Month: March 2012

Former Vampire Diaries actress Sara Canning and Eureka actor Niall Matter are amongst the cast of the forthcoming Primeval spin-off New World. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed some of the cast for the Canadian based Primeval spin-off New World. The spin-off was announced last year after rumours of an American remake being in development. Amongst the cast of Primeval: New […]

The BBC has announced how it plans to mark the 100th anniversary of the RMS Titanic. BBC Two will lead the way on April 14th, the exact day 100 years ago that the Titanic hit the iceberg while sailing across the Atlantic. Titanic: A Commemoration in Music and Film will broadcast live on BBC Two from the Waterfront Hall in […]

Obsessive Compulsive Hoarder will return later this year for a special follow-up programme to see how the life of one hoarder has changed. Channel 4 will return to the extraordinary home of Richard Wallace whose hoarding habits have spread across millions of pounds-worth of property. Filming will take place over a six-month period and will follow Wallace and his community […]

The Press Complaints Commission has fast-tracked its closure ahead of the Leveson Inquiry report. A transitional body will be created with staff and current assets will be transferred. It is not known yet what shape the new commission will take but it is expected that it will be self-regulatory with a choice of opting-in, just as the PCC is. The […]

Beginning today, on International Women’s Day, CNN International viewers will have the chance to meet some of the most influential women of our time, in a new series that will shed light on their careers, lives and ideas. Leading Women is a new interview feature that will appear across CNN International and online on CNN.com. It will showcase two extraordinary […]

Radio station TalkSport is to drop all non-sport programming in a bid to make the station distinctive from its nearest rival BBC Radio 5 Live.   This is the first major change since January 2000 when the station was re-branded from TalkRadio to TalkSport. Programme director, Moz Dee says: “It gives us a great opportunity to work with an international […]

Channel 4 chief executive David Abraham has announced today that a new channel, 4seven, will be launching soon. Speaking at the FT Digital Media Conference Abraham announced the new catch-up TV channel will give viewers a chance to catch up on the most popular content from Channel 4 from the past seven days. David Abraham’s full statement:“With so much choice […]

Netflix is reportedly in talks to pick up Fox’s cancelled dino-drama Terra Nova. Earlier this week Fox confirmed it was axing Terra Nova after just one season – the series starred Jason O’Mara and Shelley Conn. Fans of the series were hopeful of a second season renewal because of the disappointing performance of several other new shows on Fox. However, […]

Television actor Adrian Scarborough will guest star in the seventh season of Doctor Who. The Radio Times reports that the actor will play a character called Kahler Jex in an episode directed by Saul Metzstein. There are, at present, no further details regarding his character or the episode in general. Scarborough is the latest guest star for the seventh season […]

E4‘s teen drama series Skins will come to a conclusion next year with its seventh season. The sixth season of the teen drama is currently airing on Monday nights on E4 though to lower overnight figures than previous years. Channel Four has now announced that a seventh and final season will follow next year. Skins portrayal of teenage life wasn’t […]