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The Stig Speaks Out
The man behind the Stig said that his
Top Gear bosses at the BBC compared him to a Dalek and a Blue Peter
dog.
Hollyoaks Christmas
Channel 4 soap Hollyoaks will be rocked
by an unusual murder storyline this Christmas, its producer has
revealed.
New
Enfield and Whitehouse Series
Comic duo Harry Enfield and Paul
Whitehouse return to BBC Two later this month with a variety of new
characters, and one or two old favourites, in a new series.
Secret Dealers
ITV1 Daytime has commissioned a new
series for the autumn called Secret Dealers.
Morecambe and Wise
Drama
Victoria Wood stars in a new BBC Two
drama about comedians Morecambe and Wise.
The Stig
Officially Sacked
The Stig has officially been sacked from
Top Gear.
BBC
Manchester Building For Sale
The BBC has put its Manchester
headquarters up for sale as part of the corporation's move to
Salford.
Piers
Morgan Replaces Larry King
Former newspaper editor and Britain's
Got Talent judge Piers Morgan will replace TV presenter Larry King
on the US network CNN, it has been announced.
BBC World Service
Cuts
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said today
that no decisions have been taken about possible cuts to the BBC
World Service's annual £264m grant.
Italy May
Return To Eurovision
The fourth series of The X Factor has
begun on Italian television and it has been announced that the
winner, instead of being offered a place at the Sanremo Song
Festival, may represent Italy at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest.
Daybreak - Eamonn
Holmes
Eamonn Holmes has allegedly claimed that
Daybreak bosses tried to poach members of his team for the new
breakfast show, a report has claimed.
Strictly Line-Up
Revealed
Magician Paul Daniels, rugby player
Gavin Henson and former Destiny's Child star Michelle Williams will
all compete in this year's Strictly Come Dancing.
Phil Collins In
ITV Special
Phil Collins appears in his first
television special - For One Night Only - to be broadcast on
Saturday, September 18.
Dambusters
Actor and vintage plane enthusiast
Martin Shaw next week presents a documentary from the BBC which aims
to uncover brand new information about the RAF's famous wartime
Dambusters raid.
C4 Ditches 5 O'
Clock Show
The 5 O' Clock Show has been axed by
Channel 4 after just one series.
Five Departures
Robert Charles, the head of sport at
Channel 5 since 1997, is one of the latest leading executives to opt
to leave the company since the £105 million takeover last month by
Daily Express proprietor Richard Desmond.
More Than
A Million For Daybreak
More than a million people tuned in to
see the launch of ITV's new breakfast show, Daybreak yesterday,
according to overnight figures.
C4 Show For Jimmy
Carr
Channel 4 has reportedly signed Jimmy
Carr, Charlie Brooker, David Mitchell and Lauren Laverne to appear
in a new topical comedy series with a working title 10 O'Clock Live.
TV Choice Awards
EastEnders took the best soap award at
this year's TV Choice Awards with Emmerdale picking up three prizes.
Louis Walsh
Ageist Sacking
Louis Walsh has said he was sacked from
The X Factor because of ageism – saying it felt like a “public
execution”.
Bruce Forsyth Quits Strictly Results Show
Bruce Forsyth has quit Strictly Come
Dancing's Sunday results show and will be replaced by Claudia
Winkleman, it was announced today.
Daybreak Dawns
Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley
have ushered in a new dawn for breakfast television.
X Factor Viewers
ITV's The X Factor scored its highest
ratings of the series so far on Saturday night, according to
unofficial overnight figures.
Derren Brown -
30,000ft Hero
Illusionist Derren Brown will try to
turn an ordinary man into a “hero at 30,000ft” in his new Channel 4
show this week.
ITV's Daybreak Week 1
Former Prime Minister Tony Blair and The
Prince of Wales and will be guests in the first week of new ITV
morning show Daybreak, producers said.
