BBC Two Sets Premiere Date For ‘Diana And I’
BBC Two's one-off drama Diana And I will premiere on Monday September 4th at 9pm, it has been announced.
BBC Two's one-off drama Diana And I will premiere on Monday September 4th at 9pm, it has been announced.
Alan Partridge is returning to the BBC! The Beeb is set to bring back the iconic character played by Steve Coogan for a special on BBC Two commemorating the 25th anniversary of Partidge's first appearance on BBC Radio in 1992, and a new series on BBC One.
At his Meet The Controller session at the Edinburgh International TV Festival, BBC Two Controller Patrick Holland unveiled a raft of new programming for the channel. BBC Two has acquired FX's LA set cocaine drama Snowfall from Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution and ordered a trio of specials of their cult comedy series The League Of Gentleman. In addition, the channel has commissioned a number of factual titles including Inside The Foreign Office and Army: Behind The New Frontlines.
STV Productions has scored a multi-season renewal from the BBC for both Antiques Road Trip and Celebrity Antiques Road Trip. BBC One's Antiques Road Trip will return for fourth further seasons, for a total of 80 episodes; while BBC Two's Celebrity Antiques Road Trip will be back for another season of 20 episodes.
Michael Sheen (Masters Of Sex) and David Tennant (Marvel's Jessica Jones) have been set as the leads in Good Omens, Amazon's six episode comedy horror series which is being produced in association with the BBC.
The BBC is bringing some more critically acclaimed theatre to the small screen. BBC Two has announced plans to broadcast the West End production of William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, directed by Robert Icke and starring Andrew Scott (Sherlock), which recently transferred to the Harold Pinter Theatre for a limited season following a sell-out run at the Almeida this year.
BBC Two has handed out a bumper second season renewal to factual series Back To The Land With Kate Humble. The Beeb has ordered twelve episodes for season two, up considerably from the three episodes that comprised season one.