Archive for May, 2010

Government wants BBC to be more transparent about celebs wages

The Tories have rethought their previous attempts to freeze the TV licence fee, while also making the BBC reveal how much its top stars are actually earning in an effort to draw attention to the fact they are willing into go to combat with the BBC. New minister for media and arts, Ed Vaizey, stated [...]

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Campaign to bring out Best of Brookside DVD launched

FORMER stars of Channel 4 soap Brookside are backing an internet Campaign to bring out a “Best of” DVD. An online petition already has more than 4,600 fan signitures and now previous cast members are calling for episodes to be re-released including, Dean Sullivan, Louis Emerik, Suzanne Collins, Bryan Murray, Steven Fletcher, Stephanie Chambers, Kris [...]

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See The Doctor Live on stage

Doctor Who will soon step out of the television and land on the theatre stage as the Doctor along with his friends and foes such as Oods, Cybermen, and Daleks will be out around the UK this coming autumn with the Doctor Who Live series. The tour follows a long string of other television shows [...]

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Enders’ sweeps the board at soap awards

EastEnders stole the show at the British Soap Awards walking away with ten awards, clearly outshining Coronation Street, which only took three. Included in its large haul for Enders’ was best actor (won by Scott Maslen), best soap, and best actress (won by Lacey Turner). Betty Driver, age 89, who plays Betty Williams on Coronation [...]

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People watching more hours of TV each week

British viewers watched over four hours of television per day during the first three months of 2010, which means that they watched 48 ads every day which was a new record. They also increased their overall average viewing time to four hours and 18 minutes a day, which totals up to an 8% increase during [...]

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