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⛳️ Bill Murray and friends are hitting the road for a genre-bending golf adventure in A Course Called Ireland

Including Chris O’Dowd and Joanne McNally, the new series starts on BBC iPlayer from Friday 23 October

Details ➡️ https://t.co/NceICDUScL

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The Joemance continues for Joe Marler and Joe Wilkinson, as they're taking their friendship on the water for a barging adventure across the UK!

“I love canals, I love Joe Marler, I love drizzle.” 🚤

Get all the info ➡️ https://t.co/x9Lljf4Rzs

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Simon Reeve returns to the Wilderness for bigger, wilder more ambitious journeys, and a mission to show "wild areas still exist - and are worth caring about and protecting"

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📸 Blue Lights returns Tuesday 29 September

New artwork has been released ahead of the fourth series arriving on BBC iPlayer and BBC One

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Friday editions of Newsnight are moving to 7pm.

Matt Chorley presents a new peak-time slot, bringing an insight into the week's biggest political stories ahead of the weekend. Monday to Thursday episodes remain at 10.30pm.

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🎬 BBC and Birmingham City University announce landmark 10-year partnership to develop the next generation of creative media professionals

The collaboration will establish a centre for creative skills and learning at the Tea Factory in Digbeth

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The game is on... The Celebrity Traitors series 2 air date is confirmed!

And there's a new trailer too 👀

Get all the info ➡️ https://t.co/UUhXAoALVv

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Where did cinema come from? And why? What does it want? And why can’t it tell us? Philomena Cunk is back to find out.

She’ll be probing experts Mark Kermode, Helen O’Hara, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Bay and Mark Cousins.

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All hands on deck! 📸 Colin Morgan, Madeleine Mantock and Christian Cooke lead the cast of Nightsleeper series 2

Set on board a Belfast-to-Liverpool passenger ferry, meet more of the cast ahead of the second series ⤵️
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🪩 #Strictly's Class of 2026 are back to (dance) school, revealing why they're heading for the ballroom, their dream songs to dance to - and what they're most nervous about!

Get the latest ➡️ https://t.co/VkgMZ4DYA1

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💕 To Dolly, With Love

Sheridan Smith, Beverley Knight and Ward Thomas join the BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus and the BBC Singers in a tribute to Dolly Parton at Last Night of The Proms 2026

Find out more ➡️ https://t.co/7MAPKtdEwi

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🏉Red Roses’ WXV Global Series 2026 matches against Australia, Canada and New Zealand will be live on the BBC.

The reigning world champions kick off their campaign on 12 September, fresh from Women’s Rugby World Cup glory.

More ⤵️ https://t.co/v0lolejxSj

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🌊BBC Radio 3 is travelling around Britain’s coast in a 12-hour live relay of music and sound from six lighthouses.

Where the Light Sings is a live musical adventure connecting some of the wildest coastal locations.

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🌍 Robert Macfarlane will challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in the 2026 BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures

The acclaimed writer will argue for the urgent need to re-imagine humanity’s relationship with the living world

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/sD4NKfNN5U

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After more than 20 years at the helm of BBC Gardeners’ World as its longest-serving Head Gardener, Monty Don has decided to step down at the end of the current series

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It's official. Small Prophets series two is coming!

The hit comedy conjured up by Mackenzie Crook returns for a second series following its stellar first run.

Learn more ➡️ https://t.co/CouqyB9ktE

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BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time is launching as a video podcast on iPlayer

Alongside new weekly episodes, a specially-curated audio-only archive edition will be added to the In Our Time feed on BBC Sounds

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Sam Smith, Chase & Status, Anderson .Paak x Cordae, Jorja Smith and more announced for Radio 1’s Live Lounge Month 2026 as Charlie and Jerry kick off their brand-new show

See the line-up ➡️ https://t.co/7xPH06FMTF

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Let's get this party started! 🪩🕺💃

#Strictly returns from Saturday 19 September on iPlayer and BBC One

Watch the trailer ➡️ https://t.co/2zhyAGItIS

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One of the most compelling and talked-about stories in modern Irish history is coming to screen.

Brendan Coyle, Sinéad Keenan and Owen McDonnell star in The Murder of Mr. Moonlight, coming to iPlayer and BBC One.

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