Peter Kay sitcom Car Share to premiere on iPlayer before BBC One

Peter Kay’s new sitcom, Car Share, will premiere on BBC iPlayer this month, before its broadcast on BBC One.

The six-episode series, created by Tim Reid and Paul Coleman, is the first Peter Kay sitcom for BBC One. Kay directs … Read More

Top Gear tops iPlayer in record month for BBC

Top Gear topped the BBC iPlayer chart in February 2015, in what turned out to be a record month for the Beeb’s VOD service.

iPlayer has always been dominated by two shows: Top Gear and EastEnders. The soap opera, which … Read More

Beyond iPlayer: BBC commissions original content from new talent and familiar faces

The BBC has announced a new range of original BBC iPlayer content that sees a host of new talent join familiar faces in the Beeb’s streaming line-up.

Matt Berry will begin his iPlayer own comedy series on 5th April. The … Read More

Top 12 TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (12th March 2015)

March is always a weird month. It’s sunny, but not quite warm enough to go outside. You’ve finished House of Cards. What, then, do you watch? Luckily, BBC iPlayer’s catalogue never seems to run out of good things to watch. … Read More

BBC iPlayer has best month ever in January 2015

BBC iPlayer got off to a strong start in 2015, with its best month ever.

Requests for TV and radio programmes on the Beeb’s streaming service totalled 343 million last month, with 265 million requests recorded for television alone.

January … Read More

Top 12 TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer (February 2015)

As the excitement of EastEnders Live fades away, you may well be left with a gap in your BBC viewing. Where can you get your fix of adrenaline, murder, or sheer drama now? From a new Israeli drama picked up … Read More

Top 13 TV shows and films on BBC iPlayer

This month marks the release of the BBC’s most ambitious iPlayer release to date: Adam Curtis’ experimental documentary Bitter Lake, which deconstructs modern society, media and power to explain why the big stories that politicians tell us have become so … Read More

BBC Taster: A glimpse of The Beeb’s digital potential

The BBC today introduced BBC Taster, a space to “develop its latest ideas for digital content and emerging technology”. What is it? We don’t quite know. What will it lead to? Nobody’s really sure. What’s the point of it, then? … Read More

Teaser: Adam Curtis’ Bitter Lake arrives on iPlayer on Sunday

Politicians used to have the confidence to tell us stories that made sense of the chaos of world events. But now there are no big stories and politicians react randomly to every new crisis – leaving us bewildered and disorientated.

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From Limmy to Tinie Tempah, BBC announces new iPlayer original content for 2015

The BBC has announced a new line-up of original content for 2015.

“BBC iPlayer presents a huge creative opportunity to push the boundaries of storytelling and engage audiences in new ways,” says Victoria Jaye, Head of TV Content for BBC … Read More