Forsyte Saga still a hit

Period drama The Forsyte Saga has given ITV1 one of its highest audiences this year, unofficial figures have showed.

The remake of the hit Sixties drama drew an average audience of 8.9 million viewers.

BBC One drew just three million viewers for Rescue Me, screened at the same time on Sunday.

ITV1 saw its second highest peaktime audience of 2002, with 43.5% of viewers.

The Forsyte Saga drew up to 18 million viewers when screened in 1967. The new version features Ioan Gruffudd, Damian Lewis and Gina McKee.

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Dance music pioneer dies

Frank Tovey, one of the UK's pioneers of electronic music, has died from a heart attack.

Tovey, who used the name Fad Gadget, was at the forefront of the "electronic movement" alongside The Human League and Cabaret Voltaire.

He recently toured Europe with Depeche Mode and was working on new material at the time of his death.

Daniel Miller, from Tovey's record label Mute, said: "Frank played a big part in helping to lay the foundations of what the label was to become in the ensuing years, I will miss him greatly."

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Ozzy 'backs' animal campaign

Rocker Ozzy Osbourne, famous for biting a bat's head off while on stage, has backed a new animal campaign, according to reports.

He has joined People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and wants South Korea to end cruelty to dogs and cats, claims the Daily Star.

PETA has a host of celebrity supporters including Pamela Anderson and George Michael.

Osbourne can currently be seen on MTV in the US in a top rated docu-soap following his family.

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City star 'pregnant'

Sex and the City star Sarah Jessica Parker and her actor husband Matthew Broderick are expecting their first child, according to reports in the US.

The New York Daily Post reports the actress, who is currently filming a new series of the hit show, is due to give birth in the autumn.

Broderick, 40, rose to fame in 1980s movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and recently stepped down from a role in hit Broadway play The Producers.

The fifth series of Sex and the City, which stars 37-year-old Parker as newspaper columnist Carrie Bradshaw, is due to start in the US in June.

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Actors back Ground Zero campaign

Actors Harvey Keitel and Kevin Bacon have launched a scheme to encourage ordinary New Yorkers to have their say in the redevelopment of Ground Zero in New York.

The pair have been joined by Frasier actress Bebe Neuwirth, who played Lilith, and Yoko Ono in a series of adverts publicising the project entitled Imagine New York.

Public forums have been organised across the city to encourage people to come forward and discuss plans to rebuild Lower Manhattan and establish a permanent memorial for the World Trade Centre.