News

Helen Carr will present this week’s episode of Great Lives on Monday 2nd February, helping to unpack to life of Roman general, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. Listen from 3pm on BBC Radio 4 and catch up on BBC Sounds.

On Sunday 1st February, Angela Rippon will appear on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Watch at 9am on BBC One.

On Saturday 31st January Kate Williams will appear in the documentary, The Assassinations of Queen Victoria from 8:30pm on Channel 5.

Kate will also appear on Channel 5’s Britain’s Worst Weather Disasters on Sunday 1st February at 6:30pm.

Mary-Ann Ochota is presenting Ancient Ways: The Ridgeway, exploring what’s often known as Britain’s oldest road, connecting Wiltshire to Buckinghamshire. Available from Thursday 29th January on @HistoryHit.

Dr Sian William will appear on Great Lives on Monday 26th January to nominate Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund and considered by many to be the founder of psychoanalytic child psychology. Listen from 3pm on BBC Radio 4.

Jennie Bond will appear in Secrets of the Royal Traditions on Saturday 24th January, exploring the deep-rooted bond between the monarch and their military forces. Watch from 8:25pm on Channel 5.

Ben Garrod explores the ethics of pet cloning, the limits of genetics and what it truly means to love an animal in Cloning Jack. It airs today at 3pm on BBC Radio 4 and is the Radio Times’ Pick of the Day.

Dr Kasim Ahmed will feature The Traitors: Uncloaked on Friday 16th January. Watch at 9:30pm on BBC One.

Kas will also appear on Morning Live on Wednesday 21st January. Watch from 9:30am on BBC One.

Megan McCubbin features is in the second episode of Gladiators: Epic Pranks. Join Megan as she confuses the Gladiators with a fake birdwatching club and joins a bird-loving conga! Watch now on BBC iPlayer and at 5:40pm on CBBC on Friday 16th January.

Delighted to confirm that award-winning journalist and broadcaster Cathy Newman will be joining Sky News in the coming months. She will front a new flagship politics programme at 7pm, present a new podcast and work on long-form investigations and documentaries.

Congratulations to Cathy!