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  • BT announces Christmas and New Year Premier League fixtures

    BT Sport has revealed its Premier League fixture for December and January next year. Subscribers aren’t going to be lacking for high profile matches with Manchester United, Manchester City,… More »

  • Sky Sports reveals winter 2016-17 footie schedules

    Sky Sports has unveiled its festive Premier League football schedules, and it’s got more matches on it up until January than we can shake a stick at. More »

  • BBC commissions new show about historical sweets

    A sweet new show, Back to Work: Confectioners, is on its way from the BBC, which will see modern-day confectioners go back in time to learn about the history… More »

  • Sky Atlantic sees record viewing figures of nearly two million

    Sky Atlantic has seen record figures for the first episode in their brand new TV series. Westworld was seen by a consolidated audience of 1.84 million people, making it… More »

  • Diversity dance crew to host one-off TV show

    Diversity - yes, the dance troupe who defeated Susan Boyle to win Britain’s Got Talent back in 2009 - have been recruited to host a new one-off dance entertainment… More »

  • Rebooted Robot Wars to return for second series

    BBC Two has announced that the rebooted version of classic mechanoid skirmish show Robot Wars will return for a second series. Dara Ó Briain and Angela Scanlon have confirmed… More »

  • Sky Living to show US drama Conviction

    Sky Living has picked up the rights to Conviction - a new US legal thriller starring Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter). The first series will air at 9pm on 2… More »

  • Sky Sports to show 10 Championship games in 10 days in December

    Looks like December’s looking like a bumper month for TV football. Sky Sports has announced that it will broadcast a Championship match a day for 10 days that month,… More »

  • Game of Thrones’ Kit Harington in new BBC Guy Fawkes drama

    The BBC has making a new drama series that focuses on the famous Gunpowder Plot, and it’s bringing in some star powder to help it blow up. Game of… More »

  • Great British Bake Off tops TV ratings again

    Research firm Barb has revealed the ten most-watched TV shows of the year so far, and once again it’s the Bake Off that rules the roost. The top five… More »

  • Ofcom reveals most offensive swear words on TV

    Ofcom released a new report this morning all about the naughty words used on TV, and found that these days, it’s discriminatory language that the UK finds the most… More »

  • Ash vs Evil Dead returning for second series

    A second 10-episode series of Ash vs Evil Dead, a spin-off of the old Evil Dead franchise, is on its way thanks to US network STARZ. The first episode… More »

  • Reports say BT is in talks to take over YouView

    The Daily Telegraph reports that BT is in talks to acquire YouView. The deal, which could cost BT upwards of £60 million, would give the provider compete control over… More »

  • Rocky Horror Show tribute to air exclusively on Sky Cinema

    The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again, a reimagining of Richard O’Brien’s bizarro 1975 cult film, is set to air in the UK and Ireland… More »

  • You’ll need a login to watch iPlayer next year

    BBC iPlayer is officially clamping down on naughty licence fee evaders - in just a few months’ time, you’ll need to log in with a BBC ID to use… More »

  • ITV commissions second series of Victoria

    ITV has ordered a second series of its much-loved historical drama Victoria, which will bring Jenna Coleman and co back to continue the young queen’s story. More »

  • New Magnum PI revival in the works

    It seems that 80s revivals are big at the moment among TV executives. Lethal Weapon’s become a TV series (and picked up by ITV), Full House is back on… More »

  • Into The Badlands to premier exclusively on AMC

    Post-apocalyptic martial arts drama Into The Badlands is set to premier in the UK exclusively on AMC channel, available just for those of you who have BT TV or… More »

  • When does a TV show officially hook you? Netflix knows…

    If you’ve ever found yourself watching five or six episodes of a TV show on Netflix back to back, rest assured you’re far from alone. Binging has been a… More »

  • Sky invests £1.55 million into eSports channel Ginx TV

    The popularity of eSports continues to grow, and it seems broadcasters have taken notice. Sky and ITV have announced that they've each invested £1.55 million into Ginx TV -… More »