BrainCan - television industry

media monkey: mark rylance, alastair campbell and...

Has ‘Queen backs Brexit’ scuppered Newton Dunn’s Newsnight chances and Charlotte Moore targets...

monkey goes to the broadcasting press guild awards

Mersey beatingTo the BPG Awards,where former Grange Hill and Brookside producer Phil Redmond was in...

our tv talent is world beating, so why are the...

The UK’s successes in the Emmy awards make a nonsense of talk of cutting back the BBC and selling...

interview: terry wogan

Terry Wogan is worried - by the future of the BBC,Footballers' Wives, reality TV and when best...

as songs of praise viewers will find out, the...

The BBC’s outsourcing of its flagship devout programme to the makers of Holiday fancy Rats Exposed...

media monkey: house of cards, line of duty and...

tag Thompson on scoffing turtle,is ITV’s Drive the unique Jump, and the Sun holds out over Brexit...

public service broadcasting needs defending |...

I am utterly astonished that Peter Kosminsky,such a giant among television programme makers, thought...

who they gonna call … are tv executives set to...

Rash (hasty, incautious) of senior departures – including Danny Cohen from the BBC,and Tim Hincks...

television takes on film in the next chapter of...

Fungus the Bogeyman and Stick Man are latest book characters to disappear on the boxAdaptations of...

what next for the tv shows caught in the post...

Shows from House of Cards to obvious are in limbo thanks to allegations approximately their stars....

jeremy james obituary

My friend Jeremy James,who has died aged 79, was a core member of the BBC’s long-running and...

tv is packed with drama as hunt for the next big...

Cash-strapped broadcasters under pressure from Netflix have turned to secure fare but where are the...

television takes on film in the next chapter of...

Fungus the Bogeyman and Stick Man are latest book characters to go on the boxAdaptations of...

is tlcs new dating show undresssed just naked...

Series billed as a ‘courageous experiment’ will see see strangers undressing each other and...

televisions challenge to the press - archive, 28...

28 September 1957: ITV plans to reach 90% of the population by 1959In 1959 – “the effective...

catastrophe s sharon horgan on making a splash...

Pulling writer and producer Clelia Mountford talk branded content,transatlantic TV, and taking...

media monkey: aidan turner, benedict cumberbatch...

Poldark star in spray tan mystery,Poldark’s child is fired and the curse of the Radio Times...

tv is opening the door to female directors - film...

Backing women shunned by the immense studios just makes good business sense,says the director of...

selling war and peace to the russians: global cash...

As BBC shows off its tall-quality drama to international buyers,producers balance home values with...

ofcom, please listen. racial diversity in tv means...

The BBC is failing to meet its own targets on diversity. To change things we need to stare beyond...

schools giving pupils wrong amo for life | letters

The Tory government’s plans to reduce the funding for pharmacies by 6% from October has had...

bbc s carrie gracie: china is difficult - a giant...

The corporation’s China editor on going beyond Beijing,how James Harding created a role for her,...

ofcom could play lead role in tv diversity |...

I read with great interest the comments that Sharon White,the chief executive of Ofcom, made...

broadcasting s misogyny reaches further than the...

Yes,Dan Walker may beget been given the ‘prime spot’ over Louise Minchin, but consider how many...

floras story

Be an armchair critic: write your own reviewChannel 4,Thursday January 10, 9pm[br] Following an...

diversity on television is not just a black and...

Idris Elba’s address to MPs last week was so good because the actor made a claim not just for...

downton abbey profits to fund tv writers from ...

Hit dramas will play a piece in helping a new generation to write for more diverse audiencesStuart...

car crash tv: six celebrity sports flops

As ITV axes The Drive,we spy back at a squad of shows that also ran out of juice, from Tumble to The...

matt leblanc or stephen mangan - who has more...

Former Friend is perfect for the Top Gear job according to his Episodes co-star,in a possible tilt...

we all have a part to play in the fight for tv...

Culture minister Ed Vaizey on his reaction to Idris Elba’s speech at parliament – and why the...

breaking bad writer to create new version of anne...

Moira Walley-Beckett switches from crystal meth drama to the classic tale of an orphaned girl sent...

big brother and the great tv exec extravaganza

Emma Willis presented Edinburgh Does Big Brother,in which eight telly executives were locked into...

john whittingdale raised eyebrows - challenging...

A review of the BBC’s market impact and the terms of trade for indie producers and broadcasters...

james may: we are not in a race with chris evans ...

