British Telly

29th November 2023 - UKTV today announced its intention to launch 'U' next year - a new masterbrand that will unite its family of free-to-air channels and its free streaming service.

Launching in Summer 2024, the move will see its current streaming service UKTV Play transition to U and UKTV's family of free-to-air channels will become U&Dave, U&DRAMA, U&YESTERDAY and U&W.

We delve into the world of the spoken-word poet. Plus: more delicious, cringe-worthy family drama from Kat Sadler. Here’s what to watch this evening

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A three-part documentary starts with Hitler’s rise to power. Plus: Louis Theroux sits down with singer-songwriter Raye. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Eleanor Tomlinson and Hugh Dennis star in the juicy Channel 4 series. Plus: the story of Julius Caesar. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Stasi FC is a gripping feature documentary. Plus: it’s Junior Eurovision time! Here’s what to watch this evening

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Doctor Who is back with three special episodes for its 60th anniversary. Plus: devastating new documentary Lockerbie. Here’s what to watch this evening

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/15944393

S4C chief executive Sian Doyle has been dismissed following an inquiry report that upheld complaints that she had bullied staff.

The Welsh language broadcaster commissioned Cardiff law firm Capital Law to investigate the complaints in May after receiving a formal letter from the trade union Bectu, which represents media workers.

Europe’s most powerful witch needs more than potions to set up her academy in Bucharest. Plus, a tribute to Black Sabbath’s guitarist. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Cornflakes with hot sauce are on the menu for the Taskmaster final. Plus: Mary Berry pays a surprise visit to a breakfast TV legend. Here’s what to watch this evening

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A new series follows two sisters navigating life after their father walks out. Plus: Amol Rajan takes a deep dive with snooker champ Ronnie O’Sullivan. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Portas joins Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Kevin McCloud in getting creative to fight the climate crisis. Plus: Joan Collins meets Louis Theroux. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The comedian asks whether history’s most polarising figures were evil or genius. Plus, Grime Kids continues. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Boat Story is a stylish treat starring Daisy Haggard and Paterson Joseph. Plus: Nigel Farage in I’m A Celebrity! Here’s what to watch this evening

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New evidence challenging claims Richard III murdered the Princes in the Tower will be aired in a new “landmark” documentary. The myth-busting will be led by Judge Rinder and the woman who started the search that led to the discovery of the lost king in a Leicester car park.

The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence will see Philippa Langley and Rob Rinder join forces to tackle the long-running claims that Richard III killed his young nephew princes Edward and Richard. It has long been said that Richard committed the murders - a claim popularised by William Shakespeare - but one that has never been proven.

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The full evidence from Philippa and Rob will be presented in the Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence. The documentary airs this Saturday night (November 18) at 8pm on Channel 4.

Daniel Radcliffe and David Holmes tell the emotional story. Plus: Kin and Scrublands are two new juicy BBC thrillers. Here’s what to watch this evening

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£100,000 is up for grabs as the cult reality TV series draws to a close. Plus: the Country Music Awards, straight outta Nashville, Tennessee. Here’s what to watch this evening

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while Doctor Who has had kids hiding behind the sofas in fear for six decades, Davies has shared that not all of the episodes will be appropriate for children to watch at all.

The writer behind It’s A Sin and Years and Years explained that he had thought of his eight-year-old self while creating the new episodes, and accepted that kids would be watching, even though “it’s not a children’s show”.

Of the three episodes, series opener The Star Beast, which airs on 25 November and centres on a furry creature called a Meep (voiced by Miriam Margolyes), is the most child-friendly, Davies explained.

“It is like a great big Pixar family film, like a bank holiday film – all the family watching, lots of laughs, a funny monster,” he said.

However, the following two episodes will not be appropriate for children, Davies warned. “The second one, Wild Blue Yonder, is darker. Not scary – it’s genuinely weird,” he said.

“We do very scary stuff. Some stuff is quite violent. It’s not for children, it’s about children.”

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/television/t/631440

This Diana-obsessed series is the very definition of bad writing. Despite the brilliant cast, it’s a crass, soapy dive into the abyss – not least in the atrocious scenes featuring Ghost Diana.

Mary Berry teaches celebrities a thing or two about cooking in this new series. Plus: the finale of Brassic. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The presenter revisits the residents she spoke to in 1988 after Pan Am flight 103 was bombed. Plus: Alan Davies launches David Mitchell through the air. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The Libertines singer invites Theroux to his Normandy home. Plus: a magical new documentary series about an aquarium. Here’s what to watch this evening

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cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/doctorwho@lemmy.world/t/617880

Veteran film collector John Franklin believes the answer is for the BBC to announce an immediate general amnesty on missing film footage.

This would reassure British amateur collectors that their private archives will not be confiscated if they come forward and that they will be safe from prosecution for having stored stolen BBC property, something several fear.

“Some of these collectors are terrified,” said Franklin, who knows the location of the two missing Doctor Who episodes, along with several other newly discovered TV treasures, including an episode of the The Basil Brush Show, the second to be unearthed this autumn. “We now need to catalogue and save the significant television shows that are out there. If we are not careful they will eventually be dumped again in house clearances, because a lot of the owners of these important collections are now in their 80s and are very wary,” he added.

Discarded TV film was secretly salvaged from bins and skips by staff and contractors who worked at the BBC between 1967 and 1978, when the corporation had a policy of throwing out old reels. And Hartnell’s Doctor Who episodes were far from the only ones to go. Many popular shows were lost and other Doctor Who adventures starring Patrick Troughton and Jon Pertwee were either jettisoned or erased. A missing early episode of the long-running sitcom Sykes, starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, has also been rediscovered in private hands in the last few weeks.

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The BBC said it was ready to talk to anyone with lost episodes. “We welcome members of the public contacting us regarding programmes they believe are lost archive recordings, and are happy to work with them to restore lost or missing programmes to the BBC archives,” it said.

Whether this will be enough to prompt nervous collectors to come forward is doubtful. While collectors are in no real danger, the infamous arrest of comedian Bob Monkhouse in 1978 has not been forgotten, Franklin suspects: “Monkhouse was a private collector and was accused of pirating videos. He even had some of his archive seized. Sadly people still believe they could have their films confiscated.”

The BBC has confirmed that, as is now tradition, Doctor Who will be a part of this week’s charity telethon for Children in Need with the broadcast of a special exclusive scene starring David Tennant’s 14th Doctor on November 17.

Dispatches investigates the thousands of children taken from Ukraine to Russia. Plus: a new drama set in London’s music scene circa 2001. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The comedian is a great tour guide in Australia. Plus: Hannah Waddingham hosts the Earthshot Prize 2023. Here’s what to watch this evening

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