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BBC announces further casting for Kit Harington’s Gunpowder
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Edward Holcroft, Shaun Dooley, and Tom Cullen are to join Game of Thrones and Spooks: The Greater Good star Kit Harington in Gunpowder, a new three-part BBC drama exploring the story behind the infamous Gunpowder Plot.
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Ben Hardy and Jessie Buckley to star in BBC One adaptation of The Woman In White
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Starring Ben Hardy (X-Men, EastEnders) as Walter Hartright and Jessie Buckley (War And Peace, Taboo) as Marian Halcombe, the series is being produced by Origin Pictures and has been adapted for television by Fiona Seres.
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BBC boss Tony Hall announces new channel for viewers in Scotland
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The broadcaster has previously resisted calls from politicians and Licence Fee payers north of the border to offer a dedicated Scottish version of the main Six O’Clock news, but will now offer viewers more content centred around Scotland and Scottish affairs.
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BBC brings iPlayer personalisation & bookmarks to YouView
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To make logging in easy to use, the BBC has adopted a ‘Pin and Pair’ system where the user logs in on their computer or tablet and then enters a PIN displayed on their set top box to authorise its access to their BBC account.
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Jess Brittain on BBC Three’s new teen drama, Clique
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Former Skins writer Jess Brittain discusses Clique, her six-part BBC Three drama which sees best friends and university new girls Holly (Synnove Karlsen) and Georgia (Aisling Franciosi) drawn into an elite clique of alpha girls led by lecturer Jude McDermid (Louise Brealey).
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BBC confirms start date for Len Deighton’s SS-GB
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The series stars Sam Riley and Kate Bosworth and takes place in a world in which the Germans won the Battle Of Britain and now occupy the UK.