The BBC World Service and BBC Studios join forces to launch The Global Story, a new daily in-depth news podcast for audiences around the world.
Hosted by Katya Adler, each episode will focus on one story and will draw upon the BBC’s best global journalists and expertise from all over the world with a fresh sound and a smart take on the biggest stories of our time. From Beijing to Boston, Baghdad to Bangalore, our unrivalled reach will take you beyond the headlines on a journey of understanding and exploration.
The Global Story builds on the huge success of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service, which is the BBC’s most popular international news podcast.
While the Global News Podcast brings a complete digest of the latest stories in twice daily updates, The Global Story will drill deep into a single story offering unrivalled context and deeper insight,...
Hosted by Katya Adler, each episode will focus on one story and will draw upon the BBC’s best global journalists and expertise from all over the world with a fresh sound and a smart take on the biggest stories of our time. From Beijing to Boston, Baghdad to Bangalore, our unrivalled reach will take you beyond the headlines on a journey of understanding and exploration.
The Global Story builds on the huge success of the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service, which is the BBC’s most popular international news podcast.
While the Global News Podcast brings a complete digest of the latest stories in twice daily updates, The Global Story will drill deep into a single story offering unrivalled context and deeper insight,...
- 11/16/2023
- Podnews.net
Exclusive: With a return to linear just around the corner, BBC3 channel controller Fiona Campbell is to take on Patrick Holland’s Factual, Arts and Classical Music brief temporarily from this week, as the network seeks a Channel Editor to support Campbell.
Holland is departing to Banijay UK to be Executive Chair in April and a note to staff from BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore, seen by Deadline, said he will stand down from “commissioning responsibilities straight away,” focusing instead on “special projects” for the next few months.
The move has most likely been made to avoid conflicts of interest as Holland is moving to the production sector, and a similar decision was taken when Comedy Director Shane Allen departed to run his own indie earlier this year.
Campbell will take over Holland’s vast brief until a replacement is found, with the search set to kick off in “due course,...
Holland is departing to Banijay UK to be Executive Chair in April and a note to staff from BBC Chief Content Officer Charlotte Moore, seen by Deadline, said he will stand down from “commissioning responsibilities straight away,” focusing instead on “special projects” for the next few months.
The move has most likely been made to avoid conflicts of interest as Holland is moving to the production sector, and a similar decision was taken when Comedy Director Shane Allen departed to run his own indie earlier this year.
Campbell will take over Holland’s vast brief until a replacement is found, with the search set to kick off in “due course,...
- 12/14/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Hello readers and welcome to International Insider, Jake Kanter here. In the week Britain started getting vaccinated for coronavirus, here’s a recap of all the global film and TV news you need to know. Any tips or stories can be sent to jkanter@deadline.com, or my DMs are open. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
BBC Analysis Special
Seismic stuff at the BBC: The broadcaster confirmed on Tuesday what has been UK industry gossip for months: That it is scrapping TV channel controller roles in favor of a commissioning model that puts its streamer, iPlayer, at the heart of greenlight decisions. It ends channel controllers’ decades-long reign as audience tastemakers.
The big picture: The BBC pioneered British TV in 1936. More than 80 years on, the power has shifted to streaming and the BBC is competing in a global landscape in which Netflix,...
BBC Analysis Special
Seismic stuff at the BBC: The broadcaster confirmed on Tuesday what has been UK industry gossip for months: That it is scrapping TV channel controller roles in favor of a commissioning model that puts its streamer, iPlayer, at the heart of greenlight decisions. It ends channel controllers’ decades-long reign as audience tastemakers.
The big picture: The BBC pioneered British TV in 1936. More than 80 years on, the power has shifted to streaming and the BBC is competing in a global landscape in which Netflix,...
- 12/11/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC has said it is considering transforming BBC Four into a global subscription service amid continued uncertainty about the television channel’s future in the UK.
In its 76-page annual plan published on Wednesday, the BBC revealed: “We are exploring potential commercial opportunities for BBC Four to become a new global subscription service that takes our strengths in specialist factual to the world stage.”
The British broadcaster offered no further detail, but it’s clear that it believes there could be value in adding the network to BBC Studios’ existing portfolio of international channels, including BBC Earth and BBC Brit. BBC Four is known for its experiments in slow TV and high-end history documentaries, such as Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album.
The plans also help explain the surprise sideways move of Cassian Harrison, who this month vacated his role as BBC Four channel editor to take on an...
In its 76-page annual plan published on Wednesday, the BBC revealed: “We are exploring potential commercial opportunities for BBC Four to become a new global subscription service that takes our strengths in specialist factual to the world stage.”
The British broadcaster offered no further detail, but it’s clear that it believes there could be value in adding the network to BBC Studios’ existing portfolio of international channels, including BBC Earth and BBC Brit. BBC Four is known for its experiments in slow TV and high-end history documentaries, such as Lucy Worsley’s Royal Photo Album.
The plans also help explain the surprise sideways move of Cassian Harrison, who this month vacated his role as BBC Four channel editor to take on an...
- 5/20/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The BBC will today confirm that it is considering reversing a decision to make its youth network BBC Three an online-only service following the runaway success of shows like Fleabag and Normal People.
The British broadcaster will set out its thinking on bringing BBC Three back to television in its annual plan — a document detailing its strategic objectives for the year ahead — after first signaling the idea back in March.
A BBC spokesperson said: “We’d be wrong not to back a service that is doing better than anyone could have ever conceived and reaching a wide audience.
