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Reading and Leeds Festival 2025 on BBC

BBC Music will return to Reading and Leeds Festival across the August Bank Holiday with dedicated coverage across TV and Radio including BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 1, BBC Introducing and BBC Sounds. From August 21st to August 25th, Radio 1 will play host to some of the biggest names in music from the […]

August 14, 2025

BBC sets King & Conqueror premiere date

King & Conqueror is coming to the BBC this August, with all episodes of the historial drama available on BBC iPlayer from 6am on August 24th and the first episode airing on BBC One that same evening. King & Conqueror is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and […]

August 13, 2025By Nik Roseveare

BBC signs broadcast deal with BOXXER

BBC Sport has announced a broadcast deal with boxing promoter BOXXER that will see live, professional boxing return to Saturday night primetime television and BBC iPlayer on a free-to-air basis. Selected undercard fights, features and behind-the-scenes content will also be available across BBC iPlayer, the BBC Sport website and app, BBC Sounds and the BBC […]

August 8, 2025

BBC to air Ozzy Osbourne doc

A special one-hour documentary, Ozzy Osbourne: Coming Home, will premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC One will air on August 18th at 9pm. On July 5th, against all the odds, Ozzy Osbourne made it onto the stage one last time to perform a homecoming gig: a set with his own band and then a finale […]

August 7, 2025

BBC Studios expands Bluey short-form originals catalogue

BBC Studios has announced the launch of four new Bluey short-form series, each inspired by core themes from the beloved show and reimagined in engaging new formats: Bluey Tunes, Bluey Puppets, Bluey Cookalongs, and Bluey Fancy Restaurant. Co-commissioned by BBC Studios and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), all four series will air on ABC iview in […]

August 5, 2025

BBC announces Hebridean Baker: Nordic Islands series

International best-selling cookbook author, Coinneach MacLeod, aka Hebridean Baker, will make his television presenting debut this autumn in a new culinary travel series, Hebridean Baker: Nordic Islands.  The four-part series, which will see MacLeod swap the Scottish islands for a Nordic foodie adventure, will be released in two versions: a Gaelic-language edition airing exclusively on […]

August 5, 2025

Every match of The Hundred 2025 live on BBC

The Hundred returns this August with live coverage of all 68 games across BBC Sport. 16 matches – eight double headers – are available live on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two, including more live women’s matches than ever before. The tournament begins on August 5th with the defending men’s and women’s champions both in action […]

August 1, 2025

Freely moves into streaming devices

Everyone TV – the organisation leading the evolution of free TV in the UK – is expanding into streaming devices. Freely, the free streaming platform backed by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and 5, will launch on Netgem devices later in 2025, giving audiences the freedom to ‘plug-in and stream’ live and on demand TV […]

July 31, 2025By Colin Mann

Ofcom: YouTube viewing overtakes ITV in UK

YouTube is leading the charge in the streaming takeover of TV sets, with the service now the first place younger viewers go as soon as they switch on, according to Ofcom’s annual report on the nation’s media habits. Overall, people spent an average of 4 hours 30 minutes per day watching TV and video content […]

July 30, 2025

BBC, Met Office partnership

The BBC and the Met Office are forming a partnership which they say will deliver “the most trusted and accurate weather service to everyone in the UK”. The two will combine their joint expertise to provide a better public service and help more people understand the wonder of weather with impartial, trusted weather and climate […]

July 30, 2025