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Round-up week 28 (9-15 July)

Hannah Khalil

Digital Content Producer, About The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Blog

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A round-up of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ announcements and press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output last week.

Annual Report

On Tuesday 12 July we published the .

Awards

 with 12 nominations for The Night Manager, six nominations for Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, three nominations for Luther and one for War & Peace.

Announcements and blogs

Drama

was published this week. In addition, a new two-part drama  has been commissioned for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One. By best-selling British novelist Patrick Gale the piece tells two gay love stories, 60 years apart - stories linked by family, and by a painting that holds a secret that echoes down the generations.

Comedy

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three have commissioned a new series that will see British comedians list their Top Tens on a subject of their choosing. In collaboration with Mixital, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three will offer fans the opportunity to add their own jokes and have them showcased by Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three. The first  is from Holly Walsh with the Top Ten Reasons To Swipe Left - available to watch and embed now.

Entertainment

It was confirmed that Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman will present another series of the BAFTA award-winning  on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One. It was also announced that the audition stages of will be recorded in Salford.

Factual

A new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two documentary, fronted by Jeremy Paxman, will follow how was solved. It was also confirmed that  will return to Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One for a 13th series.

Music

A has been published detailing the health benefits of playing a musical instrument.

Elsewhere, in a brand new set of shorts from , available exclusively on iPlayer, The Vamps, Craig David and Jess Glynne each give lucky fans an experience many only dream about - their very own live performance.

Radio

celebrate seven decades of pioneering music and culture this autumn with Sound Frontiers. Radio 3 also announced that  exploring greater diversity in classical music composition.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2 announced that American jazz musician will perform a live concert exclusively for the In Concert series on Thursday 21 July.

Gwyneth Williams, Controller Radio 4 & Radio 4 Extra, has commissioned a series of special programmes to reflect and examine the political and cultural landscape in Britain after the vote, and what happened in the lead-up to the EU referendum.

At  Annie Mac announced that an exclusive Radio 1 dance family line-up consisting of herself, Pete Tong, Danny Howard, B. Traits, George Fitzgerald, Heidi, MistaJam, Toddla T, DJ Target and Kolsch who will perform at the station’s legendary Friday night party at Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel in Playa d'en Bossa on Friday 5 August.

Regional

To tie in with the Annual Report, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Wales revealed record levels of network television production in .

Blogs

This week the blog published excerpts from the Annual Report as pieces by Director-General Tony Hall: ; Helen Boaden: ; Charlotte Moore: ; and James Purnell: . 

There was also a blog from Director of Sport Barbara Slater: ;; and a piece about .

Broadcast Highlights

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two's Exodus

  • All the finals came from Wimbledon tennis culminating in the on Sunday 10 July, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
  • was on Sunday 10 July, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
  • , a new Daytime acquisition for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two started on Monday 11 to Friday 15 July, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
  • started on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two on Monday 11 July
  • was on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four from Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 July
  • A special one-off was on CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ on Monday 11 July
  • was on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four on Friday 15 July
  •  coverage continued on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Live Sports Extra on Saturday 9 July
  • Julia Donaldson's  was on Radio 3 on Sunday 10 July
  • was on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service on Sunday 10 July
  • was on Radio 3 from Monday 11 to Friday 15 July

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