BBC One Orders Grenfell & Stephen Lawrence Documentaries, Obesity Season & Button Gameshow

BBC One has announced a wide-ranging set of new commissions, spanning documentaries on the Grenfell Tower fire and the murder of Stephen Lawrence, a season of films on obesity and a new family gameshow.

Grenfell, a documentary directed by Ben Anthony for Minnow Films, will draw together the human stories of the tower block fire through the testimony of those directly affected, while also looking at the role of social media and the political questions raised. The Stephen Lawrence Story comes from Asif Kapadia and James Gay-Rees, the team behind the Oscar-winning Amy. The three-part series will revisit the 1993 killing and the inquiries that followed, timed to the 25th anniversary of his death.

The channel also unveiled a run of factual programmes on obesity, among them The Truth About Obesity, in which presenter Chris Bavin examines the latest research, and Crash Diet Revolution, which follows four people attempting to lose weight.

On the lighter side, BBC One has ordered The Button, an eight-part gameshow from Taskmaster producer Avalon. A talking button is installed in families’ living rooms, setting them a series of timed challenges against rival households for a cash prize.