Month: March 2012

After much dithering ITV has finally decided to order a second series of Red or Black fronted by Geordie duo Ant and Dec. ITV has commissioned an all-new second series of Red or Black? from ITV Studios and Syco TV. Hosted by Ant and Dec, the show will air weekly on ITV1 later in the year. The high octane, high […]

Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, has promised his party the first gay marriage will take place in the UK by 2015. Clegg was speaking to his party at its Spring Conference in Gateshead. The coalition government – which the Liberal Democrats are members of – will hold a consultation this month on legalising civil gay marriage. The plans […]

BBC Three has ordered a new business series Be Your Own Boss fronted by Richard Reed. The BBC has announced Be Your Own Boss (w/t), an exciting new series for BBC Three from production company Twofour, commissioned by Zai Bennett, Controller, BBC Three and Alan Tyler, Executive Editor Entertainment Commissioning, and fronted by one of the co-founders of Innocent Smoothies, […]

ITV has ordered a four-part series of Endeavour; it’s Inspector Morse prequel starring Shaun Evans. It has been reported that ITV has ordered a four-part series of Endeavour following a successful one-off special earlier this year. Endeavour is a prequel to the hugely popular Inspector Morse series which starred the late John Thaw. For the prequel actor Shaun Evans played […]

The equalities minister Lynne Featherstone, a Liberal Democrat MP, has branded the Churches’ opposition to gay marriage as ‘dark age’ homophobia. This weekend Catholics across the UK were told it was there “duty” to oppose plans to legalise same-sex marriages. A letter outlining opposition to gay marriage was written by the leaders of the Catholic Church in the UK and […]

Popstar Britney Spears has apparently rejected an offer of $10 million to become a judge on X Factor USA. Simon Cowell is searching for two new judges after Paula Abdul and Nicola Scherzinger were both axed following the first series. Host Steve Jones has also been dropped from the show following a poor reception. It is claimed online that Spears […]

X Factor boy band One Direction are set to appear on America’s Today Show on Monday. The band which were put together during the X Factor in 2010 have currently been on tour with US group Big Time Rush. On Friday, NBC breakfast show Today had a report about the group ahead of their appearance on the show tomorrow morning. […]

Britain’s Got Talent is set to go head to head with the premier of The Voice. The Voice is expected to launch on Saturday 24th March, the same day that Britain’s Got Talent (BGT) returns for its sixth series. The BBC has accused ITV of trying to ruin the launch of The Voice by choosing to launch BGT earlier than […]