Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

  Find out what happens in the season finale of BBC One’s fantasy drama series, Merlin.   Episode Thirteen: BBC One, Saturday 13th December. 7.10pm. Whilst out on a hunting trip, Arthur and his men encounter a huge and terrifying monster that has the body of a lion and the head of a serpent, with a huge pair of dripping […]

  It’s the second season finale for The Sarah Jane Adventures and Sarah and friends face not one but two enemies but a face from Sarah’s past is on hand to lend her support. But will it be even to defeat two enemies and will everyone get out alive?     Enemy of the Bane BBC One, Monday 15th December. […]

  It’s a whole new world and it’s full of dangers for the group of plague survivors as the BBC’s reimaged series reaches its penultimate episode.       Episode Five: BBC One, Tuesday 16th December. 9pm. Charming and eloquent, John is a preacher with a unique perspective on the new world, but the family’s opinion of him is split. […]

  It’s the final episode of the BBC’s dark new drama series starring Martin Shaw as a preist.       Episode Six: BBC One, Thursday 18th December. 9pm Jacob is unable to complete Mass after performing the reverse exorcism to release Michael’s demon from hell, as the supernatural drama concludes. A concerned Cardinal Bukovak calls in a psychologist to […]

  Find out what happens in this week’s episodes of Heroes, Prison Break and Sanctuary.           Sanctuary [Week 51] Episode Ten: ITV4, Monday 15th December. 9pm   Will (Robin Dunne) receives a call from the wife of a college friend who needs his help finding her missing husband, Danny (Byron Lawson). Enlisting Magnus (Amanda Tapping) and […]

  At the start of the year things were looking pretty good for gay characters in soaps as all of our UK ones had at least one gay character or were about to introduce a gay character but at the end of the year the picture is quite different. Our soap gays are leaving in what could be described as […]

  American broadcaster Showtime is developing a factual series that will follow individuals as they come out to their friends and family.     Showtime is developing a new factual series that will follow the lives of people as they reveal their sexuality to their friends and family. The series hasn’t formally been commissioned yet with the broadcast merely ordering […]

  A morning educational series targeted at teens has sparked complaints after covering sex related issues.     Up to 100 people have complained to Channel Four following its daytime educational show KNTV covered sex related issues. KNTV, made by Tern Television, is targeted at 14 to 16 year olds and has covered topics such as contraception, STD’s, bisexuality and […]

  Television shopping company Ideal Shopping Direct has issued a pre-Christmas profit warning as sales for the company go down and the recession begins to bite.   Ideal Shopping Direct has issued profit warnings for the Christmas period after the company suffered from low sales last month, doubtless due to the recession which is affecting many British retailers. The company […]

  The BBC has appointed Peter Salmon, currently Chief Creative Officer of BBC Vision, as its new BBC North Director. Contains BBC Press Release. Peter Salmon has been appointed Director, BBC North. He is currently BBC Vision’s Chief Creative Officer, responsible for the Corporation’s new in-house multimedia broadcasting and production centre in the division, and takes up his new position […]