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BBC announces cast of Are You Being Served? revival
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Only Fools And Horses star John Challis and Coronation Street’s Sherrie Hewson have been named as some of the all-star cast reviving Are You Being Served? for a one-off special.
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BBC Four announces new Swedish crime thriller
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BBC Four has snapped up UK rights to Swedish thriller Modus, an eight-part drama about criminal psychologist and ex-FBI profiler Inger Johanne Vik who returns to Sweden to spend more time with her two daughters.
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Matt LeBlanc joins BBC’s revamped Top Gear
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LeBlanc is already familiar to Top Gear viewer, having been a two-time guest on the show during the Jeremy Clarkson era when he earned the distinction of becoming the fastest celebrity to date around the Top Gear track in its reasonably priced car.
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New BBC One drama to take viewers inside Rillington Place
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BBC One has commissioned a new TV drama based on John Christie’s real life killings which took place at the infamous address Rillington Place in the late 1940s/early 1950s.
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BBC and Discovery strike Olympics deal
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The BBC will continue to show the Olympic games until at least 2024 after striking a deal to sub-license the games from Discovery Communications which last year signed a Europe-wide deal for the 2022 and 2024 games with International Olympic Committee.
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BBC awards £100m broadcast connectivity contract to BT
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According to the broadcaster, the new system will allow extra services and capacity to be added for major events, such as a general election or the Olympics, more easily and at a lower cost than with the current system.