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The start of a new year is always a busy time for us as the television channels and radio networks announce some of their plans for the coming 12 months.

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Children’s started the ball rolling with details of loads of great science-related programming for CÂ鶹ԼÅÄ and CBeebies. There are brand new shows like Absolute Genius, hosted by the irrepressible Dick and Dom, and Fierce Earth which explores the planet’s most tempestuous geological and meteorological phenomena, plus the return of favourites like Nina And The Neurons and Octonauts, all of which feature in a .

On Monday, which will see the station put its arts and culture offerings centre stage in 2013. Poetry features prominently and there will be a day-long celebration of the form called Seize The Day, which will feature a host of readings, old and new; whilst poet Paul Farley will be taking the nation’s poetic pulse in a new programme dedicated to contemporary verse.

Sticking with literature, this Easter in honour of the 200^th anniversary of Jane Austen’s Pride And Prejudice. Amanda Vickery and Alastair Sooke will be leading the action and the programme will be supported with a variety of online initiatives, including a host of Regency recipes on the . Scotch Collops anyone?

A re-imagining of a different kind will form part of Â鶹ԼÅÄ Four, Radio 2 and 6 Music's , as contemporary musicians recreate The Beatles’ Please Please Me at Abbey Road Studios over the course of 12 hours. The results will be broadcast live on Radio 2 on Monday 11 February, in a day of programming presented by Stuart Maconie and Jo Whiley.

And on Thursday (17 January) Â鶹ԼÅÄ One announced , a new drama written by Tony Basgallop and starring David Threlfall in his first role since playing the infamous Frank Gallagher in Channel 4’s Shameless. It’s currently filming, so no details of a transmission date yet, but I for one am really looking forward to this!

Speaking of transmission dates, when the schedules are confirmed, details of selected Â鶹ԼÅÄ programming ends up in a section of the site called . These pages feature TV and radio highlights for the coming 21 days, which can be searched for by week, channel/network and day. The most recent edition features two new series: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Two documentary and Â鶹ԼÅÄ Three’s .Ìý Please do take a look.

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Ben Murray is Editor of the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Media Centre.

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