News about Johnny Ball

The bloodbath's body count is similar to a Line Of Duty-style murder spree, with the BBC aiming to cut 100 hours of television shows this year. Not one genre has been left out, with the axe sweeping everything from drama to quiz shows to comedy. In the face of rising inflation and a two-year freeze to the cost of a TV licence, which provides the majority of the BBC's funding, the BBC is hoping to make £500 million in savings, making some of the BBC's more recent ruthless decisions.

This New Year's Eve, I woke up sick. Assuming it was asthma, I used the puffers that I always have with me. There is nothing. An ambulance was delivered at a lightning fast pace by phone calls. The junior doctors hadn't yet started their strike, but A&E was chaos. There were so many people who needed assistance that Barnet Hospital's limited space was overwhelming.

On much-loved BBC shows such as Think of a Number, he taught a generation their math times tables. However, Johnny Ball, 85, has accused the corporation of destroying children's television by moving it to dedicated channels. The host, who is the father of Radio 2 DJ Zoe Ball, has pointed out that his shows had regular viewerships that surpassed six million.

Zoe Ball, 52, is the BBC's highest-paid woman and is about to host Mamma Mia: I Have A Dream, but she admits that even after 30 years in the industry, she still feels 'not good enough'. Ms Ball, the daughter of children's television legend Johnny Ball, rose to fame in the 1990s as one of the first 'ladettes,' but she claims it was 'just a number' and that she has 'grown up a smidgeon', although perhaps not too much.' In a new West End version of the first Mamma Mia film, 12 hopefuls will compete for a lead role.

Krishnan Guru-Murphy has been named as the fourth celebrity in Strictly Come Dancing's upcoming film. On Saturday morning, Claudia Winkelman's BBC Radio 2 show announced the news. Confirming he has signed up for the BBC One dance programme, the journalist, 53, said: 'It's me Krishnan!'