New shows coming to BBC America

Published: Aug. 7, 2006 at 3:27 PM

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 7 (UPI) -- BBC America has made a deal with international distributor FremantleMedia to air a package of British shows never before seen in the United States.

A couple of the never before aired shows are a documentary special called "Beatles Biggest Secrets" and psychological thriller, "A Good Murder," Daily Variety reported Monday.

Also included in the deal are comedy series "Hardware," made for TV movie "The Return," "Benny Hill: World's Favorite Clown" and series "How Clean is Your House?"

Fremantle Vice President Lisa Honig said BBC America is "an important outlet to find unique and compelling programming that can't be found on other U.S. channels."

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