It’s happened. It’s here. BBC Three transformed from an old-fashioned linear channel into a hip, happening online channel on 16th February 2016, as the BBC both tries to cut costs and embrace the changing viewing habits of younger audiences.

What can you expect from the channel? Well, it promises a mix of both long and short content, with broadly the same kind of programming as before, from documentaries to comedy – as well as a continuing focus on nurturing new talent.

“There will be as much contemporary British drama from BBC Three as ever before,” confirmed Damian Kavanagh, Controller of BBC Three, upon the channel’s launch.

“When we were developing BBC Three, we kept everything focused on what our audience told us they wanted,” he adds. “Different types of content they could dip into during the day that kept them informed and entertained, and comedy and documentaries they could binge watch at their convenience. That’s basically the idea behind The Daily Drop [daily updates such as image galleries or short films] and The Best Of [BBC Three’s new, original programming]. Snackable daily updates for when you’re on the bus and longer programmes and other content for when you’re in front of the TV. For those big moments when you want a collective viewing experience we’re using the BBC’s live platform so we can create moments like director Q&As, and encourage audience interaction.”

But what exactly is on the way to BBC Three? Here’s a guide to the shows coming soon to the BBC’s first online channel. (We’ll be updating this every week so you never miss the latest shows to stream.)

For more information on how to watch BBC Three, click here – or head this way for our fortnightly column reviewing what’s new and worth watching on BBC Three.

This Country: Season 3, Episode 1 – 17th February

This Country returns for a third series. The Bafta-award winning mockumentary explores modern life in a Cotswold village, focusing on cousins, Kerry and Kurtan Mucklowe and the local vicar, Reverend Seaton.

The documentary crew returns to the village and discovers some very sad news about a popular local resident. Meanwhile, Kerry faces some financial difficulties and Kurtan steps in to help support her.

Available from 7pm on BBC iPlayer.

Stacey Dooley On the Psych Ward – 19th February

Stacey experiences the pressure of life on the frontline of mental health services, spending 3 weeks working alongside staff and patients at Springfield Hospital in London.

Available from 6am on BBC iPlayer.

This Country: Season 3, Episode 2 – 24th February

The vicar takes Kurtan and Kerry for a driving lesson, but leaving the village proves tricky – especially when local vagrant Len goes missing.

Written by Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper, produced by Simon Mayhew-Archer and directed by Tom George.

Available from 7pm on BBC iPlayer.

My Left Nut – 1st March

Based on the award-winning stage play, My Left Nut is a coming-of-age comedy drama about friendship, family, grief and testicles, written by Irish newcomers Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney in their first project for the BBC.

Fifteen year-old Mick Campbell (Nathan Quinn-O’Rawe) is trying to navigate the trials of teenage life with the help of his best mates Conor (Levi O’Sullivan) and Tommy (Oliver Anthony). Big mouth Tommy is always bragging about his numerous sexual triumphs, but his mates know his outlandish claims are not always to be believed. But when Tommy tells them both a tale of his latest sexual encounter and dishes out a nugget of unusual advice for self-pleasure, Mick starts to question himself. What if everyone is doing it and Mick is the only one not doing it?

Desperate to fit in, Mick decides to give Tommy’s advice a go, but he’s not prepared for what he discovers when he does – there’s a swelling on his left testicle.

On top of this, things seem to be progressing with Racheal (Jessica Reynolds), the girl from school who he’s secretly fancied for ages. But Mick doesn’t even know how to talk to girls. How is he supposed to go on a date with one? And with the bulge in his trousers growing bigger and bigger, it looks like Mick might have to try and deal with his swelling himself, before it gets in the way of his chances.

Available from 6am on BBC iPlayer.

This Country: Season 3, Episode 3 – 2nd March

An infamous Mucklowe family member returns to the village and causes Kerry to re-evaluate her living arrangements.

Meanwhile the vicar and Kurtan help Len get back on his feet.

Available from 7pm on BBC iPlayer.

Dirty Streaming: The Internet’s Big Secret – 5th March

The number one single Despacito has had over five billion streams online, which is equivalent to the amount of energy used by five African countries over an entire year.

With the internet using a larger proportion of the world’s energy than ever, film and TV writer Beth Webb investigates how streaming is contributing towards climate change, and explores if renewable energy could help make streaming habits greener.

Much of the internet lives in data centres in Virginia. Beth visits a hyper-scale data centre that is over one million square feet in size. Everything imaginable is stored inside these buildings: viral videos, pornography, doctors’ notes and even bank account details. For people to access this material whenever they need it, these data centres need to be kept switched on 24 hours a day – which means constant energy use.

Every time a video is played, data has to physically travel from these data centres to our devices, often in cables under the sea and alongside roads. Sending the data shooting around the world also uses huge amounts of energy.

The main energy supplier in Virginia, Dominion Energy, has a monopoly over electricity generation in the state, and they still source most of their energy from fossil fuels. Beth visits one of the company’s enormous coal-burning plants, Mount Storm, to see first-hand exactly what it takes to put endless slime videos on people’s screens.

Amazon and other Silicon Valley giants have pledged to use fully renewable energy to power their data centres, with Google and Apple saying they have already achieved this. But with the world’s internet use growing exponentially year after year, is there enough renewable energy to keep up with demand?

Available from 6am on BBC iPlayer.