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BBC celebrates Shaun the Sheep’s 30th anniversary

The BBC is celebrating Shaun the Sheep’s 30th anniversary year with the launch of a new season. Produced by celebrated independent studio Aardman, the family favourite launches with a double episode Shirleyverse on CBBC and BBC One on May 24th, a heartwarming tale about learning to value a friend. Everything Shaun knows and loves comes […]

May 14, 2025By Nik Roseveare

BPG Awards announced 2025 nominations

The Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) has announced the nominations for its prestigious annual BPG Awards, celebrating the very best in British Television, Streaming and Audio. This year’s shortlist reflects a compelling mix of gripping dramas, thought-provoking documentaries, groundbreaking comedy, and innovative entertainment. From the real-life scandal of Mr Bates vs The Post Office to the […]

February 25, 2025

BBC: Gavin and Stacey, Wallace and Gromit pass 20m views

The latest Barb viewing data shows that Gavin and Stacey: The Finale (which aired on BBC1 on Christmas Day) is at 20.9 million viewers after 28 days, whilst Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (which also premiered on BBC1 on December 25th) has reached 21.6 million views after seeing a huge uplift with audiences, particularly […]

January 23, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Gavin and Stacey tops Xmas Day overnight ratings

The finale of celebrated sitcom Gavin and Stacey was the most watched show on Christmas Day, pulling in 12.3 million viewers – beating the series’ last Christmas special five years ago and making it the biggest Christmas Day overnight since 2008. The BBC’s line-up dominated the ratings with ten out of ten of the most […]

December 26, 2024

Wallace & Gromit light up Battersea Power Station

This festive season, Wallace & Gromit have decorated London’s Battersea Power Station, home to Apple’s UK headquarters. From 5pm t0 10:30pm throughout December, a pair of Christmas trees will light up the two wash towers on the landmark’s river-facing façade. Visitors will see the two characters decorate the giant trees in their own inimitable styles, […]

December 2, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl on BBC this Xmas

Wallace and Gromit are back with a brand-new adventure, made by multi-award-winning and independent studio Aardman, which will premiere on BBC and BBC iPlayer this Christmas, and will also be available globally on Netflix. The new film, first announced in January 2022, will be 70-minutes long and is titled Vengeance Most Fowl. It will feature […]

June 7, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Sky Kids channel goes live

Iconic children’s TV franchises Morph, Miffy and Where’s Wally are the subject of a trio of giant artworks on display in London to mark the launch of the new Sky Kids channel. A three-metre-high statue of the timeless TV character Morph is on display at Potters Fields, next to Tower Bridge. An illuminated Miffy sculpture […]

February 13, 2023By Nik Roseveare

ShortsTV’s Oscar noms are Box Office hit

ShortsTV, the global short film network, has announced that its ‘Oscar Nominated Short Films’ theatrical release opened in cinemas across the US and Canada on February 25th, and is a box office hit, grossing $1.5 million in its first three weeks. In its 17th year, the cinema presentation of the Live Action, Animation and Documentary […]

March 17, 2022

Rakuten TV adds Beano channel

Rakuten TV, the European VoD platforms, has added iconic children’s brands Beano to their growing children’s collection of FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming Television) channels. Families in the UK and Ireland now have access to the adventures of Dennis, Gnasher, Minnie the Minx and their Beanotown friends via The Beano channel. Established in 1938, Beano is […]

March 2, 2022By Nik Roseveare

New Wallace & Gromit for BBC, Netflix

The BBC has announced a brand-new Wallace & Gromit adventure. From the creative mind of Nick Park, and the first Wallace & Gromit film since the 2008 BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated A Matter of Loaf and Death, the as-yet-untitled new film focuses on Gromit’s concern that Wallace has become over-dependant on his inventions which proves justified […]

January 21, 2022By Nik Roseveare