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K.J. Yossman Film and TV studio Fifth Season (previously Endeavor Content) has appointed Ben Irving to the position of creative director for U.K. television. He will join in November. His remit will be to build on Fifth Season’s reputation for distributing series such as “Killing Eve” and “The Night Manager” and producing “Severance.” Irving will lead the production and development teams in the U.K. and work on U.K.-based developments as well as working with the U.K.’s creative community on new global series. Irving joins from the BBC, where he oversaw all primetime drama as the acting director of drama. Before then he worked as BBC Drama’s head of production and a commissioning editor. Among the projects he has executive produced are “His Dark Materials,” “Doctor Who,” “Happy Valley” and “Sherwood.” Prior to joining the BBC Ben worked at Heyday Films as VP of development and production. He has also worked at Warner Bros Pictures and Qwerty Films over the course of his career.

 The battle lines between the BBC and its former star news presenter Emily Maitlis continue to be drawn, with BBC insiders lending their support after she claimed a BBC board member had interfered in editorial matters as “an active agent” of the Conservative party.

Ready for round two! Meghan Trainor can’t wait to get pregnant again after welcoming son Riley in February 2021.

The BBC has hit back at its former star presenter Emily Maitlis, who this week claimed the organisation had succumbed to government interference when it reprimanded her over comments she made on air.

BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore has hit back at Channel 4’s Ian Katz’s view on TV reboots by stating “well Channel 4 bought The Great British Bake Off back.”

K.J. Yossman The BBC’s chief content officer Charlotte Moore responded to former “Newsnight” host Emily Maitlis’s criticism of the broadcaster. Moore strongly refuted Maitlis’s suggestion that the broadcaster had apologized with “speed” after press officers for the U.K. government complained about a “Newsnight” introduction. “Why had the BBC immediately and publicly sought to confirm the Government spokesman’s opinion?” Maitlis asked during her MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday evening. “Without any kind of due process? It makes no sense for an organisation that is admirably, famously rigorous about procedure – unless it was perhaps sending a message of reassurance directly to the Government itself?”

Naman Ramachandran Leading U.K.-based broadcasters have created the TV Access Project (TAP), a response to pressure group Underlying Health Condition’s (UHC) campaign to address disabled access across the TV industry in the U.K.

EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s major broadcasters and streamers are taking a stand on “clear and disturbing” access issues impacting the industry’s disabled population and have demanded change from studios and post-production facilities.

Bond odds have continually been shifting. The debate has surrounded Daniel Craig's replacement as James Bond following his fifth and final 007 movie, No Time To Die, which hit cinemas in 2021. The official announcement of the next 007 star will likely come within the next year, but until then, the odds are the best insight fans have into the movement.

Finding his way! Ashton Kutcher hit it out of the park when he made his acting debut in 1998 — and decades later, Hollywood is still enthralled by his life.

J.J. Abrams Behind BBC Christmas Adaptation; Idris Elba, Tom Hollander Aboard

Train passengers have faced chaos following major disruption in London this evening (June 17). All Avanti West Coast services from Euston have been halted after a vital line was blocked due to a reported fire.

Wilson Chapman editorUma Thurman, Lenny Kravitz, Mindy Kaling and the Jonas Brothers are among those receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.Ludacris, Bill Pullman, Thurman, Vince Vaughn and John Waters will receive stars in the motion pictures category, along with posthumous stars for Juanita Moore and Walker. In the television category, stars will be given to Jon Favreau, Kaling, Martin Lawrence, Ralph Macchio, Garrett Morris and Ellen Pompeo.

Veteran British actor Timothy Spall (Mr Turner) is to lead The Sixth Commandment, Sarah Phelps’ BBC factual drama about the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, and the extraordinary events that unfolded over the following years.

Demi Moore isn’t being shy about the PDA.

One of the spring’s hottest Off Broadway tickets will make the move to Broadway this summer: The acclaimed, sold-out Encores! production of the James Lapine-Stephen Sondheim classic Into The Wood will transfer to Broadway’s St. James Theatre on June 28 for a strictly limited eight-week engagement.

A man hurled a poisoned sausage into his neighbour's garden to deliberately harm her dogs after a row over a boundary wall.

BBC Radio 6 Music has posted record listening figures in the first quarter of its 20th year of operation, the BBC has announced.The radio station was launched in 2002 with a focus on alternative music. At the time, it was the first national music radio station to be launched by the BBC in 32 years.According to the BBC, more than 2.8million listeners tuned in to BBC Radio 6 Music in the first quarter of the year.

The BBC has officially closed the Director of Factual, Arts and Classical Music role following a botched interview process and instead promoted entertainment boss Kate Phillips to the newly-created Director of Unscripted post.

K.J. Yossman Julia Donaldson’s “Romeo and Juliet”-inspired story “The Smeds and The Smoos” is set to be adapted for a BBC Christmas special starring Oscar-nominee Sally Hawkins (“The Shape of Water”), “Bridgerton’s” Adjoa Andoh and comedian Bill Bailey.Oscar-nominated production company, who have previously adapted nine of Donaldson’s children’s books for the BBC, will once again take the helm on the project, which will also be based on Axel Scheffler’s original illustrations, with Blue Zoo Animation Studio providing animation services.Donaldson and Scheffler are the duo behind iconic children’s stories including “The Gruffalo.”Daniel Snaddon (“The Snail and the Whale”) and Samantha Cutler will direct based on a screenplay by Julia Smuts Louw.

Kay Mellor, the writer of British dramas such as The Syndicate and Band of Gold, has passed away aged 71.

Band of Gold writer Kay Mellor has died aged 71, it has been announced. Mellor who was also best known for penning hit seres including Fat Friends which aired from 2000 until 2005, died on Sunday (May 15).

EXCLUSIVE: The wait to discover the next BBC Factual, Arts and Classical Music director is to go on a little while longer.

Eva Yates has been appointed Director of BBC Film.

Naman Ramachandran Eva Yates has been promoted to the high profile role of director of BBC Film, a position previously held by Rose Garnett, who has moved on to indie studio A24. Yates, who is currently acting director of BBC Film, will be responsible for the development and production of the 12-15 films the company produces every year. She will also oversee Storyville, the BBC’s flagship feature documentary strand, under the new leadership of Philippa Kowarsky.Yates joined the BBC in 2017.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor“A Very British Scandal” production designer Christina Moore spent time driving around the Scottish Highlands as she sought locations for the Amazon Prime limited series. Set in 1963, the historical drama charts the tumultuous marriage of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll, played by Claire Foy and Paul Bettany.The Duke, who had inherited Scotland’s crumbling Inveraray Castle, married a series of women hoping to use their money to maintain the castle.

Hopping their way to a happy Easter! Hilary Duff, Lauren Bushnell and more celebrities posted hilarious pictures of their kids posing with the Easter Bunny.

Darren Moore admits he cannot put his finger on why Elias Kachunga's time at Sheffield Wednesday did not go to plan but is well aware of the danger the attacker presents his side if he lines up for Bolton Wanderers tomorrow.

It’s [Instagram] official! After rumors of Demi Moore dating Swiss chef Daniel Humm have continued to swirl, it looks like the couple is confirming their relationship. In a recent Instagram photo, Daniel is seen posing with visual artist Roni Horn and his special lady at the artist’s show. “So proud of you, #RoniHorn. An incredible show,” Daniel captioned the post. “Thank you for your inspiration, deep friendship and for always making us laugh. We love you so much! #makeitnice”