... Excellent acting in an impeccable drama BY JAMES TOWLER A fine single play, the return of the sharpest political satire show, an interview with the world's premier tenor, the start of what promises to be an outstanding six part drama, the conclusion of a thrilling police mini-series and a tribute to a much loved star. So much for all those, myself includ ed, who moan that there is 'noth ing ...

... Baftas -- a two hour commercial By Ollie Wilson Well, it was that time of the year again. Dinner suits and expensive gowns are hired or dusted down, and our little showbusiness community celebrates its strengths and triumphs in the fields of television and film. Or so the theory goes. In reality, The EMU Awards ceremony (ITV, Sunday, April 21, 9.15pm), in common with most things British, ...

... Now editor on News at One UAVID MANNION, ITN's home affairs editor since 1979, is now editor of ITN's lunchtime programme, News at One. The previous editor, Alex Spinks, left in June and ITV programme editor Chris Barlow has taken editorial responsibility in the interim. ITN has also promoted reporter Sarah Cullen to be home affairs correspondent, the first time ITN has appointed a woman to a ...

... Holmes the new BBC secretary DAVID HOLMES is to be the new secretary of the BBC, succeeding David Barlow, who as reported recently in Television Today is becoming the Corporation's controller of public affairs and international relations. David Holmes has lor the past three years been chief assistant to the BBC's director general, responsible for handling the BBC's relations with the ...

... TVS try out live shows in studio part of 'new look' for afternoons TVS is to make a quiz, a magazine, and a do-it-yourself series to go out live from studio each week for ten weeks, from October. The programmes are part of a move by the company to try and make Monday to Thursday programming between 1.30 and 4.0pm more appealing and more cohesive in presentation. Although the company will not ...

... THE growing amount of press coverage given to the views of the Prime Minister and other Members of Parliament about the level and impact of violence and obscenity on television appears to have prompted to the BBC to quickly look again at its current code on the portrayal of violence. This also follows a letter to the BBC's chairman Stuart Young from Mrs Mary Whitehouse, which we published last ...

... Granada's Coronation Street may or may not be slipping in the ratings but the serial is still, 25 years on, one of the most popular programmes. Here in a shot to celebrate the programme's Silver Jubilee are back row: left, to right: Helene Palmer, then Lisa Lewis, Elizabeth Dawn, William Tarmey, Betty Driver, Julie Goodyear, Sue Jenkins, Bill Waddington, Tom Mennard and Sean Wilson. In the ...

... Jacobs now directing The Forgotten Story CASTING is to start shortly on a new HTV serial for family viewing time. The six episodes are being scripted for half-hour slots by Arden Winch, bas ed on the novel, The Forgotten Story, by Winston Graham. Martin Shute is producing and John Jacobs is directing. The serial is a coproduction between HTV, Sheen Productions a company set up last year by ...

... Channel Four's presentation team Above, the line-up of Channel Four's presentation team, who will co ordinate and produce the linking and on-screen promotional material for the channel. Back row, from the left, are Jo Wright, assistant editor, formerly with Yorkshire; Pam Masters, Channel Four's head of presentation; Tim Simmons, her deputy, the senior presentation editor, from the BBC; Adam ...

... Completing recording of more Starburst BOB MONKHOUSE, Alvin Stardust, George Melly, Vince Hill, The Searchers, Chas and Dave, Jim Bowen, Dave Ismay, Sheena Easton, Billy Dainty and Mike Reid are among the performers who will be appearing in six new Starburst programmes for one hour slots which are in production at Central's Elstree studios. Philip Casson and David MacMahon are each ...

... Structure of the BFI's Falklands study HOWARD TUMBER, who wrote the BFI's Broadcating Research Unit's report, Television and the Riots, is to work on a study of the television coverage of the Falklands crisis for the He will be working full-time on the study with Dr David Morrison, with Michael Tracey, head of the Broad casting Research Unit, supervising the project. David Morrison is ...

... Yorkshire serial on rallying YORKSHIRE will begin fuming a nine-part drama serial which has been created by Michael J. Bird, at the end of this month. The serial is called Winning Streak and is about a young man's determina tion to become a world champion rally driver. Peter Chelsom, who is starring as Kit Sorrell in Sorrell &Son, plays the part of David Savage, whose ambition is to drive. The ...