The 27 boxsets heading to BBC iPlayer for Christmas

The BBC has announced that’ll be unleashing a raft of ‘boxsets’ onto its service over the festive season, with full season packs of lots of popular shows being made available again via the service. These range from up to the minute shows, such as Ryan Murphy’s new drama, Feud. Right back to early Line Of … >

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BBC looking at paid-for iPlayer for back catalogue shows

A month or two back, the BBC put a good chunk of archive television material on its iPlayer service, that you can find under ‘From The Archive’ tab on the service. But it looks as though that might be the start of the expansion of the service, with BBC Director General Tony Hall revealing that … >

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Peter Kay’s ‘Car Share’ has broken even more BBC iPlayer records

The new season of Car Share amassed over two and a half million requests in its first three days on BBC iPlayer. All four episodes of the second run of Peter Kay’s comedy premiered on iPlayer earlier this month and occupied the top four slots of requested programmes – the first time this has ever happened. The first episode also … >

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Simon Amstell brings vegan mockumentary ‘Carnage’ to BBC iPlayer

Stand-up comedian Simon Amstell has written and directed his first feature length film for BBC iPlayer. Set in a utopian 2067, Carnage: Swallowing The Past looks back at a time when human beings ate other animals. Amstell commented: “I have written and directed a film about veganism. I’m sorry.” The film also stars Martin Freeman, Joanna Lumley, … >

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‘HyperNormalisation’ trailer: Adam Curtis returns with new must-see documentary

Following his acclaimed Bitter Lake, BAFTA winning documentary maker Adam Curtis is back with an epic new film. Made specifically for BBC iPlayer, HyperNormalisation tells an epic narrative spanning 40 years, with an extraordinary cast of characters that includes the Assad dynasty, Donald Trump, Henry Kissinger, Patti Smith, the early performance artists in New York, President Putin, intelligent machines, Japanese gangsters, suicide bombers – and the … >

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BBC iPlayer loophole removed

Until just now, you didn’t need a TV licence to enjoy catch-up content. The iPlayer loophole allowed you to watch your favourite BBC series such as Sherlock, The Great British Bake Off, Top Gear and Doctor Who as long as you didn’t watch them while they were being broadcasted live. In other words, you could … >

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BBC iPlayer extends catch-up window to 30 days

Viewers will be able to catch up on BBC TV and radio programmes on BBC iPlayer and BBC iPlayer Radio for 30 days. Programmes were previously available for seven days. BBC iPlayer launched in 2007 and now receives over seven million TV and radio programme requests a day. Tony Hall, Director-General, BBC, commented: “BBC iPlayer … >

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