We’ve done it again! For the third consecutive year we've won the Memorable Moment prize at the BAFTA Television Awards, crowning a brilliant night for BBC Studios. Made by our Production Label Lookout Point Ltd, Happy Valley’s climatic showdown took home the only award voted for by the public. Following wins for Paddington Meets the Queen and Strictly Come Dancing’s silent dance, it’s wonderful recognition of the impact our programmes have on audiences. Across our Units, Labels and Invested Independent Producers, BBC Studios won nine awards, with Sarah Lancashire also taking the Leading Actress prize for Happy Valley alongside the Memorable Moment award. Our commitment to top class comedy was recognised with Gbemisola Ikumelo winning Female Performance in a Comedy for BBC Studios Comedy Productions’ Black Ops, whilst our invested indie Various Artists Limited won Scripted Comedy for Such Brave Girls, and Male Performance in a Comedy for Mawaan Rizwan’s performance in Juice. BBC Studios Entertainment Productions picked up two awards, with their epic staging and coverage of Eurovision 2023 earning a BAFTA to go alongside awards from both the Broadcast and RTS Awards. They also picked up the Entertainment prize for the ever fab-u-lous Strictly Come Dancing. Rav Wilding and the BBC Studios Documentary Unit team behind Scam Interceptors team won Daytime, having already won at the Broadcast and RTS Awards, whilst BBC Studios Drama Production’s Casualty took the Soap prize for the third time in four years. Alongside the five awards won at the BAFTA Craft Awards in April, it’s fantastic to see the amazing work done by our teams over the last year recognised. Congratulations!
BBC Studios
Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
The BBC's main commercial subsidiary, creating and taking the best British content to the world.
About us
BBC Studios is a world-renowned content studio and channels & streaming business, powered by British creativity, with a reach that touches audiences in every corner of the globe. We work with outstanding creative talent who are responsible for platform-defining shows from Strictly Come Dancing to Bluey, Prehistoric Planet to Planet Earth III. The range and quality of our content is unsurpassed, creating critical and commercial successes and global phenomena. From BAFTAs to RTS Awards, BBC Studios is Britain’s most awarded production company and the only producer with three of the top ten shows on IMDB; we’re the home of bbc.com, the widest-read English language news website in the world; and the UK’s largest distributor of British content.
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http://www.bbcstudios.com
External link for BBC Studios
- Industry
- Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- London
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 1995
- Specialties
- Channels, Sales & Distribution, Licensing, Content & Production, Home Entertainment, Consumer Digital, and Global Brands
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Employees at BBC Studios
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Happy 98th birthday to Sir David Attenborough, a man who has dedicated his life to conserving and understanding our incredible planet 🌍 "It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." - Sir David Attenborough.
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"We can now stay out in, more or less, any conditions!" BBC Studios Natural History Unit has been at the cutting edge of natural history filmmaking for nearly seventy years, using ground-breaking technology and innovation to bring the extraordinary wonders of nature to audiences across the world. Their latest landmark Mammals continues this tradition with the team living in revolutionary sleeping pods for 3 weeks in order to capture footage, for the first time, of polar bears successfully hunting reindeer in harsh Arctic conditions. Expedition leader, Oskar Strom gave us a tour of the pods, specifically constructed for his team. These incredible "pods" transformed the crews approach, allowing them to be in the right place at the right time, no matter what the conditions! #MadebyBBCStudios #Mammals
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From The Green Planet to Antiques Roadshow, we’re very proud of how beloved shows made by BBC Studios Natural History Unit and BBC Studios Factual Entertainment have boosted the economy of both Bristol and the UK as a whole.
A new report reveals that the BBC’s The Green Planet boosted the UK economy by £7.4 million 🌍 Released by the BBC to coincide with Creative Cities Convention 2024 in Bristol, the report outlines how BBC Studios Natural History Unit has acted as a powerful catalyst for growth in the city’s production sector. It also delves into the economic impact of the BBC’s wider commissioning strategy, as well as the importance of BBC Studios and the indie sector in Bristol. The NHU (now BBC Studios NHU) has been producing world-leading natural history programming from the heart of Bristol for 67 years, with programmes like the award-winning Planet Earth III, Frozen Planet II, Dynasties II, and Mammals. Read the full report: https://lnkd.in/eNefe-eS #NaturalHistoryUnit #Economy
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It was a big weekend for Bluey, as the animated hit was honoured at the Australian High Commission in London, and record-breaking ratings were revealed. On Sunday, the Australian High Commission in London hosted a celebratory event, organised by BBC Studios, as London's iconic Australia House underwent a magical transformation, becoming "Bluey House" for 24 hours. Australian High Commissioner Stephen Smith presented Bluey with the inaugural ‘Special Recognition Award for Cultural Impact across the UK and the World’ as exclusive new figures show British families have spent over 110 million hours interacting with the show’s toys, video games and live events. The event coincided with the launch of brand-new episode Surprise that landed globally the same day. The shows longest ever episode, The Sign landed last week and has driven record numbers of daily viewing minutes for Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Kids channel on ABC iview, with 50.3 million minutes viewed on its premiere day. The episode also set an all-time TV broadcast record for ABC Kids channel and a launch day record for ABC iview. The Walt Disney Company also released their figures, showing that the 28-minute special is the most-viewed Disney Junior and Bluey episode premiere ever with over 10.4M views globally on Disney+ after 7 days of streaming. The "Bluey House" event and stand-out ratings are a testament to Bluey’s unique success and universal appeal, bringing joy and laughter to families around the globe!
