Month: March 2012

Suranne Jones is to star in The Secret Of Crickley Hall a new ‘haunted house’ drama on BBC One this autumn. Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey, Single Father, Five Days) will star as Eve Caleigh in a chilling haunted house event drama for BBC One this autumn. She will be joined by an all-star cast including Tom Ellis (Miranda, The […]

Actress Bonnie Langford has said she would ‘love’ to return to Doctor Who if asked. The actress played companion Mel Bush between 1986 and 1987 making her first appearance in the Terror of the Vervoids segment of Trial of a Time Lord opposite Colin Baker. Langford remained in the role when Sylvester McCoy took over but departed at the end […]

UK Eurovision fans are unimpressed that Engelbert Humperdinck has been selected to represent the country in this year’s competition. Engelbert Humperdinck was revealed as the UK entry for Eurovision, last week, by the BBC in what can only be described as a surprise selection. There had been rumours that girl group Atomic Kitten would reform to represent the country although […]

John Barrowman has joined Shonda Rhimes new ABC pilot Gilded Lilys. Entertainment Weekly reports that the actor has joined Rhimes new period pilot as Julius Lily, the ‘playboy son’ of  family looking to open at hotel in New York. Gilded Lilys is set in 1895 and revolves around the opening of the first grand and luxury hotel in the city. […]

NBC‘s musical drama Smash, which stars Jack Davenport and Anjelica Huston, saw its ratings rise last night while J.J Abram’s new Fox series Alcatraz held steady. At 8pm NBC’s singing competition The Voice had 16.3 million viewers with a whopping 5.8 18-49 rating. The series added even more viewers in the 9pm hour as it rose to 17 million viewers […]

Former Republican presidential hopeful Michele Bachmann has branded Piers Morgan ‘rude’ after appearing on his CNN chat-show. Bachmann, a so-called ‘darling’ of the Tea Party, was one of the hopefuls in the race to be nominated as the Republican candidate for this year’s Presidential elections in America. However, Bachmann fell at the first hurdle coming sixth in the Iowa caucuses […]

Stars such as Harry Hill, Alex Jones, Lorraine Kelly and Darren Bennett are backing a campaign to ‘take a step’ towards Fairtrade across this year. Stars such as Harry Hill, Alex Jones, Lorraine Kelly and Darren Bennett are backing a campaign to ‘take a step’ towards Fairtrade across this year. The names of stage, television and big screen have committed […]

The BBC has ordered a new comedy series Hebburn, from one of its pilots at the Salford Sitcom Showcase last year, which will star Vic Reeves, Jason Cook, Chris Ramsey and Kimberley Nixon. The BBC announces it has commissioned Hebburn, one of the shows ‘piloted’ last year as part of the BBC’s Salford Sitcom Showcase season in the Media City […]

Sky Arts 1 is to collaborate with Raymond Gubbay and the Royal Albert Hall to broadcast their production of Verdi’s operatic masterpiece Aida starring Claire Rutter and Joseph Wolverton. Sky Arts 1 will dedicate its Friday night schedule to broadcast an exclusive television version of the spectacular production. Aida Live is part of Sky Arts commitment to become even bigger […]

UTV Media has added another company to its portfolio with Simply Zesty, the market leading social media agency in the Republic of Ireland.   UTV Media has added another company to its portfolio with Simply Zesty, the market leading social media agency in the Republic of Ireland. Simply Zesty was set up in 2009 and employs 22 staff at its […]