Author: ATVNewsUK

Channel 4 has announced that UK online retailer, Shop Direct, is to be the official commercial launch partner of 4oD on Sky.

Haunted Encounters is a ‘spine-tingling’ new series for the Bio channel which sees a team of investigators, known as the Paranormal Syndicate, visit some of America’s most haunted locations.

Time Team as a series is now part of television history and last weekend was the first without an episode on Channel 4. Fans of the show however haven’t downed tools and are continuing their historic battle of sorts to save the show and restore it to its rightful place in the schedules.

Four decades after William Shatner, as Star Trek’s Captain Kirk, first encountered the lizard-like alien Gorn the actor has come face to face with the creature once more to promote a new Star Trek venture.

Now in its nineteenth year, one of the world’s best-loved comedy festivals has agreed a title sponsorship with broadcaster and TV and home communications provider, Sky.

Murder-mystery drama Shetland has been re-commissioned by BBC One for a second series to air next year.

Misfits starring Joseph Gilgun, Karla Crome, Nathan McMullen, Matt Stokoe and Natasha O’Keeffe will sign on for community service one last time in the fifth and final run of the award-winning series as it goes into production this week.

Jane Nebel Henson, along with husband Jim Henson (pictured left with the Muppets) proved a successful partnership with his creation The Muppets. She played an ‘influential’ role in getting The Muppet Show commissioned. When all the American networks turned the series down, it was ultimately made in Britain by ATV for ITV before finding global success.