Piers Wenger backs four new writers and discusses the exciting ways we are engaging audiences
Piers Wenger, Controller of BBC Drama, has announced four brand new dramas from first time television writers, furthering the BBC’s commitment to developing and backing new talent, following a brilliant year of drama in 2019.
BBC announces adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Conversations With Friends
BBC Drama has announced the adaptation of Sally Rooney’s critically-acclaimed novel Conversations With Friends, continuing the BBC’s relationship between Sally Rooney and award-winning producers, Element Pictures.
Comedy
Based on the award-winning stage play, My Left Nut is a coming of age comedy drama about friendship, family, grief and testicles written by Irish newcomers Michael Patrick and Oisín Kearney in their first project for the BBC.
Entertainment
Ready Steady Cook is back on BBC One in a revamped format featuring Rylan Clark-Neal as host and exciting talent from the culinary world - Mike Reid, Romy Gill, Akis Petretzikis, Ellis Barrie and Anna Haugh.
Will the identity of H finally be unveiled? Why are Steves around the UK being chased down by a blonde assassin? All will be revealed as Sport Relief returns to BBC One for 2020.
Factual
Tigers: Hunting The Traffickers follows Royal Marines Commando Aldo Kane as he exposes the shocking secrets of the illegal tiger trade in South East Asia and those who profit.
Hot on the heels of the first two critically acclaimed series that saw well known personalities embark on a journey of discovery, to Santiago and Rome, Pilgrimage returns to BBC Two this spring, with celebrities heading to Istanbul.
The Last Unicorn is a very special one hour documentary following the search to discover a previously unknown population of northern white rhinos, a species officially declared extinct in 2018.
News
Director of BBC News and Current Affairs Francesca Unsworth will host the Fake News And Elections: Challenges For The Media And Audiences conference in Belgrade on Wednesday 26 February.
BBC News launched We Are Wrexham. Wrexham is to feature in a week of BBC news and programmes as part of a pioneering newsgathering project.
Broadcast highlights
- CBeebies Bedtime Stories, Saturday 22 February, CBeebies and BBC iPlayer
- Win The Wilderness: Alaska, Sunday 23 February, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer
- Plastic Surgery Undressed, Tuesday 25 February, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
- The Split, Tuesday 25 February, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
- Barry Humphries: Barry's Forgotten Musical Masterpieces, Sunday 23 February, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds
- The Weekend Documentary, Sunday 23 February, BBC World Service and BBC Sounds
- This Thing Of Darkness, Monday 24 February, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
- The Compass: Changing World, Changing Bodies, Wednesday 26 February, BBC World Service and BBC Sounds