“Our research suggests there is a big available audience on linear television, so we will consider the case for restoring BBC3 as a linear channel as well as an online destination, though no decisions have been taken and this will need to take into account how viewing habits develop during the Covid-19 crisis.
The British broadcaster will set out its thinking on bringing BBC Three back to television in its annual plan — a document detailing its strategic objectives for the year ahead — after first signaling the idea back in March.
A BBC spokesperson said: “We’d be wrong not to back a service that is doing better than anyone could have ever conceived and reaching a wide audience.
“Our research suggests there is a big available audience on linear television, so we will consider the case for restoring BBC3 as a linear channel as well as an online destination, though no decisions have been taken and this will need to take into account how viewing habits develop during the Covid-19 crisis.
- 5/20/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
U.K. broadcaster BBC has said it’s considering bringing BBC Three back on air, four years after the youth-skewing brand was moved online, Variety has confirmed.
The digital offering — which effectively rendered Phoebe Waller-Bridge a household name with its punchy commission of “Fleabag” in 2016 — was taken off air earlier that year in a bid to save the broadcaster around £30 million ($36 million).
At the time, as reported by Variety, the public broadcaster’s governing body, the BBC Trust, justified its decision by stating that “younger audiences are watching more online and watching less linear TV,” and the move will “contribute to the significant savings the BBC is currently making.”
Now, the BBC’s Annual Plan — set to be released Wednesday — makes clear that youth are indeed returning to the BBC for the right programs, perhaps best evidenced by Hulu/BBC co-production “Normal People,” which garnered 38 million requests on the BBC’s catch-up service iPlayer.
The digital offering — which effectively rendered Phoebe Waller-Bridge a household name with its punchy commission of “Fleabag” in 2016 — was taken off air earlier that year in a bid to save the broadcaster around £30 million ($36 million).
At the time, as reported by Variety, the public broadcaster’s governing body, the BBC Trust, justified its decision by stating that “younger audiences are watching more online and watching less linear TV,” and the move will “contribute to the significant savings the BBC is currently making.”
Now, the BBC’s Annual Plan — set to be released Wednesday — makes clear that youth are indeed returning to the BBC for the right programs, perhaps best evidenced by Hulu/BBC co-production “Normal People,” which garnered 38 million requests on the BBC’s catch-up service iPlayer.
- 5/19/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
BBC Four is one of the BBC’s most highly-regarded networks, but its future is under threat as the UK broadcaster looks to cut costs and refocus on super-serving young audiences.
There have been months of whispers about BBC Four’s durability and the rumor mill went into overdrive last week when the channel’s editor, Cassian Harrison, made a surprise sideways move to BBC Studios on a nine-month attachment.
The BBC insisted that the plan is for Harrison to return, but industry insiders think it is the first step in a major change of course for the network, which spawned hits like The Thick Of It and introduced UK audiences to Scandi drama The Killing.
The Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday that BBC Four will be axed, even though it said the BBC won’t publically admit that this is the case. Indeed, a spokeswoman said: “There are no plans to close BBC Four.
There have been months of whispers about BBC Four’s durability and the rumor mill went into overdrive last week when the channel’s editor, Cassian Harrison, made a surprise sideways move to BBC Studios on a nine-month attachment.
The BBC insisted that the plan is for Harrison to return, but industry insiders think it is the first step in a major change of course for the network, which spawned hits like The Thick Of It and introduced UK audiences to Scandi drama The Killing.
The Daily Telegraph reported on Thursday that BBC Four will be axed, even though it said the BBC won’t publically admit that this is the case. Indeed, a spokeswoman said: “There are no plans to close BBC Four.
- 5/14/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
One of the BBC’s most loved U.K. TV channels — once the home of “Mad Men” and “The Killing” — is facing uncertainty following the departure of a key executive.
Last week in a surprise move, the BBC announced that BBC Four editor Cassian Harrison will leave his post to take a new international job at BBC Studios overseeing global networks including BBC Earth and BBC Brit.
The reshuffle has set tongues wagging that Harrison’s decision to jump ship will lead to the demise of BBC Four, once the undisputed home of TV arts and culture in the U.K. and a magnet for older, upscale audiences. The BBC has denied this is the case, pointing out that BBC Two controller Patrick Holland will now oversee BBC Four.
But whatever the future of BBC Four, tough choices will have to be made in the months ahead regarding the line-up...
Last week in a surprise move, the BBC announced that BBC Four editor Cassian Harrison will leave his post to take a new international job at BBC Studios overseeing global networks including BBC Earth and BBC Brit.
The reshuffle has set tongues wagging that Harrison’s decision to jump ship will lead to the demise of BBC Four, once the undisputed home of TV arts and culture in the U.K. and a magnet for older, upscale audiences. The BBC has denied this is the case, pointing out that BBC Two controller Patrick Holland will now oversee BBC Four.
But whatever the future of BBC Four, tough choices will have to be made in the months ahead regarding the line-up...
- 5/14/2020
- by Steve Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
George Dixon, global editorial director for BBC Studios, has left the producer-distributor after six years, Variety has confirmed.
The executive, who is expected to leave formally in October, led on editorial for BBC Studios’ commercial linear and non-linear global services such as BBC Earth and BBC First. He also took the editorial lead in integrating commercial broadcaster UKTV’s channels within the BBC Studios portfolio, following the carve-up of UKTV after joint owners BBC Studios and Discovery split up the channels group in June 2019.
