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Parting with The Celebrity Traitors really is such sweet sorrow. Want to speak to the (Night) Manager? Here’s your roundup of the last seven days…
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We're officially in mourning for The Celebrity Traitors but how brilliant was that finale? The smash-hit series came to an epic and emotional conclusion (NO SPOILERS!), and we can’t quite believe we’re saying goodbye to the castle… for now.
If you fancy trying your luck as a Faithful or Traitor, applications for The Traitors series five are now open.
Speaking of secretive folk playing games of deception, we got our first look at Tom Hiddleston as Jonathan Pine in the second series of The Night Manager this week.
Now living as Alex Goodwin - a low-level MI6 officer running a quiet surveillance unit in London - his life is comfortingly uneventful. Then one night a chance sighting of an old Roper mercenary prompts a call to action and leads Pine to a violent encounter with a new player… Get a sneak peek at the new and returning cast here.
Elsewhere, Celebrity Race Across The World got off to an exciting start and Lord Sugar’s Celebrity Apprentice candidates were revealed.
The familiar faces will be split into two groups and sent to Lapland, the official home of Santa, to develop their own gingerbread biscuits for the festive specials.
Speaking of Lord Sugar, he's set to be grilled by a group of mini apprentices when Lenny Rush and Pudsey organise a kids takeover of the BBC for Children in Need.
The Appeal Night is coming on 14 November and you can learn all about it from Lenny and his fellow presenters.
Meanwhile, the BBC and North East Screen officially launched the Digital Accelerator, a pioneering nine-month initiative designed to supercharge the digital ambitions of production companies based in North East England.
There was much to celebrate with ten films backed by BBC Film receiving a total of 39 nominations for this year’s British Independent Film Awards.
Remembrance Week 2025 across the BBC
We're marking Remembrance Week 2025 with a wide range of special programming across television, radio and digital platforms.
This includes live coverage of the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance 2025, attended by Senior Members of the Royal Family, the National Service of Remembrance at The Cenotaph, as well as commemorative content for audiences of all ages.
Audio Described commentary of the live events is available via the Red Button and BBC iPlayer, while commentary-free coverage of the live events at the Cenotaph will also be available on iPlayer.
What's occurring in the world of BBC Arts?
The BBC remains the UK’s biggest cultural partner, and the most ambitious creator of original arts programming, investing more than anyone else while working with more partners. And we celebrated that fact on Tuesday evening while launching a new series of Civilisations at The British Museum.
Speaking at the event Director-General Tim Davie explained how audiences spend more time watching arts programming on the BBC than all the other broadcasters and streamers combined. He also revealed that last year we reached nearly 33 million – or around half the UK population – with BBC Arts and music content and that more of it is being consumed online, with a 20% year-on-year increase for Arts hours viewed on iPlayer.
Two years in the making, Civilisations: Rise and Fall grants audiences unprecedented access to the British Museum’s collection, including behind-the-scenes areas rarely seen by the public. In response to modern anxieties, this series explores how four civilisations declined from dominance, through the artefacts they left behind.
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🦁 Sir David Attenborough’s dulcet tones return to our screens on Sunday as Four rival families - leopards, hyena, wild dogs and lions - all fight to claim a remote Zambian paradise as their home in epic new wildlife series Kingdom.
🏰 From Kingdom to Empire, David Olusoga traces the story of the British Empire from its origins under Elizabeth I in the late 16th century (from Friday 7 November).
🪩 We’re back in the Strictly Come Dancing ballroom on Saturday – can anyone match Lewis and Katya’s perfect Halloween Week score?
🎤 And if you fancy a little musical treat this weekend, pop powerhouse JADE performs with a full orchestra at the Glasshouse in Gateshead in JADE: A Homecoming (Saturday 8 November)
And finally...
A remarkable piece of broadcasting history has resurfaced as the BBC in Bangor celebrates its 90th anniversary - a speech, by none other than the former Prime Minister, David Lloyd George, broadcast prior to the 1935 general election.
Following the former Prime Minister’s inaugural speech on the airwaves from Bangor, another special broadcast was due to take place on 30 November to mark the official opening of the studios, but technical difficulties – thanks to a fallen tree which broke a line between Aberystwyth and Bangor - meant it was postponed.
Therefore, the official opening and the start of regular broadcasting from Bangor was marked on 11 December with an interview with Mrs Grace Wyn Griffith, who had just won first prize for writing a novel at the National Eisteddfod.
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