Men Behaving Badly writer Simon Nye is to adapt Richmal Crompton’s Just William books for the BBC, marking the third time the Corporation has adapted the stories.
More than 50% of staff in the five BBC departments relocating to Salford’s MediaCityUK, the new base for BBC North, have refused to make the move.
Derek Trotter, the character made famous by David Jason in the sitcom Only Fools and Horses, is to return to television screens in a new comedy drama about his teenage years.
Clwyd Theatr Cymru in Mold and Cardiff’s Sherman Cymru theatre have been recognised at this year’s Arts and Business Cymru Awards for organisations in Wales.
Sales figures for Theatre Tokens in the first four months of this year are 14% higher than they were in 2008.
Carlos Acosta is to perform with the Ballet Nacional de Cuba for the first time in the UK next year, as part of the Spring Dance at the London Coliseum season.
Fringe theatre companies have warned that the sector will be “destroyed” if proposals by Equity seeking to enforce the National Minimum Wage for all actors become law.
BBC1 family drama Robin Hood has been axed by the Corporation after three series.
Jo Wright, currently head of drama at independent company Twofour, is to join Foyle’s War production house Greenlit Rights as an executive producer.
CBBC has commissioned a new sitcom based on the Lulu Baker series of books by Fiona Dunbar.
Mollie Sugden, best known for playing Mrs Slocombe in the BBC1 sitcom Are You Being Served?, has died aged 86.
Little Britain star Matt Lucas is to front a new comedy chat show for BBC Radio 2.
Blackpool is to host this year’s Royal Variety Performance in a move which will be regarded as a major boost to the entertainment resort.
Arts Council England has hit back at a new report that calls on the funding body to be scrapped, branding the research “misleading” and “naive”.
Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption is to receive its UK stage premiere at the West End’s Wyndham’s Theatre this September.
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