Dan McGolpin welcomes Susan Calman to BBC Daytime as new commissions for 2017 announced

BBC One mornings

Mornings on BBC One will see new event TV series Holding Back The Years stripped across one week, which looks at life over 60 from the perspective of Maureen Lipman, Arlene Philips, Ainsley Harriott, Bill Turnbull and Angela Rippon each day in turn. Also on BBC One mornings The A1 Highwaymen (w/t) will follow the men and women who work around the clock on Britain’s longest and most iconic road as they strive to keep the traffic moving and the public safe.

BBC One’s Getting The Builders In is a brand new factual entertainment series that sees the country’s biggest and brashest builders going head-to-head pitching for jobs and bringing homeowners design dreams to life.

BBC One afternoons

BBC One afternoons introduce new quiz show The Boss with Susan Calman and is full of clever questions, cunning contestants and real fun. In each episode, one contestant becomes The Boss and then has to use judgement and tactics, to decide which player is best suited to answer a mixture of general knowledge and brainteaser questions. If they’re not good enough, they won’t stay in power.

BBC Two early-peak

On BBC Two in the 6.30pm slot The Repair Shop will showcase a workshop of dreams where broken things are brought back to life, featuring an ensemble cast of skilled and passionate crafts people who will welcome punters and their precious objects, putting the beauty back into them.

Dan McGolpin says: “It’s great news that Susan Calman is joining our line-up on BBC Daytime, she will bring her natural wit and charm to new quiz The Boss where she will put aspiring leaders through their paces and pull them up on any shortcomings. Across these five brand new series for 2017, which are set across the country, we want to intrigue, inform and entertain our audience on subject-matter that is relevant to them.”

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Holding Back The Years

5 x 45’, BBC One, 9.15am

Holding Back The Years is a new series looking at the experiences of growing older in Britain today, and how they’ve changed over the decades. Each episode sees a different 60 plus year old celebrity including Maureen Lipman, Arlene Philips, Ainsley Harriott, Bill Turnbull and Angela Rippon, explore a particular aspect of getting old that interests and affects them most – from relationships and family to health and wellbeing, pensions and money, to simply looking in the mirror and seeing a ‘new’ old you. Through meeting inspirational characters, unearthing long lost archive clips and visiting places that do amazing work helping the elderly, the series seeks to take an uplifting, look at a subject often ignored, while offering fantastic takeout for viewers of all ages.

Holding Back The Years is produced by BBC Studios in Northern Ireland. Paul Connolly is the Executive Producer.

The BBC Commissioning Editor is Lindsay Bradbury.

Getting The Builders In

15 x 45’, BBC One, mornings

Getting The Builders In is a brand new factual entertainment series that sees the country’s biggest and brashest builders going head-to-head pitching for jobs and bringing homeowners design dreams to life.

We’ve all seen programmes about bodger builders and DIY disasters; this is a chance for viewers to see how it should be done and avoid the pitfalls so often associated with the building trade.

Each week our highly-skilled builders will go head to head with each other, pricing up the job and offering their own take on what is needed to complete the task in hand. Once the homeowners pick their favourite builders, the winning team gets to work, whilst the rival teams watch on – giving a cheeky running commentary on their efforts. Expect plenty of banter and friendly competition with real builders, real homeowners and real projects.

Every episode will be packed with warmth and humour, build and design tips, and of course, the makeover reveals viewers love so much. With more and more of us choosing to upscale our homes rather than move, this series will help viewers to get the best of their builds and home transformation.

Getting the Builders is produced by Reef TV for the BBC. The Executive Producer is Rachel Platt

The BBC Commissioning Editor is Lindsay Bradbury.

The A1 Highwaymen (w/t)

15 x 45’, BBC One, mornings

In this 15-part series BBC One follows the men and women who work round the clock on Britain’s longest and most iconic road as they strive to keep the traffic moving and the public safe.

Spanning across the 410 mile length of the A1 from London to Edinburgh, the series focuses on the work of the police, traffic officers and emergency response teams on both sides of the border as they deal with some of the thousands of incidents which affect the road every year.

From farmers to truckers, horse trainers to camel handlers, the series also takes a ride alongside many of the colourful characters who spend their lives on the road, whether for work or play.

In each episode, a range of compelling stories unfold through the teams in CCTV traffic control rooms which watch over the road 24/7. From swans running wild on the carriageway to the collapse of live electricity cables forcing the closure of the road, the series captures the work of the teams tasked with tackling all kinds of emergencies and whose main mission is to get the traffic flowing again.

The A1 Highwaymen (w/t) is a True North production.

The BBC Commissioning Editor is Adrian Padmore

The Boss

20 x 45’, BBC One, afternoons

The Boss is a brand new quiz show hosted by Susan Calman full of clever questions, cunning contestants - and real fun. In each episode, one contestant becomes The Boss and then has to use judgement and tactics, to decide which player is best suited to answer a mixture of general knowledge and brainteaser questions. Making the right choices is crucial and The Boss has to identify each player’s strengths and weaknesses early on. The right decisions will ultimately decide how much money can be won at the end of the show.

But, to win the cash, The Boss has to stay in power - and, at the end of every round, the remaining contestants could choose to challenge him or her, in a tense and cut-throat head-to-head battle that will see one player eliminated. At the end of the show, only The Boss and the one surviving player remain. As their loyalty is truly tested in one final twist, who will take home the cash?

The Boss is a BBC Studios production from Salford. Kieron Collins and Gareth Edwards are the Executive Producers.

The BBC Commissioning Editor is Adrian Padmore.

The Repair Shop

15 x 30’, BBC Two, 6.30pm

Nestled deep in the British countryside is The Repair Shop, a workshop of dreams where broken things are brought back to life.

An ensemble cast of skilled and passionate crafts people will welcome punters and their precious objects, putting the beauty back into them. Many of these items will have extraordinary stories and a unique place in history.

Our brilliant master craftsmen and woman can fix anything. Mechanics, horologists, engineers, metal workers and wood restorers will be working side by side in this adrenalin fuelled workshop, restoring much loved possessions to their former glory.

The Repair Shop is a Ricochet production for the BBC. The Executive Producers are Rob Butterfield and Sam Wilson.

The BBC Commissioning Editor is Carla-Maria Lawson.