It’s a bumper week on BBC iPlayer from 8-13 July 2023, and we're kicking off with American crime drama Snowfall, which is back for a sixth series.

Fans of The Traitors can settle in for another dangerous game of lies, deception and betrayal with hit spinoff The Traitors Australia.

Other new arrivals this week include feature length mystery comedy Murder on the Blackpool Express and Joe Swash’s new documentary Joe Swash: Teens in Care, which explores the untold stories of British teenagers in the care system.

Finally, we’re reliving the highlights from two hit-filled weekends, featuring some of the biggest stars of rap, hip-hop and R&B in Wireless Festival 2023 Best Bits, and showing full sets from Glasgow’s TRNSMT festival.

What's coming new to BBC iPlayer this week?

Snowfall

It's October 1986 and civil war threatens to destroy the Saint family. Louie has taken over Franklin’s role as Teddy's sole buyer, undercutting her nephew and creating a competing empire in the process. In desperation, having had all his funds wiped out by Teddy McDonald, Franklin has robbed Louie and Jerome. Faced with losing everyone he loves and everything he’s built, coming out on top again will mean out-manoeuvring his family as well as the KGB, the DEA, the CIA and the LAPD. When everyone has their backs against the wall, who will they become in order to survive?

Watch Snowfall series 6 in full on BBC iPlayer from Thursday 13 July below.
Watch Snowfall Series 3-5 on BBC iPlayer now below.

The Traitors Australia

Welcome to a most, deliciously, dangerous game of lies, deception and betrayal. Do the Faithfuls have what it takes, to eliminate the Traitors? Or will the skulduggery of the Traitors see the Faithfuls eliminate one of their own.

Rodger Corser joins as host of the manor. 24 strangers will meet for the first time and band together to win up to a quarter million in solid silver bars. Moments after getting acquainted, four players will be selected as the Traitors, the other 20 will be the Faithful.

Only the Traitors know who’s who, and by night, they will meet together in Traitors Tower to murder an innocent Faithful. However, the Traitors aren’t safe either. Each evening, in the Banishment ceremony, the Faithful have an opportunity to vote out a Traitor.

But if they can’t see through the Traitors' lies, they could end up eliminating one of their own. In the end, there can only be one winner of the quarter million solid silver.

Watch The Traitors Australia in full on BBC iPlayer from Sunday 9 July
Watch The Traitors UK on BBC iPlayer now below.
Watch The Traitors US on BBC iPlayer now below.

Murder on the Blackpool Express

Murder Mystery writer David Van Der Clane (Griff Rhys Jones) is a household name, but things start to go horribly wrong for him when his superfans start getting bumped off during a book tour he’s set up with coach tour operator Gemma Draper (Sian Gibson). As our selection of sleuthing misfits visit the infamous settings of David’s novels it’s soon clear that the murders they love to read about are gradually becoming all too real.

Are the deaths all just an unfortunate coincidence or is there a real life murderer in their midst? Everyone has something to hide and as tensions rise everyone becomes a suspect. With the police being wholly unhelpful the tour’s only hope of catching the killer rests in the hands of the coach driver Terry (Johnny Vegas)… unless of course he’s actually to blame!

Watch Murder on the Blackpool Express on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday 12 July below.
Death on the Tyne and Dial M for Middlesbrough will follow.

Joe Swash: Teens in Care

Over the years, Joe Swash’s magnetic personality has endeared him to millions of TV viewers, but now he is delving into something more serious, and more personal.

This documentary follows Joe as he explores the stories of teens in care over the age of 16, the largest-growing cohort in both child protection and care. His motivation is deeply personal. It’s an issue that is close to his and his family’s heart, as his mum, Kiffy, has been a foster carer for over 15 years.

Joe wants to spend time with teens across the UK, who live in foster care, in residential children’s homes, and some who left at 18 and are trying to make it alone, to show what growing up as a teenager in care is really like.

