BBC FACTUAL SLATE FOR THE YEAR AHEAD, NEW AND RETURNING TITLES

The BBC have revealed some of the new and returning factual titles airing this year and early next year.

New documentary series include Once Upon a Time in Space, directed by the award winning James Bluemel, whilst two new single films mark significant anniversaries – the killing of George Floyd and the 2020 pandemic.

Matt and Emma Willis present new series Inside Therapy, whilst I Kissed A Boy, Glow Up and Murder 24/7 all return. The Catfish Next Door, a co-commission with BBC Scotland, explores a case of cyberstalking. Chris Packham presents Inside Our Minds, Jim Al-Khalili unpacks the Secrets of the Brain, and Ella Al-Shamahi looks at human evolution in Human.

Natural History series include Hamza’s Hidden Wild Isles and Kingdom, as well as an episode on rivers as part of Our Changing Planet. New history titles include Simon Schama: The Holocaust - 80 Years On, Unforgotten: the Bradford City Fire, Empire with David Olusoga, Dimbleby on the Monarchy, and Titanic Sinks Tonight, a co-production with BBC Northern Ireland.

In Religion, the Faith & Hope for Spring season returns marking major faith festivals, with live worship for Easter, the return of Gareth Malone’s Messiah, a co-commission with BBC Wales, and a new series of Pilgrimage. Amol Rajan Goes to the Ganges, and there is Live Eid from a mosque in Bradford.

Transmission details for all the titles mentioned above will be confirmed in due course.