Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

BBC drama The Invisibles, starring Warren Clarke, Anthony Head and Jenny Agutter, won’t be back for a second series. The BBC has decided not to renew drama series The Invisibles for a second season due to low ratings. The drama starred Warren Clarke and Anthony Head as a pair of retired criminals who are tempted back to a life of […]

The Jeremy Kyle Show has reportedly been dropped by struggling broadcaster ITV from their daytime schedules. The show, which is famous for “exploiting” dysfunctional families, will first be cut back to three airings a week before finally leaving the schedules entirely early next year. The audience debate show launched in 2005 as a replacement for the long-running Trisha chat show, […]

BBC One’s Casualty is to move production from Bristol to Cardiff, the corporation has confirmed. The possibility of such a move was raised several months ago, prompting a campaign in Bristol to get the drama in the city, but now the BBC has decided to move the series to the Welsh capital. Contains BBC Press Release. The BBC has today […]

The BBC confirm that popular children’s drama Tracey Beaker will return for a new series next year but the character will now be all grown up – contains the BBC Press Release. CBBC continues its unique investment into drama for children with its latest commission – Beaker’s Back (working title). Back by popular demand, the nation’s favourite youngster in care […]

A new series of BBC One’s Edwardian medical drama is to air on BBC One later this year. The BBC has confirmed that it’s Edwardian based medical drama is to return later this year. The new six-part series, entitled Casualty 1909, will once again star Cherie Lunghi and Sarah Smart in their respective roles. The series follows the success of […]

The X-Factor, Big Brother and other shows broke rules regarding brand sponsorship. The X-Factor and Big Brother are amongst several shows that broke rules on sponsorship, Ofcom have revealed. The media regulator ruled that the sponsorship of several shows, across ITV, Channel Four, Five, Living and three UKTV Channels, broke the rules because they were judged to have featured promotional […]

The nominations for this year’s Bafta awards has been announced. The nominations for this year’s Bafta awards has been announced. Stephen Fry, Harry Hill, Jonathan Ross and presenting duo Ant and Dec are all competing for this year’s Best Entertainment Performance Prize. It’ll be interesting to see who wins this as Jonathan Ross was involved in the sachs-gate scandal, for […]