BBC to broadcast climate-themed electric rally racing series

Michael Holder
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Britain's public broadcaster agrees multi-year deal to screen Extreme E races live from January 2021

Electric rally car racing across some of the planet's most extreme and climate change-impacted terrains is set to be screened by the BBC from early next year, after a multi-year broadcasting deal with...

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