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Jack O’Connell joins BBC Two’s The North Water adaptation
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The four-part thriller, which is being written by Andrew Haigh (Lean on Pete, Looking, Weekend), will also star Colin Farrell and is produced by See-Saw Films.
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BBC Studios announces two entertainment format first-look deals
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BBC Studios has struck first-look deals with entertainment format studios, Magnum Media and Fandom Fiction.
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BBC Studios announces new writers’ academy for up-and-coming talent
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The new initiative will be headed up by drama supremo John Yorke, who commissioned such iconic TV shows as Shameless, Life on Mars and The Street and will sit alongside the existing BBC Writers room scheme.
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BBC iPlayer to show FA cup final in UHD
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Those watching on compatible Ultra HD TVs can watch the live stream on BBC iPlayer by pressing the Red Button during the BBC’s coverage, or directly through the BBC iPlayer app on their TV.
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BBC confirms return date for Lee Mack’s Not Going Out
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We jump straight back into the suburban-madness as (Mack) and Lucy (Sally Bretton), Lee’s feckless father, Frank (Bobby Ball), world-weary Toby (Hugh Dennis) and uptight ice-queen Anna (Abigail Cruttenden), Lucy’s generally disappointed father Geoffrey (Geoffrey Whitehead) and nice mum Wendy (Deborah Grant), show courage and selflessness are in very, very short supply.
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BBC Studios and Discovery confirm plans to split up UKTV channels and sign new factual programmes deal
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UKTV, one of the UK’s largest multi-channel broadcasters, is to be broken up and its channels split between current shareholders BBC Studios and Discovery.