Television
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Waitrose to sponsor The Great British Bake Off on Channel 4
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The tie-up also covers the show’s festive specials plus spin-offs including An Extra Slice, The Great Celebrity and Bake Off: The Professionals.
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BBC Studios secures major new factual sale with Sweden’s SVT
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BBC Studios, the broadcaster’s commercial arm, has sold more than 280 hours of factual programming to Swedish national public television broadcaster SVT.
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BBC bosses to be quizzed on moving spending outside London
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The broadcaster’s Across the UK initiative aims to better reflect the lives and communities across the whole of the UK by moving decisions on budgets and expenditure outside London.
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BBC commissions new ABBA documentary to mark 50th anniversary Eurovision win
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The BBC has partnered with fellow European broadcasters ARD/WDR, France Télévisions, SVT and DR to fund and commission a new feature documentary marking the 50th anniversary of ABBA’s iconic victory at Eurovision.
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Planet Earth III Live in Concert to be performed in Manchester and London
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The concert will use footage from the series to take audiences across every corner of the planet, accompanied by the series soundtrack from Oscar winner Hans Zimmer and Bleeding Fingers Music.
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New Sky Nature series to explore the worlds of airborne animals
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The series will premiere on Sky Nature in the UK and Ireland, Italy and Germany and on Love Nature around the world.