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BBC Studios Productions is a British content production company and is BBC Studios production division, producing a wide range of programmes from things like '' Top Gear'' to ''
Strictly Come Dancing ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (informally known as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored by a panel of usually 4 ...
''. BBC Studios Productions is responsible for producing programmes while BBC Studios is in charge of ventures like UKTV and the distribution and selling of formats of BBC programmes. BBC Studios Productions is the biggest content producer in the United Kingdom.


Divisions

BBC Studios Productions has 11 production divisions responsible for producing different programmes for broadcasters including Apple TV+,
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BBC Studios Science Unit

The BBC Studios Science Unit has produced a wide range of scientific programmes for multiple broadcasters. The department is headed up by Andrew Cohen and is overseen by the Factual Managing Director Tom McDonald.


Titles

* ''The Edge of Science'' (YouTube Original) * ''
The Surgeon's Cut ''The Surgeon's Cut'' is a 2020 docuseries starring Lin Gallagher. Cast * Lin Gallagher Episodes Release ''The Surgeon's Cut'' was released on December 9, 2020, on Netflix Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand ov ...
'' (Netflix) * ''
The Planets ''The Planets'', Op. 32, is a seven- movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is name ...
'' (BBC Two) * ''8 Days: To the Moon and Back'' (BBC Two) * ''
Horizon The horizon is the apparent line that separates the surface of a celestial body from its sky when viewed from the perspective of an observer on or near the surface of the relevant body. This line divides all viewing directions based on whether i ...
'' (BBC Two) * ''
The Sky at Night ''The Sky at Night'' is a monthly documentary television programme on astronomy produced by the BBC. The show had the same permanent presenter, Sir Patrick Moore, from its first broadcast on 24 April 1957 until 7 January 2013. The latter date ...
'' (BBC Four) * ''The Truth About...'' (BBC One) * '' Stargazing Live'' (BBC Two) * ''
Climate Change – The Facts ''Climate Change – The Facts'' is a 2019 British documentary presented by David Attenborough that discusses climate change and possible solutions to counteract it. The one-hour programme made its debut on BBC One in the United Kingdom at 9pm ...
'' (BBC One) * '' Extinction: The Facts'' (BBC One) * '' Greta Thunberg: A Year to Change the World'' * ''Horizon: Coronavirus'' (BBC Two) * ''Cook Clever, Waste Less with Prue and Rupy'' (Channel 4) * ''Perpetual Planet: Heros of the Oceans'' (National Geographic)


BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions

BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions is responsible for delivering entertaining and enriching programmes. The Factual Entertainment productions is headed by Naomi Carter and is overseen by managing director of Factual Entertainment and Events Hannah Wyatt.


Titles

* '' Top Gear'' (BBC One) * '' Countryfile'' (BBC One) * '' The One Show'' (BBC One) * ''Nigella: At My Table'' (BBC Two) * '' Dragons' Den'' (BBC Two) * ''
Gardeners' World ''Gardeners' World'' is a long-running British gardening programme, first broadcast on 5 January 1968. The 2022 series is the 53rd. Its first series was presented by Ken Burras and came from Oxford Botanical Gardens. Up until 2020 most of its e ...
'' (BBC Two) * '' Antiques Roadshow'' (BBC One) * '' Amazing Hotels: Life Beyond the Lobby'' (BBC Two) * ''
Bargain Hunt ''Bargain Hunt'' is a British television programme in which two pairs of contestants are challenged to buy antiques from shops or a fair and then sell them in an auction for a profit. It has aired on BBC One since 13 March 2000 in a daytim ...
'' (BBC One) * ''Jay Blades' Home Fix'' (BBC One) * ''Nigella's Cook, Eat. Repeat'' (BBC Two) * ''
Celebrity Painting Challenge ''The Big Painting Challenge'' is a television programme first broadcast on BBC One on 22 February 2015. It is a contest in the style of '' The Great British Bake Off'' but with the craft of painting rather than baking. Series 1 (2015) Una Stub ...
'' (BBC One) * ''
DIY SOS "Do it yourself" ("DIY") is the method of building, wikt:modification, modifying, or repairing things by oneself without the direct aid of professionals or certified experts. Academic research has described DIY as behaviors where "individual ...
'' (BBC One) * ''Morning Live'' (BBC One) * ''It's Grime Up North'' (Channel 4) * ''Weatherman Walking'' (BBC One)


BBC Studios Music Productions

BBC Studios Music Productions is the production arm of BBC Studios Productions responsible for any music related commissions. The BBC Studios Music Productions is headed by James Payne and is overseen by Entertainment and Music Managing Director Suzy Lamb.


Titles

* '' Glastonbury'' (BBC) * '' Later... with Jools Holland'' (BBC Two) * '' Mercury Prize'' (BBC) * ''Soul America'' (BBC Four) * '' Reading + Leeds'' (BBC) * '' Top of the Pops'' (BBC Two) * '' BBC Young Musician'' (BBC Four) * ''K-Pop Idols: Inside the Hit Factory'' (BBC Four) * '' Maestro'' (BBC Two) * ''Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop'' (BBC One) * ''
Proms in the Park The BBC Proms or Proms, formally named the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts Presented by the BBC, is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hal ...
'' (BBC) * ''
Jools' Annual Hootenanny ''Jools' Annual Hootenanny'' is a TV show presented by Jools Holland and broadcast on New Year's Eve as an end-of-year special edition of his series '' Later... with Jools Holland''. It is generally broadcast between approximately 11pm on 31 ...
'' (BBC Two)


BBC Studios Entertainment Productions

BBC Studios Entertainment Productions produces enthralling, genre-leading content producing titles such as ''Children in Need'' and ''Strictly Come Dancing''. BBC Studios Entertainment Productions is headed by Mel Balac and is overseen by Entertainment and Music Managing Director Suzy Lamb.


Titles

* ''
Strictly Come Dancing ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (informally known as ''Strictly'') is a British dance contest show in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored by a panel of usually 4 ...
'' (BBC One) * ''
Question of Sport ''Question of Sport'' (previously ''A Question of Sport'') is a British television sports quiz show produced and broadcast by the BBC. It is the "world's longest running TV sports quiz". Following a pilot episode in December 1968, broadcast onl ...
'' (BBC One) * ''Elton John: Uncensored'' (BBC One) * ''
The Big Night In ''The Big Night In'' was a British telethon that was broadcast by BBC One from 7 pm to 10 pm on 23 April 2020 to support those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, COVID-19 pandemic. It is the first joint initiativ ...
'' (BBC One) * '' Comic Relief'' (BBC One) * '' Children in Need'' (BBC One) * ''
Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest (), sometimes abbreviated to ESC and often known simply as Eurovision, is an international songwriting competition organised annually by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), featuring participants representing pr ...
'' (BBC One) * ''A Royal Team Talk: Tackling Mental Health'' (BBC One) * ''
The Weakest Link ''Weakest Link'' (also known as ''The Weakest Link'') is a television game show which The Weakest Link (British game show), first appeared in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 14 August 2000 and originally ended on 31 March 2012 when its host ...
'' (BBC One) * '' EastEnders: Secrets from the Square'' (BBC One) * ''Got it Covered - BBC Children in Need'' (BBC One) * ''Mastermind Cymru'' (S4C)


References

{{Reflist Studios Productions Television production companies of the United Kingdom