BBC Three’s Thirteen joins The Night Manager at top of iPlayer chart

BBC Three is off a strong start on the web, with its original drama, Thirteen, joining The Night Manager at the top of BBC iPlayer’s March chart.

BBC One’s adaptation of the John le Carre novel, starring Tom Hiddleston, dominated … Read More

Nina Simone and Craig David: BBC iPlayer exclusives coming soon this week

Nina Simone and Craig David both arrive on BBC iPlayer this week, as the catch-up service expands its line-up of exclusive content.

On Monday 26th April, BBC Music’s Festival Pass returns to follow garage legend Craig David, as he leaves … Read More

The Rack Pack to be broadcast on BBC Two

The Rack Pack, BBC iPlayer’s first ever comedy drama feature film, will be broadcast on BBC Two, the BBC has announced.

“A snooker film everyone should go loopy for, whether they’re fans or not,” we wrote in our review of … Read More

BBC iPlayer to host live Shakespeare festival

BBC iPlayer is opening its doors to partners for the first time, as part of a landmark celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

Shakespeare Day Live will take place on Saturday 23rd April, kicking off a six-month online … Read More

Shakespeare Day Live: The full BBC iPlayer line-up

Saturday 23rd April marks the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death – and BBC iPlayer is celebrating in style.

Shakespeare Day Live will take place across the whole of Saturday, with a host of events streaming live on a dedicated pop-up … Read More

Anthony Horowitz’s New Blood to premiere on BBC iPlayer

Anthony Horowitz’s new BBC drama, New Blood, will premiere exclusively on BBC iPlayer before its transmission on BBC One.

The seven-part investigative drama will be the first prime time drama series to be available online to stream before its traditional … Read More

BBC launches iPlayer Kids app

The BBC has launched a new iPlayer app especially for kids.

Called BBC iPlayer Kids, the app will put younger viewers in control of watching and downloading their favourite CBeebies and CBBC shows on iOS, Android and Kindle Fire devices.

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Viewers go snooker loopy for The Rack Pack, as iPlayer growth slows

Viewers went snooker loopy for The Rack Pack at the start of 2016.

The snooker drama about Steve Davis and Alex “Hurricane” Higgins racked up 684,000 views in January 2016, enough to make it the first original content from the … Read More

iPlayer Licence Fee loophole could be closed as soon as July

The BBC iPlayer loophole will be closed as soon as possible, the UK government has declared.

The current TV Licence fee includes the watching of TV live, whether through a traditional television signal or via the Internet, but the legislation, … Read More

Training Tunes: BBC iPlayer launches new exclusive series

BBC iPlayer will welcome a new original series to its portfolio this weekend: Training Tunes.

The show, which premieres on Saturday 27th February, is produced by Somethin’ Else and will reveal the tunes that inspires famous athletes and sports personalities. … Read More