It’s believed Dixon’s exit comes as all acquisitions and editorial compliance for BBC Studios’ global brands and UKTV channels become streamlined under one leadership team.
Within the U.K., BBC Studios is combining the remit of its acquisitions teams for the U.K. region and UKTV under the leadership of Adrian Wills, while global compliance for the U.K. Region and UKTV teams will...
The executive, who is expected to leave formally in October, led on editorial for BBC Studios’ commercial linear and non-linear global services such as BBC Earth and BBC First. He also took the editorial lead in integrating commercial broadcaster UKTV’s channels within the BBC Studios portfolio, following the carve-up of UKTV after joint owners BBC Studios and Discovery split up the channels group in June 2019.
It’s believed Dixon’s exit comes as all acquisitions and editorial compliance for BBC Studios’ global brands and UKTV channels become streamlined under one leadership team.
Within the U.K., BBC Studios is combining the remit of its acquisitions teams for the U.K. region and UKTV under the leadership of Adrian Wills, while global compliance for the U.K. Region and UKTV teams will...
- 5/7/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
BBC Four channel editor Cassian Harrison is to move over to BBC Studios to work on creating programming for its global services.
Harrison joins BBC Studios on a nine-month attachment as senior VP of commissioning and content for global services. He will report into Paul Dempsey’s global distribution division.
BBC Two controller Patrick Holland will cover BBC Four during Harrison’s absence.
Harrison will work on the creation and distribution of original programming for digital services that BBC Studios owns and operates around the world.
BBC Studios runs a number of linear and digital services around the world including BBC Earth, BBC Brit and BBC First and a digital service, BBC Player, in Singapore and Malaysia.
At factual channel BBC Four, Harrison has backed programming ranging from the Slow TV initiative to “The Secret Life of Landfill” and “British History’s Biggest Fibs” to the acclaimed “Bros: After the...
Harrison joins BBC Studios on a nine-month attachment as senior VP of commissioning and content for global services. He will report into Paul Dempsey’s global distribution division.
BBC Two controller Patrick Holland will cover BBC Four during Harrison’s absence.
Harrison will work on the creation and distribution of original programming for digital services that BBC Studios owns and operates around the world.
BBC Studios runs a number of linear and digital services around the world including BBC Earth, BBC Brit and BBC First and a digital service, BBC Player, in Singapore and Malaysia.
At factual channel BBC Four, Harrison has backed programming ranging from the Slow TV initiative to “The Secret Life of Landfill” and “British History’s Biggest Fibs” to the acclaimed “Bros: After the...
- 5/4/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
BBC Four channel editor Cassian Harrison is stepping down after seven years to take on a nine-month attachment commissioning for BBC Studios’ international TV channels including BBC Earth and BBC Brit.
Harrison will this month become the senior vice president of commissioning and content global services, reporting to Paul Dempsey, BBC Studios’ president of global distribution.
BBC Two controller Patrick Holland will cover for Harrison during his attachment. The BBC currently expects him to return once his spell at BBC Studios is complete.
BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie said: “Cassian’s extensive experience and excellent track record in creating and commissioning great British television will help supercharge our offering to international viewers as we look to take the premium, original content for which the BBC is world-renowned, to an even wider global audience.”
Harrison pioneered slow TV during his time with BBC Four and commissioned films including Bros: After The Screaming Stops.
Harrison will this month become the senior vice president of commissioning and content global services, reporting to Paul Dempsey, BBC Studios’ president of global distribution.
BBC Two controller Patrick Holland will cover for Harrison during his attachment. The BBC currently expects him to return once his spell at BBC Studios is complete.
BBC Studios CEO Tim Davie said: “Cassian’s extensive experience and excellent track record in creating and commissioning great British television will help supercharge our offering to international viewers as we look to take the premium, original content for which the BBC is world-renowned, to an even wider global audience.”
Harrison pioneered slow TV during his time with BBC Four and commissioned films including Bros: After The Screaming Stops.
- 5/4/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC Four and PBS are co-producing a special documentary on the mission to revive the Notre Dame de Paris after it was devastated by a fire on April 15, 2019.
Rebuilding Notre Dame: Inside The Great Cathedral Rescue (working title) will be produced by British production company Windfall Films and will broadcast to mark a year since the inferno destroyed large parts of the iconic building.
The film, which will air in the U.S. as part of PBS and Wgbh Boston’s science series Nova, will follow the collaboration between architects, scientists, archaeologists and engineers in their efforts to restore Notre Dame.
“To spend...
Rebuilding Notre Dame: Inside The Great Cathedral Rescue (working title) will be produced by British production company Windfall Films and will broadcast to mark a year since the inferno destroyed large parts of the iconic building.
The film, which will air in the U.S. as part of PBS and Wgbh Boston’s science series Nova, will follow the collaboration between architects, scientists, archaeologists and engineers in their efforts to restore Notre Dame.
“To spend...
- 3/27/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
A six-part series exploring the art of the ‘perfect film’ and a two-part BBC4 essay show have been greenlit.
The producers of Radio 5 Live’s Kermode and Mayo Film Review and Channel 4 strand Random Acts have landed a major BBC Arts film contract.
Following a competitive invitation to pitch, which got underway in November, Somethin’ Else and Little Dot Studios will jointly take responsibility for a flagship slice of the corporation’s film coverage after BBC1’s in-house Film programme ended in December.
Somethin’ Else will create a 5 x 60-minute series for BBC4 exploring the art of the...
