Cannot download purchased music and films from iTunes to my iPad 4

I have recently bought an iPad 4 but am struggling to download music and films that I have purchased in iTunes. It gets to the processing stage and then a message pops up saying "unable to download at this time". I have retried the action but the same message keeps appearing. Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Adam

Hi Hobbys26,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
I would suggest you log out of your iTunes Store account, restart your iPad, and follow the instructions below:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
Cheers,
Judy

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