Hollyoaks Fire
A number of Hollyoaks residents are set
to find themselves in danger when an explosive fire that
starts in Il Gnosh rages through the upstairs flat and into the
neighbouring buildings.
Sarah Kennedy Leaves BBC Radio
Vintage presenter Sarah Kennedy is leaving Radio 2, 34 years
after joining the station.
Benidorm - Roger
Moore
Roger Moore is set to join the cast of
ITV's Benidorm.
More US TV For
Jamie Oliver
US TV chiefs have ordered a new series
of Jamie Oliver's fat-busting Food Revolution show, just days after
his Emmy success.
Airline
Comedy Starts Filming
New comedy series, Come Fly With Me,
starring and written by the makers of Little Britain, Matt Lucas and
David Walliams, has commenced filming for the BBC.
Paul O'Grady
For Talent Show?
Paul O'Grady has told TV Times that he
would consider being a judge on Britain's Got Talent.
X
Factor and Strictly Will Not Clash
The launch of the new series of Strictly
Come Dancing will not clash with The X Factor.
Mark Thompson at No
10
The BBC has today denied the director
general compromised its independence by visiting Downing Street to
discuss coverage of spending cuts.
Jonathan Ross
Jonathan Ross said today the “sheer
volume of negative press” he was attracting to the BBC was one of
the reasons he quit the corporation.
Talent
Contestant Denied Tribunal
A Britain's Got Talent hopeful who
claimed she was discriminated against at her audition, has failed to
get her case taken to an employment tribunal.
Sky Reaches HD
Landmarks
Living HD launches today on Sky, meaning
that Sky has now confirmed all 50 High Definition (HD) channels that
will be available by Christmas, in line with its promise to
customers, the broadcaster said today.
Police
End Discovery Channel Siege
US police shot and killed a man who took three people
hostage, waving a gun and apparently fitted out with explosives, in the
headquarters of the Discovery Channel near Washington.
No Return
For Richard and Judy
Presenters Richard Madeley and Judy
Finnigan have ruled out a return to daytime television.
BBC Staff Vote To
Strike
Union members at the BBC have voted in
favour of strike action in a dispute over pensions.
BBC Loses Stig Battle
The High Court today refused to grant a
temporary injunction preventing the revelation of the identity of
Top Gear’s The Stig.
Michael McIntyre
BBC One's Live At The Apollo, Michael
McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow returns to BBC One this month for a
second series, it was announced today.
George Galloway Turned Down Big Bro
Former MP, George Galloway, has revealed
he turned down the chance to appear in Ultimate Big Brother.
Adrian Chiles Upset Over BBC Departure
Presenter Adrian Chiles has admitted
both he and co-host Christine Bleakley were "gutted" over the way
they left the BBC's The One Show.
The Bill - Finale
The final ever episode of ITV's
long-running police drama The Bill will be shown tonight.
Stig Battle Goes
Private
A bid to prevent the revelation of the
identity of Top Gear’s mystery driver The Stig began in private at
the High Court today.
Jonathan
Ross Returns To The BBC
Jonathan Ross is to return to the BBC
less than three months after his high-profile departure, to host a
movie awards show, it was announced today.
Viewers Want More
Drama
Television viewers want to watch more
dramas and documentaries and less reality and celebrity shows,
according to a new survey.
Summer Wine Viewers
Last night's final episode of
long-running sitcom Last of the Summer Wine attracted 5.4 million
viewers, according to unofficial overnight figures.
Big Brother -
Ulrika Jonsson
Ulrika Jonsson has broken down in the
Ultimate Big Brother house after receiving bad news from the outside
world.
Graham
Norton Returns To BBC One
BBC One Controller, Jay Hunt, has
confirmed that The Graham Norton Show will move to a new prime time
Friday night slot from October 22.
Emmy Award Winners
Mad Men and Modern Family won the Emmy
awards for the best TV drama and comedy series respectively at the
Primetime Emmy Awards last night, while Jim Parsons and Edie Falco
took home major acting prizes.
