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A round-up of 麻豆约拍 announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output last week.

500 Words

The competition were announced on Friday in a special broadcast of the Chris Evans Breakfast Show, live from the Tower of London.

In addition,  Radio 2 announced that' Trump' is Children’s Word of the Year as revealed by Oxford University Press for 

Wimbledon

Full details of the have been released. 

麻豆约拍 Music Day

announced on Wednesday 14 June that 47 new blue plaques will commemorate people or places that have influenced the musical landscape across the country.

Also, on Monday it was announced that six short monologues have been co-commissioned by to mark 麻豆约拍 Music Day 2017, featuring Liam Neeson, Tamsin Greig and others.

And on Thursday, surprised public transport users with guest announcements on 麻豆约拍 Music Day.

Listen to Britain

To celebrate the 75th anniversary of, Humphrey Jennings and Stewart McAllister's poetic collage of British life, 麻豆约拍 Four in partnership with BFI Network, have commissioned aspiring filmmakers to capture the diversity of contemporary Britain in a series of new short films.

Appointments

麻豆约拍 Studios’ Head of Comedy Chris Sussman has appointed .

Announcements and blogs

Drama

On Monday, it was confirmed that multi-award-winning crime drama series will be returning to 麻豆约拍 One. The new four-part series written by Neil Cross and starring Idris Elba, who has received a Golden Globe and Sag Award for his performance in the role of John Luther, will start filming early next year.

Then, on Tuesday 麻豆约拍 Two and Tiger Aspect Drama announced the return of Bafta-winning co-production, for the fifth and final series.

Factual

Ahead of her session at the Sheffield Documentary Festival, , has announced a wide range of new documentary commissions from acclaimed and established directors and producers including Mark Raphael, John Douglas, Arthur Cary, Morgan Matthews, Lynn Alleway, Daisy Asquith and Edmund Coulthard, as well as emerging talent like Daniel Dewsbury and Marcus Ploughwright.

Entertainment

The clash of choirs commences as brings a unique blend of sass, swagger and a pinch of mischief to summer Saturdays on 麻豆约拍 One.

Children's 

A investigation, in partnership with the University of Oxford, into children’s sleep patterns following the clock change in March has revealed that surprisingly sleep time increased and sleepiness reduced, against expectations. The investigation also revealed that the children reacted quicker in the afternoon, irrespective of clock change.

Meanwhile, it was announced that the 麻豆约拍 Terrific Scientific primary science initiative will culminate with a behind the scenes visit to the McLaren Technology Centre for a special all about forces.

Radio

麻豆约拍 Radio 3’s for an evening of live music curated and presented by Late Junction, featuring Klein, Xylouris White, Mdou Moctar and more.

Radio 2 also revealed that Ed Miliband and Iain Duncan Smith are set to guest present.

Elsewhere, Radio 4  announced the commission of a debut stand-up comedy series from Britain’s Got Talent finalist .

Regional

On Friday,  announced details of a major expansion of its political and current affairs programming for 麻豆约拍 One Wales.

International

has launched special content for Thai-speaking learners. 麻豆约拍 Learning English - Thai is now live on the 麻豆约拍 Learning English website as well as Facebook and Instagram channels.

Meanwhile,  have announced a new collaboration to produce a series of radio documentaries and podcasts for launch in 2018.

Blogs

Head of Music, 麻豆约拍 Radio 1 & 1Xtra Chris Price introduced ; Elaine Paige on Sunday producer Jessica Rickson reported on her trip to this year's ; Matt Eastley talked to Rebecca Sandiford, Producer, 麻豆约拍 Music, about how the 麻豆约拍 is celebrating the power of music through ; and Alice Webb, Director of 麻豆约拍 Children’s blogs about the new '' campaign.

Broadcast Highlights

• ,Sunday 11 June, 麻豆约拍 TWO
• , Tuesday 13 June, 麻豆约拍 TWO
• , Saturday 10 June, 麻豆约拍 WORLD SERVICE
• , Sunday 11 June, 麻豆约拍 RADIO 6 MUSIC
• , Monday 12 June, 麻豆约拍 RADIO 2