Nigel Farage ended up in knots today as he suggested there was no problem with his wife’s first language being German because she did not speak it on British trains.

David Beckham has described how he struggled to sleep the night before making his Only Fools And Horses debut because he was so nervous.

Jennifer Worth

Your guide on what to look out for on the box this evening.

SATURDAY

The BBC has commissioned a second series of hard-hitting crime drama 'Ripper Street'.

Chris Hoy is set to be named later today as the flagbearer for Team GB at Friday’s opening ceremony of the London Olympics.

‘Coronation Street’ bosses have been blasted for failing to include the Olympics in the soap.

David Beckham has urged England fans to “stay safe” when they travel to Ukraine to watch the team at Euro 2012.

Two BBC television dramas will be filmed here this year in what is being hailed as a major coup for the Irish Film Board.

Hit BBC series 'Call The Midwife' has landed a second series just two episodes into its run after channel bosses were delighted with record audiences.

SATURDAY

George Michael has launched a twitter rant at EastEnders' portrayal of gay couple Christian Clarke and Syed Masood's relationship.

Gerard Butler is set to play notorious boxer Lenny McLean in a new movie.

THE latest novel by a best-selling Irish crime author based in Britain has been adapted for TV.

A convicted police killer jailed for 30 years for his role in Ireland’s largest drugs seizure will face a five-day extradition hearing later this month.

THEY have worked in some of the poorest regions of the planet, and now a group of Franciscan friars will try and bring back a sense of hope and stability to one of Limerick’s most notorious crime black spots.

MORE than a quarter of Irish prisoners are back in jail within a year of release, and a majority are back in jail within four years, according to a study of 19,995 inmates undertaken over a four-year period up to 2004.

John Profumo has died at the age of 91 after suffering a stroke.

AT least seven people were killed in the first blast in a tube tunnel at 8.51am, but eyewitnesses spoke of seeing many bodies in the wreckage of the train.

Actor, broadcaster and author David Kossoff died this morning at the age of 85 following a battle with liver cancer, his family said today.

Veteran broadcaster John Humphrys has delivered a withering verdict on the dumbing down of British television.

MORE THAN one person probably carried out the series of gory murders attributed to the notorious Jack the Ripper, it was claimed yesterday.

HE is the man who has been labelled the India-rubber-ball of British public life because of his unerring ability to bounce back from personal disasters which would have crippled and possibly destroyed most people.

The legendary Harlem Globetrotters basketball team launch their first UK tour in almost a decade this week, after bouncing back from the brink of bankruptcy.