A Bank Holiday double bill for Poldark finale on BBC One
The fifth and final series of Poldark will conclude in an exciting action-packed double bill over the late August Bank Holiday weekend on BBC One. The penultimate episode of the series will air on Sunday 25 August at 8pm followed by the finale on Monday 26 August at 8.30pm.
The Sound Odyssey with Gemma Cairney returns to BBC radio
Loyle Carner, Kate Stables of This is the Kit, Nubya Garcia and Roxanne Tataei feature in the second series of BBC Radio 4’s The Sound Odyssey.
Radio
Nish Kumar, Angela Barnes, Andy Zaltzman, Phil Wang, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Zoe Lyons, Patrick Kielty, and Andrew Maxwell will be hosting an episode each of the News Quiz, as BBC Radio 4 celebrates the 100th series.
Gemma Collins has teamed up with BBC Radio 1 on a brand new podcast which launches on BBC Sounds on Wednesday 14 August.
The third BBC Radio 2 All Star Party returns on Saturday 28 September as Trevor Nelson, Craig Charles and Ana Matronic take to the road again to broadcast live from the Empress Ballroom in Blackpool.
This summer BBC Radio 4 will broadcast Proust's In Search Of Lost Time across ten hours over the three days of the August bank holiday weekend.
Comedy
Starstruck, a brand new six-part comedy written, created by and starring 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner Rose Matafeo, has been commissioned by BBC Three and HBO Max and is an Avalon Television production.
Drama
Adapted by Andrew Davies, directed by internationally acclaimed director Mira Nair, and produced by Lookout Point, the first screen adaptation of A Suitable Boy will shortly begin filming in India.
Victor Oshin joins Casualty as series 34 of the long-running BBC One medical drama gets underway this summer.
Entertainment
Comedian, writer and actor Tom Allen is the new host of BBC Two’s The Apprentice: You’re Fired, as exclusively revealed this morning on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show.
Factual
In January 2000, GP Harold Shipman was convicted of murdering 15 of his patients. The number of victims included at the trial, however, didn’t reflect the real extent of his crimes.
Scotland
Writers - seasoned and new to TV - have signed up for BBC Scotland’s televisual treatment of the acclaimed theatre scheme A Play, A Pie And A Pint.
Multi-million selling recording artist and Scottish music legend, Barbara Dickson, OBE, will headline this year’s BBC Proms in the Park at Glasgow Green.
Wales
ABC are bringing a taste of 80s perfect pop to this year’s Proms in the Park event at Singleton Park and will be performing some of their greatest hits including The Look of Love and Poison Arrow.
Broadcast highlights
- When Bridges Collapse: The Genoa Disaster, Monday 12 August, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer
- Sacred Wonders, Wednesday 14 August, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
- Fake Or Fortune?, Thursday 15 August, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
- Fosse/Verdon, Friday 16 August, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer
- Archive on 4: Beckett’s Last Tapes, Saturday 10 August, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
- 606, Sunday 11 August, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
- Comedy Club: Boswell’s Lives, Wednesday 14 August, BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC Sounds
- The Forum: Andy Warhol, Thursday 15 August, BBC World Service and BBC Sounds