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  • Holby’s Connie Beauchamp checks in to Casualty

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    Former Holby City star Amanda Mealing is to reprise her tole as feisty consultant Connie Beauchamp when she joins BBC One’s Casualty next year. Mealing bowed out of Holby City in December 2010 after 7 years in the hit medical drama in a plotline which saw Connie resigning from her position at the hospital. She…

  • Is 3D TV really dead?

    Is 3D TV really dead?

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    Recent news that both the BBC and US sports network ESPN are scrapping 3D has provoked a lot of speculation and worry about the format’s future. Understandably, viewers who’ve already bought 3D TVs have been taking to forums and social media to express concerns over the long-term value of their investment. The good news is…

  • Dave on demand player goes live on YouView

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    A new on demand player offering content from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channel Dave has been added to YouView boxes. First announced last month, the player gives viewers access to hit shows such as Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums, Ross Noble’s Freewheeling and Russell Howard’s Good News. The content will also be available via…

  • Daleks return to mark Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary

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    November’s Doctor Who 50th anniversary special will see the return of the Daleks, the BBC has confirmed. The Skaro meanies first appeared in the show’s second story in 1963, doing battle with William Hartnell’s Doctor and his granddaughter Susan. They’re returned to appear opposite almost all Doctors, becoming a staple of the series and its…

  • Channel 4 announces casting on The Devil’s Whore’s sequel, New Worlds

    Channel 4 announces casting on The Devil’s Whore’s sequel, New Worlds

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    Channel 4 has announced casting for its latest historical drama, New Worlds a follow-up to its 2008 BAFTA-nominated series The Devil’s Whore. Jamie Dornan (The Fall), Freya Mavor (Skins, The White Queen), Alice Englert (Beautiful Creatures) and Joe Dempsie (Southcliffe, Game of Thrones) will star as young idealists during the Restoration period in the four-part…

  • Virgin Media offering BlackBerry Q5 from just £20 per month

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    Virgin Media is now offering TV, broadband and home phone customers the new BlackBerry Q5 smartphone from just £20 per month. The BlackBerry Q5 smartphone runs the new BlackBerry 10 operating system and includes ever-popular BlackBerry Messenger app, a 3.1” touch screen and a classic BlackBerry QWERTY keyboard, which has been re-designed to give customers…