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Horrible Science coming to BBC

Horrible Science, a new comedy sketch series and educational resource from the award-winning team behind Horrible Histories, will launch on May 9th on CBBC and BBC iPlayer, and curriculum learning resources on BBC Bitesize. Ever wondered how Sir Isaac Newton would defy gravity on a rollercoaster? Or what a gym class where you defend yourself […]

April 28, 2025

Hey Duggee’s Squirrel Club coming to CBeebies

Hey Duggee’s Squirrel Club – the new spin off series – will premiere on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer on April 28th. New episodes of the show will air exclusively on CBeebies every weekday at 7.10am with episodes landing on BBC iPlayer every Monday. The series features familiar faces, as Happy, Roly, Tag, Norrie and Betty […]

April 24, 2025

P DIddy doc coming to BBC Three, iPlayer

The BBC has announced a new documentary, P Diddy: The Rise and Fall, for BBC Three and iPlayer. Fronted by broadcaster Yinka Bokinni, the documentary explores the world that propelled Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs to stardom – and the system that may have protected him for years. For decades, Diddy shaped music. The three times Grammy […]

April 23, 2025

BBC acquires StudioCanal’s The Black Forest Murders

The BBC has acquired German four-part series The Black Forest Murders from StudioCanal. Written by Robert Hummel and Martina Mouchot, and based on the non-fiction Walter Roth book SOKO Erle, the series follows a 2016 police investigation into the mysterious murders of two young women in the south of Germany. The Black Forest Murders (4 […]

April 7, 2025

BBC vows “continued transformation” in Annual Plan

The BBC has published its Annual Plan for 2025/26, laying out how it plans to provide value for audiences, support democracy and drive growth in the creative economy. The corporation said it will focus on delivering on its three key roles this year: pursuing truth with no agenda, backing the best homegrown storytelling and bringing […]

March 31, 2025

Gormit – The New Era coming to BBC

Rainbow, the independent Italian entertainment group led by Iginio Straffi, has announced that its new action series Gormiti – The New Era (20×22’) will make its UK debut on CBBC and iPlayer this spring. The popular adventure franchise Gormiti has been reinvented into a high-octane, live-action series, Gormit – The New Era, with CGI effects, a super-talented cast […]

March 31, 2025

BBC asks audiences to help shape its future

The BBC is asking audiences to have their say about the future of the organisation, by launching a public engagement exercise. From today [March 27th], BBC account holders across the UK will start to receive an online questionnaire to help identify what they want from the BBC now, and what they want from it in […]

March 27, 2025

High Hoops lands on BBC iPlayer

Season 1 of kids’ comedy series High Hoops – which tells the story of a charmingly reckless high school basketball player and her chaotic pursuit of success, fame, love and the perfect hook shot – is now available on the BBC iPlayer. The show, written and created by Sinéad Fagan, features Peep Show alumni Robert […]

March 17, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Pilgrimage series returning to BBC

With Easter approaching, the annual Pilgrimage series is returning to BBC Two and iPlayer next month, as seven well known personalities, of differing faiths and beliefs, tackle a challenging 300km pilgrimage, through the majestic and awe-inspiring Austrian and Swiss Alps. Across 3 x 60 minute episodes, the brand new, Pilgrimage: The Road Through the Alps, […]

March 17, 2025

Bariau returns for second season

S4C’s prison-based drama Bariau will return for a second series on April 13th. The long anticipated six-part drama series will be shown on Welsh language TV channel S4C and also available to watch on BBC iPlayer and S4C Clic as a boxset. The first series of Bariau was broadcast on S4C in January 2024 and […]

March 13, 2025