Many of you have been asking where to find the recipes featured on channel 4’s new TV show, Cook Yourself Thin.

Well have no fear! The girls have written a fabulous book, containing all the recipes from the show and more.

Order your copy here!

Cheap at only £6.75. I reccomend a speedy purchase as this book has received a LOT of interest and is sure to fly off the shelves!

Admittedly, I haven’t been watching Big Brother much this year. Despite a promising start, the series just hasn’t caught my attention. I do know that BB isn’t performing to previous standards though and from what I’m reading in the papers, viewers are switching off in droves.

So naturally, on the night that Charley was destined to leave - an eviction so certain the bookies were paying out in advance - Big Bro has sent in the Big Guns.

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Channel 4 show Wife Swap is to ramp up the controversy by including their first ever gay couple.

The swap will take place between a homophobic farmer and his wife, and a lesbian couple.

A show source said: “The farmer is very prejudiced, and initially he’s horrified living with the lesbian.

“His wife is none too happy either. But it’s interesting to see what happens . . . it’s not what you’d expect.”

Should be good telly!

Lily Allen’s rise to fame has been meteoric. Many have an opinion on who Lily is and what she does, based exclusively on tabloid pictures and her outspoken views. Filmed in London, New York and LA with unprecedented access, Lily Allen: Still Alright? documents Lily at the end of her controversial US tour. Former manager and old friend George Lamb takes the opportunity to get her side of the story. Lily talks frankly about some of the more infamous moments from the past year, from fights with the paparazzi to her alleged feud with Amy Winehouse, her take on fame, music and the cult of celebrity.

Channel 4, Sunday 15 July 2007 1:40pm

As the Home Office announces plans to offer drug treatments to child sex offenders to try to stop them re-offending, this shocking and honest film examines the legal castration of child sex offenders in the USA, in a bid to rehabilitate them.

The film talks to five men who believe castration, whether chemical or surgical, is the only solution to their deviant behaviour. The Castration Cure raises difficult and controversial issues including: Can you cure a paedophile? And if so, is castration the answer?

Thursday 5 July 2007, Channel 4

For the climax of the BAFTA-nominated food series, the action moves to Gordon’s restaurant at Claridge’s in London’s West End where the most successful amateur brigade of the series will be cooking the lambs that Gordon and his family have been rearing in their back garden.

For the winning brigade it’s the ultimate culinary challenge. Award-winning comedian Ricky Gervais comes for dinner and gets the surprise of his life when he tastes some of the world’s strangest foods. And there’s mayhem in the kitchen as Johnny Vegas cooks pizza in the recipe challenge.

Tuesday 3 July 2007, Channel 4

Shrink Rap is an antidote to the conventional chat show, presented by psychologist Dr Pamela Connolly - also known as actress and writer Pamela Stephenson. In this programme Pamela talks to Sharon Osbourne.

Famous as an X Factor judge, chat show host, best-selling author and even star of her own real-life soap opera, Osbourne is one of the best-known women in Britain. But her childhood was chaotic - and violent. Here, she talks movingly about her life then and now.

Monday 2 July 2007 Channel 4

In the week Live Earth parties for the planet, Dispatches reveals how attempts to buy our way out of climate crisis may be making things worse.

Channel 4 News science correspondent Tom Clarke dissects the many ’solutions’ to global warming being marketed to consumers, from tree-planting and carbon offsetting to green energy tariffs. Jetting off on holidays and mini-breaks, we’re increasingly turning to offsetting to alleviate our environmental guilt. But what are offsets? And are they really the answer in the fight against global warming?

Monday 2nd July Channel 4

As the country stubs out its collective fag, a one-hour, tongue-in-cheek tribute to the perilous, but also, for some, the highly pleasurable pursuit of smoking. Well-known smokers talk about their first drag, ex-smokers about their last and a few defiant stars who continue to puff away muse on how the ban will effect their lives… or not.

The programme features contributions from Motorhead’s Lemmy, Johnny Vegas, Joan Bakewell, Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Charlotte Rampling, Michael Winner, Will Self and the late Bernard Manning

Sunday 1st July, Channel 4

Tuesday 26 June 2007 Channel 4

Formidable diet dictator Gillian McKeith turns her attention to big girls looking forward to their big day. In each episode Gillian meets three bulging brides-to-be in desperate need of her help.

With a wedding at stake, Gillian’s upped the ante by making the brides compete for the wedding dress of their dreams! But this isn’t just a guide for a bride, it’s a show packed with information and tips for everyone who needs to shed a pound or two.

Society too often fails to take action against bullying in schools, the media and the workplace - sometimes to devastating effect. Presenter Emma-Jane Cross was bullied at school and saw her brother systemically bullied because he was gay.

As a direct result of her experience Emma-Jane set up a charity, Beat Bullying, that aims to put prevention work into every school in the UK. She believes she has the expertise to stamp out bullying but she needs to raise four pounds per child to make it happen.

Friday 29 June 2007, Channel 4

Joel from Salford is 13. He has been smoking since he was eight. Filmmaker James Routh delves into Joel’s world to get behind the shocking image of a child smoker.

The film also follows Joel’s mother as she tries to kick her own habit in a bid to help her son. Child Chain Smoker explores extreme underage smoking in a distinctive observational style. The film also includes contributions from Joel’s teachers, friends and family in a bid to understand the circumstances that led him to take up such an addictive drug at such an early age.

Thursday 28 June 2007 Channel 4

Father-of-ten Patrick Savidge used to adore his children. But in October 2003, a car crash left him in a coma.

When he woke up three weeks later, he had forgotten nearly all of the last 16 years of his life, and the love he had felt for his family had completely disappeared. Eighteen months after the crash, Patrick is starting a new form of intensive therapy with one of Britain’s leading neuropsychologists. It’s the family’s last chance to bring the “Superdad” they used to love back to life.

Monday 25 June 2007 Channel 4

After ten years of Blair-gazing, and 100 shows to jog the memory, this is the perfect opportunity for Rory Bremner to step back into the archives and add his own personal take on the departing PM’s time in office.

With contributions from Michael Portillo, Charles Kennedy, Clare Short, Frank Dobson, Jon Snow, Andrew Marr, John Kampfner, Lauren Booth and the BBF team, Rory pieces together the story of the Blair years. With clips from the series, personal anecdotes, and contributions from the real John Fortune and the fake Alistair Campbell, it’s a timely retrospective.

Monday 25 June 2007 Channel 4

The Daily Mail newspaper has reported today that Peaches Geldof, daughter of Sir Bob of the Boomtown rats, is to have her own reality TV show.

The 18 year old is currently being followed by cameras and the show will be aired this summer on Channel 4.

“Peaches is an entertaining young woman,” explains the source.

“She is funny to watch because she just doesn’t care what people think. She will turn up at a party, throw the most enormous strop and then get drunk.”

The insider adds : “Peaches always tries to impress her mates by taking them all along to the festivals, even though they haven’t got tickets. But she thinks by the time they all get there it will be too late and knows that she will always get her own way.”