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BBC picks up Australian comedy Bump
September 4, 2021 | David FarnorThe BBC has acquired the Australian comedy drama Bump.
The 10-part series follows an ambitious teenage girl who has a surprise baby and the complications that arise for two familiee.
Overachieving Year 11 student Olympia Chalmers-Davis (Nathalie Morris), who knows … Read More
15 Storeys High: Sean Lock sitcom returns to BBC iPlayer
August 30, 2021 | David Farnor15 Storeys High, the sitcom by the late Sean Lock, has been added to BBC iPlayer, in the wake of the comedian’s tragic passing.
Lock, who won the British Comedy Award back in 2000, has been a household name for … Read More
Black Ops: BBC orders comedy thriller from Gbemisola Ikumelo
August 28, 2021 | David FarnorFamalam’s Gbemisola Ikumelo is reteaming with the BBC for new comedy thriller Black Ops.
Produced by BBC Studios Comedy Productions and Mondo Deluxe, the six-part series is created by Ikumelo (Famalam, Brain In Gear) and actor and producer Akemnji Ndifornyen … Read More
The Beaker Girls return for new BBC series
August 21, 2021 | David FarnorRiding high on the success of My Mum Tracy Beaker earlier this year, The Beaker Girls are getting back together for a new BBC series.
My Mum Tracy Beaker set a new record as CBBC’s most successful launch ever, when … Read More
UK adults spent third of 2020 watching TV and video
August 7, 2021 | David FarnorUK adults sought solace in screens and streaming in 2020, spending a third of their waking hours watching TV and online video content, according to Ofcom’s annual study of the nation’s media habits.
With people across the UK under some … Read More
Line of Duty, Time, EastEnders and Euro 2020 help iPlayer score record six months
July 30, 2021 | David FarnorDrama and sport fans helped BBC iPlayer to score a record-breaking first half of the year in 2021. Programmes were streamed over 3.3 billion times between January and June this year, up 8% on the same period last year, and … Read More
BBC iPlayer trials Watch with Friends feature for Glastonbury 2021
June 24, 2021 | David FarnorMusic fans may not be able to gather at Worthy Farm this year, but they can still get together on BBC iPlayer, with a new Watch with Friends feature being trialled throughout the weekend, starting tonight and running until Sunday … Read More
Wimbledon 2021: BBC announces tennis tournament plans
June 19, 2021 | David FarnorWimbledon will once again be opening its doors this year and the BBC will be there to broadcast the tennis tournament into living rooms across the country.
Running from Monday 28th June to Sunday 11th July, the event will be … Read More
A Change of Sex: BBC iPlayer brings back landmark transgender documentary
June 3, 2021 | David FarnorBBC iPlayer has brought back a landmark transgender documentary A Change of Sex for Pride Month.
The five-part series, which was broadcast between 1979 and 1999, followed the late transgender activist Julia Grant, who died in 2019, before, during and … Read More
Trailer: The A List returns for Season 2 on Netflix
May 28, 2021 | David FarnorThe A List is returning for Season 2, but this time on Netflix.
The coming-of-age drama explores the lives, loves and pasts of a group of teens. Landing on BBC iPlayer as a complete box set in October 2018, the … Read More