| MUMBAI:
Drama, comedy and entertainment programmes with fresh new ideas will remain a
hallmark of UK pubcaster the BBC's output. Series
include a BBC One drama called Occupation, which tells of the lives of
soldiers returning from Iraq, as well as a new BBC Two drama which will attempt
to tell the story of the collapse of the Lehman Brothers bank. BBC Three
will continue to cement its reputation as the digital channel for new comedy talent
with new studio comedy from We Are Klang and a new narrative comedy called
The Gemma Factor. The
BBC's Statements of Programme Policy (SoPPs) has been published. These statements
outline the commitments and editorial priorities across BBC services for the year
ahead and explain how each service will deliver the requirements of their Service
Licence and Purpose Remit. They
also aim to demonstrate the BBC's ongoing commitment to meeting audience needs
and to delivering excellence and value across all of its services. Arts
and culture programming will be further enhanced in the year ahead across BBC
services. Among a plethora of additional series and formats that will exclusively
focus on the arts and culture genres, the most ambitious season on poetry, in
the history of BBC, will roll out across BBC Two, BBC Four and CBeebies, BBC Radio
3, BBC Radio 4 and online. Factual
output will remain at the core of BBC's TV schedules with new commissions such
as The Science Show (working title) on BBC One bringing science to a family audience.
BBC Two will also play a role in strengthening our factual offering with new programmes
such as South Pacific, a six-part natural history series, and Recession Britain,
a documentary series which tackles different areas of the UK's changing economy.
BBC Three will feature a range of programmes in The Grown-Up Season examining
at what age one should be treated as a grown-up.
Highlights
in radio programming include a series of social action campaigns focusing on issues
such as drugs and bullying which will be developed in a partnership between BBC
Radio 1, 1Xtra and BBC Switch. Radio 4 is also set to feature landmark factual
series and a partnership with the British Museum will be rolled out. New programming
on Radio 2, 3 and 4 will also explore the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Following
the recent BBC Trust review of BBC Online, the corporation will become better
connected to sites and services outside of the BBC. There are also plans to make
the successful BBC iPlayer available on a wide range of platforms and devices. | 
