Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

A round up of ratings from the weekend which includes huge ratings for both outings of The X-Factor while viewers found something better to watch than Piers Morgan’s Life Stories. On Sunday evening Doc Martin ended with impressive figures while The X-Factor peaked high for a controversial booting off.

Today is the last day of our Coronation Street DVD give-a-way. We’ve got two copies of Romanian Holiday to win and all you have to do is email us your name and address. Should you not be one of the lucky winners picked at random by ATV Network, then the brand-new exclusive to DVD Corrie special can be bought in […]

Fans of ITV’s reality television series The X-Factor are up in arms over the latest eviction from the series. Simon Cowell’s decision to take the vote to deadlock resulting in ‘Jedwood’ being saved at the expense of a more talented contestant has sparked anger from fans and calls for a mass boycott of the series.   Warning: If you do […]

Coronation Street executive producer Kieran Roberts has been forced to defend the Molly/Kevin affair in the Granada soap after it was criticised by readers of Radio Times. Kieran Roberts, executive producer of Granada soap Coronation Street, has defended the soap’s Molly/Kevin affair storyline after readers of the Radio Times were somewhat critical of it. The storyline has not been well […]

Actress Tupele Dorgu, who plays Kelly Crabtree has decided to leave Corrie early next year.   Tupele will leave the cobbles, when her current contract ends, after five years on the show.   However, before her departure, knicker-stitcher Kelly will find herself caught up in factory politics, when she catches the eye of Weatherfield’s returning prodigal son Nick Tilsley.   […]

There has been a lot of rumours lately surrounding forthcoming episodes of The Bill and where these will air around the ITV schedule when the new series of jungle reality show I’m A Celebrity kicks off on ITV later this month. Well ATV News can confirm that The Bill will be taking a four week transmission break and will next […]

ITV has signed a new, exclusive two year deal with Ant and Dec which will extend the award winning duo’s long term relationship with the UK’s most successful commercial broadcaster through to December 2011.   The double act joined ITV in 1998 presenting the Saturday morning shows SM:TV Live and CD:UK. They have been exclusively signed to the channel since […]

ITV has announced the commissioning of a new period drama, Joe Maddison’s War, written by multi-awarding winning writer, Alan Plater.   Starring Kevin Whately and Robson Green, Joe Maddison’s War will be produced by Mammoth Screen and will take the form of a one-off film.   Set in Newcastle in 1939, Joe Maddison’s War features shipyard worker Joe (Kevin Whately) […]