Bradford UK City of Culture 2025
Find out all about Bradford City of Culture 2025 – 12 months of creativity, culture and arts. Plus see how you can get involved.
Closing Bradford 2025
Relive 'Brighter Still', the closing event of Bradford City of Culture 2025.
Festival Hub
Bantam of the Opera: Latest
Find out more about a new choir coming to the city formed of Bradford City AFC fans. Listen to the series on BBC Sounds.
Join us in Bradford
Take part in BBC events and recordings as part of the Bradord UK City of Culture 2025 celebrations.
Time well spent
Christmas Morning Service
A celebration of the birth of Christ with carols and readings from Bradford Cathedral - BBC One
CBeebies Panto: Cinderella
A joyful retelling of a pantomime classic is filled with music, laughter and festive family fun - CBeebies
Sing When You're Winning
The real-life story of the Yorkshire football fans who've formed The Bantam of the Opera - BBC One
Turner Prize 2025
Nnena Kalu has won the Turner Prize, one of the best-known contemporary art awards, at a ceremony in Bradford - BBC News
Radio 1 Anthems Live: Tinie Tempah
Tinie Tempah joins us for Radio 1 Anthems Live In Bradford 2025 - BBC iPlayer.
Radio 1 Anthems Live: Pixie Lott
Pixie Lott joins us for Radio 1 Anthems Live In Bradford 2025 - BBC iPlayer.
Dance Passion
Dancers take over the city and countryside to celebrate the joy of dance - BBC Four.
The Adverb
Testament presents poetry in performance at the Contains Strong Language festival in Bradford - BBC Radio 4.
Loose Ends
Amit Dhand, Mark Gatiss and Kate Fox join Edith Bowman live in Bradford - BBC Radio 4
The Archers Podcast
Recorded at the BBC Contains Strong Language festival, with Emma Freud - BBC Radio 4.
Front Row
Nick Ahad presents a special edition of Front Row from St George's Hall in Bradford - BBC Radio 4.
Beyond Belief
Giles Fraser leads the panel as they discuss 'have religions forgotten the working class?', recorded in Bradford - BBC Radio 4.
The Verb
Ian McMillan presents The Verb from Contains Strong Language in Bradford - BBC Radio 4.
BBC Introducing
The best under-the-radar local musical talent from South and West Yorkshire - BBC Radio Leeds & BBC Radio Sheffield.
Start the Week
The historian Catherine Clarke, writer Saima Mir and poet Andrew McMillan explore the culture and history of Bradford - BBC Radio 4.
Hidden Bradford
Explore fascinating stories from Bradford - BBC Radio Leeds.
BBC in Bradford
BBC Radio Leeds
Find out more and get involved with projects at the radio station.
Look North
Keep up-to-date with the latest news, sport, weather and features from across the region.
BBC News: Bradford
Live news, sport and travel information from across Bradford.
Weather in Bradford
Day by day forecast for Bradford and across Yorkshire.
Updates
BBC Sounds: City of Culture
Podcasts and Music to celebrate Bradford 2025 City of Culture.
Big Up Bradford
Humaira Bham, Olivia Wright and Irene Kaali share a weekly guide of culture in Bradford.
BBC New Comedy Awards Grand Final in Bradford
The BBC's New Comedy Awards are celebrating its 30th anniversary in Bradford.
Rise - As it happened
News and stories as Bradford kicks off 2025 City of Culture year - BBC News
How to take part
Get involved with volunteering, development programmes and schemes. Full details on the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture website.
Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture
Find out more on the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture website.
BBC announces partnership
Fresh comedy voices, school tours and a celebration of dance are some of the coverage to come from the BBC.
It's Bradford 2025
Watch the moment Bradford is named the UK's City of Culture for 2025 live on The One Show - BBC One.
Lasting legacy
BBC coverage of previous UK City of Culture winners.
