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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.
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Germany’s ZDF buys BBC One and FremantleMedia’s new Neil Cross drama
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Written by Luther creator Neil Cross, the six-part series stars Jim Sturgess (One Day, 21) and Agyness Deyn (Sunset Song) as detectives Robert Hicks and Elaine Renko who, whilst investigating what appears to be the routine death of a computer hacker in London, stumble upon proof that the world is facing certain destruction in just…
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Filming starts on BBC One’s new drama Press
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Filming has on Mike Bartlett’s new BBC One drama series Press, which stars Charlotte Riley as Deputy News Editor of thhe fictional broadsheet The Herald, and Ben Chaplin as Editor of fictional tabloid newspaper, The Post.
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BBC Four bags UK rights to French sci-fi drama Missions
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BBC Four is to air the ten-part French drama series Missions, it’s first international sci-fi acquisition, after striking a deal with AB International Distribution.