It’s been a busy week in broadcasting news. Just take a look at the range of stories we’ve covered over in The Stage’s news section:
The BBC’s new media head Ashley Highfield is leaving to head up the joint venture video-on-demand service code-named ‘Project Kangaroo’
Britain’s Got Talent won the Saturday night ratings battle, beating the BBC’s I’d Do Anything
TV character actor Willoughby Goddard died at the age of 81
Tributes were paid to TV presenter Mark Speight after his body was found at the weekend
Adrian Lester and Jodhi May are to star in Sleep With Me, an two-hour adaptation by Andrew Davies of Joanna Briscoe’s thriller. The project is being made by Clerkenwell Films for ITV1
The BBC is to fund a London living allowance for writers on its annual Writers Academy, allowing the scheme to accommodate talent from around the UK for the first time.
Independent producers have accused the BBC of sacrificing radio drama to pay for big name presenters and TV talent shows.
Internet shortform drama Sofia’s Diary, a hit on social networking site Bebo, is to start airing on Five’s digital channel Fiver (aka the soon-to-be-renamed Five Life), the first such transfer of its kind in the UK
Ladies of Letters, based on the books and radio series of the same name, is to become ITV3’s first original drama commission, with Maureen Lipman and Anne Reid taking the principal roles
Former EastEnders actress Letitia Dean is to play Ms Darbus in the London run of High School Musical this summer
Independent production company Talent Television has hired former BBC light entertainment editor Jonathan Glazier as director of entertainment, replacing John Kaye Cooper who is moving to ITV as controller of entertainment
Sunday’s Bafta TV Awards will see the Bafta Fellowship awarded to Bruce Forsyth. Didn’t he do well!
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