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Hull based shoegaze quartet bdrmm return with a new single titled “Mud”. The track arrives hot on the heels of the bands widely lauded second album “I Don’t Know”, which came out earlier this year on Mogwai’s Rock Action label.

The post-shoegaze, dream pop, heavy guitar effects quartet’s latest album arrived in late-June to critical acclaim with the likes of Consequence calling it “one of their most enticing successes yet” and Rolling Stone UK describing it as “a chaotic, thrilling evolution”. The lead single “It’s Just A Bit Of Blood” was also playlisted on BBC Radio 6 Music, and Brooklyn Vegan made the record their Album Of The Week saying that “I Don’t Know” saw them “not only avoid the sophomore slump, but deliver a second album that is miles better their debut.”

Now, just two months on from release, the band have returned with a...

The BBC are having a hard time with their live feed of the World Cup today with its post-match analysis of France’s narrow win over Australia cutting out a number of times.

The British public broadcaster will be glad that the technology failure happened after the match, so as not to remind viewers of the torrid time experienced by ITV during the 2010 World Cup where high-definition viewers missed England’s first goal against the United States thanks to a similar error.

The feed cut out three times during the coverage, which featured former Manchester United defender Phil Neville, ironically, discussing the controversial video technology Var, which is used to decide close calls during the game. Neville was in the BBC’s studio alongside former England footballer Alex Scott and ex-Chelsea striker Didier Drogba. It was being hosted by Mark Chapman.

During the black-out, screens initially went to an error message,...

The British indie rock band who died together with their manager in a car accident in Sweden have been praised as "brilliant" and "infectious" by a DJ helped launched their career on British radio. The four members of Viola Beach had a great career ahead of them and were destined for an appearance at the upcoming South By Southwest festival, BBC DJ Huw Stephens told ITV show Good Morning Britain. "We all thought they were brilliant and very promising as you've just heard," he said. "They were infectious." Stephens says the band recorded a session for his Radio 1 show. "They...

The British indie rock band who died together with their manager in a car accident in Sweden have been praised as "brilliant" and "infectious" by a DJ helped launched their career on British radio. The four members of Viola Beach had a great career ahead of them and were destined for an appearance at the upcoming South By South West festival, BBC DJ Huw Stephens told ITV show Good Morning Britain. "We all thought they were brilliant and very promising as you’ve just heard," he said. "They were infectious." Stephens says the band recorded a session for his Radio 1 show.

Doctor Who has secured five nominations for this year's BAFTA Cymru Awards.

Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman have both been recognised in the acting categories, while the show itself is up for three technical prizes.

Capaldi is up against Richard Harrington (Y Gwyll/Hinterland) and Rhys Ifans (Dan y Wenallt) for Actor, while Coleman faces competition from Mali Harries (Y Gwyll/Hinterland) and Rhian Morgan (Gwaith/Cartref) for Actress.

Will Oswald's work on last year's episode 'Dark Water' has received a nomination for Editing, while festive special 'Last Christmas' is among the Special and Visual Effects nominees.

The show's title sequence could also win an award following its redesign for the eighth series.

Elsewhere, Set Fire to the Stars leads the pack with seven nominations, while Da Vinci's Demons follows with six nods.

The recipient of this year's Sian Phillips and Outstanding Contribution to Television...

The lineup for this year's Pointless Celebrities series has been announced by BBC One.

Beginning with an August 9 comedy special, the upcoming series will feature different themes each week.

Four teams of two from the world of music, TV, soaps, sport, food and drink, journalism, radio and theatre will compete for charity in weekly specials to air on Saturday evenings on BBC One.

The first show pits Lesley Joseph and Linda Robson from Birds of a Feather against Ronni Ancona and Phil Cornwell, Su Pollard and Ruth Madoc, and Josh Widdicombe and his partner Sara Pascoe.

Standout teams from the series include Stefan Dennis and fellow Neighbours star Rebekah Elmaloglou, who will square off against Ray Quinn and Louis Emerick from Brookside.

