BBC launches BBC Nordic TV channel in Sweden

The UK’s largest television company will soon launch BBC Nordic TV and its on-demand BBC Nordic + service in the Nordic region.

2023-02-14 – 14:34

Swedish viewers have something to look forward to when British TV giant BBC soon launches a new Nordic TV channel called BBC Nordic. The channel brings together the best of entertainment and documentaries from BBC Brit and BBC Earth respectively, and replaces both of the company’s current mix of channels in Swedish TV packages, BBS says in a press release.

At the same time, BBC Nordic+ is launching as an on-demand service, where viewers can watch programs from the new channel’s archives when it suits them.

When BBC Nordic launches this spring, well-known favorites such as “QI”, “The Graham Norton Show” and “Life Below Zero” will be joined by new additions such as the entertainment program “The Great British Bake Off” and the documentary series “The Serengeti”. third.

“We have hand-picked programming that we know our Nordic audiences will love, with exciting new additions in entertainment and lifestyle that expand our content and appeal to a broader and more diverse target group. The launch of BBC Nordic+ gives our Nordic viewers the BBC platform for both television and television. And on demand,” says Aran Tyndall, Senior Vice President, Key Markets at BBC Studios.

Among the programs that will be available on BBC Nordic from the outset is the new series ‘Louis Theroux Interviews…’ directed by award-winning documentarian Louis Theroux. On the programme, Theroux gets close to Britain’s biggest stars like singer Rita Ora and actress Dame Judi Dench in a way he couldn’t help but, as promised by the BBC.

The third season of ‘Serengeti’ will also take viewers into the heart of the dangerous and adventurous wilderness of Tanzania, navigating a country undergoing great change.

Lifestyle and entertainment programs will also form an important part of the program offering. Here, “The Great British Bake Off” and “The Great Pottery Throw Down” – an all-encompassing entertainment show in which 12 potters compete on a turntable – will be played along with the classic “DIY SOS” of home renovation, in which homes from British families get their changing.

According to the press release, BBC Nordic+, as an on-demand service, will enable viewers to watch all content from BBC Nordic as well as explore new and hand-picked content in arts, culture, travel, history, documentaries and music.

The all-new hip-hop documentary series “Public Enemy: How Hip Hop Changed the World” by Public Enemy frontman Chuck D, featuring rap legends like Eminem, Run-DMC, and Ice-T, will feature.

BBC Nordic and BBC Nordic + will launch in Sweden and the Nordic countries on 17 April 2023 at 10:00. More information on how to access the new channel is available from your local TV provider.