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29 Aug - Apple launches TV service in UK
Fans of US TV will be able to download episodes of Lost, Desperate Housewives and Ugly Betty as Apple launches its video downloads service in the UK. (>>BBC News)
29 Aug - Parkinson to recreate Emu encounter?
Michael Parkinson reportedly plans to revisit one of his most famous interviews - with puppet Emu. (>>Digital Spy)
28 Aug - TV series for 'adult' Famous Five
The Famous Five, Enid Blyton's literary childhood sleuths, are set to be "reimagined" as middle-aged grown-ups in a new TV drama for adults. (>>BBC News)
24 Aug - Dallas film 'set to be a comedy'
The film version of 1980s TV hit Dallas could be turned into a comedy after the departure of Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha. (>>BBC News)
22 Aug - The genre that just won't die
Comics are to be Hercule Poirot's latest incarnation. It's the latest twist to crime fiction, a genre constantly reinvented in its 170-year history. (>>BBC News)
21 Aug - Jamie Oliver to become cartoon chef
Jamie Oliver has agreed to be made into a cartoon chef for an animated TV series by the makers of Wallace and Gromit. (>>Digital Spy)17 Aug - French and Saunders star
in new series
Comic duo French and Saunders are to mark 20 years at the BBC with a new six-part series. (>>Digital Spy)
17 Aug - Oxo family due to make modern
return
Oxo is soon to reveal a 21st century replacement for the famous family of its adverts. (>>Digital Spy)
13 Aug - 'Monty Python' is most
influential comedy
Monty Python's Flying Circus has been named as having the most influence on today's television comedy. (>>Digital Spy)
10 Aug - BBC Four celebrates comic strips
Classic comics such as The Beano, The Dandy and Viz are to be celebrated in a three-part series on BBC Four. (>>BBC News)
09 Aug - Doctor Who guest stars unveiled
Actress Felicity Kendal is to be among the guest stars when Doctor Who returns in 2008, producers have announced. (>>BBC News)
05 Aug - John Inman tribute show announced
The life of Are You Being Served? star John Inman is to be celebrated in a tribute show in London's West End. (>>BBC News)
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