BBC Unveils Xmas Schedule Including ‘Peaky Blinders’ Dance Performance & Rebecca Ferguson Series; Netflix UK Docs Commissioner Moves To Raw; Sarah Pinborough Adaptation; UKTV Drama Boss – Global Briefs
deadline.comBBC Unveils Xmas Slate Including ‘Peaky Blinders‘ Dance Performance & Rebecca Ferguson Doc The BBC has unveiled its Christmas schedule featuring a wealth of pre-announced scripted content, a recording of the Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby live performance and a Rebecca Ferguson-narrated natural history doc about Scandinavia.
The Peaky Blinders performance will be specially filmed at the Birmingham Hippodrome and air on BBC Four over Christmas. Adapted for the stage by Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight and choreographed and directed by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer, the performance includes the full company of Rambert dancers and marks 10 years since the first episode aired.
Meanwhile, Dune star Ferguson is narrating Wild Scandinavia, which celebrates the stunning wildlife, dramatic landscapes and unique culture of the furthest northern reaches of Europe and is co-produced for PBS and SVT.
There are also fresh docs on the slate about the Kanneh-Mason performers, Caroline Aherne, Noel Coward and Adrian Chiles. The slate is helmed by a wealth of pre-announced scripted content including Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Famous Five, Ghosts Christmas Special and second seasons of Vigil and The Tourist. Netflix UK Docs Commissioner Joins ‘Tinder Swindler’ Producer Netflix UK docs commissioner Jonny Taylor has joined Tinder Swindler producer Raw TV as Creative Director.
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