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BBC News
06-03-2025
- Entertainment
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What's new to watch on BBC iPlayer?
Spring is here and March is packed full of great content we think you'll love. Make the most of those cosy evenings before the clocks change with a host of brilliant content on BBC iPlayer this month. Here's just a snapshot of what's coming in March, with lots more to explore on BBC iPlayer What's new on BBC iPlayer in March? Towards Zero Sunday 2 March 2025 England, 1936. After a scandalous celebrity divorce, Nevile Strange and his ex-wife Audrey make the unthinkable decision to spend a summer together at Gull's Point, their childhood home and the coastal estate of Nevile's aunt, Lady Tressilian. A troubled detective must rediscover his purpose to untangle a toxic web of jealousy, deceit and dysfunction. Can he solve the crime before another victim meets their death? An explosive love triangle, a formidable matriarch and a house party of enemies. All compelled… Towards Zero. Watch Agatha Christie's Towards Zero on BBC iPlayer The Americas Sunday 2 March 2025 Narrated by Tom Hanks, The Americas showcases the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the world's great supercontinent. For the first time, the Americas stars in its own incomparable series, using cutting-edge technology to uncover never-before-seen behaviour, and highlight the extraordinary, untold wildlife stories that will deeply connect with millions around the world. Five years in the making and filmed over 180 expeditions, this groundbreaking series reveals the spectacular landscapes of Earth's most varied landmass – the only one to stretch between both poles. Watch The Americas on BBC iPlayer More: Tom Hanks reveals why he joined epic natural history series The Americas 'This is TV at its absolute best' The Hunt for Peter Tobin Tuesday 4 March 2025 The Hunt for Peter Tobin is the third in the series of the award-winning true crime strand 'The Hunt for…' and follows the success of The Hunt for Bible John and The Hunt for the World's End Killers. It follows the three separate investigations into young women who had seemingly vanished, and how they eventually revealed the existence of a serial killer targeting young women across the UK for more than three decades. Watch The Hunt for Peter Tobin on BBC iPlayer The Big Eurovision Party Friday 7 March Eurovision season officially starts on BBC One and BBC iPlayer as The Big Eurovision Party brings you a celebratory concert filled to the brim with Eurovision legends and epic performances. Hosted by Eurovision royalty, Edsilia Rombley and Drag Race UK star, Tia Kofi, The Big Eurovision Party showcases some of Eurovision's most iconic alumni, as they take to the big stage to perform some of Eurovision's most loved bangers and ballads from The Ziggo Dome stadium in Amsterdam. Watch The Big Eurovision Party on BBC iPlayer Six Nations 2025 Saturday 8 March, with fixtures throughout March Epic clashes, roaring crowds and the most brutal competition – BBC Sport is bringing the Men's Six Nations to fans across the UK. On Saturday 8 March, watch Scotland v Wales on BBC iPlayer and BBC One. Find out how to follow all the fixtures and keep up with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales' progress in the tournament Watch Men's Six Nations Rugby on BBC iPlayer How to watch and follow all the action across the BBC Ten Pound Poms series 2 Sunday 9 March The hit series with Michelle Keegan returns. After a challenging first year in Australia, series two follows nurse Kate Thorne and the Roberts family into 1957 on their adventure down under, each determined to achieve their slice of the Australian dream against all odds. Watch Ten Pound Poms on BBC iPlayer and add to your Watchlist Countryfile Sunday 9 March Vick Hope is joining BBC One's Countryfile as a permanent presenter, alongside regular presenters John Craven, Matt Baker, Anita Rani, Adam Henson, Hamza Yassin, Sean Fletcher, Sammi Kinghorn, Margherita Taylor, Charlotte Smith, Joe Crowley, Tom Heap and Datshiane Navanayagam. Vick's first assignment will be to join Matt Baker in exploring Kielder Forest in Northumberland as it embarks on a transformative journey. Watch Countryfile on BBC iPlayer Scotland's Greatest Escape Monday 10 March, 10.30pm Scotland's Greatest Escape reveals the best holiday escapes Scotland has to offer. In a new series, presenter Grado is joined by weather presenter Judith Ralston for an unforgettable adventure on the road. No passports required - this dynamic duo is on a mission to uncover Scotland's ultimate holiday destinations. From the rugged Highlands to the picturesque shores of Dumfries and Galloway, they'll be uncovering hidden gems, luxurious retreats, and budget-friendly stays to suit every kind of traveller. Watch Scotland's Greatest Escape