All News articles – Page 4429
-
News
BBC 4's success 'down to independent producers'
BBC 4 controller Roly Keating praised the indie sector's contribution to the channel, claiming it has been 'quicker off the mark' than the corporation's in-house producers, writes Penny Hughes
-
News
Celador beefs up expansion with Marks and Gran deal
Celador Productions has boosted its commitment to comedy output with an exclusive first-look deal with the writing partnership behind comedies such as Birds of a Feather, writes Jon Rogers
-
News
Palin backs factual core values
Producers of travel programmes should hold on to traditional film-making techniques and not yield to pressure to be 'innovative', according to writer and presenter Michael Palin, writes Penny Hughes
-
News
Ronson on C4 paranoia trail
Channel 4 head of documentaries Peter Dale has ordered four new series including the latest investigative project from journalist and broadcaster Jon Ronson, writes Penny Hughes
-
News
Axed. And now John Leslie could even go down
TV bosses yesterday sacked shamed presenter John Leslie - as a fourth woman complained to police she had been assau...
-
News
Free digital TV is relaunched
Telly's new Freeview service was officially launched yesterday ' plugging the gap left by the ITV Digital fiasco. ...
-
News
Axed Leslie goes to police
Shamed TV star John Leslie has told police he is ready to be quizzed about the sex storm which has engulfed him, it...
-
News
30 chanmnels. Free. For ever.
Digital TV was reborn at 6am yesterday with at least 30 channels free for life. ...
-
News
Deayton: I was knifed by Hislop and Merton
Angus Deayton is furious with Ian Hislop and Paul Merton and blames them for his downfall. ...
-
News
Will thirty free channels save digital dream
The BBC yesterday launched its digital revolution amid criticism at the billions of pounds it will cost licence-pay...
-
News
Betrayed by the BBC
How a brilliant black writer watched in despair as Greg Dyke's 'hideously white' corporation turned his decent char...
-
News
Telewest expected to default on£68m interest payment
The move comes as the stricken cable operator tries to negotiate a life-saving restructuring ...
-
News
Vivendi nears Houghton Miffin deal
Vivendi Universal was last night nearing an agreement to sell Houghton Miffin, its US publishing business, for abou...
-
News
Are television hosts depraved? Let's go live to a GMTV newswoman?
Penny Smith lives in fear of her past being exposed in the newspapers ...
-
News
No fanfare for new digital TV service
The BBC-backed replacement for the failed ITV Digital television service took to the air yesterday without the fanf...