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BBC bags HBO Max’s Love Life with Anna Kendrick
September 11, 2020 | VOD News
The BBC has acquired the romantic comedy anthology series Love Life, featuring Oscar-nominee Anna Kendrick from Lionsgate Television.
The series has been one of the top performers on HBO Max streaming in the US, and will be coming to … Read More
BBC iPlayer bags Battlestar Galactica
August 27, 2020 | VOD News
The BBC has acquired the rights to Battlestar Galactica and is bringing it to BBC iPlayer as a box set.
Originally broadcast between 2004 and 2009, Battlestar Galactica is set in a distant star system where humanity is brought to … Read More
BBC iPlayer to stream Reading and Leeds Festival highlights
August 15, 2020 | VOD News
With the 2020 Reading and Leeds Festival not taking place this summer, due to the coronavirus pandemic, BBC Music will instead broadcast a weekend of highlights from previous festivals.
From 28th to 30th August, BBC iPlayer will launch a pop-channel … Read More
BBC iPlayer racks up record six months
August 6, 2020 | VOD News
BBC iPlayer has racked up a record six months this year, as lockdown drove up viewing on the Beeb’s streaming service.
A record-breaking number of viewers turned to BBC iPlayer in the first half of 2020, with 3.1 billion requests … Read More
BBC iPlayer streams Scenes for Survival
August 5, 2020 | VOD News
Scenes for Survival, the theatre project created by the National Theatre of Scotland in response to the coronavirus pandemic, is moving to BBC iPlayer this month.
The project, which has been running online and on social media since 27th … Read More
Sketch comedy The Real McCoy comes to BBC iPlayer
July 29, 2020 | VOD News
Every episode of influential sketch comedy show The Real McCoy has arrived on BBC iPlayer today – the first time many fans will have been able to watch the show since it was originally on the air.
The iconic … Read More
Cutting It returns to BBC iPlayer
July 26, 2020 | VOD News
Early 2000s hit hairdressing drama Cutting It has returned to BBC iPlayer.
Created by Poldark’s Debbie Horsfield, and originally broadcast between 2002-2005, the BBC series was an early vehicle for stars Amanda Holden, Sarah Parish, Ben Daniels, Jason Merrells, and … Read More
BBC iPlayer records biggest month ever in May
June 30, 2020 | VOD News
Viewers flocked to BBC iPlayer in record numbers in May 2020, which has now become iPlayer’s biggest month ever.
There were 570m requests to stream programmes on iPlayer last month, up from 564m programme requests in April 2020, which was … Read More
Rush: BBC iPlayer releases play starring Rupert Everett
June 29, 2020 | VOD News
BBC iPlayer has released Rush, a new play starring Rupert Everest, to celebrate Pride.
The comedy, written by Willi Richards, stars Everett alongside Omari Douglas and Daniel Boyd. is a provocative examination of romance, desire and infidelity. It debates control … Read More
Fawlty Towers, League of Gentlemen and Chris Lilley join TV removals
June 12, 2020 | VOD News
Fawlty Towers, The League of Gentlemen and clips of Chris Lilley have joined Little Britain in the list of TV shows being reappraised and removed from streaming platforms due to concerns about racially inappropriate content.
“The Germans” episode of the … Read More