The TV presenter on filming his unusual Amazon motoring note,putting things back together for BBC4...

pinewood launches tv division to develop high end...

Film studios’ television arm to be led by Helen Gregory,whose credits include Sky’s Fortitude...

richard hoggart shows us to improve tv s future we...

The academic’s influential report in 1960 revolutionised UK television and it is time to discover...

missing episodes of monty python precursor at last...

John Cleese,Marty Feldman, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman all appear in series, and with one missing...

charlie brookers screen burn

Breaking a leg. Watching a burglar shoot your cat. Eating a punnet of vomit and faeces. Unpleasant...

james norton: tv producers also typecast against...

War and Peace actor believes he might fill been overlooked for certain roles whether producers had...

al jazeera america to shut down after less than...

The Qatar-funded cable news network’s final US broadcast will be 30 April,as viewership remained...

ofcom chief tells uk broadcasters to reflect...

Sharon White says minority ethnic people,and those from devolved parts of UK, under-represented on...

strictly come dancing v the x factor: is it a...

Peace is unlikely to wreck out between ITV and BBC in the latest Saturday scheduling warA slightly...

ronnie corbetts best clips, from the two ronnies...

After the sad news of the TV comedian’s death,we look back at some of his top moments, including...

art malik: diversity would mean being asked to...

Actor criticises lack of colour in upper echelons of British TV and film,and says Holby City is...

bill turnbull returns £5k nhs awards night fee...

BBC Breakfast presenter paid back money after it was revealed charitable donations had footed nearly...

dramatic licence: broadcasters buy into big budget...

Demand for television drama is surging,and the BBC, ITV and their online rivals are rushing to meet...

cnbc to cut london live tv news to focus on...

American cable channel to reduce London broadcast to four hours a day and close Paris and Tokyo...

kardashians to feature in new one stop reality tv...

Hayu set to offer hit reality shows such as Made In Chelsea,Keeping Up with the Kardashians and The...

national television awards: downton abbey crowned...

ITV note’s creator Julian Fellowes hails contented ending’,while Doctor Foster wins two awards...

lenny henry: ofcom is practising fake diversity...

Comedian tells MPs that,in ignoring those who work behind scenes, regulator has ensured nothing has...

tv needs working class writers to counter downton...

Line of Duty actor Daniel Mays follows Judi Dench and Julie Walters in voicing concerns the job is...

wolf halls mark rylance wins best actor at...

BBC1 drama also lands best drama series,as Suranne Jones takes best actress for Doctor Foster and...

men twice as likely to appear on tv as women,...

Research finds just 2% of presenters,pundits or guests in sport shows are women, while sexism is...

at christmas, catchup tv takes a dip in favour of...

Christmas Day is when millions of families will be gathered around a television as opposed to...

global tv revenues hit £244bn last year

Subscriptions and advertising driving global growth,with each person in the UK generating £216 in...

attack of the clones: are tv programmers playing...

From baking to painting,schedules are flooded with ‘me-too’ shows – believe channels become...

a lot of documentary makers look down on tv

Award-winning film maker Kim Longinotto on the struggle for funding,low self esteem – and telling...

worrying fall in investment in tv arts, news and...

Labour peer and ex-Channel 4 deputy chair is main an independent inquiry into the future of public...

eurovision is rubbish, terry wogan tells european...

Terry Wogan blames Britain's military history for lack of success in Eurovision Song Contest as...

poldarks topless scything fails to cut it with...

BBC drama’s star Aidan Turner is overlooked in RTS awards nominations – as is Oscar-winner Mark...

public support bbc and its independence from the...

In 200000 responses,public shows support for BBC content but large indifference for regulatory...

x files nets channel 5 its biggest audience ever...

The viewers are out there for the sci-fi demonstrate,with 5.1 million people watching as it was...

moomins to be remade by producers of the bridge

New show based on ‘original source fabric’ to be made by Swedish company Filmlance...

spongebob squarepants to feature in football...

Saturday morning series Nick Kicks will show highlights of Championship,League 1 and League 2 games...

tv news bulletins three times more likely to use...

Study of gender balance of guests booked by broadcasters finds overall improvement over final...

top gear and radio times publisher buys tv...

Immediate Media enters TV market after snapping up Jewellery Maker with round the clock broadcast on...

john leslie reportedly questioned over edinburgh...

Police photographed removing evidence bags from former TV host’s domestic following alleged attack...

ee tv adds 25 new channels including discovery and...

