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An Irish Goodbye on BBC

The BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated An Irish Goodbye is to receive its television premiere on BBC iPlayer and BBC Northern Ireland. The short film is available now on BBC iPlayer and will be broadcast on BBC One NI on March 12th at 10.30pm, just ahead of the 95th Academy Awards, where is it nominated in the […]

March 9, 2023

BBC orders Murder is Easy

The BBC has announced Murder is Easy, a new adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic novel produced by Mammoth Screen and Agatha Christie Limited for BBC One and iPlayer, in a co-commission with BritBox International. The two-part thriller will film this summer and is adapted for the screen by Sian Ejiwunmi-Le Berre and directed by Meenu […]

February 22, 2023

BBC orders 3 new series from Natural History Unit

BBC Factual has announced three new series from BBC Studios Natural History Unit – Mammals, Big Little Journeys and Wild Scandinavia – that will air on BBC One, BBC Two and iPlayer. Jack Bootle, Head of Commissioning, Specialist Factual, commented: “2022 was a brilliant year for Natural History on the BBC: Frozen Planet II became […]

February 21, 2023

BBC announces Eurovision specials

The BBC has commissioned two special one-off entertainment shows to celebrate the Eurovision Song Contest. The Greatest Show on Earth (working title), produced by Little Gem, will celebrate 25 years since the UK last hosted the contest, with 25 reasons why the Eurovision Song Contest is considered by some to be ‘The Greatest Show on […]

February 20, 2023By Nik Roseveare

BBC: Over 11m watch Happy Valley return

The first episode of the third season of Sally Wainwright’s Happy Valley has been watched by 11.3 million people so far, as revealed by 30 Days All Screens data. Happy Valley has also been the biggest on-demand title across all platforms in the UK so far this year. The third and final season of the […]

February 3, 2023

World Cup boost for iPlayer

BBC iPlayer has seen its best year ever, breaking 7 billion streams for the first time ever. 2022 grew 9 per cent on 2021, and ended the year with both the best month and best quarter iPlayer has ever seen, with 700 million streams for December and 2 billion streams between October and December. The […]

January 31, 2023By Colin Mann

BBC acquires North Sea Connection

The BBC has acquired North Sea Connection, with the Irish crime drama set to air on BBC Four and iPlayer in February. Written by Mark Greig (Marcella, Bulletproof), and directed by Hannah Quinn and Paul Murphy, the six-part series is a story of complex family dynamics set against a dramatic Irish landscape. Ciara Kenny fishes […]

January 23, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Live NBA on BBC

The BBC has announced that it will broadcast a number of live NBA basketball games during the remainder of the 2022-23 season. The first fixture to be shown will be the NBA Paris Game between Chicago Bulls and Detroit Pistons tonight [January 19th], available on BBC Three and iPlayer. Per the deal, four regular season […]

January 19, 2023By Nik Roseveare

BBC acquires Magpie Murders and sequel

The BBC has acquired Anthony Horowitz’s mystery series Magpie Murders, and will air its follow up, the forthcoming Moonflower Murders, which will be made by Eleventh Hour Films in association with Salt Films for PBS Masterpiece and the BBC. Based on the books of the same names, both series are adapted for television by Horowitz […]

January 18, 2023

BBC extends Olympics rights

The Olympic Games will remain on the BBC up to and including 2032, ensuring the events remain free-to-air for another decade. In a new joint partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD), the BBC will bring coverage of the Olympic Games and all the major moments on TV, radio, online […]

January 16, 2023