Sky News Radio - Special Reports

The summer is coming to an end so Katie, Stevie and Claire discuss the TV we can look forward to this Autumn including #BakeOff #Strictly and #XFactor, #TheBodyguard, #SharpObjects and the final #BigBangTheory. Plus they dissect the #celebrity stories that have made headlines during silly season and hear from #IdrisElba on his directorial debut #Yardie and of course those #Bond rumours. And we go back in time to hear from another 007 #DanielCraig.

In Backstage, the entertainment podcast from Sky News, Katie, Stevie and Claire discuss the recently announced controversial changes to the #Oscars. Stevie reviews #TheMeg and #CrazyRichAsians and we hear from some of the #MercuryPrize nominees including #LilyAllen and #EverythingEverything. Plus we go back in time to hear #Kylie reflecting on her career. 

#showbiz #entertainment #celebrity #films #movies #music #review #redcarpet

In this Sky News entertainment podcast, Katie Spencer, Stevie Wong and Claire Gregory contemplate whether we’re getting too 'woke' when it comes to showbiz. Stevie gives the new Mission Impossible film a glowing review and we hear from cast members Simon Pegg and Rebecca Ferguson, plus get all the goss out of ComicCon where the new Doctor spoke to reporters and a host of new trailers were debuted, and we head back in time to when Madonna took a tumble.

#showbiz #entertainment #insatiable #missionimpossiblefallout #tomcruise #simonpegg #rebeccaferguson #comiccon #doctorwho #jodiewhittaker #aquaman #glass #alita #madonna

Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is trying to complete the mammoth task of swimming the length of the English Channel from Land’s End to Dover.  The aim is to swim 350 miles in 50 days. He is doing it as part of a campaign to ensure 30 percent of our oceans are fully protected by 2030. Sky's Rebecca Williams has spent day 15 with him as reaches the quarter point.

In the latest of Sky News' 'Line 18' podcasts, Sky’s Kumba Kpakima meets some of the most feared gangs in London, and members of the communities being hit by violence.

Produced by Anna Jones and Andy Hughes.

#line18 #skynews #londoncrime #gangs

In this instalment of Sky News' 'Line 18' podcasts looking at division in our society in 2018, Sky's Lucy Cotter learns what people think about proposed changes to the Gender Recognition Act.

The transgender community wants to simplify the legal process - but it's facing opposition from hard-line feminists.

Produced by Amy Hitchcock and Simon English.

Katie and Claire have all the gossip from the Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again world premiere - hear from stars including Cher and Pierce Brosnan. Stevie introduces us to the In My Feelings challenge and the team chat through the Emmy nominations. Plus we go back in time to hear from Mick Jagger.

#MammaMia #premiere #showbiz #entertainment #cher #inmyfeelingschallenge #drake #emmys #rollingstones #mickjagger

England captured the hearts of a nation during the World Cup, but fell at the penultimate hurdle with a semi-final defeat by Croatia. In the last podcast of the series, Sky News Radio's Joe Townsend speaks to football writers Simon Peach, Rory Dollard and Sam Cunningham about what England can take from the tournament, whether the third place play-off is worthwhile and who will win the final between France and Croatia?

#WorldCup #WorldCup2018 #Russia2018 #Russia #ENG #England #ThreeLions #ItsComingHome

England will play their first World Cup semi-final since 1990 when they face Croatia in Moscow on Wednesday. Sky News Radio's Joe Townsend speaks to the Press Association's Simon Peach, Jeremy Armstrong of the Daily Mirror and The i's Sam Cunningham from England's training base. How have the team and manager Gareth Southgate done it, when was the country last going this mad for football, and would semi-final defeat now feel like failure?

#WorldCup #WorldCup2018 #Russia2018 #Russia #ENG #England #ThreeLions #ItsComingHome

After England won on penalties at the World Cup for the first time ever - by beating Colombia in the last-16 - Sky News Radio's Joe Townsend speaks to the Press Association's Simon Peach and Rory Dollard, and Sam Cunningham from the i, back at England's training base. They talk England making history, their chances in the quarter-final against Sweden - and what would now constitute success at the tournament.

#WorldCup #WorldCup2018 #Russia2018 #Russia #ENG #England #ThreeLions #ItsComingHome