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Spooks to end this autumn on BBC One

BBC spy drama Spooks will come to an end this autumn on BBC One. Jane Featherstone, chief executive of Kudos Film & Television – the company who created the drama – called it “a fitting end to a much-loved show”. The final series will focus on Harry Pearce and a guilty secret that [...]

Barrowman hits back at ‘too gay’ Torchwood

John Barrowman has hit out at Torchwood critics who branded his character “too gay”, insisting offended viewers should turn off the show. Several fans have lodged complaints with BBC1 chiefs about the actor’s openly bisexual character Captain Jack Harkness, claiming the series has “too much gay content”. But Barrowman has not taken kindly [...]

The Man Who Crossed Hitler: Coming Soon

Bringing this remarkable true story to life, Ian Hart (Five Daughters) and Ed Stoppard (Upstairs, Downstairs) lead an all-star cast in The Man Who Crossed Hitler, a revealing one-off drama that tells the true story of a Jewish lawyer who challenged Hitler – and paid with his life. In the summer of 1931, [...]

All New Charlie´s Angels Coming to E4

Channel 4 has today announced it has acquired the UK premiere broadcast rights to Charlie’s Angels from Sony Pictures Television. The series will receive its UK premiere on E4. The announcement was made by Gill Hay, Head of Acquisitions for Channel 4. Gill Hay comments: “Charlie’s Angels is a light-hearted, high-kicking romp with all the [...]

Desperate Housewives to end

The next series of Desperate Housewives will be the last, TV network ABC said. Its creator Marc Cherry told a gathering of TV critics in Los Angeles he wanted the show to go out “in the classiest way possible”. ABC says the eighth series, which will run in the US from 25 September [...]