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  • BBC launches new personalised app bringing together live radio, podcasts and music

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    BBC has released a new audio app called BBC Sounds which brings together its live and on-demand radio, music and podcasts into a single place. Available to download for free from Apple, Google and Amazon app stores, the app is part of the BBC’s efforts to re-invent itself and provide a more personalised experience.

  • BBC to open new design and engineering hub in Glasgow

    BBC to open new design and engineering hub in Glasgow

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    The new hub of more than 110 people will include the existing BBC Design + Engineering team in Pacific Quay, Glasgow and the broadcaster says it’ll will “play a critical role” in delivering on its ambition to reinvent itself for a new generation

  • Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy’s John Paul Getty drama Trust to air on BBC Two

    Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy’s John Paul Getty drama Trust to air on BBC Two

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    Donald Sutherland stars as as J. Paul Getty Senior, the oil tycoon and art collector at the head of the Getty family, alongside a stellar cast that includes Hilary Swank (Million Dollar Baby), Brendan Fraser (The Mummy), Harris Dickinson (Beach Rats), Anna Chancellor (Ordeal By Innocence), Charlotte Riley (Peaky Blinders), Amanda Drew (Broadchurch) and Sophie…

  • BBC to stream every Wimbledon Centre Court match in 4K Ultra HD via iPlayer

    BBC to stream every Wimbledon Centre Court match in 4K Ultra HD via iPlayer

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    The BBC says it will extend its 4K Ultra HD trial – which has allowed football fans to enjoy the World Cup in the highest possible quality – to Wimbledon. Every match from Centre Court will be streamed in Ultra HD via the BBC iPlayer to those with a compatible TV and a high speed…

  • Tom Hollander joins the cast of BBC One’s Baptiste

    Tom Hollander joins the cast of BBC One’s Baptiste

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    Bafta winning actor Tom Hollander has joined the cast of upcoming BBC One drama Baptiste, which stars Tchéky Karyo as the insightful but stubborn investigator Julien Baptiste.

  • Eve Myles drama Keeping Faith is coming to BBC One

    Eve Myles drama Keeping Faith is coming to BBC One

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    The series tells the story of lawyer, wife and mother Faith (Myles) as she fights to find the truth behind the sudden disappearance of her husband and was seen by almost 300,000 each week BBC One Wales – the highest audiences for a non-network drama shown in Wales for over twenty years.