Intrepid and armed with a fearsome work ethic, Stacey Dooley seems to be on a one-woman mission to popularise current affairs for a new generation of young viewers.
Dooley made her TV debut in 2008 as a contributor on BBC Three documentary series Blood, Sweat and T-Shirts, one of six fashion consumers living and working alongside Indian garment workers making cheap clothes for the UK.
The two-part series will follow Dooley as she gains unprecedented access to a specialist police unit in Cheshire and a victim support organisation.
The police unit and organisation are dedicated to preventing stalking from escalating to violence and potentially even murder.
Dooley spends time with both the victims and perpetrators, discovering the hard truth about what a life consumed by stalking looks like.
The first episode focuses on the most common type of stalking, ex-partners.
Emily Watson (Chernobyl) stars in this new psychological thriller as the forensic psychologist Emma Robertson, who has been assigned a new patient, Connie Mortensen (Denise Gough), a wife and mother who has been accused of a horrific crime.
As Diana Ross once said: “It’s my house and I live here”. The six-part series involves an addictive guessing game where four people walk into a house and say, “This is MY house”. However, only one of them is telling the truth.
With three actors stealing the name of the homeowner and claiming they own all their belongings, it’s up to a team of celebrity judges to work out who the imposters are.
Each person has a conflicting story and red herrings are peppered throughout the house, so viewers at home can join in with the sleuthing.
Here is the full list of series.
Filming for the third series of Emma Willis: Delivering Babies 2020 has already begun, following families preparing to give birth in the midst of the pandemic.
Glow Up: Britain’s Next Make-Up Star will be an eight-part series that will see 10 contestants live together and collaborate under the watchful eyes of judges Val Garland, Global Make-Up Director at L’Oreal Paris, and Dominic Skinner, Global Senior Artist for MAC Cosmetics.
“I’m delighted to be involved with Glow Up,” said Dooley. “The make-up artists are so impressive and talented... and Val and Dominic were a scream to work with. Can’t wait to show you all it!”
Woods showed clips from some of the award-winning programmes he’s made through his indie, True Vision, over the past 20 years, mainly for the BBC and Channel Four.
Spending time with families of all shapes and sizes, from the unconventional to the morally ambiguous, Dooley hopes to present a cross section of modern society in Britain. The series will delve beneath the preconceived notions of families and relationships to show what life in modern Britain is actually like, from the point of view of little discussed family set-ups.
The five new documentaries will take on teenage homelessness, gun crime, parenthood, war and the UK economy.
”The BBC factual department has had a fantastic 12 months, winning multiple awards including Baftas, RTS Awards and Griersons," said Alison Kirkham, Controller of BBC Factual Commissioning.
Nine men are set to recreate the 3,600 mile journey of Captain Bligh (officer of the Royal Navy) in a wooden boat after the mutiny on the Royal Navy HMS Bounty vessel in 1789.
Former SAS coach Ant Middleton will lead the crew, as they battle shark-infested waters and brutal storms.
