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BBC iPlayer Highlights 13-19 October 2018

Richard Bell

Publicist, Digital Communications

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A quick round up of what's new this week on BBC iPlayer, programmes that are about to become unavailable, plus some hidden gems you might have missed.

Informer is about a young man coerced by a counter-terrorism officer to go undercover

BBC One

Informer – from Tues 16 Oct

For Facts Sake – from Mon 15 Oct

Invictus Games 2018 – from Fri 19 Oct

A Matter Of Life And Debt – from Mon 15 Oct

BBC Two

Black Hollywood: They’ve Gotta Have Us – from Sat 13 Oct

Avalanche: Making A Deadly Snowstorm – from Thurs 18 Oct

Murray Walker: Life In The Fast Lane 2018 – from Sat 13 Oct

QI XL – from Sat 13 Oct

BBC Three

In My Skin – from Sun 14 Oct

Mim Shaikh: Finding Dad – from Thurs 18 Oct

BBC Four

Blue Peter Flies The World: Morocco – from Tues 16 Oct

Barneys, Books And Bust Ups: 50 Years Of The Booker Prize – from Mon 15 Oct

Mystery Road: Goldstone – from Sat 13 Oct

Synth And Beyond With Stephen Morris And Gillian Gilbert – from Fri 19 Oct

BBC Radio 1

Radio 1 Stories: Beyond Nashville – from Fri 19 Oct

Classic Albums - Amy Winehouse: Back To Black

Classic Albums - Amy Winehouse: Back To Black

Series looks at Amy Winehouse's second album Back To Black, from 2006. Available on BBC iPlayer until Mon 15 Oct.

Defending The Guilty (pilot)

Will is a pupil barrister. His boss doesn't respect him, his clients are all guilty and he is fighting for his job. He is starting to wonder if he has got what it takes. Available on BBC iPlayer until Fri 19 Oct.

Attenborough’s Paradise Birds

Documentary tracing David Attenborough's lifelong passion for birds of paradise, from the forests of New Guinea more than 50 years ago to the desert of Qatar today. Available on BBC iPlayer until Sat 13 Oct.

Michaela Coel stars in Black Earth Rising

Black Earth Rising (box set)

As a child, Kate Ashby was rescued from the horrific aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and brought to the UK. But the tragic shadow of her past proves impossible to escape.

Tom Hardy: Kids Ask Difficult Questions

"What's the naughtiest thing you've ever done?!": Tom Hardy is put to the test as children innocently ask him rather challenging questions.

Mark Kermode's Secrets of Cinema (box set)

Series 1 of the film critic revealing film-making tricks and techniques behind classic movie genres. 

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