Channel 5
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The X-Files revival to air on UK’s Channel 5
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Due to air next February, the show sees David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson back as FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully. Other returning characters include Mitch Pileggi and William B. Davis, playing Walter Skinner and The Smoking Man respectively.
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Channel 5 picks up UK rights for Heroes Reborn
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The show starts a year after a terrorist attack in Odessa, Texas left the city decimated. Blamed for the tragic event, those with extraordinary abilities are in hiding or on the run from those with nefarious motives.
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Channel 5 to show Sir Ben Kingsley’s Tutankhamun mini-series
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Shot entirely on location in Morocco, Tut tells the story of one of the most extraordinary rulers in human history, the Pharaoh Tutankhamun, his rise to power and his struggle to lead Egypt to glory, while his closest advisors, friends and lovers scheme for their own interests.
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Sky and Viacom sign new 5 year carriage and ad sales deal
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Today’s deal means Sky’s customers will continue to have access to Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1 for a further five years with the broadcaster will also taking on responsibility for Channel 5’s ad sales.
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Feature-length episode marks Gotham’s return to Channel 5
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The series explores the origins of future police commissioner James Gordon as well as the villains which made the titular city famous.
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Gotham’s 2m UK viewers – good news for Channel 5?
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The show beat Channel 4 and BBC Two in the same time slot but is it enough to fulfil new owner Viacom’s ambitions of growing the channel’s audience?