Television
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BBC to restrict free over 75 TV licence to pension credit recipients
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As part of the BBC’s latest funding agreement with the Government, the broadcaster became responsible for deciding whether to offer the concession after June 2020. Last year the corporation estimated that continuing the current concession would cost cost £745m by 2021/22.
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UKTV Play arrives on Apple TV
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The service offers subscription-free access to hits such as the Emmy and BAFTA nominated UKTV Original Taskmaster, brand new scripted comedy Sliced, starring and co-written by BAFTA-nominated Samson Kayo, and every episode from Yesterday’s car auctioning show, Bangers and Cash.
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New UKTV series to reveal the secrets of restoring historic warplanes
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Each episode of Warbird Workshop will follow the painstaking work that goes in to the restoration of an iconic aircraft, as well as telling the stories of the airfield where the workshop is located, the men and women who flew the plane, the part it played in military history, and the challenges it now presents…
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Ofcom rules out review into BBC and Discovery’s UKTV deal
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Last month the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Studios, confirmed it had reached an agreement with fellow UKTV shareholder Discovery on a splitting up of the company.
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Diane Morgan, Sue Johnston, Bobby Ball, Nigel Havers and Kim Cattrall join new Gold sitcom
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Diane Morgan, Sue Johnston, Bobby Ball, Nigel Havers and Kim Cattrall are to star in a new three-part comedy series for UKTV’s Gold written by David Earl & Joe Wilkinson (Rovers).
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New Taylor Kitsch and Chris Pine dramas are coming to UKTV’s Alibi
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UKTV has acquired US shows Waco and I Am the Night which will air on its drama channel Alibi later this year.