Category: DN: ATV Today News Archive 2002 – 2019

  Some of the smaller news stories in the world of Cult and Sci Fi.   TV Guide reports that Soprano’s actress Ari Graynor will appear in three episodes, or possible more, of Fox SF series Fringe. The actress will play the youngster sister Olivia Dunham [Anna Troy]. Graynor will make her first appearance in the series in January. American […]

  Rumours circulate on the internet that the forthcoming Battlestar Galactica webisodes could feature a gay kiss between two male characters     According to Ain’t It Cool News, and other sites, the forthcoming Galactica webisodes, which will take place between the two halves of season four, will feature a gay kiss between two male characters. Other websites are so […]

  Filming in the first series of Fashion Babylon has been delayed by the BBC due to script issues.     Fashion Babylon, a new drama series for the BBC, has been delayed because of script issues. Pre-production on the series was expected to begin shortly but scripts for the new series aren’t apparently ready and so the BBC has […]

The BBC has won thirteen awards for its range of children’s programmes, and presenters, at this year’s Bafta Children’s Awards. Amongst the awards won by corporation include ‘Channel of the Year’ for CBBC. “We are thrilled to have been awarded 13 BAFTAs at this year’s awards. It is a testament to the hard work of everyone involved in CBBC and […]

Future seasons of Channel Four’s Shameless could run for shorter episodes due to budget cuts at the terrestrial broadcaster. The comedy-drama’s fifth season, which aired earlier this year, ran for 16 episodes and the sixth, expected to hit screens early next year, is expected to match that. However, any further seasons could be cut by as much as half. According to the […]

  ITV’s long running arts and culture show The South Bank Show returns in 2009 for a new season of documentaries.     The Specialist Factual And Arts department delivers more high profile South Bank Shows when it returns at the end of January 2009. The 2009 season starts with the glittering South Bank Show Awards hosted by Melvyn Bragg […]

The BBC has been accused of ageism as plans to revamp the long running Sunday morning rural affairs show Countryfile has seen all of its middle-aged female presenters ‘Moria Stewart-ed’ from the show. MediaGuardian reports that Countryfile – which will be moving from its traditional Sunday morning slot to a new evening peak-time broadcast – has ditched all of its […]

  Following the highly successful and critically acclaimed one-off film broadcast earlier this year, The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency returns as a six-part series, based on Alexander McCall-Smith’s internationally best-selling novels. Filming has begun on location in Botswana for BBC One, HBO and The Weinstein Company.   The first-ever drama series filmed and set in Botswana, the six-part 60-minute series […]

  Renowned US talk show host and veteran politician Jerry Springer is to guest host Have I Got News For You, the BBC’s top-rating topical comedy quiz show, for the very first time.   London-born Springer will join regular team captains Ian Hislop and Paul Merton on 12 December for the eighth programme in this series. Jerry Springer was born […]

  Find out what happens in this week’s episodes of Heroes and Sanctuary.           Sanctuary [Week 49] Episode Eight: ITV4, Monday 1st December. 9pm   Will (Robin Dunne) gets a call from Joe Cavanaugh (Kavan Smith), a former colleague in the police force, who grudgingly concedes that his suspicious suicide case desperately needs Will’s rare expertise […]