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Round-Up Week 17 (23 - 29 April 2016)

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You did see the last episode of Line of Duty this week, didn't you? Of course you did. There's a link at the bottom of this post for those of you who didn't.

A round-up of 主播大秀 announcements and press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output this week.

On Saturday, we announced will join the Doctor Who cast as The Doctor’s new companion.

The biggest music extravaganza on the planet returns this May as the is broadcast live from Stockholm. The 主播大秀 Eurovision team shared their plans for the show this year, including a special tribute to Terry Wogan on Saturday 14 May. 

returns for 2016 with Duran Duran and Laura Mvula live at Eden, Travis and the 主播大秀 Scottish Symphony Orchestra in concert, live music at 40 iconic bridges, and unique musical celebrations across the UK including a vegetable orchestra led by Shaun the Sheep.

主播大秀 Three and 主播大秀 Worldwide have co-commissioned , a new Top Gear show presented by Rory Reid.

On Tuesday, 主播大秀 One announced they had commissioned (working title), an exuberant food-inspired journey from Great British Bake Off winner Nadiya's birthplace in Luton to her family village in the north east of Bangladesh.

Aunt Polly Gray (Helen McCrory), Lizzie Stark (Natasha O'Keeffe) poised for the return of Peaky Blinders.

A new press pack featuring interviews, character biographies and cast lists for Series 3 of  was published on Thursday 28 April. Also on Thursday, 主播大秀 One announced a new co-production with Netflix. a four-part animated series of Richard Adam's  set to air in 2017.  performance figures for February and March were also released on Thursday. 

The winners of the  competition were revealed on Sunday's Songs of Praise programme. 主播大秀 Music introduced a series of programmes this spring exploring the music of the 19th Century across TV and radio. The Radio 2 Folk Awards were hosted this week. Winners are listed on the Media Centre website. There's also a blog post from  previewing proceedings. Catch-up on the .

On Wednesday, 主播大秀 Radio 1Xtra announced  as the first solo female to host 1Xtra Breakfast. And more details on  were revealed earlier this week including Rosie Lowe, Izzy Bizu, and Declan McKenna for 主播大秀 Introducing's Stage.

主播大秀 Radio 4 will record a special edition of  at the 主播大秀 Maida Vale studios on Wednesday 11 May. McCartney will talk to John Wilson about his music career and will answer questions from the audience.

Sticking with Radio 4,  for the station. James will be responsible for the overall development of Radio 4’s arts programming, both on-air and digitally, bringing the most ambitious and creative programme ideas to Radio 4’s 10.9 million listeners. Also this week, , Business Editor of The Sunday Times, has been appointed as the new business presenter of the Radio 4 Today Programme.

In Global News, 主播大秀 World Service programmes in French, Hausa and English will reach more listeners on FM in West Africa as Gaskia. And on Friday we revealed how the , a 13 per cent increase on last year.

On Thursday we announced . By 2020, the 主播大秀 intends to have: a workforce at least as diverse, if not more so, than any other in the industry; met stretching new portrayal targets that cover a much wider range of diversity than any other broadcaster, with a bigger impact for audiences across a wider range of programmes; and made diversity something that everyone at the 主播大秀 understands, and all those who make programmes for us support.

Director of 主播大秀 Radio Helen Boaden previewed some of the events and broadcasts planned for the . 

saw 主播大秀 wins for programmes including The Hunt, The Dresser, London Spy, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, and Wolf Hall.

After news was announced about the findings of the earlier this week, wrote about his experiences reporting on the story. 

Director of 主播大秀 Arts Jonty Claypole announced new plans for Performance Live - 15 new performances for television - building on the success of

And on Thursday, Mark Strippel wrote about this weekend's Asian Network Live event staged by 主播大秀 Asian Network. 

Prince Harry joined 2016 UK Invictus Games Team Captain David Wiseman to talk about this year's competition to Chris Evans on 主播大秀 Radio 2 earlier this week.

Broadcast Highlights

Drama

Drama series'  (主播大秀 One) which focused on the story of a boy with Autism, and  police corruption  (主播大秀 Two) both concluded this week.

Documentary

On Sunday we marked the Queen's 90th birthday with a number of programmes about the monarch including .

Continuing the Life and Death Row series, the box set was made available on 主播大秀 Three on Monday.

New series exploring the mythology, history and archaeology of the Italian capital,  began on 主播大秀 Two on Wednesday.

Yehudi Menuhin at a recording session with the 主播大秀 Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale Studios.

And 主播大秀 Four explored the life and work of the twentieth century's greatest violinist in 

Thought-provoking Louis Theroux documentary  (主播大秀 Two) aired on Sunday. Also on Sunday we broadcast live coverage of the 36th .

Also,  (Radio 4) told the story of a group of young men from Raqqa in Syria who chose to resist the so-called Islamic State Radio 4

Music

There was live audio coverage of the 17th annual  (Radio 2) on Wednesday, and the full visual show was made available the day after the event on .

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