Television

  • BBC Four acquires Norwegian drama series State Of Happiness

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    The series is set the summer of 1969 in the small coastal town of Stavanger where the locals live off fish, and the North Sea is emptying out. No more cod, no more herring. Something has to happen. The town is in crisis.

  • UKTV sees growth in audience share and VoD plays

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    Multichannel broadcaster UKTV, home to a portfolio of channels which includes Dave, GOLD, W and Alibi plus multi-platform Video on Demand service UKTV Play, has recorded a 9% increase in its adult SOCI (share of commercial impacts) is 9.53%.

  • UKTV Play introduces live streaming

    UKTV Play introduces live streaming

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    The broadcaster has introduced live streaming to its UKTV Play website and plans to roll out the feature to its mobile and TV apps in the coming months.

  • Manhattan T3 Freeview Play 4K Smart Box Review

    Manhattan T3 Freeview Play 4K Smart Box Review

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    This new, sub £80 set top box from Manhattan follows the Freeview Play specification, meaning it combines access to subscription-free channels available via your aerial, such as BBC One, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5 and Dave, with catch-up and on-demand apps including iPlayer, All4, and UKTV Play.

  • ‘Cheat’ writer Gaby Hull to pen original new drama for UKTV’s Alibi

    ‘Cheat’ writer Gaby Hull to pen original new drama for UKTV’s Alibi

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    Produced by BBC Studios, the six-part drama begins with the collision of two extraordinary people; Babeni (Baba), a former child soldier desperate to suppress his predisposition for violence, and Freddy, a magnetic and disarmingly charming free spirit.

  • BBC confirms return date for Lee Mack’s Not Going Out

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    We jump straight back into the suburban-madness as (Mack) and Lucy (Sally Bretton), Lee’s feckless father, Frank (Bobby Ball), world-weary Toby (Hugh Dennis) and uptight ice-queen Anna (Abigail Cruttenden), Lucy’s generally disappointed father Geoffrey (Geoffrey Whitehead) and nice mum Wendy (Deborah Grant), show courage and selflessness are in very, very short supply.