TV & Radio

Racy Christina Aguilera X Factor show concerns Ofcom

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Last year's X Factor final featuring Christina Aguilera and her backing dancers in a racy routine was "at the very margin of acceptability", broadcasting watchdog Ofcom has ruled.

'Doctor Who' star Elisabeth Sladen dies

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

The Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen has died.

Essex reality show on Bafta shortlist

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

The ITV show The Only Way Is Essex has been shortlisted for a Bafta, but faces stiff competition from some more highbrow hits.

BBC Trust upholds Panorama complaints

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

The BBC Trust has upheld three complaints about an edition of Panorama examining the deadly storming of an aid flotilla by Israeli commandos.

Baker in his prime as he returns to radio after cancer struggle

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

BGT: It's like YouTube for people who don't have a computer

Sunday, 17 April 2011

Robert Epstein and Marianne Levy: In the absence of Simon Cowell, Holden's hair is star of 'Britain's Got Talent'.

Sport on TV: Surely it's time for Crackers to put the shackles on himself

Sunday, 17 April 2011

Former Olympic rower James Cracknell appears on TV so often these days that we must be seeing more of him than his wife and young family do. Hot on the heels of his three endurance challenges on the Discovery Channel – six back-to-back marathons in the Sahara desert, getting across the United States inside 18 days (and almost getting killed in the process) and "ultra-cycling" 430 miles through the Canadian tundra – he popped up again to tell the tale of his hero in Shackleton's South with James Cracknell (Discovery, Thursday). According to JC (not to be confused with someone of the same initials who sacrificed himself for the good of mankind rather than the sheer hell of it), "It's a tale of terrible hardships, bitter cold and exhaustion". You can see why it would appeal to him.

Are You Being Served? actor dies aged 76

Friday, 15 April 2011

Are You Being Served? star Trevor Bannister has died aged 76, his agent confirmed today.

Pratchett presents film on Dignitas

Friday, 15 April 2011

The author Sir Terry Pratchett is to present a documentary about the last moments of a terminally ill man who travelled to the Dignitas assisted suicide clinic to end his life.

Sky wins set-top box ruling

Thursday, 14 April 2011

Satellite broadcaster Sky today won a European legal battle over customs duties on imports of its Sky+ box.