Jasmine Allday
Jasmine Allday focuses on television-led entertainment coverage for The Mirror, combining deep soap knowledge with live reporting on reality shows and fast-turn celebrity news from red carpet and high-profile events. Her work is shaped by a fan’s familiarity with long-running TV programmes and a desk editor’s instincts for what moments in showbiz will resonate beyond the screen. She holds an assistant TV and showbiz editor role, specialising in stories that sit where soaps, big primetime formats and celebrity culture intersect.
Soaps and TV dramas
Soap operas and scripted TV dramas sit at the core of Allday’s beat, and she treats them as an ongoing narrative rather than isolated episodes.
Her professional bio highlights her coverage of key British soaps, from the Dingle storylines in Emmerdale to the shifting gossip in EastEnders’ Albert Square and the comings and goings behind the Rovers Return bar in Coronation Street. She also tracks major BBC and ITV drama series alongside prominent Netflix releases, positioning them in the wider entertainment landscape rather than as standalone reviews. The emphasis across these pieces is on plot developments, character arcs and fan reaction, showing she writes for readers who already recognise the worlds and families at the heart of these shows.
Reality shows and live coverage
Allday is heavily involved in reality TV coverage, particularly big tentpole series that dominate prime-time schedules. Her work on Strictly Come Dancing reflects an eye for performance and choreography, supported by a self-described dance expertise that she uses to frame contestants’ routines and judging decisions. She helps lead reporting on I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here, including Bushtucker Trial-focused pieces and live formats that follow the episode beat by beat, such as coverage of the 2025 series where key camp moments and trial results were documented as they happened. During Love Island 2026, she contributed to final-night coverage that mixed outcome reporting with speculation about tensions between finalists and how viewers might interpret the emerging narratives. Across these shows her pieces treat reality TV as serial storytelling, with close attention to interpersonal dynamics, challenge outcomes and the social media conversation around them.
Celebrity news, events and obituaries
Alongside TV formats, Allday writes regular celebrity news and event-led stories, often anchored in a specific incident or public appearance. Her coverage of Lizzie Cundy being turned away from Royal Ascot over an inappropriate dress is typical of how she captures the friction points between celebrity image, event rules and public perception, balancing the immediate news hook with detail on setting and reaction. She also writes more reflective showbiz news pieces, including coverage of comedy actor Richard O’Sullivan’s death, where the article not only announces his passing but sets it against his legacy in series such as Man About the House and his place in British television history.
These stories show a willingness to move from lighter red carpet and fashion moments to more sombre industry news while keeping the focus on the personalities at the centre of each story.
Features, reviews and commentary
Beyond straight news, Allday produces features and reviews that give her space to describe atmosphere and audience experience. Her Big Feastival 2026 live review frames the event as a family-friendly festival, with attention to music, food and the practicalities that matter to attendees, blending descriptive colour with clear judgments on what works well. In her piece on the Lily Phillips documentary, she writes a reaction-led feature that foregrounds how the programme left her speechless and unpacks why the storytelling has that effect, going beyond a simple synopsis to consider tone and impact.
These longer-form articles show she is comfortable shifting into first-hand commentary, using concrete detail from the screen or the field to support her take without losing the straightforward style that characterises her news work.
Across soaps, reality shows, celebrity incidents and TV-linked features, Allday’s coverage stands out for treating television as the backbone of entertainment reporting, with celebrity and event stories often framed through their relationship to programmes and broadcast moments. Her combination of fan-level familiarity with flagship shows and responsibility for live and breaking coverage gives her work a continuity that runs through daily TV news, big reality finales, red carpet stories and the occasional obituary or review.
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