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True Grit

A new series, True Grit, (working title) for BBC Two will see four sporting heroes relive their glory days by taking on some of the most demanding traditional sports in the world.

Giants from the world of athletics, rugby and super biking compete against some of the toughest local champions and each other in four challenges across the globe, each one tougher than the last. They will need to show they have still got the endurance, strength, speed and commitment it takes to go the distance. But do they possess the killer instinct that once led them to glory? Do they still have the will to win?

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Back to Uni programming

As students begin their University courses again, BBC iPlayer animation How I Survived… hears the real life experiences of students leaving home for the first time; The Panjabi Hit Squad (Asian Network) spoke to new students across the UK, and coming up in October Radio 1’s Scott Mills’ Student Tour explores life at five UK Universities.

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End of September Entertainment

September entertainment on BBC radio continues with the new Radio 4 fictional comedy The Celebrity Voicemail Show, which imagines what it might be like to hear the answerphone messages of the rich and famous, written by and starring Kayvan Novak. Miles Jupp and a panel of guests chew over the big stories of the week in the new series of The News Quiz on Radio 4. Ian Lavender explored his Dad’s Army co-star’s radio legacy in Do Tell Them Pike: Arthur Lowe On The Radio (Radio 4 Extra), while visual entertainment continues in the action packed comedy Top Coppers (BBC Three) - it’s Justice City’s darkest hour as a mysterious computer hacker launches a cyber attack on the whole city with only one demand to be met.

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Dan McGolpin, Controller Daytime, today announces his vision for Daytime and new Commissions for BBC One.

New shows for daytime BBC include a brand new antiques quiz show, For What It’s Worth, and a brand new 25-part series of The Edge – the gameshow will also roll back on with a new host, TV presenter and BBC Sport broadcaster Gabby Logan. And BBC One has exclusive access to the front-line police units seeking out the most dangerous fugitives to bring the series Fugitives: Home And Abroad from the BBC Features and Daytime team in Wales.

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London Mela on the BBC

Yasser (Asian Network) looked ahead to some of the new artists playing at this year’s London Mela – Europe’s largest outdoor South Asian Festival. Plus, there are special programmes and highlights of this year’s event from the weekend and in the coming week at http://www.bbc.co.uk/asiannetwork. Each week Yasser scours the internet for amazing cover versions by Asian artists from right across the globe. The show closes with a journey into the Future Beats Generator to let producers do their own thing, and take us into places we could never have dreamt of!

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BBC One has revealed the cast of brand new mystery drama series The Living And The Dead.

Colin Morgan (best known for his roles in Humans, Merlin, and The Fall) will play the lead role of Nathan Appleby in the new original six part series eerie mystery. Charlotte Spencer (Glue, Stonemouth, Line Of Duty), stars as Charlotte Appleby, Nathan’s wife.

This is a drama steeped in the eeriness of the rural world at the moment when the industrial revolution came crashing in to disrupt all the old certainties. Nathan and Charlotte Appleby are deeply in love with each other but put under extraordinary pressure, they will have to fight to save their marriage and their home.

Commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Controller of BBC One, and Ben Stephenson, previous Controller of BBC Drama Commissioning, The Living And The Dead is a BBC Wales Drama production in association with Monastic Productions and co-produced with BBC America. It will be distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide.

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Shspesh & A Ghost Story for Christmas

(I know, I know, I know...Shspesh may not be aired on Christmas. Or even in December...but....)

A Ghost Story for Christmas was a series of British short TV films originally broadcast on BBC One between 1971-1978 annually on Christmas Day. Recently, the series was revived in 2005 on BBC Four. The series was created in homage to the oral tradition of telling supernatural tales at Christmas.

Previous stories have been by M. R. James, Clive Exton and John Bowen, and one based off of a Charles Dickens story. 

The latest revival was in 2013, which was another M.R. James story, The Tractate Middoth. 

This time the story was adapted to TV by Mark Gatiss AND included the casting of Una Stubbs. 

Since the initial revival, there hasn’t been a new story each year - for example, there wasn’t one last year. And of course, the programming schedule for BBC’s Christmas hasn’t been released yet (it’s usually released in late November).

But we’ve been hinted at with ghosts and it’s definitely a popular theme for BBC Christmas Day programming. It wouldn’t fit the mold necessarily, but...just sayin’...

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tumblr users I need your help!

Does anyone know where I can watch full episodes of "Outnumbered" online for free? Preferably a site with all of the episodes in each of the series.

I live in America, so it has been very hard to track these down.

I'd greatly appreciate it!