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Doctor
Who - Amy And Rory to Leave
Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill - who play Doctor Who hasband
and wife Amy Pond and Rory - are to leave the show during the next series.
Doctor Who chief Steven Moffat made the announcement at a screening of the
Christmas episode at BBC TV Centre in London tonight.
"The final days of the Ponds are coming," Moffat said.
"I'm not telling you when or how, but that story is going to come to a
heartbreaking end."
He said the Doctor, played by Matt Smith, was going to meet "a new friend".
It is believed that role has not yet been cast.
On the departure of Gillan and Darvill, Matt Smith said: "We had the most
incredible journey. We took over the show and we've really had to hold hands
and help each other through it.
"So it's very disappointing, but one has to remember that this show is about
change and regeneration, and that's what galvanizes it and pushes it
forwards."
December
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Blue Peter -
Once A Week
From 2012, long-running children’s magazine series Blue Peter
will air just one regular episode a week, with each edition being broadcast
first on the CBBC channel, starting on January 12.
Claire Rainford, head of communications at BBC Children’s and Learning,
said: “We’re changing the way Blue Peter is scheduled so that it now runs
all year round. We felt that we were missing out on covering important
events for children, such as the forthcoming Olympic Games, by breaking over
the school holidays.
“In addition, we are introducing a series of specials, such as a nine-part
series following Helen Skelton’s polar challenge, which launches in late
January, to give more in-depth coverage to events and activities of interest
to children and give us greater flexibility. We’ll also be doing a
Stargazing Live special and, later in the year, a series following the torch
relay around the UK.
“We will premiere the show on CBBC at 5:45pm, which is where the vast
majority of children in the UK now watch our output and where all our big
shows premiere. By moving it into peak time, we hope it will reach the
widest possible number of children. The airtime and budget for Blue Peter
remains the same.”
December
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Womble Removes Head And Upsets Children
Parents have complained to the BBC after a Womble removed his
costume head during a webcam stream of Simon Mayo's Radio 2 show.
The incident occurred during a live video stream on the
Drivetime show on Tuesday this week when Orinoco whipped off his head as the
webcam was still running.
Parents from all over the UK had tuned in with their children to watch The
Wombles appear exclusively on the Radio Two website and perform two songs,
including Christmas number one hopeful Wombling Merry Christmas.
But as an interview with Simon Mayo came to a close, Orinico - played by
songwriter Mike Batt - removed his head, leaving children 'horrified' that
the Wombles were not real.
The BBC have hurriedly removed a link to the live feed from its website -
leaving just two songs and an interview with Simon Mayo left to view.
December
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County
Sound Ends Live Programmes
Guildford’s AM station County Sound Radio will discontinue
live programming tomorrow.
The final show will be breakfast with Dave Johns, programme controller,
following which the station will offer “locally produced content” rather
than live presenters.
Managing director Paul Marcus said that County Sound had been
exploring a number of new ideas over the past two years and the station was
a introducing "pioneering revenue-generation mechanism" which he said could
help sustain commercial radio in the future.
The station, which is owned by UKRD, broadcasts on 1566 AM
covering Surrey and north-east Hampshire.
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Ofcom Investigates Matthew Wright Show
Ofcom is to investigate an episode of Matthew Wright's
Channel 5 show after the presenter's comments about a teenager's murder
prompted more than 2,000 complaints from viewers.
Wright appeared to joke about 16-year-old Liam Aitchison's murder in
Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, during a newspaper review on the show, The
Wright Stuff.
He put on a Scottish accent and said, "there's been another murder", copying
a phrase from ITV1's Glasgow-based detective show, Taggart.
Guest panellist Charlie Baker described the investigation as "the
longest-ever episode of Taggart" on the Channel 5 show earlier this month.
Wright later apologised for his comments, saying it had not been his
intention to belittle Aitchison's death.
Ofcom received around 2,220 complaints.
The teenager's father, Norman Aitchison, said: "Would your panel members be
making a joke of this if it was one of their own children. My son's death is
no joke and I am disgusted with every single one of you on that panel, let
my son rest in peace."
The presenter said that those campaigning for people to complain to Ofcom
should grow up.
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