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BBC boosts independent contributors to The One Show
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Each episode of the show normally features two to three insert films in each 30-minute episode, and four to five films in 60-minute episodes. These are currently produced by a combination of BBC Studios and independent production companies.
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BBC planning to make shows available for at least a year via iPlayer
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The broadcaster is also considering making complete series box sets for selected titles available and boosting the amount of content from the BBC archive that can be streamed.
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Knowing Me Knowing You – the original BBC Radio 4 Alan Partridge show is coming to vinyl
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Written by Steve Coogan and Patrick Marber, this is the series which introduced the cultural icon that is Alan Partridge to the mainstream, leading to several successful TV shows and the film Alpha Papa.
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BBC confirms festive Top of the Pops line-up
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On Christmas Day Fearne Cotton and BBC Radio 1’s Clara Amfo will host a show which includes performances from Anne-Marie, Clean Bandit, George Ezra, Rudimental with Jess Glynne & Dan Caplen and Rita Ora.
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Madness to perform live New Year’s Eve concert on BBC One
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Celebrating their 40th Anniversary in 2019, Madness have a huge number of hit singles under their belt including My Girl, House Of Fun, The Prince, and over six million album sales to their name.
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Sean Bean joins cast of BBC One’s WW2 epic World On Fire
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World On Fire is an adrenalized, emotionally gripping and resonant drama following the first year of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people drawn from Britain, Poland, France, Germany and the United States as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.