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So You Think You Can Dance received quite a bit of hype before it started on BBC1 a few weeks ago.

Last night saw the final of what has been a hugely disappointing third series of Raymond Blanc's 'The Restaurant'.

After the initial row over Arlene being replaced by Alesha, things have seemed to go a bit quiet on the Strictly front.

The scale of the pay scandal at the BBC was made clearer yesterday when scores of salaries were published for series of low-level jobs all paid for by a levy on UK owners of TV sets.

Raymond Blanc returns to BBC2 with a third series of the utterly unmissable 'The Restaurant'.

The intense competition has come to an end with Steve Groves from London emerging triumphant as winner of MasterChef: The Professionals 2009.

It’s week 2 of Strictly Come Dancing and the BBC has deemed it wise to do another 2 shows this week, making the remaining 8 starting contestants dance Ballroom on Friday and Latin on Saturday.

MasterChef: The Professionals returns to BBC2 for a second series this autumn with the welcome return of Michel Roux Junior partnering Gregg Wallace in place of regular MasterChef judge John Torode.

'First Lady of football' Karren Brady has been announced as Lord Sugar's new right-hand woman for the new series of 'The Apprentice', replacing Margaret Mountford who left the show after the last series

The BBC has revealed the contestants for this year's Strictly Come Dancing.