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Yahoo
10 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Everyday people take to the stage in a summer of music
From the makers of The Great British Bake Off and The Piano (Love Productions), comes brand-new series Your Song for Channel 4. This summer, music takes to the streets and to the hearts of communities nationwide. Presented by Alison Hammond, Your Song is about everyday people, who, driven by their love and connection to a particular song, will step up to the stage and share their story with the world. Whether their track helped them through heartbreak, became their anthem of triumph, or reminds them who they are, Your Song is exactly that…. Your's. Alison Hammond will bring her trademark compassion, humour, and unique ability to connect with our singers – encouraging them to open up and tell their story. With its signature pop-up stage, Your Song will travel into the bustling heart of some of the UK's most vibrant towns and cities, offering amateur singers the chance to perform in front of a packed crowd – often for the very first time. READ MORE: Netflix viewers in the UK could be risking £1,000 fines this weekend Bolton School lands itself a new TV role-this time for a new coffee chain commercial Writer on Waking the Dead behind fascinating exhibition in Bolton Alison Hammond: 'I love the power that music and singing your heart out has, it can literally change your mood – put a smile on your face, make you sad, make you reminisce, so I'm really excited about this new show which is about real people telling us their stories, through song….let's hit the road!' Commissioning editors for Channel 4, Cimran Shah and Tim Hancock: 'This show is going to be warm, joyful and feature some absolutely knock-out singers. Whether they're 7 or 70 years old, Your Song is all about celebrating the best unknown singing talent in Britain, we can't wait to see who steps onto stage.' Creative Director Love Productions,Kieran Smith 'Every song has a story and Your Song celebrates every note that is personal. This show isn't about flashy performances or chasing fame it's about authenticity and about songs that have real meaning to the singers. We all have that one song that has marked our memories, and these performances will be giving us a glimpse into someone's life told through the song that shaped it.'
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
This Morning's Alison Hammond makes major career move as she is set to front new Channel 4 show by the creators of The Great British Bake Off
Alison Hammond is set to lead a new Channel 4 show made by the creators of The Great British Bake Off. The This Morning star, 50, already has a jam-packed schedule joining Dermot O'Leary on ITV, fronting her own programme Alison Hammond's Big Weekend, filming For The Love Of Dogs in Battersea, and hosting Bake Off. And the TV icon has now added another show to her long list, and will present Your Song, a new Channel 4 programme set to air in the summer, according to The Sun. Produced by Love Production - who are behind the Great British Bake Off, Alison will tour Britain in the six-part series to watch members of the public preform songs with special significance to them. An insider told The Sun: 'Alison was the natural choice to present this, with her warm personality and ability to catch unguarded moments with the singers, together with chatting to the crowds.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'Your Song will feature people who love singing — they may have been singing for a long time but not necessarily in public or on a stage, you can expect some unexpected performances.' Alison said she is 'really excited' for the new series and gushed over the emotional 'power' of music and singing. 'I'm excited about this new show, about real people telling us their stories through song, let's hit the road,' she added. MailOnline has contacted Channel 4 for comment. Alison is also set to join the new series of the hit Channel 4 show Celebrity Gogglebox alongside her son Aidan, 19. Producers were left impressed with the mother-son duo after they recently fronted a BBC Two holiday show, Florida Unpacked. They will now be among the new star pairings to appear on Gogglebox to raise money for Stand Up For Cancer, with the release date yet to be confirmed. In her personal life, Alison also recently revealed her health and fitness regime after dropping 11-stone. The presenter decided to lose weight after the death of her mother Maria - who had raised concerns over Alison's pre-diabetic diagnosis. She then revealed how she managed to lose 11-stone without the assistance of weight-loss jabs, giving an insight into her exercise plan with her personal trainer. Alison, who weighed 28-stone at her heaviest, told Heat: 'I've got a personal trainer - she's amazing, she trains me when I can train. 'If I'm working, I don't train, I'll go for a walk. 'But when I'm at home, I'll go and have a session with her in the morning, just an hour. It might be four days a week.' She also revealed her approach to her diet, saying she hasn't cut anything out completely but focuses on 'moderation'. 'I don't deny myself anything, I eat everything, but in moderation,' she added. Alison previously told how weight loss jabs weren't for her, opting against using them because she was 'frightened' of 'scary' stories surrounding them. She told Good Housekeeping UK: 'I think that, for people who need to use them, they're a good thing - but for me, as soon as I hear any scare story, I get frightened. 'So I haven't wanted to use them, but that's not to say I wouldn't in the future, and I certainly wouldn't look down on anyone who did.'
