Round-up Week 16 (15-21 April)
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Proms 2017
122 years since it was founded and 90 years since the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ took over the running, financing and broadcasting of the world’s largest classical music festival, the .
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Minds Matter: #1in4
The , aims to break through the stigma associated with mental illness and make it easier to talk about your mental health.
General Election 2017 - Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Results Special team
The team that will present the over the 8 and 9 June has been announced.
Awards
Dara Ó Briain and Angela Scanlon today announced Carbide has been crowned the .
Meanwhile, Isobel Daws, 17, who plays the trombone, took the overall in a night of performance on Friday 21 April at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester.
Appointments
It was announced that .
Announcements and blogs
Drama
Walford will be welcoming back a familiar face later this year when Dean Gaffney reprises his role in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One's as Robbie Jackson.
Elsewhere, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two announced that Sacha Dhawan (Sherlock, Iron Fist) will play the title role of Sathnam Sanghera in , the critically acclaimed memoirs of his childhood in Wolverhampton in the 1980s.
Comedy
It was confirmed that Ben Elton is to give inaugural Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ comedy lecture on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One.
Entertainment
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two has announced today that Steve Parish and Jenny Campbell will join the line-up for Series 15, on air later this summer.
The network also revealed that Mel Giedroyc will be the presenter of , the new gameshow format created by David Young, producer of The Weakest Link and Eggheads.
Sport
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sport commentator, has announced his retirement.
Children's
This Spring, CBeebies welcomes three bright new stars to the channel in brand-new, live-action drama .
Meanwhile, on CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, the competition deign winner brings motivating mascots in the shape of hedgehogs and bees to the Summer of World Athletics.
Also on CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, it was confirmed Kimberly Wyatt will return to the judging panel.
Digital
, a new app based on one of CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s most loved shows, is now available to download for free.
Radio
Rita Ora, The Chainsmokers, Lorde, Kasabian and Royal Blood have joined the line-up for 7.
Meanwhile, Radio 4 confirmed that singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran will be Kirsty Young’s castaway on , when the series returns to the network on Sunday 7 May.
Regional
Author Ian Rankin is to travel back to the start of the Deacon Blue story for .
Blogs
Senior Commissioning Editor Steve Titherington, explained how the Creative Challenge gives Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service employees the chance to make their own documentaries in ; and Fatima Salaria, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Commissioning Editor for Religion and Ethics who took part in the first Commissioner Development Programme, meets this year's participants to talk about what they can expect in
Broadcast Highlights
Springwatch In Japan: Cherry Blossom Time
- , Saturday 15 April, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
- , Sunday 16 April, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two
- , Monday 17 April, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
- , Thursday 20 April, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
- , Sunday 16 April, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
- , Thursday 20 April, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three
- , Friday 21 April, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One
- , Friday 21 April, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One