, which is hardly a surprise given that Princess is represented by the singer-slash-presenter's management team – this skewing has already prompted plenty of tabloid stories about 'family feuds'. Price, meanwhile, crops up in voice notes and phone calls. Yet Princess is also the product of her own unique, extraordinarily tumultuous upbringing – and that's where this show gets weird. The Princess Diaries follows the glossy template set by influencer-centric documentaries such as Prime Video's Molly-Mae: Behind It All. There are meetings with managers, soundbites about wanting to 'become a successful businesswoman' and a handful of low-key, manufactured dramas (Princess's fake nails ping off moments before she has to hit the red carpet! Her dad's not happy about the grown-up dress she's wearing for the fashion show!). It's a familiar mix of the aspirational and relatable – for the most part. About 10pc of the show, though, is occupied by more troubling subject matter. Whenever Princess looks back on her earlier childhood, there's a marked tonal shift, and it's handled in such a way as to give you whiplash. One moment, she is going out for a test drive with her dad or filming a TikTok challenge with her older brother Junior (she also has three younger siblings on her dad's side, and another three – two younger, one older – on her mum's). The next, she is reflecting on growing up part-time in the house the tabloids have dubbed 'the Mucky Mansion' – Price's home in West Sussex where, it seems, Princess and her brother had to contend with their mum's turbulent personal life: Price's split from third husband, Kieran Hayler, after he had an affair with her close friend; her struggles with drugs and alcohol abuse; and her well-documented financial problems. 'I was around adult-y things that kids shouldn't see,' Princess says in one to-camera interview with poignant understatement, before admitting that, at the peak of one particular tabloid drama, she would end up 'coming home from school and would go to bed and cry'. In a recent Guardian interview, Princess described the mansion as 'a really scary house'. 'I guess when you have bad experiences somewhere, you don't like the place,' she explained, with a sad economy. 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The Irish Sun
9 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
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