Television

The Lock In Podcast

Giving pubs a sporting chance

09-May-2023 By Ed Bedington

Sport and pubs often go hand in hand, but are we making enough of the opportunity sporting events provide? Despite a total lack of understanding or interest in sports, the Lock In team take a look at the topic, with a little expert help from special guests.

Made in Chelsea stars open City Pub Group’s first all-vegan venue

03-May-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Morning Advertiser spoke to Made in Chelsea’s Lucy and Tiffany Watson about their collaboration with the City Pub Group to open the company’s first all-vegan site.

Illegal Sky Sports lands pubs with bill for £7,000

03-Feb-2017 By Nikkie Sutton

Two pubs have been fined thousands of pounds after they were caught showing Sky Sports illegally. 

Spirits

Famous Grouse receives multimillion-pound Xmas marketing spend

18-Nov-2016 By James Evison

Distributor of The Famous Grouse reveals the whisky brand is set to receive an investment worth more than £2m.

Millennials

More millennials choosing not to go out

02-Nov-2016 By Helen Gilbert

Millennials are increasingly choosing to stay indoors and watch TV rather than head to the pub at the weekend, according to a new survey. 

Copyright

Licensee hit with £6,000 fine for Sky copyright breaches

01-Sep-2015 By Mike Berry

An Aylesbury pub licensee has been ordered to pay more than £6,000 for illegal Sky use.

Watch: Smirnoff's banned ad campaign

08-Jul-2015 By Emily Sutherland

Ad watchdog ASA has banned a TV ad from Smirnoff after ruling it implied alcohol is needed to have a good night.

Brand News

New Mila Kunis advert for Jim Beam Apple

15-Jun-2015 By Laurie Macdonald

Maxxium UK has unveiled its first Jim Beam Apple television advert featuring Mila Kunis.

Kerridge to champion pulled pork

29-Apr-2015 By Jo Bruce

Chef and pub owner Tom Kerridge has been announced as the ambassador of a new campaign for pulled pork.

New book and TV show for Tom Kerridge

18-Aug-2014 By Ellie Bothwell

Double-Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge, who runs the award-winning Hand & Flowers in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, is set to host a new television series and launch a new book.

WKD sponsors The Only Way Is Essex

06-Feb-2014 By Jessica Mason

WKD is the new sponsor for reality TV programme The Only Way Is Essex.

BBC searches for young chefs to star in TV series

20-Jan-2014 By Lesley Foottit

The BBC is searching for ambitious young chefs to star in a new cookery series.

Get your own TV channel for your pub with Innstay

03-Dec-2012

Would you like your own TV channel? Innstay can supply you with one; we use a platform called Screach TV to create your own in-pub television channel.

Licensees convicted for showing Sky Sports without a commercial agreement

10-Sep-2012 By Michelle Perrett

More licensees have been convicted for showing Sky Sports without a commercial viewing agreement.

Luminar CEO Peter Marks stars in Undercover Boss tonight

09-Jul-2012 By Michelle Perrett

The CEO of nightclub chain Luminar Peter Marks is going back to the floor tonight in the TV series of Undercover Boss.

Globe sports pub landlady fears £500k loss after TV hammer attack

23-Apr-2012 By Adam Pescod

The licensee of the PMA’s Best Sports Pub of the Year is fearful of missing out on £500,000 of summer revenue after the 103-inch television screen in her pub was smashed by an intruder.

TV show for grant-aided pub rescue

23-Jun-2011 By Gurjit Degun

Village pubs doomed for closure are set to receive an extra boost this summer as a BBC television series follows a Wiltshire community group that...

Heir Hunters asks for pub trade help

22-Jun-2011 By Michelle Perrett

Heir Hunters, the BBC TV show, has put out a call to licensees who were involved in the Banbury Licensed Victuallers Association (LVA) in the 1970s.

McEwan's kicks off major TV campaign

13-Oct-2010

McEwan's has launched a major TV advertising campaign this month to show the beer's Scottish heritage and attract the next generation to the brand....

TV ad for Sizzling Pubs

20-May-2010 By The PMA Team

Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) has launched a new television advert for the Sizzling Pub Company.

Mark Daniels: Britain's Got Publicans

14-May-2010

Have you noticed how many "Celebrity Professions" there are these days? Thanks to the wonders of modern television, and our national obsession with...

Pub chef gives healthy tips on TV show

11-May-2010 By Jo Bruce

Pub chef Matt Tebbutt is hosting a new Channel 5 TV show with Jean-Christophe Novelli. Family Food Fight with Flora sees Tebbutt, owner of the...

Pub trade needs to brush up its image

19-Apr-2010 By Neil Morgan

It is an unfortunate consequence of the "hype-rich" times in which we live — image is everything. As a result of the growth of reality TV, the...

Neil Morrissey gives up the Punch Bowl

22-Oct-2009

Celebrity publicans and brewers Neil Morrissey and Richard Fox have given up the pub made famous in their Channel 4 TV series last year. The lease on...

Keith Floyd dies at 65

15-Sep-2009

Keith Floyd, TV chef and sometime publican, has died at the age of 65. Floyd had a heart attack at his partner's home in Dorset on Monday night. He...

Locals take over pub for TV series

24-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

A passionate group of locals has taken over a pub in a bid to give business a boost. Villagers from Grizebeck in Cumbria have formed a committee to...

International Wine Challenge hits TV screens

23-Feb-2009 By Ewan Turney

A new TV series will follow the process behind choosing the winners at the International Wine Challenge (IWC).

Licensees get TV licence warning

02-Feb-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Pub bosses have been warned to make sure they have TV licences in place before the Six Nations kicks-off this weekend. TV Licensing has vowed to...

TV series aims to help struggling pubs

04-Dec-2008

A licensee is set to film a five-part television series in which he helps local communities to resurrect closed or struggling pubs.Jay Smith, who...

Licensee hops on gravy train

15-Nov-2007

The licensee of Punch's Fenwick Arms, featured on reality TV programme Ram-say's Kitchen Nightmares, is to launch a range of home-made style gravy...

Licensing@aol.com

19-Jul-2007

Trains and boats and planes Q Under the old licensing laws, certain moveable objects, such as boats and trains, gained exemption from licensing and...

BBC looking for barmen for new programme

29-Mar-2006

The BBC will explore how important a good memory is for a barperson in a new television programme set to air in August.How to Improve You Memory,...

Head-to-head battle for reality TV pub couples

09-Feb-2006 By Ewan Turney

Two couples are being given three weeks each to impress locals enough to let them run the pub for a year in a new reality TV show set to air in the...

TV licences for pubs

25-Nov-2004

Q We have just taken over our first pub, having worked in the club trade for some time. Do we need a separate TV licence for the accommodation part...

Rugby fans catch on to TV bashing tactic

30-Oct-2003

It seems Charles Wells is not alone with its idea of encouraging English fans to throw objects at the television set whenever opponents have the...

WETHERSPOON PUBS in TV sports TRIAL

11-Sep-2003

by Tony Halstead and The PMA Team Trials of big-screen televisions showing sport have begun in 21 pubs across JD Wetherspoon's national estate in a...

Hosts alerted over

30-Jan-2003

TV licence needs Licensees have been reminded that separate licences are required for televisions used in their private accommodation and the pub....