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Channel 5 commissions major new crime drama
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Channel 5 has commissioned its first original drama series in eight years. Executive Produced by Paul Marquess (The Bill, Footballers’ Wives, Hollyoaks), Evidence is a ten-part procedural crime series and will air next year. Each self-contained episode follows a different case, from the committing of the crime, through its investigation and then to the final…
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Video: Whitechapel series four
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Here’s a sneak look at the opening episode of Whitechapel series four which comes to ITV next month. Stars Rupert Penry-Jones, Phil Davis and Steve Pemberton all return as members of a Police squad investigating crimes inspired by legends of the East End. The new series touches on historical precedents such as witchcraft, cold war…
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Lionsgate announces Machete Kills UK release date
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Robert Rodriguez’s Machete Kills, the follow-up to his 2012 film Machete, will get its UK release in October. The film sees Danny Trejo return as ex-Federale agent Machete, recruited by the US President to take down an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet. The…
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Channel 4 signs up Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
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Channel 4 has snapped up UK rights to Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D – the new TV series from Joss Whedon set in the world of Marvel’s hit Avengers Assemble film. The series will air on Channel 4 in autumn, “soon after” its US launch on the ABC network.
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What Remains – BBC One’s new, truly unmissable drama
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Drama fans are in for a treat this weekend when Tony Basgallop’s four-part whodunnit What Remains debuts on BBC One.
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UK regulator bans “misleading” NOOK ad after stock shortages
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The UK’s advertising watchdog has reproached Barnes and Noble after the company failed to provide enough stock for a price promotion. In April the firm slashed the price of its NOOK Simple Touch ebook reader to just £29. The device soon sold out at retailers including Argos and John Lewis, as well as Barnes and…