Japanese audiences will be able to see Blackadder
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The BBC is to launch a dedicated entertainment channel in Japan which will broadcast programmes including Fawlty Towers and Blackadder.
BBC Japan, which will launch on 1 December, will have subtitles over a mix of comedy, drama and factual shows.
Other programmes which will feature include The Weakest Link, Pride and Prejudice and The Tweenies.
Japan has a massive broadcasting industry, with a particular growth in satellite and cable TV.
Much of its programming is home-grown but these show Western influences, and was pioneering in the reality TV genre.
'Quality programming'
David Vine, BBC Worldwide managing director Asia Pacific, said: "Establishing our own BBC channel in Japan is a major step for us.
"Audiences there associate the BBC name with quality television and the time has come to offer them a channel where they can see such BBC programmes every day."
BBC Worldwide already runs BBC America, BBC Canada and BBC Prime, which is broadcast around the world.
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