Radio & Television

BBC Two’s legendary satirical music series Never Mind The Buzzcocks is back with a brand new series next month.

The BBC will tell the story of a cultural revolution in British music and explore one of Europe’s most successful and wide ranging art movements in two major new television series planned for early next year.

The BBC is to launch a new “magical” interactive campaign using “augmented reality” technology in cinemas across the UK to promote Merlin, a new 13-part drama for BBC One.

Paul Merton On Hitchcock, Picture Book, Just Read, Why Reading Matters, How Reading Made Us Modern, The Lost Libraries Of Timbuktu, The Golden Age Of Steam Season, Ian Hislop Goes Off The Rails, Time Shift, In Between The Lines: Railways In Fiction And Film, British Transport Films – A Nation On Film Special, Railway Walks, Storyville, Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired, Blast!, Armistice, The Joy Of Motoring, The Department Store

Prog Rock Britannia, The Story Of The American Folk Revival, The Swing Thing, Gergiev Conducts Mahler, Classical Legends, Neil Young – Don’t Be Denied

The Art Of Italy Season shines a light on some of the powerful individuals who funded, crafted and inspired the masterpieces behind arguably the most influential period in the history of art, changing its course forever.

One of the most recognisable and compelling brands in our literary canon, Mills & Boon is synonymous with bodices being ripped and heaving bosoms.
A fun but emotionally heartfelt look at the life and loves of the pink Queen of Romance, Barbara Cartland.
What happens when a literary novelist tries to write popular romantic fiction? To mark the 100 years of romance publishers Mills & Boon, author Stella Duffy takes on the challenge of writing for them.

Infant psychologist Laverne Antrobus explores pregnancy and its role in determining human development and behaviour.
As part of a season across BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four to mark the life and work of Charles Darwin, two specially commissioned documentaries explore the impact of the great naturalist upon the modern scientific landscape.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili traces the lives and achievements of the great scientisits of the medieval Islamic world in a new three-part documentary.
Marcus du Sautoy, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford, takes viewers through the fascinating 30,000-year-old history of maths.

From Charles Darwin’s fervent pursuit of his theory of evolution to the latest developments in technology that allows us to take a fresh look at pregnancy in the womb, this autumn and winter BBC Four presents an illuminating and rewarding collection of programmes that celebrate mankind’s pursuit of scientific knowledge.

All the contestants, their restaurants and culinary backgrounds.