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.

In My Skin – 29th March

The BAFTA Cymru Award-winning In My Skin is back as a brand new five-part series set in south Wales.

The series begins with the pilot episode and sees 16 year-old Bethan Gwyndaf, played by Bafta Cymru Award-winner Gabrielle Creevy, leading a double life. To her friends at school she’s your average, fun-loving, cocky teen with a normal family – but the reality is vastly different. At home she tries to juggle her father’s sociopathic tendencies with her mother’s bipolar – a particularly severe episode seeing her sectioned in a psychiatric hospital.

Bethan is not cool. She and her two best friends – reckless Lydia (Poppy Lee Friar) and sweet Travis (James Wilbraham) – are the nothing kids. So she can’t believe it when she catches the eye of the popular girl, Poppy. While Bethan is busy trying to hide the truth of who she really is, she actually learns, through heart ache and pain, to finally break out of her shell. And exist for the first time, in her own skin.

The world is equally split between Bethan’s school life and friendship group, and her chaotic family life. And although she is our eyes into her world, the series follows the stories of Bethan’s friends, teachers and family members too. All five episodes arrive at once as a box set.

Available from 6am on BBC iPlayer.

Stacey Dooley Investigates: Spycam Sex Criminals – 1st April

Stacey Dooley investigates a new kind of sex crime which is sweeping South Korea.

In a country where pornography is illegal, Molka is a DIY alternative where mobile phones and hidden cameras capture footage of women at their most intimate moments without their knowledge. With 6,000 cases reported to the police in 2018. Stacey meets both the perpetrators and victims of this huge and threatening phenomenon, known as ‘molka’.

Available from 6am on BBC iPlayer.

Models: Street To Catwalk – 5th April

Models: Street To Catwalk is a brand new factual series for BBC Three, produced by MultiStory Media, part of ITV Studios. The series will throw open the doors to one of the UK’s biggest modelling agencies, to reveal the stories behind the billboards and photoshoots.

Launching all four episodes at once, the series will give viewers an exclusive, access-all-areas pass to the inner workings of the modelling industry in the UK, and across the world.

Available from 6am on BBC iPlayer.

The Vivienne Takes on Hollywood: Episode 1 – 9th April

The winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK, The Vivienne redeems her prize for earning the title of The First Drag Race UK Superstar and embarks on an adventure to Hollywood, as she prepares to make her first ever music video.

In each weekly episode, she is coached along the way by well known Hollywood characters. From voice coaches to acting gurus, and Hollywood producers to choreographers, they all offer The Vivienne their top tips to make it big in Hollywood – and an insight into the underbelly of showbusiness.

Available from 6pm on BBC iPlayer.

The Vivienne Takes On Hollywood: Episode 2 – 16th April

This week, motivational speaker, actor, and all-star improviser Daniel Franzese is going to help The Viv find all the motivation she needs to exude regal realness on camera for her music video.

Available from 6pm on BBC iPlayer.