Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

According to reports in the media the BBC are planning to launch a late-night spin-off of magazine show The One Show with Adrian Chiles as host. A pilot episode of The Ten Show, a topical show about the stories behind the week’s headlines, is due to be filmed shortly.   The BBC is reportedly planning to launch a late-night spin-off […]

Former Silent Witness and Brookside actress Amanda Burton will join the cast of BBC One drama Waterloo Road next year. Original Silent Witness star Amanda Burton returns to BBC One to take a lead role in the popular drama series Waterloo Road.  Amanda joins the cast of Waterloo Road as Head Teacher Karen Fisher. Amanda begins filming on location in […]

Yorkshire soap Emmerdale is set to tackle the subject of illegal immigrants when a new character joins the ITV soap having smuggled herself onboard one of the King family haulage’ trucks. ITV soap Emmerdale is set to tackle the topical subject of illegal immigrants entering the country in an upcoming storyline. A young Ukrainian woman will smuggle herself into the […]

Actor Ramon Tikaram will join the cast of BBC One soap EastEnders later this year playing the father of Amira Shah. The actor is probably best remembered for his role in 1990’s drama This Life but is no stranger to the world of soap having appeared in the Carlton revival of Crossroads in 2002. Ramon Tikaram (famous for his role […]

An American remake of the hit Channel Four drama Shameless has been given a pilot order by Showtime.   Showtime has ordered a pilot for its planned remake of Shameless, the hit Channel Four drama. An American remake of the drama has been mooted for some years with HBO originally interested in developing it however; Showtime took over the project […]

Danni Minogue’s comments to contestant Danyl Johnson in reference to his sexuality on last Saturday’s X-Factor have sparked nearly 4000 complaints to Ofcom, the media regulator.   Nearly 4000 people have complained to Ofcom, the media regulator, over Danni Minogue’s comments to X-Factor contestant Danyl Johnson on last Saturday’s edition of the ITV series. Minogue commented to Johnson that he […]

A new signing, a return of an old favourite and the latest on Maggie Jones. Coronation Street bosses have confirmed that popular posh actor Nigel Havers has signed up for a stint in the nations most famous street. BAFTA-nominated actor Havers will play a character called Lewis. Corrie say that the character will be “a charming gentleman escort who accompanies […]

Adapted from Andrea Levy’s best-selling award-winning novel, BBC One’s two-part drama Small Island is an epic love story about the determined pursuit of dreams in the face of seemingly insurmountable barriers.   Set against the backdrop of the Second World War in a time when landlords would put up signs that read “No Irish, no coloureds, no dogs”, Small Island […]