From 29 April - 5 May on BBC iPlayer we’re going undercover with Black Ops, a new comedy from the makers of Famalam, and getting all dolled up with the new series of Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make Up Star.
We're making pasta with Clive Myrie on his Italian Road Trip, joining a choir with a special show Sing for the King, and getting ready for a grilling with a new series of Amol Rajan Interviews.
What's coming new to BBC iPlayer this week?
Black Ops
This six-part comedy thriller is set in East London and tells the story of Dom and Kay, two Police Community Support Officers who join the Met Police in the hope of cleaning up their community. But when they go undercover to thwart a violent criminal gang, they soon discover they are in way over their heads.
Watch Black Ops on BBC iPlayer from Friday 5 May below.
Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make Up Star
Get ready to witness the ultimate make-up showdown in the fifth series of Glow Up, welcoming brand new host - supermodel Leomie Anderson. Ten new make-up artists compete to impress on set at Bridgerton and produce revealing make-up transformations at Glow Up Studios. Only one MUA can emerge victorious, while the other must say goodbye and leave the competition for good. Who will triumph in this epic battle of beauty?
Watch the new series of Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star when it begins Tuesday 2 May
Watch all four previous series of Glow Up on BBC iPlayer now below.
Clive Myrie’s Italian Road Trip
Clive Myrie is on an epic journey across his beloved Italy to explore iconic cities, discover hidden gems and experience the rich local culture in his search for la dolce vita. He begins in Puglia, in the heart of southern Italy, where the sun shines brightest but foreign tourists are relatively few. Driving his red Fiat down the same roads as Daniel Craig’s Aston Martin, Clive discovers how the James Bond franchise helped turn an abandoned town into a world heritage site, finds out why Puglia is the gay holiday capital of Italy, and learns to play in a traditional pizzica band.
Watch Clive Myrie’s Italian Road Trip on BBC iPlayer from Monday 1 May below.
Sing for the King: The Search for the Coronation Choir
Across the four corners of Britain, on stages and behind closed doors, hundreds of communities, friends, neighbours and colleagues are getting together to experience the power, joy and togetherness singing in a choir brings.
As the nation prepares for the coronation of King Charles III, a very special choir is given the once-in-a-lifetime chance to sing their hearts out for the King and Queen Consort and the millions watching around the world at the coronation concert in Windsor Castle. Ready to roll up their sleeves and put the choirs through their paces are celebrity mentors Gareth Malone, Motsi Mabuse, Amanda Holden and Rose Ayling-Ellis.
Watch Sing for the King: The Search for the Coronation Choir on BBC iPlayer from Friday 5 May below.
Amol Rajan Interviews
Amol Rajan returns for a second series, in which he interviews the global, era-defining pioneers, leaders and maverick thinkers who are shaping a rapidly changing 21st-century world. The second series begins with Amol joining Sir Richard Branson on one of his cruise ships in Miami to discuss his life, loves, passions and challenges.
In a sometimes uncomfortable interview with rarely seen archive footage, Rajan delves into Branson's background to discover how he went from 60s hippy to global business icon, re-shaping multiple industries and ending up in space.
Watch the second series of Amol Rajan Interviews from Thursday 4 May below.
Watch the first series on BBC iPlayer now below.
What's new to watch on BBC iPlayer now?
Guilt
Award-winning thriller, Guilt, returns for its third, and final outing as brothers Max and Jake find themselves back in Scotland where the welcome isn't as warm as they'd hoped for.
Max is running a pub in Chicago with Jake but the business is floundering. After their money worries take an unexpected turn, the brothers are deported back to Edinburgh where enemies old and new cause them to seek ever more desperate solutions to their problems.
Watch Guilt’s series three on BBC iPlayer below.
Watch Guilt series one and two on BBC iPlayer below.
Inside No. 9
Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith return alongside a host of stars for more darkly twisted comic tales, in their award-winning anthology series.
The eighth series begins with Mother’s Ruin, a story about East End villains Harry and Annie Blackwood – a pair who were rotten to the core and did some truly horrible things when they were alive. What secrets did they take to their grave? Their sons plan to find out.
Watch new episodes of Inside No. 9 each week on BBC iPlayer from Thursday 27 April
Watch Inside No. 9 on BBC iPlayer now below.
The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld
A look at the fashion icon that was Karl Lagerfeld, one of the most flamboyant and recognisable figures in fashion - and one of the most mysterious. His influence was immeasurable, from the Chanel catwalk to the high street - but how many people ever really knew the real Karl Lagerfeld?
Weaving investigations in the present with Lagerfeld’s biography – illustrated by illuminating and much unseen archive footage – this film shows his profound and lasting effect on those around him, including his beloved cat Choupette.
Watch The Mysterious Mr Lagerfeld on BBC iPlayer below.
Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Little Richard can stake a claim on having invented rock 'n' roll. A black artist who grew up in the segregated south of the United States, Richard Penniman broke down barriers and took 1950s America by storm. The Beatles and The Rolling Stones supported him and drew inspiration from his musicianship and stagecraft. He went on to influence artists as diverse as David Bowie, Elton John, Michael Jackson and Prince.
Yet Little Richard spent years feeling his contribution to music had been overlooked in favour of white rock 'n' roll stars like Elvis Presley and Pat Boone. On top of that, the inner conflict between his religious beliefs and the music style he pioneered – as well as his battles with his own sexuality – led him to quit rock 'n' roll not just once, but twice.
Featuring interviewees including Ringo Starr, Keith Richards, Nile Rodgers and Big Freedia, alongside intimate contributions from friends, bandmates and the never-before-broadcast words of Little Richard himself, this is the story of a rollercoaster life, with musical highs and knuckle-biting lows, that makes the case for Richard being crowned king of rock 'n' roll.
Watch Little Richard: King and Queen of Rock’n’Roll on BBC iPlayer below.
Nelly and Nadine: Ravensbrück, 1944
Storyville documentary about a remarkable love story of two women who fell in love with each other in the Ravensbruck concentration camp. One of Nelly’s granddaughters opens up the family archive and discovers the true nature of her grandmother’s sexuality and why it was hidden by the family.
Watch Nelly and Nadine: Ravensbrück, 1944 on BBC iPlayer below.
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 Murderville as a boxset on BBC iPlayer below.
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 below.
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 below.
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 on BBC iPlayer below.
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 below.
Watch every episode of series one of the Gossip Girl reboot on BBC iPlayer below.
Watch all six series of the original Gossip Girl on BBC iPlayer below.
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 below.
Watch more Stacey Dooley documentaries on BBC iPlayer below.
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 below.
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 below.
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 below.
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 below.
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 below.
The Apprentice Australia
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 below.
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 below.
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 below.
