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  • Channel 5 buys up cop drama Played

    Channel 5 buys up cop drama Played

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    Channel 5 has snapped up UK rights to Played, a Canadian drama series about elite undercover cops who pose as drug dealers, paid assassins, gun runners and gangsters to infiltrate criminal worlds and collect evidence. The 13-part series was originally commissioned by the CTV network and is being produced by Muse Entertainmen and Back Alley…

  • Australian Doctor Who fans get live concert and pop-up shop

    Australian Doctor Who fans get live concert and pop-up shop

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    BBC Worldwide has announced two special treats for Australian Doctor Who fans, a pop-up shop and a special musical celebration of the iconic BBC series. Packed with enough memorabilia to fill a Tardis, the Doctor Who pop-up shop will open its doors on Saturday 12 October at Shop 13A, 23 James Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane.…

  • Wentworth Prison now available to pre-order on DVD

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    Prison drama Wentworth Prison, currently airing on Channel 5, is now available to pre-order on DVD. The series is a gritty reboot of classic Australian series Prisoner (known as Prisoner Cell Block H in the UK) and takes place in the Wentworth Correctional Centre. Set against a backdrop of the violent, dangerous world of the…

  • Transcript: Tony Hall unveils his vision for the BBC

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    Transcript of a speech given by Tony Hall, BBC Director-General, at the BBC Radio Theatre in London on Tuesday 8 October 2013 on the corporation’s future.

  • Hall says BBC needs to treat audiences like its owners, not just a cash source

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    BBC Director-General Tony Hall says the corporation needs to rethink how its treats audiences and treat them “like owners, not just as licence-fee payers”. Unveiling his vision for the BBC’s future, Lord Hall said the public must be at the centre of all the BBC’s activity, with services shaped to reflect how audiences consume content.…

  • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – new trailer

    The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – new trailer

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    Here’s the latest TV trailer for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The film is the second of Sir Peter Jackson’s three-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic book and will be released on December 13th. The third and final instalment, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, arrives in cinemas on July 18 2014. The films…