A newspaper report claims axing Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley from ITV’s struggling Daybreak would cost millions. The Mirror claims that axing the two former One Show presenters from the morning magazine show would cost ITV £4 million pounds. That’s because both presenters have clauses in their contract requiring a £2 million pay out each if they are let go […]
Read moreDallas actors Larry Hagman and Linda Gray – who have recently reprised their roles on Dallas for a new TNT pilot – have reunited once more for an advert for the airline Qantas. The Sun reports the two – who played husband and wife J.R Ewing and Sue Ellen – are fronting the adverts for the new route between Sydney […]
Read moreA further 13 classic episodes of police drama The Bill are to be released on DVD. The fifth volume of episodes will 13 episodes of the “half-hour” format of the show, released by Network DVD. The Bill originally launched as drama series in 1984 following the successful Woodentop pilot of 1983. In 1988 the series underwent a radical revamp of […]
Read moreAs BBC North bids farewell to its Manchester studios to move into its new home in Salford, Tess Daly is to host a special programme for BBC One North West which takes a nostalgic look back at some of the classic television programmes that have come out of Oxford Road over the last 35 years. Tess is joined for Auntie’s Northern Soul by […]
Read moreBrian Souter, co-founder of Stagecoach, has been honoured with a knighthood but over 2000 people have signed a petition calling for the honour to be rescinded because of his support for Section 28. Section 28, introduced by the Conservative Government, under Margaret Thatcher, in the 1980s, banned the “promotion” of homosexuality in Schools. In Scotland it was known as Clause […]
Read moreLord Patten, the new BBC Trust chairman, has told the Sunday Telegraph he will fight to protect the BBC World Service. The corporation has taken on funding responsibilities for the World Service has part of its licence fee settlement with the coalition government last year. The corporation, as part of the same agreement, took over funding for BBC Monitoring and […]
Read moreIt’s been confirmed that Sky has successful acquired the smash-hit comedy musical Glee from E4.
Read moreThe producer of ITV’s gritty detective drama Whitechapel has promised the third series will be the darkest yet. Sally Woodward Gentle, the executive producer, has promised the third season will take the characters to even darker places. “We now have the chance to take Chandler, Miles and Buchan to darker places still. If you thought the Ripper and the Krays […]
Read moreThis week is National Carers Week and so we thought it was a good time to look at the Crossroads Care charity which was founded by ITV and ATV in 1973 after a storyline in the Midland serial, Crossroads. Crossroads Care (caring for carers) is now the biggest respite charity in the world. Barbara Rudge of the Birmingham branch tells […]
Read moreA round-up of stories relating to the American soaps with more returns to All My Children announced but more departures from Days of our Lives coming too as ATV Today’s Editor Doug Lambert reports.
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