Fans of Shameless will know that actor David Threlfall plays the role of professional lay-about Frank Gallagher in the show, but according to reports today, David is now set play the role of Tommy Cooper in a new ITV drama about the life of the comedian.

He’s set to star alongside Amanda Redman in the feature length production. She’ll play the role of Tommy’s wife Gwen, who Tommy affectionately called ‘Dove’.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror about the forthcoming show, executive producer Andy Harries said, “Few comics have had such a lasting influence on British culture as Tommy Cooper… Read more & comment »

In my review of last week’s episode of The Apprentice, I complained that the episodes were starting to feel a bit similar and that the teams really needed a refresh. Thankfully, that’s what we got in this fourth episode as some of the girls joined Endeavour while a trio of lads went over to Evolve. Last week’s survivors Natalie and Uzma were the lucky recruits to the boys’ team while Jason, Myles and Jordan joined the remaining girls.

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The documentary series focusing on life in King’s College Hospital A&E continues with an episode that focuses on that moment in which boys become men, and passing the baton between the generations.

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In Bankers: Payback time, we hear the eye-opening story of how Britain’s multi-billion pound financial mis-selling scandal came about.

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In the final episode of the series, Caroline journeys to the New Forest. The park, which is between the counties of Hampshire and Wiltshire, was first discovered by William the Conqueror over 900 years ago. It’s best known for its ancient woods, open heaths, beautiful coastline and abundance of wild animals.

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Adrian Edmondson continue to bring us more stories from the lives of people who live in the Yorkshire Dales.

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Channel 4′s documentary series focusing on the lives of people on a deprived Scunthorpe estate continues. Once again the series set outs to look beyond the headlines and meet some of Britain’s long-term unemployed.

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In this extended one hour special Mrs Moneypenny opens up her Cash Clinic in the historic city of York. During her time there, she advises the locals on everything from home improvement schemes to pensions for self-employed people.

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Professor Alice Roberts takes us back 40,000 years to the Ice Age. This was the final time that giants like mammoths, woolly rhinos and sabre-tooth cats ruled the planet. Using the latest discoveries from across the northern hemisphere, from the Siberian permafrost to American deserts, Alice reconstructs their lives in incredible detail.

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Last night was of course one of the biggest nights of the year for the UK’s top soaps as the cast and crew of our top serial dramas attended the glitzy British Soap Awards 2013…

And we have the full list of nominees and winners for you after the jump, however, as coverage of the awards doesn’t air until tonight on ITV, be warned that if you intend to watch it, the list will contain spoilers!

But if you do want to know, and you want to see pics from the glittering event, let’s go… Read more & comment »

In this edition of Unreported World, reporter Clemency-Burton Hill and director Elizabeth C Jones take to the roads of Dhaka with a group of women who are learning to be professional drivers despite extraordinary odds.

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In this second instalment, Paul returns to Battersea to meet mother and daughter Staffies Bella and Missy, who’ve been inseparable since Missy was born. In fact the bond between them is so strong that vet Phil confirms that they must be rehomed together.

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The latest in Channel 4′s Cutting Edge strand, The Murder Workers, is a powerful and insightful documentary that focuses on a side of murder most people know little about. It follows member of Victim Support’s National Homicide Team as they work alongside families who have been bereaved by murder or manslaughter.

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Channel 4′s documentary about the goings-on in King’s College Hospital continues with stories focusing on the patients and the staff. This instalment centres around a young girl who fell dangerously at the diving pool, while it also looks at the difficult work of the hospital’s security team.

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The second part of BBC2′s documentary looks at how the engine of growth that is risk can have catastrophic consequences. Bankers: Risking it All charts the effort to manage financial risk through mathematical modelling, while also showing how this can encourage certain traders to act as if they have mastered risk altogether.

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