BBC Music announces plans for Reading and Leeds Festival 2019
BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra and BBC Music Introducing will return to Reading and Leeds Festival across the August bank holiday weekend.
Final wave of Strictly Come Dancing celebrities announced
Karim Zeroual, Viscountess Emma Weymouth, Will Bayley MBE, Michelle Visage, Jamie Laing, Alex Scott MBE, Dev Griffin, James Cracknell OBE, Anneka Rice have been named as contestants in the final wave of announcements for Strictly Come Dancing 2019.
Radio
Radio 1's Live Lounge month will return for September 2019, with Taylor Swift, Lana Del Rey and Sam Fender being the first acts to be named on the bill.
Drama
Casualty fans can expect to see a familiar face back on screen soon, as Jane Hazlegrove is set to reprise her role as Dixie for two episodes in Casualty’s new series this autumn.
This summer, the BBC has been searching for the best and most inspirational fan art to celebrate the return of Peaky Blinders for its fifth series, coming soon to BBC One.
Entertainment
Saturday night music quiz The Hit List will be returning to BBC One following its debut on the channel earlier this year.
Theo Paphitis returns to BBC Two’s Dragons’ Den as a guest Dragon in the new series, which starts this Sunday 11 August, Theo will appear later in the run.
Factual
The exchange of sex for money is legal in Britain, so long as it doesn’t involve coercion, exploitation, or any kind of public nuisance. Bafta award-winning filmmaker, Louis Theroux, returns to the UK to meet women legally providing sexual services, either to make a living or to supplement their income in his new film Louis Theroux: Selling Sex.
Northern Ireland
Diplomacy, national and international affairs are just some of the themes that will be explored in a series of BBC Conversation events at Mount Stewart on Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September.
Wales
BBC Radio Cymru will be celebrating learning Welsh this year with a special week of programmes during October. The week will provide a unique platform for Welsh learners and will celebrate their contribution.
Broadcast highlights
- The Conjoined Twins: An Impossible Decision, Monday 5 August, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer
- The Mind Of Herbert Clunkerdunk, Saturday 3 August, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer
- Sacred Wonders, Wednesday 7 August, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
- Holly Hobbie, Thursday 8 August, CBBC and BBC iPlayer
- The British Black Panthers, Saturday 3 August, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
- Martin Freeman, Sunday 4 August, BBC Radio 6 Music and BBC Sounds
- Edinburgh International Festival 2019: Queen's Hall Series, Monday 5 - Friday 9 August, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
- Mr Lowry’s Loves, Thursday 8 August, BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC Sounds
