ACTRESS and Britpop icon Patsy Kensit has been lined up to star in the much-awaited Real Housewives Of London.
The former EastEnders, Emmerdale and Holby City star, who is the former wife of Oasis rocker Liam Gallagher, would take top billing in the spin-off of the Cheshire version.
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The series will feature a gaggle of wealthy and glamorous women based in the capital.
A TV insider said: “The Real Housewives Of London is not about celebrities, but Patsy is typical of the calibre of people the producers are targeting. She’s an exception worth making in this case.
“But the creators are keeping very tight-lipped about who the final line-up will include, but the very fact they have approached Patsy is sure to whip up excitement.”
The prospect of mother-of-two Patsy, who has been married four times, taking part isn’t that far-fetched as she starred in Celebrity Big Brother in 2015.
Reality TV channel Hayu announced last year it was making The Real Housewives Of London, due to drop at some point in 2025.
The exact date and details have yet to be confirmed.
But it is eventually expected to get picked up by ITV.
It comes a decade after the The Real Housewives Of Cheshire debuted on ITVBe and helped turn the likes of Dawn Ward and Lauren Simon into minor celebrities.
The show also starred Christine McGuinness, who was then married to TV presenter Paddy.
So producers of the show have form for adding a sprinkling of stardust among the line-up.
TENNANT FLOP
DUE to low ratings, David Tennant’s The Genius Game will now only air once a week on ITV1.
The show, which sees some of Britain’s brainiest folk take on epic strategy games, was due to screen on Wednesdays and Thursdays but the schedule has been scrapped.
Squid game has deadly finale
LIFE is going from bad to worse for Squid Game hero Seong Gi-Hun, aka Player 456, as Netflix teases the saga’s final series.
After his valiant efforts to defeat the baddies failed, he’s thrust back into the deadly challenges to face a sick string of new trials.
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In the trailer of the six-part series our man – played by Lee Jung-Jae – is set upon by guards, while other players take part in a brutal lottery.
It looks to test mother and son Geum-ja and Yong-sik, plus heavily pregnant Kim Jun-Hee, who gives birth during the game.
Meanwhile Lee Myung-gi, who lost the gang millions as a cryptocurrency trader, is left bloodied.
The third and final Squid Game drops on Netflix on June 27.
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MARCHING OUT WITH THE TROOPS
VIEWERS will be taken to the frontline of modern warfare in new three-part BBC docuseries The Troops.
It follows The Royal Regiment of Scotland’s day-to-day life and on overseas military exercises. It airs on iPlayer later this year.