Month: July 2010

It’s been announced that DirecTV will pick up the critically acclaimed Glenn Close drama Damages following months of talks between the company and Sony Pictures Televisions.   After months of negotiations its finally been revealed that Damages will return thanks to a deal between DirecTV and Sony Pictures Television. The critically acclaimed but low rated drama, starring Glenn Close, looked […]

The BBC is continuing its search to find a replacement for departed Christine Bleakley who has left The One Show to present new breakfast programme Daybreak for ITV1 when it launches in the Autumn.   The BBC is continuing its search to find a new female presenter for The One Show following the high profile exit of Christine Bleakley. The […]

Fans of the BBC have taken to Twitter to show their support for the BBC by Tweeting #proudofthebbc. The campaign to show support for the corporation has been launched by lobby group 38 Degrees and is response to comments by Jeremy Hunt, the Culture Secretary, over the weekend that the BBC could face a cut in the licence fee.   […]

The critical response to the first edition of Men’s Hour on BBC Radio 5 Live has been mixed. The magazine programme has been launched as a companion series to Woman’s Hour on Radio Four but it seems as those the critics have yet to warm to the new series.   The first edition of new magazine programme Men’s Hour has […]

Rural drama series Heartbeat returned to ITV1 last night for its final season and drew nearly 6 million viewers. Elsewhere the debut of talent show Don’t Stop Believing attracted a modest 1.4 million viewers for Five.   Sunday evening favourite Heartbeat returned to ITV1 last night for the final series of the 1960s based cop-drama. ITV announced last year that […]

Australian soap Neighbours celebrated its 25th anniversary earlier this week and in a few weeks it will mark another landmark; 6000 episodes. However, the celebrations of both events have been marred by the soaps poor performance in Australia where in continues to attract record low ratings. Over the past five years Neighbours has undergone several revamps to turn around its […]