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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Your next watch! Here are 7 of the most exciting new and trending BBC shows to stream right now
The BBC has a host of exciting new shows that are trending on iPlayer right now if you're looking for your next watch. From a real-life drama focused on the Lockerbie disaster, to the return of groundbreaking reality show I Kissed a Boy, as well as national treasure Alison Hammond's new interview series, Digital Spy has you covered for the latest highlights on the BBC. The new drama stars Sex Education's Connor Swindells and focuses on the 1988 bombing of a transatlantic flight over Scottish town Lockerbie. The tragedy resulted in the deaths of 270 people, with the six-part series centring on investigations by the UK and US governments around the bombing, as well as the personal impact the tragedy has on Lockerbie's residents, the victims' families, and the investigators. The Bombing of Pan Am 103 also features Back to Black's Eddie Marsan, Downton Abbey's Phyllis Logan, The Rings of Power's Peter Mullan and Suits' Patrick J Adams, and premiered on BBC One last week, with the first two episodes available now. Guz Khan's acclaimed comedy series is back for a fifth and final season, which picks up after that huge season 4 cliffhanger where Mobeen was attacked in prison. The character is "back on the outside and reunited with the gang in Small Heath" and "embarking on an epic adventure overseas" – that's if he "can get his hands on a plane ticket and a fake passport". The six-episode swansong is available in full on BBC iPlayer, and has been touted as an "epic finale" to the series, which first began in 2017. This Danish series is set in an apocalyptic future where rising water levels leads to mass evacuations and massive societal change, including changed fortunes, family separations, division and hatred, as well as love and new beginnings. It centres on high school student Laura, who in the wake of the evacuation is forced to choose between three of her closest loved ones. Families Like Ours was created by Another Round's Thomas Vinterberg and The Art of Crying's Bo Hr Hansen, and has largely drawn acclaim. The series first premiered in its native Denmark last year, and was recently acquired by the BBC for BBC Four and BBC iPlayer, where it is available to stream in full. The hit dating reality show is back for a second season, with a group of new boys looking for love under the eye of host and all-round icon Dannii Minogue and narrator Layton Williams (Strictly Come Dancing). I Kissed a Boy follows 10 single men who meet for the first time and share a kiss in order to see if they have a connection, before seeing it leads to something deeper. The new episodes have already won praise from viewers after contestant Adam opened up about being diagnosed with HIV in an emotional conversation. The second season premiered earlier this month, two years after the successful first run, with the first few episodes available to watch now. The historcal drama series has returned for its second season, continuing the story of the final queen of France before the French Revolution. Treadstone's Emilia Schüle stars as the titular character, with the new episodes following Marie in the wake of her mother's death as she faces greater threats while her popularity grows in France. She and Louis XVI also face a financial crisis, as well as discontent among the nobles. The show comes from creator Deborah Davis, and also features Louis Cunningham, Call the Midwife's Jack Archer and The Gentlemen's Jasmine Blackborow. All episodes are available to watch now. Chris Packham's insightful series originally began in 2023 with Inside Our Autistic Minds, which saw the presenter team up with creatives to help autistic people express how they were feeling inside. In his new specials, which are both available now on BBC iPlayer, he meets people with ADHD and dyslexia as he helps them to produce films in order to show family and friends how they feel. Among the people Chris talks to are a tour guide with ADHD and a project manager who was diagnosed with the condition later in life, as well as a school counsellor and a builder from South Wales with dyslexia. This Morning and The Great British Bake Off favourite Alison Hammond has launched a new BBC series where she hangs out with a number of famous faces for a weekend "in the places that made them who they are". Fans can expect "laughs, juicy secrets, surprises and a few tears" as she gets to know the likes of Little Mix's Perrie Edwards, comedian Jimmy Carr, Beauty and the Beast's Luke Evans, Spice Girls' Mel B, comedy legend Sir Lenny Henry and boxing champion Tony Bellew. All episodes are available to watch now on BBC iPlayer. Digital Spy's first print magazine is here! 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Daily Record