Bill Axe Nightmare
A former actor from ITV's The Bill has
told of his nightmare when he was told his character was being axed
from the police drama.
Doctor
Who and New BBC Commissions
Crime drama Sherlock is to get a second
series, the BBC has confirmed as part of a raft of new commissions.
BBC Is
Unmanageable Says Grade
Former BBC chairman Michael Grade has
told the Edinburgh International Television Festival that the
corporation is too big and "almost unmanageable".
Summer Wine
Comes To An End
The final episode of the world's longest
running sitcom, Last Of The Summer Wine, will air tonight.
Culture Secretary Calls For BBC Discipline
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said
he will ask the BBC to show "discipline" to ensure it provides
better value for money in future.
Martin Clunes -
Big Money
Martin Clunes' popular series Doc Martin
has pulled in £25million, according to the News of the World.
Coronation Street
Pride
Many of the cast of Coronation Street
took part yesterday in Manchester’s Gay Pride festival.
Channel Of The Year
Channel 4 has been named Channel Of The
Year at the Edinburgh International TV Festival's annual awards
ceremony.
BBC
Turned Down Coronation Street
Tony Warren, creator of Coronation
Street, said the BBC turned down the chance to show the soap.
Big Brother -
Celebrity Quits
Rapper Coolio has walked out of the
Ultimate Big Brother house today after having a huge bust-up with
fellow contestant Nadia.
BBC Moment Of Realism
The BBC's director general Mark Thompson
tonight warned that next year's licence fee negotiations will be a
"moment of realism" for the corporation.
New Drama For Sky1
Shameless creator Paul Abbott is
developing a new drama for Sky1, which the broadcaster promises will
be “really different” from any other series it has screened.
BBC Looks For
New Music Show
The BBC has started "discussing" ideas
for a new pop music show to succeed Top Of The Pops, which was axed
in 2006.
Basil Brush At The
Proms
Basil Brush will be making an appearance
at the BBC Proms this Bank Holiday weekend, as he presents a
children's extravaganza at the Royal Albert Hall, broadcast live on
BBC Radio 3.
New Kitchen For
MasterChef
MasterChef, with its judges John Torode
and Gregg Wallace, is moving to a brand new kitchen which will
accommodate a bigger group of amateur cooks all hoping to be the
next champion, it was announced today.
X Factor Bans
Auto-Tune
X Factor contestants will no longer have
their performances tweaked using sound filters, the ITV series has
announced.
Strictly Come Dancing
Four new dancers have joined to complete
the new Strictly Come Dancing professional dance troupe, which will
perform spectacular dance routines throughout series eight.
C4 Autumn and Winter
Frankie Boyle is to appear on Channel 4
with his own show.
Big Brother Winner
Quits
Big Brother winner Josie Gibson quit the
show this afternoon after moaning that she has had enough.
BBC Covers Pope's
Visit
The BBC will be covering all the key
events of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Britain from September 16 to
19 across TV, radio and online.
Donal
MacIntyre Quits London Show
Donal MacIntyre is leaving his
presenting role on ITV1's London Tonight less than six months after
joining the regional news bulletin.
Paul O'Grady
Paul O’Grady returns to ITV for a new
prime time show, starting on Friday, September 10.
Coronation Street - Break For Actress
Coronation Street actress Julie
Hesmondhalgh is planning to leave the soap for a while.
Big Brother Viewers
The return of Big Brother's most famous
housemates attracted 5.1 million viewers to Channel 4, according to
unofficial figures.
BT Broadband
Commercial Banned
An television commercial BT has been
banned for misleading customers over broadband speeds.
Fast Forwarding The
Ads
Almost 90 per cent of television viewers always skip
through the commercial on their digital video recorder but TV still
remains the most memorable form of advertising, according to
research published today.
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