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1 week ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
The crimes of John Smyth resulted in a major scandal that shook the Church of England. Smyth was a young QC and senior figure at a Christian charity when he started inflicting violent abuse on boys and young men. His crimes began in his family home and escalated over decades and across continents until ultimately being revealed by church insiders, a Channel 4 News investigation and the brave actions of victims and survivors.
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1 week ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
Channel 4 today announces it has partnered with Tesco Mobile on new branded entertainment series, The Great British Phone Switch. This pioneering lifestyle experiment is designed to bring families closer as they navigate the transition from teens into adulthood. According to a 2025 Ofcom report, by the age of 11, 91% of children own their own mobile phone – but how much do we understand about their digital lives?
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1 week ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
Bauer Media Audio UK’s youth-oriented radio brand KISS has launched a new week-long campaign in collaboration with Channel 4, aimed at promoting body confidence and self-expression. The initiative, which kicked off today, is part of Channel 4’s wider content strand The Naked Truth, and sees KISS Breakfast hosts Jordan and Perri take on a series of challenges designed to explore and normalise themes around nudity.
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1 week ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
Sofía Ros has been named the winner of the esteemed BBC Radio Scotland Young Classical Musician of the Year award. The accordionist triumphed in the grand final held at Glasgow’s City Halls last night, 14th June 2025, performing alongside the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Andrew Gourlay.
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2 weeks ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
Housewives Shannon Storms Beador, Heather Dubrow, Tamra Judge, Gina Kirschenheiter, Emily Simpson, Jennifer Pedranti and Katie Ginella return for an unforgettable run of episodes as the ladies set out to uncover the truth, restore trust, heal broken bonds and everything that lies between. Familiar face Gretchen Rossi (s4-8) will step back into the mix, joining this year as a friend of the show and regulars.
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2 weeks ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
Telly picks for the coming week…A family saga like no other. Betrayal, scandal, romance and radicalisation. Six aristocratic sisters come of age during the turbulent 1930s. This is the true story of the Mitfords. The real events that happened to six sisters who refused to play by the rules, attracting scandal and notoriety at every turn. As the storm clouds of the 1930s gather, the Mitfords face a society in flux, and set out to be part of the change – with sometimes devastating consequences.
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2 weeks ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
ITN has announced the appointment today, while ITV has confirmed that Tim Carter is to become Managing Director, of ITV Studios Unscripted, UK…At ITN Tim Forrest will lead ITN’s news syndication and distribution business, oversee the ITN Archive, and play a central role in shaping the news and production company’s future-facing opportunities, such as through programmatic sales, AI and within the creator economy. Tim Forrest:“I’m thrilled to take on this new role at ITN.
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2 weeks ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
Lawyer and campaigner, Aamer Anwar, who heads up one of the UK’s leading human rights law firms, is returning to BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer to pull back the curtain on how he and his team are taking on some of the biggest social issues facing the country today in a brand-new series of The Firm.
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2 weeks ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
Everyone TV, the organisation behind free streaming platform Freely and the evolution of free TV in the UK, announces a major deal with global streaming company Roku…In another significant step forward for Freely’s expansion, the free streaming platform – backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5 – will now become available on the next generation of smart TVs powered by the Roku operating system.
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2 weeks ago | 
atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins
ITV have noted that the return of Love Island for summer 2025 drew an audience of 1.4 million across all devices, up on the launch of Love Island All Stars earlier this year and gave ITV2 its biggest overnight audience of the year so far. The show also boasted the biggest overnight programme of the day across all channels for 16-34s, with 364k viewers and a massive 48% share. Across the launch and the show’s watch along special, Love Island 2025 brought in 1.7 million streams on ITVX.