The producers of Radio 5 Live’s Kermode and Mayo Film Review and Channel 4 strand Random Acts have landed a major BBC Arts film contract.
Following a competitive invitation to pitch, which got underway in November, Somethin’ Else and Little Dot Studios will jointly take responsibility for a flagship slice of the corporation’s film coverage after BBC1’s in-house Film programme ended in December.
Somethin’ Else will create a 5 x 60-minute series for BBC4 exploring the art of the...
- 4/5/2019
- by Alex Farber Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
‘Safe Harbour’
The UK’s BBC4 has acquired Matchbox Pictures’ Safe Harbour, the four-part psychological thriller directed by Glendyn Ivin and produced by Stephen Corvini.
That is the second major deal for the Sbs-commissioned show after Hulu bought the Us rights last year, where it premiered as a Hulu Original series.
The BBC acquired the series, which starred Ewen Leslie, Phoebe Tonkin, Jacqueline McKenzie, Leeanna Walsman, Joel Jackson, Nicole Chamoun, Hazem Shammas and Robert Rabiah, from NBCUniversal International Distribution.
It follows six friends on a yacht who encounter a stricken vessel carrying refugees during a voyage from Brisbane to Indonesia, scripted by Belinda Chayko (who also served as the showrunner), Matt Cameron and Phil Enchelmaier.
BBC4 also picked up returning shows including Icelandic crime series Trapped , Danish drama Follow the Money and Entertainment One’s Cardinal.
Channel editor Cassian Harrison said the deals show that BBC4 “continues to fire on all cylinders,...
The UK’s BBC4 has acquired Matchbox Pictures’ Safe Harbour, the four-part psychological thriller directed by Glendyn Ivin and produced by Stephen Corvini.
That is the second major deal for the Sbs-commissioned show after Hulu bought the Us rights last year, where it premiered as a Hulu Original series.
The BBC acquired the series, which starred Ewen Leslie, Phoebe Tonkin, Jacqueline McKenzie, Leeanna Walsman, Joel Jackson, Nicole Chamoun, Hazem Shammas and Robert Rabiah, from NBCUniversal International Distribution.
It follows six friends on a yacht who encounter a stricken vessel carrying refugees during a voyage from Brisbane to Indonesia, scripted by Belinda Chayko (who also served as the showrunner), Matt Cameron and Phil Enchelmaier.
BBC4 also picked up returning shows including Icelandic crime series Trapped , Danish drama Follow the Money and Entertainment One’s Cardinal.
Channel editor Cassian Harrison said the deals show that BBC4 “continues to fire on all cylinders,...
- 1/22/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
The BBC has bolstered its international drama lineup, acquiring Australian limited series “Safe Harbour” and inking deals for new seasons of shows from Canada, France and Iceland. The shows will all run on the U.K. pubcaster’s BBC Four channel.
“Safe Harbour” is a psychological thriller that played on pubcaster Sbs in Australia. It follows a group of six friends on a yacht trip from Brisbane to Indonesia. When they come to the aid of a group of asylum seekers, it leads to a series of events that change all of their lives.
The show is made by NBCUniversal-backed Australian producer Matchbox Pictures and is sold by NBCUniversal International Distribution, which did the BBC deal.
The BBC has also picked up the sophomore season of Canadian crime drama “Cardinal” from distributor Entertainment One. It plays on CTV domestically.
BBC viewers with a penchant for non-English-language drama will get...
“Safe Harbour” is a psychological thriller that played on pubcaster Sbs in Australia. It follows a group of six friends on a yacht trip from Brisbane to Indonesia. When they come to the aid of a group of asylum seekers, it leads to a series of events that change all of their lives.
The show is made by NBCUniversal-backed Australian producer Matchbox Pictures and is sold by NBCUniversal International Distribution, which did the BBC deal.
The BBC has also picked up the sophomore season of Canadian crime drama “Cardinal” from distributor Entertainment One. It plays on CTV domestically.
BBC viewers with a penchant for non-English-language drama will get...
- 1/22/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Just 11% of top talent from diverse background.
Just one-tenth of the BBC’s top on-screen talent is from a black, ethnic, minority background (Bame), the corporation’s Annual Report has revealed (reports Broadcast).
Bame stars make up 11% of the corporation’s top earners, with the likes of BBC Radio DJ Trevor Nelson and newsreader George Alagiah among the highest paid, with salaries of between £250,000 and £300,000.
Radio 4 Today programme presenter Mishal Husain earns between £200,000 and £250,000, less than half than her colleague John Humphrys’ £600,000-£650,000 salary.
Across the BBC, some 14% of its workforce is from a Bame background, in line with the national average.
Bame stars’ salaries pale in comparison with some of the corporation’s biggest earners, which include Radio 2 presenter and former Top Gear host Chris Evans, who topped the payroll with a salary of around £2.2m.
Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman, who also hosted a Michael Buble special at Christmas and Film 2016, was the highest...
Just one-tenth of the BBC’s top on-screen talent is from a black, ethnic, minority background (Bame), the corporation’s Annual Report has revealed (reports Broadcast).
Bame stars make up 11% of the corporation’s top earners, with the likes of BBC Radio DJ Trevor Nelson and newsreader George Alagiah among the highest paid, with salaries of between £250,000 and £300,000.
Radio 4 Today programme presenter Mishal Husain earns between £200,000 and £250,000, less than half than her colleague John Humphrys’ £600,000-£650,000 salary.
Across the BBC, some 14% of its workforce is from a Bame background, in line with the national average.
