Big screen for the BFG

On the big screen, 12-year-old Ruby Barnhill made her film debut alongside the Oscar-nominate Mark Rylance in Steven Spielberg’s live-action version of Roald Dahl’s BFG.

Despite mixed reviews it took nearly £150 million at the UK Box Office.

Len to hang up his dancing shoes

Eammon Holmes and Anastacia were among the names linked with Strictly 2016. Despite that it was one of the show’s judges who grabbed the show’s pre-series headlines in July.

Len Goodman announced he would be leaving the programme after 12 years.

The 2016 series would be his last.