Upstairs, downstairs, 2012-style
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
There are now more domestic workers in Britain than in Edwardian times. As the TV favourite returns Genevieve Roberts and Nick Butler meet some of them
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Sport on TV: Out of Africa comes a Bellamy – Craig, of course, not David
12 February 2012 12:00 AM
Is there really nothing else going on in the world? The 'Arry and Fabio show led all the news bulletins, then you tune in for the highlights of the African Cup of Nations semi-finals (ITV4, Wednesday) and they're talking about England too. Never mind about Zambia's glorious Copper Bullets, who's going to be next in our tabloids' firing line?
BBC to issue global apology for documentaries that broke rules
11 February 2012 12:00 AM
Independent revealed programmes were made by third-party in pay of governments and firms
The doctor has left the building: after 177 shows, Laurie brings the House down
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
After eight years of diagnosing some of the world's rarest diseases, Hugh Laurie is to hang up his stethoscope. The current season of House will be his last, the producers have revealed.
TV pundit suspended over tweets
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
The broadcaster CNN has suspended a political analyst for "anti-gay" tweets made during the Super Bowl.
Rein man: did Dustin Hoffman harm horses in his new drama?
10 February 2012 12:00 AM
Big-budget HBO series targeted by campaigners after two star performers had to be put down
One part Entourage to two parts Glee – but is it a Smash?
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
America's biggest new show boasts such a conspicuous marketing budget that, unless its title becomes self-fulfilling prophecy, it will seem like a failure. Smash, NBC's story of a Broadway musical, premiered on Monday.
Virgin clocks up a profit as TiVo soars
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
Virgin Media has claimed a record number of new subscribers to its premium pay-TV service, TiVo, despite the total number of customers barely rising.
Director-general admits BBC has too few older women on TV
09 February 2012 12:00 AM
The BBC is right to be criticised for not featuring enough older women in leading roles in its television programmes, the broadcaster's director-general has admitted.
BBC defends Alex Salmond Six Nations cancellation
08 February 2012 06:21 PM
The BBC has defended its decision not to include Alex Salmond in its coverage of Saturday's Scotland-England rugby clash.
BBC Call The Midwife move skips Corrie clash
08 February 2012 04:21 PM
BBC bosses have headed off a ratings clash by moving the final edition of TV hit Call the Midwife after ITV chiefs scheduled a head-to-head clash with Coronation Street.
BBC to cut news channel presenters
08 February 2012 02:04 PM
The BBC is to scale back the number of on-screen presenters on its news channel, with fewer on-the-ground hosts for international stories, as part of its savings plans.
Sue Cook reflects on two decades of broadcasting at the BBC
07 February 2012 01:41 PM
Imagine turning on the TV to watch I’m Alan Partridge, Steve Coogan’s celebrated sitcom, and hearing your name mentioned over and over again. It’s something Sue Cook has had to get used to. The comedian constantly talks about her in his show, although she insists their association is pure fantasy.
TV credits 'should be bigger and slower'
05 February 2012 12:00 AM
End credits on TV shows need to be more prominent, says a report from the actors' union, Equity. More than 10,000 people took part in a survey after viewers' complaints over fast-rolling and shrunken credits.
Sport On TV: Mole in protest movement but other side dug up dirt
05 February 2012 12:00 AM
So the sporting protest is alive and well – though cuffing yourself to the goalpost because Ryanair won't give your daughter a job is not quite the same as the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa. What next? A mass demonstration against EasyJet's excess baggage policy?
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