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Benedict Cumberbatch’s The Child In Time to air on BBC One later this month
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Adapted by Stephen Butchard from Ian McEwan’s Whitbread Prize winning novel, the drama is described as “a lyrical and heartbreaking exploration of love, loss and the power of things unseen.”
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New distribution deals see BBC channels launch in Laos and Greece
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BBC Earth is launching in both territories, with viewers in Laos also getting BBC World News and CBeebies for the first time.
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Tracey Ullman to return with new BBC One series
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Filmed close to transmission, the series will see the return of viewer favourites Angela Merkel, Nicola Sturgeon and Theresa May, as well as the introduction of a host of new faces including French First Lady Brigitte Macron and Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn.
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BBC Four acquires Witnesses: A Frozen Death, a new French drama starring Spiral’s Audrey Fleurot
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The French series, which also stars Marie Dompnier (The Tunnel), was created by Hervé Hadmar and Marc Herpoux and will air on BBC Four later this year.
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Christopher Eccleston cast in new BBC One drama series
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Set and filmed in Northern Ireland, the series is being produced by RED Production Company – makers of Queer as Folk, Our Friends in the North, Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax – and was written by Danny Brocklehust.
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Ben Whishaw joins cast of BBC One and Russell T Davies’ Jeremy Thorpe drama
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The three-part A Very English Scandal is based on the bestselling book by the author and former Arts Editor of the Evening Standard and Sunday Telegraph John Preston.