Bame stars’ salaries pale in comparison with some of the corporation’s biggest earners, which include Radio 2 presenter and former Top Gear host Chris Evans, who topped the payroll with a salary of around £2.2m.
Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman, who also hosted a Michael Buble special at Christmas and Film 2016, was the highest...
- 7/19/2017
- ScreenDaily
Just 11% of top talent from diverse background.
Just one-tenth of the BBC’s top on-screen talent is from a black, ethnic, minority background (Bame), the corporation’s Annual Report has revealed (reports Broadcast).
Bame stars make up 11% of the corporation’s top earners, with the likes of BBC Radio DJ Trevor Nelson and newsreader George Alagiah among the highest paid, with salaries of between £250,000 and £300,000.
Radio 4 Today programme presenter Mishal Husain earns between £200,000 and £250,000, less than half than her colleague John Humphrys’ £600,000-£650,000 salary.
Across the BBC, some 14% of its workforce is from a Bame background, in line with the national average.
Bame stars’ salaries pale in comparison with some of the corporation’s biggest earners, which include Radio 2 presenter and former Top Gear host Chris Evans, who topped the payroll with a salary of around £2.2m.
Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman, who also hosted a Michael Buble special at Christmas and Film 2016, was the highest...
Just one-tenth of the BBC’s top on-screen talent is from a black, ethnic, minority background (Bame), the corporation’s Annual Report has revealed (reports Broadcast).
Bame stars make up 11% of the corporation’s top earners, with the likes of BBC Radio DJ Trevor Nelson and newsreader George Alagiah among the highest paid, with salaries of between £250,000 and £300,000.
Radio 4 Today programme presenter Mishal Husain earns between £200,000 and £250,000, less than half than her colleague John Humphrys’ £600,000-£650,000 salary.
Across the BBC, some 14% of its workforce is from a Bame background, in line with the national average.
Bame stars’ salaries pale in comparison with some of the corporation’s biggest earners, which include Radio 2 presenter and former Top Gear host Chris Evans, who topped the payroll with a salary of around £2.2m.
Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman, who also hosted a Michael Buble special at Christmas and Film 2016, was the highest...
- 7/19/2017
- ScreenDaily
Rob Leane Kirsten Howard Jun 21, 2017
Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones are back in front of cameras for the third season of The Detectorists...
Monday was a good day for fans of BBC's The Detectorists, as it was confirmed that production had officially begun on the third and final series.
See related Doctor Who: Moffat on budget issues, advice for Chibnall Doctor Who: the next Doctor has apparently been cast
The show, which stars Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones, has won plenty of hearts in the last few years, with many ranking it up there with their 'must-watch' TV.
Rest assured, Andy and Lance will be back on screens soon - armed with their trusty metal detectors - in one last bid to strike gold.
Filming started on Series 3 of Detectorists today. https://t.co/Z7zfhssY7V pic.twitter.com/l4R626Xpv2
— British Comedy Guide (@BritishComedy) June 19, 2017
More as we have it.
Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones are back in front of cameras for the third season of The Detectorists...
Monday was a good day for fans of BBC's The Detectorists, as it was confirmed that production had officially begun on the third and final series.
See related Doctor Who: Moffat on budget issues, advice for Chibnall Doctor Who: the next Doctor has apparently been cast
The show, which stars Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones, has won plenty of hearts in the last few years, with many ranking it up there with their 'must-watch' TV.
Rest assured, Andy and Lance will be back on screens soon - armed with their trusty metal detectors - in one last bid to strike gold.
Filming started on Series 3 of Detectorists today. https://t.co/Z7zfhssY7V pic.twitter.com/l4R626Xpv2
— British Comedy Guide (@BritishComedy) June 19, 2017
More as we have it.
- 4/4/2017
- Den of Geek
BBC has commissioned London-based 7 Wonder to produce a new interactive history format on five decades of British rock and pop music.
The People.s History of Pop consists of an online archive of music memorabilia crowdsourced from the public and will
culminate in four hour-long episodies of television for BBC Four, which will air across 2016 . one epidosde per quarter.
Fronted by a different presenter, each film will cover a different decade of music and feature the best of what.s been captured in the virtual archive..
It will start with the sixtieth anniversary year: 1956 . the year of skiffle and rock .n. roll, when the love affair with British pop music began.
It will end at 1996, with a raft of optimistic pop and the hope that .things can only get better..
7 Wonder is working with not-for-profit Historypin, which runs projects with communities, to crowdsource photos and audio and video content of...
The People.s History of Pop consists of an online archive of music memorabilia crowdsourced from the public and will
culminate in four hour-long episodies of television for BBC Four, which will air across 2016 . one epidosde per quarter.
Fronted by a different presenter, each film will cover a different decade of music and feature the best of what.s been captured in the virtual archive..
It will start with the sixtieth anniversary year: 1956 . the year of skiffle and rock .n. roll, when the love affair with British pop music began.
It will end at 1996, with a raft of optimistic pop and the hope that .things can only get better..
7 Wonder is working with not-for-profit Historypin, which runs projects with communities, to crowdsource photos and audio and video content of...
- 9/16/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The BBC is celebrating the work of Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and other pop art pioneers with a new week-long series of programming in August.
BBC Four, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music will air special documentaries and programmes looking back at one of the most influential art movements of the 20th century.
BBC Four documentary Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed The World will see writer and art critic Alastair Sooke take a closer look at the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Stephen Smith's film A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, A Brief History of Graffiti and What Do Artists Do All Day? will also air on BBC Four over the course of the season.
