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Romesh Ranganathan gets double recommission from the BBC

Misadventures sees Ranganathan travel to some unusual tourist destinations and challenge his preconceived ideas and stereotypes of the countries and the people that live there, whilst finding some hidden gems along the way. Across the three new parts, he will be travelling to Uganda, Rwanda and Madagascar on an adventure through central Africa.

The new episodes of Misinvestigations cover the shooting of hip hop star Tupac Shakur, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the murder of Nancy Spungen, the girlfriend of Sex Pistols Bassist Sid Vicious.

BBC reveals cast and first look images for ‘Drive’ director’s reimagining of The Famous Five

The new adaption is based upon the 21 children’s books Blyton wrote about four fictional children-turned-adventurers and their faithful companion Timmy the dog.

The stories follow Julien, Dick and Anne as they go and stay with their aunt, uncle and cousin Georgina (who refuses to answer to anything but ‘George’) in the fictional British coastal village of Kirrin for their summer holidays. Together the five find themselves entangled in countless adventures.

How to get a start in television

Kicking off the online event, Edi Smockum, MD of recruitment specialist ThinkBigger!, whose clients include Channel 4, said the aim of a CV was to “get a clear and positive account of what you have to offer”.

She said a CV can run to up two pages, “but never be embarrassed if you’re a new entrant – one page is absolutely fine”. It should, she said: “stress achievements and skills”; “get your key messages across quickly and strongly at the very beginning”; and “keep the presentation simple”.

Tom Allen to celebrate equal marriage with new BBC special My Big Gay Wedding

As well as organising the wedding, Allen will look back on the years spent fighting for marriage rights, and his own years growing up gay.  He will meet the LGBTQIA+ activists who made equal marriage possible and reflect on how far gay rights have come over the last decade.

In pursuit of the most spectacular wedding, the couple will be introduced to Allen’s famous friends who will help out with everything from the entertainment to the wedding outfits.

BBC releases first look image of Stephen Graham in new Boiling Point series

Boiling Point showed the stress-ridden world of hospitality in a real time drama that received widespread critical acclaim. Stephen Graham (Time) starred as Andy, the head chef of Jones & Sons who was struggling to cope with its falling health and safety ratings, managing the staff and cooking for a visiting food critic. The film ended with Andy collapsing.

Anatomy of a Hit: The Traitors

A panel of producers and competitors of The Traitors unpack their smash hit reality show.

Hosted by Rick Edwards, broadcaster.

Panel:

Wilf Webster, Cast

Amanda Lovett, Cast

Neil McCallum, Commissioning Editor, BBC

Sarah Fay,  Executive Producer, Studio Lambert

Mike Cotton, Executive Producer, Studio Lambert

BBC greenlights new comedy We Might Regret This from disabled activist Kyla Harris

We Might Regret This, which places intense female friendships at the centre of the drama, stars Harris as artist Freya.

Freya is in her 30s, she’s tetraplegic, and she’s moved to London from Canada in pursuit of a lawyer in his 50s named Abe (Darren Boyd). As their romance hits full-tilt, Abe invites Freya to move in with him before she’s even seen the upstairs of his house.

Date set and extended trailer released for Candice Carty-Williams' new Black British musical drama Champion

The new trailer shows rapper Bosco Champion (Top Boy's Malcolm Kamulete) return from prison and go back to his music career. Supporting him as he builds back his reputation is his sister Vita (Déja J Bowens in her television debut), whose dedication and lyrics are secretly behind her industry dominating brother’s success.

BBC announces "wild, anarchic, Y2K" drama inspired by Paris Lees' memoir What It Feels Like For A Girl

Black and white picture of Paris Lees

Lees was widely praised for her brutally honest account of her upbringing as a teenage boy called Byron in the "small-minded" town of Hucknall, Nottinghamshire, as well as for capturing the Y2K era in all its pre-internet nostalgia.

Now she is re-telling the story across an eight-part series, which will be directed by Chris Sweeney (The Tourist).

As Byron, Lees felt stuck in her small working-class town that was still struggling after the closure of its coal mine in the 1980s, and felt sick of her parents and being beaten up for "talkin' like a poof."