The latest stories reguarding The Big Breakfast, its stars and the Channel Four breakfast slot.

The Vaughan show has been getting better and better largely thanks to the introduction of 'London Calling' the daft phone call slot.

So there you go, subscribe to three of The Big Breakfast's best ever presenters on iTunes!

Obviously we can't 100% confrim this but Bow Locks Interpretation of the above plans show cleary the white space tpo the left of the Stadium where Lock Keeper's Cottage lies. It does, however, appear that the front gardens are part of the plans.

We'll update you when we know more.

Also Don't froget Johnny Vaughan returns to Channel 4 tonight for the first time since The Big Breakfast is his new show 'Space Cadets.

The 'Morning Glory' format has been doing the rounds at C4 for some time now. Last time it surfaced Russel Brand was tipped as presenter.

Source Digital Spy. |  Discuss this story in the Bow Locks Forum.

Bow Locks is now proud to display some pictures from 1992 of the Big Breakfast art department hard at work refurbishing the house. See the BB production truck being winched into place. See a very Lucky chicken and see the living room taking shape - click here!

Also in an excting move Bow Locks has no launched its own forum. Click here to check it out.

Original BB presenter

And you heard it here first - the 'F' in OFI Sunday really does stand for FLIP!

You can also catch Chirs every Saturday afternoon on his BBC Radio 2 show from 2pm. Listeners to his show a few weeks ago were treated to snippits of two certain Zog based aliens singing 'I Bet You Don't Know When This Song Will End.' Chris has hinted that Zig & Zag may even appear on his show for an interview... Bow Locks will keep you informed!

RIP BBMB.

Don't forget to tune into Capital FM. Not only does Johnny Vaughan host the breakfast show but Richard Bacon is now hosting drive, or 'The Go Home Show' as he calls it. Two of the best BB presenters of the 00s on one station. What more can you ask? What, you want more? OK well those of you that are iPodded up can even subscribe to a weekly Johnny Vaughan Podcast! (Other MP3 players are available!)

Listen online here.

So head over to BBMB for what might be the last ever Big Breakfast exclusive!

Passport Axed

The BBC have announced that Johnny Vaughan & Denise Van Outen's entertainment show 'Passport To Paradise' will not be returning for a second series. Passport To Paradise, a general entertainment show airing on Saturday nights, began in summer 2004 with 4.1 million viewers but had dropped to just 3.3 million by mid-series and a dismal 2.8 million by its final week where it was beaten by a BBC2 repeat of Miss Marple. This is going to be a blow to Johnny whose career has failed to meet up to the high expextations he set while on The Big Breakfast. 'Orrible, his BBC 2 sitcom was met with poor reviews and his BBC 3 chat show was axed after three series. His follow up series - Live at Johnny's was much more successful and much missed but there are no signs of a second series.

It is unknown when we may next see JV on our TV screens but you can tune into his Capital FM breakfast show every weekday morning, which dispite critical reviews is actually a good laugh and shows JV at his natural witty best.

Den Gets Square

The future for Denise look brighter, supposedly she is in talks to join the cast of EastEnders, according to a report in The Mirror today.

The presenter will apparently join the soap as part of a new family set to move into Albert Square. A source told the newspaper, "She has been in for a casting meeting and everyone's very excited at the prospect of her joining. There is a specific role in mind for her and the talks went very well indeed."

The show's new executive producer, Kathleen Hutchinson, has already axed ten characters in a bid to turn around the fortunes of the soap. Denise has been described by the newspaper as "a secret weapon in the ratings war against Coronation Street."

Ghostly Gaby::..

In related news, you can look out for Chris' Big Breakfast co-host on TV this month as she hosts BBC Children In Need with Terry Wogan and makes a guest appearence on an upcoming episode of Living TV's Most Haunted.

"At midnight on Saturday 8th January 2005, a replacement Big Breakfast site will take BBMB's place. Featuring plenty of video clips, audio clips and features to help keep the shows memory alive online. A discussion forum will also be included, so you'll still be able to keep on chatting should you want to."

So with the closure of a number of BB related sights in recent months the end of BBMB really is the end of an era. The site was the lynchpin that kept the community togther for almost two years following the success of Andy Griffiths BB forums. We look forward to seeing what the replacement site has to offer.

In related news another BB fansite Brekkie.com is planning a revival which will bring the total of BB fansites, including Bowlocks and BBMB up to three. So there is still a small corner of the net keeping the show alive!

