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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.
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BBC R&D releases new interactive drama starring Martin Freeman for Amazon Alexa
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Based on the experimental 1969 ‘book in a box’ by BS Johnson, The Unfortunates is a reworked version of a BBC Radio 3 play which follows a sports journalist whose memories of a dear, dead friend are triggered when he’s sent to report on a football match.
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Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythologies tops list of BBC Radio Christmas highlights
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BBC Radio has today announced its Christmas schedule highlights, including a special Take That celebration, an interview with new Doctor Who star Jodie Whittaker and an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Norse Mythologies starring Diana Rigg, Derek Jacobi and Natalie Dormer.
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BBC launches public consultation on future of free TV licence for over 75s
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Under the BBC’s latest funding agreement with the Government, the broadcaster becomes responsible for deciding whether to offer the concession after June 2020.