Seven has always liked programming linked to the royal family but it has stepped up a notch with two key series screening...
Press premiered on BBC One in UK and PBS in US on September 6.
Whittaker playing the Doctor will help the long-running BBC series tap into new audiences.
‘There is a big connection in terms of sensibility between Australia and UK,’ says director of scripted content Liam Keelan.
• Highlights include an adaptation of John le Carré’s spy thriller The Little Drummer Girl
BBC is calling this change the launch of a “new premium factual channel”.
The successful talent will be flown to the UK and join the BBC Earth team.
Washington is the second recent departure from Matchbox following MD Chris Oliver-Taylor.
This is the first time the BBC has offered advertising around its podcast library.
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BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios to form a single commercial organisation
The series is written and directed by Geoffrey Wright and produced by John Edwards
'It is a cinematic, masterful piece of television'
