On Thursday Chris Evans announced that Matt LeBlanc would be one of the new presenters on the upcoming series of Top Gear.
A round-up of BBC announcements and press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output this week.
Sir Terry Wogan
The week started with news of the death of veteran BBC broadcaster Terry Wogan. Tributes flooded in from all directions, online, on front pages, on radio and television, we collated some of the coverage.
Hours of the BBC TV and radio personality's death was announced, Mark Goodier presented a special tribute programme on BBC Radio 2 on Sunday morning. The One Show broadcast a tribute show on Monday 1 February at 7.30pm.
Later on in the week we announced that members of the public could sign books of condolence at New Broadcasting in London, Dock House in Salford, Pacific Quay in Glasgow, and Broadcasting House in Cardiff and Belfast.
Awards
On Sunday (31 January) the BBC Audio Drama Awards 2016 were presented in a ceremony at the BBC's Radio Theatre. Though not all the winners were in attendance, stars aplenty were still on show.
Mohsen Amini was named BBC Radio Scotland Young Traditional Musician Of The Year.
Announcements
In Sport there was some big news: the BBC and Discovery Communications signed a long-term Olympic Games partnership meaning the BBC will be the exclusive free to air Olympic broadcaster in the UK for the next five games.
In other sports news the BBC and ICC announced a new four-year digital rights deal that will see the BBC Sport website cover all major ICC events, starting with immediate effect and going through to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, which will be hosted by the England and Wales Cricket Board.
On Friday last week we announced that we're promising to cover more rugby league than ever before as the Super League celebrates its 20th anniversary, including extensive and comprehensive coverage of rugby league on BBC TV, Radio and Online as the sport marks two decades since the switch to play in the summer months.
A wide range of programmes has been announced to mark Her Majesty The Queen's 90th birthday this year, including extensive coverage of key events, a landmark BBC One documentary and specially made programmes across other outlets, both here and overseas.
On Monday, we announced a season of programmes dedicated to mental health called 'In the Mind'. For two weeks BBC One will dedicate its schedule to exploring this important subject across a range of news, documentaries and drama programming.
The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra announced its 2016/17 season of concerts on Tuesday.
On Wednesday we announced that Dara O'Briain and Angela Scanlon would be the presenters for the 'rebooted' Robot Wars(see Round-Up Week 2's for the announcement of the series return). Fans can apply to see the battles first hand in the studio audience by contacting lostintv.com; by emailing info@lostintv.com or by calling 0208 5308 100.
Thursday saw Chris Evan's tweeted about one of the presenters for the new series of Top Gear. Former Friends star and Episodes co-star Matt LeBlanc.
Also on Thursday, BBC Two looked for to the broadcast of 'Who's the Boss?', a three-part documentary series showing the workforce of three different companies who are put in charge of hiring their own boss.
Scotland and Northern Ireland had some interesting programme announcements this week. In Jocelyn And The Radio Star, BBC Radio Ulster presenter Marie-Louise Muir meets Lurgan-born scientist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, famous both for making one of the most significant astronomical discoveries of the 20th century and for the Nobel Prize controversy that ensued.
Meanwhile, across the water a landmark series, on the impact of World War One was announced as part of BBC Scotland’s commemorative programming in 2016. And in Glasgow, renowned pianist and octogenarian John Tilbury will participate in BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra’s annual Tectonics festival at City Halls and Old Fruitmarket, from 7 to 8 May.
Radio 2 also announced a host upcoming highlights along with return of Radio 2 Country pop-up digital radio service. And Radio 3 revealed more details of its celebration of the 70th anniversary of the Third Programme.
BBC Radio 1 announced that the station’s flagship live music event- Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2016 - will this year be held in Exeter.
Elsewhere, interviews were posted with some of the cast of the forthcoming third series of BBC Three's Cuckoo which re-joins the Thompson family six months after Dale's dramatic departure.
It was also announced that Gareth Malone would be forming a new choir of Armed Forces veterans ahead of the Invictus Games later this year.
On Wednesday 3 February, BBC One announced the commission of a new TV drama based on the real life multiple murders that took place around the late 1940s and early 1950s at the notorious address in Notting Hill, Rillington Place. This exceptional case and its colossal repercussions helped change British society forever.
On Thursday BBC Radio performed well in the most recent RAJAR listening figures release. 6 Music achieved record-breaking figures in the previous quarter making it the most listened-to digital-only station in the UK. Radio 4 Extra promised to beat 6 Music in the next quarter.
Also yesterday, we published a blog post explaining the story behind animating a lost episode of Dad's Army including a selection of concept drawings and early realisations of the episode Stripe of Fraser.
Television
King George and Queen Mary: the Royals who rescued the Monarchy on BBC Two, Sunday at 7.35pm. First of a two-part series profiling Queen Mary and King George.
Countryfile Winter Special with features reporting on how winter is affecting rural areas.
On Sunday 31 January at 7.00pm, BBC Four broadcast Pierre Boulez at the BBC: Master and Maverick, looking back on some of the iconoclastic composer's life and works.
BBC Three broadcast Rise of the Superstar Vloggers in which Jim Chapman investigated the secrets of success of video bloggers. On the same channel on Wednesday, Webcam Boys followed the lives of young men who make money 'camming' - putting their bodies online for cash.
On Tuesday, a new six-part reality series entitled Back in Time For the Weekend investigates how we've spent our leisure time over the past 60 years.Also on BBC Two the same night, The Real Marigold Hotel series continued; #TheRealMarigold hotel ended up trending on Twitter during broadcast.
Camila's Kids Company: the Inside Story aired on BBC One on Wednesday told the dramatic story of the demise of one of Britain's best known charities.
Over on BBC Two World War Three: Inside the War Room. The Guardian said of it: "it has the power of reality, the tension of courtroom drama, and the outcome of nightmares," while the Mail on Sunday said, "with unprecedented access to the normally highly secret ‘war game’, BBC film-makers reveal how the decisions unfold minute by minute." The Telegraph described it as "gripping and terrifying."
Radio
On Saturday, Radio 4 started an ambitious seven-part adaptation of John Galsworth's Forsyte Saga The Forsytes. Radio 3 dedicated their weekend programming to celebrating folk music and its influence on classical music in Folk Connections.
The second of Professor Stephen Hawking's Reith Lectures aired on Tuesday on Radio 4. On Radio 2 at 10.00pm Leo Green began a four-part celebration of the Great American Song Book. Rob Titchener continues to make his pregnant wife Helen's wife a misery in The Archers this week.
Much of Radio 2's output on Sunday and Monday was dedicated to celebrating the life of broadcaster Terry Wogan. Mark Goodier's touching tribute programme - a playlist of Terry's favourite songs - is particularly worth a listen.
Online
Instagram sensation Tuna the Dog joined Radio 1's Newsbeat newsreader Tina Daheley and (nearly) read the news. BBC Taster launched an interactive adventure asking whether you could survive a nuclear bomb. And, a personal favourite doing the rounds again this week on Twitter: Radio 4's brilliant animation made for the History of Ideas series voiced by Harry Shearer about the Golden Ratio.
BBC Diplomatic Correspondent Bridget Kendall announced she would be leaving the newsroom in July to become Master at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
