Summary

  • News and updates for 28 August 2015

  • Final Strictly contestants announced

  • Celebrity Big Brother line up revealed

  • BBC One named channel of the year

Live Reporting

Victoria Lindrea and Kev Geoghegan

  1. 'Ultimate battle of Airness'

    The 20th Air Guitar World Championships reach their conclusion on Friday.

    A record 30 "dark horses" took to the stage in Oulu in northern Finland on Thursday - with eight contenders through to Friday's final.

    They are joined by seven national champions who automatically qualify, including last year's winner Seven Seas. Here he is in action...

    This YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on YouTube
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.
    Skip youtube video

    Allow YouTube content?

    This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.

    But only one can be the master of Air.

    The winner will be awarded with a unique Flying Finn guitar, handmade by Matti Nevalainen.

    According to the ideology of the Air Guitar, wars would end, climate change stop and all bad things disappear, if all the world played the Air Guitar.

    You know what to do... 

    This Instagram post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on Instagram
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip instagram post

    Allow Instagram content?

    This article contains content provided by Instagram. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Meta’s Instagram cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

  2. Top Gear's future: your views

    BBC Two controller Kim Shillinglaw is "excited" but "terrified" about Top Gear's future with Chris Evans.

    Speaking at Edinburgh TV Festival, she revealed the show will be "really different", following the departure of Jeremy Clarkson.

    You've been contacting us with your thoughts.

  3. Lucy Liu's new role: mum

    Lucy Liu has tweeted a picture of herself with her new leading man, her son Rockwell Lloyd Liu.

    The little man was born via a surrogate gestational carrier.

    Liu currently stars with Jonny Lee Miller in the US TV series Elementary as Dr Joan Watson, opposite Miller's Sherlock Holmes.

  4. Betty White in Bones outing

    Golden Girl Betty White is to guest star in a forthcoming episode of popular Fox crime series Bones this autumn, alongside regulars David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel.

    This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip X post

    Allow X content?

    This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

    The Hot in Cleveland star will play new 'squintern' Dr Beth Mayer who is called in to assist on a murder with ties to fantasy football, Entertainment Weekly reports.

  5. Homeland trailer released

    Despite leaving the CIA and taking up a post as head of security for a private individual in Berlin, it appears Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) is once again caught up in all manner of subterfuge as the fifth season of Homeland returns to US TV this October.

    As it says in the newly posted trailer: "You can take the girl out of the CIA, but..."

    This YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on YouTube
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.
    Skip youtube video

    Allow YouTube content?

    This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.

  6. McEnroe covers Nirvana

    Retired tennis champion and BBC pundit John McEnroe has been recorded playing a live Nirvana cover.

    He took to the stage to perform in New York last weekend in front of a crowd which included Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels and movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

    This YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on YouTube
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.
    Skip youtube video

    Allow YouTube content?

    This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.

  7. Singer hits back at trolls

    Chvrches lead singer Lauren Mayberry has hit out at internet trolls who targeted her for wearing a short dress in the band's recent video.

    This YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on YouTube
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.
    Skip youtube video

    Allow YouTube content?

    This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.

    "I am a 27-year-old woman wearing a minidress with wet-look hair. If you don't like it, that's fine, but there is a difference between criticism and hatred," she told Channel 4 news.

    This YouTube post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on YouTube
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.
    Skip youtube video 2

    Allow YouTube content?

    This article contains content provided by Google YouTube. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read Google’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. YouTube content may contain adverts.

    Read more.

  8. Princess Bride live in Toronto

    Up in the Air director Jason Reitman will direct a live read of The Princess Bride at this year's Toronto Film Festival.

    This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip X post

    Allow X content?

    This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

    Reitman has previously recruited A-list friends, including Bradley Cooper and Jack Black, for live stage reads of The Breakfast Club, Ghostbusters and Shampoo. This time he is scouting for stars to play Fezzik and Inigo Montoya's father...

  9. Vorderman's treadmill mishap

    Carol Vorderman MBE sparked the Twitter-wide question: "why?" when she revealed that she fell off a treadmill while exercising in her birthday suit.

    This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip X post

    Allow X content?

    This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

    She later attempted to explain the incident with a photograph.

    This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip X post 2

    Allow X content?

    This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

    The presenter later added to her injuries with a twisted knee. No mention of whether she was wearing anything this time...

    This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip X post 3

    Allow X content?

    This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.

    But atleast she kept her sense of humour.

    This X post cannot be displayed in your browser. Please enable Javascript or try a different browser.View original content on X
    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.
    Skip X post 4

    Allow X content?

    This article contains content provided by X. We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies. You may want to read X’s cookie policy and privacy policy before accepting. To view this content choose ‘accept and continue’.

    The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.