Jonathan Ross welcomes Take That to this week’s Friday Night With Jonathan Ross on BBC One. The group talk about their next album – Gary Barlow says: “we haven’t started yet… we’re really looking forward to trying again.” And Gary also explains how they still can’t believe their renewed success: “We’re genuinely surprised… trying to keep up with it all. […]
Read moreSpace Hoppers is a brand new seven part series featuring interplanetary adventures featuring physicist Professor Brian Cox and, following the success of the first season of Richard Hammond’s Blast Lab, there will be a further twenty-six new episodes of the popular science-based gameshow. Anne Gilchrist, Controller of CBBC, who commissioned both series, said: “It’s great for CBBC to have two […]
Read moreAs we reported earlier in the week the BBC is boosting its comedy output from Scotland, and today they announced further programming from the same studios. Three comedy pilots – Burnistoun, Limmy’s Show and Gary: Tank Commander – are to be made into three six-part series later this year. Ewan Angus, Executive Producer for BBC Scotland, said: “This is exciting […]
Read moreOwenna Griffiths has been appointed as Editor of CBBC‘s Newsround, it has been announced. For 36 years Newsround has set the agenda for news for children – remaining the only daily news programme in this country for six to 12 year olds. Owenna is currently an Assistant Editor on BBC Radio 4‘s Today. In this role she has edited two […]
Read moreActress Karen Drury, better known to soap fans as Brookside‘s Susannah Farnham, is returning to the world of soap with a guest appearance on long running BBC daytime soap Doctors. Article also includes information on other actors who are set to appear in the daytime series. Contains spoilers. Former Brookside actress Karen Drury will star as housewife Kirsty Thornton in […]
Read moreHollyoaks actress Zoe Lister is quitting the Channel 4 soap, it has been announced. The 27 year old who has played film studies student Zoe Carpenter in the teen soap for the past three years will bow out in December. “It’s scary but also very, very exciting, I think three years in a soap is enough to do and you […]
Read moreHit BBC One drama Hustle is relocating to the Midlands for its next series. Produced by Kudos Films the sixth series will be based in Birmingham after teaming up with Advantage West Midlands and Screen WM – tapping into the agency’s Advantage Media Production Fund. Screen WM comment the move to Birmingham will see ”The city’s many and varied locations […]
Read moreWelcome to this months Rewind: Soap File, looking back at the world of serial from the last four weeks.
Read moreRoss Kemp has been announced as the host of the banquet for this year’s finale of Great British Menu. The special one-hour documentary, on BBC Two on Tuesday 16 June at 8.00pm, follows the remaining four chefs, after eight weeks of intense national and regional rounds, as they cook and serve their winning dishes to the troops returning from Afghanistan. […]
Read moreThe writer and creator ITV drama Foyle’s War is convinced that the series could be axed – again – as ITV looks for ways to cut back costs. Anthony Horowitz, the creator of Foyle’s War, fears his drama series could be ditched by ITV once again. The series stars Michael Kitchen as Christopher Foyle, a cop who investigates crime against […]
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