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The deal means shows such as Doctor Who and Top Gear will remain available to YouTube's audience.

BBC Worldwide is launching several dedicated channels on YouTube, featuring genres including comedy and natural history, as well as a BBC America channel in the US.

The BBC's commercial arm is also debuting a new YouTube channel, Explore. This will feature clips making their debut on YouTube, taken from BBC factual shows such as Amazon, with Bruce Parry, and the Louis Theroux series, Gambling in Las Vegas.

The channel joins recently launched Food from BBC Worldwide, which features clips from classic cookery programmes.

The renewal of the contract is part of BBC Worldwide's strategy of promoting its content to new audiences to support its suites of global channels, magazines and content across digital platforms.