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.
主播大秀 Arts
Jonty Claypole, Director of Arts, announced a , including the film Terry Pratchett: Back in Black, starring Paul Kaye as the late author (pictured above). 主播大秀 Arts will also take viewers to the heart of 2017’s cultural moments, including marking the centenary of the establishment of Imperial War Museums and exploring Hull - 2017’s UK City of Culture.
Director-General
On Wednesday 11 January, from the Mailbox in Birmingham. He spoke about the challenge of reinventing public service broadcasting for a new generation without forsaking existing audiences and the 主播大秀's three priorities for success, our creativity, our culture and our global ambition.
David Clementi
Also this week, as it emerged the preferred candidate for 主播大秀 Chair was David Clementi. Tony Hall made a on Tuesday 10 January regarding the selection.
主播大秀 Proms
for young composers aged 12-18 on Monday 9 January. The closing date for entries is Thursday 25 May.
Awards
The were announced on Monday 10 January, with 主播大秀 Films I, Daniel Blake, Florence Foster Jenkins and Denial receiving 10 nominations between them.
Announcements and blogs
Drama
Consolidated viewing data issued on Monday 9 January revealed that Sherlock: The Six Thatchers, which aired on New Year's Day, was the , with 11.3 million viewers.
Comedy
主播大秀 Entertainment and 主播大秀 One commissioned a new Saturday night series with Agnes Brown and all the Mrs Brown’s Boys favourites. will be filmed in front of a live audience and will air later in the year.
Factual
It was announced that Mariella Frostrup and The Reverend Richard Coles will host and we introduced the mentors who will appear on the show.
Children's
. It will be 20 years since the original series first appeared on British television.
iPlayer
The week of New Year (26 December – 1 January) saw , more than any other week in 主播大秀 iPlayer’s history. December was also 主播大秀 iPlayer’s best month ever, seeing 281 million requests across the month.
World
主播大秀 Focus On Africa television and radio, along with the 主播大秀 Swahili TV programme, Dira ya Dunia, will hit the road together to for a week from 23 to 27 January.
Launched by 主播大秀 World Service and the in-language mobile distribution platform AudioNow, 主播大秀 Somali news headlines and radio programmes are now available globally via the free .
Radio
主播大秀 Radio 2 announced late night and overnight , and 主播大秀 Radio Asian Network today announced the line-up for , set to take place on Saturday 25 February at Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith.
As part of which runs from Monday 23 to Sunday 29 January, Steve Lamacq is set to broadcast his 主播大秀 Radio 6 Music show from Essex, Leeds, Oxford, Birmingham and Brighton, to raise awareness of the grassroots music scene.
Sport
The will remain free-to-air for tennis fans for another seven years as the 主播大秀 announces it will continue broadcasting the event until 2024.
Regional
Current affairs programme is returns to 主播大秀 One for its 31st series on Monday 16 January.
invited listeners to enjoy a day of spectacular music at Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, home of the 主播大秀 National Orchestra of Wales, on Wednesday 25 January, as part of a year of celebrations to mark Radio Cymru’s 40th anniversary this year.
Blogs
Creative digital director at 主播大秀 Wales, Jo Pearce, talked us through the process of - an exclusive, live case for the audience to solve on Twitter.
Marcus Wilson, executive producer for spoke to us about the joys and challenges of adapting the much-loved series of children's books for the screen, and producer of , Julia Frost spoke to us about her experience of working on such a special episode.
Broadcast Highlights
Langur monkeys looking at spy langur in India in episode 1 of 'Spy in the Wild'
- , Thursday 12 January, 主播大秀 One
- , Saturday 7 January, 主播大秀 Two
- , Thursday 12 January, 主播大秀 Two
- , Saturday 7 January, 主播大秀 One
- , Wednesday 11 January, 主播大秀 Two
- , Saturday 7 January, Radio 4
- , Friday 13 January, 主播大秀 Four