Pop artists Peter Blake, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips are also creating three new channel idents for BBC Four.
Content across 6 Music and BBC online will also celebrate the art movement.
BBC Four, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 4 and BBC 6 Music will air special documentaries and programmes looking back at one of the most influential art movements of the 20th century.
BBC Four documentary Soup Cans & Superstars: How Pop Art Changed The World will see writer and art critic Alastair Sooke take a closer look at the work of Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Stephen Smith's film A Day in the Life of Andy Warhol, A Brief History of Graffiti and What Do Artists Do All Day? will also air on BBC Four over the course of the season.
Pop artists Peter Blake, Derek Boshier and Peter Phillips are also creating three new channel idents for BBC Four.
Content across 6 Music and BBC online will also celebrate the art movement.
- 7/15/2015
- Digital Spy
If you are bored of all the young 20-somethings taking over the television, Close To the Edge might be right up your street.
The scripted factual series follows a group of friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s as they live their lives while exploring the challenges of getting older.
The series follows the cast as they take a frank look at the challenges of ageing, all while still living their lives to the fullest.
There is romance, rivalries and friendships, as well as the tough times coping with illnesses and the feelings of loneliness as they get older.
The final episode of the series will feature interviews from the cast as they share their views on all the social changes they've witnessed during their lifetimes – from the changing role of women through to attitudes towards sexuality, education and divorce.
Cassian Harrison, BBC Four's channel editor, said: "Close to...
The scripted factual series follows a group of friends in their 60s, 70s and 80s as they live their lives while exploring the challenges of getting older.
The series follows the cast as they take a frank look at the challenges of ageing, all while still living their lives to the fullest.
There is romance, rivalries and friendships, as well as the tough times coping with illnesses and the feelings of loneliness as they get older.
The final episode of the series will feature interviews from the cast as they share their views on all the social changes they've witnessed during their lifetimes – from the changing role of women through to attitudes towards sexuality, education and divorce.
Cassian Harrison, BBC Four's channel editor, said: "Close to...
- 6/9/2015
- Digital Spy
Victoria Coren Mitchell is taking a closer look at the history of bohemians for BBC Four.
Three-part documentary series How To Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell will journey from 19th century Paris to '60s Soho and focus on influential bohemian figures like Oscar Wilde.
Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Will Self, A A Gill, John Cooper Clarke, Rev. Richard Coles, Maggi Hambling, Molly Parkin and performance artist Jonny Woo will all appear in the series.
Coren Mitchell said: "Bohemians confuse me tremendously. I don't know whether to find them exciting and inspiring, or annoying and threatening. Possibly all four at once. From these mixed feelings, I know I must be a bourgeois.
"But I've never been fully immersed in Bohemian circles before. I'll be interested to find out whether I end up running into their open-minded embrace, or running screaming away."
BBC Four's channel editor Cassian Harrison added:...
Three-part documentary series How To Be Bohemian with Victoria Coren Mitchell will journey from 19th century Paris to '60s Soho and focus on influential bohemian figures like Oscar Wilde.
Stephen Fry, Grayson Perry, Will Self, A A Gill, John Cooper Clarke, Rev. Richard Coles, Maggi Hambling, Molly Parkin and performance artist Jonny Woo will all appear in the series.
Coren Mitchell said: "Bohemians confuse me tremendously. I don't know whether to find them exciting and inspiring, or annoying and threatening. Possibly all four at once. From these mixed feelings, I know I must be a bourgeois.
"But I've never been fully immersed in Bohemian circles before. I'll be interested to find out whether I end up running into their open-minded embrace, or running screaming away."
BBC Four's channel editor Cassian Harrison added:...
- 4/29/2015
- Digital Spy
BBC Four has announced a series of relaxing programmes that will be shot in real time.
The BBC Four Goes Slow series will be inspired by the concept of 'slow TV', where events are filmed in real time, and will include three unrushed programmes.
The Canal will be an uninterrupted canal boat journey down a historic British waterway, taking in the sights and sounds of the countryside.
Make will be a series of three half-hour shows about traditional craftsmanship, looking at the making of different simple objects, with no voiceover.
Finally, National Gallery will see Frederick Wiseman going behind the scenes of the museum for three hours with no voiceover, no score and no added sound effects.
Cassian Harrison, channel editor of BBC Four, says: "BBC Four Goes Slow is another brilliant example of something only BBC Four would do.
"This surprising selection of programmes is the antithesis to the...
The BBC Four Goes Slow series will be inspired by the concept of 'slow TV', where events are filmed in real time, and will include three unrushed programmes.
The Canal will be an uninterrupted canal boat journey down a historic British waterway, taking in the sights and sounds of the countryside.
Make will be a series of three half-hour shows about traditional craftsmanship, looking at the making of different simple objects, with no voiceover.
Finally, National Gallery will see Frederick Wiseman going behind the scenes of the museum for three hours with no voiceover, no score and no added sound effects.
Cassian Harrison, channel editor of BBC Four, says: "BBC Four Goes Slow is another brilliant example of something only BBC Four would do.
"This surprising selection of programmes is the antithesis to the...
- 3/2/2015
- Digital Spy
BBC Two and BBC Four will air a series of factual programmes to accompany upcoming BBC Two drama Wolf Hall.
From January 2015, the channels will mark the 500th anniversary of Tudor palace Hampton Court Palace with the collection of programmes celebrating the art and culture of the Tudor era.
