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Waveguide's news - January 27
Coronation Street - Betty's Funeral
Coronation Street executive producer
Kieran Roberts has hinted that past characters will return for the
funeral of Betty Williams.
Celebrity Big
Brother Winner
Denise Welch is the winner of Celebrity
Big Brother 2012.
BBC
Director General's Departure
The BBC today said it is engaged in
"sensible succession planning" to replace the director general Mark
Thompson.
Shopaholic Hoarders
Channel 4 has commissioned a new series about
shopaholic hoarders whose lives will be transformed by two experts
who will clear out their cluttered houses, turn their possessions
into cash and redesign their homes.
C5 Cancels Amy
Child's Show
Amy Child's reality TV show on Channel 5, It's All
About Amy, has been cancelled, after one series.
ITV
Commissions Soldiers Wives Drama
ITV has commissioned a new six-part
drama about the wives and girlfriends of soldiers serving in
Afghanistan.
C4 Gypsy Film
Complaints
Ofcom is assessing complaints about a
Channel 4 documentary about bare-knuckle fighting in the traveller
community which has prompted complaints about animal cruelty and
child abuse.
National
Television Awards
Alan Carr has won the battle of the chat
show hosts after beating Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton to the best
talk show prize at the National TV Awards.
X Factor For DJs
Simon Cowell has unveiled his latest TV
project – a talent search to find top DJs.
BBC To
Review Local Radio Cuts
BBC Trust chairman Lord Patten has
ordered the corporation to re-examine its plans to make cuts to
local radio.
Gabriel
Byrne To Star In C4 Drama
Gabriel Byrne is to star Channel 4’s new
four-part drama series Coup.
Britain's Got Talent - Amanda Holden
Amanda Holden has been forced to pull
out of Britain's Got Talent auditions following signs she was going
into labour.
C4
Commissions New Sketch Show
Channel 4 has commissioned a full series
of sketch show Anna and Katy's Television Programme following a
pilot which aired last summer.
Dom
Joly For Saturday Night ITV Show
Dom Joly is to return to television on
Saturday nights this October in a pre-X Factor slot apparently a
replacement for Harry Hill's TV Burp, the comedian has announced.
Former Doctor Who Producer - Children's Drama
Former Doctor Who producer Russell T
Davies, the man who revitalised Doctor Who in 2005, is to return to
the BBC with a children’s drama, Aliens vs Wizards.
Call The
Midwife Recommissioned
BBC One Controller, Danny Cohen,
announced today that Call The Midwife has been recommissioned for a
second series.
Frozen
Planet - No Ofcom Action
Ofcom has said it will not investigate
complaints about BBC programme Frozen Planet, after it aired footage
of newborn polar bear cubs filmed in an animal park, rather than in
the wild.
ITV
Programme On IRA Misleading
Ofcom has ruled that ITV misled viewers
by airing footage claimed to have been shot by the IRA, which was
actually material taken from a video game.
Xtra Factor
Rapped By Ofcom
X Factor spin-off show The Xtra Factor
has been rapped by watchdog Ofcom for promoting host Olly Murs’
single and judge Tulisa Contostavlos’s perfume.
No Hacking At The BBC
The BBC director general said today that
there is "no evidence whatsoever" that any BBC journalist has hacked
into a telephone.
Harry Hill - TV
Burp Exit
Harry Hill has apparently
confirmed long-standing rumours that the forthcoming series of TV
Burp will be his last.
Boorman
and McGregor - New Series
Charley Boorman has revealed that he and
Ewan McGregor are keen to make a third big biking series together.
Top Ten Most Watched Programmes Of 2011
The official Barb (Broadcasters'
Audience Research Board) top 10 for 2011 has been published, with
the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's marriage ceremony taking the top
spot.
Blue
Peter Presenter Completes Trek
Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton has
completed a 500-mile (800km) trek to the South Pole - on skis, kite
skis and an ice bike.
Cheryl Cole TV Award
Cheryl Cole has been named Best TV Judge
in this year's Virgin Media TV Awards beating off competition from
her former boss and co-panellist Simon Cowell, who landed in second
place.
Keith Lemon
Saturday Night
Keith Lemon has landed a primetime
Saturday evening series for ITV1 with a Surprise Surprise-style show
to make viewers dreams come true.
C4
Commissions Costa Concordia Doc
Channel 4 Commissioning Editor David
Glover has ordered a one-off, fast-turnaround documentary about the
cruise ship tragedy - Terror at Sea: The Sinking of the Concordia
for transmission on Tuesday January 31.
Lenny
Henry To Explore Shakespeare
Lenny Henry is to front a documentary
for ITV in which he explores his relationship with Shakespeare.
The Diamond Queen
Andrew Marr is to present a new
three-part series which looks at the life and achievements of The
Queen in BBC One's The Diamond Queen.
American Dating Reality Show For ITV2
ITV2 today announced the acquisition of
Love in the Wild, an 8 x 60 exciting adventure dating series, from
Endemol USA.
Million
Pound Drop For Charity
Every Friday and Saturday over five
consecutive weekends, Davina McCall is guiding pairs of contestants
as they face Channel 4's The Million Pound Drop in the hope of
taking home some big money.
Joan
Bakewell Too Posh Says BBC
Broadcaster Baroness Joan Bakewell has
been told by the BBC that her voice is “too posh” for the
corporation.
Miriam O'Brien
To Leave BBC
Ex-Countryfile presenter Miriam O'Reilly
is to leave the BBC a year after she won an age discrimination case
against the corporation.
Vexed - Second Series
BBC Two today announced that shooting
has begun on series two of detective comedy Vexed, starring Toby
Stephens who reprises his role as D.I. Jack Armstrong, paired with
Miranda Raison who plays newly promoted D.I. Georgina Dixon.
Coronation Street Viewers Complain
Coronation Street viewers have
complained about a recent episode which depicted a child being
slapped.
New Reality Show
For ITV2
A new reality show will see six wannabe
entertainment writers battle it out for a job on a magazine.
Lord
Lloyd-Webber Moves To ITV
After five years with the BBC, Lord
Lloyd-Webber is moving to ITV1 for a new talent show, it has been
announced today.
Text Santa Raises £4m
ITV1's Text Santa charity shows raised
more than £4 million for good causes, it has been announced.
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