TV & Film News
THE National Television Awards will still go ahead as planned at the O2 in London this September, ITV has announced. Organisers announced on Wednesday (January 20) that the glitzy red carpet event will still take place on Thursday, September 9. Exec Producer…
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…
LIFE is about to get a lot more complicated for the Bailey family as the newest member of the clan arrives in Weatherfield. Ronnie, Ed’s brother, will be played by Vinta Morgan and will walk on to the famous Corrie cobbles next…
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…
