Television
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ITV confirms Primeval 'webisodes'
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To coincide with the arrival of the fourth series of Primeval, ITV.com is to screen five “unique and exciting” webisodes detailing what happened between the devastating end of series 3 and the start of the new run.
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BBC One HD launch date confirmed
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The High Definition version of BBC HD will launch next week (Wednesday 3 November) across all UK digital platforms with a mixture of native HD and upscaled content. The BBC say the channel will launch at 7PM “with a series of programmes made in true HD” including The One Show, Wallace And Gromit’s World Of…
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Yesterday explores Heroes of Biggin Hill
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A new documentary telling the story of the WWII pilots based at RAF Biggin Hill airs this week on History-based channel Yesterday, as part of the channel’s ‘Spirit of 1940’ season which also included the John Nettles presented Channel Islands at War.
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Baddiel stars in new new football mocumentary
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Digital channel Dave has launched a brand new, online football mocumentary series which follows the trials and tribulations of the Dave football team. Each of the five FC Dave episodes will be uploaded to the Dave website on Thursdays – the first is already available – and star David Baddiel as the Channel Head. The…
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BBC One goes HD
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The BBC today announced that a new, simulcast high definition (HD) version of BBC One will launch on Freesat, Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media later this year. The existing BBC HD channel will continue to broadcast a selection of content from other BBC channels and will have its hours extended to 12 hours a day.
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Yesterday celebrates the 'forgotten men' of Dunkirk
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Digital channel Yesterday is tonight screening a special programme telling the unknown story of the thousands of heroic men left behind in the Dunkirk evacuation. Dunkirk: The Forgotten Heroes examines the now legendary escape of the British Expeditionary Force from the beaches of to Dunkirk and tells how the capture of 40,000 soldiers was kept…