Television

  • Channel 4 and UKTV strike deal for Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shows

    Channel 4 and UKTV strike deal for Jamie Oliver and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall shows

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    Multi-channel broadcaster UKTV has snapped up the rights to eight serie including Jamie’s Fish Supper, Jamie’s 30 Minute Meals, multiple series of Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage, plus Nigella Bites, to screen on it’s lifestyle channels.

  • British Boxing fans have never had it so good

    British Boxing fans have never had it so good

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    With three major broadcasters each boasting their own exclusive tie-ups and at prices to suit all household budgets, British boxing fans and the sport are enjoying a new golden age.

  • Discovery Communications to buy UKTV co-owner Scripps

    Discovery Communications to buy UKTV co-owner Scripps

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    The combination of the two groups will create a broadcaster with some of the biggest channel brands on both sides of the Atlantic, potentially boosting Discovery’s strength when negotiating carriage deals with pay-TV firms.

  • Gold recommissions Simon Callow’s The Rebel

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    Debuting last year, the Brighton-filmed series stars Callow as irascible hellraising pensioner Henry Palmer, a former mod who sees no reason to stop living his life by his own rules now he’s in his seventies.

  • Sharon Gless to join the cast of BBC One’s Casualty

    Sharon Gless to join the cast of BBC One’s Casualty

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    Gless, who also starred in the US remake of Queer As Folk, will play Zsa Zsa Harper-Jenkinson, a maestro of surgery and former mentor to the ED’s Dylan Keogh (Will Beck).

  • UKTV’s Dave and Home to launch on Freesat

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    Dave is one of the UK’s most-watched non-PSB channels and offers a mix of comedy and reality shows, including new and original commissions, established favourites, and hit series from America, including Taskmaster, Dave Gorman Modern Life is Goodish, Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled, Crackanory, Red Dwarf XI and Dara O’Briain’s Go 8 Bit.