Here is a peak at the entertainment coming to BBC Studios this August.
BBC Brit will bring fans their favourite motoring show-Top Gear, with the best moments of Series 31 and 32. For the game show fans, host Ben Shephard returns to pit four players against a mesmerising machine on Tipping Point and Mrs Brown’s Boys Specials returns with some of Agnes Brown’s funniest specials.
BBC Earth fans can look forward to comedian and self-confessed coward Romesh Ranganathan, as he travels to more of the world’s most unlikely holiday destinations on The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan and the Arctic Vets team will do whatever it takes to save the lives of sick and injured Arctic species - one remarkable patient at a time.
Foodies can look out for the cooking competition that gets everyone talking on BBC Lifestyle – this time, Come Dine with Me kicks off with a football special as four former players compete for a chance to win £1000 for charity. MasterChef: The Professionals -the cookery competition in which professional chefs must prove their talent in the kitchen returns for a fourteenth series.
BBC BRIT
The Best of Top Gear Series 31 & 32
From August 4 at 20h00
Series 1 (4 episodes)
The best moments of Series 31 and 32.
Comedy actor Paddy McGuinness and cricketing legend Freddie Flintoff join
racing driver Chris Harris on a humble mission: to take the world's biggest
motoring entertainment show to the next level.
Tipping Point
From Wednesday July 27 at 18h00
Series 3 (70 episodes)
Host Ben Shephard returns to pit four
players against a mesmerising machine. In this thrill-packed quiz, there are
mystery prizes and a jaw-dropping jackpot up for grabs for any player with the skill
and strategy to see off their human rivals and conquer the machine.
Mrs Brown’s Boys Specials
From Friday August 12 at 20h00 (3 episodes)
August is a month filled with some of Agnes
Brown’s funniest specials. First up, in Mammy’s Motel, there is a storm
blowing in Finglas and it claims its first victim when the pipes in Winnie and
Sharon's house burst. Thank goodness Mrs Brown is on hand to offer a roof over
their heads, but before long there is a storm brewing in the Brown household
too, as Agnes and Cathy discover living with best friends isn't the picnic they
had imagined.
Then, in Orange is the New Mammy,
there's bad news for Winnie when Agnes discovers Peggy Piper the Pernod
poisoner is out on appeal and could be coming back to Finglas; this could mean
Winnie has to give evidence against her again as she was the one who saw Peggy
poison her husband. Finally, in Mammy’s Memories, burglars steal a
family heirloom from Winnie's house, and Mrs Brown is determined to find the
perpetrators. Meanwhile, Cathy is worried about her impending birthday.
BBC EARTH
Impossible Animals
From Monday August 1 at 19h00
Series 1 (3 episodes)
Join biologist Patrick Aryee as he exposes
the mysteries behind the world’s weirdest animals, celebrating the dare devils,
the rule breakers and the mavericks – animals which achieve the impossible.
Throughout this fascinating series, Patrick examines the rainforest residents
who have pushed their bodies to the limit, revealing some of the world’s most
remarkable behaviours and adaptations. Elsewhere, Patrick looks at the animals
who live on the coast. From crashing waves to extreme tides, surviving here
takes ingenuity and incredible adaptations.
The Misadventures of Romesh Ranganathan
From Friday August 19 at 20h00
Series 3 (3 episodes)
Comedian and self-confessed coward Romesh
Ranganathan travels to more of the world’s most unlikely holiday destinations.
This time he’s heading to locations including Sierra Leone, Romania, Rwanda and
the Scottish Highlands to find out whether there’s more to these places than
just negative headlines and if they might actually be perfect holiday spots.
There’s only one problem. Romesh can barely negotiate a travel plug, let alone
a hostile situation – so he’s going to need a local host to help him out. Along
the way, Romesh encounters extraordinary people and tackles some surprisingly
complex questions.
Arctic Vets
From August 22 at 16h50
Series 2 (10 episodes)
Whether they're rescuing a polar bear in
the wild or tending to an Arctic fox in the hospital, the Arctic Vets
team will do whatever it takes to save the lives of sick and injured Arctic
species - one remarkable patient at a time. In this second series, Dr Chris and
the team traverse the frozen North in Canada, expanding their reach to all-new
locations. This edition ushers in the next generation of experts, empowering
them to undertake the extraordinary task of preserving the Arctic through the
care, protection and rescue of the majestic
creatures who live there.
BBC LIFESTYLE
Come Dine with Me
From August 1 at 19h00
Series 17 (35 episodes)
The award-winning show is back for a new
series. Every week five strangers take it in turns to throw a dinner party. But
this is no ordinary supper - as the guests are secretly scoring the host and at
the end of the week the top-scoring host wins £1,000. Filmed all over the UK,
hosts from all walks of life take the Come Dine With Me challenge -
providing astonishing and hilarious insights into their homes and their dinner
party secrets. This time, the series kicks off with a football special as four
former players compete for a chance to win £1000 for charity. Who will walk
away with the money?
MasterChef: The Professionals
From August 8 at 18h00
Series 14 (22 episodes)
The cookery competition in which
professional chefs must prove their talent in the kitchen returns for a 14th
series. Judges Monica Galetti, Gregg Wallace and Marcus Wareing oversee
assorted challenges, including bangers and mash served with beer and onion
gravy. Chefs must also craft a mains and a dessert.
Alex Polizzi: My Hotel Nightmare
From August 19 at 20h00
Series 1 (3 episodes)
This new series sees Alex Polizzi start her
own hotel venture after years of critiquing and fixing some of Britain's worst
hotels. Follow Alex and her mother Olga, as they rejuvenate a 37-bedroom
coaching inn. With problems plaguing them from the off, including the pandemic
which pushes the opening date back, will the business partners be able to make
their venture pay?
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