Virgin's rejected a factual programme (8)
I believe the answer is:
newscast
'a factual programme' is the definition.
'virgin's rejected' is the wordplay.
'virgin's' becomes 'news' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'rejected' becomes 'cast' (to cast off or cast away is to reject).
'news'+'cast'='NEWSCAST'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for newscast that I've seen before include "Source of information" , "Broadcast of recent happenings" , "TV report of recent events" , "Radio or TV current affairs update" , "TV/radio current affairs report" .)