BBC Home Entertainment Summer Highlights
New York, NY – MAY DOCTOR WHO: SERIES SEVEN, PART TWO Street Date: May 28, 2013 DVD Suggested Retail Price: $24.98 ($30.98 in Canada) Blu-ray Suggested Retail Price: $29.98 ($37.48 in Canada) Length: Approx. 360 mins + bonus material / 2-disc set The Doctor (Eleventh Doctor – Matt Smith) kicks off the second half of series seven…
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The Great Gatsby: Midnight In Manhattan – Home Entertainment
Street Date: May 7, 2013 Suggested Retail Price: DVD $14.98 ($18.74 in Canada) Length: Approx. 49 mins + bonus material / single disc New York, NY – BBC Home Entertainment announces the North American premiere of the documentary The Great Gatsby: Midnight In Manhattan, on DVD on May 7, 2013. The novel The Great Gatsby has only increased in popularity…
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BBC Delivers Record-breaking U.S. Online Audiences
New York, NY – The global news events of the last two months have had a marked impact on traffic to the BBC in the U.S. According to the latest comScore data for March, BBC sites delivered record-breaking U.S. audiences, demonstrating American users are increasingly making the BBC part of their everyday news habit. comScore…
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BBC AMERICA To Co-produce Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
New York, NY – Announced today, BBC AMERICA is co-producing for Supernatural Saturday a new drama series, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell. Based on the bestselling novel by Susanna Clarke and adapted by Peter Harness (Wallander, Is Anybody There?), Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell (7 x 60) is set during the Napoleonic Wars in an England where magic once existed and is about to…
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Celebrate Earth Day 2013 With BBC Home Entertainment
New York – Earth Day is an opportunity to celebrate our planet. For over a decade now BBC Home Entertainment has worked to bridge that gap between the wide world and the individual by bringing groundbreaking natural history entertainment into the home. With a collection of award-winning like Planet Earth, Life, Frozen Planet and the recent Africa, we’ve done more than…
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The Geeks Come Out At Night – For BBC AMERICA
New York, NY – BBC AMERICA’s new Supernatural Saturday line-up trended #1 in social and recorded one of the channel’s all-time highest rated nights. Over 2 million fans tuned in to Doctor Who: The Bells of Saint John on Saturday, March 30. Following Doctor Who, BBC AMERICA’s original drama premiere, Orphan Black, scored over 1 million viewers, with new original comedy…
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BBC Home Entertainment Announces Spies Of Warsaw On Blu-ray/UV And DVD April 16
Street Date: April 16, 2013 Suggested Retail Price: DVD $19.98 ($24.98 in Canada) Blu-ray + Ultraviolet $24.98 ($30.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 180 mins + bonus features / single disc New York, NY – BBC Home Entertainment brings the thrilling drama Spies of Warsaw to Blu-ray (with Ultraviolet copy) and DVD on April 16, 2013. The BBC AMERICA miniseries, based…
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Ahead Of Tonight’s Premiere, Doctor Who Announces All-star Cast For 50th Anniversary
New York, NY – Ahead of tonight’s premiere, Doctor Who revealed some of the all-star cast that will mark the 50th anniversary. David Tennant and Billie Piper will join current Doctor and companion, Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman, while John Hurt (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alien, Harry Potter) will also co-star. Last seen as the Doctor…
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BBC Home Entertainment Releases: April 2013 Highlights
New York, NY – ONE LIFE Street Date: April 9, 2013 Suggested Retail Price: Blu Ray + DVD + UV combo $24.97 Length: Approx. 85 mins + bonus material / 2-disc set BBC Home Entertainment brings the groundbreaking One Life narrated by Daniel Craig (Skyfall, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) and directed by Michael Gunton (Earth: The Movie, Madagascar, and Africa) and…
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BBC AMERICA To Co-produce Burton And Taylor For Dramaville
New York, NY – Announced today, BBC AMERICA is co-producing for Dramaville, Burton and Taylor, starring Dominic West (The Hour, The Wire) and Helena Bonham Carter (Lone Ranger, The King’s Speech), as Hollywood’s most famous volatile on-again-off-again lovers, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. The 90-minute drama follows their private and public relationship played out against their ill-fated appearance in a…
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