Television

  • Tony Jordan to write new drama series for UKTV’s Watch

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    Spooks and Hustle writer Tony Jordan has created a new 10-part series for UKTV’s flagship entertainment channel, Watch. Legion is the channel’s first original drama commission and will be produced by Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures. Announcing the series, Jordan revealed it would follow criminologist Nathan Jones who, after learning the devastating news that his 10…

  • Yesterday snaps up new extreme weather series

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    The impact of extreme weather conditions on major events such as the Hindenburg crash, the sinking of the Titanic and the Challenger disaster is explored in a new series set to air on Yesterday. The UKTV-owned channel has snapped up rights to nine-part series, Weather That Changed The World. The show uses extreme weather footage,…

  • Really snaps up rights to US medical drama Emily Owens M.D.

    Really snaps up rights to US medical drama Emily Owens M.D.

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    UKTV has grabbed the UK rights to CBS’s medical drama series Emily Owens M.D. for its free-to-air entertainment channel Really. The 13-part series stars Mamie Gummer (The Good Wife) in the eponymous title role – a geeky graduate leaving her days as an awkward student behind her and beginning an exciting new chapter as an…

  • BBC Trust to review Corporation’s involvement in YouView

    BBC Trust to review Corporation’s involvement in YouView

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    The BBC Trust is to review the broadcaster’s participation in YouView, the broadcast and internet TV platform which launched last year. The service is a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, BT, Talk Talk and Arqiva and combines digital terrestrial TV with catch-up television and access on-demand TV players such as…

  • Channel 4 adds free mobile downloads to 4oD app

    Channel 4 adds free mobile downloads to 4oD app

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    Channel 4 is adding free, add-supported downloads to mobile versions of its 4oD on demand service. The new feature allows viewers to download many of their favourite Channel 4 shows from the last 30 days to their smartphone or tablet and is is available on both iOS and Android versions of the app. Viewers will…

  • Dave on demand player goes live on YouView

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    A new on demand player offering content from UKTV’s popular free-to-air channel Dave has been added to YouView boxes. First announced last month, the player gives viewers access to hit shows such as Dara O Briain: School of Hard Sums, Ross Noble’s Freewheeling and Russell Howard’s Good News. The content will also be available via…