Television

  • BBC To Film All Shakespeare Plays

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    The BBC are planning to film all 37 of Shakespeare’s works over the next 12 years reports today’s Telegraph. It’s understood that the corporation has enlisted Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes and his Neal Street company to produce the films. Mendes is said to be directing a number of the works himself with the rest being…

  • O’Donnell Stars In BBC Two Spy Drama

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    Scent Of A Woman star and former Batman sidekick Chris O’Donnell stars as fictional hero Jack McAuliffe, a man caught in the dark underside of the American intelligence community, in a three part drama airing on BBC Two later this month. Based on Robert Littell’s gritty, best-selling novel about the CIA, ‘The Company’ comes from…

  • Virgin 1 Launch Date Announced

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    Virgin Media’s new general entertainment channel Virgin 1 launches on October 1. The channel was developed after a breakdown in negotiations saw Sky One, Sky News and Sky Sports News exit the Virgin Media platform. Channel bosses have snapped up a number of big name acquisitions including Terminator spin-off The Sarah Connor Chronicles and The…

  • Top Gear's Hammond Races Jet

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    Top Gear presenter Richard Hammond has filmed a a new high-speed stunt less than a year after suffering horrific injuries at the wheel of a jet powered car. Filming for the latest series which is expected to broadcast from next month Hammond drove a Bugatti Veyron as it raced a Typhoon fighter jet at RAF…

  • Disney Axe ABC1 From Freeview

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    Disney have announced that the abc1 channel is to be pulled from Freeview owing to the lack of a prime time slot. Since launch the channel has been restricted to a daytime-only slot on the service which has seen the channel ceasing broadcasting just as the majority of viewers are switching on. Walt Disney Television…

  • BBC Secures Rights to Heroes Season 3 Onwards

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    The BBC have cemented their hold over hit US series Heroes with a deal guaranteeing them first refusal on all future seasons of the show. The corporation already has exclusive UK rights to the second series. According to the Guardian BBC2 controller Roly Keating has struck the deal with producers NBC Universal “guaranteeing that the…