There's plenty of variety coming to BBC iPlayer from 15-21 April.

In comedy, Hollywood star Will Arnett invites a host of big name celebrity guests to help him solve a murder mystery without a script. In nature, Chris Packham, Ade Adepitan, and Liz Bonnin return to take another look at Earth’s most vulnerable habitats. In documentaries, Storyville take an affecting look at Dame Deborah James’ final years, while BBC News tell a powerful story about the love and pain of babies born from rape. And in sport we have live coverage from Old Trafford and Villa Park in the Women’s FA Cup, and we’re back in The Crucible in Sheffield for the biggest prize in snooker.

What's coming new to BBC iPlayer this week?

Murderville

Will Arnett stars as Terry Seattle, the eccentric senior detective of the town of Murderville, for this brilliant semi-improvised comedic murder mystery, based on the BBC comedy Murder in Successville. In each episode, a rotating cast of clueless celebrity guest stars including Kumail Nanjiani, Ken Jeong, Annie Murphy, and Sharon Stone, play the role of a rookie detective. However, the guests are not given a script beforehand and must improvise their way through the episode as they try to solve who the true killer is.

Watch the full Murderville boxset on BBC iPlayer from Monday 17 April

Our Changing Planet

Our Changing Planet returns for a second series to examine how the Earth's most vulnerable habitats and the animals living there will evolve in the coming years. In this series, we journey to California, Greenland, the Maldives, Brazil, Kenya and Cambodia, exploring the ecological issues threatening the planet.

Watch the second series of Our Changing Planet on BBC iPlayer, streaming weekly from Sunday 16 April

Watch Our Changing Planet series one on iPlayer now

Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words

From living with incurable bowel cancer, to receiving a damehood, to her untimely death, this archive-based feature documentary for Storyville details the extraordinary last five years of cancer campaigner Deborah James’s life.

Known by many as her online persona Bowelbabe, the former deputy head teacher amassed a huge social media following. Filmed with Deborah in the last months of her life, with access to her personal and family archive, she talks frankly about her diagnosis and treatment, and shares many personal moments. The film is told by Deborah herself whilst she dances and records what living with bowel cancer was really like for her and those closest to her.

Watch Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words on BBC iPlayer from Monday 17 April

Out of the Shadows: Born from Rape

Campaigner Sammy Woodhouse uncovers heart-breaking stories of love and pain from mothers and the children born from rape in this powerful new documentary.

What happens when your child was born out of an act of sexual violence? And how does it feel to discover that you were born that way? Sammy Woodhouse was a victim of the Rotherham grooming scandal. She was just 15 when she became pregnant from rape, and has spent many years trying to come to terms with her own feelings about having a child as a result of her abuse.

In a new BBC News and BBC 100 Women documentary, Sammy goes on a journey to meet other mothers and the children born from rape whose stories have stayed hidden for years, now speaking out for the first time.

Watch Out of the Shadows: Born from Rape from Wednesday 19 April on BBC iPlayer

Women’s FA Cup Semi-Finals

Live coverage of both Women’s FA Cup semi-finals will be streaming live on iPlayer, as Manchester United face Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday 15 April, and Aston Villa take on Chelsea on Sunday 16 April.

Watch both Women’s FA Cup semi-finals live on BBC iPlayer on Saturday 15 April and Sunday 16 April

Snooker: World Championship

The biggest prize in snooker. Hazel Irvine introduces live coverage as the greatest names in the game compete in the hallowed surroundings of the Crucible.

Last year, Ronnie O’Sullivan won a record-equalling 7th World title with a hard-fought victory over Judd Trump. In the first match, ‘The Rocket’ begins the defence of his title, as the climax to the snooker season gets underway.

Watch Snooker: World Championship live on BBC iPlayer, with coverage beginning Saturday 15 April

What's new to watch on BBC iPlayer now?

Gossip Girl

New Year, new start and there's a new Queen of Constance. But the new Julien doesn't plan on doing anything about it. Returning for its second season, this extension of the pop culture classic takes us back to the Upper East Side.