His journey of discovery follows the long-awaited publication of the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care, which promises a ‘once-in-a-generation opportunity to transform the children’s social care system’. But can it really get to the root of the problems facing teens in care?

Through this experience, Joe also sees at first hand the work of foster carers and the army of frontline workers dedicated to helping teens in care, as he seeks to find out how some of the issues they encounter in the care system might be tackled better.

Watch Joe Swash: Teens in Care on BBC iPlayer from Tuesday 11 July below.

Wireless Festival 2023 Best Bits

Highlights from what promises to be a hit-packed, high-energy weekend in London’s Finsbury Park. The event will feature some of the biggest stars of rap, hip-hop and R&B, from US hitmakers to huge homegrown names, in front of some of the most dedicated festival fans in the world.

If history is anything to go by, there’s bound to be surprises aplenty, making this an unmissable date on the summer music calendar.

Watch the Wireless Festival 2023 Best Bits on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday 12 July below.

TRNSMT

From Glasgow Green, music festival TRNSMT returns for another year.

BBC iPlayer will have full sets available to watch on-demand from the festival, including performances from George Ezra, Cat Burns, Dundonian indie-legends The View, Paul Heaton and a highly anticipated TRNSMT debut from Niall Horan. Across the weekend viewers will be able to watch sets from the likes of pop sensation Maisie Peters and the legendary Kasabian, plus Scotland’s own LF System and Brooke Combe. That’s not to mention chart topper Mimi Webb and Saturday’s headliner, the one and only Sam Fender.

Plus, Jamie Webster’s Main Stage debut, Becky Hill’s dancefloor anthems and Royal Blood’s modern rock. Nothing But Thieves headline the King Tut’s Stage. Closing TRNSMT this year are one of Britain’s biggest bands, The 1975.

Watch full sets and highlights from TRNSMT from Saturday 8 July and across the weekend on BBC iPlayer below.

What's new to watch on BBC iPlayer now?

Daily coverage of the world’s most prestigious tennis tournament from Monday 3 July, with Clare Balding taking over as lead presenter. Clare will host live coverage right across The Championships, taking tennis fans through the action daily. All matches will be available on iPlayer, with a daily highlights show and all centre court matches available in UHD.

Watch Wimbledon live on BBC iPlayer from Monday 3 July, with centre court matches available in UHD below.

Champion

Champion is the first TV project from Candice Carty-Williams, author of The Sunday Times bestselling novels Queenie and People Person.

Rap sensation Bosco Champion is home from prison, and ready to dominate the music industry once more. But when his dutiful younger sister Vita’s own talent is discovered by Bosco’s rival, she steps out of her brother's shadow to become a performer in her own right, setting the Champion siblings against one another and tearing apart the whole family in the process.

A love letter to Black British music set in south London, Champion is a celebration of a sound that has long been the beating heart of our culture. Featuring original music written and produced by some of the leading musicians this country has to offer including Ray BLK, Ghetts and more.

Sibling rivalry never sounded so epic.

Watch Champion on BBC iPlayer from Saturday 1 July below.

Awkwafina is Nora from Queens

Awkwafina and the cast appear in front of a bridge crossing the river into Manhattan. The filthy, funny slacker comedy starring American actress and rapper Awkwafina returns for a much anticipated third series. Nora's been having nightmares but isn't sure why, and is afraid to tell her family. Wally gets fired right before he's expecting to propose to Brenda. Grandma's acquaintance passes away, and we see her feeling old. Edmund enjoys success as an actor.

Watch series 3 of Awkwafina is Nora from Queens on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday 5 July below.

Watch series 1 and 2 on BBC iPlayer now below.

Body on the Beach: What Happened to Annie?

How did Annie Börjesson die? This is the question asked again and again by Annie’s friends and family, ever since her body was first discovered on Prestwick Beach in Scotland on the 4th of December, 2005. This four-part series looks at the complex case.

