BBC unveils HD autumn schedule

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Hole in the Wall, The Thick of It, Shaun the Sheep and new comedy Home Time are all set to join the BBC’s HD channel this autumn – but Top Gear is still absent.

The BBC HD autumn slate also includes debuts for Countryfile, Waterloo Road, series two of BBC2 comedy Beautiful People, new children’s show Gigglebiz plus the results show for Strictly Come Dancing.

Writing on the BBC Internet blog, head of BBC HD Danielle Nagler said she still had concerns that the channel was “limited and unpredictable” a year after she was appointed.

“I was concerned at what I perceived as the gap between the BBC HD promise – the best content from the BBC – and the reality,” she said. “Those concerns haven’t entirely gone away. But looking at the autumn schedule I do feel that we are moving in the right direction and I would hope that you agree.”

Most big BBC shows for the autumn will appear on the channel, including the Doctor Who specials, Antiques Roadshow, the Electric Proms, Emma and The Art of Russia.

The channel is also the only UK-wide BBC channel showing BBC Wales’ new drama Crash, which starts tomorrow.

Regarding Top Gear’s absence from the HD schedules, Nagler added:

“Don’t feel your thoughts/pleas/paeans of praise for Top Gear have disappeared into the ether, or into my recycling bin. I really value your contributions to our thinking, and hope to be able to update you very soon. But I also want to work through this autumn to make it easier to get information about what is on BBC HD when so that I can tackle the frustrations you air around missing programmes in HD or not knowing what is available.”


Source:broadcastnow