Television

  • Original commissions and expanded distribution deals push UKTV’s revenues up 8%

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    In recent years the broadcaster’s mix of drama, comedy, entertainment and lifestyle channels have commissioned a raft of original content including Matt Forde’s political chat show Unspun, Dara O Briain’s Go 8 Bit, and the new Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais sitcom, Henry IX.

  • Trailer: Dylan O’Brien in American Assassin

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    American Assassin follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’Brien), a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton). The pair are then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military and civilian targets.

  • James Buckley’s Zapped gets second series

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    Produced by Steve Coogan’s Baby Cow Productions, the first series saw Brian (Buckley) grapple with his new surroundings after he was abruptly zapped to a parallel world and the bizarre backwater town of Munty.

  • YouView gains new UKTV Play on-demand player

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    The player also brings together collections of specially curated themes as well as viewer chosen favourites, as well as an all-new predictive search facility.

  • Why isn’t the BBC’s Brexit results coverage available on iPlayer?

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    The BBC’s live, as it happened coverage is unavailable for academics, political pundits and sadists to watch again despite the ease with which iPlayer could make offer it up for repeated viewing.

  • Davina McCall to host new chatshow for UKTV’s W

    Davina McCall to host new chatshow for UKTV’s W

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    Produced by Twenty Twenty Productions, the as yet untitled project see McCall joined by a small group of individuals and experts as they discuss some of modern life’s biggest dilemmas and most pertinent questions, armed with the latest research and often counter-intuitive perspectives.