BBC Studios

From The Green Planet to Antiques Roadshow, we’re very proud of how beloved shows made by BBC Studios Natural History Unit and BBC Studios Factual Entertainment have boosted the economy of both Bristol and the UK as a whole.

It was a big weekend for Bluey, as the animated hit was honoured at the Australian High Commission in London, and record-breaking ratings were revealed. On Sunday, the Australian High Commission in London hosted a celebratory event, organised by BBC Studios, as London's iconic Australia House underwent a magical transformation, becoming "Bluey House" for 24 hours. Australian High Commissioner Stephen Smith presented Bluey with the inaugural ‘Special Recognition Award for Cultural Impact across the UK and the World’ as exclusive new figures show British families have spent over 110 million hours interacting with the show’s toys, video games and live events. The event coincided with the launch of brand-new episode Surprise that landed globally the same day. The shows longest ever episode, The Sign landed last week and has driven record numbers of daily viewing minutes for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Kids channel on ABC iview, with 50.3 million minutes viewed on its premiere day. The episode also set an all-time TV broadcast record for ABC Kids channel and a launch day record for ABC iview. The Walt Disney Company also released their figures, showing that the 28-minute special is the most-viewed Disney Junior and Bluey episode premiere ever with over 10.4M views globally on Disney+ after 7 days of streaming. The "Bluey House" event and stand-out ratings are a testament to Bluey’s unique success and universal appeal, bringing joy and laughter to families around the globe!

BBC Studios lifted the curtain today on “Made to make you think” – our first-ever global BBC brand campaign, aimed at reaching audiences outside the U.K.   This stunning brand campaign reintroduces the BBC to both familiar and new audiences and underscores what sets the BBC apart – world-class, impartial and globally-minded journalism and storytelling.   Congratulations to Jennifer Ball and her team on this triumphant campaign!   You can view one of the films from “Made to make you think” below, and learn more about the campaign here: https://lnkd.in/e8rcxvjJ

Excited to announce that we have an expanded deal with Sky for our suite of channels across Sky platforms, PLUS the addition of our premium drama channel BBC First from October! We're delighted that this deal deepens our existing partnership and helps both businesses to grow.

BBC Podcasts are taking centre stage in Times Square with Amazon Music! BBC Studios have partnered with Amazon Music to make BBC podcasts available globally on Amazon Music for the first time outside the UK. This week Amazon promoted The Global Story, Planet Premier League and The Global News Podcast in New York’s Times Square. Subscribers to Amazon Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited services can exclusively access over 50 of the BBC’s most popular podcasts ad-free, including the three featured, now.

BBC Nordic celebrates first year with rapid growth! BBC Studios’ enhanced linear channel has achieved 1% audience and grown its ratings by 86% over the past 6 months.   BBC Nordic, which has been the number one channel in its competitive set 3 months in a row this past year, brings together the brightest factual, lifestyle and feel-good entertainment series from the BBC for Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Icelandic viewers. The channel features a range of programming, from Natural History series including Planet Earth III and Mammals, inspiring documentaries such as Louis Theroux Interviews, Lifestyle shows such as Great Pottery Throwdown, to family-fun entertainment including nail-biting quiz shows, Bridge of Lies and Pointless and comedic panel show, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown with host, Jimmy Carr.    Since launching in 2023, replacing BBC Brit and BBC Earth, audiences have tuned into the daily schedule and QI, Pointless, Antiques Roadshow, Michael McIntyres Big Show and World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys have become the most popular shows to date.   The dedicated on-demand service BBC Nordic+ has allowed audiences to delve deeper into the BBC content they enjoy from the BBC Nordic channel and discover on-demand exclusives. Audience favourites since launch include QI, Eastenders, Planet Earth III, Life Below Zero and The Great British Sewing Bee.    A first year to celebrate! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eYm8ZZBt