Quickly labelled a tragic suicide by the authorities, this documentary series examines mysterious and puzzling events around the death of the 30-year-old Swede who lived in Edinburgh. Fascinated by Annie’s story, Scottish journalist Hazel Martin investigates.

Watch Body on the Beach: What Happened to Annie? on BBC iPlayer from Tuesday 4 July below.

Beck

The Swedish detective programme returns for another series. Martin's grandson Vilhelm Beck is out on a routine mission with his supervisor when he finds a dead 17-year-old boy at the crime scene. It immediately becomes a case for Alex, Martin and the others in the Beck group.

Watch Beck on BBC iPlayer from Saturday 1 July below.

Drill on Trial

Radio 1Xtra DJ Tiffany Calver explores the response to UK drill – a popular but controversial genre of rap – by the authorities, who blame it for a rise in violent crime. Having seen its explosion from humble beginnings to a genre that now tops charts all across the world, Tiffany has also seen the spotlight that the police and courts have put artists under.

With increased policing, stringent criminal orders, digital surveillance and tougher sentences for artists, Chinx (OS), a drill artist, has risked his freedom with every song he has released. His success could see him turn a new leaf and leave behind a chequered past. But that success is at the heart of a debate over freedom of speech and crime prevention that has played out in the media, newspapers and courtrooms.

With police scrambling to quell the rise in gang violence and artists criticising the lack of clarity around their policing, Tiffany is on a mission to find an answer to a problem that has long plagued black music genres in the UK.

Watch Drill on Trial from Sunday 2 July on BBC iPlayer below.

Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer

This film follows the life of an extraordinary woman who revolutionised modern nursing and whose legacy continues to benefit millions.

Born into a rich English family, Florence Nightingale broke through social and gender barriers to pioneer a profession previously reserved for men. Dedicating her life to helping those in need, she was a trailblazer who led a group of nurses to care for wounded soldiers during the Crimean War and developed revolutionary views about hygiene and sanitation.

Hailed as a heroine by Queen Victoria and the British people upon her return from the front, Florence went on to establish the Nightingale Training School for Nurses and reform healthcare at home and abroad.

Florence Nightingale died in 1910 aged 90, leaving behind an inspirational legacy.

Watch Florence Nightingale: Nursing Pioneer from Wednesday 5 July on BBC iPlayer below.

Noel Gallagher: Reel Stories

Looking back with a mixture of pride, curiosity and occasional bewilderment, Noel Gallagher relives moments of his life on TV - handpicked by Dermot O’Leary. From Maine Road to Downing Street, The Word to Newsnight – Noel has been ever present on our screens for the past 25 years. Now is his chance to watch it back.

In characteristically revealing form, Noel talks about the early days of Oasis, their first TV appearances, his love of Top of the Pops, his role in Cool Britannia, the breakup of one of the world’s most successful rock groups, his own solo career – and how Don’t Look Back In Anger came to define his home town’s response to the Manchester Arena bombing.

Watch Noel Gallagher: Reel Stories from Saturday 1 July on BBC iPlayer below.

We Hunt Together

We Hunt Together is an audacious new drama about what happens when two profoundly damaged people collide and finally speak the unspoken, giving each other permission and reason to act out their dormant compulsions. A brave new take on a classic cat and mouse story, We Hunt Together explores the intoxication of sexual attraction, the dangerous power of emotional manipulation and how finding a volatile form of solace in another can have dire consequences for those who dare to get in the way. It forces us to ask ourselves how culpable we are as humans and who is really to blame when the damaged do damage.

Watch We Hunt Together as a boxset on BBC iPlayer from 26 June below.

Keeping Up With Krystal Versace

Keep up with the KV and her very own royal family. The Drag Race winner is on a wild journey as she puts on the biggest show of her career. Can the queens handle the pressure?

Watch Keeping up with Krystal Versace on BBC iPlayer from 30 June below.

Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change

Rose Ayling-Ellis fronts an exciting and groundbreaking film, challenging perceptions of the deaf community and putting audiences at the heart of the deaf experience.

Following the news that, as of April 2022, British sign language has been officially recognised in law, this documentary follows Rose on a personal journey as she speaks to those closest to her, as well as the people pushing boundaries within the deaf community. Exploring whether society is adapting fast enough to allow equality amongst the deaf and hearing worlds, Rose challenges the perception of deafness as something that needs to be cured, and highlights the beauty of sign language and the deaf experience.

Watch Rose Alying-Ellis: Signs for Change on BBC iPlayer from 26 June below.

The Repair Shop: NHS Special

To celebrate 75 years of the NHS, the team revives four precious items chronicling the evolution of the publicly funded healthcare system founded in 1948.

First, the barn team welcomes a very important visitor who owes his life to the NHS, children’s author and poet Michael Rosen. He’s hoping bookbinder Chris Shaw can repair the daily diary kept by nurses and carers whilst he was in a 40-day induced coma at the start of the pandemic. The modern spiral notebook is Michael’s only record of this time when family members were unable to visit. The hospital staff were the only people in close contact with him and used the diary to relay what was happening to Michael day to day. The ‘patient diary’ was gifted to him when he was finally discharged from the critical care unit.

Along with the notebook, Michael has brought the many letters, drawings and notes that his young fans sent to him whilst he was in hospital. Currently being stored in a messy bundle, Chris gets to work to create a more fitting tribute for the thoughtful artwork leaving the usually eloquent Michael momentarily lost for words.

Watch The Repair Shop: NHS Special on BBC iPlayer from 28 June below.

Great British Railway Journeys

Great British Railway Journeys returns for a 14th series as Michael Portillo strikes out to explore the Britain of his youth, starting at Preston’s Fulwood Barracks and heading across to Bury Bolton Street station in Greater Manchester.

Watch Great British Railway Journeys series 14 on BBC iPlayer below.

Not Going Out

We return to the suburban chaos of Lee (Lee Mack) and Lucy (Sally Bretton) as they’re asked to cover for uptight ice-queen Anna (Abigail Cruttenden) as she allegedly attends ‘secret’ Italian lessons. Lee is immediately convinced Anna is up to no good and, having to lie to his best friend Toby (Hugh Dennis), is not-so-slowly spiralling into an anxious mess. As ever when there’s a delicate situation that needs sensitive handling, Lee could approach it cautiously… or go full sleuth in a bid to personally crack the case!

The series continues around the anarchy of a packed family life with the couple crashing from one near-disaster to the next. Usually close at hand are Lucy’s lovely mum Wendy (Deborah Grant) and curmudgeonly dad Geoffrey (Geoffrey Whitehead), and we know very well what they think about their daughter’s wisecracking husband.

Watch series 13 of Not Going Out from Friday 23 June on BBC iPlayer below.
Watch series 1-12 of Not Going Out on BBC iPlayer below.

There She Goes: 2023 Special

In this special episode, Rosie Yates is now 13 and is starting to display increasingly challenging emotional and physical behaviour, veering wildly from joyous obsessions with the letter X, tigers with Xs on their nose, ticket barriers and Fedex lorries to sudden violent outbursts directed at both her parents and herself.

The family realise that Rosie is simply struggling to cope with the onset of puberty, just like any other teenage girl. Whilst the family deal with a teenage Rosie, their geneticist calls with news of Rosie’s condition.

The There She Goes 2023 Special will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer from Wednesday 21 June

Watch There She Goes series 1 and 2 on BBC iPlayer below.

George Michael At The BBC

The late, great and much-missed George Michael was one of Britain’s best-loved and most acclaimed music stars. With Wham!, the group George formed alongside best friend Andrew Ridgely, he created an 80s phenomenon – heart-throb chart-toppers across the globe, and the first Western pop act ever to perform in China. His subsequent solo work took his career to a whole new level, making him one of the key cultural figures of the day.

