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  • BBC Two’s Boy Meets Girl gets second series

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    The ground-breaking show stars Rebecca Root and Harry Hepple and features a love affair between an older transgender woman and her younger boyfriend.

  • BBC axes channel controller posts

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    The roles of Controller BBC One and Controller BBC Two and Four are to be merged into a new Controller, TV Channels and iPlayer which will be filled by current BBC One boss Charlotte Moore.

  • BBC Two to revive Robot Wars

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    A new six-part series is to be filmed at new purpose-built fighting arena in Glasgow with producers promising fans will be “to get even closer to the action, with state-of-the-art cameras capable of capturing every crushing, sawing and scorching moment in incredible detail.”

  • Trailer: BBC iPlayer’s The Rack Pack

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    The film has been written by Shaun Pye, Mark Chappell and Alan Connor, the team behind A Young Doctor’s Notebook, and stars Luke Treadaway, Will Merrick, Kevin Bishop, Nichola Burley and James Bailey.

  • Luther – BBC confirms airdate for two-part special

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    Laying low in a rundown cottage on the edge of England, John’s life is upended by a visit from his Met colleagues who bring with them a shocking piece of news which draws him back to London.

  • BBC Three to move online in early 2016

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    Last year BBC Director-General Tony Hall announced plans to close the broadcast channel saying the move would allow £30m to be invested in drama on BBC One which had been “falling off in a way I was not satisfied with”.