Customers can pay £4.99 a month for programmes from National Geographic,British Eurosport, History,...

lenny henry: tv industry has taken baby steps on...

Star says black,Asian and minority ethnic people are ‘now allowed at the titanic table’, but...

wales captures the bastard executioner in show of...

Major US series’ choice of Wales as location is latest sign of Doctor Who-led boom that injected...

the hateful estate? fellowes backs tarantino for...

Period drama’s creator jokes that Django Unchained director ‘would be a natural’ to take his...

david attenborough says boaty mcboatface should be...

Wildlife presenter says name of modern polar research vessel should include words like...

the bridge maker: wed like to make version set in...

Lars Blomgren,producer of hit cross-border Scandinavian drama, also reveals method for...

mary mcanally obituary

My twin sister,Mary McAnally, who has died aged 70 of cancer, or was a former chief executive of...

bbc breakfast seating bias due to misogyny, says...

Accusations of sexism after Louise Minchin is seated in ‘junior’ spot on the honest of the sofa...

bbc appoints ad agency to create global top gear...

London office of international agency Anomaly given job of ensuring motoring brand remains in pole...

eurovision song contest: nul points could...

Acts likely to be spared humiliation suffered by the UK’s Jemini in 2003 as modern rules are...

highlights from the democratic town hall meeting...

Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders,Hillary Clinton and Martin O’Malley participated...

lenny henry repeats call for ringfenced funding to...

BBC director general Tony corridor also tells Channel 4 conference that there is ‘loads’ to do...

fewer opportunities for state educated actors,...

Game of Thrones star says Eton-educated actors such as Eddie Redmayne and Dominic West have ‘charm...

joanna lumley attacks evil tv gender pay gap

Representation of women on screen is at a tipping point but they need to be more daring when it...

jeremy corbyn should copy clement attlee and avoid...

War and Peace screenwriter Andrew Davies – who is working on a BBC drama about Aneurin Bevan –...

london film school invites minority ethnic writers...

Black,Asian and minority ethnic TV and film writers invited to apply to scheme which gives...

from game of thrones to star wars: the casting...

Nina Gold reveals the secrets of her job,how she tackles diversity, and her joy at the success of...

the bridge: new version to span russia and estonia

Cross-border exhibit follows US and Anglo-French adaptations of the seriesA new version of...

the bridge season four will probably be made, says...

Hans Rosenfeldt says stars including Sofia Helin are on board for new series,as he prepares to...

paul daniels best clips, from the iron maiden to...

The magician,who has died aged 77, was responsible for many memorable TV moments – and even...

ukip and lib dems get at least two itv election...

Greens’ request to be granted status as a ‘larger party rejected by regulator,as Tim Farron’s...

caitlin moran: benefits street made working class...

Times columnist criticises representation of people on benefits and says TV is ignoring those from...

minority ethnic directors on verge of being shut...

Research shows BAME directors made just 1.5% of mainstream TV shows between 2011 and 2013 despite...

coronation street must hire more bme writers, says...

Kate Oates admits more needs to be done to ‘bring out the truth’ of life in the street amid...

bbcs wolf hall leads bafta tv award nominations

Period drama’s lead is up against Luthers Idris Elba for best actor,while fellow star Claire Foy...

the night managers david harewood: real boom in...

British star,who also played a key role in Homeland, says studio bosses ‘seem to be getting the...

star wars lends force to disneys revenue but...

The global success of the sci-fi blockbuster The Force Awakens back offset higher programming costs...

tv commissioning is just a bad joke

I was happy when the BBC picked up my sitcom for a pilot – but what emerged no longer resembled...

fire destroys wallace and gromit home

A fierce blaze at the warehouse of the animation company behind the Wallace and Gromit films has...

booyakasha! ali g goes to the states

Booyakasha! British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen is taking his comedian creation Ali G,the spoof white...

have we got news for you youre fired

Talk approximately it: was the BBC right?BBC entertainment chiefs have tonight sacked Angus Deayton...

so bard its good: eurovision makers set...

Six artists from across Europe including UK’s Matthew Herbert to record short films marking 400th...

jo brand to return to bbc4 in comedy going forward

The comedian is reprising her Bafta-winning role as Kim Wilde,first seen in acclaimed sitcom Getting...

david bowie tributes to air across tv and radio...

BBC1 and Channel 4 among broadcasters scrapping schedules to accommodate programmes commemorating...

sean bean lauds jeremy corbyn for standing up for...

