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

14.02.23 – 11:20

Norwegian TV viewers have something to look forward to as British TV giant BBC is about to launch its new Nordic TV channel BBC Nordic. The channel brings together the best of entertainment and documentary programming from BBC Brit and BBC Earth, and in doing so replaces these two channels in the company’s current TV package, the BBC said in a press release.

At the same time, BBC Nordic+ was launched, namely a as requested service, which allows viewers to immerse themselves in programs from an archive of new channels at their convenience.

When BBC Nordic airs this spring, famous favorites like QI, The Graham Norton Show And Living Below Zero joining new additions such as the entertainment program ‘The Great British Bake Off’ and the renewed documentary series ‘Serengeti’ with a third season.

– We at BBC Studios want to show the Norwegian public that we care about what you want to watch. We have immersed us Norway viewing habits and curated shows we know audiences love, along with exciting new additions to the entertainment and lifestyle space. This expands our content mix and ability to appeal to a wider and more diverse audience. The introduction of BBC Nordic+ will also mean that viewers have one BBC-branded destination both on TV and on demand, said Arran Tindall, Senior Vice President of Key Markets at BBC Studios.

Among the programming that will be available on BBC Nordic from the start is its new series Interview Louis Theroux… from the award-winning documentary Louis Theroux. On the broadcast, Theroux got up close and personal with Britain’s biggest stars like singer Rita Ora and actress Dame Judi Dench in the way only he can, the BBC promises.

The third season of Serengeti will also take viewers right into the heart of Tanzania’s adventurous and dangerous wildlife, exploring a country in the process of change.

Lifestyle and entertainment programming will also form an important part of the channel’s offering. Here will be UK Bake Off And Big Pottery Throw – a fun well-executed program in which 12 home potters compete on a lathe – run side by side with a classic home makeover DIY SOSwhere an English family turned their home into a huge gold medallion.

According to a press release, BBC Nordic+ as an on-demand service will give viewers the opportunity to watch all content from the BBC Nordic channel as well as explore new and carefully selected content in the fields of arts, culture, travel, history, documentaries and music.

Among other things, it will cover the latest hip-hop documentary series The Public Enemy: How Hip Hop Changed The World by Public Enemy frontman Chuck D, which also features rap legends such as Eminem, Run-DMC and Ice-T.

BBC Nordic and BBC Nordic+ will launch in Norway and Nordic on 17 April 2023 at 10:00. Further information on where to access new channels can be obtained from your local pay TV operator.