BBC Two Daytime today announces it has commissioned a brand new 20 x 30-minute series Travels With Bradshaw (working title). Commissioned by Liam Keelan, Controller, Daytime, for BBC Two, the series will be presented by Michael Portillo and is a TalkbackThames production. In a series of epic train rides that criss-cross the length and breadth of Britain, Michael Portillo will […]
Read moreBBC One has commissioned a new five-part drama for its daytime schedules revolving around four women who work in the Women’s Land Army during the Second World War. BBC One is stepping up its commitment to daytime drama in its schedules by commissioning a new five-part drama about four women who work in the Women’s Land Army during the Second […]
Read moreThe Bill has axed its current longest serving character, PC Tony Stamp, after 22 years in the ITV police drama. With the departure of PC Tony Stamp the longest serving character in the series will be DCI Jack Meadows but we take a look at some other characters in The Bill which have also been around for a while. After […]
Read moreThe producers of ITV police series The Bill have decided to axe the show’s longest serving character, PC Tony Stamp [Graham Cole] as part of the drama’s revamp ahead of its move to a 9pm slot. The producers of The Bill, the long running ITV police drama series, have decided to axe the longest serving character on the series. Producers […]
Read moreThe McDonald clan in Coronation Street will once more be reunited, albeit briefly, as Steve McDonald once again tries to get married to Becky Grainger. But which other Coronation Street characters would you like to see back? Who you think it’s time to bring back? Send your suggestions to us at editor@atvnewsnetwork.co.uk and please put “Corrie Comebacks” in the title […]
Read moreThe BBC has announced that a new Science based series will air on BBC One this summer which will look at how science shapes the world around us. Contains the BBC Press Release. This summer BBC One launches Bang Goes The Theory, a new series that looks at how science shapes the world around us. From exploring the world’s most […]
Read moreNBC’s I’m A Celebrity USA is coming to ITV2 it has been announced. The US version of the series premiered last night in America and stars Janice Dickinson who also appeared on the British series of the show, Heidi and Spencer Pratt and Rod Blagojevich’s wife Patti. “We’re extremely excited to be announcing the first international sales for the upcoming […]
Read moreFormer Coronation Street stars Charles Lawson and Nicholas Cochrane, Jim and Andy McDonald in the ITV soap, are set to return to the soap later this year it has been announced. The pair are expected to reprise their roles later this month in a plot which will see Steve (Simon Gregson) finally tie the knot with his tempestuous girlfriend Becky […]
Read morePopular theatre, cabaret and television drag performer Danny La Rue has died aged 81 after suffering several strokes in recent years and a cancer diagnosis.
Read moreLet’s take a look back at television news from May 2009; in this months edition we take to the dance floor with Richard and Judy, find out which television stars want to take on the corrupt and truth-less MPs while Jimmy is reunited with his old fix it friend, Susan Boyle has a odd turn on Britain’s Dubious Talent Show […]
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