Television

  • Palin revisits Eighty Days

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    Acclaimed travelogue presenter Michael Palin is to return to the scene of one of the best-remembered sequences of all his travel adventures: the dhow journey from Dubai to Bombay which feature in Around The World In Eighty Days.

  • November launch for Freesat+

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    Freesat viewers will soon be able to upgrade to a set top box with recording and live pause features after the service confirmed a “mid November” launch for their long awaited Freesat+ service.

  • Sharpe returns in November

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    Sean Bean returns to ITV as Sharpe after a two year gap next month in Sharpe’s Peril, an epic adventure shot entirely on location in India.

  • Quentin to star in new BBC sitcom

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    Men Behaving Badly star Caroline Quentin is to return to BBC One in a new sitcom from the writer of Smack The Pony and Feel The Force. Quentin will play the recently remarried Maddy who finds herself presiding over a modern-day extended family.

  • Sky announce Clone Wars start date

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    Fresh from cinematic success, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, comes to Sky Movies and Sky Movies HD from Saturday, October 25th.

  • ITV4 announces new US sci-fi acquisition

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    ITV has announced it has secured the rights to US sci-fi series Sanctuary which stars Stargate: SG-1 star Amanda Tapping as Dr. Helen Magnus, a 157-year old physician who studies monsters. The series, which is set to receive its UK premiere on the network’s ITV4 digital channel, also stars Robin Dunne as her reluctant protégé,…