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Top Gear: Stunt School Revolution launches for iPhone and iPad
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A new free Top Gear game is now available to download for Apple’s iPhone and iPad. A follow up to the successful Top Gear: Stunt School, Top Gear: Stunt School Revolution offers fans of the BBC’s motoring series even more over-the-top tracks, stunts and cars to customise and race. Developed by BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment…
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Top Gear DVD kicks-off new BBC augmented reality range
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A new Top Gear DVD will use Aurasma’s augmented reality technology to offer fans additional content. The tech, recently used by Universal’s 100th anniversary titles, uses a smartphone and tablet app to display video footage triggered by a known location or image. BBC Worldwide says Top Gear The Challenges 6, on sale from June 4th…
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BBC America announces new ‘Ripper’ series
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Spooks (MI-5) actor Matthew Macfadyen is to star in Ripper Street, a new period crime drama being co-produced by BBC America, Tiger Aspect Productions and Lookout Point. The eight part series is set in and around Whitechapel in London’s East End in 1889, during the aftermath of the Jack The Ripper murders and centers on…
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BBC reveals title of Engelbert Humperdinck’s Eurovision song
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The UK’s song for this year’s Eurovision will be Love Will Set You Free, the BBC confirmed today. Last month the Corporation confirmed that legendary singer Engelbert Humperdinck would represent the UK at May’s singing contest which takes place in Baku. Humperdinck said: “I have my eyes on the prize with my song ‘Love Will…
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BBC announces official launch of Doctor Who: Worlds in Time
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Online game Doctor Who: Worlds in Time has officially launched, the BBC confirmed today. As reported in December, the browser-based, free-to-play multiplayer game draws on the show’s “rich mythology, locations and excitement” to create a world for fans to enjoy and explore. Players can join together in missions identified by the Time Lord to defend…
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Lovefilm signs ITV and BBC to streaming deals
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Amazon’s Lovefilm has signed streaming content deals with ITV and BBC Worldwide, giving it access to some of the UK’s most popular shows. BBC titles available under the deal include Doctor Who, Life On Mars, Spooks, and Planet Earth. The deal with ITV allows Amazon to offer a range of shows including Above Suspicion, Prime…