Watch the second series of Gossip Girl as a boxset on BBC iPlayer
Watch every episode of series one of the Gossip Girl reboot on BBC iPlayer
Watch all six series of the original Gossip Girl on BBC iPlayer

Stacey Dooley: Ready for War?

Stacey Dooley follows a group of Ukrainian civilians as they arrive in the UK to begin five weeks of intensive army training with exclusive and unprecedented access to the British Army’s training mission.

Watch Stacey Dooley: Ready for War? on BBC iPlayer

Watch more Stacey Dooley documentaries on BBC iPlayer

Last Woman On Earth With Sara Pascoe

Writer and comedian Sara Pascoe will return for her second season. She’s off for new adventures, doing jobs that you didn’t even know existed and learning some unusual skills along the way including Lego master builder and Dead Sea lifeguard.

Watch new episodes of Last Woman On Earth With Sara Pascoe each week on BBC iPlayer

Made Up in Belfast

Made Up in Belfast unveils the lives, loves and friendships of the dynamic young team working at a global cosmetics company based in County Antrim, revealing the not-so-glamourous hard work that goes on behind-the-scenes.

Watch the full Made Up in Belfast boxset on BBC iPlayer

Colin From Accounts

In the critically acclaimed Australian romantic comedy, Ashley and Gordon, two single(ish) individuals find themselves drawn together by an unfortunate incident involving a car accident and an injured dog.

Watch Colin From Accounts as a boxset on BBC iPlayer

Rain Dogs

Darkly comic new drama with Daisy May Cooper. A wild and punky tale of a mother’s love for her daughter, of deep-rooted and passionate friendships, and of brilliance thwarted by poverty and prejudice. From the brilliant Cash Carraway, Rain Dogs is the tale of a makeshift swaggerous family fed on defiance and chaos, and a deep but complicated love.

Watch Rain Dogs as a boxset on BBC iPlayer

Magpie Murders

Editor Susan Ryeland is eagerly awaiting the manuscript from Clover Books' number one best-selling author Alan Conway, whose hero Atticus Pünd regularly solves murder mysteries in the fictional village of Saxby on Avon. Susan is drawn into her own mystery when she and her boss realise that the final chapter is missing and Conway is found dead in his shrubbery. Starring Lesley Manville and Timothy McMullan.

Watch Magpie Murders as a boxset on BBC iPlayer

The Apprentice Australia

Nick Bell, Lord Alan Sugar, Janine Allis look to camera. Alan has arms crossed
Lord Sugar heads down under to meet the 16 celebrities battling it out over the coming weeks to win money for their charities, avoid being fired and ultimately end up crowned Australia’s Celebrity Apprentice. He is joined by retail magnate Janine Allis and tycoon Nick Bell to judge the first challenge, a fundraising golf tournament. The celebrities are split into two teams, Innovate and Collaborate, and we see the formation of friendships and rivalries from the very start.

Watch the The Apprentice Australia boxset on BBC iPlayer

Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal

Seven well-known personalities, with differing faiths and beliefs, meet in northern Portugal to tackle a modern-day Catholic pilgrimage. Known as the Northern Way, their destination is the famous sanctuary in the city of Fatima, one of the biggest Catholic pilgrimage destinations in the world.

Travelling by foot, road and train are actor Su Pollard, who was raised in the Church of England; Jewish actress Rita Simons; Pentecostal born-again Christian Shane Lynch of Boyzone fame; reality TV star and influencer Vicky Pattison, who is agnostic; Bobby Seagull, a practising Catholic, maths whizz and TV personality; Nabil Abdulrashid, a comedian and practising Muslim; and Paralympian skier Millie Knight, who is non-practising Church of England.

Watch Pilgrimage: The Road Through Portugal as a boxset on BBC iPlayer

Simon Reeve’s Return to Cornwall

Simon Reeve returns to visit one of Britain’s favourite counties to discover what life is really like for the locals after the summer crowds have gone.

Filmed as the energy and cost-of-living crisis began to take its toll, this is an eye-opening look at why Cornwall is one of the most desirable parts of the country and an iconic holiday destination but also one of the poorest counties in England.

Watch Simon Reeve’s Return to Cornwall as a boxset on BBC iPlayer