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Round up week 48 (24-30 November)

Matt Seel

Digital Content Producer, About the BBC

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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.

Killing Eve, Doctor Who and The Cry give BBC iPlayer its best month ever

Hit BBC shows Killing Eve, Doctor Who and The Cry have helped BBC iPlayer to achieve its best month ever with a record high of 334 million requests.

BBC to premiere festive family favourites Zog and The Midnight Gang

Families across England will get a first look at some of the BBC’s cracking Christmas content this December, with nine cities around England hosting premieres of family Zog And The Midnight Gang.

First look at The Nine, BBC Scotland’s new nightly news programme

The first official pictures of The Nine set have been released, highlighting the look of the news hour which will launch on the new BBC Scotland channel in February 2019.

Radio

BBC Radio 6 Music presenters named IDLES’ album, Joy as an Act of Resistance number one in the list of 6 Music Recommends: Albums of the Year, as announced on Shaun Keaveny’s 6 Music Breakfast Show on 26 November.

Rickie Williams, Melvin Odoom and Charlie Hedges will be joining BBC Radio 1 as the new hosts of the station’s late night show (Monday-Thursday, 9pm-11pm) starting next year.

BBC Radio 3’s flagship adventurous music programme Late Junction has revealed details of its first ever festival, taking place at London’s newest venue EartH.

Xhosa Cole, 22, is the winner of BBC Young Jazz Musician 2018. In the grand final, each musician was tasked with playing a 16-minute set, which included at least one piece they had written or arranged themselves.

At the start of 2019, a year of potentially momentous change for the United Kingdom, Neil MacGregor explores how five major countries see Britain through the prism of historical events, cultural influences and objects.

Drama

Award-winning Danish actor Claes Bang will take on the role of Dracula in Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’ brand new mini-series inspired by Bram Stoker’s classic novel.

Emmy and Bafta-winner Sean Bean will be joining the cast of the epic drama World On Fire by multi-award winning writer Peter Bowker.

Theatre star and two-time Olivier-Award-nominee Tanya Moodie and Mr Selfridge and Humans star Aidan McArdle have been cast in BBC One daytime's new drama, The Mallorca Files.

Love is in the air at Holby City Hospital in a special episode of BBC One’s long-running medical drama, due to air at 8pm on Tuesday 11 December, with Reverend Richard Coles joining the cast.

Comedy

The biggest Christmas show on TV and a special tribute to Sir Ken Dodd have been added to the BBC’s Christmas cinema tour.

Entertainment

Madness are set to brighten up New Year's Eve with a live concert on BBC One, performing their biggest hits as they kick off the New Year celebrations.

Exciting changes are set for the United Kingdom’s Eurovision song selection show as a brand new location and format details are revealed for Eurovision: You Decide.

Religious

Live worship, music, conversation, reflection and tradition are all part of this year’s religious programming across BBC television and radio.

Corporate

There are programmes for every member of the family and the chance to enjoy some special moments together in the company of some of the UK’s most well-loved performers, helping you to celebrate Christmas in style.

BBC Cymru Wales and National Theatre Wales, along with BBC Writersroom, have today announced a major new partnership to develop and support new Welsh writing talent.

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