New York, NY – BBC AMERICA announced today that Matt LeBlanc is one of the new presenters of the upcoming and eagerly awaited return of Top Gear – the planet’s biggest car entertainment show. LeBlanc’s appointment marks the first time the show has ever had a non-British host in its 39-year history. In what promises to be…
Read MoreNew York, NY – The gripping BAFTA-nominated series, Prey, plays out as two three-part stories that straddle two intense cases – with down-but-not-out Detective Sergeant (DS) Susan Reinhardt (Rosie Cavaliero, A Young Doctor’s Notebook, Little Dorrit) at the center of it all – fighting to unravel the truth, while struggling to cope with her own…
Read MoreNew York, NY – Steven took over the reins on Season 5 in 2010 and during his tenure the show has become a truly global success. He has been responsible for introducing the Eleventh and the Twelfth Doctors in Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi; as well as two companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Clara…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC StoryWorks, the content marketing arm of BBC Advertising, has revealed the results of research on the emotional impact of content-led marketing on BBC.com’s verticals (non-news) by measuring consumers’ subconscious reaction to campaigns. The research, titled ‘The Science of Engagement,’ combines traditional metrics with facial coding to understand how brands can…
Read MoreNew York, NY – It’s the end of an era for Jenna Coleman as she completes her multi-season run as the Doctor’s companion, Clara, in Doctor Who: Series Nine, Part Two, available on Blu-ray & DVD on January 26 following an action-packed run on BBC AMERICA (U.S.) and SPACE (Canada). And on the heels of…
Read MoreNew York, NY – BBC Worldwide North America have announced that Banished, the first ever BBC show to make its U.S. premiere on iTunes, is available today. Banished (7×60), penned by Emmy®-winning writer Jimmy McGovern (Cracker, The Street) and set in 18th century Australia, tells the story of the first British convicts as they start…
Read MoreLondon, UK /New York, NY – The 90 minute Victorian special, Sherlock: The Abominable Bride, released in more than 6,000 screens in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan, and has already been seen by over five million people in these countries to date. It took the #1 spot in Hong Kong and South Korea…
Read MorePasadena, CA – BBC AMERICA made a series of announcements at today’s TCA including: Class, a companion for hit series Doctor Who, from American young adult writer Patrick Ness, will be co-produced by BBC AMERICA. Prey, a high-octane thriller starring John Simm, Philip Glenister and Rosie Cavaliero, will premiere in February 2016. And a Valentine’s Day…
Read MorePasadena, CA – BBC AMERICA announced today the greenlight of new original scripted series Dirk Gently. The series is an adaptation of Douglas Adams’ (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Doctor Who) wildly successful comic novels, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and is a set in the unexpected world of the hyper, absurd, eponymous detective Dirk Gently. The straight to series…
Read MoreStreet Date: January 12, 2016 Suggested Retail Price: DVD $22.99 ($29.98 in Canada) Blu-ray $29.99 ($37.48 in Canada) Length: Approx. 90 mins + bonus content / single disc New York, NY – On the heels of its U.S. premiere on MASTERPIECE on PBS and the U.S. and Canada cinema event, Holmes and Watson, the classic…
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