What's new to watch on BBC iPlayer? APRIL
Spring has arrived! The sunshine isn't the only thing to look forward to this month, we've also got a wealth of brand new shows, fantastic films, and unmissable drama on BBC iPlayer.
Scroll down to discover just some of the things coming to BBC iPlayer in April. But don't worry, there's lots more to explore on BBC iPlayer.
What's new on BBC iPlayer in April?
Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone
Tuesday 1 April
In a new series Ashley Cain visits some of the world's most dangerous places to deep-dive into issues that affect young men born into a life where criminality has become a form of survival. After an insider secures him an intro, he'll use his curiosity, physicality and sheer force of personality to earn peoples' trust and infiltrate an infamous underworld.
In each episode Ashley explores the reasons why young men in each location have chosen a life of extreme criminality. He will be pushed to his physical and emotional limits, form personal bonds with complex men, and explore extreme male cultures he never knew existed.
Watch Ashley Cain: Into the Danger Zone on BBC iPlayer. Add to your Watchlist now
More: Ashley Cain says Into the Danger Zone revealed "I'm not as fearless as I thought"
Stacey & Joe
Tuesday 1 April
In this brand new series, cameras follow the lives of Stacey and Joe, their children, four ducks and two dogs. With exclusive behind the scenes access, viewers are given a refreshing, honest take on their modern blended family. Raising their 'pickles', Zach, Leighton, Rex, Rose and Belle who are aged between 16 and one, is no mean feat especially combined with busy work schedules and ambitious passion projects like building a two acre fishing lake.
Watch Stacey & Joe on BBC iPlayer
The Secret Genius of Modern Life
Wednesday 2 April, 8pm
Hannah Fry is back for a second series where she uncovers the secrets behind the miraculous technologies of the modern world, revealing the mind-blowing stories behind their invention.
In episode one of the new series Hannah takes a look at the air fryer – a device that is rapidly taking over people's kitchens, cooking up everything from bread rolls to baked Alaska and almost making ovens obsolete.
Watch the previous series of Secret Genius of Modern Life of BBC iPlayer
Black Snow
Friday 4 April, 9pm
Zoe Jacobs disappeared without a trace in 2003, on the night of her 21st birthday party. Many believe Zoe ran away, but others suspect she was murdered. When police officer Sam Kahlil discovers Zoe's backpack, Detective James Cormack is called in to investigate.
Watch the first series of Black Snow on BBC iPlayer
Austin
Friday 4 April, 9.30pm
A new BBC Comedy starring Ben Miller and Sally Phillips.
Within hours of best-selling children's author Julian Hartswood being cancelled for reposting a white supremacist, he discovers he has a neurodivergent son called Austin. Meanwhile, Julian's wife and work partner Ingrid calculate that Austin was conceived when she and Julian were first dating.
Watch Austin on BBC iPlayer from Friday 4 April
More: Behind the scenes of Austin - meet the cast and creatives of a new BBC comedy as they reveal what really happens off set
Reunion
Monday 7 April, 9pm
Brand-new thriller of revenge and redemption following the journey of Daniel Brennan, a deaf man determined to right his wrongs while unravelling the truth behind the events that led him to prison. Starring Matthew Gurney, Lara Peake, Anne-Marie Duff, Eddie Marsan and Rose Ayling-Ellis, the bilingual series, filmed in and around Sheffield, features both British Sign lLanguage (BSL) and spoken English.
Watch Reunion on BBC iPlayer from Monday 7 April
More: BBC unveils first look at new epic revenge thriller Reunion
Simon Schama: The Road to Auschwitz
Monday 7 April, 9pm
In the most personal and unflinching film of his career, historian Simon Schama confronts the Holocaust as not just a Nazi obsession, but as a European-wide crime of complicity.
Watch The Road To Auschwitz on BBC iPlayer from Monday 7 April
More: BBC to mark Holocaust Memorial Day 2025 and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau
What They Found
Monday 7 April
Directed by Sam Mendes, this is the story of two soldier-cameramen, Sgt Mike Lewis and Sgt Bill Laurie, who witnessed the liberation of Belsen during the closing days of World War II.
Watch What They Found on BBC iPlayer from Monday 7 April
More: Sam Mendes directs first documentary What They Found for BBC Two and iPlayer
How to Win The Champions League
Wednesday 9 April
When it comes to lifting Europe's most coveted football trophy, what are the secrets of success? This documentary tells the story of Liverpool's Champions League win in 2019, uncovering how Jurgen Klopp galvanised a team – and the red half of the city – to deliver a sixth European title.
Watch series one of How to Win the Champions League on BBC iPlayer
Interior Design Masters with Alan Carr
Thursday 10 April
New series. Ten talented designers. One life-changing contract. Alan Carr and interiors guru Michelle Ogundehin are on the hunt for talent, passion and dazzling designs.
Watch the previous series of Interior Design Masters on BBC iPlayer
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