A Night at Hampton Court Palace will recreate a key event from the building's history to celebrate its 500th anniversary, with the christening of Henry's son and heir Prince Edward being imagined.
Presenters Lucy Worsley and David Starkey will offer audiences an insight into the world of Henry VIII and reveal how the household came together for an event which was the culmination of almost three decades of Henry's reign.
The programme will capture an event which was not only politically iconic but also a carefully managed piece of performance art.
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors - A Culture Show Special...
From January 2015, the channels will mark the 500th anniversary of Tudor palace Hampton Court Palace with the collection of programmes celebrating the art and culture of the Tudor era.
A Night at Hampton Court Palace will recreate a key event from the building's history to celebrate its 500th anniversary, with the christening of Henry's son and heir Prince Edward being imagined.
Presenters Lucy Worsley and David Starkey will offer audiences an insight into the world of Henry VIII and reveal how the household came together for an event which was the culmination of almost three decades of Henry's reign.
The programme will capture an event which was not only politically iconic but also a carefully managed piece of performance art.
Holbein: Eye of the Tudors - A Culture Show Special...
- 12/8/2014
- Digital Spy
Detectorists has been renewed for a second series by BBC Four.
The Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones sitcom will return next year, following high viewing figures for a comedy on the channel.
The series follows two friends and metal detecting enthusiasts Andy (Crook) and Lance (Jones), as they dream of finding a priceless Saxon hoard.
Series one also starred Rachael Stirling, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Lucy Benjamin.
Writer and director Crook said: "I couldn't be happier with how Detectorists has gone down and the response it has got from audiences. The opportunity to meet these characters again and tell some more of their stories is very exciting."
BBC Four editor Cassian Harrison said: "I'm so pleased that we're going to be able to bring the Detectorists back - it was a perfect slice of BBC Four comedy, beautifully written and observed, wry and movingly performed, with real depth to its entrancing world.
The Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones sitcom will return next year, following high viewing figures for a comedy on the channel.
The series follows two friends and metal detecting enthusiasts Andy (Crook) and Lance (Jones), as they dream of finding a priceless Saxon hoard.
Series one also starred Rachael Stirling, Aimee-Ffion Edwards and Lucy Benjamin.
Writer and director Crook said: "I couldn't be happier with how Detectorists has gone down and the response it has got from audiences. The opportunity to meet these characters again and tell some more of their stories is very exciting."
BBC Four editor Cassian Harrison said: "I'm so pleased that we're going to be able to bring the Detectorists back - it was a perfect slice of BBC Four comedy, beautifully written and observed, wry and movingly performed, with real depth to its entrancing world.
- 11/7/2014
- Digital Spy
BBC Four will air Foo Fighter's musical series Sonic Highways.
The HBO series, named after the band's eighth album, explores American musical identity and will document the recording of the upcoming album.
Sonic Highways will air episode one and two on BBC Four, while episodes three to six will play on BBC iPlayer. The final two episodes will air back on BBC Four.
Each episode of the series, described by Grohl as a "love letter to the history of American music", will feature the band performing a track they created in the city they've visited.
The band will visit Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New Orleans, as well as New York, Seattle and Washington DC - and will integrate the musical stylings of the city into the music they write.
BBC Four Channel Editor, Cassian Harrison, said: "BBC Four is renowned for its music programming and I am delighted...
The HBO series, named after the band's eighth album, explores American musical identity and will document the recording of the upcoming album.
Sonic Highways will air episode one and two on BBC Four, while episodes three to six will play on BBC iPlayer. The final two episodes will air back on BBC Four.
Each episode of the series, described by Grohl as a "love letter to the history of American music", will feature the band performing a track they created in the city they've visited.
The band will visit Austin, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville and New Orleans, as well as New York, Seattle and Washington DC - and will integrate the musical stylings of the city into the music they write.
BBC Four Channel Editor, Cassian Harrison, said: "BBC Four is renowned for its music programming and I am delighted...
- 10/1/2014
- Digital Spy
BBC Four has commissioned a new series with Strictly Come Dancing's Len Goodman.
Dancing Cheek To Cheek: An Intimate History Of Dance will explore the untold story of British dance over the course of three episodes.
After investigating the history of different dances, Goodman and co-host Lucy Worsley will train amateur dancers to recreate iconic routines in full costume across different historic locations.
The channel will also collaborate with BBC Two and the British Library on a special Gothic season. Special programmes will explore the literature, architecture, music and art of the period.
Meanwhile, international series The Bridge and Spiral will return for their third and fifth seasons respectively. The dramas will air on Saturday nights this autumn.
Cordon, a new ten-part series from Belgium, will also air on BBC Four. The drama will explore everyday life in Antwerp after the area is sealed off from the outside...
Dancing Cheek To Cheek: An Intimate History Of Dance will explore the untold story of British dance over the course of three episodes.
After investigating the history of different dances, Goodman and co-host Lucy Worsley will train amateur dancers to recreate iconic routines in full costume across different historic locations.
The channel will also collaborate with BBC Two and the British Library on a special Gothic season. Special programmes will explore the literature, architecture, music and art of the period.
Meanwhile, international series The Bridge and Spiral will return for their third and fifth seasons respectively. The dramas will air on Saturday nights this autumn.
Cordon, a new ten-part series from Belgium, will also air on BBC Four. The drama will explore everyday life in Antwerp after the area is sealed off from the outside...
