BBC
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Len Goodman returns to BBC One with new entertainment show
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Airing Saturday, the series will see contestants and celebrities team up to play a series of comedy rounds, all based on rhyming clues, and is being produced by Accidentally On Purpose for BBC One and Panda Television.
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Boxing: BBC Radio 5 secures radio rights to five world title fights & launches new podcast
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Boxing fans will be able to follow all the action from five major world title fights on BBC Radio 5 live, including the highly anticipated grudge match this Saturday between David Haye and Tony Bellew and the world heavyweight unification blockbuster between Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko in April.
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BBC announces further casting for Kit Harington’s Gunpowder
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Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, and Tom Cullen are to join Game of Thrones and Spooks: The Greater Good star Kit Harington in Gunpowder, a new three-part BBC drama exploring the story behind the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
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Ben Hardy and Jessie Buckley to star in BBC One adaptation of The Woman In White
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Starring Ben Hardy (X-Men, EastEnders) as Walter Hartright and Jessie Buckley (War And Peace, Taboo) as Marian Halcombe, the series is being produced by Origin Pictures and has been adapted for television by Fiona Seres.
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BBC boss Tony Hall announces new channel for viewers in Scotland
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The broadcaster has previously resisted calls from politicians and Licence Fee payers north of the border to offer a dedicated Scottish version of the main Six O’Clock news, but will now offer viewers more content centred around Scotland and Scottish affairs.
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BBC brings iPlayer personalisation & bookmarks to YouView
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To make logging in easy to use, the BBC has adopted a ‘Pin and Pair’ system where the user logs in on their computer or tablet and then enters a PIN displayed on their set top box to authorise its access to their BBC account.