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How much the BBC channels cost

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How much the BBC TV channels cost Source: BBC Annual Report

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Axed BBC1 drama Ripper Street to be revived by Amazon

Amazon, BBC, costume drama, Ripper Street, Victorian crime drama

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Back in December, Ripper Street fans were outraged when the drama was axed by the BBC after just two series. Fans flocked to sign petitions and the show's stars bemoaned the abrupt end to a series which was voted the best show of 2013 by RadioTimes.com...

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Too many shows on Sunday night on British TV

BBC, British television, Call the Midwife, Channel 4, Channel 5, ITV, Mr Selfridge

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Doctor, I have a problem. Every week at five to nine on Sunday night my blood pressure rises to boiling point as I look at my television. There is nothing I can do to control this anger – not unless you can prescribe some sensible scheduling. I think...

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Sherlock Holmes adapté au cinéma et à la télé sur France Inter

BBC, Elementary, France inter, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes

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Une nouvelle série américaine où le docteur Watson est une femme. Un feuilleton de la BBC qui fait un carton en France. Sherlock Holmes ne s’est jamais aussi bien porté sur le grand comme le petit écran. L'occasion d'un plongeon dans les mille et une...

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Classic Literature in Lego (pictures)

Andrew Davies, BBC, Jane Austen, Pride & Prejudice, spoilers

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Mr Darcy leaving the lake, in the much-loved scene which does not actually feature in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. (It does in Andrew Davies's TV adaptation, though actor Colin Firth's impressive muscles were concealed in a wet shirt in that r...

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Charles Dance

BBC, Bleak House, Charles DIckens, Game of Thrones, George RR Martin, HBO, Mr Tulkinghorn, Tywin Lannister

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Bleak House (BBC - 2005) talking about playing a character with no redeeming qualities. Game of Thrones tallking about good storylines (and good adaptations) and playing a character who is "not completely a villain."

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Should the BBC have axed period drama The Paradise?

Au Bonheur des Dames, BBC, Emile Zola, The Paradise

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BBC1 drama The Paradise will not be returning for a third series. That's right, the shiny doors of Moray's department store are being closed for the final time. Denise will be devastated. The show, which starred Emun Elliott, Joanna Vanderham and Sarah...

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Call the Midwife (series one) on French Television

BBC, Call the Midwife, Jennifer Worth

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sur D8, 3 épisodes tous les vendredis à partir du 14 février 2014. Episode 1: Drama set in London's East End during the 1950s, based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth. A newly qualified midwife begins her career alongside an order of nursing nuns.

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Oliver Twist dans le Cycle Charles Dickens. arte 13 et 20 février 2014

arte, BBC, Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

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Le bébé survit. Nommé Oliver Twist, il vit une enfance misérable à l’orphelinat, supervisé par la sadique Mrs Corney et le brutal Mr Bumble. Il ne se laisse cependant pas faire et ose redemander une ration de gruau. Il est alors vendu comme apprenti à...

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Great Expectations (BBC - 2011) sur arte Cycle Dickens le 6 mars 2014

arte, BBC, Charles Dickens, Gillian Anderson, Great Expectations, Miss Havisham

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Cette version somptueuse, produite par la BBC, est l’une des plus fidèles au livre, dont elle restitue avec fluidité toutes les péripéties. Paysages noyés de brume, figures spectrales, décors fantomatiques. Le début du récit semble surgir d’un cauchemar...

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