Sarah Brown to join Days of our Lives

{jcomments on}Former The Bold and the Beautiful actress Sarah Brown is to join the cast of NBC soap Days of our Lives later this year. The actress played Agnes Jones on CBS soap The Bold and the Beautiful between 2009 until earlier this year. The actress was then taken off-contract by the soap and dropped to ‘recurring’ status. Brown was […]

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Neighbours producer talks about gay romance plot

{jcomments on}Neighbours producer Susan Bower has discussed the Australian’s forthcoming gay romance storyline. The storyline involves the soap’s first regular gay character Chris Pappas (James Mason) and new character nurse Aidan (Bob Morley). The storyline will be the soap’s first male-gay relationship in its 26 year history. The character of Chris Pappas was introduced in February 2010 to some critical […]

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A Bold Voice for UTV

BoldVoices is a new half hour programme being made by 68 local young people exploring social issues as diverse as joy riding and homelessness to air on ITV Northern Ireland. Peter Weil, Producer, BoldFace Productions, which provides film production training to young people and their communities, says: “I was immensely impressed by the high level of filmmaking the BoldVoices team […]

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The Hour launches with nearly 3 million viewers

{jcomments on}BBC Two’s new drama series The Hour launched with nearly 3 million viewers last night according to overnight figures. The new drama – compared to the critically acclaimed Man Men – is set in a 1950s news room and stars Dominic West, Ben Winshaw, Anna Chancellor and Romola Garai. It got off to a very strong start with a […]

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Cameron dodges questions over BSkyB discussions

Prime Minister David Cameron was asked several times today if he had discussions with senior News International executives regarding BSkyB. The Prime Minister was asked several times in the House of Commons to disclose if he had any discussions with Rebekah Brooks regarding the BSkyB takover. News Corporation was looking to take full control of BSkyB, but withdrew after pressure due to the […]

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Phone hacking scandal: The day after the ‘humble’ before

Yesterday was one of the most extraordinary days in parliamentary life as MP’s got to quiz the faces behind the media empire which has dominated life and politics for many years. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News International interrupts his son James at the start of the mammoth session to state “This is the most humble day of my […]

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Alexa Havins and Justin Bruening returning to All My Children

{jcomments on}It’s been revealed that Alexa Havins – currently starring Starz/BBC sci-fi series Torchwood – and Justin Bruening are returning to ABC soap All My Children in September. The duo join previously confirmed returnees such as Julia Barr, David Canary, Ray MacDonald, Lee Meriwether, Carol Burnett, Melissa Claire Egan, Kate Collins, Jennifer Bassey, Josh Duhamel and Eva LaRue. Below is […]

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Complicated compliance cut down by BBC

Rules designed to make programme production at the BBC easier, yet have been described as ‘too restrictive’ are to be simplified.   The BBC Trust have reviewed the programme making procedures and to investigate whether the rules are restricting creativity within the corporation. Last month The One Show host and BBC Radio 2 breakfast host Chris Evans criticised the ‘complicated […]

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Rupert Murdoch attacked at committee hearing

Rupert Murdoch was the subject of an attack at the committee hearing taking place today in London. Includes video clip of the incident. To the surprise of everyone present a plate which what is suspected to be shaving foam was thrown at Rupert Murdoch. The media mogul and James Murdoch had been answering questions from MP’s for over two hours […]

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