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LONDON, February 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - Bodog Europe Will be Offering Live 'in-Running' Betting on Who Killed Archie Mitchell, Friday 19th February In a world first, online bookmaker Bodog (http://www.bodog.com) will be offering odds during EastEnders' live show when they reveal who killed Archie Mitchell.

Wendy Richard, a British TV star who spent more than 20 years in the soap opera, EastEnders, has died of breast cancer at age 65. Richard, who revealed in October she was terminally ill, died Thursday with her husband of four months at her side, The Telegraph reported. In a career that began in 1960 and included movies as well as television, Richard was best known for her work in two long-running shows that were broadcast around the world.

An upcoming episode of the 23-year-old British television series EastEnders is slated to feature only black actors, The Daily Telegraph reported. The installment of the show reportedly focuses on black character Patrick Trueman, played by Rudolph Walker, and examines how attitudes regarding race have

About 14.3 million viewers tuned in to watch A Matter of Loaf and Death, the latest installment in Britain's Wallace & Gromit franchise, the BBC said. The BBC said the stop-motion animated film scored the year's highest Christmas Day ratings.