Ahead of the new series Toast of Tinseltown, the BBC has added all three seasons of Toast of London to its iPlayer streaming service. Written and created by Arthur Mathews and Matt Berry and produced by Objective Fiction, 18 episodes of Toast of London originally aired between 2012 and 2015 to critical and audience acclaim, […]
The Emirates FA Cup Third Round returns to the BBC and ITV in January with six live matches on the FTA channels as Premier League clubs join the knockout competition. ITV’s January 9th coverage, which includes both the West Ham v Leeds United and Nottingham Forest v Arsenal matches, will also include the FA Cup […]
BARB, the UK television audience measurement currency, has rolled out what it describes as a “once-in-a-generation upgrade” in its audience reporting with the introduction of SVoD and video-sharing platform measurement, as first reported last week. In a preview of the type of new data that is now available, BARB has revealed that the most-watched programmes […]
PlayStation 5 owners can now add the BBC iPlayer app to their PlayStation home screens. Neil Hall, Head of Product for BBC iPlayer, commented: “We’re always working to make iPlayer available across as many platforms as we can, and we’re delighted to add the PS5 to the 15,000+ devices where BBC iPlayer is already available.” […]
Viewers will begin to see a significant change to the way iPlayer, the BBC’s catch-up and live TV platform, looks on TV. The navigation menu will move to the left hand side of the screen – making it easier to browse different categories such as comedy, drama or sport. The change also gives much more […]
To mark 100 years of the BBC in 2022, the Corporation has announced a bumper year of sports, events and landmark commissions for TV, Radio, and Online to inform, educate and entertain the nation, under the banner BBC 100. In 2022 special content will range from the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee to the Women’s Euros, the […]
LA Factual, part of Liverpool’s award-winning independent film and TV company LA Productions, is bringing the larger than life characters at one of Liverpool’s busiest nail salons to the small screen. Nail Bar Boys will launch on-air on BBC One North West on November 23rd. The three-part documentary, which will air weekly, follows the lives […]
The BBC has acquired the UK premiere of Warner Bros Television’s hit US superhero drama Superman & Lois, with season one coming to BBC One in an early evening slot from December 4th, with all 15 episodes arriving on BBC iPlayer on the same day. Superman & Lois stars Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch as […]
BBC iPlayer users can watch even more comedy and drama box sets from the BBC archive, with 90s classics dinnerladies, Keeping Up Appearances and This Life all arriving on the streaming service. Every episode of Keeping Up Appearances will become availabke on November 16th, and This Life on November 30th, whilst dinnerladies is available immediately. […]
Viewers flocked to BBC iPlayer between July and September 2021 (Q3), according to data revealed by the Corporation. Programmes were streamed 1.5 billion times – up 20 per cent on the same period last year, and up 49 per cent on the same period in 2019 – making it iPlayer’s best Q3 on record. Highlights […]