The TV Podcast

1st May 2019: ITV orders X Factor All Stars, Fawlty Towers named best British sitcom, Channel 5 buys first ever docu-sitcom, ITV orders Little Chefs with John Bishop, Basil Brush returns, Channel 5 picks up Old Wife, New Wife, Channel 4 commissions Banged Up: Teens Behind Bars.

20th March 2018: Jonathan Ross revives This Is Your Life, Channel 5 orders Bad Teen To Ballroom Queen, Channel 5 considers Bullseye, E4 launches Five Star Hotel, Fox orders Man Vs Robot, Christopher Eccleston regrets Doctor Who, Fox reduces commercials, ITV orders Change Your Tune.

28th January 2018: Channel 5 unwraps Britain's Favourite Biscuit, ITV commissions Britain's Favourite Walks, ITV orders Britain's Brightest Family, Channel 5 picks up One Night With My Ex, Channel 4 buys Star Boot Sale, ITV reveals Britain's Favourite Dogs, LinkedIn considers TV, Hulu develops Four Weddings And A Funeral, Channel 4 commissions Famous And Fighting Crime.

2nd November 2017: ITV orders All Star Musicals, ITV2 launches Survival Of The Fittest, Louis Walsh stars in Merry Woofmas, BBC1 orders All Together Now, Simon Cowell produces new sitcom for NBC, BBC1 axes Crimewatch.

5th September 2016: BBC1 relaunches Crimewatch, ITV orders Go For It, Helen Skelton wows the BBC at the Olympics.

5th August 2016: Alan Carr's Grease Night flops, ITV orders Celebrity Home Secrets, Channel 4 picks up First Dates Hotel, Len Goodman quits Strictly Come Dancing, E4 orders Celebs Go Dating, ITV switches off channels, Channel 4 unzips Naked Attraction.

8th July 2016: Chris Evans quits Top Gear, Channel 4 launches Celebrity First Dates, ITV picks up Undercover Prisoner, BBC1 orders Take That talent show, E4 picks up Property Boom, Channel 4 orders The Great British Skinny Dip.

26th April 2016: Dermot returns to X Factor, Sky 1 launches Spelling Star, Channel 4 orders All You Can Eat, Paddy McGuinness joins Travel Channel, Channel 4 orders 24 Hours Inside Your Body, Channel 4 picks up The Threesome, BBC2 launches Caravanner Of The Year.

25th March 2016: ITV launches The Wine Show, TLC brings Undressed to the UK, Channel 4 orders Dinner In Space, BBC1 launches Countryfile Diaries, A&E orders 60 Days In.

24th February 2016: Sky 1 orders Dogs Might Fly, Channel 4 injures seven celebrities on The Jump, Ant and Dec might leave ITV, Olly Murs quits The X Factor, ITV orders Sugar Free Farm, ITV2 brings back Love Island.

13th January 2016: Channel 4 orders Inside Marks And Spencer, BBC1 brings back Hyacinth Bucket, ITV orders The Next Great Magician, BBC2 orders Ben Elton sitcom, BBC1 plans TOTP revival, NBC brings back The Celebrity Apprentice with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

12th November 2015: BBC1 loses The Voice, Channel 4 brings back Sex Box, Channel 5 orders Lip Sync Battle UK, ITV launches Pick Me.

15th October 2015: ITV orders Top Gear rival with Peter Andre, BBC2 launches The Great British Pottery Throw Down, Channel 4 revamps Come Dine With Me, BBC1 orders live episode of Mrs Brown's Boys, Danny Cohen quits the BBC.

12th September 2015: Jeremy Clarkson joins Amazon, BBC2 orders Abz On The Farm, Chris Moyles launches Radio X, ITV orders The Nation's Favourite Theme Tunes, Channel 4 orders Bus Pass Body Builders.

15th August 2015: Tom Jones axed from The Voice, BBC1 orders The Getaway Car, ITV orders Pick Me!, Katie Hopkins flops on TLC, Peter Dickson quits The X Factor.

25th July 2015: ITV launches Flock Stars, Gemma Collins may return to I'm A Celebrity, ITV renews You're Back In The Room, Big Brother's Simon Gross releases single.

11th July 2015: BBC gives free TV licences to over-75s, Channel 4 launches Married At First Sight, BBC1 brings back The Brittas Empire, Sky 1 orders King Of The Nerds.

6th June 2015: ITV2 launches Love Island, The X Factor reveals format changes, BBC1 orders 5-Star Family Reunion, ITV2 orders Safeword, Channel 4 orders The Changing Room.

2nd May 2015: BBC2 orders Phone Shop Idol, ITV orders BBQ Champ, E4 shuts down for election day, BBC1 launches Car Share.

14th March 2015: Jeremy Clarkson axed from Top Gear, Channel 4 orders Benchmark, Daytime TV ratings, Paddy McGuinness signs new deal with ITV, MTV orders Judge Geordie.

10th January 2015: Mrs Brown's Boys wins Christmas TV ratings, ITV orders Gemma Collins show, Channel 4 orders Josie Cunningham documentary, ITV renews Celebrity Squares.

6th December 2014: Christmas TV schedules, Channel 4 orders Domino's Pizza documentary, Phillip Schofield hosts 24 hour marathon for Text Santa, Barry Manilow appears on The Jonathan Ross Show.

22nd November 2014: Gemma Collins quits I'm A Celebrity, S Club 7 reunite on Children In Need, ITV orders Get Your Act Together, Local TV.

5th October 2014: Christmas TV predictions.

28th September 2014: Strictly Come Dancing beats The X Factor, ITV screens Cilla Black biopic, Jason Orange quits Take That, BBC2 orders The Kitchen.

24th August 2014: Celebrity Big Brother returns, Miranda Hart turns down The Generation Game, ITV orders You're Back In The Room, ITV launches Judge Rinder, Strictly Come Dancing returns.

29th June 2014: ITV cancels Splash, Vernon Kay signs new deal with ITV, Channel 5 renews Benefits Britain, Mrs Brown's Boys hits the big screen, Dave orders David Hasselhoff sitcom, Hoff The Record.

18th May 2014: Good Morning Britain struggles, Katie Price controversy, Channel 4 loses £15m, Channel 5 orders OAPs Behaving Badly.

27th April 2014: The X Factor musical closes, Miranda Hart may host The Generation Game, ITV screens Tommy Cooper biopic, ITV orders Who's Doing The Dishes.

13th April 2014: BBC2 orders The Battle For Britain's Breakfast, ITV launches Good Morning Britain, Eurovision returns, Jermain Jackman flops after winning The Voice.

6th April 2014: Bruce Forsyth quits Strictly Come Dancing, Noel Edmonds wants to buy the BBC, Channel 4 orders chat show from Gogglebox's Steph and Dom.

9th February 2014: Kyle Minogue joins The Voice, Simon Cowell returns to The X Factor, ITV renews Take Me Out, BBC2 renews The Great British Sewing Bee, Channel 4 renews First Dates.