TV
New digital-first TV show for Victoria Derbyshire
Award-winning journalist Victoria Derbyshire is to host a new daytime show broadcast simultaneously on BBC Two, the BBC News Channel and online and focusing on breaking news, exclusive interviews and audience interaction.
Filming begins on Doctor Who series 9
Filming has begun in Cardiff for series 9 of Doctor Who and includes a star-studded guest cast. The new series will be back on BBC One in autumn 2015.
The Eichmann Show
Martin Freeman and Anthony LaPaglia star in BBC Two’s 90 minute film about the televising of the trial of Adolf Eichmann - one of the key architects of the Holocaust.
Creative Industries now worth £8.8 million an hour to UK economy
The UK’s Creative Industries, which includes the film, television and music industries, are now worth £76.9 billion per year to the UK economy, according to new figures.
BBC to bring Africa Cup of Nations to global audiences
The BBC will bring extensive coverage of the 30th Africa Cup of Nations staged in Equatorial Guinea in February. Comprehensive coverage on radio, TV, online and mobile will also feature specially commissioned reports on key players, teams and matches.
Iceland takes another starring role in hotly anticipated TV drama Fortitude
Iceland will join an award winning cast including Michael Gambon (Harry Potter, The King's Speech), Stanley Tucci (The Lovely Bones, The Hunger Games) and Christopher Eccleston (Thor: The Dark World, Lucan) in Sky Atlantic's most ambitious drama to date, Fortitude.
Dispatches research reveals pension truth
In the greatest change to the pensions industry in a generation, from April those over 55 will have complete freedom to take as much as they want from their private pensions plans.
BBC One’s The People’s Strictly for Comic Relief confirms contestants
Six inspirational but everyday heroes and heroines have been confirmed to take part in BBC One’s The People’s Strictly for Comic Relief and fulfil every Strictly fan’s dream.
Gemma Atkinson joins Emmerdale as Carly Hope
Gemma Atkinson is soon to arrive in the village as Bob Hope’s estranged daughter, Carly Hope.
Sir Tom Jones, will.i.am and Ricky Wilson return to welcome pop superstar Rita Ora
One of the country’s biggest entertainment series - The Voice UK - is back. Superstar coaches will.i.am, Sir Tom Jones and Ricky Wilson return to welcome international pop superstar Rita Ora to the famous spinning chair panel.
BBC One wins top five most popular shows on Christmas Day 2014
BBC One kept tradition by coming out on top on Christmas Day with the top five most popular programmes across drama, comedy and entertainment including Mrs Brown’s Boys, EastEnders, Strictly Come Dancing, Call the Midwife and Miranda.
Channel 5 explores one of Scotland’s great beauties in brand new series Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild
Channel 5 has announced a brand new nature series Loch Lomond: A Year in the Wild. A co-production between Natural History specialists Tigress Productions and GroupM Entertainment, they spent a year in the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park, filming the impact of the changing seasons on a diverse array of some of Britain’s most fascinating species – including Osprey, Red Deer, Atlantic Salmon, Golden Eagle, Red Squirrel, Otters , Beaver and Pine Marten.
Mr Selfridge series three coming soon to ITV
Zoë Wanamaker, Kara Tointon, Hannah Tointon and Leon Ockenden to star alongside lead actor Jeremy Piven in the new series of Mr Selfridge.
Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman star in Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot
Adapted by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, the film also stars Richard Cordery as Mr Pringle and James Corden plays the part of the narrator.
Great British Garden Revival returns to BBC Two
The award-winning series returns to BBC Two with a brand new 10-part series in January 2015. Britain's top television gardening talent will inspire viewers to save the nation's rich garden heritage.