Round up week 17 (21-27 April)
Hannah Khalil
Digital Content Producer, About The BBC Blog
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A round up of BBC announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output from the last week.
BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year 2018
BBC World Service have announced the shortlist for the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award and voting is now open.
The Big British Asian Summer
BBC Factual Commissioning, announced this week The Big British Asian Summer - a new pan-BBC season of programmes coming to screens in August.
ABBA
Announcements and blogs
Drama
BBC One confirmed that filming underway on the eighth series of Death In Paradise with Ardal O’Hanlon reprising his role as lead detective DI Jack Mooney alongside Joséphine Jobert (DS Florence Cassell), Tobi Bakare (Officer JP Hooper), Don Warrington (Commissioner Selwyn Patterson) and Elizabeth Bourgine (Catherine Bordey).
The network also confirmed an exceptional extended cast to join Suranne Jones in Gentleman Jack, Sally Wainwright's new drama about Anne Lister for BBC One.
News
Liz Gibbons has been appointed as the new Editor of the Victoria Derbyshire programme.
Comedy
It was confirmed that Sally Phillips is to take centre stage in BBC Wales star studded comedy season.
Entertainment
This week BBC One revealed the 10 home cooks that will compete in Britain’s Best Home Cook, living in a shared house for the brand new eight-part series hosted by Claudia Winkleman and judged by the queen of home cooking Mary Berry, produce expert Chris Bavin, and top chef Dan Doherty. The media pack for the programme was also published.
Factual
BBC One confirmed Countryfile will celebrate its 30th anniversary with series of Royal specials.
Children's
CBeebies announced that Sir Elton John is the latest star to read a Bedtime Story.
Elsewhere, CBBC has confirmed more top names for its first ever family festival: including teen music sensations Max and Harvey, YouTube star Sophia Grace, kids music phenomenon KIDZ BOP and popular Britain’s Got Talent dance act, Mersey Girls.
National
BBC Wales have announced the successful candidates chosen for the first BBC Wales New Documentary Directors’ Initiative.
BBC Wales also confirmed details of The Family Farm a series where three families from across the UK ditch the 9-5 in search of a better work-life balance and the experience of a lifetime high in the mountains of Snowdonia, with the help of hill farmer Gareth Wyn Jones and wildlife presenter Kate Humble.
Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland fresh off his victory over Nonito Donaire, boxer Carl Frampton went back to his old school, Glengormley High School, to tell the story of how he made it to the top of the boxing world for BBC Super Assembly.
International
BBC World Service announced that the future of digital media in the Western Balkans will be the main theme of a major conference in Belgrade organised by the BBC’s Serbian service.
Blogs
We introduced BBC Music: Record Store Day 2018; Chris Walsh-Heron, Producer, BBC Sesh reveals how BBC Sesh aims to ensure that young adults in Wales are better served and their lives better reflected by giving them a powerful and authentic voice.
In addition Ben Cooper, Controller BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network blogged on why radio is thriving in the "stream age". We also published the weekly BBC iPlayer Highlights 28 April - 4 May.
Broadcast Highlights
The Split
- The Queens Birthday Party, Saturday 21 April, BBC RADIO 2
- Record Store Day, Saturday 21 April, BBC RADIO 6
- London Marathon 2018, Sunday 22 April, BBC TWO
- The Woman in White, Sunday 22 April, BBC ONE
- The Split, Tuesday 24 April, BBC ONE
- Britain’s Fat Fight With Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Wednesday 25 April, BBC ONE
- Ambulance, Thursday 26 April, BBC ONE