This collection of George’s solo performances and Wham! classics comes from his appearances on a selection of BBC programmes that demonstrate perfectly why he remains so fondly remembered. From ‘Club Tropicana’ and ‘Freedom’ to ‘Faith’, ‘Outside’ and ‘Amazing’, we see how the pure pop classics of Wham! evolved into George’s mature million-selling hits – powerful and provocative, and wrapped up gorgeously in that unforgettable golden voice.

Watch George Michael At The BBC from Saturday 17 June on BBC iPlayer below.

Best Interests

Starring Sharon Horgan and Michael Sheen, Jack Thorne’s original four-part BBC drama Best Interests is a compelling, thought-provoking drama about a family driven apart by having to make choices no parent would ever want to make.

Marnie has a life-threatening condition. The doctors believe it is in her best interests to be allowed to die, but her loving family disagree. And so begins a fight that will take them through every stage of a legal process, as they struggle to contemplate this huge decision. Who decides? And in whose best interests will it be?

Watch Best Interests on BBC iPlayer from Monday 12 June below.

Queen of Oz

Princess Georgiana (Georgie) is the spare to the British throne but her party girl lifestyle and constant public scandals threaten the monarchy's future.

In an effort to get her as far away from London as possible, and at the same time, hoping to prevent Australia from leaving the Commonwealth, Georgie’s parents send her off to Australia to become their Queen, along with her new staff - Director of Communications Zoe, Private Secretary Bernard, Head of Security Officer Marc, Personal Assistant Matthew, Lady In Waiting Anabel, Master of the Household Weiwei.

A welcome reception is Georgie’s first public appearance in Australia - where an offensive faux pas from the jetlagged new Queen makes the night go from bad to worse.

Watch Queen of Oz as a boxset from Friday 16 June on BBC iPlayer below.

Staged

A third series of David Tennant and Michael Sheen’s hit show Staged is arriving on BBC iPlayer.

After a fallout with Michael and David, the director Simon tries his very best to get them to work on a project with him again, however this proves to be a difficult task. Watch the pair navigate life after lockdown in a hilarious third season.

Having started life during the pandemic, Staged was named Best Comedy at New York Festivals TV & Film Awards in 2022 and was also named Best Comedy at the Broadcasting Press Guild awards in 2021.

Tennant and Sheen are once again joined by their real-life partners Georgia Tennant and Anna Lundberg for an exciting third series, alongside series creator Simon Evans, with Lucy Eaton, Ben Schwartz and a host of guest stars.

Watch Staged series 3 as a boxset from Wednesday 14 June on BBC iPlayer below.

Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch

Africa is home to the youngest and most culturally diverse population on the planet. In a new three-part series, journalist and broadcaster Afua Hirsch discovers how young creatives are reinventing the culture of some of the continent’s biggest countries: Morocco, South Africa and Nigeria.

Afua begins her journey by exploring how a younger generation of Moroccans are updating old traditions in often surprising ways, creating exciting and daring new art, music, weaving and photography, with women creatives spearheading the change.

Watch all episodes of Africa Rising with Afua Hirsch from Tuesday 13 June on BBC iPlayer below.

They All Came Out to Montreux

Starting in 1967, with practically no knowledge of the music industry, Claude Nobs began turning his sleepy hometown on the shores of Lake Geneva into a destination for international music artists.

Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, David Bowie, Miles Davis, Etta James, Prince, Talking Heads... the list goes on, and eventually they all came out to Montreux. And when they did, Claude filmed and recorded everything in meticulous detail, resulting in a UNESCO recognised archive of extraordinary depth and quality.

From revelatory live performances to jaw-dropping and intimate interview footage, this documentary miniseries provides an immersive window into the unique world of Claude Nobs and his love for music.

