UNBEATABLE, a new general knowledge based quiz hosted by Jason Manford, has been commissioned for BBC One afternoons. In this quiz, the four contestants can always give an answer – but can they give the ‘Unbeatable’ answer and streak ahead of the…
THE start of 2021 has seen viewing surge on BBC iPlayer, with the first full week breaking records. Viewers streamed 162 million programmes as they flocked to watch The Serpent, A Perfect Planet, Traces and EastEnders on iPlayer. That week also saw…
ROMESH RANGANATHAN’S Bafta-nominated topical comedy show The Ranganation will return to BBC Two this February. Romesh has traded his garage in for a studio but will once again be joined virtually by his focus group, the Ranganation – 20 loveable, outspoken characters…
FILMING on the sixth, and final, series of BBC One’s critically acclaimed Peaky Blinders has begun, the broadcaster has confirmed. Peaky Blinders has become a huge international phenomenon, thrilling millions of viewers worldwide with the story of Tommy Shelby and his notorious…
THE Pembrokeshire Murders was ITV’s biggest new drama overnight audience average since 2014, it has been revealed. The gripping show concluded with 6.6 million viewers last night, that’s 36 per cent of all TV viewers on January 13. That’s the biggest overnight…
SINGER and West End star Brenda Edwards makes her presenting debut on BBC’s Songs Of Praise this Sunday. In a programme pre-recorded before the current lockdown, she joins the Bonny Downs Baptists in East London on their ‘Sunday walking church’, which finishes…
ANITA RANI is to join BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour as presenter alongside Emma Barnett, who became the show’s main host. An RTS Award winning broadcaster with a career spanning nearly 20 years, Anita Rani is a hugely popular presenter. As one…
For as long as she can remember, Kiss FM’s 23 year-old Daisy Maskell, the UK’s youngest ever breakfast radio host, has lived with insomnia – surviving with very little sleep and being awake until the very early hours of the morning. According…
The hit psychological crime drama Hidden continues this year with a six-part third series, the BBC has announced. The BBC Cymru Wales and S4C co-commission, which airs as Craith on S4C then as Hidden on BBC One Wales, will return to TV…
FILMING of Britain’s Got Talent has been cancelled due to a rise in cases of coronavirus across the country, ITV has confirmed. Planned filming of the 15th series of the hit-TV talent show has been put on the back burner after a…