Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

Owenna Griffiths has been appointed as Editor of CBBC‘s Newsround, it has been announced. For 36 years Newsround has set the agenda for news for children – remaining the only daily news programme in this country for six to 12 year olds. Owenna is currently an Assistant Editor on BBC Radio 4‘s Today. In this role she has edited two […]

Hit BBC One drama Hustle is relocating to the Midlands for its next series. Produced by Kudos Films the sixth series will be based in Birmingham after teaming up with Advantage West Midlands and Screen WM – tapping into the agency’s Advantage Media Production Fund. Screen WM comment the move to Birmingham will see ”The city’s many and varied locations […]

Ross Kemp has been announced as the host of the banquet for this year’s finale of Great British Menu. The special one-hour documentary, on BBC Two on Tuesday 16 June at 8.00pm, follows the remaining four chefs, after eight weeks of intense national and regional rounds, as they cook and serve their winning dishes to the troops returning from Afghanistan. […]

The writer and creator ITV drama Foyle’s War is convinced that the series could be axed – again – as ITV looks for ways to cut back costs. Anthony Horowitz, the creator of Foyle’s War, fears his drama series could be ditched by ITV once again. The series stars Michael Kitchen as Christopher Foyle, a cop who investigates crime against […]

Richard Klein, Controller of BBC Four, has commissioned a second series of We Need Answers, the anarchic comedy game show, where the public set the questions to be answered by celebrity guests. Hosted by Mark Watson, with expert analysis from Alex Horne and quiz master Tim Key, the series will return for a 13-week run later this year. Each week […]

BBC Two Daytime today announces it has commissioned a brand new 20 x 30-minute series Travels With Bradshaw (working title). Commissioned by Liam Keelan, Controller, Daytime, for BBC Two, the series will be presented by Michael Portillo and is a TalkbackThames production. In a series of epic train rides that criss-cross the length and breadth of Britain, Michael Portillo will […]

BBC One has commissioned a new five-part drama for its daytime schedules revolving around four women who work in the Women’s Land Army during the Second World War. BBC One is stepping up its commitment to daytime drama in its schedules by commissioning a new five-part drama about four women who work in the Women’s Land Army during the Second […]

Former Emmerdale ‘actress’, Dancing on Ice contestant and tabloid favourite Roxanne Pallet has pulled out of performances with the British Shakespeare Company just days before the opening night. The ‘actress’ took on the Shakespearian roles to ‘prove’ herself as a credible actress to her critics. Roxanne Pallet, former Emmerdale actress and tabloid favourite, has pulled out of her planned appearances […]

It’s been announced that the actor Terence Alexander has passed away at the age of the age of 86. The actor is probably best known for his role of Charlie Hungerford in the Jersey based cop-drama Bergerac. It’s been announced that actor Terence Alexander has passed away at the age of 86. The actor is probably best known for his […]