BBC Studios media partner BBC Maestro collaborates with Spotify! 🤝 Spotify users will now be able to access and purchase 7 of BBC Maestro’s high-quality, video courses led by some of the world's greatest experts. Spotify users will find the video courses alongside their favourite music, podcasts and audiobooks.    The courses available on Spotify cover a variety of topics, categorised into four main themes: make music, get creative, learn business and healthy living, giving listeners an abundance of options to expand their knowledge.      The BBC Maestro courses now available on Spotify are:  Steven Bartlett – The 16 Steps to Start and Scale a Multi-Million-Pound Business  In this course the Diary of a CEO host and Dragon’s Den entrepreneur shares his secrets to building and growing a highly successful business Mo Gawdat – Happiness  Bestselling author, Slo Mo podcast host, and ex-Google CBO shares a revolutionary approach to engineer your path to happiness Lee Child – Writing Popular Fiction  Learn how to write a page-turning thriller with the award-winning author behind Jack Reacher Marco Pierre White – Delicious Food Cooked Simply  Cook up a storm in the kitchen with the renowned, Michelin-starred chef JancisRobinson.com – An Understanding of Wine  Take a deep dive into the world of wine, with one of the most respected wine critics in the game Gary Barlow – Songwriting  Craft a hit record, with Take That’s multi-award-winning singer-songwriter Paula Scher – Graphic Design  Learn how to make it in the competitive world of graphic design, with the name behind some of the world’s biggest brands.   Courses can be listened to in audio or watched in video format. Each course comes with 2 free lessons, so users have the chance to try before they buy.   Click the link below to find out more! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gbRtFf9j   #BBCStudios #BBCMaestro #Spotify #Audio

We had our best ever performance at the Royal Television Society Programme Awards last night.   BBC Studios’ Production Units, Labels, Invested Indies and Distribution Partners between them, took home a fantastic fourteen awards.     BBC Studios Entertainment Productions’ staging of Eurovision 2023 won two awards taking home the Live Event prize and Entertainment Performance for Hannah Waddingham. Black Ops, made by BBC Studios Comedy Productions and BBC Studios Drama Productions’ Time also both received two awards each. Our Indie Label Sid Gentle Films Ltd.’s super-powered comedy Extraordinary won the first ever RTS Programme Award for a Disney+ show, whilst Happy Valley, produced by our Indie Label Lookout Point Ltd, continued its award-winning ways, taking home the Drama Series prize.    BBC Studios Specialist Factual Productions won two awards for Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World and Inside Our Autistic Mind respectively. There were also well-deserved awards for EastEnders (BBC Studios Drama Productions) and Scam Interceptors (BBC Studios Documentary Unit).    Juice, produced by our Invested Indie Various Artists Limited, took home the Comedy Drama prize and our distribution partners at KEO FILMS LIMITED & Walk on Aur won Best Documentary Series for Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland,   It’s an honour to have received this huge recognition for the range and quality of our content and talent.       Congratulations to all our RTS winners! Photo credit: RTS/Richard Kendal

BBC Studios Social is now open to pitches for digital-first content! For the first time ever, BBC Studios Social are inviting indies of all scales and background to pitch fresh, short form concepts that help extend existing IP, engage loyal fans, and reach new audiences on digital platforms. BBC Studios Social curate, commission, and commercialise the digital footprint of some of the best loved global television brands. In the past year, they have commissioned over 1,500 minutes of original content across a rich portfolio including stop motion Hey Duggee adventures, a range of celebrity-voiced Bluey Book Reads that has surpassed 16 million views since launch, and deep dives into US car-modding culture on Top Gear. The team are looking for food and fun family-related ideas for Bluey, playful activity-focused content for Hey Duggee, youth-skewing ideas for Top Gear and our digital first comedy channel Funny Parts, and ideas across nature, space, sustainability and the human body for BBC Earth and BBC Earth Science. BBC Studios Social are committed to finding, developing, and partnering with the best independent producers and new talent globally. With a deep love for BBC Studios’ world-class brands, the team are super excited to share them with producers and creators who can deliver new formats, new talent, and new ideas that are critical and commercial successes. Whether silly comedy sketches, or a mind-bending science documentary, we hope this will be the start of some beautiful creative partnerships. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/e-sa-APG Or check out the BBC Studios Social opening briefing here: https://lnkd.in/eqWr4HfU

Pursuing truth with no agenda. Backing the best British storytelling. Bringing people together. In a major speech on the BBC’s future, Director-General Tim Davie says the broadcaster has a central role in ensuring the UK retains a healthy democracy, a strong creative economy and a more cohesive society. The Director General sets out the three essential roles the BBC will prioritise to ensure it offers value for audiences: 📰 Pursuing truth with no agenda - by reporting fearlessly and fairly ✏️ Backing the best British storytelling – by investing in homegrown talent and creativity 📺 Bringing people together – by connecting everyone to unmissable content “A new wave of technological change is reshaping our media landscape at extraordinary speed. It’s bringing fresh challenges for our democracy, our creative economy, and our society. It’s time to make a choice once again, to decide to intervene," the Director-General says. "To stand up and champion for the UK and all of us, to serve. Not to accept that only the forces of the global market will prevail. To champion an institution that is admired worldwide and is needed more now than ever. Not simply defending the BBC but fighting for what it makes us." Find out more - and read the Director-General's speech in full - at the links in the comments ⬇️