on BBC iPlayer The Richard Dimbleby Lecture with Sir Gareth Southgate Arriving March 2025 Former England football manager Sir Gareth Southgate will deliver the 48th Richard Dimbleby Lecture, broadcast on BBC One and iPlayer this March. In the lecture, Southgate will explore the concept of belief, examine the power of unity, and highlight the importance of resilience, especially for young people in a fast changing and challenging world. Transmission details of the Lecture will be announced soon. More: Sir Gareth Southgate to deliver the 2025 Richard Dimbleby Lecture Seachtain na Gaeilge on the BBC March 2025 Music is in the air during March on BBC iPlayer and BBC Two Northern Ireland, as BBC Gaeilge marks Seachtain na Gaeilge, the annual international celebration of Irish language and culture. Head to the BBC Gaeilge archives on BBC iPlayer to watch the popular crime drama series Crá, Inis na nIontas, Éadaí SOS and Iarsmaí, and more. Read more: BBC Gaeilge marks Seachtain na Gaeilge
BBC News
03-03-2025
- BBC News
How families were devastated by the cruelty of serial killer Peter Tobin
On the day police found a second body behind a house once occupied by a murderer, the father of a missing teenager raised his hand, crossed his fingers and said he hoped it was his McNicol was 18 when she vanished in 1991, after hitchhiking home to Essex from a dance music festival in father had spoken to countless reporters since then and it just so happened that I was interviewing him when 16 years of tortuous uncertainty were coming to an McNicol had been left in such a dark place that he wanted his daughter to be the person in a shallow grave, because it would mean the family would finally know where she was, get her back, and lay her to words laid bare the terrible cruelty of serial killers and they've haunted me ever since. A new BBC documentary, The Hunt for Peter Tobin, explains how the murder of a young Polish student finally solved the mystery of what had happened to Dinah and a second teenager, 15-year-old Vicky Hamilton, who had gone missing in central Scotland six months was a registered sex offender on the run from the authorities when he killed Angelika Kluk and concealed her body beneath the floor of a Glasgow church in September was 60 at the time. The crime was so horrific, detectives were convinced he must have killed Police launched Operation Anagram, a nationwide scoping exercise which tried to establish whether Tobin could be linked to unsolved cases around the months, officers realised he was living in Bathgate when Vicky Hamilton went missing in the West Lothian town in February 1991. Despite a huge inquiry and appeals by her distraught family, 15 years had passed with no trace of Vicky ever being link with Tobin changed scientists re-examined evidence from the time of her disappearance and found DNA from Tobin's son on Vicky's purse, which had been left near Edinburgh bus June 2007, Lothian and Borders Police searched Tobin's former home in Bathgate. In the attic, they discovered a knife which bore traces of Vicky's Anagram went on to connect Tobin to Dinah, who'd gone missing at the other end of the country in August cash card had been used in towns across the south-east of England, from Hove to Margate and Ramsgate in money draining from Dinah's account was compensation she received after her mother Judy died in a road accident when she was police found evidence linking Tobin to the card and established he was living in Margate when Dinah failed to come home. One of Tobin's neighbours recalled "Scottish Pete" digging a deep hole in his back garden around that Police thought they were going to get answers for Ian McNicol and his family when they went to Tobin's old house at 50 Irvine Drive in November 2007 - but instead of Dinah, they found covered the search in Bathgate, I travelled south to Margate with a sense of disbelief which was shared by the Scottish officers investigating Tobin's in Scotland knew the face of the smiling schoolgirl with the bobbed dark discovery of her remains so far from home was horrifying and baffling. How had she ended up there?The answer was that Tobin had killed Vicky in Bathgate, dismembered her body, and taken her remains with him when he moved to a new house 470 miles away in the south of the days that followed, as the police continued their search for Dinah at Irvine Drive, I interviewed her dad at his home in Tillingham, a small Essex village built round a Norman church. Ian was an instantly likeable man in his late 60s; a retired musician originally from Glasgow who'd named his daughter after a jazz the years, Dinah's disappearance had taken its toll on his health. We sat down and started filming."When I lost my wife, we knew she was dead because we had to bury her," he said. "We went through the normal process of grief."When a member of your family goes missing, it's 20 times worse than