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BBC makes Creative Diversity appointments

Iyare Igiehon and Michelle Matherson have been jointly appointed to the role of BBC Creative Diversity Partner. The new roles will support in the delivery of strategic priorities spearheaded by the BBC’s Director of Creative Diversity, June Sarpong. Igiehon joins on October 19th, while Matherson returned to the BBC on September 14th, having previously worked […]

September 21, 2020

Lance Armstrong doc on iPlayer

Lance, a two-part documentary about one of sport’s most controversial figures, Lance Armstrong, is now available on the BBC iPlayer, and will be broadcast on BBC Two at a later date. Acquired from ESPN, who earlier this year were responsible for Michael Jordan docu-series The Last Dance, the documentary covers Armstrong’s remarkable rise to the […]

September 21, 2020

BBC launches Music Memories project

BBC Music Memories and BBC World Service are launching an international journey through music as part of the BBC’s music and dementia initiative. Rolled out on World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21st), the BBC World Service Music Memories project invites audiences around the world to join a global conversation to help trigger the memories of people […]

September 21, 2020

iPlayer sees 4.8bn requests in 12 months

The BBC’s annual report, covering April 2019 – March 2020, shows the BBC remains the most used media organisation in the UK, with 41 million people per day on average using it last year. The 90 per cent of the UK population using the BBC each week rose to 94 per cent in March this […]

September 16, 2020

DCMS Committee Chair ‘concerned’ at BBC pay

Julian Knight MP, Chair of the UK House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, has expressed concern at pay levels revealed in the BBC’s Annual Report. “Despite Gary Lineker’s pay cut, when millions of pensioners are having to find extra cash to pay for the BBC and services they depend on, it’s concerning […]

September 15, 2020By Colin Mann

Lineker extends BBC contract, takes pay cut

The BBC has announced that Gary Lineker has signed a new contract that will keep him at the corporation until 2025. The former England football captain will continue as Match Of The Day host, a programme he first presented back in 1999 as well as fronting the BBC’s coverage of the FA Cup, major football […]

September 15, 2020

BritBox launches on Freesat

UK free to air satellite TV platform Freesat has added SVoD service BritBox UK to the varied portfolio of apps on its new, 4K-ready set-top boxes. Sitting alongside episodes of vintage favourite, The Avengers, there is also new drama to look forward to with World War Two saga, The Singapore Grip. All episodes will be […]

September 14, 2020By Colin Mann

BBC acquires HBO Max’s Love Life

The BBC has acquired the romantic comedy series Love Life. The series, featuring Hollywood actor Anna Kendrick, was previously exclusive to US streamer HBO Max. It has been one of the top performing titles on the platform. The 10 episode series by Lionsgate Television explores the journey from first love to last love. The series […]

September 11, 2020By Nik Roseveare

Daleks animated series on YouTube

The Daleks, the infamous enemies of Doctor Who, are getting their own animated series. A five-part CGI animation series will launching in November and be available for fans to watch for free, weekly on the official Doctor Who YouTube channel. Titled Daleks!, the series will feature a star-studded voiceover cast with Nicholas Briggs (voice of […]

September 11, 2020By Nik Roseveare

BBC Three ‘disappears’ online

BBC Three’s audience has shrunk significantly since the channel went digital-only in 2016. Research service Enders Analysis charted viewing figures for the year before it went digital-only, with the year to November 2019. It said viewing of BBC Three content, including BBC Three programmes shown on other BBC linear TV channels, is down 72 per […]

September 9, 2020