BBC America’s The Watch expands cast

Anna Chancellor, James Fleet, Ingrid Oliver, Ruth Madeley, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, and Bianca Simone Mannie have joined the cast of BBC America’s disruptive original series, The Watch, premiering in 2020.

Co-produced by BBC Studios and Narrativia, The Watch is inspired … 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

BBC risks “lost generation” as younger viewers look elsewhere

The BBC is risking losing a generation of viewers as younger audiences look elsewhere, Ofcom has warned.

The media regulator is required to publish a report every year on the Beeb’s performance. This year, the second to be produced, found … Read More

BBC acquires Tobias Lindholm’s The Investigation

The BBC has acquired Tobias Lindholm’s new crime series The Investigation.

Produced by Fremantle’s Scandinavian drama producers, Miso Film, the six-part series follows the complex investigation carried out by Jens Møller, the Head of Homicide for the Copenhagen Police, surrounding … Read More

Michael Palin, Zoë Wanamaker, Steve Pemberton join BBC One’s Worzel Gummidge

Michael Palin, Zoë Wanamaker and Steve Pemberton are among the new names joining Mackenzie Crook in BBC One’s new adaptation of Worzel Gummidge.

Set to broadcast in two one-hour films, the family treat is inspired by the classic books of … Read More

BBC braces for second wave of VOD disruption

The BBC is bracing for a second wave of video on-demand disruption as the streaming industry begins to mature.

The rise of VOD has vastly changed the face of television, not only in terms of the cinematic scale of prestige … Read More

BBC unleashes archive with launch of new hub

The BBC is making thousands of fascinating clips from its archive available to watch on a new online hub.

Located at bbc.co.uk/archive, it will house more than 1,700 newly published videos for viewers to watch and enjoy, many of … Read More

Nicholas Gleaves to hypnotise as the new Demon Headmaster

Nicholas Gleaves (Bodyguard, Coronation Street) will take on the iconic role of The Demon Headmaster for the modern age when the show returns to our screens later this year on CBBC.

The classic series was broadcast between 1996 and 1998 … Read More

Hey, Beeb? BBC to launch new voice assistant to accompany iPlayer

The BBC is planning to launch its own voice assistant in the next year, in a move that puts it in competition with Amazon and Google.

The working title for the assistant is “Beeb”, which would be the wake-word for … Read More

Poldark Season 5 to end with Bank Holiday double-bill

Season 5 of Poldark will conclude with an action-packed double bill this August Bank Holiday weekend on BBC One. The penultimate episode of the series will air on Sunday 25th August at 8pm followed by the final ever episode on … Read More