‘There is no need’: Health Secretary Matt Hancock appeals for an end to coronavirus panic buying after he is challenged by BBC Question Time audience member over empty supermarket shelves Health Secretary Matt Hancock challenged on Question Time over panic buying Woman asked what could be done about lack of pasta and toilet rolls in … Read more
BBC3 ‘could be set for a return four years after it was axed’ as bosses look at ways to revamp youth-orientated output Corporation bosses at the Beeb are looking at re-introducing BBC Three channel The channel was axed four years ago and content moved online to BBC iPlayer The BBC wants to broaden appeal beyond its traditional … Read more
Someone who is infected with the coronavirus can spread it with just a simple cough or a sneeze, scientists say. More than 3,300 people with the virus are now confirmed to have died and over 96,000 have been infected. Here’s what we know so far: What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of … Read more
BBC boss Lord Hall says the corporation has dumped its ‘we know best’ approach as the new Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has told the broadcaster to ditch its ‘narrow urban outlook’. The end of the licence fee has been mooted by the Government, with a threat to turn the BBC into a subscription service. It … Read more
BBC and ITV will launch BritBox streaming service in Australia as battle heats up with Netflix, Amazon, Disney and Apple New Australian offering will be run as a joint venture between broadcasters BritBox was first launched in North America in 2017 and in the UK last year New service will go head to head with … Read more
A TV animal expert who spent £22,000 building a tropical jungle inside his Oxfordshire home admits he is kept awake at night – by the animals’ mating calls. Warwick Vardy spent 20 years travelling the world locating, studying and collecting wildlife for hundreds of nature programmes for the BBC, National Geographic and Sky. Inspired by … Read more
2020 OLYMPIC GAMES In doubt The scale of the outbreak in Japan saw senior International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound describe the disease as ‘the new war’ threatening Tokyo 2020 and he warned the Games may have to be cancelled if the virus was still around by May. Olympic organisers told athletes to train as normal … Read more
Sacked DJ Danny Baker says BBC ‘threw me under a bus’ over chimp joke about royal baby Archie Danny Baker, 62, admitted to Tracy Ann Oberman that he got what he ‘deserved’ Baker said that one of the BBC staff who called him was rude to his wife Baker, who hosts his own podcast, Treehouse, … Read more
Beauty Laid Bare Rating: Back In Time For The Corner Shop Rating: My taxi driver in Bristol last week gave me a sideways look, as if I were mad, when I asked which TV programmes he enjoyed. He didn’t own a television, he said. He had never owned a television, and he didn’t know anyone … Read more
Maxim Baldry takes the lead in Amazon Prime’s The Lord of the Rings prequel series By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.com Published: 04:12 GMT, 4 March 2020 | Updated: 04:42 GMT, 4 March 2020 Maxim Baldry (Last Christmas, Years and Years) has officially signed on to play a leading role in Amazon Prime’s prequel series to … Read more