BBC Studios
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New series exploring the story behind Victoria Wood’s dinnerladies is one of 50 original shows coming to UKTV this year
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With never seen before access to Wood’s own notebooks, the series tells how the show was conceived, developed, produced and why the comedian chose to end it after just two series.
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New distribution deals see BBC channels launch in Laos and Greece
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BBC Earth is launching in both territories, with viewers in Laos also getting BBC World News and CBeebies for the first time.
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Top Gear Road Trip is now available for Android phones
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Featuring 120 levels, Top Gear Road Trip allows players to join the official BBC Top Gear team in an adventure across the British Isles and Europe, playing classic challenges inspired by the TV show and building a collection of cars to compete against friends, enemies and frenemies.
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The Listener’s Lauren Lee Smith to star in new crime drama for UKTV’s Alibi channel
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Co-produced in association with CBC and Shaftesbury – with which UKTV already produce Murdoch Mysteries – Frankie Drake Mysteries stars Lauren Lee Smith (The L Word) as the head of Toronto’s only female private detective agency.
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UKTV unveils new onscreen branding for its Original programming slate
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The network started life in 1992 with UK Gold, a channel which mainly broadcast shows from then shareholders BBC and Thames Television, and now operates ten channels plus its own widely available on demand service, UKTV Play.
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David Tennant and Michael Sheen to star in Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens
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The six part series is being written and overseen by Neil Gaiman and is based on Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s internationally bestselling novel Good Omens’. Its being produced by BBC Studios, the BBC’s commercial production arm, Narrativa and The Blank Corporation, in association with BBC Worldwide.