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Neil Tennant says copy of Smash Hits inspired new music

Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant has said seeing an old copy of Smash Hits magazine in a vintage shop inspired him to move into classical music.

Music • 14 Apr

Strictly was broadcast from the Blackpool Tower Ballroom on Saturday, celebrating its 20th year on BBC One

Strictly has its big anniversary night in Blackpool

Actress Sarah Hadland and Love Island star Tasha Ghouri have jointly topped the Strictly Come Dancing leaderboard in Blackpool.

Television • 17 Nov 24

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Sunday

The Boy That Never Was continues, Pet Shop Boys feature on Radio 2 in the Park, there's a Joan Rivers night on the Beeb, The Paris Paralymics come to an end and Manchán's Europe by Train concludes . . .

Television • 08 Sep 24

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Friday

The Shelter: Animal SOS returns for a new run, there's Pet Shop Boys at the BBC, Blackberry looks at the rise and fall of the first smartphone, and Derry City host Shamrock Rovers . . .

Television • 22 Apr 24

What's on? Top 10 TV and streaming tips for Tuesday

The Pet Shop Boys are the subject of an Imagine special, Danny Dyer finds out How to Be a Man, there's Alan Carr's semi-autobiographical comedy Changing Ends, and Barcelona face PSG in the Champions League . . .

Television • 15 Apr 24

What's on? 10 top TV and streaming tips for Saturday

Leinster face La Rochelle in the final of the Heineken Champions Cup, there's a Pet Shop Boys night on the Beeb, Angela Scanlon's Ask Me Anything returns, as does Later . . . with Jools Holland

Television • 19 May 23

It's no sin: Panti to dance away HIV stigma on DWTS

Rory O'Neill says he aims to smash down the stigma that still surrounds HIV when he swaps his Panti Bliss persona and dances as himself for the first time on DWTS this Sunday in honour of the doctor who first treated him for his own HIV diagnosis.

Dancing with the Stars • 11 Feb 23