Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

  BBC One’s Waking the Dead once again beat ITV1’s Blue Murder last night in the third clash of the murder detective dramas. Also includes ratings for Emmerdale, EastEnders and Coronation Street.   ITV1 might have had the better of BBC One on Sunday evening with returning drama Doc Martin beating Waking the Dead but last night it was quite […]

Labour have responded to the campaign to ‘Save Yorkshire Television’ several months too late as the staff have already been sacked and production moved.     In March this year ‘ITVplc’ announced that they would be ceasing network production at the Yorkshire Television studios in Leeds. It wasn’t long before a campaign was started to save the YTV complex, jobs […]

  The return of Doc Martin to ITV1 last night saw a peak of 8 million viewers tune in – beating stiff competition from BBC One’s Waking the Dead which had previously seen off Miss Marple. Doc Martin succeeded last night where Miss Marple failed – it managed to beat BBC One’s Waking the Dead. The past two Sundays had […]

  Actor Desmond Harrington has confirmed he’ll be reprising his Gossip Girl character of Jack Bass.   Desmond Harrington has confirmed to TV Guide that he’ll be returning to Gossip Girl during the teen-dramas third series. The actor will reprise his role of Jack Bass, uncle to Chuck Bass. Jack was last seen during the show’s second series after failing […]

  ITV is to produce a modern version of Andrea Newman’s controversial novel and LWT drama A Bouquet of Barbed Wire. The remake will star Waking the Dead actor Trevor Eve.   ITV has commissioned a modern reworking of the controversial 1970s LWT drama A Bouquet of Barbed Wire. The novel by Andrea Newman was first published in 1969 and […]

  BBC One’s adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel Little Dorrit has proved to be a hit winner at this year’s Emmy Awards with the period drama collecting seven awards.   BBC One’s Little Dorrit, an adaptation of the novel by Charles Dickens, was a big winner at this year’s Emmy Awards. The period drama picked up a total of […]

  ATV News takes a look at this year’s winners at the Emmy Awards.        Best Comedy Series:   30 Rock Also Nominated: Weeds, How I Met Your Mother, The Office, Family Guy, Flight of the Conchords and Entourage.   Best Drama Series:   Mad Men   Also Nominated: Lost, House, Dexter, Damages, Breaking Bad and Big Love.   […]

  BBC One is reportedly close to commissioning a second series of Reggie Perrin, a remake of the classic 1970s sitcom which starred Leonard Rossiter.  BBC One is reportedly close to commissioning a second series of Reggie Perrin. The sitcom was a remake of the classic 1970s series which starred Leonard Rossiter who goes through a mid-life crisis. The remake […]

  From The Tudors to the Borgia’s, American broadcaster Showtime eyes up the notorious Italian Renaissance clan for new drama series.   The broadcasters of The Tudors, Showtime are hoping to follow up the historical romp with a new drama series focusing on another infamous dynasty from history – the Borgia’s. The Italian family lived during the renaissance and are […]