Filming has begun on the fourth season of the popular BBC Studios Drama production, Sister Boniface Mysteries, a BritBox International and UKTV co-production created by Jude Tindall. The show will also return for another feature length Christmas special this December, written by Jude Tindall and directed by Paul Gibson. Lorna Watson is back as TV’s […]
The BBC has acquired Austin, a new eight-part scripted comedy series starring Ben Miller, Sally Phillips, and Michael Theo. The series has been acquired for BBC iPlayer and TV channels from ITV Studios. When much-loved children’s author Julian Hartswood (Miller) inadvertently causes a social media storm, his career and that of his illustrator wife Ingrid […]
The BBC’s coverage of England’s win over Switzerland at Euro 2024 on July 6th drew in more than three quarters of the nation’s TV viewers. England won via a penalty shootout after Breel Embolo’s goal for Switzerland was matched by a late equaliser from Bukayo Saka in regular time as the only two goals of […]
The BBC has announced that Jonathan Munro will take up the post of BBC News Global Director from September. In this new role, spanning international services, he will be Director of the BBC World Service, oversee BBC Monitoring and remain Deputy CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs. Munro commented: “I am thrilled and daunted […]
BBC Studios has announced that Marcin Boroszko has been appointed to the newly created role of Director of Ad Sales, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), effective immediately. Boroszkowill be based in Warsaw and report to Bartosz Witak, General Manager for CEE at BBC Studios. Responsible for developing and implementing innovative advertising sales strategies for the […]
BBC Sport NI will have live coverage of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Semi-Finals on July 6th and 7th on BBC iPlayer, BBC Two Northern Ireland, streamed live on the BBC Sport NI website and on the BBC Sport App. The games will be available to audiences to watch live across the UK with […]
The BBC has acquired Sambre – Anatomy of a Crime, a French crime thriller based on true events, for BBC iPlayer and TV channels, from Federation Studios. Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, the Oscar-winning filmmaker behind docuseries The Staircase and the drama Laetitia, recounts the extraordinary legal case of a serial rapist who attacked women across three […]
Horsepower, the four-part documentary series following the fortunes of trainer Andrew Balding and jockey Oisin Murphy, is coming to BBC platforms. All four episodes will be on BBC iPlayer from July 9th, with the first two episodes broadcast the same evening on BBC Four, and the final two episodes broadcast on BBC Four a week […]
BBC Scotland will have full live television coverage of the South American matches from Scotland’s Skyscanner Americas Tour this July. The games against Chile and Uruguay will be shown live free-to-air on the BBC Scotland channel as part of an agreement between Scottish Rugby and TNT Sports. Scotland return to Chile to play at Estadio […]
The electricals chain Curry’s has reported that TV sales were up by more than 30 per cent in the UK in the past month, with boss Alex Baldock adding that so-called “supersize screens” – 85 inches and above – were proving popular. As well as strong UK sales in the run-up to the tournament, which […]