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  • BBC One goes HD

    BBC One goes HD

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    The BBC today announced that a new, simulcast high definition (HD) version of BBC One will launch on Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media later this year. The existing BBC HD channel will continue to broadcast a selection of content from other BBC channels and will have its hours extended to 12 hours a day.

  • Palin revisits Eighty Days

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    Acclaimed travelogue presenter Michael Palin is to return to the scene of one of the best-remembered sequences of all his travel adventures: the dhow journey from Dubai to Bombay which feature in Around The World In Eighty Days.

  • New Faces Check In At Hotel Babylon

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    There are some new faces at Hotel Babylon when the hotel-based drama returns to our screens next week. Joining the team after Charlie’s (Max Beesley) promotion to General Manager are his deputy Jack Harrison (Lee Williams) and Head of PR Emily James (Alexandra Moen). Charlie’s determined to make his mark but the transition from one…

  • Fairy Tales Season Ends With Billy Goat

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    Paul Nicholls, Mathew Horne, Nick Mohammed and Bernard Hill star in BBC One’s fourth and final contemporary adaptation of classic fairy tales. Is the grass always greener on the other side? “Billy Goat” are a boy band made up of brothers Connor (Nicholls) and Dean Gruff (Horne) along with their friend, Rafiq Bhavani (Nick Mohammed).…

  • BBC Re-Commissions Unbroadcast Martin Shaw Drama

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    BBC One are to delay the transmission of a new 2-part drama starring Martin Shaw after deciding to commission a longer run of the show. When the BBC first announced Apparitions, a new supernatural drama series, it was reported to be a single story two-pater due for transmission in early 2008. However, the corporation has…

  • BBC Parliament to Repeat Daily Politics

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    Politics fans will be able to watch the BBC’s Daily Politics show daily at midnight on BBC Parliament from 7 January 2008. Each edition of the BBC Two daytime series will be repeated in full on the dedciated politics channel offering viewers a second chance to enjoy the team’s light hearted look at events in…