- 8/21/2014
- Digital Spy
The BBC is reportedly planning to combine the BBC Three controller position with a new iPlay content boss role.
Zai Bennett has announced that he will leave his post of BBC Three controller in June, before becoming director of Sky Atlantic in August.
Director of television Danny Cohen is said to be considering a merger of the BBC Three job and a proposed role of iPlayer controller, according to Broadcast.
In October, Cohen said that the possible iPlayer role would have the "same status and standing" as the heads of BBC One and Two, while the controller would have a commissioning budget of "a fair few millions every year".
BBC Three is due to become an online-only channel via iPlayer in autumn 2015, pending a BBC Trust review in the summer.
Danny Cohen is also thought to be planning an interim management structure for BBC Three before Bennett leaves in June.
Zai Bennett has announced that he will leave his post of BBC Three controller in June, before becoming director of Sky Atlantic in August.
Director of television Danny Cohen is said to be considering a merger of the BBC Three job and a proposed role of iPlayer controller, according to Broadcast.
In October, Cohen said that the possible iPlayer role would have the "same status and standing" as the heads of BBC One and Two, while the controller would have a commissioning budget of "a fair few millions every year".
BBC Three is due to become an online-only channel via iPlayer in autumn 2015, pending a BBC Trust review in the summer.
Danny Cohen is also thought to be planning an interim management structure for BBC Three before Bennett leaves in June.
- 4/16/2014
- Digital Spy
BBC Four has announced a one-off documentary about Spitting Image.
Arena: Whatever Happened To Spitting Image? will mark the 30th anniversary of the classic satirical puppet show.
The programme will look back at the creation and history of the series, with contributions from caricaturists Peter Fluck, Roger Law and producer John Lloyd.
It will also discover where the iconic puppets currently live, after they were sold off at auction back in 2000.
Arena will find out how the puppets were created, and meet several team members including puppet-mould makers, designers, puppeteers, impressionists, writers and directors.
It will also ponder whether there is a gap in the TV market for such a satirical programme today, following its 17-year absence.
Anthony Wall, Series Editor of Arena, said: "I made a film about Fluck and Law in 1980, some years before Spitting Image was made, so it's great to be able to revisit their distinctive contribution to Britain's television history.
Arena: Whatever Happened To Spitting Image? will mark the 30th anniversary of the classic satirical puppet show.
The programme will look back at the creation and history of the series, with contributions from caricaturists Peter Fluck, Roger Law and producer John Lloyd.
It will also discover where the iconic puppets currently live, after they were sold off at auction back in 2000.
Arena will find out how the puppets were created, and meet several team members including puppet-mould makers, designers, puppeteers, impressionists, writers and directors.
It will also ponder whether there is a gap in the TV market for such a satirical programme today, following its 17-year absence.
Anthony Wall, Series Editor of Arena, said: "I made a film about Fluck and Law in 1980, some years before Spitting Image was made, so it's great to be able to revisit their distinctive contribution to Britain's television history.
- 1/7/2014
- Digital Spy
BBC Four has announced it will air three new foreign language drama series.
Crimes Of Passion, a Swedish crime series set in the 1950s will air on the channel, along with Israeli thriller Hostages and Danish historical drama 1864.
"BBC Four leads the way with international drama, and I'm delighted to be announcing an ambitious slate of new series for next year drawn from an even broader range of countries, all united by cracking drama and compelling storylines," said BBC Four editor Cassian Harrison.
Crimes of Passion - based on the popular crime novels of author Maria Lang - will premiere on BBC Four in the New Year.
Featuring love, sex, intrigue, betrayal, secrets, lies, the show follows amateur sleuth Puck Ekstedt and fiancé Einar Bure as they try to cast light on the murderous intent beneath seemingly idyllic surroundings where the killer is always one of the community.
1864 features brothers Laust and Peter,...
Crimes Of Passion, a Swedish crime series set in the 1950s will air on the channel, along with Israeli thriller Hostages and Danish historical drama 1864.
"BBC Four leads the way with international drama, and I'm delighted to be announcing an ambitious slate of new series for next year drawn from an even broader range of countries, all united by cracking drama and compelling storylines," said BBC Four editor Cassian Harrison.
Crimes of Passion - based on the popular crime novels of author Maria Lang - will premiere on BBC Four in the New Year.
Featuring love, sex, intrigue, betrayal, secrets, lies, the show follows amateur sleuth Puck Ekstedt and fiancé Einar Bure as they try to cast light on the murderous intent beneath seemingly idyllic surroundings where the killer is always one of the community.
1864 features brothers Laust and Peter,...
- 12/11/2013
- Digital Spy
A mix of North American and British talent will topline an untitled BBC/Science Channel movie about the search for what caused the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle explosion. William Hurt and Bruce Greenwood will star as physicist Richard Feynman and Air Force General Donald Kutyna, respectively. Feynman, a Nobel Prize winner who also assisted on the Manhattan Project, was instrumental in uncovering the truth, as was Kutyna whom he befriended in the process. Brian Dennehy is also on board as William Rogers, the chair of the presidential commission and Joanne Whalley will play Feynman’s wife. British actors Kevin McNally (Downton Abbey), Henry Goodman (The Damned United) and Eve Best (Nurse Jackie) also star. Shooting starts this month on the TV movie that James Hawes is directing from a script by Kate Gartside. Great Expectations’ Laurie Borg is producing. Exec producers are Mark Hedgecoe, Cassian Harrison and Rocky Collins.
- 10/23/2012
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
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