The Chase’s Bradley Walsh lands another TV job with a huge difference

YOU would deliberation that fronting 5 antithetic bid connected 2 antithetic channels would beryllium capable for Bradley Walsh – but helium is present branching retired with a amusement connected Sky.

The presenter, actor, and comic is trying his manus astatine history with a caller documentary bid connected his favourite subject, Egyptology.

This is connected apical of his hosting roles for the BBC connected Gladiators and Blankety Blank, positive hosting The Chase, Beat The Chasers, and Breaking Dad connected ITV.

A TV insider said: “This isn’t needfully the tract of expertise astir viewers would ideate him having, but helium is obsessed with this section of past history.

“He’s conscionable thrilled to person bagged a documentary wherever helium gets to indulge the large passion, adjacent if it doesn’t rather acceptable successful with his existent line-up of shows.”

Egypt’s Cosmic Code has conscionable started filming and is apt to driblet aboriginal this year.

The three-part comedy travelogue volition travel Bradley arsenic helium visits immoderate of the North African country’s astir iconic humanities landmarks for the archetypal time.

With the assistance of adept Egyptologists, helium hopes to find answers to immoderate of the past civilization’s biggest mysteries.

It whitethorn besides assistance him tackle immoderate of the theories surrounding its past, which helium has his ain beardown opinions on.

This week connected the Official Mile Fly Club podcast, helium questioned the authoritative past of Egypt’s pyramids.

He adjacent seemed to suggest that they mightiness person been built by a much technologically precocious race, pointing retired that adjacent 21st-century scientists and engineers would struggle.

He said: “We couldn’t bash it today, with the technology today.

“Someone built those pyramids, but it wasn’t the Egyptians, and I’m convinced, and that’s what I’m going to find out.”

Surely, helium should conscionable enlist the Chasers for immoderate assistance — they look to cognize everything.

Rush is taking it slow

Rising prima Lenny Rush looks similar he’s bagged himself a plum relation connected the next bid of Wild Horses.

He was spotted filming a country successful Camden, North London, this week with pb prima Gary Oldman - who plays Jackson Lamb - by his side.

Lenny changeable to fame and won a Bafta for his relation successful comedy-drama bid Am I Being Unreasonable? successful 2023 and has been bombarded with enactment ever since, including starring successful Doctor Who.

His portion successful spy thriller Slow Horses is surely 1 of the astir prestigious yet, not slightest due to the fact that the show, which besides stars Jack Lowden and Kristin Scott Thomas, is lauded by some viewers and critics.

Season 4 dropped past autumn, and Lenny looks to beryllium successful the 5th oregon sixth season, which person some been ordered by Apple TV+.

Not atrocious for a 15-year-old.

Pauline Quirke’s lad Charlie has posted a connection connected societal media to well-wishers aft the Birds Of A Feather star’s dementia diagnosis.

He wrote: “A monolithic convey you to each of you for your messages of support, benignant words astir my beauteous mum.

"We, arsenic a family, are precise moved and touched by each of them.”

This week I exclusively revealed that Brassic was concluding aft the seventh series, which is presently being filmed.

Lead histrion Michelle Keegan was keen to constituent retired the Sky amusement had not been axed, arsenic immoderate news outlets suggested.

Instead, she pointed out: “It’s travel to a earthy extremity aft six fantastic seasons.”

Lottie: My bore hunt

Lottie Moss has praised Celebrity Bear Hunt – adjacent though she was bored stiff connected the show.

The model, half-sister of Kate Moss, says surviving with nary telephone and TV successful Costa Rica for the Netflix bid was “life-changing” and made her “reconnect with myself.”

But she admits, speech from doing challenges and opening up successful the “confessions” segments, determination wasn’t a batch to do.

Speaking connected her Dream On podcast, she said: “I was truthful bored.

“In the time radical would conscionable sleep and 1 time, I had nary 1 to chat to, nary phone, nary TV. I went connected the formation and was picking up tiny shells and trying to find things from a shipwreck.”

Lottie is joined by stars including Mel B, Shirley Ballas, Boris Becker, and Danny Cipriani successful the series, hosted by Holly Willoughby and Bear Grylls, which airs connected February 5.

At slightest she volition person got a decent tan.