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The move will see approximately 20 London Live staff lose their jobs, as the business looks to “drive continued growth”.

Monday night brought another clash between ITV’s ever-weakening and heavily-promoted mystery drama Broadchurch and BBC One’s long-running but somehow-still-thrilling forensic drama Silent Witness at 9pm.

The independent production companies outlining a proposal to bid for BBC Three should be congratulated for their creative thinking, rather than dismissed, writes Raymond Snoddy.

2015 will see the launch of what the BBC is describing as one of iPlayer’s “most significant commissions to date”, alongside nine comedy shorts and exclusive fashion footage.

Sunday evening saw the top broadcasters bring out their heavy-hitting period dramas as the return of ITV’s Mr Selfridge (9pm) had to contend with those dotty birthing professionals on BBC One’s Call the Midwife (8pm).

16 years after Russell T Davies first introduced an unprepared national audience to Manchester’s Canal Street on Queer as Folk, the writer/producer was back to his old stomping ground with Cucumber (Channel 4, 9pm).

Wednesday night saw the biggest stars of British television come out in force in a self-congratulatory orgy of back-patting that was The National Television Awards – Live!

Even though Tuesday evening’s TV line-up brought a huge variety of glossy and gripping content, an ill-advised soap clash between ITV and the BBC saw both channels ultimately lose out.

The festive month posted a mixed bag of results for commercial television channels, with ITV Breakfast coming out on top.

Swadley joins Kantar Media from the BBC, having held roles including director of marketing and audiences, BBC Charter, and head of audiences, BBC TV.