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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.

Black and British

This week the was announced, a series of programmes celebrating the achievements of black people in the UK and exploring the rich culture and history of black Britain.

#LovetoRead

New programming to support – a campaign celebrating reading for pleasure and aiming to create a national conversation around books was announced this week.

Children in Need

Graham Norton has been confirmed as joint host of alongside Tess Daly, Greg James, Ade Adepitan, Rochelle Humes and Marvin Humes.

Statements

Due to personal reasons, .

Announcements and blogs

Corporate

, the 主播大秀’s TV production arm, announced restructuring plans to ensure it is the right shape for the future.

Drama

Jaime Winstone and Samantha Spiro have both been cast to play Barbara Windsor alongside two child actors in 主播大秀 One drama, .

Meanwhile, 主播大秀 Four has acquired the UK premiere of Emmy nominated, four-part series from A+E Networks.

Comedy

After an initial pilot that aired on 主播大秀 One as part of the reinstated Comedy Playhouse strand earlier this year, 主播大秀 Comedy has commissioned a full series of , produced by Rough Cut Television for 2017.

Entertainment

主播大秀 Two is going back for more action from the famous House Robots as is set to return for a second series after its reboot this summer.

Factual

,  announced six brand new commissions for 主播大秀 One and 主播大秀 Two.

Icelandic band Sigur Rós have taken time out of their World Tour to rework their famous track Hoppipolla for the 主播大秀’s trail.

Meanwhile, 主播大秀 Four series discovers two more paintings in Ulster museum, elsewhere, following the success of Victorian Bakers earlier this year, 主播大秀 Two is now sending four modern-day confectioners back over 450 years of social and economic history to discover more about the surprising story of sugar in .

News

, offering young people the chance to contribute to the 主播大秀’s football coverage.

Children's 

Big Bird takes a trip to to surprise his friend Elmo, as the series from CBeebies and Sesame Workshop returns to CBeebies.

Sport

Following the huge success of 主播大秀 Sport’s coverage of Rio 2016, 主播大秀 Events, working closely with later this month.

Radio

主播大秀 Radio 2 presenter Elaine Paige  officially opened voting for the in this year’s 2016 London Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

The network also confirmed that  will perform a special 主播大秀 Radio 2 In Concert on Thursday 10 November at Hackney Empire, London.

Finally from Radio 2 was announced a week of special programming exploring the theme of beauty for the network’s annual.

Elsewhere, in celebration of the 主播大秀 Radio 4 show’s 70th anniversary, has released the results of a poll looking at the lives of women in 2016, revealing that 86 percent of women surveyed would rather be a woman than a man, compared to 56 percent in 1947. The programme also announced that it will run a , in association with the Crafts Council and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Radio 4 also announced that Kim Cattrall will return to the network this Halloween with a darkly brilliant tale of modern devilry: Ira Levin’s 1967 best-selling novel .

Blogs

This week the blog covered ; Sabir Mustafa, Editor, 主播大秀 Bangla wrote about ; in the second of a new occasional blog series we looked at . Stuart Thomas blogged about  and Steve Humphries remembered n.

Broadcast Highlights

• , Saturday 8 October, 主播大秀 TWO
• , Sunday 9 October, 主播大秀 TWO
• , from Tuesday 11 October, 主播大秀 THREE
• , Wednesday 12 October, 主播大秀 ONE
• , from Wednesday 12 October, 主播大秀 THREE
• , Friday 14 October, 主播大秀 FOUR
• , Saturday 8 October, 主播大秀 RADIO 1, 主播大秀 RADIO 1XTRA
• , Sunday 9 October, 主播大秀 WORLD SERVICE
• , Monday 10 October, 主播大秀 RADIO 4 EXTRA