Game of Thrones actor says Labour leader talks sense and believes British cultural output ignores...

seizure of reporters laptop under terrorism laws...

Officers from Thames Valley police used special counter-terrorism powers to seize a computer...

premier league rights battle between sky and bt...

Deloitte report warns deals such as £5.14bn spent on football rights mask ‘worrying’ decline in...

sir michael gambon on posh actors: the more old...

Veteran actor backs stars such as Benedict Cumberbatch,as Julie Walters voices concern over...

tom hollander: its fashionable for tv and film...

Rev and Gosford Park star says prominence of actors such as Benedict Cumberbatch, Eddie Redmayne and...

do male breakfast tv presenters always sit on the...

A row has erupted after it was pointed out that Louise Minchin is seated in ‘junior’ spot on the...

bbc presenter cliff michelmore: a career in...

The veteran presenter,who anchored coverage of the Apollo moon landings, the Kennedy assassinations...

kelly declared bankrupt

Veteran radio and TV presenter Henry Kelly has declared himself bankrupt after applying voluntarily...

tv commissioners: an uncreative crust practising...

Former BBC executive Tom Archer claims commissioning is dominated by people with no experience of...

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media monkey: mark rylance, alastair campbell and...

monkey goes to the broadcasting press guild awards

our tv talent is world beating, so why are the...

interview: terry wogan

as songs of praise viewers will find out, the...

media monkey: house of cards, line of duty and...

public service broadcasting needs defending |...

who they gonna call … are tv executives set to...

television takes on film in the next chapter of...

what next for the tv shows caught in the post...

jeremy james obituary

tv is packed with drama as hunt for the next big...

television takes on film in the next chapter of...

is tlcs new dating show undresssed just naked...

televisions challenge to the press - archive, 28...

catastrophe s sharon horgan on making a splash...

media monkey: aidan turner, benedict cumberbatch...

tv is opening the door to female directors - film...

selling war and peace to the russians: global cash...

ofcom, please listen. racial diversity in tv means...

schools giving pupils wrong amo for life | letters

bbc s carrie gracie: china is difficult - a giant...

ofcom could play lead role in tv diversity |...

broadcasting s misogyny reaches further than the...

floras story

diversity on television is not just a black and...

downton abbey profits to fund tv writers from ...

car crash tv: six celebrity sports flops

matt leblanc or stephen mangan - who has more...

we all have a part to play in the fight for tv...

breaking bad writer to create new version of anne...

big brother and the great tv exec extravaganza

john whittingdale raised eyebrows - challenging...

james may: we are not in a race with chris evans ...

pinewood launches tv division to develop high end...

richard hoggart shows us to improve tv s future we...

missing episodes of monty python precursor at last...

charlie brookers screen burn

james norton: tv producers also typecast against...

al jazeera america to shut down after less than...

ofcom chief tells uk broadcasters to reflect...

strictly come dancing v the x factor: is it a...

ronnie corbetts best clips, from the two ronnies...

art malik: diversity would mean being asked to...

bill turnbull returns £5k nhs awards night fee...

dramatic licence: broadcasters buy into big budget...

cnbc to cut london live tv news to focus on...

kardashians to feature in new one stop reality tv...

national television awards: downton abbey crowned...

lenny henry: ofcom is practising fake diversity...

tv needs working class writers to counter downton...

wolf halls mark rylance wins best actor at...

men twice as likely to appear on tv as women,...

at christmas, catchup tv takes a dip in favour of...

global tv revenues hit £244bn last year

attack of the clones: are tv programmers playing...

a lot of documentary makers look down on tv

worrying fall in investment in tv arts, news and...

eurovision is rubbish, terry wogan tells european...

poldarks topless scything fails to cut it with...

public support bbc and its independence from the...

x files nets channel 5 its biggest audience ever...

moomins to be remade by producers of the bridge

spongebob squarepants to feature in football...

tv news bulletins three times more likely to use...

top gear and radio times publisher buys tv...

john leslie reportedly questioned over edinburgh...

ee tv adds 25 new channels including discovery and...

lenny henry: tv industry has taken baby steps on...

wales captures the bastard executioner in show of...

the hateful estate? fellowes backs tarantino for...

david attenborough says boaty mcboatface should be...

the bridge maker: wed like to make version set in...

mary mcanally obituary

bbc breakfast seating bias due to misogyny, says...

bbc appoints ad agency to create global top gear...

eurovision song contest: nul points could...

highlights from the democratic town hall meeting...