Neil Lang

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Lead Broadcasting and General Reporter at ATV Today

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Channel 4 celebrate ‘Great British Grub’

5 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

The Food Unwrapped team celebrate all things British in a one-hour special which airs this coming week. Kate Quilton finds out what the classic baking ingredient golden syrup is made of and gets to the bottom of why tea tastes different when you’re abroad. John Whaite investigates what the bubbles in beer add to fish batter. Helen Lawal learns the science and history that made Yorkshire puddings an unmissable part of your roast dinner.
Taskmaster returns to Channel 4

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

Hot on the heels of winning Best Comedy Entertainment Programme at the Royal Television Society Awards for its spin off series Junior Taskmaster, and receiving a fifth nomination in the forthcoming BAFTAs 2025 having previously won Best Comedy Entertainment, the international hit show Taskmaster is set to return with a brand-new series at 9pm on Thursday 1 May on Channel 4. The new series sees five valiant comedy minds step up to the task in search of glory.
Radio 2 turns to Pulp

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

Pulp will be recorded at the BBC Radio Theatre in London’s Broadcasting House, with the band playing some of their most loved hits, as well as tracks from their upcoming album, More. Jarvis Cocker of Pulp:“We are really looking forward to this. From my time at 6 Music, I remember that the BBC Radio Theatre is a very intimate venue.
5 look into ‘The Cancellation of Benny Hill’

1 week ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

Benny Hill was one of the UK’s most prolific comedians from the 1950s through to the 1980s. His worked for the BBC, ATV and Thames Television with high rating shows broadcast on BBC One and ITV. While his shows were always filled with ‘pretty women’ the earlier days contained much more well written and thought out sketches. But lazy edited ‘best of’s’ by Thames and a leaning to the saucy ‘Carry On’ style skits saw his show canned by ITV in 1989.
Rakuten TV and TCL partner to expand Europe FAST channels

2 weeks ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

Rakuten TV, the streaming platform, is partnering with TCL, a consumer electronics manufacturers, to bring more than 50 FAST (Free Ad-Supported Streaming TV) channels across multiple genres, to TCL Channel, TCL’s free streaming service, available on millions of TCL smart TVs across Europe. Rebecca Wang, Head of BD at TCL:“We are excited about the collaboration between TCL Channel and Rakuten TV.
Warp Films plan ‘Threads’ reboot

2 weeks ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

Warp Films, the makers of hit Netflix series Adolescence, today announced it has acquired the option to develop the critically acclaimed 1984 film Threads into a compelling new TV drama. Mark Herbert, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Warp Films:“Threads was, and remains, an unflinchingly honest drama that imagines the devastating effects of nuclear conflict on ordinary people.
Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics returns to UKTV

2 weeks ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

Bangers & Cash: Restoring Classics is one of the most popular, informative and refreshingly honest car restoration formats on television in recent years. In each episode the team eye up a few likely projects coming up at the Mathewsons auction, put their hands in the air and their money on the line. “Do it for love not money” – Wise words from auctioneer Derek Mathewson becoming truer with every episode. This latest runs of episodes sees the team breathing new life into even the rustiest of motors.
Sky venture to the Mountainhead

2 weeks ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

Sky will debut Mountainhead, an exclusive film written, directed, and executive produced by Jesse Armstrong (Succession), on 1 June. The film finishes production this week in Park City, Utah and marks Armstrong’s feature directorial debut. A group of billionaire friends get together against the backdrop of a rolling international crisis. Cast includesSteve Carell as Randall, Jason Schwartzman as Hugo Van Yalk, Cory Michael Smith as Venis and Emmy®-nominee Ramy Youssef as Jeff.
Production begins on series ten of Shetland

3 weeks ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

Reprising their roles as DI Ruth Calder and DI Alison ‘Tosh’ MacIntosh, Ashley Jensen and Alison O’Donnell have begun filming the 10th series of the murder mystery drama. It will film in locations around Scotland and on the Shetland Isles over the coming months with the series debuting on BBC One later this year.
Remembering the Crossroads wedding of Meg and Hugh 50 years on

3 weeks ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Neil Lang

It had been decade long ‘on-off’ love affair between businessman Hugh Mortimer (John Bentley) and motel owner Meg Richardson (Noele Gordon) with three engagements along the way, but today, April 3rd 1975, Hugh and Meg were finally married at Birmingham Registry Office. Their marriage was then blessed at St Phillip’s Cathedral.