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Holby City is yet another casualty of the BBC’s obsession with ‘youth’ It may not be a critics darling, but the decades-old drama is exactly what many licence fee payers crave. Why not axe The One Show instead? Amy Lennox in Holby City Credit: BBC In metropolitan media circles, the decision to end BBC medical drama Holby City is unlikely to prompt many tears. It is rarely reviewed in the broadsheets; its cultural importance is never discussed on Radio 4 and, to my knowledge, it doesn’t ...

New details announced for Bafta TV Awards Tom Horton, PA Olly Alexander is to perform live at the Bafta Television Awards. The Years & Years musician and actor, who starred in hit drama It’s A Sin, will give a rendition of his new song Starstruck at the ceremony. He will also present an award with Lydia West, his co-star in the Channel 4 programme. Alexander said: “I’m so excited to be performing Starstruck at the Bafta TV Awards this year. Jodie Comer is among the stars who will attend t...

Alfred Fagon's pioneering The Death of a Black Man still holds true as it receives a revival.

Alfred Fagon's pioneering The Death of a Black Man still holds true as it receives a revival.

Olly Alexander (Ian West/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Olly Alexander is to perform live at the Bafta Television Awards. The Years & Years musician and actor, who starred in hit drama It’s A Sin, will give a rendition of his new song Starstruck at the ceremony. He will also present an award with Lydia West, his...

The high-tech solution will be offered to nominees who cannot attend the show owing to Covid-19 restrictions

A Bafta award statue (Jonathan Brady/PA) Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Stars of the small screen who are unable to attend the Bafta television awards will be able to make an appearance in hologram form, it has been announced. Nominees who cannot make the ceremony on June 6 due to Covid restrictions and production fil...

TV stars and fans will follow in the virtual footsteps of Tupac Shakur, Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston by appearing in hologram form at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) television awards, it has been announced. Nominees for this year’s BAFTA who cannot attend the ceremony on Sunday because of COVID-19 restrictions can be beamed on to the red carpet. <strong>FILMING BUBBLES</strong> The technology will be offered to TV stars who might be restricted to pro...

Presenters Stacey Dooley and Vick Hope will introduce the hologram guests to those actually walking the socially distanced red carpet being held on Sunday.

Call the Midwife narrator Vanessa Redgrave has spoken about 10 years of the beloved BBC series in this Big RT Interview.