The Glastonbury Festival’s move into the mainstream has continued after the BBC announced blanket coverage of this year’s event including slots on Songs Of Praise and The One Show.

Acts such as Stereophonics and chart-topper Gabrielle Aplin are to take part in a re-staging of a mammoth famed Beatles recording session exactly 50 years on.

Late broadcasting legend John Peel is to return to the airwaves, as the BBC airs a series of his finest moments.

GRAHAM NORTON has told how he almost turned down the chance to take over Jonathan Ross’s BBC Radio 2 show — and expects a backlash from Ross’s fans.

Irish presenter Graham Norton was confirmed today as Radio 2's replacement for Jonathan Ross -and joked that it would stop him spending too much time in the pub.

Presenter Zoe Ball announced on her radio show today she was expecting her second child with husband, DJ Norman Cook.

The BBC has apologised after one of its football commentators used pidgin English to suggest what a Cameroon player was saying on the pitch.