Next Who Companion: Our Candidates

Now that speculation over who’ll play the 11th Doctor is over the press have turned their attention towards the all important role of his new companion. Over the next weeks and months everyone under the sun will probably be linked to the role with Rachel Stevens, Kelly Brooke and Lilly Allen already featuring amongst tabloid speculation. So we’ve decided to […]

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December Boost for BBC iPlayer

The BBC’s iPlayer service had its most successful month ever in December thanks to an impressive line-up of programmes on the BBC over the Christmas period. The BBC’s iPlayer service had its best month in December since it launched in 2007. The biggest month for the service was the result of an impressive line-up of programmes over the Christmas period […]

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Word of the Web: The Ghost Of Fred

The news that Coronation Street appear to be embarking on a storyline which will see the ‘return’ of dead Fred Elliott via a possession of a younger character has gained a lot of reaction from around the web. Here are a collection of comments sent to us and others scooped up from the most popular forums. The news that Coronation […]

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In Profile: Matt Smith – The 11th Doctor

Taking over from David Tennant would be a hard act for any actor as the actor has made the role of the Tom Baker as the 4th DoctorDoctor, well the 10th Doctor, his own. Not since Tom Baker has an actor in the role developed such a loyal following from his fans or attracted so much press attention and praise. […]

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Shameless USA for HBO

Cable network HBO, which has produced some of America’s most acclaimed drama, is developing an American version of the C4 Bafta winning drama series Shameless. USA cable network HBO is developing there own version of Paul Abbotts’ C4 drama series Shameless. HBO has signed a deal with writer and producer John Wells, who has worked on ER and The West […]

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Sachs confirmed for Corrie

Veteran actor Andrew Sachs will be appearing in ITV’s flagship soap, Coronation Street. After much speculation it has been confirmed that Andrew Sachs will be joining the cast of Coronation Street. The veteran actor revealed late last year he had been approached to appear in the ITV1 soap as the brother of Norris Cole [Malcolm Hebden] but will producers of […]

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Serial Disability

With Hollyoaks being the latest soap to broach the subject of disability we take a thumbnail flick through the world of serial and soap to find some of those other popular disabled characters.

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Competition rules could stop Five/Channel Four merger

Any merger between Channels Four and Five would probably be stopped by the competition authorities, a new report claims. In December the possibility of a merger between Channels Four and Five once again reared its head as RTL, the German parent company that owns Five, announced it was interested in acquiring state-owned Channel Four. A merger between the two channels […]

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More Damages for BBC

The BBC has acquired the UK rights to the second season of hit American drama Damages which stars Hollywood actress Glenn Close. The first season of Damages aired on BBC One during 2008. BBC Press Release. The highly anticipated second season of legal thriller Damages starring Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons) and Rose Byrne (Marie Antoinette) is to be […]

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