My World: Angelina Jolie teams up with BBC for global news series

Angelina Jolie is teaming up with the BBC and Microsoft for My World, a weekly news series for young audiences.

The global show aims to explain the stories behind the news, providing facts and information for viewers aged 13 and … Read More

EastEnders enjoys record-breaking year on BBC iPlayer

EastEnders enjoyed a record-breaking year on BBC iPlayer in 2019.

New figures from the BBC reveal that across the year, iPlayer viewers requested to stream or download the soap opera a record 234 million times, up 10 per cent on … Read More

CBeebies unveils Love Monster, narrated by Tamsin Greig

CBeebies is introducing young viewers to Love Monster this January.

The warm and witty preschool series is based on the best-selling books by Rachel Bright.

The 52-episode 2D animation follows the colourful and funny adventures of lovable hairy hero … Read More

YouTube overtakes BBC iPlayer for first time in 3 years

YouTube has overtaken BBC iPlayer for the first time, according to new research from Ampere Analysis.

The media analytics firm’s report for Q3 2019 continued to see YouTube dominate as the most watched video service in the world (except for … Read More

Killing Eve the most-watched series on BBC iPlayer

The second season of Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s gripping spy thriller Killing Eve has taken out the competition to become BBC iPlayer’s biggest series of the year.

The continuing battle between Eve and Villanelle achieved a staggering 40.4m requests on iPlayer, over … Read More

BBC iPlayer unwraps more box sets than ever for Christmas 2019

BBC iPlayer is unwrapping more box sets than ever for Christmas this year.

The Beeb has increasingly begun serving up box sets on its catch-up platform for the festive season, as it looks to meet demand from families and individuals … Read More

Spyfall: Doctor Who Season 12 to debut on New Year’s Day

Doctor Who Season 12 will officially start on New Year’s Day 2020, and the opening episode has a title: Spyfall.

The ten-part series will kick-off with the two-part episode, which sees the Thirteenth Doctor well and truly back with a … Read More

BBC iPlayer launches on Sky Q as part of new partnership

The BBC iPlayer app and connected red-button service are now available on Sky Q, as part of a new partnership that will see the two broadcasters collaborate across content and technology.

Sky viewers have long been able to enjoy BBC … Read More

Channel 4 joins BritBox as broadcasters take on Netflix

Channel 4 has joined BritBox just in time for the launch of the new streaming service.

A joint venture from the BBC and ITV, BritBox is a subscription platform aiming to push back against the competition of the SVOD giants … Read More

The Troubles At 50: BBC iPlayer launches documentary collection

BBC iPlayer is marking 50 years since the arrival of troops in Northern Ireland with a new collection of documentaries, The Troubles At 50.

Included in the collection of programmes commissioned by BBC Northern Ireland are three new documentaries released … Read More