Inside Men is the fascinating new four-part thriller showing on BBC 1 this month.

The promise of seeing a skateboarding dog, escapologist octopus and a maths whizz ape made Super Smart Animals the obvious choice while channel flicking through a dreary Wednesday night’s viewing schedule.

Andy Richardson reviews Wild At Heart, a show that manages to be both commercially successful and critically acclaimed.

Britain’s last series of X Factor was trounced by Strictly Come Dancing in the ratings war, and roundly condemned for its stale stench of tired cliches.

Extreme close-up after extreme close-up, mixed with dizzyingly fast editing and a dash of cheesy personalities are the perfect ingredients to leave you feeling nauseous after watching the latest foodie offering to hit our screens, The Fabulous Baker Brothers.

Last night we saw the first episode of the 2012 series of Masterchef. The show has come a long way since its beginnings at the hands of eighties presenter Loyd Grossman.

BAFTA-award winning Channel 4 show Embarrassing Bodies is on the lookout for people battling the bulge from Telford.

Wonderland Special: I Had The X Factor . . . 25 years ago (BBC2) – Those of us old enough know there is nothing new about shows like X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent.

ITV confirmed over the weekend that it is to make a third series of Downton Abbey. Was there ever seriously going to be any doubt about it?

The cash-strapped Irish government must be cheering from the rooftops. Monty Halls, that down-to-earth everyman who women of a certain age can’t help but adore, and who men find themselves grudgingly admiring, has arrived.

A television set bought to watch the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth in 1953 is causing a stir in a hi-tech Shropshire electrical store.

Former Mid Wales MP Lembit Opik has forced his mother to put her 70th birthday celebrations on hold so he can take part in ITV reality show I’m A Celebrity . . . Get Me Out Of Here!

An anonymous gambler from Shropshire stands to win £13,125 if Matt Cardle wins the X Factor.

Plans to cut around 430 jobs at ITV News have prompted anger from the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).

ITV's profits have experienced a 28 per cent fall in the first part of the year as the broadcaster handles a struggling television advertising market.

The OFT has referred 'Project Kangaroo' – a video-on-demand venture between the BBC, ITV and Channel 4 – to the Competition Commission.

ITV has signed an international production partnership with 20th Century Fox Television, it has been confirmed.

Tesco has asked TV chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall to shell out nearly £90,000 to take a chicken campaign to the grocer's shareholders at its next AGM.

More than a quarter of digital TV viewers are not impressed by the services currently being offered, despite an average price tag of £190.

Taxpayers' money spent on the BBC does not receive properly independent scrutiny, MPs have claimed.

Broadcaster BSkyB made a £6 million loss for the nine months to March 31st 2008, hit by write-downs relating to its acquisition of a stake in ITV.

Three new high-definition (HD) television channels will be made available on Freeview services next year, Ofcom has said.

A major upgrade of digital terrestrial television will allow viewers to access more television channels, including programmes broadcast in high definition, the communications watchdog said.

Walt Disney is reportedly planning a tie-up with Japanese anime maker Toei Animation to produce cartoons to Asian tastes.