Somewhere along the line Mary Portas has become Britain's macro problem solver. The high street? Fixed! Manufacturing? Sorted! The misalignment of infrastructure investment and broader industrial strategy...? No doubt Mezza and Channel 4 could squeeze a six-parter out of that, too.

Bluestone 42 actor Gary Carr has been cast as Downton Abbey’s first black character. He will appear in series four of Julian Fellowes’ ITV1 period drama as jazz singer Jack Ross.

Sir Alan Sugar today unveiled a new selection of control freaks and “global business” owners who will all give “110%” to win the ninth series of The Apprentice.

“I’m not perfect. There are occasions I may have got it wrong,” Lord Sugar declared, in a rare display of humility. “But I haven’t seen anyone who’s become a new Branson or Zuckerberg that I’ve let go.”

The business brains in this year's series of The Apprentice had a cat-astrophe when they tried to sell some some Chinese lucky charms in the first episode.

Apprentice host Lord Sugar has admitted he is tempted to step into the firing line and try out life as a contestant on the show.

The Apprentice is back, but this time with a bit of a twist.

The University Of Manchester have become champions of BBC contest University Challenge for a fourth time, to equal the record set by Magdalen College, Oxford.

Its plotlines might go from bad to worse, veering from animal mutilation and suicide to medical manipulation, familial strife and the ravages of The Great War, but BBC One is set to return Peter Moffat’s acclaimed Sunday night drama to our screens.

Hit American sitcom Two and a Half Men has been commissioned for its 11 series. But just five months after urging viewers to turn it off and branding it "filth" the show's Half Man will no longer make regular appearances.

Clare Balding will receive a special Bafta for outstanding achievement in factual presenting in recognition of her coverage of the Olympics.

Sheridan Smith and Olivia Colman are to star as rivals for the affections of a middle-aged man who is stuck in a rut in a new BBC1 drama.

Britain's Got Talent saw its audience drop by a million viewers last night but it remained way ahead of rival The Voice.

Apprentice star Karren Brady has revealed how a potentially fatal illness changed her life forever.

The channel, which launches tomorrow, will deliver 'extreme' reality TV audiences this side of the pond