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Bake off creators launch brand new show fronted by Alison Hammond as star bags 3rd Channel 4 programme
Read on to find out why Angela Scanlon would never again go on Strictly Come Dancing TAKE NOTE Bake off creators launch brand new show fronted by Alison Hammond as star bags 3rd Channel 4 programme SHE'S already on nearly every channel, busy making programmes about baking, travel, dogs and hobnobbing with celebrities – and now Alison Hammond has bagged yet another show. The This Morning host will this summer front new Channel 4 project Your Song, where she tours Britain giving ordinary members of the public the chance to perform a track which has special meaning to them. If it has a hint of The Piano about it that's because it's made by the same production company, Love Productions, who make the Great British Bake Off . . . co-hosted by Alison. A TV insider said: 'Alison was the natural choice to present this, with her warm personality and ability to catch unguarded moments with the singers, together with chatting to the crowds. 'Your Song will feature people who love singing — they may have been singing for a long time but not necessarily in public or on a stage. You can expect some unexpected performances.' Alison said: 'I love the power that music, and singing your heart out has. It can change your mood — put a smile on your face, make you sad, make you reminisce. So I'm excited about this new show, about real people telling us their stories through song. Let's hit the road.' The six-part series will see people with special connections to a songs step up on stage and share their story — whether it's all about a track that helped them through heartbreak, became their anthem of triumph or reminds them who they are. But Alison will have to squeeze her new job into her schedule. As well as appearing soon on Channel 4's Bake Off and Celebrity Gogglebox, for the BBC she's just made travel series Florida Unpacked and interview show Alison Hammond's Big Weekend for the BBC. Plus, on ITV, she has This Morning and For The Love Of Dogs. Alison Hammond's Return to For The Love Of Dogs 5 Alison Hammond will this summer front new Channel 4 project Your Song Credit: PA It's bubbles 'n' strife time 5 The six women being lined up for the new season of Real Housewives, to be set in London, has been revealed Credit: Getty RAISE a glass of bubbly to the cast of the new season of Real Housewives. I recently revealed the six women being lined up for the series, to be set in London and premiere later this year on Hayu, and the billing has now been set in stone. It will feature Bake Off: The Professionals star Nessie Welschinger, model turned skincare entrepreneur Amanda Cronin, influencer Juliet Angus, fashion label owner Karen Loderick-Peace, beauty queen turned beauty planner Juliet Mayhew and socialite Panthea Parker. It will follow the women's lavish lives, from hosting grand dinners to rebuilding relation-ships over bottles of champagne. A show synopsis teased: 'With big personalities, and no shortage of designer drama, the path to connection is never simple – but always captivating.' Heel to pay for angela 5 Angela Scanlon says she would never again go on Strictly Come Dancing Credit: Getty ANGELA SCANLON says she would never again go on Strictly Come Dancing because of the terrible blisters from training and performing in show shoes. The Irish TV presenter, who in 2023 made the quarter-finals of the BBC One show with pro dancer Carlos Gu, is a mum of two and reckons would sooner endure childbirth again. She revealed on her Get A Grip podcast alongside Vicky Pattison: 'I've had two children without pain relief, and would do that ten times over in a day than have raw, bleeding blisters. "You have to put the goddamn shoes on and do a Viennese waltz – my heels have never had so much action. 