Tiger Aspect and Bafta award-winning writer Abi Morgan (White Girl, Sex Traffic) re-unite to produce Royal Wedding, a 90-minute single drama for BBC Two. Jodie Whittaker (St Trinian’s, Cranford) and Darren Boyd (Little Dorrit, Kiss Me Kate) head up the cast in a story set against the backdrop of 1981’s much-celebrated marriage of the then Lady Diana Spencer to […]
Read moreEastEnders star Danniella Westbrook didn’t look to Kim Medcalf’s portrayal of Sam Mitchell for inspiration before reprising the role.
Read moreEastEnders bosses have announced that Chris Coghill is to reprise his role as Tony King on the soap.
Read moreLast week the EastEnders team unveiled the slightly revamped set of titles and theme music which will start airing from this coming Monday. The revamp to the titles and music is just to bring them more up-to-date with the titles being influenced by Google Earth. The only real difference viewers will note with the new titles is the addition of […]
Read moreNew Tricks drew to a close of 7.7 million viewers last night while ITV’s The Bill continued its ratings recovery with 3.6 million viewers tuning in. The sixth series of New Tricks ended impressively last night for BBC One with 7.7 million viewers tuning in. The audience peaked at one point with 7.9 million viewers but the […]
Read moreATV Today’s editor Doug Lambert ponders on the bemusing question of why a news-site would report a story it thought was untrue in the latest edition of ATV Reports.
Read moreThe Wire actor Idris Elba is to star in a new BBC thriller series, Luther, in which he will play the title character – a brilliant genius and detective with a dark side he struggles to contain. Idris Elba is to star in Neil Cross’s first thrilling six-part series Luther, it was announced today, made by BBC Drama […]
Read moreReports suggest that Channel Four is hoping to lure Mary Portas away from BBC Two where she has fronted popular series Mary Queen of Shops. The Sun is reporting that Channel Four are hoping to sign up Mary Portas for an exclusive two year deal. Portas currently fronts popular BBC Two series Mary Queen Of Shops in […]
Read moreAmerican broadcaster AMC has renewed its critically acclaimed 1960s advertising based drama Mad Men for a fourth season. The broadcaster has re-commissioned the series following record ratings for its current third series. Critically acclaimed American drama Mad Men has been given an early renewal by its broadcaster AMC. The 1960s based advertising drama has won record ratings for its […]
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