BBC iPlayer and the TV Licence: Your questions answered

As of 1st September 2016, you now need a TV Licence to use BBC iPlayer to watch BBC programmes live, after broadcast or download them to stream offline.

Here’s what you need to know:

Why do I need a TV … Read More

TV Licence rises to £159 this April

The government has confirmed that from 1st April 2021 the cost of the annual television licence fee will increase from £157.50 to £159.

The government, not the BBC, is responsible for setting the level of the licence fee and announced … Read More

BBC renews The Split for third and final season

The Split will return to BBC One for a third and final season.

From BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning writer Abi Morgan (River, Suffragette, The Hour) and executive producers Jane Featherstone (Chernobyl, Giri-Haji, Utopia), Lucy Dyke (The Split, Black Mirror, Ripper … Read More

BBC iPlayer checks in to Bates Motel

BBC iPlayer has bagged the rights to all five seasons of Bates Motel.

The deal, with NBCUniversal Global Distribution, will give BBC iPlayer the full box set of the show, which aired in the US between 2013 and 2017 and … Read More

Can’t Get You Out of My Head: BBC iPlayer to stream new Adam Curtis series

Adam Curtis is returning to BBC iPlayer with a new series of six films titled Can’t Get You Out of My Head: An Emotional History of the Modern World.

The journalist and BAFTA award-winning filmmaker has struck a chord with … Read More

BBC iPlayer racks up record-breaking start to 2021

BBC iPlayer has racked up a record-breaking start to 2021, with its biggest week on record.

Viewing surged on BBC iPlayer in the first full week of January (4th January to 10th January), as viewers streamed 162 million programmes – … Read More

Peaky Blinders to end with Season 6

Peaky Blinders will return for a sixth and final season.

The hit crime family saga, written and created by Steven Knight, has become a cult phenomenon since launching in 2013. It stars Cillian Murphy as Thomas Shelby, a crime boss … Read More

BBC iPlayer brings back classic EastEnders episodes

EastEnders fans can relive some of the most memorable moments in Albert Square’s 35 year history with a selection of iconic episodes now available to stream on BBC iPlayer.

The classic episodes join iPlayer’s EastEnders 2008 box set, a collection … Read More

BBC iPlayer racks up record festive streams

BBC iPlayer racked up a record number of streams this Christmas, with requests up 16 per cent over the festive fortnight.

New dramas The Serpent and Black Narcissus, EastEnders, Call The Midwife and Spider-Man: Homecoming helped smash BBC iPlayer records … Read More

Pretty Little Liars heads to BBC iPlayer

Pretty Little Liars is heading to BBC iPlayer for the new year – including The Perfectionists.

The hit teen drama ran for seven seasons from 2010 and has become a cult classic. The mystery thriller is based on the best-selling … Read More