Antony Costa from Blue will team with 5ive's Scott Robinson in the music special, while TV stars Louie Spence and Carol McGiffin will face off against the likes...

Star-Crossed: Sky1, 8pm

In the season finale of the high school sci-fi drama, Emery (Aimee Teegarden) turns to an unexpected ally for help when Roman (Matt Lanter) is injured.

Meanwhile, Grayson (Grey Damon), Drake (Greg Finley) and Sophia (Brina Palencia) attempt to stop Vega (Merle Dandridge) from detonating a bomb during the town's busy Mardi Gras parade. Can the group stop her before it's too late?

Big Brother: Channel 5, 9pm

Marcus Bentley narrates the highlights of the latest 24 hours in the Big Brother house.

Housemates react to the latest evictee, as they share their thoughts in the diary room.

Rik Mayall Tribute Weekend: Gold, 9pm

In honour of the late Rik Mayall, Gold is showing some of his classic comedy shows as part of their tribute weekend.

To kick-off, the first episode of the second series of Blackadder will be shown, which features Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) hiring a manservant,...

The BBC has unveiled its broadcasting plans for this year's Glastonbury Festival.

It will broadcast over 250 hours via radio, TV, the red button and online streaming, with coverage from six stages.

Presenters include Chris Evans, Jo Whiley, Fearne Cotton, Dermot O'Leary, Huw Stephens, Lauren Laverne, Steve Lamacq, Greg James, Stuart Maconie, Pete Tong, Cerys Matthews, Mark Radcliffe, Gemma Cairney, Annie Mac, Toddla T, MistaJam, DJ Target, Yasser and Alex Jones.

Controller of BBC Radio 2, 6 Music and Asian Network and director of BBC Music Bob Shennan said: "Glastonbury is one of the world's most famous music festivals, and once again the BBC will be providing audiences with a magical weekend of coverage, in a way that only the BBC can."

The full outline of coverage is as follows:

BBC TV

30 hours of coverage across BBC One (The One Show), BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four.

BBC Radio

50 hours of coverage...

Haim have topped the BBC Sound of 2013 list. The Californian three-piece, made up of sisters Danielle, Alana and Este Haim, lead the 11th year of the rankings, which are compiled using tips from 213 UK-based bloggers, broadcasters and critics. > Florence + the Machine, The Maccabees, Haim live at The O2, London - review Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens said: "Haim have an unapologetic passion for music that shines in their songs. "They're brilliant musicians who have a real talent for tunes that merge their tales of growing up in the 21st Century with a classic songwriting ability. " Haim said on Twitter: "Thank you, thank (more)...

Hurts have announced details of their new single. 'Miracle' will serve as the lead track from their much anticipated second LP Exile and will be released on March 10. The album will then come out a day later on March 11. 'Miracle' will receive its first radio airing on Huw Stephens's BBC Radio 1 show when he covers for Nick Grimshaw tomorrow (Friday, January 4). > Digital Spy's most anticipated albums (more)...

Soul singer Laura Mvula has been announced in fourth position on the BBC Sound of 2013 list. Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens revealed Mvula's place on his radio show this morning (January 1). The Birmingham singer released her Ep She in November 2012, which received high critical praise. Mvula is tipped for big things in 2013, with Guardian and BBC Music writer Paul Lester describing her sound as "like hearing Billie Holiday (more)...

So the BBC have long listed the nominees for their Sound of 2013 and as, generally, ever it encapsulates a wide array of genres and artists that have been making waves this year and are likely to truly come into their own in the next – something that is often helped exponentially by their inclusion in the long list, definitely the short list, without a doubt the top three and of course the winning position.

The ‘Sound of’ tradition is something that the BBC have been running for a number of years now for those not familiar with it. It essentially entails, as said, a list of up and coming artists from far reaching locations and wildly different genres. It began in 2003 and in its bid to bring new music and acts to the wider public it intends to predict, and usually helps ascertain, the kind of music and artists who will...