Bad news for fans of all those ground-breaking and insightful Channel 5 documentaries that we all so regularly clear our diaries to tune into: the fifth terrestrial channel has said it will cut back on, erm, 'factual' programming in favour of more entertainment following the appointment of a new controller in the form of former Sky One chief Richard Woolfe.
And, of course, if anyone is up to the task of developing new entertainment shows for Five, then it's Woolfe. Obviously Sky One is well renowned for its high quality home-ground entertainment shows like, erm, well, there must have been one. 'Is Harry on the Boat?' and 'Cirque de Celebrité'? Yes, classic TV.
Reports suggest that Dawn Airey, former Five programming chief and now CEO of the station, is keen to take her main channel back on an entertainment, entertainment, entertainment route, and that Woolfe has been chosen to become the station's new controller to deliver on plan.
The Guardian quote a source thus: "Expect big changes in the direction of Five and the sorts of programmes commissioned. You don't hire Mr Showbiz and Mr Tits-and-Tinsel if you want him to run a free-TV version of Nat Geo".