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  • Future adds 55 titles to Apple’s Newsstand store

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    Magazine house Future Publishing has confirmed that 55 of its stable of specialist magazines will be available on Apple’s Newsstand, the new home for magazine subscriptions on iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. Part of the new iOS 5 software, Newsstand allows readers to find digital newspaper and magazine products in the App Store and organize them…

  • Blu-ray and DVD release for Billy Connolly’s Route 66

    Blu-ray and DVD release for Billy Connolly’s Route 66

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    Billy Connolly’s Route 66 is out now on DVD and Blu-Ray, courtesy of Universal Pictures UK.   The ITV1 series sees Connolly turn Easy Rider as he follows a lifelong dream and makes the iconic 2488 mile journey from Chicago to Santa Monica via Route 66.    Set to a soundtrack of some of the…

  • BFI hosts Cagney & Lacey 30th anniversary Q&A

    BFI hosts Cagney & Lacey 30th anniversary Q&A

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    Cagney & Lacey stars Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly will be taking part in one-off Q&A at the BFI Southbank next month to mark the show’s 30th anniversary. The hit series, which starred the actresses as a pair of New York detectives, ran for seven seasons from October 8, 1981 to May 16, 1988. The…

  • Frank Skinner celebrate legacy of George Formby for BBC Four

    Frank Skinner celebrate legacy of George Formby for BBC Four

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    Frank Skinner explores the legacy of British comedy icon George Formby in a new BBC Four documentary airing later this month. More than eighty years ago, Formby’s appeal was so great he c earned the equivalent of £3 million a year – equal to the multimillion salaries of today’s footballers. Making 19 films between 1934…

  • Crime & Investigation Network takes another look at Britain’s Biggest Heists

    Crime & Investigation Network takes another look at Britain’s Biggest Heists

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    Britain’s Biggest Heists returns to Crime & Investigation Network next week with another look at some of the most audacious robberies in the history of the UK.  Each episode of the 8-part series includes dramatic re-enactments and interviews with those who took part in, or witnessed, the crimes. The series kicks off with a look…

  • Channel 5 snaps up Dallas

    Channel 5 snaps up Dallas

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    UK Dallas fans will be able to enjoy the all-new adventures of the Ewing clan without subscription after Channel 5 snapped up the rights to the revived soap. The 10-part series is being produced by US channel TNT and sees Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray reprise their roles of J.R., Bobby and Sue…