Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

  Saturday evening family-drama Merlin will return to BBC One next year for a new season. The BBC has re-commissioned Merlin for a second season which will air on BBC One next year. The fantasy drama series has performed well for BBC One on Saturday evenings despite an ever changing time-slot and being up against The X-Factor. A caption card […]

  Scottish television and film actor Robert Carlyle has signed up for a leading role in the new Stargate spin-off, Universe. Scottish actor Robert Carlyle has been signed up for a lead role in the new upcoming new Stargate spin-off, Stargate Universe, according to The Hollywood Reporter. According to the trade paper Carlyle will play Doctor David Rush in the […]

  The BBC has confirmed that viewers for who voted in Strictly Come Dancing’s semi-final will not be given a refund after no contestants were evicted from the dancing competition due to a three-way tie, instead the votes are likely to be added next week’s votes instead.     The Strictly Come Dancing semi-final last night saw none of the […]

  Alexandra Burke has won ITV’s titan singing contest The X-Factor beating off tough competition from boyband JLS and Irish singer Eoghan Quigg.   Alexandra Burke won The X-Factor last night after pulling in the most votes from viewers. The singer, from London, beat off tough competition from boyband JLS and singer Eoghan Quigg. According to the show’s host, Dermot […]

The BBC has defended Graham Norton after a report in The Daily Mail claims he made a joke about Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.

  Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, wife of late Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, will have a role in the forthcoming new Star Trek movie according to Variety.   Majel Barrett-Roddenberry will once again voice the computer of the Starship Enterprise in the forthcoming new Star Trek movie, by J.J Abrams. Majel Barrett-Roddenberry was the wife of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who […]

  ITV’s style guru’s Trinny and Susannah are to return to the commercial broadcaster next year with a brand new series following disappointing ratings for their other ITV vehicle, Trinny and Susannah Undress…     The two stylists were originally presenters of BBC’s What Not To Wear before being poached by ITV however, the two seasons of Undress didn’t impress […]

  The fourth season of BBC One’s revived Doctor Who was the most popular programme on iPlayer, the BBC’s playback service.   The fourth season of Doctor Who was the most watched programme on BBC’s iPlayer over the past year. It wasn’t just online that Doctor Who proved to be a hit for the BBC with ratings for the series […]

  Details for a proposed spin-off from teen drama series Gossip Girl have been revealed.     According to Star magazine the proposed spin-off from US teen-drama series Gossip Girl will feature on teenage romance between Lilly Van Der Woodson [Kelly Rutherford] and Rufus Humphries [Matthew Settle]. The spin-off will chart the teenage romance between the two and how it […]