CBBC's Bottersnikes And Gumbles
A round-up of BBC announcements and press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output last week.
BBC at Edinburgh Festivals 2016
An all-star line-up of top comedy, arts, writing and music – as well showcases for new fresh talent – will be at the heart of the BBC’s Edinburgh Festivals coverage across TV, radio and online.
Announcements and blogs
Drama
From the pen of the award-winning Debbie Horsfield, writer of Poldark and creator of Cutting It, comes contemporary new drama series Age Before Beauty on BBC One.
Entertainment
Three more professional dancers will be joining the new series of Strictly Come Dancing. The all-British dancers include World Champion Neil Jones and British and European Youth Latin and Ballroom Champions, AJ Pritchard and Chloe Hewitt, who will be the youngest ever professional dancers to appear on Strictly Come Dancing.
Meanwhile BBC announced Debatable a brand new daily quiz show for BBC Two Early-Peak, hosted by Patrick Kielty. Elsewhere, BBC’s Songs of Praise announced the winners of Rugby League Challenge Cup Fans Choir.
Digital
BBC iPlayer Performance Pack for April, May, June 2016 was published. In addition, in a first for any major video on-demand service in the world, the BBC has begun trialling subtitles for live channels on BBC iPlayer. To date, subtitles have only been available for on-demand programmes.
Music
The presenter line up for All Together Now: The Great Orchestra Challenge - a nationwide search for the orchestra that best captures the spirit of great British amateur music-making in the UK has been revealed.
Sport
The BBC and the London & Surrey Cycling Partnership have announced a three year extension of their contract up to and including the 2019 RideLondon festival of cycling.
Regional
BBC Radio Ulster’s Across The Linecelebrates 30 years with a special concert featuring bands the show has supported.
International
A new BBC World Service poll suggests a majority say doping scandals reduce their interest in the Olympics. Overall pride in how well their country performs in the Games has softened since before the London Games.
Blogs
This week's blogs included a chance to Meet the reporters of BBC Three's Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared and the chance to find out what happened at last week's BBC Writersroom TV Drama Writers' festival 2016: Unheard Voices.
Broadcast Highlights
Prom 19 David Bowie - credit Photo Duffy © Duffy Archive & The David Bowie Archive
- Mrs Brown's Boy's Live Saturday 23 July, BBC One
- The Marvellous World Of Roald DahlSaturday 23 July, BBC Two
- Dragons' Den Sunday 24 July, BBC Two
- Unsolved: The Boy Who Disappeared from Monday 25 July, BBC Three
- Bottersnikes And Gumbles Monday 25 - Friday 29 July, CBBC
- BBC Proms 2016: David Bowie Friday 29 July, BBC Four
- Raising The Bar With Rob Rinder Sunday 24 July, BBC Radio 5 Live
- The Weekend Documentary: Ebola Voices Sunday 24 July, BBC World Service
- World On 3: WOMAD 2016 Friday 29 July, BBC Radio 3
