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Interview: Russell Kane
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Comedian Russell Kane only gave up his day job a few years ago. Now he’s won the Edinburgh Comedy Award and flies First Class. Ahead of his appearance on Dave’s One Night Stand, we caught up with Russell to talk about baboons and Bacardi Breezers. “At my first gig I couldn’t hold the mic I…
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Kindle moves to agency pricing for three UK publishers
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Amazon’s UK Kindle store has now moved to ‘agency model’ pricing for ebooks published by Hachette, HarperCollins and Penguin despite previously vowing to “fight” for the right to set its own prices.
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Merlin to return for fourth series
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BBC One’s Merlin is to return next year for a 10-part fourth series. The third series of the ‘re-telling’ of the Arthur legends has attracted an average audience of six million viewers and has featured guest appearances by Miriam Margoyles, Warwick Davies and Pauline Collins.
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Virgin extends TV on demand offerings
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Virgin Media has announced a new video-on-demand with NBC Universal which will see some of the studio’s most popular shows added to Virgin’s cable, online and mobile on demand platforms. The deal includes UK rights to shows such as the US version of The Office, House, Heroes and 30 Rock which will be available from…
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BBC Two offer some special musical nights in
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Celebrating their performances at the Radio 2 Electric Proms, BBC Two are dedicating three Saturday nights to the careers of Elton John, Robert Plant and Neil Diamond.
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Samsung Galaxy Tab available on O2 from November
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UK mobile operator O2 has confirmed it’ll be offering Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablet from the 1st November “on all O2 Mobile Broadband tariffs” although it has not yet revealed full pricing details.