Birmingham Drama Village to continue with soap opera Doctors for at least a further two years, while Father Brown and The Coroner will have new series produced at the Midlands production centre.
BBC and ITV regional news host Tom Coyne has died aged 84. He became a popular personality in the Midlands and North East regions, hosting programmes for BBC Midlands and Tyne Tees Television.
Radio Times readers have placed Susannah Reid as their favourite BBC Breakfast host to date in a poll to mark three decades of beeb early mornings.
Beeb staff fear cuts to regional news and current affairs programming.