New York, NY – BBC AMERICA announced today the greenlight of Top Gear America. With a nod to its UK roots, the reimagined US spin-off of Top Gear will appear on BBCA with three new presenters in eight hour-long episodes starting later this year. The series will be hosted by racing enthusiast and veteran film and television actor William Fichtner, world…
Read MoreNew York, NY – Set in London, BBC AMERICA’s new coming-of-age series, Class, follows four ordinary Coal Hill Academy students from opposite ends of the cafeteria’s social landscape, who find themselves drawn together in the most extraordinary of circumstances. The students must form an unlikely alliance to battle, in secret, against alien threats which have broken…
Read MoreStreet Date: March 28, 2017 Suggested Retail Price: UHD $59.99 ($74.98 in Canada) / DVD $35.99 ($44.98 in Canada) / Blu-ray $44.95 ($55.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 360 mins + bonus content / 3-disc set (UHD) / 2-disc set (DVD/BD) New York, NY – For the first time ever, BBC Home Entertainment is making a 4K Ultra HD…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Earth, the BBC’s global factual brand, has today published findings of an international study titled The Real Happiness Project showing nature programming’s direct impact on the mood and wellbeing of its viewers. The research, conducted with Professor Dacher Keltner, an expert in the science of emotion at the University of California, Berkeley,…
Read MoreNew York, NY –It is a service truly fit for a queen. BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, today launch BritBox, a new subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) streaming service with the most comprehensive collection of British television, across all genres, available anywhere in the U.S. With thousands of…
Read MoreNew York, NY – Presented by Fathom Events, the Doctor is back on the big screen with BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who: Season 10 Premiere, starring Peter Capaldi, who will be joined by new companion Pearl Mackie (Bill) and returning alien companion Matt Lucas (Nardole). Following BBC AMERICA’s television premiere on Saturday, April 15 at 9/8c, the episode…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC AMERICA’s critically acclaimed co-production, Ripper Street, returns for a fifth and final season with six episodes on Wednesday, March 8 at 11/10c. The powerful closing chapter picks up mere days after the grisly death of Detective Inspector Bennet Drake (Jerome Flynn – Game of Thrones), which reunites his old friends, Detective Inspector Edmund Reid (Matthew…
Read MoreNew York, NY – The critically acclaimed programming event Planet Earth II, which premiered across BBC AMERICA, AMC and SundanceTV on February 18th, delivered 2.7 million total viewers, including 1.2 million adults 25-54 and 1 million adults 18-49 in Nielsen live+3 ratings. In the key 25-54 demo, the episode now ranks as the most watched…
Read MoreNew York, NY – Announced today, BBC AMERICA will premiere the new season of Top Gear on a new date and night – Sunday, March 12, at 8/7c followed by after show Extra Gear. HOSTS: The car show sees Matt LeBlanc, Chris Harris and Rory Reid at the helm, with appearances from German race ace Sabine Schmitz, F1 pundit Eddie Jordan, and the international man of mystery referred to…
Read MoreNew York, NY – Soumya Sriraman has been appointed President, North America of the soon-to-launch subscription video on demand (SVOD) service, BritBox – a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of BBC, and ITV, the UK’s biggest commercial broadcaster, effective immediately. Sriraman was most recently Executive Vice President of Franchise and Digital Enterprises…
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