Month: July 2010

The last edition of Mary Portas’ BBC Two series Mary Queen of Shops ended well last night while BBC One thriller series The Silence kicked off with nearly 5 million viewers. However, ITV1’s new police drama Identity took a big knock in the ratings as it dropped nearly 2 million viewers.   The last episode of BBC Two’s popular series […]

The BBC is considering moving its Breakfast programme from its current home in London to Salford while cut backs at the news department means the BBC News Channel would see fewer presenters and programmes such as E24 axed.   BBC Breakfast, which airs on BBC One, may be winning the ratings battle with rivals GMTV but it still may not […]

  As we revealed earlier this morning Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones will be starring in a new legal drama for the BBC (see here >> ). The BBC has now issued a press release for the drama, Silk, which reveals that the drama will also include Natalie Dormer, who played Anne Boleyn in Showtimes historical romp The Tudors while […]

Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones are to star in a new legal drama for the BBC.   Maxine Peake and Rupert Penry-Jones are to star in a new legal drama for the BBC, according to The Sun. The new six-part drama, called Silk, was described by an insider to the tabloid newspaper as having the “fun of Ally McBeal, but […]

The BBC has received complaints from some Christians who are unhappy that preacher Lucas Johnson in the soap EastEnders has turned into a Bible-quoting murderer.

It seems as though viewers prefer Gary Lineker and the BBC’s coverage of the World Cup rather than Adrian Chiles and ITV’s world-cup coverage as last nights finale was seen by over 15 million on BBC One while ITV, which also broadcast the match, could barely past the three million mark. The poor result for ITV concludes what many have […]

ITV has announced it has commissioned a new series of the Inspector Morse spin-off series Lewis which stars Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox.     ITV’s Drama commissioning team today confirmed a new series of the hit drama Lewis starring Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox. Following the success of series four of the detective drama this spring, four new episodes […]

Rapper and self confessed actor Snoop Dogg wants a part in hit ITV saga Coronation Street. The performer, visiting the North West yesterday, thinks its about time Weatherfield had a new dogg on the block.     Speaking to Dianne Bourne of the Manchester Evening News he said: “I had my agent reach out to them to try and get […]