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BBC Studios lifted the curtain today on “Made to make you think” – our first-ever global BBC brand campaign, aimed at reaching audiences outside the U.K. This stunning brand campaign reintroduces the BBC to both familiar and new audiences and underscores what sets the BBC apart – world-class, impartial and globally-minded journalism and storytelling. Congratulations to Jennifer Ball and her team on this triumphant campaign! You can view one of the films from “Made to make you think” below, and learn more about the campaign here: https://lnkd.in/e8rcxvjJ
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Excited to announce that we have an expanded deal with Sky for our suite of channels across Sky platforms, PLUS the addition of our premium drama channel BBC First from October! We're delighted that this deal deepens our existing partnership and helps both businesses to grow.
I am delighted to announce today that we have expanded our long-standing relationship with Sky in New Zealand with a multi-year, wide-ranging deal that will see BBC First launch in New Zealand and which gives Sky audiences access to the best British content across Sky, Neon and free-to-air channel Sky Open. BBC First will join Sky’s channel line up from October 2024 together with BBC UKTV, BBC Earth and CBeebies, alongside the BBC’s world-leading BBC News channel, giving Sky audiences access to thousands of hours of world-class British content from all genres with a selected mix of shows available across all Sky’s platforms. Sky is a long-standing partner of BBC Studios and their audiences have a huge appetite for British shows. I’m pleased to be able to grow our partnership with them to offer their customers more of what they want - the full suite of the best of the BBC from kids to entertainment, news, documentaries and drama. Thanks to Sophie Moloney, Jonny Errington, Sara Fraser-Jones and everyone involved in the deal from BBC Studios including Deborah Tod, Simon Lopez, Chrissie Carras, Lottie Wilson, Daniel Doctor, Christine Dickson, Sue Affleck, Scott Modra, Laura Dumbrell Maddie Marchant BBC UKTV Christine Dickson Fiona Fam Jamie Chambers Nick Percy Mark Smee Eleonore Pieczanski
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BBC Podcasts are taking centre stage in Times Square with Amazon Music! BBC Studios have partnered with Amazon Music to make BBC podcasts available globally on Amazon Music for the first time outside the UK. This week Amazon promoted The Global Story, Planet Premier League and The Global News Podcast in New York’s Times Square. Subscribers to Amazon Prime and Amazon Music Unlimited services can exclusively access over 50 of the BBC’s most popular podcasts ad-free, including the three featured, now.
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BBC Nordic celebrates first year with rapid growth! BBC Studios’ enhanced linear channel has achieved 1% audience and grown its ratings by 86% over the past 6 months. BBC Nordic, which has been the number one channel in its competitive set 3 months in a row this past year, brings together the brightest factual, lifestyle and feel-good entertainment series from the BBC for Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Icelandic viewers. The channel features a range of programming, from Natural History series including Planet Earth III and Mammals, inspiring documentaries such as Louis Theroux Interviews, Lifestyle shows such as Great Pottery Throwdown, to family-fun entertainment including nail-biting quiz shows, Bridge of Lies and Pointless and comedic panel show, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown with host, Jimmy Carr. Since launching in 2023, replacing BBC Brit and BBC Earth, audiences have tuned into the daily schedule and QI, Pointless, Antiques Roadshow, Michael McIntyres Big Show and World’s Most Scenic Railway Journeys have become the most popular shows to date. The dedicated on-demand service BBC Nordic+ has allowed audiences to delve deeper into the BBC content they enjoy from the BBC Nordic channel and discover on-demand exclusives. Audience favourites since launch include QI, Eastenders, Planet Earth III, Life Below Zero and The Great British Sewing Bee. A first year to celebrate! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/eYm8ZZBt