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
New BBC Scotland documentary to tell personal stories of Lockerbie Air Disaster victims
Lockerbie: Our Story will be shown in early June - the day after the final episode of the Bombing of Pan Am 103 drama is broadcast. A new documentary will tell the personal stories of six victims of the Lockerbie Air Disaster. Lockerbie: Our Story will be shown on BBC Scotland in early June. It tells the stories of six people who were on board Pan Am 103 when it exploded above Lockerbie on December 21, 1988, killing all 259 passengers and crew and 11 people on the ground. It remains the biggest terrorist attack on British soil. The plane was on a flight from London to New York and the show will highlight the story of 25-year-old hairdresser Olive Gordon, 38-year-old Greek shipping titan Minas Kulukundis, 24-year-old banker Tim Burman and promising 19-year-old musician Helga Mosey. It will also look at a couple – 26-year-old pro golfer Billy McAllister and 28-year-old marketing executive Terri Saunders, who were heading to Christas for a romantic break. Billy's friend Stewart said: 'He genuinely hated flying so it was really ironic, and horrible, that he died the way he died and the circumstances.' The BBC is currently screening a six-part drama series about the Lockerbie Air Disaster – Bombing of Pan Am 103 – with new episodes of Sundays and Mondays. Lockerbie: Our Story – which is a Two Rivers Media production – will be shown on BBC Scotland at 9pm on June 3, the day after the drama's final episode is shown. It will also be available on iPlayer. Head of commissioning at BBC Scotland, Louise Thornton, said: 'The impact of the tragic events of the Lockerbie disaster in December 1988 continue to be felt today. It was an atrocity which shocked the world and changed lives forever. 'Our documentary will honour the memory of those lost, and tell the stories of those left behind, with the greatest of care.'
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Lockerbie detective Ed McCusker helped make BBC's bombing drama for touching reason
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 dramatises the tragic events of the terrorist attack that took place on 21 December, 1988, which saw 270 people killed when a plane exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, and it's time for those who witnessed it to share their story. DS Ed McCusker is one of the real-life people depicted in BBC's six-part drama, he is portrayed by Connor Swindells and played a key role in the investigation into the Lockerbie bombing. He was closely involved with the TV show, and for a touching reason according to the cast. Lauren Lyle, who plays McCusker's wife June in the show, shared at a press event for the series that she spoke directly with the detective, who was very open with her about their life and his experience during the investigation. She explained: "I didn't know anything about June and then I had a phone call, a couple of quite long phone calls with Ed McCusker and I think it just put into perspective the emotional reality. I think the women of the story put in the emotional reality of what happened. "He was doing it for her because they had this amazing romantic story of their life and their love together, and about five years ago she died of cancer and the last thing that she said to him was 'you have to tell your Lockerbie story'. "And I'm on the phone going, 'Oh my God, well I have to do it now.' So it was sort of an honour to be a part of something that I've always known about, and to do it for her as well because she'll never see it come to life, but for him to know that we have [is important]." The BBC worked closely with the detectives and victims families for the drama, because it was important for them to always be "front of mind" according to director Michael Keillor. Those that helped with the drama included FBI agents Tom Thurman (played by Eddie Marsan) and Richard Marquise, played by Patrick J Adams. Lyle added that she felt a huge sense of responsibility to share their story, and that of the victims and their families, in the right way: "I think being Scottish, it's a very personal story that I've grown up. I didn't live through it, but my parents did and my family did, and it's always been something that I've known a lot about and it's something people really talk about. "I know Simon [Heath, executive producer] because [his company] made my show Karen Pirie so I knew that the show was being made and we spoke and I expressed that it's such a, in a way, horribly iconic story and I said: 'If there is anything, I'd be really honoured.' The Bombing of Pan Am 103 premieres on BBC One from 9pm, Sunday 18 May and will be available on BBC iPlayer. Episodes will be released Sunday and Monday nights.
