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  • Jack Dee to host BBC Two’s ‘You’re Fired’ & ‘You’re Hired’

    Jack Dee to host BBC Two’s ‘You’re Fired’ & ‘You’re Hired’

    MUMBAI: Comedian Jack Dee has been roped in as the new host of BBC Two’s You’re Fired and You’re Hired – the companion show to The Apprentice – with fellow comic Romesh Ranganathan taking a regular place on the panel alongside the business experts and celebrities who appear each week to discuss the outgoing candidates’ performance.

     

    Dee enjoys a special empathy with the candidates as he has been through the process himself, taking part in 2009’sComic Relief Does The Apprentice. Dee made it into the final boardroom only to be beaten by Michelle Mone of the women’s team.

     

    Dee said, “I’m very much looking forward to hosting You’re Fired and hope that the luckless candidates will see me as the friendly face at the end of a difficult time in their lives.”

     

    Ranganathan added, “As a massive fan of The Apprentice, this is very exciting for me. I love You’re Fired and am looking forward to putting all the questions to the candidates that people at home want to see asked. I also have a number of business proposals of my own that I think Lord Sugar will be pretty interested in…”

     

    Entertainment Commissioning controller Mark Linsey said, “It’s great news that we have someone of Jack’s comedy calibre as host of You’re Fired, and I’m really excited that he will be aided and abetted by the hugely talented Romesh. Jack will be brilliant at guiding us through the highlights of The Apprentice and as a super fan of the series, Romesh will provide us with his own uniquely funny perspective.”

     

    BBC Two and BBC Four controller Kim Shillinglaw added, “BBC Two should always be fantastic company and who better than Jack Dee and Romesh Ranganathan to share the candidates’ highs and lows with us and bring their wonderfully funny take on the week’s events – I’m delighted to welcome them both to You’re Fired.”

     

    You’re Fired and You’re Hired was commissioned for BBC Two by Sohail Shah and will be made by Boundless. The 11 x 30’ (You’re Fired) and 1 x 60’ (You’re Hired) shows will be series produced by Kate Staples and executive produced by Cal Turner.

     

    The Apprentice and You’re Fired return to BBC later this year.

  • TV channels gear up for V-Day

    TV channels gear up for V-Day

    MUMBAI: Even as the week-long drum-up to Valentine’s Day draws to a grand finale, television channels are pulling out all stops to up the love quotient. Ergo, come 14th February, you and your loved one will be spoilt for choice, what with a slew of romantic comedies and epic love stories on offer on the small screen.

    Among the leading English entertainment channels, Romedy Now will air seven of the most loved English movies of all time – Titanic, No Strings Attached, 27 Dresses, You’ve Got Mail, Valentine’s Day, Sleepless in Seattle and Another Cinderella Story – 7:50 a.m. onward.

    While Movies Now, will bring love in its different hues with the likes of Titanic, P.S. I Love You, Little Manhattan, He’s Just Not That into You and Two Weeks’ Notice.

    On Star Movies, romance will range from the classic – My Best Friend’s Wedding, As Good As It Gets and Bridget Jones’ Diary to the contemporary – Just Go with It, Hitch, Friends with Benefits and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 !

    And while on the subject of Twilight, if you want to see how it all began, catch The Twilight Saga: Twilight followed by The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse on HBO Defined. The channel has also lined up new and old favorites like The Notebook, The Lake House, LOL, When in Rome and No Reservations.  

    By contrast, Sony Pix offers couples who choose to be anything but cliché  a range of action packed films like Hancock, Skyfall, The Terminator, Spiderman 2 and Mission: Impossible 2.   

    Coming to English GECs, Comedy Central will offer lots of love and laughs with a back-to-back telecast of award-winning series, Rules of Engagement.

    While Star World, will treat die-hard romantics with a marathon session of popular series Melissa and Joey.

    AXN however, will stick to its trademark thrills and chills even on a day meant for love. The channel will bring viewers back-to-back episodes of season 3 of the contemporary crime drama Sherlock starting 12 noon.

    Not to be left behind, Vh1 will go to town with the choicest line-up of love songs in a special show titled Valentine’s Day Special, to be aired at 8am and 7pm on D-day.

    With a celebration so big and varied and colourful, we think even Saint Valentine would approve…

  • A Kidzee School near you

    Zee Interactive Learning Systems Ltd. (ZILS), the education arm of Zee Network, Asia’s undisputed leader in pre-school education with Kidzee, has grown to a network of 400+ schools across India and abroad in a short span of 36 months. Kidzee employs the concept of ‘learning by playing’. The personalized tender care in a Kidzee school stimulates the budding mind to understand and handle day-to-day situations.

     

    The renowned Indian Film actor Anil Kapoor on 5 June inaugurated the new Kidzee School, in Walkeshwar, Mumbai.

    Anil Kapoor addressed the media and appreciated ZILS for its efforts in providing quality education in the pre school segment. Zee Interactive Learning Systems AVP Prem Jain, gave a keynote address on behalf of ZILS, “Kidzee provides, comprehensive age appropriate learner centric programme at par with international standards, it ensures holistic development enabling the child to face the challenges of the modern world.”