Television

  • BBC One HD launch date confirmed

    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…

  • Yesterday explores Heroes of Biggin Hill

    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.

  • Baddiel stars in new new football mocumentary

    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…

  • BBC One goes HD

    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.

  • Yesterday celebrates the 'forgotten men' of Dunkirk

    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…

  • Available on DVD: Stephen Hawking’s Universe

    Available on DVD: Stephen Hawking’s Universe

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    Previously airing on the Discovery Channel, Stephen Hawking’s Universe – a three-part exploration of the the greatest mysteries of the cosmos – comes to DVD next month. In each instalment Hawking reveals the wonders of the universe as never seen before. The two hour opener uncovers the biggest tale of all – the entire history,…