News about Neil Buchanan

Legendary panel show returning to screens in just months with star-studded lineup - and there's still room for fans in studio audience

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 2, 2024
A multi award-winning panel show is set to return for its nineteenth series in just months,boasting what's set to be a star studded line-up. The legendary show is coming back to Sky Max and NOW this Autumn - and there is still room for fans in the studio audience, reports TV Zone.

From cancelled shows to radio obituaries and being mistaken for his own tribute act! Dave Benson Phillips recalls how falling victim to a cruel death hoax almost derailed his career

www.dailymail.co.uk, April 9, 2024
For those of us who grew up in the 1990s he was the definitive face of children's TV. Affable, upbeat, always excitable and forever ready to gunge a hapless teacher or two, Dave Benson Phillips became a household name thanks to hosting roles on Playhouse Disney, The Fun Song Factory and Get Your Own Back. It all began at Haven Holidays, where Phillips, now 59, worked as a children's entertainer before a visiting talent scout invited him for an audition at BBC Manchester. More than a decade of slapstick success would follow, but it very nearly ended in the most unlikely of places when his wife answered a call from a panicked friend while he was cleaning the gutters at his family home.

After being asked to provide examples of impartiality from the corporation, a minister suspects BBC comedy show The News Quiz of presenting an anti-Tory 'diatribe'

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 23, 2024
The Huw Merriman's remarks, as a day after culture secretary Lucy Frazer said that the BBC's coverage had been biased, interrupted it.

'Banksy' is finally revealed after decades of searching. Robin Gunningham and his wife Joy Millward's 'Banksy' were both on display

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 4, 2023
The identity of the elusive street artist known as Banksy has been one of Britain's most widely circulated and closely guarded mysteries for years. A collection of flamboyant public figures have been linked to the artist's name for 30 years, including Massive Attack singer Robert Del Naja, Gorillaz man Jamie Hewlett, and even Art Attack host Neil Buchanan. However, one name stands out from the rest - that of pop-up artist Robin Gunningham (pictured left), who has now turned 50. He has been named as the first defendant in a High Court lawsuit against 'the artist known as Banksy.' Gunningham and his partner Joy Millward (right) are expected to keep a low profile, even among neighbors.

After arriving at the site of the graffiti artist's mural, builders say that the'mystery man' is Banksy.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 20, 2023
A group of builders has been led to believe that a mysterious man in a bowler hat they found scoping out a famous location where the illusive artist Banksy left a mural is actually the artist himself, although not everyone is convinced. In Herne Bay, the man was seen wondering at the remains of the 'Morning is Broken' piece, which had been inadvertently destroyed.

Neil Buchanan, 66, of Art Attack, seems unrecognizable after swapping kids TV for a heavy metal band

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 28, 2023
After swapping children's television for a big rock band Marseilles, Neil Buchanan seems unrecognizable. After hosting a whopping 19 series before it ended in 2007, the Art Attack star, 66, became a household name. The artist taught viewers how to make and draw cartoons, as well as making things out of household items.

Has Banksy been 'caught' on CCTV in Ukraine?

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 18, 2022
As one of Banksy's latest creations suggests, a video showing a man sneaking up to a burned building in the city of Irpin before waving a spay can at the wall. (left). Although the video appears to be heavily staged and the 'painting' is clearly not live, the artist who has a sarcastic sense of humour and often plays with the belief that what is fake and what is real in his works, The painting, which featured a ballerina in a neck brace, has been confirmed as a genuine Banksy and is one of seven paintings he has painted in towns and cities near Kyiv in recent weeks.