is officially put up for sale by administrators Deloitte & Touche, but the company must be sold in the next few days to avoid liquidation because owners Carlton and Granada have not put forward any extra money to keep it afloat. 26 April – Making her first appearance as a panellist on an edition of Have I Got News for You at the age of 16, singer Charlotte Church becomes the youngest person to appear on the show. 27 April – Stewart Duff wins the fourteenth series of Stars in Their Eyes, performing as Elvis Presley. 29 April – The first edition of RI:SE is broadcast as a replacement for The Big Breakfast, exactly a month after it was axed. 30 April – The 900 workers at ITV Digital's Pembrokeshire call centre are told they are likely to be made redundant as the firm's troubles continue. May 1 May – ITV Digital's Pay-TV operations cease at 7am after administrators Deloitte & Touche decided to close the company, having failed to find a buyer for it. The ITV Sport Channel is redesignated as a free-to-air channel, enabling viewers to watch the final matches of the football season. The Independent Television Commission launches a fast-track process to find a replacement provider for digital terrestrial television in the UK. 11 May The ITV Sport Channel closes following the expiry of its Football League rights. Other sports shown on the channel will be aired by ITV2. The Vault, a big-money game show, makes it debut on ITV1, hosted by Davina McCall. 13–20 May – BBC One airs Ricky & Bianca, a two-part EastEnders spin-off, leading up to the return of Ricky Butcher as a regular character. 14 May – The Experiment debuts on BBC One. 16 May – A UK version of The Chair, a US game show hosted by former tennis player John McEnroe in which contestants must control their heart rate while answering questions, will be produced for BBC One, it is reported. McEnroe will also present the UK programme which will air in the Autumn. 20 May – Challenge TV is rebranded as Challenge and axes in-vision continuity. 21 May The Independent Television Commission grants a two-week extension to applicants planning to bid to run a digital service to replace ITV Digital. The delay is to allow the companies to develop their technical proposals and means applications must be submitted by