A round-up of BBC announcements, press releases and blogs, plus some highlights from our TV, radio and online output last week.
Doctor Who
On Sunday the 13th Doctor was named as Jodie Whittaker.
Annual Report
On Wednesday we published the BBC's Annual Report for 2016/17.
Announcements and blogs
Drama
On Monday it was announced that the return of Jane Campion's acclaimed series Top Of The Lake will be released as a full series on BBC iPlayer. On Thursday we published the media pack for Man In An Orange Shirt, the flagship drama in the BBC’s Gay Britannia season and announced that Suranne Jones will lead the cast of Gentleman Jack, the forthcoming BBC One/HBO drama series created, written and directed by Sally Wainwright.
Comedy
BBC Three has ordered a second series of critically-acclaimed mockumentary sitcom This Country from BBC Studios.
Events
The BBC will broadcast a series of special live programmes from the Passchendaele centenary commemorations in Flanders, Belgium.
Factual
BBC One's Wild Alaska Live Media Pack was published.
Digital/iPlayer
This year the BBC served its most streamed Wimbledon: 24.1 million stream requests were made during Wimbledon this year via BBC Sport and BBC iPlayer, making it the most streamed Wimbledon to date. We also published the BBC iPlayer performance pack for June 2017, which revealed One Love Manchester to be the most requested programme that month.
Sport
It was confirmed that Liverpool will host the biggest awards night in the sporting calendar, BBC Sports Personality Of The Year 2017. Gareth Thomas spoke about how he has challenged online homophobic abusers to a face-to-face meeting while making Alfie v Homophobia: Hate In The Beautiful Game a new TV documentary for BBC Wales.
Music
On Thursday the BBC announced a brand new six-part music series featuring the hottest bands and artists in the world right now, and on Friday the cast was revealed for performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!at the BBC Proms.
Regional
BBC Radio Wales confirmed that Welsh actress and writer Ruth Jones is to bring a brand new sitcom to Radio Wales in February 2018, while current Summer Nights host Janice Long is to become a permanent part of the evening schedule from September.
International
BBC Monitoring joined the 2,000 strong OpenAthens Federation which will enable it to expand its commercial customer base worldwide.
Blogs
Pipa Doubtfire, Head of Revenue Management at the BBC revealed the latest performance figures, published this week in the 2016/17 TV Licensing Annual Review.
Broadcast Highlights
- Wimbledon Ladies' Final, Saturday 15 July, BBC ONE
- Imagine… Chris Ofili: The Caged Bird’s Song, Saturday 15 July, BBC TWO
- Wimbledon: Men's Final, Sunday 16 July, BBC ONE
- BBC Proms 2017: Barenboim's Elgar, Sunday 16 July, BBC FOUR
- Nadiya's British Food Adventure, Monday 17 July, BBC TWO
- Olly Alexander: Growing Up Gay, Tuesday 18 July, BBC THREE
- Mother Tongue, Sunday 16 July, BBC RADIO 4
- Assata Shakur: The FBI's Most Wanted Woman, Monday 17 July, BBC RADIO 4
- The Weekend Documentary: The Museum Of Lost Objects - India And Pakistan, Wednesday 19 July, BBC WORLD SERVICE
