Stormzy joins cast of 主播大秀 drama Noughts + Crosses
British musician Stormzy has joined the cast of the much anticipated 主播大秀 One drama Noughts + Crosses, a Mammoth Screen adaptation of Malorie Blackman's award-winning young adult book series currently being filmed in South Africa.
主播大秀 wins over half of RTS awards
At Tuesday night’s Royal Television Society Awards 主播大秀 programmes and talent won 15 awards out of a possible 29. Winning across categories as varied as comedy, live events, factual, sport, and drama the 主播大秀 took home over half of the awards on offer.
Radio
In the first live 主播大秀 black and white TV programme since the 1970s, 主播大秀 Four revives the iconic 1960s 主播大秀 show Jazz 625 for one night only.
Comedian Al Murray stars in a new adaptation of Vanity Fair on 主播大秀 Radio 4, starting 26 May. He will play his great-great-great grandfather William Makepeace Thackeray, the author and narrator of Vanity Fair.
主播大秀 Radio 4 has announced that the newsreader Kathy Clugston will replace Eric Robson as the chair of Gardeners’ Question Time (GQT) this May as Eric retires from the programme.
Comedy
The first episode of the brand new series of Have I Got News For You (airing on 主播大秀 One at 9pm on Friday 5 April 2019) will see journalist and broadcaster David Dimbleby make his HIGNFY guest presenting debut.
Drama
Production has started in London on series two of The Split. Set in the fast-paced, messy world of London’s high-end divorce circuit, The Split is an authentic, multi-layered, witty examination of modern marriage and the legacy of divorce.
主播大秀 Two has released a first-look of Eva Green as Lydia Wells in The Luminaries, the adaption of Eleanor Catton’s 2013 Man Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name.
Entertainment
Paddy McGuinness presents Catchpoint - 主播大秀 One’s gameshow with difference. This is the very first physical game show where contestants need quick reflexes and brains in order to win the cash prize.
Factual
主播大秀 Two has commissioned The Garden Productions to make The Arrival, a major primetime series, looking at families across the UK, as a newborn arrives in their world.
RTS Network Presenter of the Year Emily Maitlis will become the new lead presenter for 主播大秀 Two’s Newsnight.
Jesy Nelson, a member of the world’s biggest girl band Little Mix, will explore body image and mental health in a brand new documentary for the 主播大秀.
Award-winning filmmaker Louis Theroux returns to the UK to spend time in two specialist psychiatric units, which treat mothers experiencing serious mental illness whilst allowing them to live alongside their babies in new documentary, Louis Theroux: Mothers On The Edge.
Sport
The 主播大秀 and the Football Association (the FA) have agreed a new four-year broadcast deal to show the Emirates FA Cup until 2025.
Northern Ireland
Escape the norm and get a taste of something different with Blas: 5x5 (Thursday, 21 March, 7pm, 主播大秀 Radio Ulster) the new and ‘unofficial’ world chart that plays five Number One songs from five different countries around the world.
Two-time Olympic bronze winner Paddy Barnes has his heart set on a different sort of medal - the Fáinne Airgid, a silver ring-shaped pin given to those with a good level of spoken Irish.
Corporate
Bob Shennan has been appointed as the 主播大秀’s Group Managing Director. In the new role Bob, who is currently Director, Radio and Music, will oversee strategy, policy, legal, commercial rights and business affairs.
Broadcast highlights
- Born Digital: First Cuts, Sunday 17 March, 主播大秀 Four and 主播大秀 iPlayer
- This Time With Alan Partridge, Monday 18 March, 主播大秀 One and 主播大秀 iPlayer
- MotherFatherSon, Wednesday 20 March, 主播大秀 Two and 主播大秀 iPlayer
- Pose, Thursday 21 March, 主播大秀 Two and 主播大秀 iPlayer
- Polling Badly, Saturday 16 March, 主播大秀 Radio 4 and 主播大秀 Sounds
- You Shake My Nerves: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story, Sunday 17 March, 主播大秀 Radio 6 Music and 主播大秀 Sounds
- Fall Of The Shah, Wednesday 20 March, 主播大秀 World Service and 主播大秀 Sounds
- The University Time Bomb, Friday 22 March, 主播大秀 Radio 4 and 主播大秀 Sounds