BBC AMERICA Reveal Maisie Williams As Doctor Who Guest Star
New York, NY – Having landed back in the UK fresh from touring the US, today Maisie Williams sets foot on the Doctor Who TARDIS to take up a guest role in the hit BBC AMERICA show that returns to our screens this fall. Maisie has already found global fame and is renowned for her…
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BBC AMERICA’s Ripper Street Returns For Season Three on April 29, 10:00PM ET
New York, NY – BBC AMERICA’s critically-acclaimed and BAFTA nominated original British drama Ripper Street returns in April. Picking up in 1894, four years after the culmination of season two, the new season reveals a vivid and sensual descent into the lives of the men and women who must live on the violent streets of…
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BBC Home Entertainment Spring Highights
New York, NY – APRIL RUBY’S QUEST Street Date: April 7, 2015 Suggested Retail Price: DVD $19.98 ($24.98 in Canada) Length: Approx. 80 mins / single disc The forests of Central and South America can be downright noisy places, but amid the whistles, howls, and chirps no animal can hold a candle to the gregarious…
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BBC Worldwide North America Promotes Christine Black to SVP, Communications and Events
New York, NY – BBC Worldwide North America announced today the promotion of Christine Black to Senior Vice President, Communications and Events. Reporting into Herb Scannell, President, BBC Worldwide North America, she will also be part of the global BBC Worldwide communications team. As SVP, Christine will be responsible for driving the communications and events…
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BBC AMERICA Premieres New Natural History Co-Production Wild Alaska March 10th
New York, NY – Alaska is huge – a fifth of the size of the US – but with fewer than three-quarters of a million human beings. Instead, it has a phenomenal range of wildlife. Why should such a vast land, part of the most modern nation on earth, still be so untamed and barely…
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BBC.com Reaches Highest Traffic Levels Ever with Continued Quarterly Growth Throughout 2014 Across the U.S.
New York, NY – BBC.com today announced that Q4 yielded its highest traffic to date, on the heels of four successive quarters of growth across 2014, making BBC.com one of the top ranked sites within the general news category according to comScore. Total digital population (desktop and mobile combined) for BBC.com in Q4 averaged 31.6M…
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Leading Public Service Broadcasters BBC and PBS Announce Major New Partnership
Pasadena, CA – PBS President and CEO Paula A. Kerger announced today at the PBS portion of the Television Critics Association Press Tour a unique new multi-title co-production deal between PBS, BBC and BBC Worldwide. It will create 8 – 10 new programming specials across approximately 20 hours a year, both stand out singles and…
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BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who Finishes 2014 with Highest Rated Season Ever
New York, NY – BBC AMERICA’s Doctor Who finishes the year with its highest rated season ever on BBC AMERICA, plus the annual Christmas Special delivered over 2.3 million Total Viewers and was the #1 non-sports telecast in all of cable during the time period among Adults 25-54 in Live+3. Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and…
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Rutledge Wood Takes HISTORY on a Ride to Rescue America’s Forgotten Classic Cars in Lost in Transmission
New York, NY – One man’s clunker is another man’s treasure couldn’t be more true for automotive aficionado and “Top Gear” co-host, Rutledge Wood and friend, and fellow car fanatic, George Flanigen. These two men are on a mission – rescue America’s forgotten classic cars that are sitting in ruins in barns, garages and the…
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Logo TV Signs Deal with BBC Worldwide North America to Co-Produce Two New Russell T Davies Drama Series Cucumber and Banana
New York, NY – Logo TV and BBC Worldwide North America today announced a production deal for Logo TV to co-produce, with Channel 4 (UK), Cucumber and Banana – two interlinked dramas from the multi BAFTA® award-winning writer of Doctor Who and Queer as Folk, Russell T Davies. Both dramas, produced by RED Production Company…
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