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Doctor Who: BBC bosses confirm gameshow host Bradley Walsh is joining Jodie Whittaker in the Tardis
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Rumours of Walsh’s casting were greeted with mockery by some fans when they broke over the summer but today BBC bosses confirmed that The Chase will indeed join the Tardis crew as new companion Graham.
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BBC Two sitcom Two Doors Down to return this Christmas
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Put-upon couple Beth (Arabella Weir) and Eric’s (Alex Norton) hopes to have a quiet festive feast on their own are smashed when neighbours Cathy (Doon Mackichan) and Colin (Jonathan Watson) turn up, their trip to the French Alps having been thwarted by a cancelled flight.
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BBC launches iPlayer Radio app for Android Auto and Apple CarPlay
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The new, car-friendly view of the BBC iPlayer Radio app includes the ability to listen to all the BBC’s national and local radio stations live, playback of downloads, back-to-back playback of user-selected episodes and bookmarked shows.
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BBC Four to screen new Danish thriller from the creators of The Killing and Borgen
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Set in present day Copenhagen, Below The Surface opens with a national crisis – the hijacking of a subway train, where 15 members of the public are held hostage.
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New Ofcom rules requires BBC to provide annual diversity report and more regional output
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Coming into effect from January, the rules require the channels to show at least 6,000 hours of programmes “which are of specific interest to the nations and regions,” of which 95% must be made in the areas to which they relate.
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is returning to BBC Radio 4
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The original Hitchhiker’s aired in 1978 followed by four further series between 1980 and 2005 and now, to celebrate the original’s 40th anniversary, original cast members Simon Jones and Geoff McGivern and Mark Wing-Davey are back.