Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

Last Of The Summer Wine, the world’s longest-running sitcom, has been re-commissioned for a further six half-hours by Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC One, and Lucy Lumsden, former Controller, Comedy Commissioning. Filming will take place this summer, in and around the Yorkshire town of Holmfirth, for transmission in 2010. The series, described by the BBC as a “whimsical comedy about people […]

ITV’s Drama has confirmed that the cost-cutting network is to make another series of Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis starring Kevin Whately and Laurence Fox. Four new episodes will go into production in July featuring Inspector Robbie Lewis and his partner DS Hathaway investigating murder mysteries against the glorious backdrop of Oxford. The new commission of this quality drama comes hot […]

In a country ravaged by plague, war and financial meltdown, Dara O’Briain and his four horsemen are preparing to ride to the rescue this summer with the seventh series of smash hit topical panel show Mock The Week. Returning on Thursday 9 July 2009, the BBC Two comedy maintains the unique mix of quiz, performance and topical discussion that saw […]

The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s best-selling children’s picture book, will debut on BBC One this Christmas. The film’s all-star voice cast features Robbie Coltrane as the Gruffalo; Helena Bonham Carter as the narrator; Rob Brydon as the Snake; James Corden as the Mouse; John Hurt as the Owl and Tom Wilkinson as the Fox. Jay Hunt, Controller, BBC […]

Hollyoaks actor Gerard McCarthy has signed up for ‘The Louis Vuitton Bag’, a modern day film adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s ‘Lady Windermere’s Fan’. The 90-minute feature will be directed by Karl Golden and produced by Samson Films, the production company behind the 2008 Oscar winning film‘Once’. Primary shooting begins in July on this modern tale of blackmail, infidelity and recession […]

The Street, Jimmy McGovern‘s powerful, multi-award-winning drama, returns to BBC One for an eagerly anticipated third series. The Street, Jimmy McGovern‘s powerful, multi-award-winning drama, returns to BBC One for an eagerly anticipated third series. The show, which won British TV’s top industry awards for two consecutive years, picking up both the 2007 and 2008 BAFTA and Royal Television Society Awards […]

The BBC have announced they’re launching a brand new sitcom which will launch on BBC Two this Autumn. Miranda is based on the semi-autobiographical writing of comedy actress Miranda Hart. The show started its life as a TV pilot and then moved onto becoming the critically acclaimed, Sony Award nominated radio series, Miranda Hart’s Joke Shop, on BBC Radio 2. […]

CBeebies has commissioned Initial, an Endemol Company, to produce a brand new cookery show, I Can Cook. Aimed to get under-sixes in the kitchen, the series will celebrate a hands-on approach to cooking and discover the magic of the full cycle of food. From the field to the fork, children will learn to connect what’s on their plate everyday with […]