A round-up of 主播大秀 announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output last week.
Dramas on iPlayer
in February. Daily requests reached a record high of 9.9 million, with every single one of the top 20 most popular shows being a drama.
The Idris Takeover
主播大秀 Three announced '', a unique and ground-breaking season of content created and curated for 主播大秀 Three by Idris Elba. The week long collaboration will cover topics from comedy, drama, music and documentary, working with some of the best new and emerging talent in all fields and tackling issues that are relevant to young audiences today.
The New Generation Thinkers 2017
主播大秀 Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) announced on Thursday the ten academics at the start of their career whose research will be made into radio and television programmes for the 主播大秀. T have been selected after a nationwide search for the best academic ideas with the potential to be shared through broadcast.
Announcements and Blogs
Drama
The was released on Thursday. The hit drama, written and created by Jed Mercurio, begins with DCI Roz Huntley and her team in the thick of a career-defining case, Operation Trapdoor. Series four starts on Sunday 6 March on 主播大秀 One.
Filming started on thriller series , created and written by Harry and Jack Williams (The Missing, Liar) which tells the story of a serial killer in reverse.
Comedy
We published the media pack for which arrives on Friday 24 March with a host of comic favourites, including Sir Lenny Henry, Joe Lycett, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Warwick Davis, Sally Phillips, Jonathan Ross and French & Saunders.
On Friday 主播大秀 One and 主播大秀 Comedy Commissioning announced a series dedicated to the body of work from the much loved comedian, writer and actor Victoria Wood. is a six-part series in which Victoria’s archive is introduced and celebrated by her friends, peers and co-stars.
Also this week it was announced that iconic comedy series will return for another series following the success of its long awaited return to TV screens last year.
Music
主播大秀 Radio 3 announced that Fay Hield and Martin Simpson will join other acts including Eliza Carthy leads her Arms Wide Orchestra and the Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars and the Warsaw Village Band, at , a folk and roots festival as part the 主播大秀’s commitment to Hull UK City of Culture 2017.
On Thursday International superstar and UK chart topper Katy Perry was revealed as one of the headline acts set to perform at . Katy joined Nick Grimshaw on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show to announce she will play the Saturday night slot.
Factual
Former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John O. Brennan will give 主播大秀 One’s , becoming the 41st speaker of the annual lecture given in honour of legendary British broadcaster Richard Dimbleby.
On Wednesday we published a about his journey around Turkey for a two-part series for 主播大秀 Two.
主播大秀 Radio 4’s flagship rural affairs programme, explores the environmental and farming opportunities that will come with Brexit in a week of programming (Monday 20 - Friday 24 March), featuring a line-up of special guests including Princess Anne, Germaine Greer, Tim Martin, Jay Rayner and Sir Tim Smit KBE.
Commissions
主播大秀 Three launched , a candid new eight part series fronted by comedian, choirboy and aspiring goalkeeper, Lloyd Griffith. The new series will offer audiences unparalleled access to some of the Premier League’s biggest stars via a behind the scenes taxi ride to their training ground.
Learning
A survey of more than 1,000 students showed 70% of 11-16 year olds have experienced one or more negative feelings in the last 12 months, ranging from feeling upset and unhappy to feeling anxious, frightened or unsafe. The survey was conducted as part of on March 16, which this year is themed around mental health and well-being in schools.
World Service
主播大秀 World Service English announced the launch of a in an agreement with Broadcast Digital Networks (BDN) and Mobiele TV Nederland (MTVNL) and presented a glittering array of cultural entertainment as well as a fly-on-the-wall documentary for this year’s celebration of Norouz - the festival of spring equinox celebrating the beginning of New Year.
Sport
On Tuesday the 主播大秀 announced an extension of its broadcast deal with the , extending a relationship that now celebrates 50 years since the 主播大秀’s first broadcast of the Tournament in 1967.
Childrens
On Friday C主播大秀 and Beano Studios revealed that actor Freddie Fox has been cast as the voice of the comic’s much-loved mischief maker, Dennis, in the all new C主播大秀 series , set to hit screens in late 2017.
Broadcast Highlights
Alexander Dreymon (Uhtred) between shots on The Last Kingdom.
- , Thursday 16 March, 主播大秀 Two
- , Tuesday 14 March, 主播大秀 Two
- , Monday 13 March, 主播大秀 One
- , Saturday 11 March
- , Thursday 16 March, 主播大秀 Four
- , Sunday 12 March, 主播大秀 Radio 6 Music
- , starts Monday 13 March, 主播大秀 Radio 2