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SUE BARKER (41) is to be the first female presenter of BBC's A Question of Sport, replacing David Coleman (71) who is quitting…

SUE BARKER (41) is to be the first female presenter of BBC's A Question of Sport, replacing David Coleman (71) who is quitting after 18 years.

The former British No 1 tennis ace stood in as host twice last year and will open the 27th series later this year.

Star Trek hero William Shatner is to beam on to TV screens this summer as one of the guests in a quirky new Channel 4 game show.

The veteran actor who played Captain Kirk in the series is to make a special appearance in Space Cadets alongside Craig Charles and Greg Proops.

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The Melina Mercouri Foundation in Athens is seeking film archives on the life and times of the late actress and Greek culture minister who died in 1994.

In a plea issued in the Greek press, the foundation, headed by her film director husband, Jules Dassin, called on people with professional or amateur film depicting Melina or her work to come forward to help found an archive.

The Spice Girls will be grilled by a celebrity audience in a ITV show, it was announced last night.

Britain's chart topping five will appear on An Audience With ... on a Saturday evening in November to face questions from celebrities and their children.

Princess Diana visited Hillary Clinton at the White House yesterday and then flew to Mother Teresa's hospital bedside in New York.

The princess, who is in the US on a fundraising mission for landmine victims, spent 30 minutes at the White House before flying by private jet to New York where Mother Teresa of Calcutta (86) is seriously ill in hospital.