Television

Happy Valley finale is most-watched TV programme of year

Figures show BBC can still outdo streaming services, but search is now on for its next mega-hit

Jim Waterson Media editor

06, Feb, 2023 @12:42 PM

Jane Hill and Ben Brown among anchors axed as BBC merges news channels

Insiders say departure of popular BBC News channel presenters – with Martine Croxall also going – could prompt ageism row

Tara Conlan

02, Feb, 2023 @6:15 PM

Kate Wilson obituary

Other lives: Film and television executive who starter her career at the newly formed Channel 4 in 1982

Janet Walker

02, Feb, 2023 @11:06 AM

Sky recruits stars including Florence Pugh and Adam Driver for streaming wars

Sky Cinema announces 100-strong slate of films to take on Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+

Andrew Pulver

01, Feb, 2023 @12:36 PM

Astronaut Tim Peake to present new Channel 5 show about space

Tim Peake: Secrets of Our Universe to head wave of high-end shows as broadcaster pivots upmarket

Tara Conlan

25, Jan, 2023 @7:30 PM

Bruno Tonioli to replace David Walliams as Britain’s Got Talent judge

Former Strictly Come Dancing favourite joins ITV talent show panel after Walliams recorded making sexually explicit remarks

Tom Ambrose

24, Jan, 2023 @7:15 PM

NBC should finally call time on Tony Dungy’s amiable right-wing zealotry | Andrew Lawrence

The football analyst has consistently leveraged his ample platform and gravitas against reproductive rights and LGBTQ people – and it doesn’t seem like NBC or the NFL care

Andrew Lawrence

24, Jan, 2023 @10:30 AM

‘Proud to be a disruptor’: GB News faces growing pains as it tries to clean up image

Right-leaning TV channel to cut costs, hire new talent and enforce ‘discipline’ as it aims for growth

Mark Sweney

17, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

Love Island returns to screens with new host Maya Jama and rule change

Ten contestants compete in winter series of UK’s most popular dating show after duty-of-care overhaul

Nadia Khomami Arts and culture correspondent

16, Jan, 2023 @4:15 PM

ITVX enjoys strong first month thanks to A Spy Among Friends and World Cup

ITV streaming hours jump by 55% in first weeks of new service as it tries to compete against Netflix and more

Mark Sweney

13, Jan, 2023 @9:04 AM

The laughable plan to sell off Channel 4 is over – now it’s time for big ideas | Dorothy Byrne

Now how about some reforms that allow the channel to grow, compete and flourish, writes Dorothy Byrne, former Channel 4 head of news

Dorothy Byrne

05, Jan, 2023 @3:12 PM

Channel 4 privatisation plans formally abandoned

Culture secretary Michelle Donelan reverses proposals set out under predecessor Nadine Dorries in Boris Johnson’s government