Author: ATVNewsUK

BBC Two has won terrestrial channel of the year at the Media Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. 

Former EastEnders actress Cheryl, was the second celebrity housemate to be voted out of Celebrity Big Brother summer 2012. Cheryl faced the public ‘vote to save,’ after being nominated by her fellow housemates Prince Lorenzo, The Situation and Rhian on Wednesday.

Speaking at the Edinburgh Television Festival, Channel Controller Danny Cohen has discussed the BBC One, network its importance and the channel’s plans for the future.

ITV has cast Joanna Lumley in a star role as matriarch Lady Maria Byrn in their television movie the Making Of A Lady.

Quirke is a new three-part series for BBC One adapted by screenwriters Andrew Davies and Conor McPherson and starring Gabriel Byrne in the title role based on the books by Benjamin Black – pseudonym of award-winning Irish writer John Banville.

Award- winning writer Tony Grisoni of Red Riding and The Unloved is to pen a drama based in a fictional English market town called Southcliffe. However its far from quaint and peaceful as the action revolves around several shootings across 24 hours.

Abba’s classic hit Dancing Queen has been voted the favourite pop song from the 1970s in a poll conducted by digital radio station Smooth Radio 70s.

Channel 4 and Cancer Research UK are joining forces to launch Stand Up To Cancer in the UK. Television, music and film stars will come together in October in a new national fundraising event to galvanise the public in the fight against cancer. The on-air season will build over a whole week on Channel 4, culminating in a live fundraising […]

Creative England is to launch its new crew database at its forthcoming crew networking evening at Elstree Studios.