Daily Record
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
New drama series sharing untold story of Lockerbie Bombing investigation to premiere this month
The first episode of the Bombing of Pan Am 103 will be shown on BBC One on Sunday, May 18. A new drama series sharing the untold story of the investigation into the Lockerbie Air Disaster will be screened later this month. The first episode of the Bombing of Pan Am 103 will be shown on BBC One on Sunday, May 18. New episodes will premiere on Sundays and Mondays at 9pm for a three week period. The series is based on the 1988 tragedy, when Pan AM 103 blew up above Lockerbie on December 21 while on a flight from Heathrow to New York. A total of 270 people, including everyone on board, lost their lives – making it the worst ever terrorist attack on British soil. The show will follow the initial search for evidence in Scotland to the trial at Camp Zeist in 2000 and the upcoming new trial in the United States. It also aims to highlight the human impact on the investigators, the families and the Lockerbie community as it sought to rebuild and connect with bereaved families around the world. Made by World Productions with lead writer Jonathan Lee, stars include Sex Education actor Connor Swindells, Suits star Patrick J Adams, Ozark's Peter Mullan and Ray Donovan's Eddie Marsan. Former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset al-Megrahi is so far the only man convicted in relation to the bombing. He was found guilty of 270 counts of murder by a panel of three Scottish judges sitting at a special court at The Hague in the Netherlands in 2001. He was sent to prison in Scotland, but was controversially granted compassionate release in 2009 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer, returning home to Libya where he died in 2012. The trial of alleged bomb-maker Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi was due to begin in the US capital of Washington in May, however, it has been delayed. The Libyan national denies making the device that caused the disaster. • The Bombing of Pan Am 103 is on BBC iPlayer and BBC One from 9pm on Sunday, May 18 and will be on Netflix globally at a later date.
BBC News
28-03-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
First look at BBC Lockerbie drama unveiled
The BBC and Netflix have unveiled the first images for a new drama examining the Lockerbie Bombing of Pan Am 103 is scheduled to air later this year, and will focus on the Scottish and American investigators assigned to the 1988 tragedy, which claimed 270 Rogue Heroes star Connor Swindells, Severance actress Merritt Wever and award-winning Scots actor Peter Mullan will star in the six-part is the second drama to air this year based on Lockerbie, after a Sky production starring Colin Firth was met with a mixed reaction from families of the victims. In a statement the BBC and Netflix said the new programme would be centred around the search for evidence on the ground in Scotland, before taking in the trial at Camp Zeist in 2000 and the ongoing build-up to a new trial in the USA. It will also "highlight the human impact on the investigators, the families and the Lockerbie community".Other stars in the new show include Eddie Marsan, Phyliss Logan and Tony Curran. Pan Am Flight 103 was brought down on 21 December 1988, killing 259 passengers and crew and another 11 residents in disaster remains the worst act of mass murder in British legal 2001, a Scottish court sitting in the neutral Netherlands ruled the bombing was an act of state-sponsored terrorism carried out by Libyan judges decided Abdelbaset al-Megrahi was part of the plot and convicted him of playing a central role in the was to serve a life sentence in Scotland but was sent back to Libya in 2009 on compassionate grounds after being diagnosed with cancer. He died in relatives of British victims, led by the English GP Dr Jim Swire, maintained that Megrahi was innocent, and the real culprits were Iran and a Syrian-backed group, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Swire's book Lockerbie: A Search for Truth inspired the Sky production, which was broadcast in January. The investigation gained momentum after the 2011 fall of the Gaddafi regime in later led to Abu Agila Masud being charged with making the bomb that detonated on the was due to go on trial in May after pleading not guilty, but the case has been postponed after both the prosecution and defence sought a new series has been written by novelist Jonathan Lee and Scottish screenwriter Gillian Roger Park, and directed by Michael will air on BBC One in the UK and Ireland, and via Netflix globally.
