• Entertainment programme set to launch this spring on connected TV platforms

Gordon Smart will be returning to News UK to take up a new role as a host and Executive Producer for a new show, provisionally titled News To Me.  

The panel show will be streamed live and on-demand, via major streaming platforms and a new show will drop each weeknight.

David Rhodes, President of UK Broadcasting, News UK, said:

“Gordon Smart is one of the best-connected journalists in the business and brings with him a charm and wit that viewers will warm to. Audiences are seeking out news programming where they already find entertainment today – live and on demand via digital platforms. We are excited that Gordon will help us to start visualising the best of our journalism and more.” 

Sebastian Scott, Head of Programming at News UK, said:

“News To Me will bring you a fresh look at global entertainment news, updating viewers in a way no other show in the UK currently does. Gordon is well known to readers of The Sun and beyond, and his great energy and storytelling skills will make compelling viewing.”

Gordon Smart said:

“We are putting together a great team of people, in front and behind the camera, to tackle entertainment news in a fresh and exciting way. I can’t wait to get started - carrying on where I left off on live radio.”

Smart previously spent 14 years at The Sun. He joined the Bizarre showbiz column on the paper in 2004 and became editor of the Bizarre section in 2007. He later became editor of The Scottish Sun and then deputy editor, The Sun.  In 2017, he left and took up a role as presenter of the weekday evening show on Radio X and has also hosted shows on XFM. 

A talented team will produce News To Me, which is currently in pre-production. 

Winnie Nelson is appointed as Senior Executive Producer. Nelson is a widely respected TV executive and has worked on Good Morning Britain, at CNN and on the Oprah Winfrey Show. 

Charlotte Seligman, formerly of This Morning and OK! Magazine, has been appointed as Head of Casting, and Caitlin Black, formerly a producer at Good Morning Britain, has been appointed as Series Editor.  

Joining Gordon on air every weekday evening will be a line-up of brilliant and well-connected young talent from across showbiz journalism. At launch this will include JJ Anisiobi, formerly the deputy digital content director at OK! Magazine. They will be joined by additional cast members. 

More details about the show and how to view it will be available closer to launch.