To text* the contact details of this show to your mobile, send BOS 355 to 81551

This fantastic photo of the house, taken March 2004 shows that the roof rebuilding appears to be complete with work presumably starting on the rest of the house. The addition of three skylights and two new bay windows in the roof shows that the new owners are making use of the house's large attic to provide an extra floor.  The window also seem to be being replaced with new black edging rather than the white PVC we're used to. This gives the house a look reminicent of the 1996 relaunch. The presence of a fork lift truck in the back garden also indicates some heavylifting is being done - obviously a substantial refit is taking place.  After almost a year of uncertantiy in the house's future throughout 2002 it is good to see this piece of TV history now being cared for and looked after better than BB fans could ever hope for.  Let's hope that the house brings its new owners as much happiness as it brought us viewers! 

Many thanks to Simon Anderson for providing Bowlocks with this excellent picture.

“What’s good about the BBMB Image Gallery is that it allows any registered BBMB member to upload images to it, as easily as clicking a couple of buttons. If the BB community pulls together, I’m pretty sure we can create the largest and most comprehensive collection of Big Breakfast screen grabs and images ever to be available online. This will help to preserve the memory of the show!”

Visit the site and join the cause at www.bbmb.co.uk

The show, 'Johnny & Denise: Passport To Paradise' starts Saturday July 3rd.

It related news this years Big Brother will run for 10 weeks instead of the usual 9.

The show starts at 6am on Monday 19th and features many strands similar to The Big Breakfast.

Fisrt off is the daily paper review. In the pilot JV muses about the current epidemic of Bed Bugs sweeping the UK and how he's like to have animal powers such as an ant's strength or an elephant's trunk.

There's a daily feature where Johnny wants to speak to people in a certain postcode doing certain things. 

Every day has the competition 'Should Have Punned Better' Johnny chooses a below par pun from the morning's papers and gives you the chance to beat the hacks at their own game. Yes it's a rehash of the BBs Pundown gang!

It's a positive start with JV relying on the comedy of a fast wit rather than Moyles style which relies largely on the comedy of putting others down. I must admit I have really enjoyed the Moyles show since January but am looking forward to see what else Vaughan has to offer.

Other parts of the pilot featured banter about how we pay gym membership fees but rarely actually go. Other members of the new Vaughan breakfast team include Becky Jago & Paddy Bunce. Tune in to Capital on 95.8fm (London area) or via http://www.capitalfm.com/breakfastshow/

Stay tuned for:

• A Brand new Zig & Zag minisite
• A Brand new, never- seen- before Squeaky McClean interview & photos
• New Vital Stats
• New Denise Van Outen interview 
• New 'What If'

Please don't ask me to put a date on all this stuff though - it is being worked on but as Liza tarbuck would say "I have a life" The Vital Stats & Z&Z site should be up very soon indeed though!

Denise says she "really liked it" when he stoked her thigh and slapped her bottom. "I said to him, 'I hear your a bit of a groper, well grope this', and he did."

Source The Sunday Times 

As a viewer I can also agree that the show has much improved in the last week and is now pretty much "The Big Breakfast-Lite" with great items almost as shallow as you'd expect from Lock Keeper's Cottage! JV has relaxed into the role and a good double act is emerging with co-host Lauran Laverne.

Source Media Gaurdian & digitalspy

Terry & Gaby is the third BB Clone to be dropped after 'Live With' & 'SMTV' were both axed last year. This leaves just 'Live at Johnnys' defending the BB format although ratings for that show are already looking glum.

Source Digital Spy

The daily show 'Live At Johnny's' is set in Johnny's shed and features a look at topical news stories inviting viewers to pose in a photo relevent to that days news. There's a twice weekly look at politics with Ian Duncan Smith and daily guests. The show is co hosted by Lauren Laverne who also featured on Johnny Vaughan Tonight.

Source The Sun

Today's the day for celebration as one of the worst television programmes ever conceived finally left the airwaves.

Ri:se was meant to be the flagship breakfast show for the new millennium, today it sank without a trace.  Throughout the show Iain Lee spoke of a record breaking 'pile-on' to top the show. In the end the pile-on consisted of four people - probably all of Ri:se's viewers.

Every half-hour the programme's God-awful newsreader posed her way through the headlines. Iain Lee, failing to invent any witty quips of his own, relied on a Mr. T voice box to comment on the proceedings. At one point he bragged that he'd never read any of the show's scripts or research material during his year of presenting, believe us Iain - it shows!

The high point was a phone call from Trisha where she admitted she'd rather be 'under her husband' at the time. Iain replied that he felt she was 'well-fit.' A compliment he reserves for anything with two 'X' chromosomes (even Kelly Osbourne!)

So, in its 20 months Ri:se never topped The Big Breakfast. It promised new, fresh gorund-breaking television but actually ended up as a stale news programme before becoming Big Breakfast-Lite in 2003. Hopefully producers realise that being more daring with a format often reaps rewards...

Channel 4 have announced that they have no intention of creating a new breakfast show and will replace Ri:se with screenings of The Salon & Friends.