The ability of gay people in Iraq to live relatively freely has been severely curtailed following the toppling of Saddam Hussein, a documentary on BBC Radio 5 Live has found. In Gay Life After Saddam, Aasmah Mir finds out how life for the country’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community (LGBT) has got much worse since the fall of Saddam Hussein […]
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Read moreBBC Bosses have been accused of failing the North East region with a lack of production and investment in the Tyneside area.
Read moreLast Of The Summer Wine, the world’s longest-running sitcom, has been re-commissioned for a further six half-hours by Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC One, and Lucy Lumsden, former Controller, Comedy Commissioning. Filming will take place this summer, in and around the Yorkshire town of Holmfirth, for transmission in 2010. The series, described by the BBC as a “whimsical comedy about people […]
Read moreBroadcaster Five have stepped into the BBC’s shoes by launching a soap news website. The new service called Holy Soap aims to bring all the latest UK soap news from all broadcasters, including ITV and Channel 4. From today Holy Soap will be the new official online home of Five’s cornerstone line-up of Australian soaps Neighbours and Home & Away. […]
Read moreITV’s Drama has confirmed that the cost-cutting network is to make another series of Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis starring Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox. Four new episodes will go into production in July featuring Inspector Robbie Lewis and his partner DS Hathaway investigating murder mysteries against the glorious backdrop of Oxford. The new commission of this quality drama comes hot […]
Read moreThe Herald Sun reports that Neighbours actress Pippa Black has become the latest star to quit the Aussie soap. Black has been with the soap since 2005 but has now announced her intention to leave. Speaking of Black’s decision, Neighbours exec Susan Bower said “We’ve anticipated that Pip would want to spread her wings and have been incredibly privileged to […]
Read moreThe Street, Jimmy McGovern‘s powerful, multi-award-winning drama, returns to BBC One for an eagerly anticipated third series. The Street, Jimmy McGovern‘s powerful, multi-award-winning drama, returns to BBC One for an eagerly anticipated third series. The show, which won British TV’s top industry awards for two consecutive years, picking up both the 2007 and 2008 BAFTA and Royal Television Society Awards […]
Read moreIt has been announced that Neighbours star Brett Tucker is set to leave the soap when his contract expires in September. The actor has played the role of teacher Daniel Fitzgerald in the soap since 2007 but is set to leave later this year with plans afoot to move to the US after winning a green card. Speaking of his […]
Read moreCorrie actor Craig Kelly is set to leave the soap, it has been announced. The star will bow out of the long running ITV soap later this year when his character factory boss Luke Strong disappears in suspicious circumstances. “I have had a ball playing Luke Strong and although it’s been fun I always knew he would be a character […]
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