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There are seven swearwords that BBC World Service news can’t utter in the US

The latest issue of Private Eye magazine has an interesting nugget relating to recent comments made by US President, Donald Trump. Trump, you may recall, was said to have called certain nations on the planet “sh*thole countries”, which presented something of a challenge to broadcast news editors. Whilst Radio 4, reported Private Eye, could report … >

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Maid Marian & Her Merry Men to become a stage show

The classic children’s TV show Maid Marian & Her Merry Men is to head to the stage, courtesy of its creator, Tony Robinson. Robinson, who created, wrote and starred in the beloved TV series, is going to be working with David Lloyd and Mark Billingham to come up with the script for the stage version. … >

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Training Day and Taken heading to 5USA

Channel Five has been on a shopping spree, and has picked up the UK transmission rights to the shows Training Day and Taken, both based on hit movies. Five will be showing them on its 5USA channel. Training Day stars Justin Cornwell, the late Bill Paxton, Katrina Law and Drew Van Acker. Taken, meanwhile, sees … >

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Stranger Things: new hints about season 3

Netflix’s Stranger Things has a healthy future ahead of it, with season three already ordered, even if it’s unlikely to be on our screens this year. Filming is set to start in a few months, according to rumours, once again under the stewardship of the Duffer brothers. And director and producer Shawn Levy is on … >

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Fortitude will end with its third series

Sky has confirmed that it’s pressing ahead with the third series of icy drama Fortitude – but that the show is coming to an end. The programme – which wears influences from John Carpenter’s classic movie remake of The Thing – will start filming its final run soon, with four episodes planned for the final … >

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