'You put a plaster on and, because you're sweating like a donkey, it falls off. You put socks on with your ball-room shoe and you're still rub-a-dubbing. You're raw.' Star's speaking same Lingo HIT daytime quiz Lingo is being lined up for a fifth run, as well as a second series of celebrity specials on ITV1 and ITVX. Host Adil Raye is expected to return for the series – three years after the last celebrity special, starring Ru Paul, was launched and failed to reach a large audience. Oh what wizard fun, Paul 5 Paul Whitehouse will play Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch in the new Harry Potter TV adaptation Credit: Getty 5 David Bradley as Filch in the original films GONE FISHING star Paul Whitehouse says the new TV adaptation of the Harry Potter books is moving at a lick – as he prepares to play Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch. He said of the HBO series, due next year: 'It's exciting, I've already been in for a make-up and costume-fitting last week, so the ball is rolling.' Even more exciting is that his part – played in the films by David Bradley – is unlikely to be edited out post-filming like what happened to a cameo he shot for one of the Potter movies. Speaking on Irish Radio Station RTE Radio 1, Paul said of that let-down: 'The director asked if I wanted to play the role and I said I'd do it if I could bring my girls to the set. They came along and told friends I was going to be in the new Harry Potter. 'Then I had to break the news that they had cut me out and stuck me in a portrait. So I'm back for revenge.'
The Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Bake off creators launch brand new show fronted by Alison Hammond as star bags 3rd Channel 4 programme
SHE'S already on nearly every channel, busy making programmes about baking, travel, dogs and hobnobbing with celebrities – and now Alison Hammond has bagged yet another show. The This Morning host will this summer front new Channel 4 project Your Song, where she tours Britain giving ordinary members of the public the chance to perform a track which has special meaning to them. If it has a hint of The Piano about it that's because it's made by the same production company, Love Productions, who make the Great British Bake Off . . . co-hosted by Alison. A TV insider said: 'Alison was the natural choice to present this, with her warm personality and ability to catch unguarded moments with the singers, together with chatting to the crowds. 'Your Song will feature people who love singing — they may have been singing for a long time but not necessarily in public or on a stage. You can expect some unexpected performances.' Alison said: 'I love the power that music, and singing your heart out has. It can change your mood — put a smile on your face, make you sad, make you reminisce. So I'm excited about this new show, about real people telling us their stories through song. Let's hit the road.' The six-part series will see people with special connections to a songs step up on stage and share their story — whether it's all about a track that helped them through heartbreak, became their anthem of triumph or reminds them who they are. But Alison will have to squeeze her new job into her schedule. As well as appearing soon on Channel 4's Bake Off and Celebrity Gogglebox, for the BBC she's just made travel series Florida Unpacked and interview show Alison Hammond's Big Weekend for the BBC. Plus, on ITV, she has This Morning and For The Love Of Dogs. Alison Hammond's Return to For The Love Of Dogs 5 It's bubbles 'n' strife time 5 RAISE a glass of bubbly to the cast of the new season of Real Housewives. I recently revealed the six women being lined up for the series, to be set in London and premiere later this year on Hayu, and the billing has now been set in stone. It will feature Bake Off: The Professionals star Nessie Welschinger, model turned skincare entrepreneur Amanda Cronin, influencer Juliet Angus, fashion label owner Karen Loderick-Peace, beauty queen turned beauty planner Juliet Mayhew and socialite Panthea Parker. It will follow the women's lavish lives, from hosting grand dinners to rebuilding relation-ships over bottles of champagne. A show synopsis teased: 'With big personalities, and no shortage of designer drama, the path to connection is never simple – but always captivating.' Heel to pay for angela 5 ANGELA SCANLON says she would never again go on Strictly Come Dancing because of the terrible blisters from training and performing in show shoes. The Irish TV presenter, who in 2023 made the quarter-finals of the BBC One show with pro dancer Carlos Gu, is a mum of two and reckons would sooner endure childbirth again. She revealed on her Get A Grip podcast alongside Vicky Pattison: 'I've had two children without pain relief, and would do that ten times over in a day than have raw, bleeding blisters. "You have to put the goddamn shoes on and do a Viennese waltz – my heels have never had so much action. 