A peak TV audience of 24.2 million watched the Euro 2024 final last night across ITV and the BBC, with an average of 22.3 million watching the match from 8pm until the final whistle. ITV had a 26 per cent viewing share of those watching or streaming the match through a TV, an increase of […]
The BBC World Service is set to release a powerful new BBC Africa Eye documentary and season of the World of Secrets podcast, investigating the story of The Apartheid Killer. The Apartheid Killer explores a series of brutal shootings in 1980s South Africa, where private security guard Louis van Schoor killed at least 39 people. […]
Am entertainment series encapsulating the global phenomenon of K-pop is set to launch on BBC One and iPlayer later this summer. Made in Korea: The K-Pop Experience is a collaboration with K-pop talent powerhouse SM Entertainment & Kakao Entertainment America. The six-part series follows five boys from across the UK as they are put through […]
BBC Studios Kids and Family productions have announced that Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy, Six Four) will be starring in the upcoming 1×90’ CBBC special The Primrose Railway Children. Adapted by Tom Bidwell (The Velveteen Rabbit, The Irregulars) the feature length family drama is based on Jacqueline Wilson’s novel of the same name, which is a […]
Fremantle has announced a production deal with France TV for Zelensky (w/t), following on from a BBC commission of the three-part docuseries from 72 Films (a Fremantle company) and The Open University. Zelensky (w/t) takes an unfiltered and personal look at the astounding transformation of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky from comedian to iconic war hero. […]
Filming has begun on the fourth season of the popular BBC Studios Drama production, Sister Boniface Mysteries, a BritBox International and UKTV co-production created by Jude Tindall. The show will also return for another feature length Christmas special this December, written by Jude Tindall and directed by Paul Gibson. Lorna Watson is back as TV’s […]
The BBC has acquired Austin, a new eight-part scripted comedy series starring Ben Miller, Sally Phillips, and Michael Theo. The series has been acquired for BBC iPlayer and TV channels from ITV Studios. When much-loved children’s author Julian Hartswood (Miller) inadvertently causes a social media storm, his career and that of his illustrator wife Ingrid […]
The BBC’s coverage of England’s win over Switzerland at Euro 2024 on July 6th drew in more than three quarters of the nation’s TV viewers. England won via a penalty shootout after Breel Embolo’s goal for Switzerland was matched by a late equaliser from Bukayo Saka in regular time as the only two goals of […]
The BBC has announced that Jonathan Munro will take up the post of BBC News Global Director from September. In this new role, spanning international services, he will be Director of the BBC World Service, oversee BBC Monitoring and remain Deputy CEO of BBC News and Current Affairs. Munro commented: “I am thrilled and daunted […]
BBC Studios has announced that Marcin Boroszko has been appointed to the newly created role of Director of Ad Sales, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), effective immediately. Boroszkowill be based in Warsaw and report to Bartosz Witak, General Manager for CEE at BBC Studios. Responsible for developing and implementing innovative advertising sales strategies for the […]