New Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One documentary Rio And Kate: Becoming A Step Family
A new one-off Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One documentary, Rio And Kate: Becoming A Step Family, will look at the Ferdinand family as Rio’s fiancée Kate Wright integrates into the family and becomes a step mum to Rio’s three children, Lorenz, Tate and Tia.
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1Xtra’s Hot For 2020 list revealed
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 1Xtra has named 15 exciting acts for the station’s Hot For 2020 list. The list, compiled annually by 1Xtra and announced on The 1Xtra Breakfast Show with Dotty, predicts which artists are set for success over the next 12 months.
Radio
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ today unveiled further programming as part of a year-long pan-Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ season, Beethoven Unleashed, to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of one of the world’s most-loved composers.
Comedy
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three has acquired the UK rights for the second series of Shrill from Warner Bros. Television. The second series will be available as a boxset on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer from Saturday 25 January.
Spandau Ballet global superstars Gary and Martin Kemp are to star in a new one-off spoof documentary, playing themselves recording a new album.
Drama
Piers Wenger, Controller of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Drama and Charlotte Moore, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Director of Content have commissioned brand new thriller Vigil, a brand new six-part thriller from World Productions, the makers of Line Of Duty and Bodyguard.
Entertainment
Following a jam packed year of entertainment on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, Kate Phillips, Controller of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Entertainment, announced two brand new Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One programmes Gordon Ramsay’s Future Food Stars and Oti’s South African Odyssey, alongside the return of Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two’s The Ranganation and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three’s Angels Of The North.
Nadiya Hussain will be fronting two new cookery shows on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two.
World Service
In a partnership aimed at helping young people navigate digital media and spot 'fake news', Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Young Reporter team has worked with the British Council to create a media literacy teaching resource for schools around the world.
Broadcast highlights
- Good Omens, Wednesday 15 January, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer
- Don't Scream, Thursday 16 January, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Three and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer
- Stewart Copeland’s Adventures In Music, Friday 17 January, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer
- Crackerjack!, Friday 17 January, CΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ iPlayer
- Acting The Rock Star, Saturday 11 January, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds
- The Leisure Society, Sunday 12 January, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 6 and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds
- The Fix, Wednesday 15 January, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds
- CrowdScience: How Many Infinities Are There?, Friday 17 January, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service and Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sounds