All BBC1 articles – Page 89
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NewsTaskmaster creators pilot BBC gameshow
The team behind Dave comedy format Taskmaster are piloting a BBC1 gameshow.
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NewsRio Ferdinand fronts BBC1 film
Only The Best Productions, the indie established by former BT Sport executive Grant Best, has scored a BBC1 documentary in which Rio Ferdinand will explore grief.
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NewsJohn le Carré returns to BBC1
BBC1 is hoping to repeat the success of The Night Manager after ordering an adaptation of John le Carré’s The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.
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NewsTuesday's Child lands BBC1 singing format
Tuesday’s Child has landed its first peak-time BBC1 show – a Saturday night music format inspired by the hit film Pitch Perfect.
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NewsElectric Ray scores BBC1 pilot
Electric Ray has scored a BBC1 Saturday evening pilot for animated sketch show Doodlebugs.
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NewsJohnny Vegas stars in BBC1 sitcom
BBC1 has ordered a six-part series of Johnny Vegas’ Home From Home, following a successful pilot as part of its sitcom season.
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NewsBBC1 to shake up Saturday night with Tom Hardy drama
BBC1 will ‘reinvent’ its approach to drama next year by carving out a new post-watershed slot for the genre on Saturday nights.
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NewsBBC1 scrambles for more McIntyre
BBC1 has swiftly recommissioned “a bigger and better” series of Michael McIntyre’s Big Show after the opening episode of the second run.
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NewsNational Lottery draw to end on BBC1
BBC1 is to drop the National Lottery draw from its Saturday night schedule and will air it on iPlayer after the corporation extended its contract with Camelot for a further three years.
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NewsReal Marigold Hotel upgraded to BBC1
The Real Marigold Hotel is to be upgraded to BBC1 after Twofour secured a second series of the factual format.
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NewsBBC1 orders hospital comedy
Roughcut TV has landed a six-part hospital comedy for BBC1, marking the People Just Do Nothing indie’s first commission for the corporation’s flagship channel.
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NewsBBC1 explores 'generation rent'
Boundless will turn the tables on landlords in a three-part commission for BBC1 in which they will be forced to live in the properties they rent out
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NewsPanda lands 'huge-scale' BBC1 pilot
Moira Ross’s entertainment label Panda Television is to produce a non-TX pilot of a “huge-scale” family entertainment format for BBC1.
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NewsSally Wainwright lands BBC1 drama
Happy Valley will not be returning to BBC1 for at least two years – but creator Sally Wainwright already has a new series commission for the channel.
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NewsMagic Light lands BBC1 Christmas animation
Magic Light Pictures is adapting Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s children’s book The Highway Rat for BBC1.
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NewsThe Miniaturist adapted by BBC1
Jessie Burton’s period novel The Miniaturist is being made into a three-part BBC1 drama.
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NewsJed Mercurio drama leads BBC1 orders
Charlotte Moore has ordered a raft of dramas for BBC1 including a six-part series from the creators of Line of Duty.
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NewsKay Mellor lands BBC1 drama
Kay Mellor’s Rollem Productions has landed a BBC1 drama series about a registrar from Leeds.
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NewsBBC1 orders Peter Pan comedy for Christmas
BBC1 has ordered a live TV adaptation of Mischief Theatre’s comic west end show Peter Pan Goes Wrong to air this Christmas.
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NewsJonathan Creek returns to BBC1
BBC Studios’ quirky crime drama Jonathan Creek is to return to BBC1 for a 90-minute one-off after more than two years off-air.