Month: September 2011

A new poll has revealed that Tory voters are more likely to oppose gay kisses on soaps. A survey by YouGov was carried out and found that Tory voters are more likely to oppose gay male kisses on television. Despite their opposition to gay male kisses Tory voters are more likely to prefer lesbian kisses than other voters. The YouGuv […]

{jcomments off}ITV has reportedly picked up a Cornish based drama rejected by the BBC. Broadcast reports that ITV Studios has picked up a drama rejected by the BBC after a long development process. Bandit Country is a crime drama based in Cornwall written by James Henry who worked with the BBC on the project for nearly two years but ultimately […]

Doctor Who was the most requested programme on the BBC iPlayer for August. The episode, Let’s Kill Hitler, was the most requested programme of the Summer month. Pretty impressive seeing as the episode aired last Saturday and therefore in few days left of August it managed to zoom up the iPlayer charts for the month to reach number one. It […]

BBC Two has revealed the cast for its adaptation, and completion, of Charles Dixon’s last novel; Edwin Drood. Leading the cast will be Tamzin Merchant (Catherine Howard in The Tudors) and Matthew Rhys along with Freddie Fox, Alun Armstrong and Julia McKenzie. An adaptation and completion of Charles Dickens’ last novel, Edwin Drood, left unfinished at the halfway mark at […]

David Kermode, former BBC Breakfast editor has been named as the new editor for ITV 1’s Daybreak ITV has announced that David Kermode will be the new editor of Daybreak and work alongside Karl Newton who becomes executive producer. Kermode is currently editor of 5 News and has previously worked at the BBC on Breakfast and the BBC News Channel. […]

Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff has become the second housemate to be evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house. Pamela, who received seven nominations, faced the public vote against Darryn Lyons. During the ‘surprise’ eviction last night Pamela received the most votes and was evicted. At the end of her interview, she was told that she had to save four housemates from facing […]

BBC Three is to fill its pre-watershed slots mostly with repeats according to Broadcast. Broadcast reports that BBC Three is likely to fill its slots between 7pm and 9pm with repeats of its own programmes as well as those from BBC One. Instead BBC Three would be concentrating its money on post watershed programmes instead mostly in the 9pm/10pm slots. […]

There has been a number of books over the years that have taken a look at popular ITV comedy On The Buses, but author Tex Fisher has produced what is regarded as one of the best, if not the best, about the classic series and films.   There has been a number of books over the years that have taken […]