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BBC Worldwide signs major Top Gear deal with Chinese IPTV firm
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Despite the BBC dropping him from the show, the deal also includes the entire run of Jeremy Clarkson’s Top Gear, including its specials.
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BBC iPlayer to stream Planet Earth II footage in Ultra HD
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Available on compatible TVs, the footage will be available in Ultra HD and Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) and mark’s the BBC’s first public UHD broadcast and the corporation will use feedback to help decide how best to stream full-length Ultra HD programmes in future.
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AMC and BBC America order second series of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
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The eight-part first series was written by Max Landis, the mind behind cult classic Chronicle, and stars Samuel Barnett as Gently and Elijah Wood as his assistant Todd.
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Miriam Margolyes cast in new BBC Four sitcom
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Miriam Margolyes is to star in a new BBC Four sitcom written by, and co-starring, Frog Stone. The show features mother and daughter Fran (Stone) and Mim (Margolyes) whose relationship is redefined when Mim reveals she is dying.
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Airdate confirmed for BBC One’s Rillington Place
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Christie is one of Britain’s most notorious killers and murdered at least eight women, including his wife Ethel, by strangling them in his flat at 10 Rillington Place, Notting Hill.
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BBC could use iPlayer to launch 4K services
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Any BBC 4K (Ultra HD) service is likely to launch on the broadcaster’s iPlayer service according to head of technology, Andy King.