ATV Today

ATV Today was a local television news and current events show created by ATV, specifically for the Midlands region of England. It ran from October 5, 1964, until December 31, 1981, marking the last day of ATV's broadcasts before the company underwent restructuring and rebranded as Central Independent Television.

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Pick of the Plots: Next week’s soap highlights

3 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Craig Cameron |Shaun Linden

Featured, Pick of the Plots, SoapWorld
Josie Gibson goes back to the school kitchen for This Morning

3 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Shaun Linden

Today on This Morning, Josie Gibson headed back to her old school, North Road Community Primary School in Bristol, to become a kitchen assistant and lunch break supervisor for the day, learning about the importance and hard work that goes into feeding kids healthy meals in schools.
Helen Skelton heads to BBC Two for a Forever Home

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

Helen Skelton and Northern Ireland architect Patrick Bradley follow a young couple, Jess and Colin who are leaving London to return to their family roots in Powys in rural Wales where they hope to create their dream house.
Coronation Street trailer launched for Craig Tinker’s departure

3 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Shaun Linden

In a shock twist that’s more brutal than Gail Platt’s love life, Coronation Street tonight launched a jaw-slapping new promo for ITV1 (and an STV version for those in Scotland) showing poor Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) laid out stone cold – battered, bloodied, and definitely not ready for a round two – following a fight against crime.
Danny Dyer takes aim at EastEnders

4 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Dominic Knight

“Pathetic! Not even 2bothered it only took a short time 2 rebuild, but very underwhelming seeing it looking EXACTLY the same!! Didn’t need to change the layout but was the perfect chance to have changed the colours, added new things…wasted! Bust survives anything-understandably!” – Cher P on X “That much structural damage and it was somehow rebuilt and decorated within 2 months and I say decorated loosely seeing as everything is exactly the same.” – Neil B on X “So irritating that it looks...
‘The Piano’ heads to an airport in latest search for concert talent

4 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Shaun Linden

Claudia Winkleman, Mika and Jon Batiste switch trains for planes as they bring their piano to Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5. It’s the last stop on their quest to find the UK’s best amateur pianists, and they have just one more place to fill at their final concert. There’s an international flavour to the music as Jon and Mika are transported to rush hour in Hong Kong and the beaches of Brazil.
‘Elsbeth’ returns to Sky Witness

4 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Mike Watkins

Emmy Award winner Carrie Preston is Elsbeth Tascioni, the astute but unconventional consent decree attorney working with the NYPD to catch New York’s most well-heeled murderers utilizing her unique point of view. The second outing of Elsbeth, the critically acclaimed series, brings new cases and challenges when mistakes of the past come back to haunt Elsbeth, her boss Captain Wagner (Wendell Pierce), and detective in training Officer Kaya Blanke (Carra Patterson).
Sky Documentaries looks at the Bibaa and Nicole Henry murders

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

Bibaa & Nicole: Murder in the Park is a three-part series that investigates the crime that shocked the UK five years ago. As the Covid lockdown eased in June 2020, a group of friends gathered in a London park to celebrate Bibaa Henry’s birthday. As night fell, only Bibaa and her sister Nicole remained, dancing in the park. When they didn’t return home, friends reported them missing, but the police did not act. 36 hours later, their bodies were found by Nicole’s partner.
Have a hell of a night with RaveRend and Trev

5 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Vivian Summers

Cult cabaret theatre show House of Life have launched House of Life Records, a new record label with a sales and distribution deal with Right Track/Universal Music Operations. Their anthemic title track ‘House of Life‘ is available now via all streaming platforms ahead of Ben Welch (The RaveRend) and Lawrence Cole (Trev) returning to Soho Theatre later this month.
Why the Royal households avoid using scented spray

5 days ago | atvtoday.co.uk | Vivian Summers

Plumbworld, the UK’s leading bathroom and kitchen expert, is working alongside Anne Simmons, a former royal maid who worked in the palace for over a decade, to highlight an alarming risk to pet health: the dangers of automatic Febreze sprays. Despite being a household favourite for maintaining a fresh-smelling home, these air fresheners may pose a hidden threat to pets, including those in royal households, who are often exposed to harmful chemicals without owners even realising.