Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

Joss Whedon’s struggling series Dollhouse looks set to have another nail in its coffin as reports in American indicate broadcaster Fox are poised to yank the series off-air during November.   The much troubled existance of Dollhouse looks set to continue for a while longer as its been reported by Michael Ausiello on Entertainment Weekly that Fox are poised to […]

Laura Fraser, Ruta Gedmintas and Fiona Button have been cast as the three female lead roles in Lip Service, a bold new drama for BBC Three about the sex lives and love affairs of twenty-something lesbians living in contemporary Glasgow.   Produced by Kudos Film & Television makers of such drama hits as Ashes To Ashes, Spooks and Life On […]

The Press Complaints Commission has announced it will examine a column in The Daily Mail by Jan Moir about the death of singer and actor Stephen Gately. Moir’s comments within the column have provoked anger from fans of the singer, while 21,000 people have lodged complaints to the Press Complaints Commission regarding it. Moir was forced to publish a statement […]

If the Conservative Party came to power in the next election it would ‘rip up the BBC charter’ in a radical overhaul of the corporation which would threaten its future.   In an interview with the Financial Times Tory culture spokesperson Jeremy Hunt has revealed Tory plans for the BBC. Hunt revealed just how much of a threat a Tory […]

Coronation Street producers have denied stories in the press that actresses Tina O’Brien and Kate Ford where due to reprise their respective roles next year for the soap’s 50th anniversary.   Coronation Street producers have denied tabloid stories that they were planning on bringing back Sarah Louise Platt [Tina O’Brien] and Tracey Barlow [Kate Ford] for the soap’s 50th anniversary […]

Actress Jill Gascoine, star of 80’s cop series The Gentle Touch, is to join the cast of EastEnders in the New Year. Jill Gascoine will join the cast of BBC One soap EastEnders in the New Year as Glenda Mitchell, the mother of Ronnie and Roxy Mitchell and ex-wife of the devious Archie. Glenda walked out on her children and […]

A first for ATV News; a direct link to another article on a newspaper website. However no one could put into words better than Charlie Brooker the sheer disgust held over comments made in the Daily Mail yesterday about the late presenter, actor and singer Stephen Gately.   Read Charlie Brooker at the Guardian HERE (opens in a new window.)