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  • BBC boss Tony Hall announces 45 new local radio apprenticeships

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    BBC boss Tony Hall says the broadcaster will hire at least 45 new apprentices at local radio stations across the UK by September 2014. The commitment means apprentices will be employed at every BBC local radio station across England and in BBC radio stations across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Apprenticeships provide an invaluable path…

  • The Tomorrow People remake heads to Channel 4

    The Tomorrow People remake heads to Channel 4

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    The US remake of classic British Sci-Fi The Tomorrow People has been bought by Channel 4. The series is one of three the broadcaster has signed from Warner Bros. International Television for transmission in 2014:

  • NOOK offers new customers free books and magazines

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    Smartphone and tablet users who open a new NOOK account and install the firm’s app will get three free books, including Philippa Gregory’s The White Queen. From August 23rd, Android and iOS users who install the app will also get David Pearce’s Red or Dead, Cassandra Clare’s City of Bones, The Mortal Instrument Book 1…

  • 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…

  • Video: Whitechapel series four

    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…

  • 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.
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