News: Bedell to be ITV’s director of entertainment and comedy

BBC controller of entertainment commissioning Elaine Bedell is to leave the Corporation and join ITV as director of entertainment and comedy. She replaces Paul Jackson, who is leaving ITV at the end of the year. Bedell will report to ITV director of television Peter Fincham, who said: "Elaine has been a highly successful controller of...

News: The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury named best drama at Children’s Baftas

The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury scooped the award for best drama at this year's Children's Baftas, beating competition from The Sarah Jane Adventures, Young Dracula and Summerhill. Based on the books The War Diaries of Alistair Fury by Jamie Rix - who also wrote the television series - The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury follows 11-year-old...

BBC1’s Christmas trailers

TV Today: I know it’s only the 1st of December, but the TV Christmas season is already kicking off....

The Unpredictable Life of an Actor

Grads’ Club: This week I had the misfortune of staying in what I must deem to be The Worst Hostel in Britain....
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BBC1’s Christmas trailers

TV Today: I know it’s only the 1st of December, but the TV Christmas season is already kicking off. The listings magazine schedules change completely (next week’s Radio Times , with its Doctor Who -themed cover , came out on Saturday...

The Unpredictable Life of an Actor

Grads’ Club: This week I had the misfortune of staying in what I must deem to be The Worst Hostel in Britain. For £5 a night in central London I had little right to complain, but for my £5 I would...

Training potential of school theatres?

Education and Training: I’m still mulling over the production of A Christmas Carol, directed by Jolyon McCarthy, its recently appointed Director of Drama, which I’ve just seen in Benenden School’s new state-of-the-art theatre. This independent school in rural Kent has given us...

Kevin Spacey’s new Old Vic

Newsblog: Kevin Spacey’s artistic directorship at the Old Vic has come under quite unparalleled levels of scrutiny since the actor jetted in from the US and set up shop in Southwark in 2003. At first, the decision was treated with...

Square Eyes, 1-4 December

TV Today: The Sarah Jane Adventures , BBC1, Monday 4.35pm The second part of The Temptation of Sarah Jane shows the fallout following Sarah Jane’s decision to sabotage her father’s car and therefore prevent the death of her parents. Has she...

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