In the build-up to the Paris Olympics this summer, BBC Sport is offering live coverage from the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Glasgow, as global track and field talent descend on Scotland. Viewers can follow all the action live on BBC Two and iPlayer. Gabby Logan leads the BBC’s coverage of the World Indoor Athletics […]
BBC Two and BBC Current Affairs announce Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos which explores the reasons behind some of the most dramatic and chaotic political events seen in a generation. Kuenssberg asks if our politics has been stretched to breaking point and if it can ever be normal again, in a series of three one […]
Comedian Stewart Lee is returning to the BBC with two new shows, Snowflake and Tornado, following his previous live special Stewart Lee: Content Provider in 2018. This double-bill from the BAFTA award-winning comedian will be filmed in front of a live audience in York, as part of his current national tour which is taking place […]
Suzy Klein, the new head of BBC Arts and Classical Music TV, has announced a range of new and forthcoming highlights for audiences, including a major new commitment to performance with a new dedicated Sunday evening slot and more details on the landmark arts series Art That Made Us. Klein says: “I hope everyone will […]
The BBC has announced that flagship soap EastEnders and drama series Doctors are both are moving in the schedules to make Monday to Thursday the time to watch them in their new broadcast slots on BBC One and BBC Two. From March 7th, EastEnders will air at 7.30pm on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights […]
Alistair Pegg has been announced as a new commissioning editor for BBC Arts working across the output. He joins from Blast! Films, where he was Director of Programmes. Whilst there, Pegg has developed and executive produced series and single films across arts, history, science, and observational documentary, including three series of Secrets of the Museum […]
The BBC has acquired award-winning six-part drama The Newsreader from Entertainment One (eOne). The Australian series, starring Anna Torv (Mindhunter, Fringe) and Sam Reid (Prime Suspect 1973, Lambs of God), centres around the frantic, busy heart of a commercial TV newsroom set in the 1980s, while following the relationship between an ambitious young TV reporter and the star […]
BBC Three has commissioned Young MasterChef (working title) from Shine TV (part of Banijay UK), the producers of the long-running BBC format. The new ten-part series will be dedicated to up-and-coming young food talent between the ages of 18 and 25. Over the competition, the young hopefuls will be put through their paces by a […]
BBC Factual commission The Speedshop is back for a full series. First broadcast in 2020 as a pilot episode, The Speedshop, sees Titch Cormack and his team take on a range of mechanical challenges, converting broken and battered verhicles into beautiful, bespoke machines – ready for adventurous test drives. The Speedshop follows custom vehicle builder […]
Anti-piracy organisation the International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) has confirmed that BBC Studios, representing the BBC Group, will join as a member of IBCAP. As part of its membership, IBCAP will play an instrumental role in protecting the BBC’s channels against piracy in the US, including: BBC One; BBC Two; BBC Three; BBC Four; […]