BBC Tent lineup unveiled for Hay Festival 2019
Hay Festival and the BBC have unveiled the full-line up for the BBC Tent at Hay Festival Wales 2019, along with broader coverage for the Festival.
Twenty One Pilots, Dave and Foals join the lineup for Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2019
Twenty One Pilots, Dave and Foals have been added to the line-up for Radio 1’s Big Weekend 2019 in Middlesbrough - the station’s annual flagship live music event.
Radio
Andrew Ridgeley will make his radio presenting debut on BBC Radio 2 with an 80s pop music extravaganza next month - Andrew Ridgeley’s 80s Playlist.
Comedy
BBC One’s Scarborough marks first day of filming by revealing Jason Manford, Catherine Tyldesley and Stephanie Cole are set to join the new series.
The BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award 2019 launched on Wednesday, discovering and showcasing the most exciting new comedy acts that the UK has to offer.
Entertainment
Four families, with dreams of escaping the demands of the modern world, will face the challenge of their lives as they head back more than 100 years to try to make a living in a fishing community at the start of the 20th Century in a major new co-production for BBC One Wales and BBC Two.
BBC Two announced that Rylan Clark-Neal will be joining the presenting team on Strictly’s sister show, It Takes Two.
Factual
In immersive, thought-provoking and entertaining series, Miriam’s Dead Good Adventure, 77 year-old Miriam Margolyes will ponder her own mortality - alongside ours.
Arts
Following a tender process BBC Studios has secured the contract to deliver the BBC’s topical arts programming including Front Row Late, Edinburgh Nights and a range of topical events coverage until autumn 2020.
Marking the 150th anniversary of founder-conductor Sir Henry Wood’s birth, the 2019 BBC Proms presents one of its most diverse programmes yet.
The Get Creative Festival, the UK-wide celebration of have-a-go creativity, is back from 11-19 May 2019, aiming to give everyone in the UK the chance to Get Creative.
World Service
BBC and Nigeria’s Channels Television will be launched a new current affairs programme called Gist Nigeria on April 17 on Channels TV.
BBC World Service announced the shortlist for the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year award and voting is now open.
BBC News Russian is expanding its digital offer with the two weekly podcasts: the sports series, Razgovory s arbitrom (Talking With The Referee) and the news roundup, Chto eto bylo? (What Was It All About?)
Northern Ireland
Written by newcomer David Allen and directed by Declan Recks (The Truth Commissioner) Counsel is a new drama from BBC Northern Ireland telling the story of Olivia Harley, a female barrister who complicates her professional and personal life when she takes on the case of a young client.
Scotland
Scottish gardening legend Jim McColl revealed he is bowing out from Beechgrove, which he has been associated for more than four decades.
Broadcast highlights
- Ghosts, Monday 15 April, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
- Mother Tuckers: Drag Queens Of Glasgow, Tuesday 16 April, BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer
- Climate Change: The Facts, Thursday 18 April, BBC One and BBC iPlayer
- Pilgrimage: The Road To Rome, Friday 19 April, BBC Two and BBC iPlayer
- This Classical Life, Saturday 13 April, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Sounds
- Definitively Dusty, Sunday 14 April, BBC Radio 4 and BBC Sounds
- The Forum: Inside The Mind Of Leonardo Da Vinci, Thursday 18 April, BBC World Service and BBC Sounds
- A Star Is Re-Born, Friday 19 April, BBC Radio 2 and BBC Sounds