death because you do not know a thing and all sorts of things go through your imagination." He was taking some solace from the fact that another family in exactly the same situation had been helped, even though his daughter had not been turned to the camera to address Vicky's family and said: "If you're watching, from me and my family, good luck to you. We wish you all the best."The doorbell rang. Another reporter told us the police had just announced the discovery of a second agreed to continue the interview, raised his right hand with his fingers crossed and said: "If they've said that, please be Dinah, and get us out of this misery. "I would bury her next to her mother. So please, let it be Dinah."Later, after the police confirmed the remains were those of his daughter, Ian said he could die in peace. He passed away in 2014. In the BBC documentary, Vicky's younger sister Lindsay Brown tells of the impact her disappearance had on their mother Jeanette. Two years after Vicky went missing her mother died, her family said, from a broken footage shows Lindsay reading a statement to the media outside the High Court in Dundee in 2008, on the day Tobin was convicted of Vicky's murder, flanked by her older sister Sharon and twin brother all they had been through, what she did that day was as brave as it was difficult to said: "Vicky was much more than the girl who was abducted and killed by a stranger or a girl on a missing poster. We will always remember Vicky as she lived, not as she died." The detectives investigating Tobin's past were certain he had other victims. They did all they could to find answers for other families, to no took his secrets to the grave and was serving three life sentences when he died in came forward to claim his body. His ashes were disposed of at I was interviewed for the BBC documentary, the producer asked what I had thought when I heard the news.I told him I had been pleased and hoped his death hadn't been pleasant. Should I have been that honest? Did it cross a line? I don't I do know is that I'll never forget Ian McNicol or what he said to me 17 years ago: "Please be Dinah."
BBC News
13-02-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
BBC Scotland commissions new documentary series - The Hunt for Peter Tobin
BBC Scotland has commissioned Firecrest Films to produce a new two-part series examining the brutal crimes of Scottish serial killer Peter Tobin. The Hunt for Peter Tobin is the third in the series of the award-winning true crime strand 'The Hunt for…' and follows the success of The Hunt for Bible John and The Hunt for the World's End Killers. It follows the three separate investigations into young women who had seemingly vanished, and how they eventually revealed the existence of a serial killer targeting young women across the UK for more than three decades. Vicky Hamilton was waiting for a bus on a snowy winter night in 1991 when the 15-year-old teenager disappeared. Her case became one of Scotland's biggest missing persons investigations. That summer 18-year-old Dinah McNicol vanished after hitchhiking home from a music festival in Kent. Then, 15 years later, 23-year-old Angelika Kluk went missing in Glasgow in 2006. The series explores the ripple effects and the strain of their sudden disappearances on their families and friends of having a loved-one suddenly go missing. It includes interviews with family members, detectives, forensic scientists and journalists. Like the two previous Hunt For… series, The Hunt for Peter Tobin is produced and directed by the multi-award winning team of film-maker Matt Pinder, and editors Audrey McColligan and Dave Clark. The Hunt for Bible John was described by The Guardian as 'the best true-crime documentary of the year' and by The Times 'as a 'chillingly brilliant piece of film-making.' David Harron, Commissioning Executive, Factual at BBC Scotland says: 'This new series has the same distinguishing features to those that have gone before. It examines the Police investigations and the relentless pursuit of justice whilst at the same time telling the very real human stories which exist behind the headlines. It is this powerful combination, carefully crafted by the team, that makes for compelling viewing.' Mick McAvoy, Head of Documentaries at Firecrest Films said, 'Matt Pinder has once again produced a sensitively crafted series that reveals the brutal impact of a loved one suddenly going missing, while also paying tribute to the strength and compassion of those who devoted their lives to finding the truth about the disappearances. In the shadow of the brutal crimes of Peter Tobin, this series will inspire viewers as they see the tireless police work, the efforts of the Missing People charity and the strength of the families of the victims over three decades.' The Hunt for Peter Tobin will be broadcast on BBC Scotland and BBC iPlayer in March 2025. JM2
