Congratulations to Richard Holloway , whose book Leaving Alexandria (Canongate Books) has been shortlisted for the 2013 Orwell

THE GREAT BRITISH SEWING BEE launches on BBC Two next week, and will feature eight contestants competing to be crowned Britain's best amateur sewer.

This week sees the launch of ITV2's brand new sit-com PLEBS , which stars UA Clients

Sky1 has commissioned YONDERLAND, a new comedy series by the team behind CBBC's multi BAFTA and British Comedy Award winning sketch show HORRIBLE HISTORIES, which stars http://www.unit

Four writers represented by United Agents and AP Watt at United Agents have been longlisted for the prestigious Orwell Prize 2013 . Ben Goldacre for BAD PHARMA and Richard Holloway for LEAVING ALEXANDRIA have been nominated for the book prize and James Meek and Claire Sambrook have been nominated for...

Charity Wakefield has become one of the first to be cast in the network's thriller The List .

Congratulations to Laura Jarratt and Rebecca Cobb on being shortlisted for the Waterstones Children

The series, which bypassed the traditional pilot stage, takes place in the 1890s and finds Dracula living a double life in London as an American businessman interested in bringing modern science to

Penguin imprint Viking has signed comedian Jennifer Saunders' autobiography, to be published this autumn.