Paramount and Skydance squeak closer to merger deal
Shari Redstone walked away last month, but returned to the table with her National Amusements company
January 2023
Astronaut Tim Peake to present new Channel 5 show about space
Tim Peake: Secrets of Our Universe to head wave of high-end shows as broadcaster pivots upmarket
December 2022
Sky could lose £150m a year from plan to relax ad limits on UK’s free-to-air TV
Ofcom reviews longstanding rules that allow pay-TV companies more ad minutes than public service rivals
September 2022
Netflix and Amazon cut spend on UK shows as British broadcasters fight back
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 spent record £1.45bn last year on shows from UK production companies
June 2022
Paramount: we won’t remove content from eras with ‘different sensibilities’
Boss of media company says it would be a mistake to censor art because it may offend some people today
May 2022
Challenge Anneka’s lasting legacy in Leeds points way for show’s reboot
Challenge Anneka to be revived by Channel 5 after nearly 30 years
April 2022
Nils Pratley on finance
Flogging Channel 4 won’t bring about the longed-for British reply to Netflix
Nils Pratley
Prospective buyers will see a clear tension between public service obligations and making profits
March 2022
Naked Cheggers, Rebecca Loos with a pig and Baftas for Jane McDonald: it’s 25 years of Channel 5!
Neighbours: the 10 best memories, from Scott and Charlene to Madge’s ghost
February 2022
Goodbye Ramsay Street? Why we’re not ready for Neighbours to end
The drama won hearts by showing the world Australian suburbia – albeit with regular light plane crashes and bouts of amnesia
January 2022
Children’s TV makers say British shows could die as ministers scrap £44m fund
Channel 5 on track to report record profits for 2021 after ads boom
December 2021
Channel 5 News apologises for revealing Celebrity MasterChef winner
Broadcaster mistakenly spoiled announcement minutes before Christmas show was due to air on BBC One
September 2021
Channel 4 goes off-air after outage caused by technical problem
Several TV channels including Channel 5, Film 4 and More 4, lost output
Animal magic! All Creatures Great and Small is the comforting TV we all need
The reboot of the Yorkshire vet drama is a gentle back-rub of a show, and proved the perfect answer to lockdown woes. As it returns, its winning formula looks even more charming
UK broadcasters cut spending on British shows to lowest point in decade
BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 slashed spending last year on UK programming as pandemic hit
August 2021
Channel 5 says it will not make any more shows about Yorkshire
Commissioning editor tells Edinburgh TV festival he is looking for new stories after string of Yorkshire-based hits
July 2021
TV review
Lie With Me review – a Down Under dud with EastEnders’ Janine
An unfaithful husband leads to bigger problems for soap star Charlie Brooks in Channel 5’s improbably silly drama. Forget Australia – she’s better off on Albert Square
June 2021
The great British broadcasting shake-up – all you need to know
Government TV changes include possible sale of Channel 4 and new rules governing streaming
