BBC
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Top Gear’s Stig moves to BBC One for new Saturday night show
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The anonymous and mysterious racing driver will appear alongside Dermot O’Leary in a new Saturday night entertainment series called The Getaway Car.
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BBC casts Colin Morgan in new mystery drama
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Morgan will play Nathan Appleby in the six-part series which has been created by Ashley Pharoah (Life On Mars) and will be joined by Charlotte Spencer as Charlotte Appleby, Nathan’s wife.
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Hall says BBC Worldwide sale “simply doesn’t make economic sense”
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Ministers have reportedly considered forcing the corporation to sell its BBC Worldwide subsidiary which exploits top BBC brands and content around the world to help top up the money raised by the licence fee.
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BBC and ITV to share Six Nations coverage
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The UK’s two biggest broadcasters will each offer exclusive coverage of pre-agreed home games, with the BBC taking all Scotland, Wales and France home matches and ITV showing the England, Ireland and Italy matches.
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Chris Evans announced as new Top Gear host
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Radio 2 DJ Chris Evans has been unveiled as the new lead-host of BBC Two’s Top Gear. He and “an all-new” line-up of co-presenters will replace Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond when the show returned later this year.
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BBC announces longer regional news bulletins
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Viewers in England will see the post 10pm regional news programme extended to 15 minutes, Monday to Thursday, from January 2015 until the beginning of June.