ITV Confirms ‘Family Fortunes’ Reboot From Fremantle’s Thames

Peter White Television EditorGrantchester is coming back for a sixth season after British broadcaster ITV and PBS Masterpiece renewed the quaint drama.Stars Robson Green and Tom Brittney, who revealed the news on an Instagram live video, will return.This comes as the fifth season finale of the Kudos-produced drama is set to air in the U.S.

Long-serving Poundland store ‘super manager’ who featured in a ITV documentary is leaving after 14 years.Seann Baxter, 42, is swapping the Salford Shopping Centre where his store is based, for ‘paradise’ in Turkey to start a new life with his wife Amanda.Seann had a starring role in the 2017 TV documentary 'Trouble in Poundland', a documentary that followed struggling stores across the UK amidst the uncertainty caused by Brexit.Seann said: “Turkey’s been paradise to us since we first went 20

Piers Morgan has teased a big announcement - and it’s got Good Morning Britain fans a little concerned.The mouthy TV presenter has posted on Twitter that he would be revealing some news at midday today (Thursday), leaving some viewers of the ITV programme fearing he’s going to quit.Piers, 55, is well known for his confrontational interviewing technique, and whether you like him or loathe him, you can’t deny he would be hard to replace.After all, who would collect all the Ofcom complaints that

Lockdown restrictions may finally be starting to ease, but the disruption caused by the ongoing coronavirus crisis is still being felt in the television industry.While some live shows have managed to scrape by with skeleton crews and socially-distanced segments, such creative solutions for other programmes are simply not an option.Britain’s Got Talent, Strictly Come Dancing and Love Island are just among a few of the reality TV goliaths that have been delayed, shortened or axed altogether as the

Jake Kanter International TV EditorITV has revealed that 38 of its in-house productions have restarted in recent weeks amid the easing of UK coronavirus lockdown restrictions, but CEO Carolyn McCall said drama will be the last genre to get back up to speed.Giving evidence to the Parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday, McCall said ITV Studios and its owned companies, such as Bodyguard producer World Productions, “haven’t quite found a way” to get back into drama

Jake Kanter International TV EditorITV is to follow-up Paul Greengrass’ BAFTA-winning 1999 drama The Murder of Stephen Lawrence with a sequel series following the pursuit of justice for the murdered teenager.The UK commercial broadcaster has commissioned three-part series Stephen, which will be made by Hat Trick Mercurio Television, the production outfit co-owned by Bodyguard creator Jed Mercurio and Hat Trick Productions, the Jimmy Mulville-run indie behind Matt LeBlanc’s Golden Globe-winning

Jake Kanter International TV EditorMeghan Markle seeks court order Meghan Markle is seeking a court order preventing the Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers from naming five of her friends as part of an ongoing legal dispute, according to reports.

Jake Kanter International TV EditorThe BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Scotland’s STV are joining forces to broadcast a short film that attempts to burnish the credentials of British free-to-air television at a time when U.S.

Jake Kanter, Peter White, Nellie Andreeva EXCLUSIVE: Billions’ Damian Lewis and The Affair alum Dominic West are in negotiations to headline and executive produce a limited series adaptation of bestselling Cold War espionage thriller A Spy Among Friends for Spectrum Originals and UK streamer BritBox.The six-episode A Spy Among Friends, based on Ben Macintyre’s book, comes from former Homeland executive producer Alexander Cary, Sony Pictures Television and ITV Studios.