The series continues on 23 and 24 October at 21:00 on BBC Two and BBC HD.
As well as its customary slot on BBC One, the final of rugby League's oldest and most prestigious knockout competition (1430 BST) will also be broadcast live for the first time in high definition on the BBC HD channel.
New York, NY - Monday, June 1, 2009 - BBC Worldwide launches BBC AMERICA HD on July 20 with the high-definition simulcast of BBC AMERICA. BBC AMERICA HD kicks off with an extraordinary week of sci-fi U.S. premieres - the return of the channel's highest rated series, Torchwood, the latest Doctor Who special, Planet of the Dead, the BBC AMERICA co-production, Being Human and the thrilling season finale of Primeval, Season 3.
The launch of BBC AMERICA HD coupled with the existing VOD channel, BBC AMERICA On-Demand, expands the opportunity for viewers and distributors to access the best of British entertainment.
This year's Baftas ceremony will be hosted by Stephen Fry and broadcast on BBC One and BBC One HD, following a red carpet show on BBC Three presented by Edith Bowman.
The BBC today announces it will launch BBC Two HD at 6am on Tuesday 26 March.
ENGADGET: BBC Two HD replaces BBC HD channel on March 26th HD
The announcement follows the successful launch of BBC One HD on 3 November 2010.
ENGADGET: BBC Two HD replaces BBC HD channel on March 26th HD
England's World Cup match against Germany on 27 June was seen by 17.4m on BBC One and BBC One HD.
The BBC's HD channel has been running test transmissions on satellite and cable since last year, showing such programmes as Bleak House and Silent Witness.
The highly anticipated return of Torchwood: Children of Earth will kick off the first of BBC AMERICA's HD offerings.
Jana Bennett, director of BBC vision, said the HD would make programmes "even more powerful and outstanding".
Other new features include a new internet speed diagnostics page, the full release of the new BBC iPlayer Desktop, and a cross-platform manager that will allow Windows, Mac, and Linux users to download BBC programmes, including those in HD.
After (in our opinion) a too long delay, BBC America is ready to launch its HD simulcast July 20, getting things kicked off with a load of science fiction programming for the summer.
Of course, in this day and age more than a few may have turned to the internet to catch quality UK television long before the programmes air here, but until iPlayer HD comes across the pond everyone else can look forward to getting their BBC re-airs in the quality they were intended - here's hoping for Top Gear HD next.
The lauded BBC AMERICA co-production, Being Human premieres in HD on Saturday July 25 at 9:00 p.m.
At present, the new HD servce, which also includes HD downloads of some programmes, is only available on the BBC iPlayer at present.
In an interview with the BBC on Wednesday, Jeff Bezos admitted that Amazon sells the Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle Fire HD at cost, making the company literally no profit on the devices.
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