BBC
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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.
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BBC Two acquires 9/11 drama The Looming Tower
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Commissioned by Hulu and previously shown in the UK by Amazon Prime Video, the series is based on Lawrence Wright’s Pulitzer Prize-winning book and takes a controversial look at how rivalry between the CIA and FBI may have inadvertently set the stage for the tragedy of 9/11 and resulting war in Iraq.
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BBC Studios strikes first look deal with Big Deal Films
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The two-year deal gives BBC Studios a first look at distributing its factual, factual-entertainment and scripted programming slate.
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BBC commissions new series from Doctor Foster’s Mike Bartlett
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Written by Mike Bartlett (Doctor Foster, King Charles III, Press, Trauma) and produced by Drama Republic, the series will film in Manchester later this year.