A new service, Freely, will allow viewers access to live TV from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 directly over the Internet from 2024 Developed by Everyone TV (the new name for the organisation who deliver FreeView and FreeSat), Freely is a new free service giving access to live TV via broadband. No aerial or … >
The show swaps its submarine setting for a weapons testing site and the closed ranks of the RAF. After its highly successful first series in 2021, Tom Edge’s Vigil was an unsurprising recommission for the BBC. In addition to attracting over 13 million viewers for its launch, it scooped up an international Emmy and a … >
Professor Hannah Fry returns to discover (and dismantle) the stories behind everyday technology. 2022’s hands-on BBC Two documentary series The Secret Genius of Modern Life is returning for a second run. The show, presented by Professor Hannah Fry, struck a winning formula as it dug into the history behind, and the technology underneath, products and … >
The BBC are picking up the new thriller Scrublands, based on Chris Hammer’s award-winning novel. The four-part drama stars Luke Arnold (Black Sails), Jay Ryan (Top of the Lake) and Bella Heathcote (The Man in the High Castle). Here’s the premise: Scrublands is set in an isolated country town, where a charismatic and dedicated young … >
Author AA Dhand will adapt his own Virdee detective novels for the BBC. The BBC have a new detective series forthcoming, with Sacha Dhawan (Doctor Who, Wolf) taking the lead role of Detective Harry Virdee. The show was announced at the Edinburgh TV Festival’s Spotlight on the BBC session. Set in Bradford, writer AA Dhand … >
Set in Aberdeen, BBC drama Granite Harbour will return for a second series on BBC Scotland, BBC One and BBC iPlayer Centring on the story of RMP Sergeant Davis Lindo (Romario Simpson) who arrived in Aberdeen as a new recruit to Police Scotland working alongside DS Lara ‘Bart’ Bartlett (Hannah Donaldson), the first series of … >
The hit Australian comedy about a mis-matched couple brought together by an injured dog will return. Since its UK launch in April 2023, the heartwarming Colin from Accounts has been a hit for the BBC. As well as impressive ratings, the show has been critically well received. An Australian import, the story follows Ashley and … >
A cold case is reopened when new evidence comes to light in a school time-capsule. The BBC has acquired Australian crime drama Black Snow. The six-part series stars Travis Fimmel (Vikings), Jemmason Power, Talijah Blackman-Corowa, Eden Cassady, Seini Willett and Gulliver McGrath (Dark Shadows, Lincoln). Here’s the synopsis: A small-town Australian high-school gathers for the … >
The show, a psychologically and emotionally compelling detective story, stars Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack. With The Woman in the Wall billed as coming soon, the BBC have released a series of first-look images. Starring Ruth Wilson (His Dark Materials) and Daryl McCormack (Bad Sisters), the gothic thriller comes from writer Joe Murtagh. The story … >
Paranormal: The Girl, The Ghost and The Gravestone investigates a Welsh farmhouse widely considered to be the most haunted house in Britain. In a joint commission between BBC Three and BBC Wales, Radio 1 presenter Sian Eleri sets out to investigate a seemingly ordinary farmhouse in north Wales. In the late 1990s, Penyffordd Farm was … >