Watch all episodes of They All Came Out to Montreux on BBC iPlayer

Lizzo, Live in Concert and Love, Lizzo

Ahead of triple Grammy award-winning superstar Lizzo taking to the stage at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, the global music megastar will be arriving on BBC Three and BBC iPlayer as part of Storyville presents Lizzo Live In Concert and Love, Lizzo.

In Lizzo, Live in Concert, Superstar Lizzo as brings the house down with special guests Cardi B, SZA, and Missy Elliott. The live concert spectacular gives the viewers a front row seat to the Emmy and three-time Grammy winner’s acclaimed “Special” tour. Joined by her band The Lizzbians and The Little Bigs, and The Big Grrrls. Lizzo: Live In Concert promises a night full of positivity, laughs, and love.

Love, Lizzo will give viewers a revealing glimpse into the life of the multi-platinum Grammy and Emmy-winning artist, filmed during the recording of her latest album, Special.

After her hit 2019 single Truth Hurts catapulted her to superstardom, rapper/singer/songwriter Lizzo was hailed “an overnight success.” In this intimate and revealing documentary, the artist, born Melissa Jefferson, traces her long journey to the top–from her upbringing in Detroit, her adolescence tirelessly practicing the flute in Houston, her move to Minneapolis to pursue hip-hop, and ten years spent hustling as a solo artist before achieving international fame. Filmed over three years, from her ‘Cuz I Love You world tour, through the pandemic and the recording of her latest album, Love, Lizzo allows the multi-platinum artist to get candid about topics such as body positivity, self-love, and recognising Black women for their contributions.

Watch both Lizzo, Live in Concert and Love, Lizzo from Saturday 3 June on BBC iPlayer

Man Like Mobeen

Viewers first met reformed drug-dealer Mobeen as he was trying to turn his life around living as a good Muslim, looking after his little sister, and trying to escape his troubled past. Since then he’s almost made good on living a quiet-ish life, but in the cliff-hanger series three finale, he found himself banged-up behind bars with Nate, after their close friend Eight had been killed.

As they adjust to life on the inside, familiar faces are also set to return, but in very unexpected situations. All this means Mobeen and Nate must once again negotiate new challenges and circumstances. So can the haphazard heroes make it to the end of their sentence without causing more mayhem and come good on their dream of living a quiet life?

Watch all episodes of Man Like Mobeen from Thursday 8 June, with all previous series available now on BBC iPlayer

Gods of Tennis

Bringing real-life stories of the most iconic tennis players of the time - Navratilova, Borg, Evert and more - to the screen, these sporting geniuses will serve their first-hand accounts of the seminal moments in their careers.

During the 1970s and 80s legendary athletes rallied vigorously against one another to a growing global audience, wielding racquets and dressed in dazzling white. Tennis was in a golden era, exhilarating audiences of millions at a time when changes in the modern world were also being played out on court.

Alongside personal insights, this distinctive period will be brought back to life through rich archive as global events like the Cold war, the sexual revolution, race relations and the fight for LGBT rights found expression in the game's most traditional sporting arena.

Watch all episodes of Gods of Tennis from Sunday 4 June on BBC iPlayer

A Wright Family Holiday

Mark Wright, his brother Josh and dad Big Mark embark on an epic road trip across Britain. Expect breathtaking scenery, white-knuckle activities, family secrets and laugh-out-loud banter.

Set against the backdrop of some of the Britain’s most stunning scenery, the series will see the Wrights use their time together to explore bigger themes around modern family life that affect us all - ageing and illness, marriage and children, life and relationships.

From coasteering in Newquay to Go-Karting in Llandudno, from Kite-surfing in County Down to downhill biking in the Scottish Highlands, all of Britain becomes an arena for the Wrights - and a heartwarming, hilarious celebration of family, parenting, and holidaying in the Great British Outdoors.

