Gavin & Stacey: The Finale is ripping up the record books in the UK. According to the BBC, the concluding episode of the British sitcom epic has now been watched by 19.3 million people, which makes it the most-watched scripted show since these records began some 23 years ago. It has smashed the…

UPDATED: Neil Young will make hay in Britain’s harvest moon after all. Just hours after he declared that he would not be playing Glastonbury, the musician has changed his mind. Earlier this week, Young said the famous Worthy Farm event was under the “corporate control” of the BBC. Now, he has told…

Michael Carrington, the exec who first backed global kids smash Bluey, is retiring after a storied career. The former BBC Kids boss held numerous top level roles throughout from the early 1990s through to the 2020s, and had a reputation as one of the most knowledgable in the business, but is best…

EXCLUSIVE: For his BAFTA-winning 9/11 documentary Inside the President’s War Room, Adam Wishart took audiences behind the scenes to bring to life the immediate aftermath of the world’s most devastating terror attack, spotlighting the response of then-President George W. Bush and his closest…

Spoiler alert: This article mentions details from last night’s episode of The Traitors UK. The Traitors UK smashed its record rating for an opening ep last night, luring in more than 5M viewers. The show peaked with 5.4M, close to its best ever performance which was the finale of last season…

Johnnie Walker, one of the BBC’s longest-serving radio DJs, has died. Walker died earlier today at 79 following a long battle with lung disease, two months after calling time on his radio career. Tributes flooded in from BBC top brass. Director General Tim Davie called Walker a “pop radio pioneer and…

The Shelbys aren’t going anywhere any time soon. Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight recently teased to the U.K.’s Times Radio that there could be additional projects beyond the film slated for release in the next year or so. Speaking to journalist Jane Mulkerrins, the screenwriter confirmed…

The BBC took its domination of the Christmas Day UK TV ratings into Boxing Day with Call the Midwife and Outnumbered topping the charts. The Christmas specials of the long-running BBC shows both peaked with around 4M viewers, placing them first and second on the Boxing Day list. The ratings…

The BBC has had a triumphant festive period, bagging every single position in the top ten most watched TV shows on Christmas Day. As expected, Gavin and Stacey: The Finale drew the largest overall audience, drawing 64.75% of the potential audience and an average audience of 12.3million (figures…

Gavin and Stacey's big finale easily won the battle for UK TV viewers on Christmas Day, and now it seems it has won over the critics as well. Ruth Jones and James Corden's comedy, set in Essex, England and Barry, south Wales, went out with a bang on Christmas Day evening, with more than 12million…

The BBC can breathe easy into its festive leftovers, after all the hype, cross-promotion and marketing paid off – with the finale of long-running comedy Gavin and Stacey winning the UK's top Christmas Day audience. Overnights.TV reported that a whopping 12.3million tuned in to discover the fates of…

Tayce Szura-Radix has made history, becoming the first drag queen to win the UK version of Strictly Come Dancing.  Szura-Radix, best known for appearing on RuPaul's Drag Race UK in 2021, triumphed in the Christmas special of the dance show, winning the contest with professional partner Kai…