The Big Brother 11 ‘Ignore The Obvious’ task has proved to be a popular jaunt with the Channel 4 viewers. For this week's shopping task housemates must fight all their natural instincts and Ignore the Obvious. Over three days Big Brother has been sending in a number of distractions to try and get the attention of our housemates.

The BBC has finally announced the cast for its revival of the LWT period drama Upstairs, Downstairs. Joining actresses Jean Marsh and Dame Eileen Atkins at 165 Eaton Place will be Anne Reid, Keeley Hawes, Ellie Kendrick, Nico Mirallegro, Adrian Scarborough and Art Malik.

Big Brother host Davina McCall is to enter the Big Brother house tonight as part of the Ignore The Obvious task.

The best selling novelist Anne Rice, author of the Vampire Chronicles, has left the Catholic Church because of its anti-gay and anti-feminist stance.

Controversial figure Stephen Green, director of the anti-gay Christian Voice, is to appear on Channel Four next week. Green will discuss his viewers on homosexuality as a week-long theme religion and homosexuality on Channel Four in its 4thought strand.

Network Ten, the Australian broadcaster behind long running soap Neighbours held a celebratory party yesterday marking the show’s 6000^th episode.

Walt Disney has announced it has sold its film division Miramax to a group of private equity investors.

The Vampire Diaries will be introducing a gay character at some point as producer Kevin Williamson has announced he is keen to add such a character to the show but wants to do it in a unique and interesting way.

The tenth and final season of Smallville, the superman drama, will air on The CW later this year and now the broadcaster is looking to adapt another DC Comic series.