The BBC has announced that key brands Blue Peter, Cardiff Singer of the World, Eurovision Song Contest and Sports Personality of the Year will be put out to competitive tender. The BBC will retain all rights for the shows and they will continue to be shown on the BBC, but the tendering process will decide […]
The UK Government has recommended major reforms to help boost audience confidence in the BBC’s impartiality and complaints system, following the first Mid-Term Review. Launched at the halfway point of the BBC’s 11-year Royal Charter, the Mid-Term Review evaluates the effectiveness of the governance and regulatory arrangements introduced by the Charter in 2017, with recommendations […]
A documentary and accompanying podcast series will offers a deep dive into football manager Pep Guardiola’s relentless pursuit of perfection, and the methods and motivations that have led him to leave a lasting imprint on the beautiful game. The series will feature interviews from Pep’s inner circle, including friends, former colleagues and players – such […]
Absolutely Fabulous, the celebrated British sitcom, is coming to OUTtv Proud, the FAST channel created by OUTtv, the LGBTQ+ network and streaming service, and Fuse Media, the Latino-owned specialist in inclusive entertainment. All five seasons of the BBC series, as well as two later Christmas specials and the How to Be Absolutely Fabulous special, will […]
Fight fans can follow the GB Open in the new Boxing World Cup live from Sheffield, featuring British boxing stars such as light-middleweight Garan Croft, light-flyweight Savannah Stubley, and flyweight Kiaran MacDonald, via BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website. Ahead of the Olympic Games in Paris this year, the GB Open in the Boxing […]
Sports producer Sunset+Vine has commenced production of the BBC’s World Indoor Bowls coverage for the eighth year. The Sunset+Vine Scotland team will produce more than 50 hours of coverage on BBC One and BBC Two, Red Button and iPlayer across four world championship events. The championships, taking place at the legendary Potters Resort in Hopton-on-Sea […]
Ricochet, one of the UK’s leading production companies, has appointed Damon Pattison as its new Creative Director with immediate effect. Pattison, the former Creative Director of Beyond Productions, will be responsible for developing, pitching and securing new commissions across all genres, building on Ricochet’s impressive slate of existing series such as BAFTA award-winning The Repair […]
Filming is now underway on the six-part BBC One genre bending detective series Ludwig, starring David Mitchell. When John ‘Ludwig’ Taylor’s (Mitchell) identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother’s identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts. John has never married, never had a family and never […]
The FA Cup third round set viewing records on the BBC during live coverage of the celebrated football tournament on BBC TV and iPlayer. Liverpool proved the victor over Arsenal on the evening of January 7th with a peak audience of 7.6 million on BBC One, a record number for this stage in the competition, […]
Firecrest Films announces it is taking viewers back into the Scottish High Courts in the third instalment of its Murder Trial series with the commission of The Killing of Dr Brenda Page for BBC Scotland and BBC Factual. After the success of Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Renee and Andrew MacRae which aired this year […]