BBC Four presents A Night In With Bros
Following the success of the year’s most talked about documentary, Bros: After The Screaming Stops, 1980’s pop icons Matt and Luke Goss have been invited to return to BBC Four in July to curate an entire evening of programming inspired by their childhood, their musical influences and long careers in and out of the spotlight.
Famalam to return for a third series and Christmas special
BBC Three comedy show Famalam will return for a third series and a one-off Christmas special which will feature new sketches as well as favourite moments from the past two series.
Comedy
Submissions are now open for BBC Ouch’s fourth storytelling event, hosted by Laura Lexx at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Drama
Two-time Academy Award winner Glenda Jackson (Women In Love, Elizabeth R) will star as the lead in BBC One’s adaptation of the best-selling novel Elizabeth Is Missing. Jackson will play the role of Maud in the one-off feature length drama, marking her return to the screen after over 25 years.
The first image of Holliday Grainger (Strike, Patrick Melrose) and Callum Turner (War & Peace, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald) in BBC One’s forthcoming surveillance thriller The Capture has been released.
Factual
The Second World War continues to touch all of our lives, but despite the number of films and print stories dedicated to the war, there are still extraordinary new stories to be told. In Gary Lineker: My Grandad’s Untold War (w/t), a one hour film for BBC One, Gary Lineker explores a brutal but often overlooked chapter.
Sport
This year the home of Wimbledon is a one-stop shop, providing coverage of all 18 courts in HD live for the first time ever.
World Service
The BBC World Service and the Royal Commission For The Exhibition Of 1851 bring three of the world's greatest space flight engineers to London on Saturday 29 June to discuss space travel with a large public audience at Imperial College, as part of the Great Exhibition Road Festival.
For the first time, listeners to DAB+ in Italy can tune in to the BBC World Service in English from Tuesday 18 June.
More people around the world are tuning into the BBC than ever before, reaching a new high of 426m a week - an increase of 50m (13 percent) over the year, according to new figures released today.
The BBC World Service will be in Tbilisi, Georgia, on 2 July to record the world-renowned radio programme, The Arts Hour on Tour.
Northern Ireland
Globally acclaimed singer Susan Boyle is to headline this year’s BBC Proms In The Park, which returns to the Titanic Slipways in Belfast on Saturday 14 September.
There will be live coverage of Ulster Derby Day from Down Royal this Saturday (June 22) on BBC Two Northern Ireland.
This Sunday (June 23) Cavan make their first appearance in a GAA Ulster Senior Football Final since 2001, taking on defending champions Donegal. There will be live coverage of the decider on BBC Two Northern Ireland and BBC Radio Ulster.
BBC Radio Foyle heads out on the road for a series of special summer outside broadcasts across the North West.
Broadcast highlights
- Top Gear, Sunday 16 June, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer
- Years And Years, Tuesday 18 June, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
- Hometown, Wednesday 19 June, BBC Three and BBC iPlayer
- The Looming Tower, Friday 21 June, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer
- The Mystery Of Charles Dickens, Saturday 15 June, BBC Radio 4 Extra and BBC Sounds
- Laura Whitmore's Sunday Session, Sunday 16 June, BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sounds
- 6 Music Recommends, Monday 17 June, BBC Radio 6 Mucis and BBC Sounds
- 13 Minutes To The Moon, Wednesday 19 June, BBC World Service and BBC Sounds
