Glastonbury 2022: The streaming schedule

Glastonbury is back once more, with a host of music legends old and new heading to Worthy Farm to entertaining crowded fields – from Diana Ross (performing in the “Legends” slot) and Kendrick Lamar playing Glastonbury for the first time … Read More

BBC Four celebrates centenary year with TV Gamechangers season

BBC Four is celebrating the Beeb’s centenary with a season dedicated to game-changing programmes from its archive.

The channel will show a selection of programmes from the BFI’s BBC Television 100 Gamechangers list – alongside other gems – in … Read More

BBC Four shines spotlight on RKO Pictures

BBC Four is telling the story behind RKO Pictures in a new documentary series this month – and it’ll be presenting a string of films from the studio to go with it.

RKO Pictures was one of the Big Five … Read More

From Borgen to The Bridge: BBC Four box sets return to BBC iPlayer

BBC Four is bringing its big international TV hits back together again to mark its 20th anniversary, with a slew of box sets now streaming on BBC iPlayer.

In the 20 years since the channel launched on 2nd March 2002, … Read More

Netflix and BBC lead 2021 Grierson award winners

The winners of the 2021 Grierson awards have been unveiled, and Netflix and the BBC are leading the line-up.

Each year, the Grierson Trust celebrates the best documentary filmmaking from Britain and around the world with its British Documentary Awards … Read More

BBC Four to debut Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes

Delia Derbyshire: The Myths and the Legendary Tapes is heading to BBC Four this weekend, as the channel acquires the rights to the docudrama.

The film, which is produced by Anti Worlds and directed by Caroline Catz, had its world … Read More

BBC Four to become archive channel as Beeb cuts costs

BBC Four will become an archive-focused channel as the Beeb continues to cut costs.

The channel, which has brought the world such shows as Thick of It, Secrets of Cinema, Detectorists, Burton & Taylor and Charlie Brooker’s Wipe franchise, was … Read More

The Winter’s Tale leads new theatre line-up on BBC

A Royal Shakespeare Company production of The Winter’s Tale will lead a line-up of new theatre plays on the BBC this spring.

The RSC production of The Winter’s Tale was scheduled to run in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Summer … Read More

From Victoria Wood to Rose Matafeo: BBC announces Festival Of Funny

The BBC is aiming to make the nation laugh this month with a new Festival of Funny bringing together classic comedy and brand new stand-up specials.

Running until mid-March, the month-long event will include 14 hours of new content including … Read More

Man in Room 301: BBC acquires Finnish-language drama

BBC Four has bagged the rights to Man in Room 301.

The series is the first Finnish-language drama acquisition for the channel. The six-part series has just been nominated for four Golden Venla Awards in Finland for Best Drama, Best … Read More