Commissioning editor tells Edinburgh TV festival he is looking for new stories after string of Yorkshire-based hits

Channel 5 is calling time on Yorkshire after accepting that it is possible to have too much of God’s Own County on one television channel.

The region has provided the backdrop to some of the broadcaster’s biggest hits in recent years, with programmes such as Our Yorkshire Farm, The Yorkshire Steam Railway, The Yorkshire Vet and a remake of James Herriot’s All Creatures Great and Small delivering record audiences.

Continue reading…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

You May Also Like

National Trust reports 383% rise in online donations during Covid crisis

Conservation charity’s supporters give more than £865,000 despite pandemic closing majority of…

Hot shame, dry heaving and dream audiences: a standup’s return to Edinburgh fringe

The festival is back – and so are stage fright and self-loathing.…

Astronomers observe time dilation in early universe

Events appear to unfold five times slower when universe was a tenth…