Author: Shaun Linden

The sixth season finale of Channel Four’s Shameless will see a regular character killed off – and it’ll be murder! The sixth season of Shameless will draw to a close next Tuesday and will a regular character killed off – in a murder! According to tabloid newspaper The Mirror one of the gangster Maguire family will be killed off in […]

BBC One has axed comedy drama series Mutual Friends due to disappointing ratings. BBC One comedy drama series Mutual Friends won’t be back for a second series as the corporation has decided not to renew the series due to disappointing ratings. The series was hyped as the 21st century answer to Cold Feet and there were hopes it would run […]

ITV1’s current affairs programme Tonight has once again been forced to cut its production budget as ITV struggles to rein in costs. ITV1’s current affairs programme Tonight is once again having its budget slashed just six months after a previous cut in the show’s budget. According to reports ITV want the programme to cut a further 15% from its budget. […]

Comedy series Benidorm has been re-commissioned by ITV though it’ll return with an extended episode format. ITV has re-commissioned its Tiger Aspect produced comedy series, Benidorm, for more episodes. The third series of the sitcom will kick off later this year with a soon to air one-off special followed later by the third season. However, while previous episodes have been […]

Struggling broadcaster ITV is planning to revamp its daytime magazine series This Morning when it introduces a new co-host later this year. Reports in several newspapers today claim that ITV are planning to axe several “experts” from its magazine show This Morning as it attempts to cut costs. While ITV has denied this the struggling broadcaster has confirmed it is […]

The eight season of BBC One spy- drama Spooks enters production. Contains BBC Press Release. Award-winning drama Spooks is back in production, for a fantastic, high octane eighth series and is set to return to BBC One this autumn. Following the dramatic climax of series seven viewers will be on the edge of their seats, eagerly waiting to find out […]

Find out who won in this year’s Bafta Television Awards. The Winners of each award are highlighted in blue Actors: Jason Isaacs for The Curse of Steptoe [BBC Four] Ken Scott for Hancock and Joan [BBC Four] Stephen Dillane for The Shooting of Thomas Hurndall [Channel Four] Ben Whishaw for Criminal Justice [BBC One] Actress: June Brown for EastEnders [BBC […]

Never Mind The Buzzcocks host Simon Amstell has quit the show, it has been announced. The 29-year-old replaced former host Mark Lamarr on the show in 2006 and has since won numerous awards for hosting the long running popular music quiz. A BBC spokeswoman confirmed that Amstell has indeed quit the show “After three series, Simon is leaving Never Mind […]

ITV studios is reportedly developing a new daytime quiz show pilot and if successful the show could launch on ITV1. In The Chase, members of the public will team up to compete for a cash prize of up to 100k. The team must answer a series of general knowledge questions in order to win the cash, but standing in their […]

The BBC iPlayer will now allow users to watch programmes shown on the BBC’s HD channel. Contains the BBC Press Release. The BBC HD channel is now available via BBC iPlayer, enabling users to stream HD programmes for seven days after first broadcast, or download and watch them within 30 days. BBC HD – the BBC’s free-to-air high definition channel, […]