BBC One
New commissioning announcements from BBC One.
Published: 1 June 2017
Earth From Space
Earth from Space (pictured above) invites viewers to look at our natural world from a brand new perspective, capturing the extraordinary beauty and diversity of the planet in astonishing detail. From animal gatherings and migrations, to tracking huge weather systems that span the globe, to a lone elephant marching across the African plain, space cameras reveal the story of our natural world like you’ve never seen it before.
Four hundred kilometres up, breathtaking shapes and patterns emerge that can only be seen from Space. The world’s largest beaver dam in British Columbia stands out from the landscape like a wonder of the natural world. Pockedmarked holes made by wombats appear across the Australian outback like alien hives. And in Siberia, rings in the ice, only visible from space, are clear signs of warming that are putting seal pups in danger.
From Space our planet is revealed as a kaleidoscope of colour. The aurora cloaks the planet and creates a dazzling display of light; in Tanzania a lake that looks ordinary from the ground is bright pink from space - the same colour as the flamingos that gather there. And satellite cameras reveal that our planet is changing faster than ever, as we witness the effects of deforestation on remote uncontacted tribes in the heart of the Brazilian rainforest.
Earth From Space, a 4x60 was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Director of Content, and Tom McDonald, Head of Commissioning, Natural History and Specialist Factual. Craig Hunter is the BBC Commissioning Editor, Science, and it is being made by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit, where the Executive Producer is Jo Shinner and the Series Producer is Chloe Sarosh.
This programme is produced in partnership with The Open University
Diana
This landmark 90-minute BBC One documentary tells the inside story of the tumultuous and unprecedented week that followed the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, exploring how she came to have such an extraordinary effect on the nation and people around the world.
The film features in-depth interviews with her sons, the Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, speaking in detail about that week’s events from the moment they heard the news of their mother’s death to the day of the funeral itself, as well as reflecting more broadly on her life and what she meant to them both then and now.
The film also includes interviews with family members, close friends, political figures and journalists, many of them speaking for the first time about the events of that week.
Diana (title TBC) was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Director of Content, and Alison Kirkham, Controller, Factual Commissioning. It is being made by Sandpaper Films; the director is Henry Singer (Baby P: The Untold Story; 9/11: The Falling Man); the producer is Jenny Saunders and the co-producer is Jessica Ludgrove. It is being executive produced at the BBC by Alison Kirkham and Clare Sillery, Head of Commissioning, Documentaries.
The Makeover Show
Presented by Claudia Winkleman, The Makeover Show is a smart and contemporary new style format for BBC One. Funny, warm and moving, the series will see a range of people from all over the UK receive the ultimate makeover from some of the country’s best stylists, hairdressers and makeup artists.
In each episode, three people, each with their own motive for coming, will undergo a complete style overhaul. Whether they’ve been nominated by friends and family, have chosen to come because they want help with their style, are at a major crossroads in their life or are building to a significant event, their day with Claudia and the style team will be unforgettable.
The series will be filmed in a special makeover house in the heart of London using a combination of crews and rigged cameras. As well as delivering radical transformations, it will also reveal to the audience how simple choices about hair, makeup and clothes can have a huge impact on confidence and body image.
Claudia Winkleman will be on hand to support each individual undergoing a makeover and getting to understand why this transformation means so much to them.
Claudia says: “I’m thrilled to be taking part. The production team is brilliant and I can’t wait to start. Obviously I’d want to give everyone a fringe, some black clothes and white lipstick so thankfully it’s extremely lucky I’m not in charge. I’ll just be there to help.”
The Makeover Show (3x60) was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, BBC Director of Content, and Tom McDonald, BBC Head of Commissioning, Natural History & Specialist Factual. The series will be produced by Electric Ray. The Executive Producers are Meredith Chambers and Karl Warner and the Series Editor is Suzanne McGairl.
Miriam’s Great American Adventure
The irrepressible Miriam Margolyes embarks on an epic trip through the heart of Middle America in this new three-part series for BBC One. Miriam is no stranger to America, having lived in LA for 16 years, and she saw it as a liberal, welcoming and classless country that she came to love. But then 2016 happened, leaving Miriam wondering if she really knew it at all.
Now she's going to journey nearly 1,000 miles from Chicago to New Orleans, immersing herself in communities along the way as she gets to know the people of middle America, whose voices are reshaping the nation.
Miriam says: "I am tremendously excited to be making this series for the BBC on an extraordinary journey of discovery in America at a unique time in its history.”
From the towering metropolis of Chicago to rural Ohio and the vibrant but deeply divided South, Miriam employs her warm and inimitable questioning style to get under the skin of the real America and challenge her - and our own - preconceptions of America.
Miriam’s Great American Adventure (3x60) was commissioned by Clare Sillery, Head of Commissioning, Documentaries and is being made by Wild Pictures where the Executive Producers are Paul Hamann and Alicia Kerr.
The Real Marigold Hotel
Critically acclaimed and multi award-winning travel documentary The Real Marigold Hotel will be returning to BBC One for a new four-part series in 2018. A brand new line up of famous senior citizens will head off on an adventure of a lifetime to India, road-testing retirement in Udaipur, in the western Indian state of Rajasthan.
Spreading around the shores of the idyllic Lake Pichola with a backdrop of majestic green hills, Udaipur is known as one of India’s most romantic cities. With its ornate turrets, balconied palaces and whitewashed havelis clustered around the waters of the lake, it is a destination ripe for exploring in retirement.
The Real Marigold Hotel (4x60) was commissioned by Charlotte Moore, Director BBC Content, and Clare Sillery, Head of Commissioning, Documentaries. It is a Twofour production where the Executive Producers are David Clews and Andrew MacKenzie. Ben Archard is the Series Producer and Claire Walls is the Series Editor.
