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BBC One Orders New Abi Morgan Drama River

The BBC has commissioned a new drama from the Emmy award-winning writer Abi Morgan.

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Axed BBC Drama The Hour Wins Emmy Award

ATV Today September 23, 2013 Anna Chancellor BBC Drama BBC Two Behind the Candelabra Ben Whishaw Dominic West Edinburgh TV Festival Emmys Emmys 2013 HBO Janice Hadlow Parade's End Romola Garai The Hour Top of the Lake

The axed BBC Two drama series The Hour won an award at last night’s Emmy ceremony in America.

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Emmys 2013: The Top Winners

ATV Today September 23, 2013 ABC Abi Morgan Alfre Woodard AMC American Horror Story Anna Gunn BBC America Behind the Candelabra Benedict Cumberbatch Breaking Bad Broadwalk Empire CBS Claire Danes Dame Maggie Smith Downton Abbey Ellen Burstyn Emmys Emmys 2013 Fox FX Game of Thrones Girls Gyp Rosetti HBO Homeland James Cromwell Jane Lynch Jeff Daniels Jim Parsons Julia Louis-Dreyfus Laura Linney Lifetime Matt Damon Merritt Wever Michael Douglas Michelle Dockery Modern Family NBC Netflix Nurse Jackie Parade's End PBS Showtime Sigourney Weaver Sundance Channel The Big Bang Theory The Hour The Newsroom The Voice USA Tony Hale USA Network Veep Zachary Quinto

Last night the prestigious Emmy Awards were held with this year’s winners including Breaking Bad, Modern Family and Homeland with cable broadcaster HBO ending the…

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Billie Piper To Star In Sky Arts Drama

ATV Today September 17, 2013 Ben Whishaw Billie Piper David Tennant Doctor Who Dracula Eva Green Foxtrot Jenna Louise Coleman John Hurt Josh Hartnett Lindsay Duncan Matt Smith Penny Dreadful Playhouse Presents Rory Kinnear Sky Arts Sky Atlantic Sky Drama Skyfall The Day of the Doctor The Hour Timothy Dalton

Penny Dreadful actress Billie Piper has landed a role in another Sky drama.

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Janice Hadlow On Why The Hour Was Axed

ATV Today August 23, 2013 Anna Chancellor BBC Drama BBC Two Ben Whishaw Dominic West Edinburgh TV Festival Emmys Janice Hadlow Radio Times Romola Garai The Hour

BBC Two controller Janice Hadlow has explained why the 1950s newsroom drama The Hour was axed by the corporation.

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Oona Chaplin and Suranne Jones Lead The Ark Cast

ATV Today August 7, 2013 Alex Wyndham BBC BBC Drama BBC One Ben Stephenson Danny Cohen Downton Abbey Game of Thrones Hermione Norris Kevin Doyle Oona Chaplin Sarah Phelps Scott and Bailey Spooks Suranne Jones The Ark The Hour

The BBC has revealed the cast for its forthcoming World War One drama The Ark written by Sarah Phelps. The cast will be headed by…

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Ben Whishaw Confirms He’s Gay

ATV Today August 5, 2013 BBC Drama BBC One BBC Two Ben Whishaw Brideshead Revisited Criminal Justice Daniel Craig Dominic West gay actors James Bond LGBT Romola Garai Skyfall The Hollow Crown The Hour

The Hour and James Bond actor Ben Whishaw has confirmed he’s gay and is in a civil partnership.

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Peter Capaldi Favourite To Replace Matt Smith in Doctor Who

ATV Today August 1, 2013 ABC Anthony Head BBC Drama BBC One Ben Daniels Billie Piper Buffy the Vampire Slayer Burn Gorman Catherine Tate Children of Earth Chris Addison Daleks David Harewood David Tennant Doctor Who Helen Mirren Idris Elba James Bond Jemma Redgrave Jenna Louise Coleman Joanna Page John Hurt Julian Rhind-Tutt Law and Order UK Luther Matt Smith Merlin Once Upon A Time Patrick Troughton Peter Capaldi Prime Suspect Rory Kinnear Russell Tovey Skins The End of Time The Hour The Sun The Thick Of It Tom Ellis Torchwood William Hartnell Zygons

Peter Capaldi has emerged as the bookies favourite to replace Matt Smith as The Doctor in BBC One’s long-running sci-fi series Doctor Who.

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Peter Capaldi and Luke Pasqualino Lead Cast Of The Musketeers

ATV Today February 26, 2013 Adrian Hodge BBC America BBC Drama BBC One Bedlam Ben Stephenson Danny Cohen Hugo Speer Luke Pasqualino Merlin Peter Capaldi Santiago Cabrera.Skins The Borgias The Hour The Musketeers The Thick Of It Tom Burke

The Borgias and Skins actor Luke Pasqualino and The Thick of It actor Peter Capaldi are to lead the cast of BBC One‘s new adaptation…

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Thousands Sign Petition To Save The Hour

ATV Today February 13, 2013 Abi Morgan Anna Chancellor BBC Drama BBC Two Ben Whishaw Dominic West Kudos Mad Men Oona Chaplin petition Romola Garai The Hour

Thousands of viewers have signed a petition to save BBC Two drama The Hour after it was cancelled earlier this week by the corporation.