'You put a plaster on and, because you're sweating like a donkey, it falls off. You put socks on with your ball-room shoe and you're still rub-a-dubbing. You're raw.' Oh what wizard fun, Paul 5 5 GONE FISHING star Paul Whitehouse says the new TV adaptation of the Harry Potter books is moving at a lick – as he prepares to play Hogwarts caretaker Argus Filch. He said of the HBO series, due next year: 'It's exciting, I've already been in for a make-up and costume-fitting last week, so the ball is rolling.' Even more exciting is that his part – played in the films by David Bradley – is unlikely to be edited out post-filming like what happened to a cameo he shot for one of the Potter movies. Speaking on Irish Radio Station RTE Radio 1, Paul said of that let-down: 'The director asked if I wanted to play the role and I said I'd do it if I could bring my girls to the set. They came along and told friends I was going to be in the new Harry Potter. 'Then I had to break the news that they had cut me out and stuck me in a portrait. So I'm back for revenge.'
Telegraph
11-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Prue Leith's Bake Off replacement asked not to be called ‘Lady Waldegrave'
Dame Prue Leith's aristocratic replacement as host of The Great British Bake Off's charity spin-off has asked not to be referred to as a 'lady'. Lady Caroline Waldegrave, former co-owner and managing director of Leiths School of Food And Wine, will join Paul Hollywood as a judge in The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer on Channel 4. She said: 'I was completely terrified. Then, when I turned up, I went to the shepherd's hut I was allotted and there were banners outside saying 'Welcome!' and flowers.' She added that the production company, Love Productions, and Mr Hollywood were 'just so kind and so friendly that I did relax'. Lady Waldegrave added that the 'mood is very light – there's a lot of laughter', and co-hosts Alison Hammond and Noel Fielding were 'so nice to me'. 'Particularly Alison. I mean, she's so hugging that it was just magic,' she continued. Lady Waldegrave was told to follow the advice of the stylist by Dame Prue, which she was 'happy' to do as she is 'not interested in clothes'. '(Prue) also said: 'When you think something, say it. Be brave and say what you think',' the baker added. 'She is brave and says what she thinks and I think I got braver.' Mr Hollywood said Lady Waldegrave has the 'trump card from the off' as a lady following in the footsteps of Dame Prue and Dame Mary Berry. 'From an aristocracy point of view, she's beaten the other two,' he said. 'We were gonna call her lady, but she said: 'No, no, no! I don't want to be called lady.' He also said she was 'chatty and friendly', and they 'got on straight away'. Co-presenter Ms Hammond said: 'Prue was telling us how amazing she was, so we were really excited about meeting her and she was lovely – an absolute breath of fresh air,' and Lady Waldegrave felt 'quite organic' joining the team. 'She's not too strict, I don't think she's as strict as Paul, She's a really lovely lady and really passionate about baking,' the This Morning star added. 'Most of the jokes go over her head. She's quite innocent. I found that endearing. She's a lovely addition to the family.' Ms Hammond also said she 'taught her how to do a good selfie', and 'apart from that, she didn't need any help. She just fit right in'. The new series will feature: Chris and Rosie Ramsey, celebrity couple and podcast hosts; Kate Garraway, Good Morning Britain presenter; Meera Syal, actress and writer; Tommy Tiernan, Derry Girls star; and Roman Kemp, presenter of The One Show, amongst others. The Great Celebrity Bake For Stand Up To Cancer returns to Channel 4 on Sunday at 7.40pm.
