BBC Home Entertainment Releases: March Highlights 2013

Posted by on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 in

New York, NY – RIPPER STREET Street Date: March 12, 2013 DVD Suggested Retail Price: $29.98 ($37.48 in Canada) Blu-ray Suggested Retail Price: $34.98 ($43.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 480 mins + bonus material / 3-disc set (DVD) / 2-disc set (Blu-ray) Haunted by the failure to catch London’s most evil killer, Jack the Ripper, Inspector Edmund Reid now…

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For The First Time Ever Academy Award® Winner Daniel Day-Lewis’ Earlier Performances On DVD: My Brother Jonathan & Triple Feature From BBC Home Entertainment Out March 19

Posted by on Monday, February 25th, 2013 in

New York, NY – BBC Home Entertainment is honored to celebrate Daniel Day-Lewis’ record-making third Academy Award® win last evening by releasing four of Day-Lewis’ incredible early performances on March 19, 2013. Discover the star-making roles that set him on the path to Hollywood long before Lincoln with My Brother Jonathan and Daniel Day-Lewis Triple Feature: How Many Miles to Babylon?, The…

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BBC Worldwide Announces Deal with Globosat for Top Lifestyle and Drama Titles

Posted by on Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 in

New York, NY – BBC Worldwide Americas, Sales and Distribution, today announced a deal with Globosat for a broad range of top titles including the lifestyle show, The Little Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Khoo and dramas, Sinbadand Robin Hood (seasons one, two and three). The shows will be seen on Globosat throughout Brazil. Helen Jurado, VP Sales &…

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BBC Worldwide Strikes Deal with HBO Latin America for Top Dramas and Music Title

Posted by on Thursday, February 14th, 2013 in

New York, NY – BBC Worldwide Americas, Sales and Distribution, today announced a multi-title deal with premium cable channel HBO Latin America for critically-acclaimed dramasTop of the Lake, A Young Doctor’s Notebook, Loving Miss Hatto, Room at the Top and music special, Coldplay Live 2012. These titles will air pan-regionally on HBO Latin America. Helen Jurado, VP…

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BBC AMERICA Promotes Matt Stein To SVP, Marketing, Promotion And Creative Services

Posted by on Tuesday, February 12th, 2013 in

New York, NY – Matt Stein has been promoted to SVP, Marketing, Promotion, and Creative Services for BBC AMERICA, effective immediately, announced Perry Simon, General Manager, BBC AMERICA. Stein joined the channel in 2010 as VP, Promotions and Creative Services. Over the last three years, Stein has worked on the successful launch of the channel’s first…

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BBC Home Entertainment Announces Africa – As You’ve Never Seen It Before

Posted by on Monday, February 4th, 2013 in

Street Date: February 26, 2013 DVD Suggested Retail Price: $24.98 ($37.48 in Canada) Blu-Ray Suggested Retail Price: $34.98 ($43.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 360 mins + bonus material / 3-disc set (DVD)/ 2-disc set (Blu-ray) New York, NY – 553 cameras. 100 days on horseback. 6,526 anti-malarial tablets. Just under 50 tons of kit carried. Executive Producer and Primetime…

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BBC AMERICA To Co-produce An Adventure In Space And Time To Mark Doctor Who’s 50th Anniversary

Posted by on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 in

New York, NY – BBC AMERICA will co-produce and premiere An Adventure in Space and Time as part of the channel’s celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. An Adventure in Space and Time will tell the story of the genesis of Doctor Who – which first aired on November 23, 1963 – and the many personalities involved. Announced today,David…

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Second Season Ordered For BBC AMERICA’s Ripper Street In 2014

Posted by on Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 in

New York, NY – BBC AMERICA co-production Ripper Street has been ordered for eight more episodes, with the second season set to premiere in 2014. Ripper Street is produced for BBC ONE by Tiger Aspect Productions, Lookout Point and BBC AMERICA. The gripping series instantly struck a chord with audiences and critics alike, with The Hollywood Reporter saying it’s a “well-acted, well-written and compelling mystery series” and the…

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Spies Of Warsaw Starring David Tennant And Janet Montgomery Premieres April 3 On BBC AMERICA

Posted by on Thursday, January 24th, 2013 in

New York, NY – Adapted by renowned Emmy®-winning writing team Dick Clement (Across the Universe, Tracey Takes On…) and Ian La Frenais (Across the Universe, Tracey Takes On…) and executive produced by Richard Fell (Outcasts), Spies of Warsaw is based on New York Times Bestselling author Alan Furst’s acclaimed novel. David Tennant (Broadchurch, Doctor Who, Fright Night, Hamlet) and Janet…

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Primetime Emmy® Award Winner Andrew Davies Brings You House Of Cards Trilogy Remastered

Posted by on Thursday, January 24th, 2013 in

Street Date: February 5, 2013 DVD Suggested Retail Price: $39.98 ($49.98 in Canada) Blu-ray Suggested Retail Price: $49.99 ($62.48 in Canada) Length: Approx. 617 mins + bonus features / 4-disc set (DVD)/ 3-disc set (Blu-ray) New York, NY – From Primetime Emmy® Award winner Andrew Davies, the writer of internationally renowned films such as Bridget Jones’s Diary and miniseries such as Pride…

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