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Top 10 TV on catch-up: What’s on-demand this week?
March 9, 2025 | David FarnorIn this golden age of TV, there’s always something new to be counting down to. But there’s also always something to be catching up with, from the show all your mates are talking about to the one that’s easy to … Read More
Trailer: Doctor Who Season 15 arrives this April
March 5, 2025 | David FarnorDoctor Who will soon be back on our screens and a new trailer gives us a first look at its return this April.
The 15th season of the modern incarnation of the long-running sci-fi series – Season 2, in terms … Read More
BBC and BFI team up for season of breakthrough films
February 15, 2025 | David FarnorBBC Film and the BFI are teaming up for a new season of breakthrough films on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
The season kicked off last night with the TV premiere of Georgia Oakley’s Blue Jean, a 1980s-set story … Read More
BBC iPlayer acquires anime One Piece
September 1, 2024 | David FarnorThe Japanese anime One Piece has landed on BBC iPlayer, following a deal by the BBC.
The Beeb has acquired the rights to more than 1,000 episodes of the English dubbed versions of the legendary series. One Piece is produced … Read More
BBC bags Suits box set
March 23, 2024 | David FarnorThe BBC has bagged the whole of Suits as a box set for BBC iPlayer.
In a growing trend of broadcasters snapping up popular shows that have already aired on TV to bolster their on-demand libraries, the Beeb has acquired … Read More
BBC lines up international versions of The Traitors
January 27, 2024 | David FarnorBefore Season 2 of The Traitors reached its gripping finale this week, the BBC has already lined up international versions of the reality series for the year ahead.
Originally conceived in the Netherlands by IDTV, an All3Media company, the format … Read More
The Daleks get makeover for Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary
November 3, 2023 | David FarnorThe Daleks are getting a cosmic makeover this November as part of the Doctor Who’s 60th anniversary celebrations.
Originally transmitted in December 1963 to February 1964, The Daleks were introduced to audiences and soon became one of the Doctor’s most … Read More
BBC iPlayer’s The Whoniverse expands with Tales of the TARDIS
November 3, 2023 | David FarnorThe TARDIS doors have been thrown wide open this week on BBC iPlayer, as the Beeb celebrates the 60th anniversary of the sci-fi series with what it has now officially dubbed The Whoniverse.
Before the Anniversary Specials begin their three-week … Read More
An Unearthly Child: Doctor Who’s first episodes missing from BBC iPlayer
October 17, 2023 | David FarnorThis November, the BBC is dialling up the Doctor Who to way past 11 to celebrate the show’s 60th anniversary – but the very first chapter of the sci-fi series will be missing from the celebrations.
Before the 60th anniversary … Read More
BBC iPlayer expands Doctor Who archive ahead of anniversary
October 10, 2023 | David FarnorBBC iPlayer is getting bigger on the inside this autumn, with episodes of Classic Doctor Who joining the current library of New Who – and a host of other programming – ahead of the show’s 60th anniversary.
Before the Anniversary … Read More