Watch all episodes of a Wright Family Holiday from Thursday 8 June on BBC iPlayer

The Gallows Pole

Michael Socha as David Hartley in Gallows Pole. Man in front and behind with stag skulls on head
Based on the book by Benjamin Myers, director Shane Meadows, famous for his British realist works such as This is England and Dead Man’s Shoes, fictionalises the remarkable true story of the rise of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners.

Set in the moorland hills of 18th Century Yorkshire, the drama follows the enigmatic David Hartley played by Michael Socha (This Is England, Papillon), as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.

Watch The Gallows Pole as a full boxset from Wednesday 31 May on BBC iPlayer

Unreal! With Olivia Neill

Belfast-born social media star Olivia Neill is an online sensation, with a digital reach of over three million.

Her relatable vlogs and knack for creating trending content have endeared her to the Gen Z audience who can’t get enough of her offbeat brand of humour and addictive and hilarious personality. Now, this Northern Ireland tornado is bringing her sense of fun and energy to investigate some of the most 'unreal' outrageous life choices trending amongst her generation.

In Unreal! With Olivia Neill – a new pilot for BBC Three and BBC Northern Ireland – Olivia embarks on a journey across the UK both physically and virtually to meet companies at the cutting edge of this technology and the real-life people who’ve not only found love and relationships online, but found themselves again. And she finally tries her hand at dating to see if she can find the next Mr Olivia Neill.

Watch Unreal! With Olivia Neill on BBC iPlayer

Who Do You Think You Are?

Follow nine celebrities on extremely personal journeys as they each delve into unknown family ancestry and unearth startling facts and truths about their heritage.

With familial discoveries ranging from clog-wearing rope dancers and Scottish royalty to murder trials and tragic accidents, the celebrities’ journeys take them across the UK as well as to Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada, Jamaica and Australia in pursuit of the truth behind their family stories.

This newest series of Who Do You Think You Are? is filled with astonishing revelations for the celebrities who have chosen to bare all in Series 20 of the show. Musical theatre master Andrew Lloyd Webber unearths uncanny parallels between his life and the lives of his ancestors. Actor and comedian Emily Atack discovers that she, Ryan Reynolds and a certain football club have a lot more in common than she might ever have guessed.

Award-winning actors Claire Foy and Lesley Manville dive head-first into their family histories only to stumble upon stories worthy of any TV drama. Claire finds out that her family were caught up in a murder trial and Lesley learns how an ancestor fighting for workers’ rights ended up paying a very heavy price.

Watch new episodes of series 20 of Who Do You Think You Are weekly from Thursday 1 June on BBC iPlayer
Watch previous series of Who Do You Think You Are on BBC iPlayer

The Great British Sewing Bee

Sara Pascoe welcomes 12 sewers to the Sewing Bee in Leeds. Judges Patrick Grant and Esme Young want to see how the newbies deal with 'Classics with a Twist'. For their first Pattern Challenge, the sewers make a top with a twist at its centre, which is a straightforward construction with a tricky brain-teaser.

For the 90-minute Transformation Challenge, they take the office uniform – a pencil skirt and blouse – and give it their own personal twist to reflect their style.

Finally, in the Made to Measure round, the sewers meet their models for the first time and attempt to perfectly fit a dress that has cut-out details. Who will impress the judges and win Garment of the Week, and whose hopes of staying in the competition won’t last beyond week one?

Watch new episodes of The Great British Sewing Bee each week, beginning Wednesday 24 May on BBC iPlayer
Watch The Great British Sewing Bee series 1-8 on BBC iPlayer

Afterglow

Norwegian comedy drama. Ester Sand, the one person you think will live forever, finds out she has cervical cancer on her 40th birthday. After the initial shock wears off, Ester comforts the people in her life, and she has no intention of leaving the world just yet. A story of love and life and all of the glorious and silly things we do before we die.

Watch Afterglow on BBC iPlayer

Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland

25 years on from a peace agreement being reached, Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland shares intimate, unheard testimonies from all sides of the conflict. From the makers of the award-winning series Once Upon a Time in Iraq.

