Month: November 2014

Mel B has teamed up with Coronation Street for Text Santa. Following in the footsteps of her X Factor co-star Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, Mel will be making an appearance in the soap as part of this year’s charity appeal. “It’s great that Mel B will be a guest star in the special Coronation Street sketch for Text Santa. Viewers will be able […]

Channel 4 Sales has announced a brand new partnership with News UK’s The Times that will see a bespoke version of one of the newspaper’s Unquiet Film (opens in a new window) Series aired across an entire ad break in Homeland. On Sunday 23rd November 2014, the second ad break of the award winning US political thriller will be consumed by a […]

ITV has announced a number of  new factual entertainment shows. ITV Studios’ factual division, Shiver have been tasked with producing the shows including two more documentaries in the broadcasters’ The Nation’s Favourite strand. The Nation’s Favourite 70s Number Ones and The Nation’s Favourite 80s Number Ones will do what it says on the tin in counting down the UK’s most-loved hits from […]

BBC Two is to meet the super rich in a new season of programming. The beeb’s second channel is to air four factual programmes concerning the lives of the well-off with the first commission being The Super Rich and US.  Across two parts Jacques Peretti will explore how the Super Rich are transforming the very fabric of British society. Why have they flocked to […]

Architect George Clarke is to host a new series for Channel 4. Ugly House has been billed as a radical design series that will see innovative and award-winning architects grapple with an “ugly” house and remodel it into a home that works and excites its owners. “I’m delighted to be presenting Ugly House for Channel 4. Phenomenal architecture and design should […]

ITV has confirmed two additions to this year’s I’m A Celebrity… line-up. Former Tory minister Edwina Currie and X Factor departee Jake Quickenden complete this year’s line-up of celebrities. They will be seen entering the jungle in tonight’s episode. Currie, known for her outspoken views, says: “If I hear someone talking complete bo**ocks, then I will probably say so. I am a Scouser […]

Doing their bit to mark sixty years of ITV the cast and crew of Coronation Street will deliver a live episode later this year.

Gemma Collins has pulled out of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! Despite only entering the jungle a few days ago, the TOWIE star has decided she can’t take any more and has withdrawn from the show. A spokesperson for the reality series has confirmed her departure after failing to adjust to jungle life. Her jungle exit will air in tonight’s edition […]

Channel 4 is to look at the digital dating phenomenon that has taken the UK by storm in Love At First Swipe. Production company Rize USA is to shore up a bold new observational offering for the broadcaster that will scrutinise the world of online dating apps with jaw-dropping tales from the modern dating world. “The Cutting Edge strand is the […]