Featuring personal accounts from people who lived through The Troubles, sharing intimate stories from all sides of the conflict. The powerful new five-part documentary series combines personal accounts with archive footage to tell the story of the people and communities who had to live with violence on an everyday basis and are still dealing with its legacies today.

Watch Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland as a full boxset on BBC iPlayer

Annika

Witty, enigmatic DI Annika Strandhed heads up the marine homicide unit, tasked with solving murders in and around Scotland's waters. Starring Nicola Walker, and based on the BBC Radio 4 drama Annika Stranded. Having recently transferred to Glasgow along with her teenage daughter, Annika and her new team are called in to solve the murder of a man found in the Clyde, a harpoon piercing his head.

Watch Annika as a full boxset on BBC iPlayer

I Kissed A Boy

Dannii Minogue wears a green dress and stands in the background as two men kiss in the foreground. I Kissed A Boy is written in blue neon script. Get ready for the UK’s first ever gay dating show, where the path to love is never straight. It’s loud, it’s proud... and it all starts with a kiss.

The wait is over. In the spotlight, just boys who like boys. Fly in pop icon Dannii Minogue to play cupid, and it’s the party you don’t want to miss.

Ten single guys are matched up, and meet for the first time… with a kiss. No small talk. No messages. Just one kiss to test out their chemistry straight away. Will it be a polite peck? Or a passionate snog? And ultimately, will that first kiss lead to love?

Dannii Minogue has welcomed ten single guys to Italy to stay in a beautiful country house called the Masseria. Before the summer of love starts, the boys are matched up based on what they’re looking for in a partner. After meeting their match for the first time with a kiss, the boys are encouraged to get to know them and give their new relationship a good shot.

But ultimately, they have to do what’s right for them. Because in this show, EVERYONE is a possibility. And as the new couples settle into the masseria, they’ll discover there’s always room for one more at this party…

Watch I Kissed a Boy on BBC iPlayer

Steeltown Murders

Steeltown Murders in black text on right. outline of person looking away from camera, images of two men inside and two young people holding hands. Smoke in background from factory chimneys
A true crime drama in two time periods. Set in both 1973 and the early 2000s, Steeltown Murders centres on the hunt to catch the killer of three young women in the Port Talbot area and the remarkable story of how – in the first case of its kind – the mystery was solved almost 30 years later using pioneering DNA evidence.

Contrasting the policing methods of the 1970s with the forensic breakthroughs of the early Noughties, Steeltown Murders is a portrait of a town dealing with the repercussions of an unsolved case three decades on, and asks if justice can ever truly be found.

Watch Steeltown Murders as a boxset on BBC iPlayer

Ten Pound Poms

In dreary post-war Manchester, Annie Roberts is at her wits' end when husband Terry spends all his wages down the pub. Desperate for a better life for her children, Annie responds to an emigration advert that promises Brits a prosperous new life in Australia for a tenner.

Expecting whitewashed houses and sun-soaked adventures, the Roberts family arrive in Sydney to find life down under isn’t quite what they’ve been sold.

Watch Ten Pound Poms as a boxset on BBC iPlayer

Waterloo Road

A new term gets underway back at Waterloo Road, returning for series 12.

When the old collides with the new, a perfect storm strikes the school. A community football match gets underway, and as Dwayne clashes with a new pupil whose arrival causes fireworks, he continues to rebel - finding himself trapped in a dangerous situation. Faced with the realities of fatherhood, Joe and Mike begin to question their future.

Elsewhere, Kai struggles with his feelings for Preston, and Danny makes a bold move as his future hangs in the balance. Kim has an uphill battle on her hands, and as she tries to introduce a new initiative to the school, she’s rocked by a blast from the past.

Watch Waterloo Road series 12 in full on BBC iPlayer below.
Watch Waterloo Road series 1-11 on BBC iPlayer below.